The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-31

without maid or groom. speeding to or
from dinner in one of the elegantly-ap-
! pointed "buhbleS' that are much ia
vorrd This is Il common sight, especial
| ~ ut Newport, more often in midWeek.
| when the husbands are away ut bust
ness. But Newport has such excellent
roads that there is no apparent danger.
and women are decidedly expert in run
| ming the machines.
One Of the trustees Of the AStor es-
! tate sets ut rest certain rumors as to Mrs.
William AStor'S financial statistics. He
said she has an annual income of $50
600 from 4 trust set aside by her hu>-
band, and, in addition, she enjoys a large
annual income from her sons estate.
The securities set aside to provide tho
S1).ON I; year have been 50 renuncratlv"
that there is Il large surplus, and the
friendly suit lately begun was to do
termine what was to be done with this
extra money. One thing seems certain,
and that is that Mrs. A<tor has enough
to keep the wolf from her door for tn>
term of her natural life.
Folded inside of the hoSo1i,S il shirts,
rolI,>u in stockings, stuffed inside dress
skirts and sleeves. Special Agent Theo-
bald and lnSpectresS Ferris OF the col
lector'> office found over $1,000 worth of
laces in the baggage OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Loui; Moot OF Baltimore, who were pas
Senger> on the steamship Friesand. from
Antwerp. When the vessel docke,l, Mr.
Moot, who is IL wealthy importer Of Bal
tim0re, made declaration to the Gus
toms officials that he had nothing duta-
bic in his baggage. but afterwards adj
mitted he had some lace in the trunks
The laceS were seized and Moot held in
$1,000 bail
*.
to call Theodore Roosevelt Il lobster"
But Il motorman on the Twenty f..ll
street line did it the other afternoon, and
ne is rather proud Of the fact. although
he did not recognize tile governor when
he said it. The great rough rider was
standing on the cartracks shaking hands
with Lieut.: Gov: Woodruff when the car
came bowling along, and the motorman
shouted: "Get off the tracks, you lob
sters!' ''That's Gov Roosevelt" said Il
passenger on the car. ''Holy ma ckerel!"
calculated the motorman soto voce. Then
| q; loud Beg your pardon, governor. I'm
the lobster' The governor smiled.
The streets CT New York are blossom
ing out in gaudy campaign banners more
and more every day. Some of the great
combinations Of netting and highly paint
ed shining canvas are loud enough to
drown the din of the "L' roads. The
portraits Of the candidates are so rosy
| checked. have such great google eyes and
such wonderfully arranged hair that they
are weirdly impressive. No one can help
looking at them. They are fascinating
in their ogreish and abnormally wide
awake expression, and one maryels at
the daring Of the artist WhU has pro-
duced such portraits Of four most dis
tinguished Americans. ''Fierce," in its
slangy sense, is the only term that will
fit them.
The botanical gardens at Bronx park
nave received Il large and valuable COL
lection of palms, anthuriums. and plants
from the conservatories of Miss Helen
Gould at Tarrytovn Miss Goulds
greenhouses were stocked with as COM
plete and valuable collection of plants
as money could procure. At the time of
the Worlds fair held in Chicago Miss
Gould presented to the authorities some
| of her finest palms, and now she has pre-
scented to the authorities in charge of
the Bronx botanical gardens go plants
from her collection. The most notable
one is large palm more than thirty feet
in height. There are also coffee. ginger
pepper and nutmeg plants. crecentia, and
Il cuibash tree.
The plan to put a sea wall completely
around Manhattan island seems likely to
reach fruition in due time. 1t is esti-
mated that such 4 wall of stone and
twenty-five miles in length would cost
$4O0O,0O0. The sinking fund commits
sion recently turned over to the dock
board $1,5OO,OOO to be devoted to this
the money will be forthcoming when it is
wanted. There was an attempt to get
the money from the Legislature, but
without success. So now the city Of
New York has taken up the matter and
will most likely bear the expense. The
waters around New York get on the ram
page very often and stout bulwark
against them is absolutely necessary for
the safety of the ''longshore' district.
Some Of the dear women are ducks
even to trousers. Says the New York
Sun: Now comes the woman who wears
white duck trousers. Quite a number Of
them have been seen recently aboard
yachts near Larchmont and New Ro-
| chelle. One woman vino returned yes
terday. from cruise from the sound
with her husband confessed that she
wore them. The reason the yachting
women take the new STYLE she said, is
because it is much cooler, and then our
skirts are not dragging in the water in
the bottom of the boats as is often thu;
case in catboats and yawls. I am fond
of sailing and must say that can move
about more quickly in trousers than [
can in skirts. None of the women wear
ing duck trousers has been seen On the
beach,
Sea athing at midnight under electric
light, is becoming {, recognized amuse
ment in West Brighton. The authorities
have always forbidden night bathing for
many reasons. But now that a flood of
electric illumination can be thrown over
the beach and the breakers, and detec-
tives and uniformed policemen, with alert
lfesavers, are all there it is found that
q midnight dip is not bad thing after
all. Hundreds Of bathers Of both sexes
took advantage of the new" order of
things at West Brighton all last week.
1t is possible the innovation will extend
to other beaches as soon as the lighting
arrangements can be completed, although
it is only enthusiastic bathers that will
! care to make habit of going into the
water and moving about in a wet, cling
ing bathing suit in the chilly air of after
dark.
Another New York restaurant has
adopted the charitable plan which has
for years attracted every night to bak-