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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

The Play Houses Naied n ort space OF
Up time it snuffed out
the lives of $50 people.
Such is comparison of the city's two
greatest disasters For the second dis
aster conditions have been ripe since
the days of the opening of the old Rice
theater on Randolph street In June Of
1847. 1t was a firetrap, and though
burned it did not result in any great loss
of life
Of the IS play houses in Chicago to-
day. not one of them is considered as
safe as such places should be. Not one
of them has fully complied with the
ordinances regulating the construction
of such buildings. Now, after terrible
experience has taught the lesson every
one of these play houses has been closed
by the authorities for not complying
with the law.
1t seems such a simple thing, the in
stallation of an automatic sprinkler
system. There is scarcely a manufacture
ing plant in the city that has not one,
and there is not theater in Chicago
that has, and yet a sprinkling system
would in all probability have prevented
the 1roquois theater horror.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
Artificial Building Stone

Houses of sand. as substantial as
granite. are offered by the new process
Of NIL. P. Ford. of Gresford, Eng
land. A mixture of sand and quick
lime in suitable proportions is forced
into very strong steel mold, which is
placed in box. from which the air is
then pumped, when hot water is ad-
mitted. The heat and pressure of the
Stacking lime and steam mold the ma
terials into rock having 60 per cent
of the strength of granite. This build
ing stone, ready for use in eight hours.
is very durable, and its cost Is low,
bricks by this process costing slittle
more than half as much as the ordi-
nary - -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
HEARD ON THE GU CURB.
1'stcrestins Diversion of tho. Open
Air Brokers Is to Bid in
Rhyme and Song.

Without doubt the crowd of curb.
stone brokers that gathers in Broad
street every day that the ticker" ticks
constitutes the most easy-going, sight
hearted-7scme say light headed-set OF
business men in the city. The regular
stock brokers, who pay something like
$So,O00 for seat on the Stock Exchange
it is true, frequently indulge in horse
play OF various kinds, but that, for the
most part, is reserved for special oc-
casions, as, for instance, the initiation
OF new member, says the New York
Herald.
Not so, however, with those curbsAone
brokers, who don't have to pay any fancy
price for seats-for the simple reason
that the Exchange" to which they be-
long doesn't indulge in such luxuries
but does a standing business only With
them pleasure and business go hand in
hand, ~.
= The plan of starting bids on, bogus
stock is as old as the hills, but is fire..
gently rssorted to by these brokers when
business is dull and real sales are few
and far between.
But by far the most interesting diver.
sion of these curbstone brokers is one
which was recently discovered by acct.
dent. 1t seems that one of their num-
Der had a peculiar sort of sing-sona
voice, and being commissioned by Gus
toner to buy block of bay State Gas, y
had occasion frequently to make bid
for that stock. The result was that every
few minutes he would cry out 'I'll give
IS for Bay State Gas" whereupon fel-
low broker who had block of that stock
to sell, and who had also a good singing
voice, Immediately sang: 'Ill take you
up &C."
The effect was magical. Bids and of.
fers were put in the form of verse and
sung by the gleeful brokers, and, while
more attention was given to the harmony
of the song or chant-for it was more OF
chant than a song-than to the subject
matter of the refrain, not a little business
was transacted in this very unique way
Since that time the brokers have fire.
quently broken out into verse and song
in the making of their bids and offers.
Here are some of the exte mp0raneous
bids and offers ''perpetrated" by the
curbstone broker:
(Ofer) american Ice at % I will sell. u
(Reply) AT that price you'd be lucky to
sell it in-well."
(Ofer) Who wants St. Paul at 1922
(R:ply) If you'll knock off point you
can sell it to me-"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
MANS. LOVE OF THE DOG.
OF All the Animals This One Alone
Has Made Alliance with
Mankind.

