The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-02-13

musical comedies and Extravaganza in
Chicago and New York under their Joint
direction n s~upervision,,.. beginning in
the spring. Mr.. Mitchell will. stage the
productions and Mr.. Hamlin"wil assume
the managerial direction. They have un-
der consideration a new musical comedy
by Glen McDonough, a COMIC opera, by
another musical piece, entitled liking
Jonah the Thirteenth, ~ by Frank Baum,
the author of "The Wizard of ,l0z:ss$9
The engagement is announced of Miss
Cora Oliver, daughter Of Gen. and
Mrs. Robert Shaw Oliver of Albany. to
Joseph H. Choate, Jr., son Of the Amer
icanf' ambassador to- the court of st.
James.
A stroll. along Broadway or Fifth ave-
nue. these days makes one think lie has
"who's who book" William Dean How
ellis, the novelist, who never in his weak
est moments wrote a marshmallow story
for matinee girls, is a familiar figure. He
quit the Athens Of America about five
tropolis his home. Frank H.. Smith,
Frank Hopkinson Smith, Hopkinson
Smith and "Hop" Smith, by all of which
names one man may be identified through
his career as a contracting engineer, ar
fist, playwright, novelist, chef and lee
turer, rum into town frequently and is
always to be seen on the big thorough
fares in the upper Part Of the city: Mary
Johnston. who wrote Audrey" is often
in New York and stops at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel. Serene S. Pratt, who has just
issued The Work Of Wall Street, may
be seen almost any day along the great
white lane. Halle Ermine Rives, the
brilliant cousin of Amelia Rives, takes an
outing every day on The bride path in
Central park. Jacob Riis, Edward S.
Vanzile,' LYNN Robe Meekins and others
Of less or greater note are frequently seen
in the Fifth avenue procession. One of
the tallest and most: distinguished men
to be seen on lower Broadway is Palmer
Cox. who invented the smallest people in
the world, the "Rrownies." His prolific
output as an artist has made him rich,
and no one has as yet invaded his par
ticular field.
A Fifth avenue jeweler mended the
clasp of a pearl necklace the other day
and incidentally shattered an illusion.
The jewels had been brought to him by
a young girl nee wealthy herself and
descended from a rich family. Most of
the money that should have gone to her
was squandered by her father and of
her expectations there remained nothing
so valuable as a string Of pearls left by
her grandmother. During her minority
these had been in the possession Of her
father. When they came to her she
cherished them as all that remained of
a fortune which was to have been much
larger. They were approximately valued
at $50,0O0, but that was admitted to
be a conservative estimate: When they
were returned to the jeweler the young
woman wanted to know what they were
worth. Their value had not been ascer-
tanned by any member Of the family
since they were first bought. The
jeweler WINGED under the young wom-
ans inquiry. He had suspected the ex-
tent Of her mistake, but hoped that he
would not be called on to make it GER
tain. But there was no avoiding it. He
of mouth, so he sent the disquieting
news by mail. The pearls were excel
lent limitations and they could not be
worth more than 5000.
Thus melted away a fortune. But
the girl was philosophical. She had
learned her fathers peculiarities. Poor,
dear papa" was her only comment. "He
was always so thoughtful. He wouldn't
for worlds have worried me by saying
he had sold the real pearls. He couldn't
bear to cause anybody pain"
Those who have sworn at and others
who have borne in meekness the pranks
Of the winds at the junction of Broad
way, Fifth avenue and Twenty-third
street will be interested in a suit for
$4,000 damages brought against the own
ers of the 'dat from building. Gibson
N. Vincent, a clothing merchant, whose
store is at $40 Broadway, is the plain
tiff, and the papers drawn up by Mr..
Vincent's attorney have been served. He
sions DETECTED the northeast wind so
that the current smashed his plate glass
windows. Rain came in and damaged
the stores contents. In George Slosson's
billiard hall, on the floor above Mr.. Vim
cents shop, it has been impossible tc
open the windows on the Broadway side