The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-29

mode of operation is like this: A wagon
drives up to house, and one of the two
men in charge rings the doorbell and says,
I'VE have a sofa here bought by Mr.. A.,
% who ordered ordered it sent up" But Mr.. A:
house responds. "Tiere IS son some - mis- s
take Not Il bit of it; he bought it and
paid for it, and all we can do is to leave
it," The lady is not convinced, but she
is asked to pay nothing, can make 10
reasonable demur SO in comes the lounge,
that is usually taken to Il second floor.
In Il couple of hours, back come the men,
All It mistake; was meant for another
man of the same name, at the other end
Of the town. The furniture is placed
again in the wagon, and carried away.
Sometime later, the lady of the house
misses her jrWelry, and other small val
uables. She cannot imagine where they
have gone to. The men with the wagon
know. There was a hollow place in the
lounge. large enough to hold small man,
and store away lot Of clothing, knick-
hacks, and jewelry. The goods had gone
away with the lounge.
Il young newspaper man who finds it
convenient TO drop into the quick lunch
rooms occasionally, and whose work on
now and then in the Bowery restaurants,
has compiled a brief dictionary of the
terms that pass current among the wait
ers III these places. There is Il breezy
freedom and careless independence about
these terms that give them the charm Of
slang. But they are more than that.
They are fixed commercial terms, part
of the language Of trade, so far as these
places and these walters are. concerned.
Some Of these are old-timers, such as
Draw one' for cup Of coffee, or Ham
an y for ham and eggs. But. others are
newer, while fully as expressive. t"Two
i'll three! bawls a waiter, asking for two
eggs to be boiled for three minutes.
Thrown the wheats" stands for buck
wheat pancakes. Put up the: flag' is
macaroni: Mince pie with. powdered
sugar; Zone indigestion in a snoWstorm."
INCA Noah on vao raft N for poaehed eggs on
the cow "the goat is butter; MAKE
it two, sunny side up is an order for
two eggs, fried on one side only. .:"Off
the griddle' is butter cakes; patrons call
them "sinkers'' in whisper, but if the
waiter hears that term he takes it as an
insult to the place.
Charles Reed, the veteran turfman,
who is about to retire from both horse
breeding and horse racing, sent to Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney and Mrs. Her
| man =. Duryea, the members of the new
racing firm CT MIR. Roslyn,' susges-
| ton for the racing colors of the firm.
| Mr.. Reed said to Mr.. Whitaey: eve
| done with racing, but I have the most
beautiful colors ever seen on race
track. l shall esteem it an honor to pre-
sent the colors to Mr.. Roslyn.' They
| have had long and honorable history,
and they have been carried to victory by
some of the great horses of the American
turf. They arc the colors carried by the
horses of the first Lord Chesterfield, and
this is the combination: Cherry jacket
with blue sleeves, cherry cap with blue
tassel. The colors are the luckiest ever
carried by a racchorse, and l could make
no better gift than the gift of good luck
Susan Ann, the greatest mare Of her day
carried them and so did Susan Ann S
greatest daughter, Thora. They We're
worn by the riders of Bradamante and
Conny Wood, Herlopen and Timothy
Trouba. Disturbance and DaEstar." Mr.
Reed was heartily thanked for his offer
and told that it would be taken to Mrs
Whitney and Mrs. Duryea. They may
| not, however, want any less striking col
ors than those of their husbands, Whit.
ncy and Duryea: green and white, the
most snowy perhaps on the American
turf. with the possible exception Of those
| Of Clarence H Mackay.