The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-21

At a price said to have been
$500. 900. j. pierpont Morgan has
purchased the great Garland col
lection Of porcclains and they are to
remain in this country. For years the
most notable art treasures in the Metro
politan museum OF art. BY connoisseurs
it is regarded as possibly the finest i'll
the world.
There are many single pieces which
would easily bring 10000 as 4 first bid:
vase: 1t is jet black. with enameled
peach blossoms scattered upon it, There
is nothing else like it in the world. 1t is
a strange fact that modern art in ccram-
les cannot come anywhere near the re-
production of these ancient Chinese
megaphone be heard in the theatrical dis:
trict, but in it's place 4 clever electrical
device will be used. Many complaints
have been made regarding the mega
phones, owing to the noise, which fire.
quently frightened horses and was re-
turbed persons living near the theaterS
Several schemes were tried tending to dc
away with the nuisance, but all failed
| until last night. From now on electrical
numbers corresponding to those Oh the
checks held by cab men will be flashed
the driver sees his number he will drive
to the carriage exit. The plan was tried
for the first time recently and worked
we'll.
Wall street has it's many interesting
features to the visitor, but the most
picturesque is the open push cart restau
| 1,,k %1>~ ,@o
| district Thousands of office boys and
messengers are employed in the ''street'
and OH them the owners of the push
carts depend for their living. The
| menus of these travelling restaurants are
| amazingly varied. You may enjoy 4
variety of sausages. cooked to order and
served hot for 4 cent. Other wagons
make sDecialties Of soups. still others
serve some vegetable for 1 or 2 cents
a portion. The desserts are offered in
even greater variety than the more sta
BILE dishes and one is simply bewildered
! by such de!icacies as icecream, water
ices. pies, cakes and buildings. Hun
| d:eds are to, Sc seen daily crowded
about the push carts.
With Saturday night came the close of
the opera season at the Metropolitan. It
has been the most profitable in averages
of any ever known there. There have
been few great crowds this season, but
the receipts have been maintained at a
very nigh hgure, just the same. There
were not so many high-priced artists in
the company this year as last. Jean de
Reszke used to get $245O night. where
as the highest salary this year was Sem
brich's, at $3.50. Eames got $1,000, AL
yarez $500 and Van Dyke the same.
The rest were all comparatively cheap,
some Of the best people, notably Ternina
and Gadski, getting Comparatively little.
Thus the profits amounted to huge vol
| ume. Now the company will 20 to Bos-
ton, Pittsburg and Chicago, and return
here for one performance for the further
The ..Amen Corner" the members Of
headquarters at the Fifth Avenue hotel,
has been Incorporated. The particula!
object for which the corporation is to he
formed is the ''social enjoyment of it's
members. The name Of the proposed
corporation is amen Corner There
G. Riggs. Charles Steckler, Arthur
Greaves, Luther B. Little, Charles E
Furlong, Harold MacD. Anderson, Louis
Siebold. Walter L. Hawley, Robert G..
nlll. Jr.. Charles L. Norcross and John
W. Mcdonald. The "Amen Corner" will
nue. hotel on April 4, at which Senator
Thomas c. Platt will be the guest Of
honor. Gov. Odell and several United
States senator's, as we'll as many other
prominent men, have promised to attend
w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., and David
Wolfe Bishop, two of the most enthusl-
astic chauffeurs in this country, and both
members of the Automobile Club of
America: sailed for Europe in the Kron-
prinz Wilhelm to compete in the coming
automobile races in Paris. Mr.. Wander
bilt was accompanied by his wife.
Messrs. Vanderbilt and Bishop will com
pete in at least two races abroad. The
first of these will be the 375-mile dash
from Paris to Bordeaux, which takes
place next month over the route where
year ago Henry Fourier made his re-
markable average Of fifty three miles an
hour. The other event in which the
two American millionaires will compete
will be a race from Paris through
France, Switzerland, Bavaria and Aus
tria to Vienna, which will be held late
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