The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-18
WOMEN AND SMOKING.
Working Classes Ape the Arlstoc-
raoy In the Use Of the
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London, March 5.--The Daily Tele.
graph, IN an article recording the enor-
nous increase in the number of women
smokers, says: "The great middle class
lis smoking us unconstraincdly as the aris-
:tocracy, and the working woman is fast
following. One well-known lady Of title
lis sometimes seen driving in the Ridley
road with Il briarwood pipe in her mouth.
Inquiries made among. doctors, tobacco
nists and others show that the bicycle is
responsible for much of this. for in wheel
parties there has arisen a freedom of
manner unknown in the presence Of a
.chaperon."
Tho "O's" and the ''Macs."
About 100 bills have already been intro
tduced in Parliament, of which number
eight are government measures. One
Legislative curiosity introduced by Daniel
Macaleese, anti-Parnellite, member for
Pies Advocate of that place, Ito ena BILE per-
sons of Irish birth or extraction to adopt
the use of the prefix 90 or Mac before
their surnames," was received with shouts
of laughter and has furnished a fund of
paragraphs for the press The bill, how
ever, is exciting unexpected and serious
opposition from the Irish and Scotch
members already enjoying these prefxes,
who claim, according to one statement,
that it would "be an infringement of the
dignity of their order"
/ The bimetallists in the House of Com
mons have secured first place on March
%, when they will present u resolution
providing for the closing of the Indian
minis and demanding the appointment of
a royal commission to take up the whole
question of bimetallism. The Bimetallic
league has issued long manifesto, re-
viewing the situation from the time of
Senator W0lcOtt's mission, protesting
against the proposed adoption of the gold
standard in India and urging the govern
ment instead to resume earnestly the ne
gotiaMons with France and the United
States.
Young Astor Captain OF Boats.
Large numbers of people witnessed the
formal opening of the boating season at
Elton on Tuesday, when a procession Of
boats, under the supervision of young
William Waldorf Astor, who now has the
proud distinction among Etonians of be-
ing captain of boats, was rowed from
Windsor bridge to Boveney lock. The
flotilla was a most picturesque sight.
Emperor William is not, as the CORE
spondent of the Daily Chronicle at Ber-
lin telegraphed, having racing yacht
built for him quietly at Southampton to
enter the regattas in German and Eng
lish waters next summer. The story
arose from the rechristening of the
American schooner yacht Tampa, recent
ly purchased by Emperor William, to
Iduna
Throughout the week London has been
given over to local politics and the pro-
ceedings in the House of Commons have
not excited much interest. The Queen
will hold privy council on Monday and
clear up arrears of business before start
ing for the Riviera on Wednesday. The
Princess Louise princess Henry of Bat
tenburg) and her children will accom-
pany the Queen to the south Of France.
Her majesty now, for the first time,
habitually uses gold old-age spectacles.
Praise for Mark Twain.
The English press has universally
printed praise of the statement that Mark
Twain Samuel L. Clemens) has paid the
last of his Webster {, Co. debts. DR..
McAnister, writing to the Times on the
subject. says: with the exception of
the historical case of Sir Walter Scott
do not think there is to be found in the
records of literature anything quite equal
| to Mark Twain's conduct"
It is said in Brussels that when
Prince Albert of Belgium returns home
| from the United States he will be raised
| to the rank of major in his Grenadiel
| regiment and that his betrothal to his
cousin, the; Princess Clementine. whe
| was engaged to the late Prince Badouin
will be announced.
| The Times in it's annual statement
| says the drink bill of the United King
dom is nearly f3,5OO.OOO ($17, 500 OlM Il
| excess of that in 1896, averaging f3 16,
sgd (about $19.12 for each man
| woman and child.
IT, Duke of Manchester of Age.
The Duke of Manchester became of age
! Oh Thursday. The church bells Mt Kim
| bolton We're rung, there was general dis
play of bunting, and a congra tulatory teIe
gram was sent to the duke, who is at St
MoritZ. Switzerland.
The beated advent of winter is telline
| severely upon the constitution of British
statesmen. In addition to the Marquis OF
Salisbury, Joseph Chamberlain, the Duke
/ of Devonshire and other members of the
government are more or less invalided.
Lieut.. Moser of the cavalry has ted
sensation III Austrian sporting circles
AS the result of bet he jumped, in uni
| form, into the Danube at Klosteruenberg
| and swan to the opposite shore in Il
minutes 10 seconds. The river there il
$780, meters wide and the current carried
| him 500 meters down stream. The tenn
perature of the water was degrees above
zero, but the lieutenant was not injured.
At Tattersalls on Monday twenty-five
horses, described as prize winners at the
| recent horse shows at Chicago and Madi
at auction. They averaged 56 guineas
(about S294). which is considered low
price. The st. James Gazette, comment
ing upon the sale, says: "The expert
ment of sending recruits for Rotten Row
| is not likely to be repeated. The horses
were not of the proper stamp. A New
York prize does not carry an equal recon-.
mendation with the English. Here the
shows are strictly business. At Madison
Square garden they are mere society func.
| tiOns."
Tomb OF Osiris Found.
Scientists are excited over the authenti-
Gated discovery of the tomb of Osiris, the
chief god of the Egyptian and Brother
(ConsOrt) of Isis of Luxor, village of
upper Egypt, built OH the site of Thebes.
The news was first received with incredu-
lily, but all doubts were quoted by a tele-
gram from the director-general of excava-
tons to the president of the Egyptian
council of ministers. The discovery was
made by NJ. Amelineau. who in letter
also affirms positively that he has discOv-
cred that the tomb of the gods Seth and
Horus is in the same metropolis, at Ably
dos.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: "There is
no doubt this is a great discovery. Thus
we know the tombs of the last three god
kings of the second of the divine dynas-
ties. which dates back 10000 years.
'Twenty-Two at Curzon Street." by
Brandon Thomas, was hooted at the Car
rick theater on Wednesday. The con-
struct;on and dialogues are weak, but Ar
thur Bourchier, as the baronet, and Lottie
Venue, as the widow, almost overcame
the Deficiencies of the play.
Edward Terry has reappeared at his
own theater in Stuart Ogilvie's white
Night" with Terry w. Labingdon. Kate
Rorke and Esme Berringer as the prin-
cipals. 1t is likely to have moderate pop
ularity.
The London critics journeyed to SUBJ
urban theater on Monday to see blue
Jeans" They dissect the play partially,
for they do not comprehend it's local at
mosphere.
Charles Overton, formerly the English
agent of A. NJ. Palmer, who took ''The
Wages of SIM and Jim the Penman'' to