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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

Because Jerome has the call. Because
Jerome is honest. Because the gamb.
ling house proprietor must protect his
patrons from the disagreeable task Of
giving evidence against him as they can
be compelled to do.
Jerome asked a police captain to serve
subpoena on Honest John" Kelly,
famous as poolroom man, prize fight
referee and faro dealer The captain
couldn't find John. The captain has kept
man for four months in front of John 8
old house warning people against it,
while John was running his new house
two doors away, with hundreds of peo-
pie daily entering. John was a friend
Of two police inspectors, and had not
been arrested in nine years. So Jerome
sent his own men up, and again issued a
simple Invitation" to Kelly to come
and talk to him. Kelly went. While tho
two talked Jerome's men broke into
Honest Johns place and captured the
tables, chips. etc.
Lou Ludlum' 8 turn came next rho
gamblers began moving their '*stun''
over into New Jersey. "Shang" Draper.
an old-time associate of burglars and
bad men. shut up his place. Business
was strictly on the blink"
The gamblers voted for Mayor Nc
Clellan in 1903 on the understanding
that there would be quietly "wide-open
town" especially after election. No one
supposes, however, that Mayor McClel-
Ian was personally a party to such a bar
gain. Jerome is a democrat, but not a
Tammany man. His term is four years.
!; holding over from the Low administra-
ton. The chance that he would get 2
new law from the legislature and actn-
ally work under it was the one thin
that Charley Murphy, the boss" of Tam
many Hall, could not control. All these
things will figure in the election this
fall
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cept occasionally a rich relative. The
best artists, with few exceptions, live
either by illustrations for magazines or
newspapers, or by portrait painting.
Even here they meet competition by
foreigners who come over for few
months and carry off the best commits
sions. Madrazo. the famous Spaniard,
is coming in few days for this purpose.
Sir Philip Burne Jones has left an anus
ing account of his experiences here in
book SO frank that it is evident he does
not mean to return. When he left,
sharp auctioneer held "studio SALE OF
Jones effects. Only one or two articles
had Jones ever seen, but it was great
success. Chartran was another great
success in society. He painted two or
three members of the Roosevelt family:
There are no better portrait painters
in the world than Alexander, Eakins,
Sargent The two former
are represented this year in work as fine
as is seen anywhere. Alexander's study
of girls head shows genius, a quality
sufficiently rare to attract attention.
Eakin's portrait of slouchy looking
rumpled, ungainly professor evidently
every inch man, carried off the years
honors in portraiture, here and in St
Louis. It is welcome change from tn
sugary pictures of fine ladies with lack
adaisaical hands and cruel, supercilious
faces, that alternate with office pictures
of bank presidents in the long lists OF
portraits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

halls! Close the halls!" and, ''The real
not on dress parade. The spirit which
prompted the charity dance was one Of
pride xather than of compassion" We
admit the command may be wise, tho
statement have quantum of truth, anil
yet the gist OF the matter seems some
thing different. something like this: =.
Youth Graves, whether dwell he and
she on the Lake Shore Drive or over on
Canal street, mirth, hilarity, chance to
rebound from routine. And youth,
whether for good or i'll, is going to get It,
The average person finds small cause to
censure the little child whose ebullition
of spirit is expressed in hop and skip;
the colt that feels its oats; the dog re-
leased from the confinement of house
and capering in it's freedom. Animal
spirits. and not to be suppressed - al
least so the psychologist and the physi-
ologist tell us.
The weary, the blase, cannot always
find recreation in such sober joys as
reading, concerts, lectures; they are too
tired, they require diversion, must for
get for awhile the conditions that have
brought them to the extreme WEAKNESS.
lose themselves" And some agreeable
physical exercise Is a reasonable, whole
some means of banishing the fatigue; be
it dancing, riding, bicycling, rowing,
skating, some means of employing that
wonderful energy of youth
What substitute for the low dance hall
can be offered? A perplexed town, you
see.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