Man loves the dog, but how much
more ought he to love it if he consid-
cred, in the inflexible harmony of the
laws of nature, the sole exception
which is that love of being that sue
ceeds in piercing, in order to draw
closer to us, the partitions, everywhere
else impermeable, that separate the
species! We are alone, absolutely
alone on this chance planet; and, amid
all the forms Of life that surround US,
not one, excepting the dog, has made
an alliance with us, writes Maurice
Macterlinck, in Century. A few
creatures fear us, most are unaware of
us, and not one loves us. In the world
OF plants, we have dumb and notion
less slaves; but they serve us in spite
Of themselves. They simply endure
our laws and our yoke. They are i'm
potent prisoners, victims incapable of
escaping. but silently rebellious; and,
so soon as we lose sight of them, they
hasten to betray us and return to their
former wild and mischievous liberty.
The rose and the corn, had they wings,
would fly at our approach like the
birds.
Among the animals, we number a
few servants who have submitted only
through indifference. cowardice, or
stupidity; the uncertain and craven
horse, who responds only to pain and
Is attached to nothing; the passive and
detected ass, who stays with us only
because he knows not what to do nor
where to go, but who nevertheless,
under the cudgel and the pack-saddle,
retains the idea that turks behind his
ears; the cow and the OK, happy SO
long as they are eating, and docile be-
cause for centuries they have not had
thought of their own: the atfrighted
sheep, who knows no other master
than terror; the hen, who is faithful
to the poultry yard because she finds
more maize and wheat there than in
the neighboring forest. I do not speak
OF the cat. to whom we are nothing
more than a too large and UNBEATABLE
prey. the ferocious cat, whose sidelong
contempt tolerates us only as encum-
bering parasites in our own homes.
She. at least. curses us in her mysteri-
Gus heart; but all the others live be-
side us, as they might live beside a
rock or tree. They do not love US. do
not know us. scarcely notice US. They
are unaware OF our life, our death, our
departure. our return, our sadness, our
JOY. our smile They do not even hear
the sound of our voice. as soon as it
no longer threatens them; and. when
they look at us. it is with the distrust-
full beWilderment OF the horse, in whose
eye still hovers the infatuation of the
elk or gael that sees us for the first
time, or with the dull stupor of the
ruminants, who look upon us as a mo-
mentary and useless accident of the
pasture.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

ROCK Island. Is typ
1cal Of that new
class of railway
presidents, trained
railway men, who
Of late years have
to a large extent
assumed active con-
troll Of the operat-
ing end of the
American railroads.
The raHwaypres-
ident of to-day is
no t, as a rule, a
stock jobber. 1t is
not his duty to
manipulate the fuc-
tuatinns of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

wheref0res of the
opposition of the
AUDITING property
owners, otherwise
Michigan avenue
property owners. to
the erection of
buildings upon the
Lake Front park.
Here it is that
Marsh hall Field
wants to erect q
building for the
great museum he
has endowed for
Chicago, and which
is now housed in
the old Art build
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22


such catastrophes. crowded
impossible, but they are seldom en-
forced in Chicago or elsewhere until
the catastrophe has occurred.
In nine on tot every ten of the Chicago
theaters it is safe to say that half the eX-
it's are not opened once in three months.
In many of them it is virtually impossi-
BILE to escape from the upper galleries at
all save by means of long and narrow
stairways. In but few Of them is there
any way of shutting off the stage from
the auditorium, though the law says
there shall be a f1reproof curtain in
every theater, but, as usual, the law has
been back number. The law also pro-
vides for flues in the stage roof, but the
f1ues are not there. Neither are the
sprinkling systems, the fire apparatus,
the trained employees at the exits or the
men to fight fires should they occur on
the stage. When the Chicago play houses
reopen they will have all of these
things, and be the safest in the country
or the world-for time.
Just as conditions are ripe for fire
horrors in the theaters, so are they in
the cheap hotels and lodging houses.
These fire traps are filled to Overlooking
with a mass of humanity. They are
filled with the tough and the hobo, the
drinker. the opium fiend, the cigarette
smoker. The very class who exercise
the least care in the prevention of fire.
Is it to take another fire horror to
make this class of buildings conform to
the law?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
Rise ofthe lMan1lish W oman
by Dr.. Morga nliSDi,s,
Prominent New York Clergyman.

