The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15

and recently Mrs. Burden became very
indignant when she provoked the laughter
smOte her very lively blow square in
the face. There is a rumor that boxing
gloves are also used in conjunction with
the punching bag, but this is Indignantly
denied by one Of the class.
Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont's erstwhile "a
zen locks are rapidly assuming golden
nue. under the skillful treatment of
!! hairdresser The stray gray hairs, that
are the bane of middle-aged women,
were gradually asserting themselves and
! stood out boldly in striking contrast to
her generally jet-biack hair. There was
| nothing left for Mrs. Belmont, in order
| to stihe these marks of age, but resort
to the bleaching process, and probably by
| the middle Of the winter season she will
| be full blown blonde. The transforma-
! ton is being brought about by slow and
easy stages.
siduously to Miss Fiji Potter, daughter Of
Mrs. James Brown Potter, and the pair
is seen every morning together on the
tennis courts. So engrossed in each other
have they become that their companions
! have learned not to disturb them. The
| name of Potter seems to have an ire
| sistible charm for the Palmer boys, for
like his brother, Honore Palmer is pay
ing court to Miss Potter. Miss Louie
| Potter seems to have captivated Honore.
and for the past two seasons they have
been so much together that their friends
have been looking for the announcement
OF their engagement.
! Mrs Wilton Lackaye, formerly Alice
Evans, the pretty Bessie Brander Of "A
| Texas Steer company. started ont just
after lunch to give her pet dog Bully
an airing on the Rialto. She led Bully
along at the end Of stout silver chain,
and all went well until they reached
! Broadway. A negro leading a big white
bulldog passed at the instant with his
dog at the end Of rope. and the white
dog took dislike to Mrs. Lackaye's brin-
| die thoroughbred and SI,rang at it.
The air was filled in a half secoud with
bulldogs chains, ropes. nrgros curses
and Mrs. Lackaye's screams. Bully
front of the ear. and there he hung while
the negro cuffed and kicked both dogs
impartially.
Help. Help cried Mrs. Lackeyc.
and to her rescue rushed the Rjalt0 stroll
ers. Willie Rochester, Bury Dasant,
Myron Calico, the English actor. and DR..
Gilday of the Hotel Marlborough. ali
| Mrs. Lackaye's friends. came up OF Il
run.
The actress was on her knees wheT,
they reached her. vainly trying to force
her fingers into "Bully's" mouth to make
him loosen his hold. She could not do
it. A lighted cigar was stuck again the
held on. Finally the dogs were choked
ard relaxed their holds. Then Mrs.
Lackare tainted.
Two great hotels. rivals in grandeur
to the WaldorfA storia, or New Neither
lands. will be built on Fifth aven,c as
scur as pending negotiations are ti..s',et!
bridge T. Gerry on tn" old Windsor site.
the block front bctw. on Fnrty-sixth and
Forty-sevcnth streets. The other. prob
ably the more imposing. will cover the
entire block between Fifty-hrst and Fiji
ty-second streets. Fifth and Madison
avenues now occupied by the Roman
Catholic orphan asylum.
Cruikshank, will tell who is t" he lessee
of his new hotel The name Of Potter
Palmer has been mentioned in cCnnec-
ton both with it and the purchase Of the
Fifty-frst to Fifty-second street block,
1t is known that Mr.. Palmer made an Of
fer of 81 100000 TO .Iohn 4. Crimmins.
one Of the Cathedral trustees. for the
Fifth avenue frontage. He wanted Il
depth Of 125 feet. extending to the brick
building on Madison avenue. which IS
used as school The offer was refused.
The two new hotels. with the new
nome for the Kf lnlhi, an club. which Col.
John Jacob Aston il to build on the FIT
ty-ffth street corner. vii! involve an i'm
mediate outlay for Fifth avenue between
Forty-sixth and Fifty-tifth streets. OF
more than S10,O0O.OOO.
Mrs. Theodore Havemeyer will sail for
Europe soon after her daughters mar
rage to Lieut.. Com. WinSlow. on Sep
TENDER 10. and will remain abroad for
some years.
Just at present fishermen in the vicini-
ty of New York are catching small
but toothsome fish called the lafayette.
because it grew plentiful in the year
1924. when Lafayette visited the United
States When lafayettes are plentiful
| they come in immense shoals numbering
millions of fishes This year they struck
in here about August 1. They are likely
to stay for several weeks vet. the very
| until December /. The iafayettes now
being caught are most Of them four to
six inches long. The fish attainS length
of ten inches 1t is commonly conceded
to be a very excellent pan fish.
There lives On Staten Island. main
tanning fishing house and beach, a man
who used to own the place III BIcecker
street where the police and criminals of
New York met to divide the spcils of
burglary. arson. shoplifting. safe-crack-
ing, pocket-picking, bunco-steering. short
card playing. swindling of every descrip-
ton, faro banking, roulette. hazard. dice.
craps, etc. Those were the days of JIM
Irving chief of the New York detec-
tives. The customary rakeoff for the
bluecoat was 20 per cent. The gangs
| i Lo~ rod .x,I
laid pipes. 1t was we'll understood that
the fellow who got leather with
few dollars, say. from $40 to $3.50 or
5000, was immune. but he who landed
a prize of larger dimensions was liable
to arrest and punishment.
Four or five noted pickpockets were
telling stories over their beer one night.
when the name of celebrated govern
galoot?" said one of the crew, sncerins-
) ly. lie ME tell you: They drove ME
hard for awhile. and finally landed me
in Philadelphia. and just as | was en-
tering the Broad street station to make a
graft Mr.. Detective lays his hand on my
collar and says. says he. Keep out O
here, see?' l got him off in a corner
piece over each eye, and says. says I.
DO YOU see anything? He says. says
he, No. I'm totally blind With that
he walked away and l went On in the
station to finish my job. No sooner had
l reached the main floor than he runs
up and lays his hand on me again.
What's the matter now?' says l:
thought you couldn't see 1 can't.
says he. but put another one O them in
my mouth so l can't talk. 1t cost me
another forty to get rid of him."
|
) among the men who have proved ready
victims to my story was Gov. Roosevelt.
whom l met as he was going into the
University club. l approached him with ::
Mister, would you help man to get Il
nights lodging. l don't like to ask you
for money, but am really forced to it.
He asked me: Are you aware that
there is a municipal lodging house,
) "'Ics. sir: stopped there last night
| aud th, rules only allow one person to