The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-03

sHdpsAOt SLOWS Tue pacing OF one or
Riding and Driving club promise SEN
sation at the horse show to be held
across the river the latter part Of this
week. They will ride astride. One of
them said: This opposition to riding
cross saddle, is all hos h. Women do it
I've seen well-known London society
leaders ride. astride down the row. There
is nothing immodest about it. All who
nave seen woman ride cross saddle
have been forced to admit that the sight
was not at all shocking. Amy woman
who has ridden that way never wants
to use the sidesaddle again. It is safe,
and the young women Of Brooklyn are
not going to be deferred from following a
sensible fashion just because a lot of old
fogies hold their hands up in horror.
Many girl who rides cross saddle would
be ashamed to appear in some of the
matrons affect"
Senator ''Tim" Sullivan than whom no
BoWery statesman ever yenjoyed a more
lasting reputation, was honor guest at a
spread said to have cost $50 plate.
Inc dinner was served to express to Sen.
ator Tim the undying loyalty Of the
Bowery. That interested him more than
the price of the consomme or the roast.
The souvenirs distributed were solid sill
yer busts Of Senator Tin" mounted on
pedestals of Mexican onyx. Forty-one
politicians went through the menu brave
~, and aft:rward drank, in turn. from a
siX-foot solid silver loving cup which was
presented to the Bowery statesman by
his clan: A feature Of the evening was
the rendition, by everyone who was able.
Of that well-known ballad. 1.-THE Bow
cry which is the favorile composition
of Senator Tim" 1t was a select gath
ering, including few bookmakers, an
alderman arrested the other night by the
Sulzer. who had vice-presidential aspira-
tons before the last misfortune of the
Democratic party.
Andrew Carnegie related recently at a
dinner party how he came to buy large
plot of ground in upper Fifth avenue. on
which he is now erecting a palatial build
ing for his New York home, which he
proposes to call The Highlands A prop
osition was made some time ago by H.
Z. Frick. former partner, to buy Mr..
Carnegie's steel plant. Mr.. Frick, in
behalf OF himself and others. purchased
an option. agreeing to pay Mr.. Carnegie
certain sum for his plant within a Ger
tain time \ forfeit of 81 100000 was to
be paid to Mr.. Carnegie in case Mr..
Prick failed to take the steel plant on
the terms specified in the option. The
financial conditions of the country proved
inauspicious then for floating so large an
enterprise. Mr.. Frick consequently had
to forfeit his option money. 1t was the
led Mr.. Carnegie to decide in favor of
building for himself magnificent home
in New York. His idea was to secure
valuable site and erect dwelling with
out paying any money out Of his own
pocket.
Nourolah, the ''Terrible Turk" stood
under an awning at Broadway and
Iwenty-ninth street the other afternoon.
watching miniature flood resulting from
some sewer trouble. Nourolah is nearly
seven feet high. broad in proportion and
superb athlete. \ pretty young wom-
an crossed Broadway. struggling in the
wind and rain to keep her umbrella up
right. An otficious young man. loud as to
dress and actions. appeared from beneatL
another +, awning and proffered his serv-
ices. They were declined abruptly and
with some alarm. The over-dressed
forward and took hand in the CONVEX
Satlon. You want him to go away?"
broken English. "Oh. yes. please" she
replied. Without word Nourolah calm
ly lifted the masher by the nape of his
neck, carried him leisurely to the edge of
the curb. as a boy would carry a small
dog and flung him into the water Then,
without giving the unhappy victim an
| other look. or deisning to notice his tor
rent OF curses. the Turk strolled leisurely
back under his awning and contemnla-
lively lit a fresh cigarette. An object.
muddy, drenched, and scarcely human.
staggered down Broadway, spluttering
in imDOtent rage.
In the progress of latter-day advertise
ing many devices adopted by the biz re-
tail stores border closely on vaudeville
FOR instance. a Park Row drug store
had human pin cushion" last week. to
sit in the show window and jab needles
crowd collected. At Intervals The min a
cushion would suspend business long
enough to display bargain signs, inyit.
ing the spectators to display as much
| interest in the goods for sale. Another
| store located in Broadway uses a man
to eat soapsuds. He sits in the window
with huge bucket of soapsuds and eats
industriously. The last time he appeared
an immense crowd collected and blocked
the thoroughfare. The Tenderloin sta
ton was appealed to and a POLICEMAN
threatened the proprietor of the store
with arrest. The proprietor retorted that
he had not heard Of a law which pre-
vented man from feeding a fellow
Christian on soapsuds on his own private
property. All the police could do was to
| keep the crowd moving. and their pres
ence alone has advertising value
When some Of the furniture belonging
70 Boss Tweed was sold last week at