One of the dep1orablc rlonstrosities Of
these degenerate days is the n,annish woman.
Women, some OF them, mean, have come
down to the level Of mere man. They talk like
men; they smoke like men; they swear; they
gamble, they drink and do all things that men
do-even- dress like men. ,:si 81 i1nzs5Ifs55
:; saw woman in . Street car and she had
on mans cravat, mans overcoat, and a waist
coat. She looked as much like a man as! a
woman can look and wear a skirt and long hair
done up in all sorts Of effects. Again met a
young woman walking with four men, all in
a row, in the street. She wore a short skirt,
coat and waistcoat, just like those of her male
companion She carried a stick-a regular
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
Teaching Chimpansees

In the New York Geological park con-
siderable attention is given to the train
ing of chimpanzees and orang-outangs.
These animals, it is'safd, seem to be par
ticularly susceptible to teaching, and the
methods employed with them resemble
those used with untaught children.
:Coaxing and perseverance are the two
strongest aid most effective asds in their
education. -Yo uth's Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

and the hilarity and throughout the en-
tire city it turned it to sorrow and
weeping. Z:
The passing of the old year has become
greater occasion in Chicago than is
the Fourth of July. For the latter every
body trieste get out Of town, for the for
mer everybody tries to get into town.
:Theaters are sold out for <Iat night
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

banger"-and she strobe along with gait like theirs "
there anything that the manly despses. and rightly
despse the womanish and think goes
step farther and is infinitely Man brush elbows with thu
annh In the business world he endure her. but he has
no admiration real for her. All this from leaving the
womany things of life and invading the sphere Of ">
But would exclude from all occupations which mod
ern-day life has called them On the contrary there many things
women do and still be womn They need lose their rgh
place in the business world !. .*:---. -: ~
But there things not fitting do They
nave suffrage Women lawyers not the right place. dom
think much of DOCTORS As for preachers-s any
thing clearer than the language Of the Scripture forbdns
them?- - !. +
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

so conditions are
ripe for fire horrors
in all of them.
Since the disaster
of December 80
M ayor Harrison
has pointed to the
fact that not only
the theaters, but
the churches, and
in fact all places Of
public gatherings,
are law breakers.
There are laws on
t he city statute
books that If en-
forced would make
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

cago and destroyed
practically on e.
half of the entire
city, but the loss of
life was less than
900 people. For
from 10 to 20 min
utes on the after
noon Of December
80, 1903, fire ragged
in one building in
the city of Chicago,
destroyed in prop
little more than
the fancy trim
mings of the build
ing, but in that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
Wanted to Kill Time.

Jack-Say, George, everything is
dreadfully stupid. Let's go somewhere
and have quiet game of POKER, just to
kill time, you know. 49,
George-Can't. I'm on my way to
the dentists.
This evening, then?'
"Have an engagement this evening""
"Well, then-er-lend me ten dol
lars, won't you?"-N. Y. Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

SAOAA0 Va kAO "O41u /.
Sorrow comes to
the individual, but
not to the general
public. Crepe on
the door seldom
elicits the extern
sion of. the hand of
sympathy from the
next neighbor, for
the family across
the hall" in the
fiat building, or in
the next house is
not often known.
But the Iroquois
tn eater disaster
sOftened the heart
of Chicago. 1t
Sfnnnod <ho ~3~& I,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
A Terrible Power.

= 49, A Terrible Power.
3. Lazy Ito Chinese servant)-John, ID
it true that you Chinese servants have
trade union?
John-Yessee. t-... ~. s. H.
Suppose I should discharge you
without paying?" s. -
I'VE boycotte you" :: 80 i ~
but suppose. instead of = China
man, should get girl?" =
"Chinee union payee policeman to
notice flirtee.'''-N.: Y. Weekly. :. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
Her Moment of Victory

HeE "O"ent Oh VtctOFy.
Bella's watch slipped out of her belt
and fell upon the stone sidewalk.
"Oh, what PITY" exclaimed the 9TH
er girls. =; :.
mot at ally" said Bella, with a cry
of triumph. Papa is always telling me
pinch my waist. This will show. him
I don't!"-Chicago Tribune. :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
Qnite C0nsolinR.

