The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
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IN GAX NEW YORK.
BACK ON THE OLD FARM

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He can reel off French and Latin nv tho
Hf ssn eS rsns df the knosst Of
But It's just his very knowIe Wedge that dis
| turbs,
For I've I've, argued with him very long and
But 1t seems that am never Understood:
He says. PA, you're too drastic
And know that he's sarcastic
l. "hen J. ask him to saw up a cord Of
wood. New York Herald
| LADY" OR WOMAN"
"A beautiful iady''-who would say?
| Beautiful womans the better way
Such rs the doctrine which schooimarms
But their pupils put it, She's peach"
| New York Herald.
One OF the most fascinating Of warm
weather beverages in which the metro
poiltan man fond of luxury is now i'll
dulgihg himself, Is a ''couperee.' The
couperee is, indeed suggestive of its
name and never fails to accomplish what
1t suggests: 1t is made by taking one
| and One-half pony glasses Of brandy and
one pony Of red curacao. Fill the glass
one-third full Of ice-cream. Stir we'll
Serve with nutmeg on top, and the cou-
perez will do the rest.
The newest and smartest little trinket
| with which to deck the feminine person
is seen i'll the smart jewelers. on upper
! broadway and Fifth avenue. 1t is d
| short gold chain. very fine and delicate,
and about II inches long. At the ends
are crystal pendants, pear-shaped and
| heartshaped, or made to represent four
| leaf clOyerS. They are cOiored like the
costly gems, and will suit the color of all
| gowns. They are to be knotted around
| a fourth hand tie, to fastpn d lace scarf
or to drape the front Of the corsage to
the right or left, and, prettiest of all.
they fasten the open fronts of fancy
| bodices.
| Capt. William q. Randle of Chester.
Pa, has resigned the command of the
American liner st. Louis. In a letter to
| the International Navigation company he
says that he has reached the age where
ne considers the constant strain of great
responsibility too burdensome. He be-
came the commodore Of the American
! line at the time of Capt. Frederick Wat
| kins' temporary retirement from the
Paris On April /, 1893. Capt. Randle's
| successor on the st. Louis is Capt. J.
Passow from the New York. Capt. Ran
| die has accepted position with the New
York Shipbulding company.
'Steeple Jack" returned to his old love
again tn" other day and climbed to tho
top of the tlaypole on the dome of the
Pulitzer building for the sixteenth time.
He was then 49, feet above Park row.
and while at this awful height placed
new gilt ball upon the hagpoe From
the street he looked like Il mosquito. and
the 1S-inch ball like a 1-carat stone.
'Steeple Jacks" right name is Joseph H.
LAWYER. He has been climbing to lofty
perches for twenty-five years. did his
father before him. When the Pulitzer
building was built ''Steeplc Jack put
the ball ON top of the pole. He realizes
the danger. but declares he is never PER
fectly happy unless he is in the clouds.
One of New 1ork's nandsomest the
alters is to be built this summer. the con
tract. which has already been let. calling
for its completion on or before December
|. George NJ. Jansen'S new playhouse i'll
, Long Acre square will be a three-story
terra Gotta. steel and glass structure.
69x1OO.4 feet in dimensions. The cost Of
the building is estimated at $2OO,OW.
The general style of architecture will he
Moorish. The theater will be surnount
ed by Il roof garden covered by plate
glass, and the sides will be sliding glass
windows. Fully a third of the front of
the theater will be of stained glass.
| Back of each OF the stained glass panels
will be dozens Of incandescent electric
lamps. producing a dazzling effect.
Phyllis Rankin, the actress. who has
been playing in London. Eng, with the
Belle of New York company. appeared
before Justice Scott in the Supreme
court as Mrs. Phyllis Rankin Gibbs and
asked for an absolute divorce from her
husband, Henry D. Gibbs, an actor.
Mrs. Gibbs, who is sister of Mrs: Sid
ncy Drew and daughter of Mckee
Rankin. testified that she was married
to the defendant at Charleston. S. c.. on
March =. 1895. They have two children.
She asked for the custody of her chill
dren. The complaint is filed on statutory
grounds. Gibbs did not put in defense
and Justice Scott adjourned the further
hearing of the suit until some additional
witnesses could be produced on behalf of
the plaintiff.
\ swagger pink tea could not have
drawn greater asSemblage of stylish
women than were gathered together OH
THURSDAY i'll the courthouse which
Tweed built. The galaxy of fashion and
beauty was there to engage in combat
under three standards. 1t was to I've a
fight to the death between the Colonial
DANES of America ON the one side and
on the other the Incorporated AS<ocia-
ton Of Colonial Danes of the State of
New York and the Il incorporated So
| "A
The Colonial Danes object to the titles
borne by the other two societies. and are
trying to get an I'M junction to restrain
their use \ hitch occurred just as the
case was about to go on, and it was ad-
JOurned until next week
The magnificent BrazlianS are in fnan-
cial difficulties. When Dom Eugene
Faria Gonzales de Teixeira. MARQUIS of
Agulla Rranea, and his mother came to
New York they were reputed to be worth
SlOo.OOO.OO. Indeed they may have
great wealth. but all the same the SPLEEN
did house at One Hundred and Fifth
street and West End avenue is to be
sold at auction unless the lawyers patch
up an arrangement because of default
in paying the interest on a mortgage
of $1,000. The young Brazilian'S money
has gone into the hands of real estate
men. Within two years he has paid
them S:'0O.ON all the money he brought
with him to this country. The family
mines and great landed properties. but it
is difficult to realize upon all at once.
The proposition to build Il hotel for the
exclusive use of women seems to be on
the eve Of success. The committee hav-
ing the matter in charge has picked Il
site OH Forty-second street, near Eighth
| avenue. liz uutel W III IN TuI eutlIelt
by women. even to hall and elevator
girls. Horrid man will be permitted to
put up the structure. and then he will be
banished forever. 1t will be paradise
to the poor, lonely working girls, now
addicted to boarding houses. No woman
will be admitted who cannot furnish the
best of references. There will be draw
ing rooms, reception rooms, cosy corners,
a library and reading room. together with
| all the comforts of a hrst-class hotel.
from roof garden to kitchen. The bar
room will be a model tea saloon. but
stronger beverages will be on draught
for those who desire them.
Some business houses have their auto
| mobiles and other devices for attracting
attention in the streets and avenues and
| hunt for ideas even newer. The novelty
would appear to have been discovered in
youth of athletic mold and decidedly
English features. who attired not in liv-
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