Is nearly done for in this county-unless
a gamblers district attorney can pc
elected, which isn't so ridiculous sug-
gestion as it sounds. 1t has been done
before now.
The funny part of it is that Mr..
Jerome himself comes of an old New
York family of men who didn't mind.
quiet game now and then; and the pres
ent-day Jerome would not care much
whether or not gambling went on ION
the quiet" 1t is the police corruption
that it shielded which he cannot stand
for.
Abram S. Hewitt once said that 1T
takes ten years to do anything in New
York; but it is much less time since
Reginald G. Vanderbilt, while he was
still student in Yale, began the: anti
gambling crusade by losing large sum,
rome tried to compel Lewisohn, a gam
ling place. AS the law then was, man
could not be compelled to testify in a
gambling matter, but Vanderbilt stayed
out of the state for two years, including
his wedding day, to avoid publicity. Je-
. rome tried to compel Lewisohn, gamb-
bling copper magnate, to testify against
Garfield, and failed. Then he went to
Albany to get law passed to compel
Testimony in such cases.
The virtuous rural assemblymen who
are responsible for most of the deviltry
in the city, laughed at the idea of pass
ing such bill. But Mr.. Jerome WASH t
born yesterday. He built such a fire
under the assemblymen that their
church-going constituents took to writ
ing letters to them. Then the word to
the gamblers lobby was: Sorry, old
man, but if vote against this bill it's
good-by to Albany for me-"
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to be used as rendezvous for out-of-
town traders and merchants. Here the
out-of-town folk can enjoy club comforts
ana cluD advantages, enjoy intercourse
with men representative of the great
progressive town they have come to visit
And the Commercial association has fo,
Its object more than mere hospitality:
1t IS eVincing intense interest in further
Ing Chlcago's good, in bringing to no..
lice Chlcago's accomplishments, The
Cnlcago spirit is fastening wonder
1ui Lake Shore boulevard, planning for
civic beauty Striving for fair laws
preaching the practical value of art
The ladies', too, have introduced new
social feature in the citys life; so Eng
fish, you know. We have just opened
our first tea shop, belated copy of Lon
don and New York mode. But, though
little slow, We are quite content with
the result, have as pretty and attractive
place in which to spend leisure hour
as one n I'd wish. Our tea shop is auie1
and char ming, prettily situated on Mich
igan boulevard, looking out on this
smooth driveway and on the waters OF
the lake beyo2d. 1t is decorated in the
odd English out-of-dooc STYLE" the pa
per on the walls shows lattice work.
green on white, there are border panels
Of leafy i>veliness, the woodwork is
white, the chairs and tables are of wick
err; all airy. dainty, just the sort of thing
in which to take Ave o'clock.
The ladies are generous, and admit
men to this restful spot But they Go no.
allow the men TO bring along cigar q,
pipe. The tea shop is essentially remi-
nine.
KATHERINE POPE.
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different level The true inwardness Of
these routs? Ii We had had an inkling
we'(at least so we trust) would not have
greeted with such smiling indifference
Hilda's or Olga's dishevelled appearance
on the morning after"
What started the belated interest of
Chicago in the character of these places
of amusement was the recent suicide at
one of them Of a young girl It was at
one OF the sempublic dances that are
given in various quarters of the city Sat-
urday nights the desperate act occurred,
and the circumstances attending It are
bringing to light the fact that these af-
fairs pay no heed 10 the ordinance in re-
gard to midnight closing, selling LIQUOR
10 minors. and other restrictions aimed
at the uphoding Of ,iecency and order.
The girls companions had noticed that
she looked pale and seemed rather apart
from the general merrment all during
the evening. and it had been observed
she kept watching the door as though
expecting some one that failed to come
She stayed through the long hours of the
revel-these things begin late, after the
dishes are all Gone, the CRIME of the
week removed-then. apparently giving
Up all hope that some promise to her was
20 be Kept. at three o'clock she went to
the dressing room and swallowed enough
,arbolic acid to put an end to her trou-
bles.
A humble tragedy, but significant.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Collecting Rents.

Sir" said the seedy man, addressing
a. prosperous-looking passer-by, would
you kindly favor worthy but unfor-
nate fellow-man with a few pence?"
What is your occupation?" asked the
other, az he put his hand in his pocket.
Sir" replied the victim of hard luck.
as he held up tattered coat sleeve and
smiled grimly, 'I've been collecting
rents for some time past"-Tit-Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
SQUARED Himself.

Il don't think ever can forgive you
for it," she pouted. ''You pretended
to be so busy with your newspaper
when l entered a crowded street cal
this morning that you didn't see me,
yet there l stood in the aisle, in plain
sight"
"You in plain sight, Miss Gringo?'
he exclaimed. Not on your platinum
print! If you were standing there, you
were dazzlingly beautiful sight"
Did she forgive him? Well!-Chf-
cago Tribune.
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How It Works in the North.

you've burned Is tons of anthracite
already this winter?' exclaimed the Wis
itor. why on earth have you had to
use so much?"
ITO reduce the visible supply, sup
pose," said the victim Of the coal trusts
greed, grinding his teeth in impotent
rage.-Chicago Tribune.
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Engaged in the Social Act,

i I IS the pest
policy, and also
cordially. The
sledge = h a m m err
methods, the suspi-
cious attitude, to-
day are not to the
fore in commercial
life. And Chicago
is demonstrating
this at present.
The Commercial
association b a 5
just opened head
quarters in the
G re a t Northern
1>,,;1l:~ ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Exclusive Days and Public.

