The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-24

| drowning people. With each Of the
chests IS furnished a book of instructions
for the use of bridgekeepers and
others. The chest contains a bottle of
smelling salts, bottle of aromatic spir-
its OF ammonia. bottle of chlorofornl, a
bottle of ergot, a roll of bandages, a
towel. pair of tweezers, two rubber
bands, a roll Of cotton, package Of
court plaster, and two ounces of bran
dy: This will be under the care of the
bridgekeepers, and will be ready for i'm
mediate use. There is always need for
along water courses.
At this season Of the year Gotham is
filled with society women from other cit
les who are buying their spring and sum
mer frOcks. The amount of work neces
sary to complete each costume has caused
all fashionable establishments to fall be-
hlnd In their orders, and, as result, all
sorts of fancy prices are being offered for
tunes. have more work from out of
town customers than I can finish by the
middle CT june: said one well-known
modiste who is located within a stones
throw of the Waldorf. Saturday a lady,
wishing to go away On Western tour,
the price we had agreed upon. OF course.
l accepted it. and it is this that viii
make prices go up. Those who are for
tunate enough to have their gowns a.
ready in the dressmaker's hands at the
Old prices are lucky, indeed
No new fashion in mems dress is 50 dis
tinctive of this season as tho braid 70 no
Iouru on coats now coming here from
London tallOrS and made ND by the hest
OF the local tablishments. For a dec
ade or more the rough cloths made in
frock or morning coats have been finished
without braid and it began to look as if
the Old fashion of using braid on the
cages or mems garments was never to be
restored to- favor. 1t had disappeared
with the diagonal cloths that had long
been thought the only cloth possible for
coats to be worn on formal occasions.
Ensllsh makers began year ago to send
their American customers these coats
trimmed with braid and they have now
of this seasons fashions. The rcappear-
ance of the braid in the opinion of New
York tailorS indicates the raDid restora-
ton to favor of the accompanying dag
onal.
tana and the imperial yacht Hohenzol
lern lay side by side and at the latter
port Emperor William. accompanied by
his cousin. Prince Albert of Schleswie-
Holstein. wearing a yachting can and
plain dark Yachting suit. paid a pleasant
visit to the American yacht He was re-
ceived by the Sultana's crew at atten-
ton. The Emperor spent twenty min
utes with Chief Engineer G. ". Green
in the engine room.
He is a very agreeable man. said Mr..
Green today. 1.-The Emperor talked on
engineering matters in general and cleo
tricity in particular. He asked many
questions about storage batteries and
showed that he was we'll up on the suh-
ject. His English was fluent
His majesty bore away as a token Of
his call a bottle of rare Napoleon port.
sending back to the Sultana his commit
ments with 4 dozen of his own fayor;te
port.
Boweryites are discussing the new $50
cial halls scheme with doubtful enthu
siasm. The Social Halls association was
incorporated at Albany with a capital
stock of 100000, and will erect a club-
house at Grand street and the Bowery
FOR the common people," So MANY
plans for the betterment of the Common
people in the Bowery-Grand street terri
tory have been tried and failed that this
one is not overburdened with patrons.
Nevertheless, as it promises several fea-a
lures of prime Importance to the average
man. the Bowery has decided to take It
on trial. The first social hall will have =
large restaurant. where food of the best
kind will be served at little more than
cost; also bowling alley. billiar I'd rooms.
a ballroom and library. Lunches will
DC sent out to nearby schools and fac.