The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-02-27

Of the song. in recognition Of her clever
work. Robert billiard made the presen-
tation. MI. Cook, who is u bachelor and
50 years Of age. wrote that he wanted to
make good the. title Of his song and knew
Of no better way to do it. The farm is
in Brewer county and is said to be a very
valuable one
Justice Gaynor in the Brooklyn SUI
preme court has handed down a decision
interpreting section 351 Of the New York
ing or registering of any bet, not the
making of it, upon an Issue OF chance is
in violation Of the laws against gambling
and consequently a crime. The decision
was rendered on writs of habeas corpus
sued out in the interest OF George Rear
don and others.s
Since the Pennsylvania Company and
the New York Central have determined
to have theaters in their new stations
here an enterprising local manager con
ceives the idea of perpetual vaudeville.
This differs from continuous in that it is
designed to run day and night. 1t is es-
timated that a sufficient number Of tran
| sients will be hanging about the stations
to make a dog-watch programme be-
tween midnight and day a paying ven
ture.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who was as
sessed on $5OO,OOO Of personal property,
had his assessment reduced to $780, 600
recently and then agreed to pay taxes
on $4,000 personality. He declared he
owed 100000 and did not possess more
than $4,000 worth Of personal property.
sessment was $4,000 900, called at the
tax office and swore off all except $780,
600. Mr.. Smiths uncle, who died in Eu-
rope, left him several millions of dollars.
John r. Mott, general secretary of the
Worlds Students Christian Federation
and the student department Of the Ameri-
left recently foa four months trip to
Australia and New Zealand. His
purpose is to arouse a greater interest in
religious and missionary work among the
students. Mr.. Mott will exhibit the best
methods employed by the most success
full associations. and illustrate the work
and methods of n missionary societies
Of America and Europe.
The 1atiron winds are becoming more
than a joke. When a chauffeur was ar
rested for running over a boy and caus-
ing his death he made the plea that the
victim was bufeted under the wheels by
the high winds DETECTED by the sky
scraper. There is no question that on a
windy day the n%eighborhood of Fifth ave-
nue. and Broadway is a dangerous spot.
against the owners of the big building
are pending, instituted because. it is
claimed, the winds shattered the glass Of
~nelghboring buildings.
Edna May Spooner, the leading actress
at the Bijou Theater, Brooklyn, was in
jured painfully in jumping from a BIZ
cycle in the performance of "Blue Jeans"
the other night. She found the chain on
her wheel was broken and the bicycle
u~nmanageable. The wheel was headed
direct for the audience. AT the footlights
Miss Spooner jumped. allowing the ma
chine to go over into the orchestra. where
it struck Tony Gray, the first violinist,
full in the chest, knocking him off his
seat: Miss Spooner fell heavily, cutting
her left foot and straining her ankle.
The movement for public baths in New
YORK city is being pushed by the Amer
lean Female Guardian Society, an organ
ization of which Miss Helen Gould is a
powerful ally: Strange TO say, New York
THIS reform in a practical manner, al
though a great many learned lectures
have been given on the subject. Milwau-
kee, Philadelphia. Chicago, Baltimore and
other cities are far along in this move
ment, while the metropolis still lags.
However, three baths are now in course
Of construction in Manhattan and two
are building in Brooklyn.
John Haskins, a well-to-do farmer Of
Secaucus, N. j., is seeking separation
from his wife. Martha, because She is a
"new woman" Haskins says she spends
nearly all her time ATTENDING club meet
ings and reading trashy literature on the
enfranchisement of her sex"
He married her eighteen months ago
as a helpmate, he says, but she has
proven an encumbranee too expensive
for a farmer, refusing to milk cows, feed
chickens, make butter, or perform "any
of the duties naturally expected from
one Of her station"
Haskins says that his wife character
ICES work about a farm as 'unwomanly,'"
and that he has steadily lost money since
their marriage.
Some of the show girls along Broad
way are beginning to affect what they
call the "sleeve-dog," an institution
which is supposed to have originated in
Japan. The "sleeve-dog" is nothing more
nor less than a live pup, about the size
OF 4 minute, which the devotee Of the fad
keeps tucked into a sort of bishop sleeve
and carefully. hidden from sight. When
conversation in a cafe or at any sort Of
social gathering lags the ~"sleeve-dog''
girl pulls the little cat-killer watch
charm out and holds him up to her face,
making the while those funny sounds
which cannot be reduced to linguistic
terms, but which may be identified as
the same as those made By a fond
mamma hanging over q baby's cradle.
Annie Russell. the ever dear, and only
less lovely than Maude Adams, desires it
to be distinctly understood that the toes
she displays in "Mice and Men, are her
very own, unadorned by rouge or powder.
In short: lit amt So" This" she says,
lis the first time in my stage career that
my feet have pushed themselves into pub
lie notice. 1t was decidedly embarrassing
at the start. and I'm glad the first plunge
is over. You may imagine how I felt at
the murmur they provoked. And when
I n~ervously wiggled my toes and the au-
dience broke into a laugh I felt an almost
irresistible impulse to scamper of the