The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-12


The first large purchase by the recent
ly organized United States Realty. and
Construction Company came to light in
the shape Of M announcement that that
corporation, in, conjunctiohE with the
Lawyers Title Insurance Company, had
acquired the Trinity building property at
Ill broadway. Although none Of the I'M
terested parties would give the slightest
intimation as to the amount inyolyed iii
the deal, competent judges placed the
price in the neighborhood of 81, 75O, 900
Or $1,SO0,O00. 1t is known that about
six months ago IN offer of 81. 100000
erty. and the then negotiators have since
expressed the opinion s. that an extra
500, 900 would prabably have brought
plot has a frontage of 40 feet in Broad
way and 461 feet in Trinity place, it's
sSs e f fee and hGm a son 1sSt
side: adjoining the Trinity churehyard,
II, 180 square feet.
A pretty little ceremony took place at
the home Of Mrs: U: S. Grant, one
! morning recently, when the japanese
| minister and Nine. Takahira called to
the Mikado to the venerable widow of
| the soldier President. The gift was =
picture Of the newly born son of the
Crown Prince of Japan, and it was
framed in a dainty Enclosure of Japanese
| enamel. Mrs. Grant was unable to re-
| ceive her visitors, so Mrs. Sartoris, her
daughter, welcomed them in her name.
The minister presented a magnificent
bunch of American Beauty roses to Mrs
Sartorls and sent messages Of regret re-
gardlng the indisposition of her mother.
Mrs. Grants memoirs. which are al
! most completed, will make quite large
book. They begin during her school days
and record infinitely her courtship and
| marriage. The most interesting portion
| relates to her life in the field during the
Civil war. No part of the "reminiscences
will be published during her lifetime.
This kind Of deception is not practiced
| alone in the matter of pictures. All
along Broadway there are number of
shops which deal in ''antique furniture''
and do a land office business in the sale
OF the snidest kind of rubbish. The out
of-town sucker who has struck 'ile'' or
sold his coal land usually makes the
juiciest persimmon. He comes down to
the metropolis with his wife benz on
buying lot Of stuff that will give his
back-country home the air of hereditary
splendor. He will pay $500 for sheet
that it came from baronial hall Of
England, Germany or France. ue cheer
fully parts with $500 for IN old ma
hogany table that probably cost $1S at
| the factory week before. In the mat
ter Of rugs and bric-a-brac he is so easy
| that it must sometimes pain the dealer
10 take the money. OF course, it must
kind Of ware are dishonest. There are
many reputable men in New York who
handle the real articles, but it is we'll to
be sure before purchasing.
Though Henry Watterson passed show
week in New York, the distinguished
| journalist did not find fresh impetus
for an attack upon 'the smart set
Mr.. Watterson states that in no way
did he regard the society end" of the
horse show as offering any ground for
| strong criticism"
! "Oh, dear no." said he. II have moth
| about the smart set. What happened
two months ago came in the regular line
| Of my newspaper work, and having
played the string out the game was over
TO me it is already ancient history. AS
| suredly l set out on no crusade.
| ''The horse show? Why, rarely 20
to it, finding much better entertainment
elsewhere. AS for the horses, see plen.
ty of them at home. AS for the rest
the palm garden OF the Waldorf Astoria
suffices for me. The occasion is both
ages-in Roman amphitheaters, in Paris
ian opera houses, at bull fights in Spain
or on race courses in England-puts for
ward means for exploiting itself and its
regalia, and I know nothing cleaner o.
more wholesome than the horse show