Vicar (who has an unfortunate trick
Of saying quite so" during conversa-
tom calls upon the bishop about soma
parish grievance. The bishop duringthe
interview tells the vicar how badly hc
(the bishop is being treated.
THE fact is, my dear sir, many people
seem to think I'm. perfect ass"
Vicar Observation-Disclosures 20. my
lord, quite so.-Tit-Bits,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
"A Childish Comment

x.,~~. :,
"Why don't you get married, Aunt
janet asked the little one. - (
II don't wish to, child" replied the
elderly spinster. ~ - !
The little one looked lat her reprov-
ingly. " ss:..&.%l y = b ~
Mamma says it's wrong to lie, I. she
remarked at last.-C hicago POST
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
His Grievance

Sunday School Teacher-What is
your name, my lad? -
Small Boy (sulkily)-Zebedee Elisha
Jones. ). ~-: X
Teacher-And who gave you that
name? 49,
Small Boy-Pap, doggone him; an
I'm a-goin' ter lambast the stufin'
outer him fer it when Iget growed.-
". Y. Times. II 5:s7> ttas:~ 80.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
In This Era of Strikes.

Won Blumer-How is your. new house
getting on? =
Witherby-First rate. We have, the
foundation and I'm in hopes a few
planks will be laid before the men
strike again.-Town Topics.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
GPatlAed wish.

I'm hoping for something to turn up" he
said.
As he entered her house to PROPOSE:
And scarce had he made her an Offer to
wed -
M. TeleRram. 81 s.!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
Hungry for Facts.

care you fond of fiction?" he asked
at the reception. -. ~ ~ -
, well, Ihave been married four times,
and I'm rather tired Of II, " said she look
ing about for her husband. y onkers
Statesman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

Rock Islands New Precedent.
L. F. Loree, ,recently chosen: to sue
coed w. B. Leeds as president of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
The Wise Observer.

1T doesn't seem to stop a man who
is trying to butt into matrimoAy if
he runs against man who is trying to
butt out" remarked the Observer of
Events and Things-Yonkers States
man. u
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
> y =
He Finds n Wav.

my cheeks are cold" the lady cried,
And, wiser than Ulysses. j. = =.
If YOU don't mind" the youth replied,
''Tll cover them with kisses"
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. t-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

Conditions Ripe for Horrors.
Chicago may be no worse than any
other large city, probably is not, but if
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
Presence OF Mad

He-I understand that you are to be.
congratulated. M r. 49, -. Z. s
she--No, the engagement is broken on.
He-Thst Is what Iheard. somerville
Journal. e. ~ . f. 80.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
RIPE FOR DISASTERS.
Conditions in Chicago Seem to In
vite Terrible Fire Horrors.
THE BUILDING LAWS VIOLATED
NOt One of the City's Thirty-FIve
PlayhOuses Had Compiled with
the Ordinances-COnditi
In the Lodging Houses,

Chicago.-For three nights and two
lays in October, 1871, fire ragged in Chi
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

Lake Front Park Question,
An attorney of the city undertakes to
enlighten the public as to the why's and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

Eph-Bill Johnson's been il hot +
'watah evan since he's been married.. I
Sam-How's dat?
Eph-His wife makes him do uil de-
washin'.-Ch1cago Daily News
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
Smiled Mt His Shit

"Dost smile upon my suit?" he said
And then he wiggled;
She glanced down at the plaid, and then
She, straightway giggled
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
Sympathetic CHICAGO,

A city is heartless thing as a rule
It seems to care naught for the afflic-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
How 1t Would Work.

