The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-01
member when it was rare indeed for
women to be seen about the lobbies."

Rajah, the trained Borneo orang out
ang, whose public exhibition in eating at
table with a knife and fork attracted
died suddenly Monday afternoon. Kajah
was one of the best trained and one Of
the finest specimens OF his kind in cap
tivity. His public eating exhibitions were
but secondary to his cleverness in other
tricks which have been taught him:
skating OH roller skates. Rajah and the
other orang outangs all became sick two
weeks ago. AS near as could be told the
ANIMALS We're suffering from sickness
resembling typhoid. The keepers worked
over over them day, ana night and all ex-
Brunei and Rajah died within a half
hour of each other. The apes were
valued at $1,000 each.
The blockadng Of portions of the side
walk at Broadway and Thirty-fuurth
street, owing to the work in progress or
the foundations of the big buildings 20
be erected, has opened a new field TO the
gentry who are always On the lookout for
working for them. This occupation is
that of assisting timid ladies and others
70 cross the square. Many persons from
out Of town, who find themselves in this
vicinity for the first time, are dazed at
the rush Of the trolley cars. wagons, car
riages, automobiles and other vehicles
that are constantly passing: They are
afraid Of being run over and are willing
to pay anyone who will safely pilot them
to the other side. OF course, policemen
are stationed there for that purpose, bn.
when it is remembered that this is Que
of the busiest sections of the city the
pilots in the blue uniform have their
hands full.
in the costumes worn in "The New YorE-
ers.' The change will principally affect
Dan DAILY. who is a Russian baron part
of the time. The idea OF changing was
suggested by a man with imperial whis-
kcrs who laughed immediately the 9th
err night every time Mr.. DAILY appeared
on the stage with his gold-laced and med
first act. the imperial hiskered man
strolled with his friend ont into the lob
by. Here he smoked black cigarettes, in
halng deep draughts. His fingers ia
percd tc we'll shaped nails, and he was
brown skinned. He was still laughing.
1t seemed certain that the lanky come
dian had made an immense hit with the
foreigner. Soon a friend of the foreign
er was heard to ask him, $50 you liked
it, "What?' asked the foreigner
The performance" said the friend. Il
was not laughing at that" explained he
Of the black cigarette. 1T was Mr..
Days costumethat baron coat and
trousers with the golden trimming. 1t is
an exact copy of the dress worn by the
footmen Of the imperial livery at st. Pc
tersburg. And the Russian detective
mistakes him for count! Ha-ha-ha!"
Among the many attractions at the
coming New York horse show will be
q competition, now inaugurated for the
Hyde: who offers a prize for the best
position driving. The event is thus de-
scribed: For pair OF horses shown be-
fore an English mail cart (Snown here
as a four-wheeled dogcart); the cart not
to be driven from the seat, but the near
horse to be driven by position in
proper livery, who does the driving. The
position turnout is especially adapted
for use in this country, where hunting
and shooting are perhaps the favorite
sources of pleasure to large house par
ties. Many prefer to drive in good old
sporting fashion to meet hounds, or
away to the wide moors, where birds
abound to tempt the sportsman. In
either of these two cases this style of
driving is one to be favored. It does
away with the orthodox coachman.
whose room is preferable to his COM
pany.
The bridlepaths in Central park these
crisp mornings are more freouented than
ever by horseback riders. It is no I'M
nSnQJ 0IOhf fn holt