The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-31

even quotations Of. Stock exchange seats:
The brokerage business is not what it.
was month ago. 81 G
One Of the most remarkable petitions
in bankruptcy that has been filed since
the new bankruptcy law went into effect
was presented in the United States dis
asserted in her application that despite.
the fact that she received a regular in
come from a $4,000 trust fund she finds
it impossible to pay her butcher. grocer
and baker. Mrs. Kantrowitz's butcher
obtained judgment for $500 for meat
made the application to be declared a
bankrupt was filed.
The women's hotel on Madison avenue,
between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth
streets. will be a novel experiment in no.
tel circles. 1t is no Utopian scheme, but
plain business proposition, which has
twelve-story building Of colonial archi-
lecture for the accommodation Of women
guests only. It will be conducted on the
European plan, rates ranging from 50 to
$40 per week. A hairdresser's shop, a
gymnasium. wheelroom and bowling al
leeys will be among the especial attrac-
lions of the Adamless Eden.
Everybody. at the Waldorf-Astoria is
discussing the rumor that Oscar" Man
ager Boldt's famous chef. is at last
partner in the establishment. According
to cafe gossip: Oscar entered into part
nership with Manager Boldt on May 1.
The regular patrons Of the Waldorf ex-
press their satisfaction. One man who
has boarded there for two years declared
emphatically the other afternoon that
Oscar has done more for the Waldorf
than any other one man employed there.
His fame as maitre d'hotel has been car
ried into the far West and South by en-
thusiastic epicures.
Howard Gould has completed arrange
ments to erect the finest country mansion
along Long Island sound OH a tract of
300 acres at Sands point. It will be
known as Castle Gas Gould, and will cost
built of stone and will stand cut on an
eminence,. giving q. magnificent view. Of
the sound for miles. Mr.. Gould has
drawn all the plans and will superintend
the landscape work. The grounds will
be laid out IN flower gardens, and there
will be series: Of artificial lakes and
brooks and miniature waterfalls. Thus
far $4,000 rare trees have been set out.
Corbett's saloon is now closed prompt
~ at ] o'clock every morning. This is
something new to visitors in the Tender
loin: who have always depended on the
liquid that cheers long after other sa-
looms had closed. gentleman JIM is
in temporary bad standing with the po-
lice. however. The Tenderloin precinct
captains warning to shut up at l a. m.
or be raided, proprietor and all. had it's
tion,' while the police reply that riot
and three robberies in one week is too
good record for even a 6rst-class Ten
derloin bar-roOm.
Cocktail glasses are being made
smaller" said bartender, as he strained
tl'G amber ,i LIQUID into the glass. The
that's the reason the cocktail got such
bad name. You would scarcely think it,
hut the old-style bell-shaped glass con-
tanned just one-third the quantity that
an ordinary goblet holds. In other
words. three cocktails made a gobletful
People used to doubt this. but when they
measured the two glasses together they
cocktail glass has been put on tn" mar
kct with a red glass cherry in the bot
tom. The imitation is so perfect that it
defies detection until you drink the cock
tail.
John D. Rockefeller is becoming an en-
thusiastic adept at GOLF On almost any
day he can be found playing alone on
his private links at Pocantico hills. He
generally wears a flaming red golf coat
and a regulation golf cap and travels the
course at a rapid rate. Mr.. Rockefeller
has built seventeen miles of winding
drives through his domains at cost of
$:OO,UD. Today gang of men were
engaged in constructing new road
through Sleepy hollow at lockwood hall,
the home. Of his brother William at Scar
borough. According to Nurserymen Sci
brecht, who is laying out floral park
and gardens for Mr.. Rockefeller. he has
expended so far fully $15O,OOO for rare
trees, shrubs and flowers.
The -Four hundred fashionable shoe
makers of New York." members of the
Custom Shoemakers union. are on strike
to enforce q demand for so cents pair
more for footwear than they now receive
The shoemakers of the union are regard
ed as experts in their line and makes
shoes for wealthy people. with whom
fo.t any style. They are paid from 81
to s. pair for making the ordinary
custom made shoes, and from Sc
to $3.50 pair for riding boots. a
good workman can make five or six pairs
in week. There are only twenty-five
uIlllS euplOt luS THESE workers III the city.
and the strikers say the employers would
have to send to London. Vienna or Paris
if they wanted men in their places. The
shoes and boots. which are made of the
finest material, are sold ut from $12 to
$50 a pair. according to the material and
work on them.
Other people have caught the increased
spirit of civic pride. The Society for the
Preservation of Scenic and Historic
Places and Objects there is no end to
the historical societies n New York;
wants the Brooklyn bridge rechrstened
1t believes a more dignitied title could
be chosen for the great structure. which
is still one of the city's wonders to
strangers from. afar. The society offers
prizes for the best two lists of names sub
mitted for the Brooklyn bridge and the
other for three structures across the East
river. one of which Is nearing completion
and the others vet on paper. The first
prize for the best list of names is solid
silver copy Of the historical medal COM
memorating the consolidation of Greater
New York and gold double eagle The
second prize is bronze medal. Brook
lynites do not take kindly to the contest
Changing the name of the ,,ig bridge
robs them of strong claim for individ-
uality.