OW that We are
speaking of con-
trasts of the big
town, it may not be
out of place to offer
Impressions of two
days at the Art In
stitute; impress
S i OnS gathered
when society was
honOring an exhi-
bition, observa-
uOQS taken curing
the incoming hour
Of one OF the free
days. Mention of
this may come in
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Little Boy-Mummy, dear, why can't
I stay up till it gets late?
Mother-That wouldn't do at all, dear
foud wake up SO cross in the morn.
ing.
Little Boy Observation-Disclosures
daddy go to bed very late, mummy
Chicago Tribune.
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YOUTH IN THE CITY
RECREATION rs A NEED THAT
MUST BE CONSIDERED.
. CHICAGO is IN PERPLEXiTY
There Come to Polite Ears Unsavory
Reports Of Dance Halls-Some
Contrasts in the Big
Town.
CHICAGO is IN PERPLEXiTY

Eng
lish cousins are ac-
cused of taking
their pleasures sad
ly, and we Ameri-
cans have been
likewise ridiculed.
But, alas and alack-
aday for the lads
and lassics that
take their pleas
ures madly.
The Chicago pa
pers, the civil au~
thorities and, mild
ly, the public, have
been concerned re-
cantlv with what
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Leading Up to It.

She with an arm around his neck)-
1t makes you happy to know I am
pleased, doesn't it, dear?
He-Why, yes.
and you are happy when you whts-
tie, aren't you, dear?"
why, of course"
We'll, love, know you are going to
whistle when you see this millinery BILL"
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
The Ideal

Ebenezer Strick-Howdy, 81? How's
all Their folks?
ST Hampley-All right; only nav
she's complainin' ag'in.
Ebenezer Strick-What's thet-got
Their rheumatic ag'in?
81 Hampley-Nope; worse'n tibet.
She wants a new hat-only he'd this
one seven an half years, tew.-
Judge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Mr.. Jerome's "Invitation. -

.MED with hi S
measure, Mr.. Je-
rome simply Gin
vited" Mr.. Cam
field to come down
and see him. In a
few days Garfield
was in court plead
ing guilty. He was
fined $1,000-ridic-
ulously inadequate,
but he Is out OF
business, and that
something. w h y
cid he plead guilty ?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
| 4 4 |: +: "A
Mixed Again.

Jostle-Those were two jolly fine girls
you were speaking to just now.
.Mixer-Yes, they're my two wife's
sisters.
Jostle-Ha, ha, ha!
Mixer-My two sisters wives, should
say.
Jostle-Ho, no, ho!!
Mixer-0h! hang it all. you know
what mean.-Ally Sloper.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

>>A, " ~
one Of the best
child labor laws Of
any state, is back
ward in It's en-
forcement. That is
one result Of vast
size and of rotten
politics.
The law prevents
children under IA
years Of age from
working in f a .
tories. Itprohibits
children under i6
from working more
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Food Chemistry.

DO you think the time will ever come
when the chemists will put up our
foods?"
mo, answered the expert in dietetics
"The chemists will merely continue to
furnish the boracic acid, as usual
Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Worm Turns.

"UTHI IuTuS.
Five years ago tonight, Henry" re-
marked Mrs. Peck, who happened to be
in reminiscent mood, you asked me
to say the one little word that would
make you happy for life.''
Yes" rejoined Henry, with a sigh
long drawn out, land, womanlike, you
had to go and say the wrong word."-
Chicago News. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
GAMBLERS BEATEN
NEW YORK'S DISTRICT ATTOR-
NEY PERSISTS IN FIGHT.
WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHES
Not Yet Through-May Get After the
Spectators -. National Academy
Exhibition Mediocre-Other
New York Gossip.

EW YORK.-"Je-
rome has got the
gamblers"
This tribute to
the powers Of the
district attorney OF
New York county
is about the most
interesting thing Ill
town. You hear it
everywhere; a n d
unli k e so many
things you hear, it
is true. Gambling
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Pictures and Buyers.

He national acad-
envy OF paintings
and a few sculE-
lures is now Oh.
4 he productions
shown are averas:.
That means that
a hundred people
and more h a v e
dabbed away at lit
tie bits of paintings
not to big to so into
a parlor, in the
hope that some one
will buy them. No.
body ever does, eX-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Not Fit to Be- Seen,

Buggins-See here, porter, this mir
ror is SO dusty can't see myself in it.
Hotel Porter (who has not been
tipped by Buggins)-Strikes me you
ought to be mighty thankful, std o.
maxim a fuss about it.-Tit-Bits.
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Warned in Time.

