The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-25
IN GAY NEW YORK.

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Jacob Smyth Of Coney Island, while
fishing for weakfsh at the old iron pier,
caught Il turtle that weighed Alb pounds.
The turtle was landed safely and placed
on exhibition at the pier.
Jewels valued at $4,000 were seized on
the Cunard Line dock by custom house
detective on the arrival of the Campo
mia. The jewels were in the possession
Of John Hawkes., Cincinnati importer.
A cOrsage ornament Mr.. Hawkes. had in
his hip pocket.
William Heath Lyon, who for many
years was leading merchant of New
York city, is dead. Mr.. Lyon served as
memer Of the board of commissioners
for purchasing supplies under eight adj
mlnistrations. He is said to have been
the first APerican merchant to enter
Paris after the revolution Of 1S49.
Another engagement of much interest
is announced. 1t was that of Miss Elean-
or Thomas, the daughter Of Gen. and
Mrs. Samuel \. Thomas. to Il. Living
Ston l}eeckman, the son of Mrs. Gilbert
J.. Bccckman and brother of Mrs
Louis l.. Lorillard. This is Mr. Beck
mans second announced engagement.
The first was to a Miss Elaine Sartoris,
formerly of Philadelphia, now of Eng
land
Amid the cheers Of dozen or more of
her former school mates and score or
more of her mothers theatrical friends
Lillian Solomon, daughter Of Lillian Rus
sell, sailed for Rotterdam. Miss Solo
mon, who is IS years old, is going to
RI or DIV
on the stage. With her is her aunt,
Mrs Susanne Leonard Westford, who
will act as chaperon. Miss Lillian Rus
sell saw her daughter off,
The latest thing in chatting dishes is
an earthen casserole set in copper
frame and fitted with a copper cover.
The casserole is made of the common
fFed earthenware, and is glazed inside and
nnglazed outside. A severely plain and
rather "stumpy" earthen handle adds to
the picturesque effect. It is said that a
welsh rarebit" or "lobster a la New
burg provokes more of musty ale ap-
petite cooked in this vessel than in
cleaning silver dish.
Mrs. Ada Eugene Vrooman Leslie
lingering illness. She was born in
1916, and when only 1G years of age
was widely known by her contributions
in prose and verse to the leading peri
odcals. She married Alfred Leslie, a
son of Frank Leslie. After his death
and a number of other periodicals. In
recent years she assisted her SONS.
Arthur and Frank, in organizing the
Leslie syndicate.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Is arranging to
give fancy-dress ball at Crossways
next month. The guests will be asked
to appear in Continental costume, and
several new and startling features are
planned Mrs. Fish has been counseling
with Viewpoints electricians concerning
decorations, and if anything novel can
be evolved by the Newport artists she
viii have it at any price; Mrs. Harry
tillon will be led from both ends by
Messrs. Lchr and Dyer.
The true condition Of Georgia Cayyan
the actress, is learned here from mem
bers of the family. They state that she
is childish. 1T is /; case of what we
used to call, in the old fashion, soften
family. "She has overtaxed her brain
and cannot recover. But she is not wild
or harmful, as has been stated.
The stories about sale of her effects
in New York were wrong. Georgia
owned a $4,000 house there, and it las
been sold: Somebody collected few
OF, her things and then added a lot Of
other articles and held an auction sale.
These things went at big prices"
If full duty be paid on the paintings,
statuary, bronzes and other works Of
art, comprising the Massaranti coliec-
ton, part of which has arrived from
Italy, Henry Walters of Baltimore, the
customs authorities at least $3.50, 900.
Mr.. Walters paid about $1,000, 900 for
the collection and the duty OH paintings
brought from Italy is Is per cent. 1t
is thought, however, that the whole col
lection may be brought in duty free as
the tariff law permits, under certain re-
:strictions, the bringing in of works of
art for exhibition purposes as in the
present case, by museums and public
corporations.
New York dogs are af1icted with
'whooping cough. Surgeons have been
summoned to the houses of the wealthy
in the city and the suburbs to treat them.
The owners find that the dogs are chok-
ing or that they are suffering from
spasms Of coughing, which threaten to
end in death. The cough is a combina-
ton Of bark and shrek and is terri
tying even to the animal himself. 1.-THE
habit which children have Of fondling
dogs has undoubtedly communicated
whooping+ cough to the animals said
Or: E. N. Levy, "and I doubt not that
children may get whooping cough by
playing with animals which are suffer
ing from the disease
An interesting engagement just an
nounced is that Of Miss Eleanor n.
Thomas. daughter of Gen. and Mrs.
Samuel Thomas, to R. Livingston Beck
man. also of New York. Miss Thomas
is heiress to large fortune. She is one
Of the enthusiastic golfers in fashionable
society on the Ardsley links and an auto
mnhilist She is one Of tho Pew unnna