The Virginia enterprise., 1900-08-03

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Golf is "putting' On the .crecn:"
No keen observer hugs
l'oluSlon such as this He knows
Colts putting on the lugs.
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\arragansctt Pier has the prospect of
an out-ot-door performance Of "4As You
Like It, early in August The Point
Judith Country club has offered to loan
its splendid po4o field for the affair, and
professionals will be engaged for the pro-
uuctiOn.
Mrs. Stuyvc<ant Fish has sent ont
cards for vaudeville performance pre-
rel<d 10y 4 dinner to be given next Satur-
day evening. The show will be in the
staple. Th" dinner in the house. This
Wlll nc the first Of Il series ct such en-
tertainMent>. which will take place now
and again through the summer.
Pushcart men of the east side arc sell
ln= bicycles, of the pattern OF 1893. at
~ apiece. The wheels axe piled high on
the pusAcarts, and you take your pick
guarantees went with his wheels. to
which he replied loftily: Il sell none but
perfect goods With the exception of
showing a little rust here and there, the
bicycles seem to be in good shape.
What next for the new woman, one
is constrained to ask by my !aly's latest
aud most cherished fancy. The possess
sion OF Il latchkey is no new nor no
Sl;sn OF this new kind that makes it such
4 novelty. This new key is Of gold
sometimes SGT with Il single gem in its
upper part. or daintily engraved fits
the lock Of her front door. This key she
wears suspended from the new familiar
hang or tucAs it into her belt. just So is
ornamental uDNpr M shows
One feature Of metropolitan existence
j. the congregation of homeless persons
in the city parks every night in the sum-
lner. They are not all homeless by ne
'tsSity, either. Many of them have
places Of residence, but they prefer the
sweet air of the parks and the sound Of
tcnements, full of noise'ne odors and
unccuth noises. The police estimate
that there are 545O persons sleeping ev-
cry night in the thirteen city parks in
which they are allowed to pass the night.
They are not permitted to remain at
side parks. but all the others are open
to them for sleeping until ) o'clock in the
morning. At that hour the police stir
!hem up and they must move on. City
Hall park is the favoritc lodging place,
1000 persons being the average number
\utl StcA 1lH hospitality. 1nlS park Is
across from Park row, where the pan
handler can best ply his calling, and
where there are numerous free lunches
that can be enjoyed by the purchase of
glass Of beer or Il 0-cent glass of
whisky.
Surely the dancing at summer hotels
this season is for tho most part ou;sby.
remarks the Boston Journal OCCASION
ally you see girl ''all steel springs and
ginger,' who seems to enjoy prunc;nr
and capering in the violent twostep, but
only with difficulty does she find a part
ncr who is .responsiyely athletic. The
rs II accidental contact with her would
be distressing to the male. All, it was
dltterent when we were young! Then
there is q strange dance today in which
to the liveliest of music the dancers bob
slowly up and down with a panied cx-
posed ia il in each boot To the social
lelerS who rubberneck upon cool spot
on the piazza the sight is amusing, and
yet there is refined cruelty in thus seek
ing pleasure at the expense Of the labor
rrs within. What has become OF the old
fashioned, vO}uptuouS waltz:
The warm wave, while it had a de-
pressing influence, stimulated some DeO-
pie in their efforts to catch the precious
penny. A bootblack near the Grand
Central station, who has already become
conspicuous in his line Of business be-
cause of his enterprise in placing electric
lights over his street chairs for use at
night and awnings for the comfort of his
an electric fan mounted near his row Of
chairs last week and announced to his
regular customers that his was the first
outdoor electric fan ''in the bootblaclz
business in New York. 1T costs S12
for the machine he said. land about S.:
Il month to maka de wind, but WI gotta
to have"
A hypaper peddler attracted much at
tention by his peculiar makeup, when all
New York sweltered and when the fes
tive tenement house fly did it's share to-
ward making life Il burden. He wore Il
high silk hat covered with flypaper, to
which thousands of the insects had been
attracted, and his basket. which he car
rled on one arm, was also decorated with
Sstreamers of ,well-covered fypaper. On
his back he carried 4 placard rudely let
tered: '"There's some flies Oh me-"
Appraiser Wakeman reported for seiz-
ure to Collector Bidwell large antique
porcelai medallion vase valued at $25UO.
which was found in a shipment Of UNI
brella stands from China, invoiccd ut
$50. The importers are Jack, Hing &
Co., and the umbrella stands were ap-
praised at Is or II cents apiece. When
the package was opened fully and exam
ined carefully the precious vase was
found carefully packed in the center. It is
several hundred years old, about three
feet high and is one of the finest speci~
mems of the potter's art ever seen in the
appraiser stores. The appraisers report
to the collector recited the facts of the
discovery and recommended that the vase
be seized and confscated for nonpayment
of duty. Mr.. Wakeman made no COM
ment on the discovery Of the valuable
antique other than to remark: "Eyidently
they forget to put it on the invoice''
In spite Of the intense heat last week
the Casino at Newport was crowded on
the opening night Of the new theatrical