The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

appears the word ssIndiaIn.' The cook:
ing consists Of all sorts of dishes that
may be concocted. with hot, spicy sauces
and ingredient of rice AND curry. Evi;-,
dcntly the restaurant mans knowledge
of literature Is not. on "a par, with his
skill in cooking. Else the word persian"
would probably be substituted for Elm
diam 1t was in persian garden"
you know, that all this divine love-mak
ing and ancient philosophizing took place.
The announcement of the engagement
of cx-Jnitel States Senator Stephen W.
Do,sey Of Arkansas to Miss Laura Bige-
low, who was the financial agent Of the
United States in London for many
years, is confirmed. At Delmonico's
the other night Mr.. Dorsey gave din
ner to relatives and intimate friends Of
his fancee and himself. Ex-senator Dor
sey is native of Vermont. He accumu-
lated a fortune in Arkansas. Colorado.
and New Mexico, and was prominent in
politics as a Senator from Arkansas.
Charges were brought against him in
connection with star route mail con-
tracts. He was acquitted after long
trial.
| There is factory for the making of
Little Evas on West Fortieth street. 1t
| -.
has a monopoly Of the turning out and
! furnishing of child talent for the use Of
the 1hea1erS in New York. The front Of
the house is crowded daily with bright
eyed and rosy-cheeked youngsters, who
| look upon Commodore Gerry as the great
bosie man who is trying to scare them
! away from their Thespian laurels. The
selves very seriously, and often act as If
! the elevation of the stage depended SOLE
" upon their childish efforts. Withal,
| there arc some very cute darlings among
them. on whose clear brows and in whose
| bright eyes one may almost read the
story Of coming success.
The new East river bridge is fast near
| ing completion-that is, the span portion.
The greater approaches Oh both sides of
the river are vet in embryo, although, on
the New York side especially, some of
the most famous old Dutch landmarks
have been demolished. There has been
wiping out Of the many blocks on De-
lancy street. which has been for years
classes After the bridge is in use the
noise and rush Of business will probably
drive even the most unfortunate Of those
who now live in the tenement houses to
other thoroughfares. and the old houses
will be used for cold storage and manu-
featuring purposes. 1t is probable that
a retail business region of considerable
extent and Importance will spring up in
this vicinity.
Fifth avenue is to have next fall =
| first-class restaurant of kind never
seen there before. Nearly every species
of eating house has been 1uartered there
from the customary French to the East
INDIAN; bat there was never been il
/ t1ptf al +o1,
lishlnelit with the best in the cooking an(
the wines Of that nation. Now such
place is under way, and by next autumn
it will be ready for the customers who
are anxious to try this kind OF cooking
1t is also to make a speciality of gooe
German wines. 1t is difficult to under
stand why there has never been Il we'll
known German restaurant uptown here
One existed years ago in Lafayette place
and there was Il similar establishment
until 4 few years ago OH one of tn
side streets near Broadway.
People who do business in New York
and reside on Staten island, as we'll a:
everybody who likes to take sail dOWl
the bay to the island. will be delighted
to know that the Pennsylvania railroad
is to do away with the old ramshackle
tubs now called Staten island ferr,
boats. The Pennsylvania railroad ha:
recently acquired the Staten Island Rap
id Transit railroad, and, with an in
sight into the future possibilities of Stat
en- island, contemplates changing thu
present system Of transportation from
steam to that of the thirdrail electric
Not only this, but it has contracted TO,
four large twin-screw double-decket
steamers which. when put upon the route
between the Staten island ferry and thu
foot of Whitehall street and st. George
will reduce the running time to fifteel
minutes.
:, According to Landscape Architec
Central Park is doomed to become
Sahara in the heart of New York cit
unless immediate steps are taken t
cover the entire 700 acres with fertil
soil from New Jersey or Long Island
The architect, who is veteran ga1
dener, says that the trees and shrub
in the park were planted in the sterlI
earth found in the enclosure, which i
some places is but six inches deep aboy
the rock. He predicts that the soil wi
become completely impoverished in
short time, witt: TIE result that vegt
replaced with arid stretches Of burne
up turf To prevent this desolation h
; wants to spend $2.50O,OOO in the pun
chase of sections of neighboring state
to be distributed over the surface o
Central Park.
T. s. Mcbride, who runs the new
stand in the arcade Of the Empire built
ing at II Broadway. makes the assel
ton that he sells more newspapers tina
any other stand in the world. A patro
| who was inclined to question that state
f ment was convinced Of it's truth whe
, Mr.. Mcbride told him that on som
days he sold as many as 5000 elevate
? railroad tickets, which he keeps as
t convenience to the busy men who rus
2 through this arcade to the Rector stree
station. It is estimated that from 80
r 600 to $4,000 people day pass throug
: this hall which furnishes a short cut t
| the elevated station. Mr. Mcbride wa
: a tenant in the old Empire building i
V the days when Russell Sage and ia
: Gould had their Offices there and he
t known personally to all the old tim
Wall street operators and to many of til
new ones.
Daniel Frohman has preserved fro,
the Lyceum theater, which is now quit
: demolished, thirteen bricks that are t
be put into the cornerstone OF the ne,
playhouse to bear the same name. Thj
number of bricks was selected hecans