The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-09-06

been in progress that has cleaned the
apartment houses in the West Sixty
eighth street police precinct of the wonl-
en- who made that section notorious
Sixty-fifth street, the center of the new
Let signs than ever before in its his
tory, and there has been a material re-
duction in rents. This exodus is attrib-
uted nOminally by the police of the West
SlXty-elghth street station to their activi
~. The real reason, however, is said to
be the section of the new tenement-house
law, which makes it an offense punish
err OF house partly occupied by re-
spectacle people to rent apartments to
dissolute women.
John Arbuckle, the millionaire coffee
merchant of New York and Pittsburg,
has not given up his pet scheme of a
workingman's yacht or floating hotel.
A statement that the steamship John
Stamler, which was fitted up for this
purpose, had gone out Of commission
and would be dismantled is denied by
Mr.: Arbuckle, who says the boat is only
laid up for repairs. On account of the
arrangements of the berths the floating
hotel has not been success, and very
few people took advantage OF the philan-
thropic scheme. The Stamler is to be
thoroughly remodeled, however, and ev-
erything will be added that is now lack
ing, This work will require about three
weeks. If the weather is still hot the
Stamler will continue her trips this sea-
son. Otherwise she will be laid ND until
next summer. Mr.. Arbuckle is still as
enthusiastic as ever over the scheme.
1t has been authoritatively announced
hot %hn la l.:
cas- farm racing colts will be sold on Sep
TENDER IL, under orders from Mrs Lii
liam Barnes Allen, who is in possession
of the farm and stock left to her by the
late, Pierre Lorillard. This is only the
first step, it is said, toward disposing of
the whole string of thoroughbreds that
were owned by, Pierre Lorillard. Thus,
determination to race the Lorillard stable
he will have to buy from Mrs. Allen the
horses owned by his own father. 1t was
said that Mrs. Allen would enter the
horses for races under the Lorillard col
ors-cherry, black hoops on sleeves, black
tassel on caP-but the son of Pierre L9r-
lizard outwitted her by registering the
colors as his property. so that she could
not use them. The string is estimated
to be worth about $1,000 and is head
ed by David Garrick.
Quite sensation was created on the
beach at Narragansett the other day by
feminine bather who appeared at the
height Of the bathing hours clad in an
airy. transparent costume Of white brill
iantine, and wearing pink tights, with
was evry transparent, was trimmed with
silk in polka dots, and her cap was Of
white silk with veil to match. When
the bather first appeared at least 500
bathers gathered around the girl, who
seemed to enjoy the sensation she was
creating. When she plunged into the
dashing surf the small boys cheered lus-
tily: while the older ones looked on and
smiled. After taking a sun bath on the
beach, the bather entered bath-house,
followed by a crowd of curiosity-seekers.
The chief of police ordered her to leave
the bath-house by the rear entrance, and
to change her costume the next time she
entered the water. The event was the
sensation of the day at the pier.
There is a new king of the dudes in
New York city and he is a millionaire.
His name is Henry B. Clifford and he
halls from that section of the country
described by the effete Fasteners as the
H. Berry Wall and J. Waldere Kirk,
erstwhile leaders of New York fashion,
may have fattered themselves that they
knew thing or two about the sartorial
art, but when placed in contrast with this
new king of the dudes they bear close
resemblance to the famous dollar bill
from which 20 cents had been extracted.
Although claiming Arizona as his home,
because of the fact that his myriad of
business interests are located there, Mr..
Clifford spends most Of his time at the
Waldorf-Astoria, where he lives with his
wife in an elegant suite Of rooms on
the sixth floo1 The word ''dude' does
not appeal to this Western millionaire,
and it is only necessary to mention it
| within his hearing TO incur his displeas-
ure. Il merely wanted to have some
thing different from what everybody is
wearing he said when asked for an ex-
PLANTATION Of his eccentricity in dress.
'Nobody, save possibly the black valet
which Mr.. Clifford has added to his
retinue. knows precisely how many suits
are in the Clifford wordrobe. Two suits
month is said to be the average, and
the. Clifford tailor has been at work sew
eral years. When he goes travelling, even
on short journey, many large trunks
are generally included in the excess bag
gage. Not long ago he went out to Ari-
iona and the Pacific coast to look after
his properties. Eight trunks followed
him and still there were enough suits
remaining in the Waldorf apartments to
clOthe regiment