The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-26

any conditions
it is said large sum is to be paid. The
Spencer cottage, or Chastelieux, as the
house and grounds are known, is on Il
Knoll on Harrison avenue, overlooking
the bay, having Il grand panoramic view
OF the tort, the torpedo station and the
yacht anchorage.
Il put an advertisement in the paper in
hopes that it might lead to the recovery
Of my pet parrot said Rev. Phoebe A.
EtannafOrd in her home. THE bird real
" is as much the property of Miss Ellen
+: Miles, who lives with me here, as
mine. 1t was presented to her four
years ago by Mrs. St. John Gaffney, and
Miss Miles generously presented me half
the parrot
Yes, it can speak twenty languages,
but not all of them correctly interposed
Miss Miles. I'VE never kept it in Il
cage except when it was naughty. 1t
always sulked until we unlocked The
door. Then it would shrek, 'Ah. ha!
Here we are again I'm a good parrot
now"
Mrs. Hannaford, who is a genuine
minister, you know, tried to teach the
parrot to say. Bless the Lord but ali
the parrot would say was, oh, so to the
GrvH. Mrs. Hannaford kept at her
why the parrot flew out of the window
added Miss Miles smilingly.
August Belmont has bought Brayton
Ives house, ii East Thirty fourth street,
and will occupy it after extensive altcru-
lions have been made. This work will
take several months, and it was learned
last evening that Mr.. Belmont does not
expect to take formal possession of his
new home until October I of next year.
The price paid for the property is said
to be between $2OU,OGG and $25O,OOO.
1t is coincidence that the house Just
nurrAased by Mr.. Belmont is in plain
son avenue, and not over 200 feet dis
tant: The latter house, which is owned
by the AstOrs. is one Of a group of three
stone dwellings at the northeast corner
of Madison avenue and Thrty-fourth
street. 1t adjoinS the corner house and
der lease, for the last seven years.
Mrs: A: NJ. Palmer has gone into trade,
On Monday the wife of the well-l;nown
theatrical manager and the president of
the Professional Woman's league will
open the doors of her shop at G45 Madi-
son avenue, ana as a ''chil'rens outfitter"
will cater to the fashionable little folk in
that part OF the town who will some day
be the leaders Of society," She will also
provide some charming things for their
mammas-soft: clinging wrappers of silk
and lace, negligees, tea jackets and the
daintiest of handmade underwear. Mrs.
French lines. and will remind the women
who usually make their purchases abroad
OF one or their fayOrite botiQues ON Rue.
de la Paix. She will also serve tea to
her patrons; III fact, tea will be enc of
the pleasant features of the establish
-hnys
ms boots ,{ to his bonnet may be had Old
Gr children. too. will be dressed by Mrs.
Palmer. Mrs. Palmer's husband NOR 70.
verses several years ago. He was at
that time one of the most successful thr
atrlcal managers in this country.
With tear-dimmed eyes the belbovs in
the waldorf Astoria hotel watched the
departure of r. S. Blodgett, a banker of
Boston. Because of his lavish distribn
ton of money among them they regarded
hlm as veritable Monte Cristo."
Hardly night passed during the last
S. to $40 in the main corridor for the
boys to scramble for Usually Mr..
Elodgctt waited until II o'clock at night.
when the hotel corridors were filled with
tashlonably dressed men and women He
would then change a bill of large de-
nomination into dimes and quarters and
wait LIS opportunity. Inc boys were al
ways on the alert, but Mr.. Blodgett
wanted what stage managers call "a sit
uation''
When crowd gathered in front of the
office Mr.. Blodgett, standing at the Thir-
ty-fourth street entrance, would hurl a
few dollars in dimes along the floor to-
ward the reading room. The effect upon
the twenty bellboys lined up on the leath-
er-covered bench was electrical. With a
mad rush they SCRAMBLED for the elusive
coins as they rolled about the tiled floor.
For few minutes the dignity of the
place was upset and men and women, not
realizing the cause of the commotion, fled
in CONSERVATION to the palm garden and
surrounding rooms.
Sometimes while the boys were battling
for the dimes and quarters Mr.. Blodgett
would shower another handful upon
them,- which served to spur them to re-
newed efforts. TO vary the programme
MIR. Blodgett occasionally closed the door
leading to the reading room and dashed
the coins against it. Mr.. Blodgett is
very fond OF boys, and he scattered the
money with such impartiality that all
had an equal chance to get fair share
Of it. He distributed in this way about
$500.