The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-04-19

plain, vet rich. The building is 1O4 feet
terests he has there. At the conclusion
Of Miss, Mannering's season she and her
husband will 90 to Europe for the sum-
mer.
Coney Island pleasure seekers found
the resort pink of propriety on Sunday
last The excise law was enforced to the
letter and even the ''hit -the-nigger-on-the-
head-for-a-cigar" attraction was closed as
being game of chance. In one place on
the Bowery three young women and their
escorts came in and took seats around
table. With a nod to the waiter one
of the men said. ''Six up. please" When
the six glasses of soda water were placed
in front of the party look of disgust
swept across the face Of each. Explana-
tons from the waiter only appeared to
disgust the party the more. With the re-
mark that they would go to drug store
when they wanted soda water, the party
got up and left the resort
Bowling is about the only sport Miss
Helen Gould cares about. and in order
to be able to entertain bowling parties
on magnificent scale she built Il beauti-
full bowling alley at Lyndhurst, her coun
try home at 1rvington-on the Hudson.
The building stands at some distance
from her house, on the rivers bank. and
is perhaps the most complete establish
ment of it's kind in the world. There is
the regulation alley. which takes up the
center Of the building. At either end is
round tower; on the first floor Of each,
opening from the alley, are reception
rooms with easy chairs, diyans and huge
fireplaces. A wide veranda on one side
overlooks the tennis court; in summer a
roof garden is a feature of the place,
with awnings; growing plants and, the
The latest fad of the modish girl is
garter for her dog. The Town Topics
man saw a daughter of swell house on
the ne avenue I'VE the other morning aceom 77
Each of the collies wore superb garter
Just below the knee of the left leg. The
carriers were of blue satin, fastened with
large buckles and adorned with bows
and ruttles. A young woman went into
f 5ree saTT shop FeGeny and a6e1
YOU to say three?' asked the girl behind
sci. Three. Two for me and one fox
Jack. Oh, Jack is my French bull.
Jump up. Jack! l guess you will have
to make his to order. won't you? want
them all the same color, though
y
proceeding unsteadily along a street off
Central park west the other evening just
before dark. Toward him came wom
an Well-knOwn in wOmens club circles.
Instead of running away at the sight of
the convivial stranger she walked right
on. Suddenly he lurched toward her and
Look here said the woman, you are
in no condition to be out alone. What
is your name and where do you live?
intend to see that you take that cab
pointing to one in the distance. land go
home at once" That half-sobered him.
The cabby seeing the condition drove up.
his card case and found out his own ad-
| dress. The woman walked on while he
leaned out Of the half doors and waved
his hat with respectful gratitude.
There's a new musical plague in town.
1t was imported with George Lederer'S
| The Casino Girl from London and
cination makes one in any way sound
proof to its inroads. The name of the
new disease is Sweet Annie Moore and
it's chorus runs on such high intel
| lectual as this:
Sweet Annie Moore. sweet Annie Moore,
| Ill never see my Annie any more
| She went away,
| One summers day.
And Ill never see my Annie any more.
Once that gets into a persons head
nothing short of a blackjack can knock it
out. Its only rival at present is ':Floro-
dora s. masterpiece Tell Me, Pretty
Maiden But there is this difference be-
tween the two: Any man, woman CT
child can whistle Annie Moore but t
herself can whistle "Tell Ne, Pretty
Maiden right through without straying
at least once off the key.
"Shanghaing' is by no means lost
art along the river fronts. Seamen being
unusually scarce at present. no fewer
than five men We're forcib1y abducted
ing houses along South street wharves.
When a liberal dose of knockout drops
had worn off the astonished victims
awoke to find themselves aboard sailing
| ships bound either for Melbourne or
Hong Kong. Two of the five made their
escape before sailing. but the other three
are on the high seas, martyrs 10 an in-
discriminate thirst and undue friendli-
ness with strangers. Runners for the
big vessels lying in the East river haunt
the sailors drinking dens every night
| and many a man is spirited away, with
out the legal aid society. the consuiates
or the public being any the wiser. On
! Wednesday there was general round
up of idle seamen, and boarding house.
keepers who found their dodgers missing,
in some instances leaving a big bill be-
! hind. made the air in various shipping
Offices blue with picturesque protests.
No one yearns more earnestly for a
"wide-open New York. than the average
hotel detective. Since the order went
i abroad from police headquarters for the