The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02

dabbed on each others faces. Then the
paint they swallowed made them sick.
They heaved like men trying to digest
bad oysters, and then leaned up against
the iron bars Of the cage and grOaned.
The polar bear looks like zebra-a
It was rather an eventful day at the
Zoo and the little ones enjoyed it.
Lady Naylor-Leyland. who was Miss
Jennie Chamberlain OF Cleveland, O., is
the most beautiful and youthful of the
four titled American widows in British
society. She is still under 80 years, and
was married ten years ago. Everyone
is saying that it is singular that she and
the Countess of Stanford should have
been left widows within fortnight of
each other. The latter Is now the rich
est Of the titled American widows. nei.
ther the Duchess of Manchester nor La.
dy Randolph Churchill being blessed with
much means. The Countess of STAFFORD
has period of mourning to 90 through
before she can re-enter society. This is
not prolonged to the extent abroad that
it is here. When she energies for the
she will naturally introduce her daughter,
Miss Colgate. The latter, who will
eventually come in to the entire fortune
Of her late father, Samuel J. Colgate,
will be one of the great heiresses Of the
Anglo Saxon set.
The millionaire colony on Fifth ave-
nue. is about to erect between Ninetieth
and Nintey-second streets series of
mansions which will shade into iDsigniti
canoe those of any thOroughfare in the
world. Andrew Carnegie's new home
will cost 100000. In the next block
the two Burden Hammond houses, which
William Douglas Sloane is building for
his daughters, will require an outlay of
S5,WO,0OO. Mr.. Gud will spend 81 ,OOO,-
600 Oh Il new house, and across the street
from Mr.. Carnegie William X. Wander
ture of $1,000, 600. Andrew Carnegie has
already spent sums i'll the millions for
ground. He is after a few more lots in
order to take in whole block. Since he
remarked that it was a disgrace to die
rich property owners up there are en-
deavoring to do their almost to rescue
him from that sin, and few remaining
lots that the ex-steel king is anxious to
an exorbitant figure.
The first tea bar will be opened be-
tween June 1 and June 10. 1t will he
followed by twenty others, and then tea
bars will spread over the United States.
The plan is to make tea a substitute for
Intoxicating liquors. The project has un-
limited capital behind it. 1t will be con-
Quoted by the Church. army, of which
Col. H. H. Hadley is at the head. The men
who are behind it are Cornelius Wander
bilt, J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas l..
James, president Of the Lincoln National
bank; W. r. Wardwell. treasurer of the
Standard Oil company; George G. Will
liams, president of the Chemical Nation
al bank, and others. The establishment
of the tea bars as substitute for sa-
looms follows experiments covering more
than year.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish will
start in a private car tomorrow for Vel
lowstone Park. They will be accom-
panied by their daughter, Miss Marion
Fish, Miss Rita Po1neroy, Charles Mum,
Madison Grant and James w. Cutting.
Plymouth church at special meeting
decided that it was not wise to discuss
the Philippine Question at this time, but
lest it should be understood outside that
the action was in any way an abandon
| ment of the time-honored custom of the
| church to freely discuss any public ques'
| ton of Importance declaration vas
| adopted in which it was announced that
| Plymouth church still maintained the
right of free speech and honest express
! sion of criticism.
Some interesting ideas of America and
Americans can be Cleaned from con
| chant of Madeira, who has been trav-
cling through the United States for more
than month in the effort to restore his
health, which was shattered by too close
application to business. Notwithstand
ing that Mr. Hinton is well along III
years and has visited nearly every coun
try in Europe, he had never been i'll
America before.
1.-THE hospitality of the people has
charmed me- he said. "One thing that
has surprised me is the tremendous ten
so different from Philadelphia, don'1
you know. The languor of the people OF
Philadelphia is quite restful, but in New
| York everything is rush, hurry-a kind
Of continual exhortation to smoke up
as l hear you Americans call it. The
traffic in your main streets Is immense
three times as large as at any one point
in London, and it is handled three times
as quickly.
Chicago is Il jolly place, but it is the
most peculiar city l have seen. When
was there, the other day, had OH a pail
of yellow shoes, which l had purchased
in London. \ well-dressed man came uI
to me on the street and offered me $S
for them. OF course, it was all right
but l thought it was strange to expect 4
man to walk back to his hotel in hi:
stocking feet.
Princess Salm Salm narrowly ESCAPED
being killed while riding her bicycle
Princess is an enthusiastic bicyclist
| While riding along at smart clip not
far from her hotel, the Cambridge, she
ran into street car and was thrown
violently to the ground. The princess
was badly cut on one side of her face
and knocked unconscious. Princess Saln
Salm will leave America for her home
at Bonn, Prussia, on June q.
The stage door Johnnie" has burst in
to full bloom with the advent of the Eng
lish chorus girls. Their coming gave hin
strength and hope, and the gullibl>
youth who formerly Wis withered by tn
unpatronizing atmosphere of the Ameri
can ballet girl is now full-t1edgct
flower. The Johnnie" is bobbing III
everywhere. He has prolific field JUS
now, because of the unusual number o.
comic operas, burlesques and extrava
ganzas. He always bears the mark o.
the man whose day begins at midnight