The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-03-08
brows and sandals of the time Of Romu-

he reviewed the parade in company wit
brows and sandals of the time of Romu-
lus.
The studio of Mr. Constable will be
converted into Roman circus, and in
the arena the various performers will do
their burlesque classic stunts" Every
one present will be asked to talk Latin
only.
The arrest of famous swindler at one
of the large hotels recently offers an OPP
DOrtunity to inquire into the reason why
a thief, swindler or disorderly person of
any kind who is DESTROYS Of escaping pub
lie notice for short time invariably
picks out one Of the big hotels to hide
from the police. A manager of one of the
Broadway hostelries said the other day:
I'VE do what we can, but we cannot at
ford to employ mindreaders to act in the
capacity OF clerks in our hotels. II a
man comes in and says he wants room
and looks respectable and able to pay for
it we must accommodate him. We can
not refuse man of whom we know moth
ing Then again, we cannot have guards
with muskets at every entrance Of the no.
tel, and if thief who is chased by po-
liceman dashes into the hotel and is ar
rested there, what can we do? We do
not employ censor either, and when
such arrests are made we are the suf
fererS.'
Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay. the wife Of
the young Commercial Gable company
millionaire. was driving in her private
hanson Wednesday evening when a
Metropolitan Traction air car smashed
into it at Twenty-eighth street and Fifth
avenue and upset and demolished t..
Mrs. Mackay was thrown against the
<,f% y 1Fr><J
oner until police and bystanders eXtri-
Gated her from the wreckage. She was
shaken up and her dress was torn, but
she declared she was not badly hurt.
The horse that drew the hanson, ST.
perb animal named Bluebird, imported
E"s mGphs a cost BY So SsRa{ hf fpS
over on his head and instantly killed.
Mrs. Mackav cried when she saw the
animal lying in a pool of blood The
new hanson, which cost $4,000, was Il
sorry wreck. The wheels were smashed,
the lamp was demolished and the drivers
seat knocked off.
-Four years ago John J. Clark kept fast
horses and carriage and had unlimited
credit. He specialized in Wall street and
was known as a daring and successful
operator. The other day Attorney Abra-
ham p: Levi filed in the United States
court Clark 3 petition in bankruptcy. The
liabilities are placed at $1S1 ,S4S.47. while
the assets are nothing. Cl9rk's heaviest
creditor is the Park National bank, which
let him have $4,000. The former Wall
street operator is now earning $15 a
week as an emplOye of a small restau-
rant on Broadway.
wall street proved my ruin,' said
Clark. II got on the wrong side of the
market. and it didn't take long to get all
my money. I think l must owe about
$3.50 GOO, but $1SO,OOO is all 1 can re-
member. My advice to young men is to
stay out of Wall street and avoid specu-
lation. I made 100000 running an oys-
ter saloon in Canal street, and then l
wanted to make a Million
Slowly but surely the "dress suit area
habtually get into evening clothes on the
stroke of 6 is increasing; Around the
| large hotels this change is apparent to
the close observer There is less of
what a Londoner described last night as
"American informality," which he con
strued as meaning business suits worn in
public places after business hours. Now
the dress suit is beginning to invade the
noisy region below the city hall where
dollars and cents rule the fashions. Sew
eral shrewd merchants have had elabo-
rate series of dressing rooms and lock
ers built in their stores where business
men can store their dress suits and make
4 hurried change after leaving their of
fees. When booked for a dinner or
some other function at an early hour
the victim is therefore no longer obliged
to race home at breakneck speed to
change. covering from two to eight miles
of territory. but can leisurely dress with
out the usual accompaniment of profani
| ty. The innovation has become popular
J. Waldere Kirk, the King of the
Dudes kindly gave Broadway a treat
the other afternoon. taking a stroll in
the sun from the Hotel Cadillac to Her
aid Square and back. Mr.. Kirk may
have needed fresh air, but his primary
onlookers, was to display his latest tri
umphs in the way of Western clothes
Mr.. Kirk has come out of the Klondike
to sell vast mining properties The says
they are vast) to New York capitalists
Not expecting to remain long in New
York he did not bring his wardrobe with
mnl-merely few necessary garments tt
keep him properly covered and warm
After little urging Mr.. Kirk enumerat
ed these few garments as follows: TWEEN
ty-two pairs Of trousers. Is suits Of
clothes. I hats, 3 overcoats, S pairs o1
shoes. 3 dozen shirts, Is neck scarfs.
dozen pairs Of gloves and an umbrella
| 49, AAAh AoueStiH eApldlueu tuttl lie car
rled one umbrella because that was al
he could use in case it rained. The Her
aid square philosopher. in commenting or
this. wondered whether the same arsu
ment would not apply to the rest of Mr.
| Kinks wardrobe.
kleptomania is on the increase. accord
ing to a well-known judge of the cour,
of special sessions. He has made a spe
clal study Of local conditions. enlistine
the efforts of many long-suffering shop
keepers in an endeavor to correct thu
evil. NO matter how severe we make