The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-09-20

new gowns for the horse show, and
twenty for ordinary use. They're aw-
at Ostend l don't kick at the cost. Hats
| are dreadfully expensive in Paris. The
cheapest l could find was $50 francs,
but I've. got q number of them. I re-
turn to New: York on October IT,
age in your mail, mo larger than a
mans hand" as they say out West aft
er a cyclone, handle it gingerly. 1t may
| only be a practical joke, and then again
it may be a bomb. There was such a
package in Deputy Commissioner Dew
suspicious Of it at once, and had one Of
his attendants open it carefully. Inside
were several cigarette boxes, from each
! of which protruded two matches. The
boxes were filled with grayish powder.
No one ventured to touch match to
trouble. The deputy commissioner had
the powder carefully packed and then
sent it to chemist for analysis. "Us
! prominent men can't afford to take
chances Devery is alleged to have said.
THE, tried to kill the President; they
may be after me next
New York has just discovered that an
other noble woman is appearing nightly
at one Of the Broadway theaters. On
the programme she is billed as Miss
; Maude Roosevelt. In reality she is the
Baroness Won Schwartzenstein, whose
husband was recently appointed German
minister to China. The young woman is
also cousin Of Vice-President Theodore
was society leader of New York and
Washington. She was married to Baron
Won Schwartzensten while the latter was
connected with the German embassy in
Washington. The couple lived together
for only eight months, although they have
ration the baroness has been preparing
for the stage. and when the season
opened she Joined James K Hackett's
company. She is said to possess con-
siderable talent.
Members of the Castle Square Opera
company no longer address Joseph F..
Sheehan as professor" That honorary
title was conferred upon the popular ten
or in recognition of his efforts to teach
the English language to young Italian
baritone-Mr. Sheehan's own "fnd''-
whose capital voice broke down all ma
tlonal barriers and gained him a places
in the all-American chorus. With much
dlmculty the young foreigner expressed
in English to Mr. Sheehan his duench-
less desire to tap the Castle Square treas
ury for small advance on account Of
salary.
That's easy" said Mr.. Sheehan. "You
! must touch the business Manager
, 'Toucha da business men?" queried the
YES" sa}d NJ: sheehan, "touch him
Twenty dol,'' gasped the chorus man,
and went on his way.
Mr.. Sheehan dismissed the matter from
his mind. Yesterday at rehearsal Bust
ness Manager Kingsbury approa ched Mr..
| Sheehan.
THAT protege of yours is. the craziest
f deEo oy !. | ever saw" he said. HE won't
Look at him, now" answered. Mr..
From the o. P. entrance the Italian
slowly crossed the stage to where Mr..
Sheehan and the business manager were
standing. STOPPING as if to pick up an
imaginary pin, directly behind the man
mans foot and softly Fan his fingers
along the edge Of his coat:
Sheehan sharply.
"Toucha da business man, faltered the
italian: with despairing shake Of his
head-"Toucha da business man for
twenty dol but dOnta get it,
The fairest bunch Of female loneliness
that has been seen on Wall street in a
good many days invaded that usually
staid district the other afternoon. There
were FIVE carriage-loads of the fair ones,
and they were all actresses who, are now
playing at the various theaters in this
city. Each one carried bunch of red
tickets which they sold for $3.50 each.
The tickets were for the baseball game
between the actors and the newspaper
artists, the proceeds to go toward endow-
members Of the two fra1ernities. When
the maidens reached the stock exchange
business was suspended. The brokers
gathered about them and accorded them
the warmest kind Of a reception. What
way Of disposing Of tickets was quite
9 plenty" as the boy on the street says.
It is fortunate that they were in car