How 1T WOuld Work.
If all men practiced what they preached,
Wed have no time for labor;
Each man would put in all his days
Endeavoring in pleasing ways
To boost along his neighbor.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

Little Girl-Do you stutter all the
time?
Little Boy-N-n-n-n-no; only when l
talk.-Chicago Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22
n the r, nie1

8 HeI wish dared kiss you.
L she-D1dz sou ever kiss q girl7
81 He Never; 4 swear It. s
She Thensyou may kiss me. AIman
who vii. lie like that issto be trusted
Cincinnati inquirer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

Mr.. Brownies. Slader is passionate
~ fond c. horses, but he loves his wife,
too.
Mrs. Brownie loves anything he can
drive.-Illustrated Bits
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-22

= What's the meanin' Of responserbil-
ity, Jimmy?'' ~ ..s=s .z IS. SIS
oh, well, suppose as yer had two
'spender buttons on yer pants, an one
cum orr, wy, oil the responsibility nd
be on the other!"-N. &. Times. s. b. u
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-29
ne., Cool. Vow In EnaInna.

Mr.. Docquois, president Of the In
tcrnntional culinary exhibition that
has just been held In Paris, admits that
England has within the last 90 years
taken the lead In international cookery.
Europe liz fast initiating her grills.
joints, wnter-cooked or steamed veg
ctablcs and some Of her sauces. But
the yearning for choice, plain food has
damaged the fine art Of lirillat Sayarin.
The modern and complex three o'clock
tea is loudly condemned by caterers OF
the palate TO "Tont Paris" II spoils
the tardy dinner. "a which the guests
pay scanty attention. because they are
afraid Of being late for the ,hcntcr.-
Chicago Chronicle.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-29

Prince Albert of Prussia, prince re-
gent OF brunswick, who Is coming 10
stay OF Ilfrncombe for n few weeks for
the benefit Of his health, Is the 'allcst
member OF the llohenzollern family,
which Is famous for tall men. and he
Ia one Of the few remaining field mar
shnls who still figure In the prussian
army list. lie Is n cavalry general, like
his cousin. the late red prince. and In
the war OF isTO-7i distinguished him
self on the Loire. lie has never had
much liking for his duties M regent
OF Brunswick. being little Of n states
man. and II Is understood that he would
not be sorry 10 be relieved Of the vica-
rious scepter-which he probably will
I've when the eldest son OF the duke OF
Cumberland has been rendered NJ. by
n year or two's service In n Prussian
guard regiment nj Potsdam, Il succeed
him.-London Chronicle.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-29
EDUCATING FARM BOYS.
cal Agriculture should lie Taught
In Rural schools.

Among those who have given the mat
Ter attention. there are many who favor
the introduction OF agricultural instruc-
ton into the rural school MS n means OF
educating the farm 10y TO the farm
rather than sending him directly to the
institutions whose influence Is In an
other direction.
In n recent address. after commenting
upon the more or less popular idea Of n
general education OF more or less classic
foundation" Hon. James Wilson. sec
rotary Of agriculture. goes on TO say, In
regard to the agricultural college and the
farm boy:
1.-THE farmers boy who Intends "a be q
farmer. and his father. who intends to
have his son succeed him on the farm,
do not care anything about that kind Of
education. My idea Of education is tina,
II should 1T n young man for his future
life.
Il would begin by teaching on agrl-
cultural lines In the primary grades; |
would continue this kind Of education
through the secondary school: would
prepare the boys for the agricultural coll
lege. and they would go there as nat
urally as the boy goes TO the pantry TO
get some bread and butter. with
On II. hut Just now our system of edu-
ration draws the young people away
from the agricultural college into some
Thing else"
That there is truth In this is evidenced
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-29

They had been married seven years.
The doctor had been called In and
pronounced him n very sick n As
his wife entered the roo after the
doctors last visit he called To her TO
the bedside. and In u trcmulous voice
he remarked;
Darling, | am going"
Leaning over him she stroLcd his
head gently, and reminisccntly rcplicd.
"Chccr up, Clarence! That remark
assures me that you will live. Don't
you remember how often you said that
during our counting days, and how per.
sis,cntly you didn't ro?"-Boston
Courier.