The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-04-07

1afL near lnXeQO. Sne can shoe her
own horses, and rides well. She is a
book on the subject. She also manages
the restaurant in Cooper Union.
A case of string beans, one of the
few that escaped the, freeze in Florida,
sold at auction for SIS to d retailer Of
luxuries. At that rate they would have
to be retailed at 81 quart for the buyer
agus, of which d trife has reached the
market, sold for 81 q butlcli, aiid other
early spring vegetables are CORRESPOND
ingly high.
Recent important extensive transac-
tiofls on Fifth avenue, in the fashionable
resident quartef, by one Of the younger
gests that new Vanderbilt palace Is
about to be erected.
TEN TO ONE.
Some dine in deific splendor,
Some on free lunch and ball,
Soihe, such as /;
PhilOsOphie'ly try
To exist on ITO ditiilef at ill.
Bryan can MUNICH for dollar;
Croker for ten plunks plate;
But collie H. =.
Like the pauperized me,
viii be shortly undinnered by fate.
The Impecune in TOwn Topics.
Warren F. Leland will receive each
day, until his new hotel is completed, ii
sum, said to be $3.50, on use and occu
pancy policies" which he fortunately
held. This will be entirely apart from
the insurance he will receive on furniture,
personal property and improvements.
The use and occupancy" policies pro-
vide for payments to the insured a GER
tain sum for each day il room cannot be
occupied because of fire. AS all the
rooms were entirely destroyed III the Ho-
tel Windsor fire and it will be long
time before the hotel can be replaced, the
amount will probably be very large.
Tom has ruined his last bonnet,
drenched his last victim and played his
last prank for the amusement of the
crowds which visit the aquarium, in Bat
terry park. Tom is dead, and has gone
where good seals go, if they die in New
York-to the Natural History museum.
His mate, Jerry, showed evident signs of
gTff when - Toms enais b pod WAS
amicably together for twenty-one months
and five days in the aquarium, and they
were considered to be the only tropical
seals in captivity in the world. They
were caught off the coast of Yucatan.
Rather recently a Broadway shop has
undertaken the experiment of serving
chocolate at little tables where you may
make yourself at home ut 20 cents i.
head. With your small cup of really
good chocolate touched up by whipped
cream you receive plate of assorted.
sweet crackers and a linen napkin. You
do not need TO eat the napkin. The in
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little and gossip good deal in comfort
has caught the popular fancy. 1t is no
uncommon sight to see drinking 2Ocent
chocolate a group of two or three smart
women who have captured an apprec;-
alive man they know.
E. w. McArdle. a Well-know theatri-
cal agent, has just returned, a sadder
and much wiser man, to the home of the
free and the land Of the brave. In con-
junction with another enterprising agent,
he made a venture in comic opera in
Porto Rico and it proved frost" even
in the tropics. Mr.. McArdle says the
natives have not enough money to buy
bread and the soldiers wealth all goes
for red liquor. Cuba, also, will not be
ripe for the profession for some years.
|. Chinatown is III mourning. Annie
Harrison, the original tough" girl Of the
Bowery, whom actresses copied so far as
possible in delineating character sketches,
is no more. Chuck Connors, the China
town guide, has made the following COM
mentary upon Miss Harrisons .decease:
"Annie was de 'rig'nal tough gal, de-one
de stage. Dey was ali limitations of
Annie, but none Of dem could dance like
Annie. An sing! No bird in de trees
ever sang like Anne. Den she was de
jolliest ever. She chased more blue devils
away dan good liquor. No one could be
in de blink when Annie was about. She
was chunk O. sunshine from start to
finish; yes, an she was good. Not good
like de preacher folks say, but good.
When she had de dough, no one in hard
luck ever went to her an said, Annie,
me stomach thinks ME t'roat is cut wild
out gettin' de price of face feed.
Give away! Why, Annie giyed away full
ly 300 fortunes. She would have been
in Fiji avenue, now, instead of in de
dough and been mean. But she couldn't
help bein' kind But you oughter aseen
her wake! Not goil in Chinatown but
wasn't dere, an de cryin' would doated
ship"
Miss Mary Baldwin Tolfree, who is to
be the only attendant of Miss Virginia
Fair at her marriage to William X. Van
derbilt, Jr., on April 4, will carry u big
will be the first young woman to have
this privilege. The roses are of deli
cate pink, with a creamy tinge. Miss
Virginia Fair has decided to have two of
the best-looking lads who attend to such
duties at the cathedral assist Father
Murphy during the marriage ceremony.
She has chosen them, ana today the lace
robes and accessories which she provides
were completed. These youths will be
geant in the conserva tory of the Oelrichs
residence.
1t would be an ungrateful public which
should object to this new fad for wear
ing portraits as brooches. Much posi-
bic confusion is averted when pretty
girl fastens her neck ribbon with a pin
as big as a silver dollar bearing picture
natural as life of young man. The
spectator knows at once not only that
the young woman has a beau, but pre-
cisely what he looks like. Immediately
she becomes an object of keenest inter
est to fellow travellers in car. Lucky
girlr' or elbow can she care for n man
who looks like that?'' the portrait will
suggest to the other passengers. 1t is a
question whether another pin bearing
the fortunate man name ana ADDRESS
would not be an advisable addition.
George J. Gould proposes sporting
venture for the coming summer months
that is unique. It might be called polo
cruise. He has formed polo team,
comprising besides himself II. l.. Her.
bert, the president Of the Polo associa.
ton; F. -. Collier and the latter's son,
r.: j. Collier. These four enthusiasts
will cruise around to the various water.
ing places where fashion congregates in
q boat In tow fitted up to afford stable
scconan,pd atoms Tor thirty ot forty pos
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