The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22

| Maiden at lie SeukOOre
Toying with Il fan;
| Won't 70 there any more;
| She can't find Il man.
Ohp of the last victims of the kissing
bug is Rose Coghlan, the actress whom
he kissed upon the forehead at New
Rochelle Miss CoghlaE is hy no means
pleased with his attention. There is (,
! bump upon her forehead and her eyes are
said to be swollen almost to the point of
closing.
One of New York's ladies' aid associ;-
tons has arranged novelty in the way
! of church entertainments. 1t is to be 9
"sox social" No set admission fee will
be charged. but each person requiring ad-
mission will be furnish small silk
STICKING or SOCK in which he will be re-
duired to place as many pennies as are
| called for by the size of his feet If he
wears No. 8 shoes he will be required to
pay - cents. 1t is not stipulated what
will be done in case it is suspected that
any one is found trying to cheat the COM
mittee. ,
The newest powder puff is as deceptive
as those pio,ls- looking prnypr.bnok cases
which arc merely covers for packs of
| playing cards or flask containing some
thing "cheerful." The new puff takes
| the form of bunch of flowers that is
| pinned on the bodice of Mabelle. VIC
| let's or lilies of the valley, surrounded by
| their own green leaves, are the BIOS
| SONS usually selected, and the bouquet
serves to hide Il diminutive bag of pale
green silk in which is concealed the puff.
These little ''subrosa" affairs are greatly
fEsn4rt1 h1- tHo III Isl
| at the Eastern resorts
The deadly kissing bug" so called be-
York 1t was discovered first in Wash
ington. Then it flew to Paterson and bit
man there. Now it is heard from at
Staten Island. Mabel Penney was the
first New York victim. Later August
Lungman came to Bellevue with his face
badly swollen. The board of health rec
otninends for the kiss lotion of am
monia, followed by an application of
witc chi or some me-. laudanum With sugar
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. rhe bite causes the
lip to swell to ain abnormal size
Mrs Phyllis f. Dodge, vino was ac-
cused by the United States customs Of
hcials of attempting to smuggle 100000
worth of jewelry into the country with
out payment of duty, was let off easily.
Assistant Appraiser Brewer said she
| could have all her seized fnery back if
she paid 500 duty. ~Diamond experts
MIs the v"nr o Of th th fwSSs h at $1
$4,000 wUrth Of them Ill New York.
These geins were handed back to her in
Il PAPER barcpl. Four pieces worth $4O,-
O0O were seized. Oiie was the famous
pearl necklace appraised at S35, 900. Mrs.
Dodge was not arrested.
The newest parasol handles seen in the
smart uptown stores are made of birds
heads with the real feathers. For in
stance, a parrots head, covered with
tiny green and red real feathers, follow-
ing exactly. the colortig Of the live bird !;
a, golden pheasant, peacock, d dove
| they are all to be seen, and even II d lit
tie fragile, they are very lovely and quite
the protection Of the eatllery tribes will
take this fashion Innovation when the
handles appear oil promenade after the
FOOLISH seasOh will Dt Interesting, lin
view of their recent crusade against
wearing birds as headgear ornaments.
The church drfy tea saloon at iG Al
len street has settled down to an average
business of FROM $50 to 300 cups of tea
a day; which is considered good business
Tor the time in operation. During the
first week hundreds of people, inspired
by curiosity, visited it daily, but now that
the novelty has worn off, the saloon is
acquiring a regular patronage, composed
principally, it is said, of drinking" men,
some of whom, Oh the occasion of their
first visit, drank as many as twenty cups
of tea. During the evening the saloon is
filled with men, who sit about reading
or talking, and who'drink about five cups
of tea ench
The most plentiful article of commerce
in New York in summer is ice. At the
first hearing, this statement of fact may
sound comforting, but it suggests various
consideration. \ glass of iced tea or
iced coffee, for example, ordered in the
average restaurant. is one-eighth drink
and seyen-eighths ice. Fish out the
Jumps of ice and see how much remains,
if you don't believe it. The plenttude of
ice is also responsible, doubtless, for the
heathenish custom, which originated no
man knows where, of planting noun
famous goblet Of ice water in front of n
customer the minute he seats himself at
table, with the intention of eating
something. Ice is a good thing in it's
way, but it should be pnrveyed With deli
cacy, not by the ton; and little of it
goes long way in drink =
The latest Partisan fad is in New York
and will travel west very RAPIDLY. as
fashions always do. Fashiona bic WON
en- have decided that color of any kind
i'll the complexion is in the worst taste
possible. Only an absolutel pale face,
with no trace Of tint anywhere, is the
proper thing now. Since, unfortunately,
there are only few naturally-pale beau
ties, and most persons who are pale have
a sallow or yellow tinge in their skin,
the only way in which the new fashion
can be followed is to whiten the entire
face artiicialy. Then, as the same
fashion DEGREES that the lips must be a
flaming red and the eyes must be bril-
these features. The result is remarka-
BILE, if it is not beautiful. Later in the
year, when we have the elegant evening
assemblagcs, you might easily imagine
that the female guests were ghosts.
while the screaming crimson Of the mouth
and the wild glitter and sheen of the
eyes will help to make the effect more
mer girl who returns from the shore re-
sorts, all bronzed and freckled, going to
do?
Spite walls and spite houses have re-
Gently attracted public attention more fire.
quently than usual. We have spite fences
to burn here, but spite hotel has been
hitherto unknown. None exists, actually
but one is now in process of erection and
tumn unless its building is interrupted by
some unforeseen" accident. This new ho-
tel is in an uptown residence .peighbor-
hood, short distance from Fifth avenue,
Persons who see the new building and do
not know the motive which inspired the
owner wonder why such site for a hotel
was selected. It;never would have been
It the neighbors 'had dwelt together ip
greater harmony. They disagreed, hoWs