The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-05-16

ITO the walters. This practice Is followed
u in Germany, and some Of the restau-
rants here of that nationality have long
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+ It simplifes the question 81 ~ti tbs ,s,aaa as
the head or 1ahl waiter as he is called
IN Germany and Austria. takes all the
fees and they go into fund that il. ulti-
nately divided among the staff
The best method of paying checks
seems to be source of trouble to" the
restaurant pr0prietors. One restaurant
recently opened has three stubs on every
one OF its checks, and these are means
OF Identifying the waiter. the amount he
receives and the, article that was Or
Visitors to New York should not fail
to take stroll OH Fifth avenue for the
special purpose of taking a look at the
skssc;raper now going up on the flat
iron, as the site on the southeast cor
southeast corner of Fifth avenues
called. The great structure is to be
twenty stories in height The iron skele-
ron frame Of it has already not only
reached to the fourteenth story. but the
stone stone sides are already being built from
person coming down Broadway or Fifth
avenue the northern point of the build
ing, which is only ten feet wide. looks
for all the world like a gigantic steam
ship blowing its way uptown. To get
a good look at it at close quarters, one
has to crane his neck so out of plumb
that the only way to do the trick safely
is TO lean back against a neighboring
wall.
Lillian Russell may go to London dur
ing coronation days, after all. She has
) received large offer from British man
ayers and is somewhat inclined to accent
have come to her so often and strongly
she could not resist and is now awaiting
an expression of opinion on the adyisa.
! Dlllty or the step from her next man.
ager. David Belasco. And he as vet
refuses to say what his opinion is. If
L 5n;i, goes she will do the customary
English trick of singing in two different
halls each evening: The salary offered
is. according to hints, the largest ever
: offered in London for vaudeville per-
former. though. it is rot as large by COM
Parlson with what some variety actors
have received here. The figures are
about the same Miss Russell has been re-
ceiying from Weber 4 Fields. After
that she will be with Belasco for term
Of years.
A massive silver tea set that once be-
longed to his majesty King George III.
Of England was found in Park Row
who pawned it told the pawnbroker that
it was family heirloom and that they
were in great distress. The tender-heart-
ed Dawnbroker loaned them the munif-
cent sum of $40. The fact is, the sill
verware was stolen yesterday from the
residence Of H. X. Mallory, the we'll
known steamship man. by two burglars
who broke into the house. Some Years
ago, when MIR. and Mrs. Mallory wer in
London Il family of fallen fortunes
offered to sell the set to Mr.. Mallory.
but the price asked was too high and he
did not purchase it. Strange to say, Mrs
Mallory, a little over year ago, saw
on Fifth avenue, this city. She pur-
chased It. Burglars will never again
know where King Georges tea set is,
Mrs. Mallory says
| The men who go to cafes where they
can enjoy a smoke after a fine dinner
nave nave no ,, longer the privilege of being
yaded those cozy places in Gotham. In
| deed, all the big new resorts, hotels as
well, have large corridors and Hobbies
| where men and women assemble. giving
them-and the men smoke there. True.
there are on one side of the elevators
rooms. or alcoves, reserved for women
who wish to get away from tobacco
smok" Take Il glance into these alcoves
or rooms any evening and you will see a
| magnificent emptineSs-nOt Il woman
there Then look at the rooms in which
women know the rules of the hotel au-
thorlze men to smoke. They are so thick
with women you have to pick your way
about among them. "Where you go 1
go IS the Woman's command to the
Il
nay: Even if he did he'd come to terms
in double-quick order, doubtless.
darkness has settled down over three
or four of the most famous (rather the
most mos lnfamous) resorts in the Bowery
l When their licenses EXPIRED. they could
for $1,000 that they would observe tho
provisions of the Raines law. Bonding
companies would not take the risk, and
private property owners were equally I'M
willing SO the places had to close Nc
Turks Suicide Hail." at 235 Bow.
Try: IS the best known of the places
was Z combination saloon. dance hall
and Bowery hotel. and in all depart
ments it was as bad as the worst A
few years ago there was series of sui
cides in the dance hall, several unfortu-
nate women taking their lives under cir
Nolks Garden, at 2S7 Bowery, and
the Tivoli, daring concert halls, which
are usually visited by people who ''do''
the Bowery. have also gone out of bust
ness. 1t is said that the companies
which made practice of furnishing
bonds for such places lost heavily in
the last year, and were afraid to agaio
assume risks on doubtful resorts.
American Locomotives.