The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28
GAY new YORK.
Scenes and Incidents of Everyday
Life In the Paris Of America. -


Scenes and Incidents Of Everyday
Life In the Paris Of America. -
THE HORSE SHOW.
Come, brush your sporty coats with care,
MY counter-jumper mates,
Ihat annually once we wear
With buttons that provoke a stare,
AS large as butter-plateS
'Tis sweet to swagger once year,
With supercilious frown,
AND criticise that all may hear.
While matrons murmur: Look; my dear.
Some swell from out of town.
The Draper in Town Topics.
NJ. Cambon, the retiring French am
bassador to the United States, laid the
corner stone of the new French hospital.
The spoon that has three "coons' . for
inascots in the bowl is the Horse Show
spoon. 1t has riding whip and u
horseshoe at the end of the handle.
DIR. Maburn Of the st. Lawrence State
Hospital for the Insane, at Ogdensburg,
n. Y, has been elected superintendent of
bellevue Hospital to succeed DIR. George
L. Stewart, who resigned recently.
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of Senator Hanna, has given up her
apartments in the Waldorf and taken
home in Madison avenue, where she will
entertain on an extensive scale during
the winter.
Gen. Molineux says that if his counsel
prevails the plays written by his son
would not be produced on the stage, nor
would the book Of short stories written
under the same conditions be published.
In the work of decorating the corridors
of the Waldorf for the horse show fully
plants and palms. After the show is
over it is the custom to send the decora-
tions to the various hospitals of New
York.
George C. Boldt, proprietor of the Wal
dorf, says that he is turning away 200
people day who seek accommodations
at the hotel The horse show is partly
responsible for this, but crowd ed con-
dition of the hotel is sure to continue all
winter.
Ex-Polce Chief Devery has been Of
fered 500 night to appear at a vaude-
vile show as a monologue artist; the
offer was made by telephone. IL wish
the fellow would come for his answer"
growls the. chief. 'Im tired Of carrying
it around"
The information was given out at New
ark, N. j., that Miss Emma Miller,
one Of the witnesses in the Molineux
trial, has been married for more than q
year. The fact that Miss Miller testified
under her maiden name during the recent
trial. and that her marriage was Kept Sc
cret, is the cause Of much comment.
The efforts of a number of New York
churchmen to check the incursions of the
drug habit have brought out the startling
statement from special committee ap-
pointed by them that there are over l.
OoO,OOO persons in the United States ad
dlcted to morphine and opium, and that
the number is constantly increasing.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, an inventor of a
successful locomotive boiler, who Incl
dentally owns some millions in money
and is lieutenant in the state militia,
IS about to mount the lecture platform.
He has agreed to deliver a lecture on
rallroad engineering before the engineer
time during the coming winter.
An accident occurred at the horse show
the other day in which Sidney J. Hallo-
way was severely hurt. He was riding
his bay gelding Allister during the exer-
else period when he was thrown from the
saddle. The horses feet scraped his nose
and his wrist was sprained. Mr.. Halo
way narrowly escaped death, as the horse
came down on all fours.
Of steel automobile road for the expert
ment to be tried in New York. The rails
are II inches wide, 40 feet long and
have a 3-inch f1ange on the under side.
There is less than half an inch raise on
the upper edges. Work on the expert
street, between Broadway and Church
street.
Charles G., Robling had an exhibit of
wonderful orchids at the flower show in
the American Institute. The most per-
feet flower in his collection was an ex-
otic Of the cattleya variety, which is
flower of waxen whiteness, relieved by
touches Of rich purple. This flower is
pronounced by experts to be the most
perfect result of cultivation at the show.
1t was one of the prize winners.
On Sunday the directors of the Ma
tional Horse Show Association gave
their annual luncheon to exhibitors and
others interested in the horseshow, which
opened today. William Whitney, one of
the directors Of the association, made
short speech, and Cornelius Eel
lows, president Of the association,
also said few words Of well
come. After the luncheon many of the
horses entered were exhibited in the
ring.
Gen. Molineux contemplates an ex-
traordinary action in connection with the
recent trial of his son for murder. He
says he may go to the Legislature and
ask for special appropriation to recov-
er the vast sum he spent in defending
the case. He has already paid out over
500, 900 and all the bills are not yet in.
In this matter he already has the sup
port of State Senator Plunkett, who sus-
gests that a relief bill be offered at tho
next session.
John Philip Sousa, the ''march king,''
has been provided with a mother-in-law
18 years old. Henry Bells, a. retired
photographer Of Atlantic City, is his
father-in-law, and is "a years old. Sew
eral months ago he began paying close
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