The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-27
SIR THOMAS J. Upton.
:: CHRISTMAS GREETING, 1901.
From few American friends.
guests on board the Erin during the
!: international yacht races.

New York skaters are happy. for the
''rcd ball' is up, and the skating sea-
son in this city is on. The fine biz lake
at Van Cortlandt park, with it's many
acres Of smooth surface. is crowded with
thousands of skaters who make merry on
natures rink. Golhng costume is this
year the accepted skating toggery for
men ,..knickerbockcrs., heavy worstel
stockings Of somber hue, double-breastetl
coat and golf cap. Russell shoes and
white-kntted gloves seem to have the
call.
a wonderful engineering feat is bein:
performed in East Eighteenth street Th,.
steel framework of one entire Sidewalk
weighing 100000 pounds. is being lift
ed without the disjointing Of singh,
frame. This wall was found to be II
inches out of plumb, and had to b.
Strengthened. The work is being done
by the use of gigantic jackscrrw, ol".
rated by score or more iavi:. for two
weeks past the wall has been slowly but
surely lifted from its foundation. There
are now but a few inches more to go i.'-
fore the top OF the framework will br
perfectly plumb.
Manager Grau or the Metropolitan OPP
era house has announced that the opera
season in this city will begin December
-, with die Walkuere. Terninu will
be the Nalkyrie and Siesi;nics part will
bring back the American beauty. Emma
flames. Single seats for the first week
christmas week-will be placed on sale
December 10. and it IS expected that
among the ATTRACTIONS will be Calve and
"Carmen' Oh Christmas night, with Sem
brich and I'll Barberc iii Scyiglia" to FOL-
low on Friday, December -. The
French tenor, Alvarez. will make his an
pearance in the second week Of the sea
son.
That rich combination of Boston real
estate capitalists known as the Ten As
Soclates has begun to invade New York
city in earnest. They are now building !,
large trn-story apartment house in Hair
lem: and today they bought large plot
in Fifth avenue. at the corner nf Forty
Jay Gould residence, now the home of
Miss Helen Could There the "T.n As
soriatrs' will build Il $3OO,OOO apart
mcnt house. At the present rate of build
ing New Iork's milionaires will have t.,
buy whole residential blocks if they wish
to live without the shade OF some apart
mcnt house
Not many weeks ago it WAS recorded
that upper Broadway was daily traverse,
by untold numbers Of really capable stage
folk out of work. Never before. it was
said, was there such an army Of unem-
ployed Thespians. Now all this has
changed. due in part to the demands of
the holiday season and in part to the les
son managers have been taught on the
road that any old actor will not do. The
result is that the higher-prced actors
have gone back to work, and, while ex-
penses are greater in consequence, re-
ports indicate that travelling companies
are doing better under the new conditions
The holiday season always brings 4
large demand for new gold and gold Ger.
titcates for gift purposes. and this yea
the demand seems to be larger than ever
At the subtreasury it is said that tn,
government will have forwarded to New
The custom Of making gifts of money il
New York and vicinity seems to nave
steadily increased. 1t gives busy mec
an opportunity to at once escape the hor
rors Of shopping and a token which car
never fail Of acceptability. This year is
said to be rccord-breakcr in respect tt
the demand for gold certificates. ranging
in denomination from $1,000 to $4,000.
Business still continues to invade Fifth
avenue. extending northward 50 rapidly
that the, revelation after Il few weeks
absence is nothing short of astonishing
Aside from the candy manufacturer who
- *" o"!S "Sv iiu p1aHS 10 lCcate next
door to our Uncle Russell Sage. ladies
tailors. milliners, furrierS and an almost
endless variety Of shopkeepers have I'm.
ceasingly invaded the avenue until a!
least south Of Forty-second street it has
practically lost its glory and prestige as
a residential street. 1t is remarkable
how this town is expanding. Ere Ions
the center OF fashionable residences
must inevitably be removed tar to the
northward.
Town Tnnics circnlatas 4 stor,. tho,