The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-11-07
IN GAY NEW YORK.
Scenes and Incidents of Everyday
Life In the Pals of America. u

Life In the Pals of America. y
Anton Hegner, the violoncellist, was a
which arrived from Copenhagen.
Joseph A. Deane, president of the
Mortified Oil Refining Company and a
director in many corporations, is dead
at his home in New York city.
These are busy days for the immigra-
ton officials. the population of Little
Italy" has been swelled to the extent Of
more than 5000 persons just landed.
The soil of Central park is being ex-
amined by q commission of experts ap-
pointed by Park Commissioner Wilcox.
The object of the examination is to de-
termine if the soil is deteriorating and
the best method for replenishing it.
John d. Rockefeller has presented to
the city a marble fountain IS feet in
height, which has just reached here from
Como. 1t will be placed in the New
York Geological Park Garden, where for
some time base has been in course of
construction.
Frank Mckee is planning to send Miss
Mary Mannering to London next season
to present 1.-THE Stubbornness of Geral-
dine.' Mr.. Mckee has arranged for a
copyright performance Of the play in
London and will reserve the English
rights for his star.
Carroll Beckwith, the artist, and Mrs.
Beckwith arrived on the steamship Zee
land. They have been abroad since July
T.. Mr.. Beckwith said that the only
serious work he had done while on the
other side was copy Of a Van Dyke,
"St. Martin Dividing His Cloak with a
Beggar."
Mrs. q: Il. Gilbert, who is playing the
current: success, "The Girl and the
Judge" celebrated her eighty-second
birthday on Monday, October 20. Miss
russell ls in Harlem this week, at the
Harlem Opera House. kilograms have
and every member Of the Annie Russell
Company has given her birthday re-
membrance.
The fame-colored stocking is vanity's
latest device for the autumn girl. It an
pears to have come in to meet the new
conception of the stockings as an article
of adornment as we'll as apparel. 1t
should be worn with dark skirt, thus
rendering an effective contrast when a
sudden swish OF the dress reveals it for
an instant. 1t appears that brilliant COL
ors are to be the vogue. Dazzling green
and scarlet and abruptly contrasted COM
blnatlon colors are seen everywhere.
lar in New York. Those Of the better
class are not patronized by Italians, but
by Americans who have become weary
OF French cooking or the monotony of
the Yankee cuisine. Spaghetti with
grated cheese and a flask Of chianti are
the staples. A variation of stuffed green
peppers or a fish is the usual thing for a
relish. People who patronize these
restaurants say there is nothing like an
Italian dinner to restore the jaded
palate to it's normal condition.
In one of the cages now on exhibition
in New York city there is more than Il
fulfillment Of Isaiah's prophecy: ''The
wolf also shall dwell with the lamb and
the leopard shall lie down with the kid
A splendid lioness dwells and lies down
with lamb in box six by eight feet.
The great beast, in kittenish mood, lies
on her back, pleading with the lamb to
come play with her. Apparently the
warmest friendship holds. When the
lamb refuses to play the lioness looks
disappointed. One Of these bright days
Mistress Leo will have chops for break
fast.
Most of the 100000 left by Count
ess Antoinette Seilern, Il stepdaughter Of
the late Oswald Ottendorfer, will 20 to
her husband. According to a referees
report, submitted to the supreme court
by Lawrence Godkin, the three children
of the countess do not figure in the divi-
sion of the estate, and the will, made
dow +lo
part of her fortune to her husband, is
valid The countess was daughter of
MRS. Anna Woerishoffer. The three
children live with their father in Farm
ham, Surrey, england. Their names are
Carl Hugo, 1Antoinette and Oswald.
Fifth avenue has seen the last of the
famous "twin' houses of the Vanderbilt
family, occupying the block on the ave
nue. between Fifty-frst and Fifty second
streets. These houses have always been
one Of the SIGHTS Of New York. A
year ago Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard remod-
eled the house at the Fifty-second street
corner, and yesterday saw the work of
destruction of the unique architectural
design of the mansion on the Fifty-6rst
street corner. The entire Fifth avenue
side of the house was removed, and in
place of the old design of elaborately
carved walls and copings there will be
erected front severely plain. Frederick
w. Vanderbilt is the owner of the house,
and his plans of remodeling, when com.
pleted, will have cost him S1,OOO.OOO.
The interior has been stripped and fitted
with freproofng, the roof has been raised
ten feet to make an additional story of
the former attic, and in the basement
there will be installed an electric light
and heating plant.
Russell Sage is getting ready to 'swrap
the draperies Of his couch about him and
lie down to pleasant dreams' Hereto
fore Mr.. Sage has made use of the ordi-
nary form of note given for money Dor
rowed upon collateral security. He is
now employing a new form. This new
form Of stock note is in all respects like
the old form in use for many years, ex-
cept that paragraph is added providing