The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-05-30

mans shoulders if nature has not been
generous to him." said tailor last week,
''but l have four or five young customers
who do what l never expected to see q
man do. They wear hip pads, and IN.
6erstand that there is a regular demand
for such pads now. These pads are at
tachcd to belt around the waist and
they are fastened around the thighs. You
can spot them quickly enough. When
you see a narrow -chcsted. spinule-lcggea
youn:ster with wide. solid hips that
throw out his coat skirts YOU can be sure
chat he is wearing hip pads. This pad
has been fosterel by the extreme cut Of
young men whose only hope of making
themselves conspicuous is in their
clothes. PropoltioEately. this class Of
young men is much smaller than il was
fifteen years ago, but there will always
be enough OF them to amuse sane people
by their antics in clothing.'
Pinky-Panky-Poo has departed these
shores and taken Mrs. Patrick Campbell
with her. The actress received great
document permitting her to take her dog
into England. and the peculiar English
law makes the ship purser a government
agent for the purpose of handling the
dog The permit was all straight, but at
the bottom in large type was this notice.
to the ships butcher Mrs. Campbell
was Mortified. SO she seized upon a
leather grip, Il by 10 inches, punctured
it with holes and deposited therein the
dog. She waited until the last moment
before going to the pier and arrived as
| the all-Ashore gonC was sounding. Even
her maid was not permitted to carry the
precious bag. She hustled it aboard her.
self ami deposited it under her berth,
carefully drawing the draperies in front
| OF it and insisting to the SteWardesS that
she would not need her during the whole
trip. \ few faint whines came from the
| bag, but the stewardess, being wise, did
not seem to hear.
If women would learn that spectacular
! fareWells on the docks of ocean-yOiny
| steamers ready to pull out are liable to
| result in tra"eGies both for themselves
! and their victims, they would save
great Of time and trouble. At the sail
ing of TIL, Bremen the other day one OF
the sansplanks had been uEshipped and
raised when suddenly a young woman
rushed up the steep incline and, grasping
Il girl friend standing on the deck in her
arms. kissed her affectionately. The
crowd OH the pier cheered the young
woman on her return. The ropes were
rcadjrlsted and the dock superintendent
| ibepilIeu ~ DlOH LIS whistle as Il SlSIVl
to the engineer of the hosting engine
when there came a shrek and rush Of
| skirts and an elderly woman rushed up
the plank and embraced a departing
friend. This was too much for the men
on the pier and the woman was quickly
hustled off. Just as the gangplank was
removed and the lines cast off a passen-
ger dropped a package into the water,
which he distracteily shouted, had val
liable iewelry in it. In an endeavor
to legain the package with a boat hook
the man lost his balance and tumhle,l
into the. water. He was quickly pulled
out and as he came to the surface it was
seen that he was clutching the precious
package to his breast. Then the steam
or backed into mids stream and began its
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