The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-04-28

choir remain unchanged. 1t is Said that
$1,000 year at one time paid to Il So
pranO is the largest salary ever known
in New York choir There are prob
ably none like that paid today. The
! compensation as rule is fair and the
places much sought. They are indeed
| so much i'll demand that unknown sing
ers are frequently willing to give their
services for the sake of becoming known
as singers. Practice and familiarity with
their work is the thing demanded first
by the committees i'll the different
churches. In order to get that the be-
ginners are very modest in their de-
mands for several years.
The Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills,
successor to the Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott
as pastor of Plymouth church, has APP
piled for membership to the Brooklyn
Ridiitg and Driving club. His name
was proposed by John Arbuckle.
Blue Bell. the horse which plays a
walking part III The Great Ruby" at
Daly'S theatcr, is in a veterinary hosl,i-
tai suffering from sundrt cuts and
through trap door on the stage: but
the audience dldii't kii0w Of: the accident
to this star performer: Manager DAILY
fortunately had an underStudt; and the
performance went on very smoothly.
Imperfect electric wire insulation
caused slight fire in the Theater New
York on Thursday night and Broadway
promrnaderS were treated to a close dis
play of ballet dancers in costume skip
ping at the clamor of fire-engine bells.
Four hundred dollars Il square foot, or
$4,000 per running foot, has been o.
fered for the corner lot on Broadway at
the southerly side of Wall street. In
other words, $l,2OO,OOO was offered for
the premises and lot No. SO Broadway.
81 feet wide. This is the highest price
ever offered per square foot for land IN
North America. The offer was re-
fused. Benjamin d. Stillnan. the own
er. did not wish to sell, and he thought
; thai If he did the property was worth
$500 square foot.
The Walters union here draws the line
at red uniforms. They ordered strike
in cafe on Second avenue, where the
should wear scarlet uniform. The
men wore the bright clothes for tim.:
and were satisfied, but the union object
ed, fearing the example. The uniforms
have been discarded.
Chinatown high life is proudly remen.
bering dinner, beside which the $40 and
81 jefferson feasts are simply pork lind
beans affairs. This wonderful Celrs-
tial feast cost $40 a plate, and was Civ
en- by the wealthy and famous Lee faml>
~, to celebrate the erection of new
! joss house on Mott street. This temple
was built to mark the elevation If the
| Lees to the first row of Chinese society :
the one occupied by the Wonss and by
other rich Celestials for years. The jess
! tsuse is an elegant place, i'll Chine ~
| way Rare altar fittings. ebony furni-
| ture, carved woodwork, queer p,in'ir -
a;:d Other decorations were lmpolttl FIR
! the occasion from China. IL. lign
price of the dinner was due to the quanti-
ty of fine old Chinese wine served. The
rest of the menu consisted Of large list
OF strange viands, from chop suey +
| chop doy, all cooked i'll the most ex-
pensive Oriental oils.
In a little while a charter will be taken
out by the New York Hippolrome com,
pany, which plans to build an immense
| amphitheater capable of seating 1900
people. The capital stock is 81 ,U0!oN
in shares of 800. There will be u ,th'
ius of the modern circus about this hip
lc,lrome--no mere feats Of horsemnnshir'
arl acrobatic displays, no clowns,
| t;uch, Athens and Rome will be fullowet!
as nearly as the law and modern thought
all ". The chief sport will be char "'
racing, and the aim is to furnish Il rca'v
exciting sport the year round for TIC
metropolis rs the arena will be- au
Gvul, 1868 feet long by 203 wide, thu.
viii be ample room for this sport, witch
will he conducted positively without hip
pntl, oming. Races will be ION the
square, for purses of from $1,000 to
$1,000.
:, james p. Scott, the clerk Of the
Waldorf Astoria, whom so many people
know, cleared up $4,000 in National
Steel. and resigned his place ut the ho-
tel. ,:'It's easier to make money in the
street, he said. James Seek, head wait
or in the cafe. made $4,000. Max Co
hen, captain of the walters in the cafe.
made about $4,000.
Miss Virginia Fair forsook at least one
tradition when she married. Instead
of following the old custom. which or
dained that the. wedding silver should
be marked with the initials of the brides
maiden name, Miss Fair decided to have
her plate marked Nv. "" her initials
NOW that she is Mrs. Vanderbilt.