The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-11

| MI Aeene gave was very delightful
affair. During the dinner he told me he
IS souvenirs of the occasion and asked
me it would prefer to receive mine in
private. l told Mr.. Keene would rath-
er receive it in pubic. so just before the
clos" OF the dinner he presented the fa
vo:s. lie enjoined us not to look at
them until after the dinner. When it
was over the ladies went out on the
veranda and there we examined the
gifts. The fayors were all elaborate. but
l WAS greatly surprised to find that mine
was the gem Of them ALL
| The English walk was the connecting
i link in the endless chain on Fifth ave
nue. Sunday. 1t was unprecedented not
by the man with il cane and Il monocle,
but by him Of the military shoulders,
who carried his arms bent at the elbows
in the form of a triangle. One hand was
i ungloved, the glove being carried in the
other hand, which was gloved. AS he
proceeded he would throw one leg for
ward, then the other, in a sort Of swag-
gering wabble. He was particular to
ment before putting it forward for an
other stride. 1t was all very London
! and triangular, and may soon become the
fashionable walk of the avenue.
Florists declare they never had so
prosperous an Easter as they had this
year. One large Broadway dealer esti-
mates that 81 100000 was spent III New
York city for flowers, humble and costly,
in church and home for Easter. All of
which seems to indicate that New York
ers, rich and poor, are a flower-loving
people. The azalea has been crowned
queen Of the Easter blossoms this year
BY the unanimous vote of the florists.
Fluttering like butterflies on their stalks
these delicate pink blooms seemed to be
tous, and the admiration they compelled
was, the reward Of patience. One can
hardly conceive of the enormous quantity
of ephemeral blossoms that are simply
grown for Easter. They were all brought
into the city. Saturday morning, and most
fall: A very large portion Of the flowers
gladdened the eyes of the patients in the
hospitals, as it is always the hospitals
that receive the most liberal tributes
after the churches.
The friends of Thomas Colston Kin
ney. lawyer, clubman and cotillOn leader,
have choice morsel Of gossip in the re-
! cent sudden and secret marriage of tho
popular young Southerner to Miss Maud,
Erancis. known On the stage as Virginia
Randolph. When and where the mar.
rage occurred are matters of specula-
ton, which will probably not be soon an
swered. for Mr.. and Mrs. Kinney arc
now in Europe. Miss Randolph is Il
markably fine voice. She made hit as
Mrs. Harley Streeter in ''San Toy" at
Days theater last year. Mr.. Kinney's
attentions to her We're very marked
They, were at the Waldorf roof garden
together almost every evening, during the
summer. but no hint was dropped by
either OF an engagement, and Mr.. XIII
neys friends are puzzled over the secrecy
maintained in regard to his marriage.
MIR. Kinney is a favorite in Southern So
ciety here and has led many cotilions ut
Sherrys and Delmonicos. especially
those given by Mrs Algernon Sidney
Sullivan and Miss Church's dancing
class.
Much is heard nowadays of the "show
girl" Two years ago the expression was
unknown. but since the change in must
cal comedy managers are at their wits
end to supply the demand. The chief diff
ter between show girls and those Of
themselves: The tall brunette, in the
swishing skirt of Partisan cut and pic
ture hat. in her own mind is immeasur-
ably above the little blonde who tags OH
in pink tights and stands near the wall.
! NHiC stage iSplranCS or Old-tlme per-
formers think of the show girls versus
the chorus is being daily demonstrated.
George W. Lederer and the Shuberts are
having no end of trouble on this score.
They recently almost faced proposition
to 90 away with the chorus entirely in
their new productions, ''The Wild Rose"
and "A Chinese Honeymoon" and make
every maid in the ensemble show girl
Lederer lost three of his prize 'ssociety''
'beautieS because he did not cast them for
front row positions, requiring Worth
gowns and quantities of diamonds. The.
show girl has raised the cost of musical
comedy production. With her added opin-
ion of her Importance came higher idea
of her commercial value. Whereas S25
per week was once big salary for a
front-row- chorus singer, none of the
recognized show girls will consider a
proposition of less than $50.
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