The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

discovery. In Kidd's time the shore of
East river was between what are now
Pearl and Water streets-all beyond that
on the present map being ."made ground
and the present owners of the plot in,
question say that the. report of Kids
thenticated. The plot is flatiron shape.
Mrs: Hetty Staab, a rich widow, So
years old, of" 1875 Bloomfield street. Ho-s
boken, died at q hospital in New.York:
city. The blinds in the Staab home,
known as "The House Of Mystery
ty years. Mrs. staab Was az aelre eMse.
Since 1880 she was known to leave her,
house but once prior to her removal to-
the hospital. That was when her hils-
band died. He left his family a fortune,
which Mrs. Staab managed from within
DOORS Alfred and Washington their
two grown sons; respected her ~idiosyn.
c~rasies. There was never any cooking
done in the house. The, family meals
We're brought from restaurants, but she
would never let the persons who brought
the food get any further than the front
door. " b was a great reader. Her IA
vorite book was the Bible, which she.
had. read through twenty times. She
Dickens. 49,
Maude Adams will not appear on the
stage this season. This was decided def
lnltely when it was announced that the
leading man for next season will be Ed
gar. Selwyn. a young actor with a Won
derful career. Mr.. Selwyn is only q
was engaged by Nj. Gillette as an, Tex
ira" man. Finally he was entrusted
with some lines, and then his rise be-
gan. He was selected to create the role
of Tony in "A%rizona,"~ and after that
he began to devote his attention to writ
ing plays. One of his plays has just been
produced by Herbert Sheath: in London,
and he has Just finished a comedy called
"A Good Sort for the same actor. Miss
! Adams will open her season some time
in the autunn at the Knickerbocker The
alter. She has entirely recovered from
her illness which made it impossible for
her to play last fall and is following the
advice OF her physicians in not acting
during the season.
Official announcement of the selection
| of Heinrich Conried as the new lessee
and manager of the Metropolitan Opera
House has been made. He becomes Mi.
Grau's successor as arbiter of grand
opera in America, after having held a
prominent place in the theatrical affairs
Of this country since 1873. He is an Aus
trian by birth, born in Bielitz. He began
his career as an actor at the Vienna
Burg Theater, where he made his debut
February %. 1873. He remained there
two years, then joined the company at
the National Theat>r in Berlin. In 1876
Mr.. Conreid was engaged for leading
roles at the Leipsic Stadt Theater. In
1878 he met the late Adolph Neuendorf,
Theater in this city, and signed with him
as stage manager. Since then he has
been active in American theatricals as
director of the old Thalia Theater, the
Casino, the Conreid Opera Company,
which travelled all over the United States,
and the Irving Place Theater, which he
has managed since 1892.
The particular appearance of a letter
in the reproduction Of the original seal
Of the United States caused a lot of
talk among the plasterers who were put
ting the cast Of it on the ceiling Of the
mayors office in the city hall. After dis
cussing it, the workmen decided to ask
William Martin Aiken, supervising
arch4test Of the borough, about it before
they made any departure from the de-
"Nr. Aiken" said the workman, 1--WE
have discovered that a mistake has been
made in the letter j. in making the
differentiation for the state Of New Jersey.
l4e y StanuS the wrong way. II stands
now like the figure with the curl to
the right"
i'You didn't try to change it, did you?''
"19k Sd. Mr. Aiken
t'Well, don't. Go ahead and put it up
as it is. John Hancock and Thomas
j. ferson designed that original seal, and
they stood the u the wrong way. Per-
haps: they did it for the sake Of sym
metry, and possibly they did it because
they forgot how The letter was made.
I Anyway. they did it, and it will have
to- keep on standing like the figure g."