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

A professional besgar, vino unburdened
Of the philadelphia Times, told the fol-
lowing stories about his experience with
three prominent New York people:
'The largest sum | ever received from
one man was on Saturday, December "a,
last Chr stmas eve. | spoke to II gem
tleman at Fifty-secOnd street and Madi-
con avenue. He stopped and piled me
with questions. l told him was COM
positor and had been in the city only
three weeks. When / first arrived had
$22, but in looking for position | had
spent it all. Well he said, that is too
bad. will help you to get room and
something to eat He then pulled out a
wallet and extracted two notes, which
supposed were dollars. Well, you can
imagine my feelings when looked at the
two bills. There staring me in the face
were two $40 notes. ! aftcrward found
out the gentleman was George Gould.
That this is the transition stage OF
fashion, the tag end Of one season with
the succeeding season still hidden from
sight, in fact the nondcscript time when
every thing goes, all this can be seen in a
visit to the theater. AS to whether any
thing goes on the stage. that is another
question, but i'll the audience that truth
appears. One will see the shirt-waisted
woman elbowing tn" woman in organdie
while the low neck and short sleeves OF
evening dress seem to suit another As
to the men, the straw hat and sack coat
IF one seem fully AZ correct as the more
pretent'"ns =arb Of another. This is Ger
tainly the 20 as-yon-plcaS.' season, When
the cd question. ''N hat shall | wearT
need no more perpleX.
Now that it is settled that the only
street stands for the great public at tht
Dewey celebration must be built By pri
vate enterprise spectators arc recalling
the terrible slump in this connection thai
occurred when Gen. Grants tomb was
dedicated. Many miles of empty stands
lined the thoroughfares up which tho
procession passed, and toward the end o1
the day any plce was accepted for I
seat which in the morning would cost
from 81 to 81. The cool weather anc
the fact that the procession could BIZ
seen just as well from the sidewalk was
responsible for the smash in values. |,
is hardly likely that such q catastrophe
will attend the Dewey demonstration
The popularity of the hero of Manila anc
the probability of the weather being
pleasant will combine to make the spec
ulation of putting up grandstands safe
IN honor Of Dewey should be safe
There will doubtless be relief for some
persons in the announcement of one mu
sic publishing firm that no coon song.
are to be included in its future output
A New York woman who recently re
turned from a trip around the world saio
her idea of the fitness of things received
a, shock when she heard a military bant
playing Hello, Ma Baby in Port Said
Ragtime will be the next thing in tn,
music line to be dropped.
A person in Brooklyn and a person il
st. Louis talked to each other for abo,l
nifty hours last week over the long-dis
lance telephone, and it cost them NOR
than $4,000 for the privilege Neithe
party to the conversation was woman
and there is nothing on record to show
whether St. Louis or Brooklyn had tin
last word.
Most of this talking was done between
the hours Of p. IN. and a. m, whe1
the rate between Brooklyn and st. Loui
is S. for the first five minutes and 81
minute for additional time. The da,
rate is $40 for the first FIVE minutes an,
~ a minute for additional time \
| least one-half of their talks, however
Topped Top ed OYER ;; into the high-Ticed hours
III VIC Ulll AOI IL Was TilO. 10 Tail
steadily from s o'clock in the evenin,
until 6 o'clock in the morning at the rat
of 81 IA minute would cost only $500.
The man in Brooklyn and his friend il
st. Louis were both telephone subscrib
ers and carried on their conversation
| through their own receivers in thei
homes or Offices. The chief operator ii
| the office of the long-listance telephon
| company in this city admitted that tn
$4,000 conversation had taken place, bu
said that he could not tell anything abou
| it, as that would be contrary to the rule
state.