Warned IN Time.
Mr.. Hardnutt-I admit, sir, that my
life has not been what it should be, but
truly and unselfshly love your daugh-
ter, and if ever l give her moments
pain hope I'll be made to suffer torture
for it.
Old Gentleman (warningly)-Oh,y you
will. You don't know her-N. Y. Week.
ly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

they call the dance-han evil. Without
doubt, 1t comes In the nature of shock
TO people generally. Average persons
with average feelings of humanity,
have been wont to look on these
dances attended by the servant-girl
class with mixture of amuse-
ment and approval; amusement that
the ball should have such strong at
traction that girl who has been on her
feet all day should care to be on her fec!
all night; approval, that those whose
portion is one OF so much Grudgery
should be able to find some merry, light
some amusement.
And now investigation is spelling this
pleasant, innocent picture.
The harmless dance we held in imagin-
alton we are told, is an orgy. The
attendants in these affairs as rule
are mere youngsters boys and girls
that hard fate has sent into the
world at too early an age; sent out for
the bread and butter struggle, and left
unprotected, adrift, in the other strug
gle-the grasplng after pleasure, happi-
ness, whatever be the name for that hu
man necessity apart from the labor one.
The pursuit OF this evanescent thing
buoys up the servant girl over her pots,
the shop-girl in the long hours of her
service, the factory worker In her toll,
the laundry girl in her heavy task. 1t is
natural. sane, wholesome, the desire:
but the reality looms up very different
from the dream to which the above al
jectives belong. Why Is it? Is it that
there Is lack in our social system, a
failure to recognize the recreations needs
of the workings girl, or is 1t that We in
our narrow bounds do not approve of
mirth and dance for her, would consign
her to Browning clubs and classical mu-
sic? Perhaps what we await Is Bishop
that will open really social, truly re-
spectacle dance hail
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
A Gentle Hint.

Charlie Dingbats Ito Dolly Semi
quaver, who is about to make her debut)
Tell me when you sing and III send
you some flowers.
Dolly-Please remember at the time
that the only flowers care for are on
hats.-Town Topics.
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The Occasional Open Tragedy.

HEN We come to
think Of it, We have
overheard now and
then a servant-giri
characterize a fell
low worker in this
phrase: "Oh, she
goes to the all
night Dances" but
TO our ignorant ears
this scorn had APP
peared a bit of mar
rowness, a bit OF
Phariseeism. May
not tho speaker
have known better
than the one on IL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

(Which do you think counts for the
most in life, money or brains?"
WELL" answered Miss Cayenne, e.
see SO many people who manage to get
on with so little of either that l am
beginning to lose my respect for both"
Washington Star.
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Now She Moralizers Have the F1oo,

F COURSE this has
furnished the Jul
pits with a theme.
And, what was
bound to happen,
some of the preach
ers have brought!
to the fore not only
the dance hall OF
low degree, but also
the Charity Ball OF
exclusive renown.
M "a ing is
cas-. We, too,
draw a lesson. But
the preachers and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
His Invention.

Mrs. McFlub-Your husband seems to
be quite versatile. Has he ever invented
anything? -. =. 1918. +
Mrs. Sleeth-Oh, yes. One of the fin
est lines of midnight excuses you ever
listened to.-Chicago Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Rather Pepperish.

Ernie-Yes, he is very wild and my
folks think he deserves to be punished.
However, am going to marry him to re-
form him.
Eva-Goodness, he doesn't deserve
that much punishment, does he?-Chi-
caEo News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Jerome in Wall S+raa+

OONE would be sur
prised to see Je-
rome make a flying
leap into all
street. Apparently
ne cannot interfere
in the scandalo,,s
backing given by
the National City
bank to the stock
"washing'' frauds
Of A1unroe & Mum
roe, which concerns
the federal govern
ment. But when
t h ? Shipbullding
false prospectuses
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Suspicious.

He-I've got a surprise in store for
you, dear.
She-All right; but l hope it's not
in the five-cent store!-Yonkers States
man. .s,s a..
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Wasting Time.

you're wasting a. lot of time and
money trying to capture that widow"
Sure: she told me- the night she met
you that she was going to."-Houston
Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
CONDENSATION.

AS one by one they snap and break.
The resolutions that we make,
| We heave a heavy sigh.
| But compensation we may find
| When this one fact is brought to mind
| 1t did no harm to try.
I-Chtcago Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
A Raise,

whats your daughter Katie doing?"
"She's in a department store"
rs she doing well?"
"Oh, yes, she got raise in salary last
week from $466 to $4.69."-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Cleopatra's Real Reason.

Cleopatra volunteered why she chose
the asp.
'"There wasn't any Welsh rabbit ~
bite before retiring"
Hereupon she waved a graceful fare
we'll to the wOrld.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Made q Hit, But

Publisher can't see anything in
that manuscript of yours.
Struggling Author-I presume not;
but, you know, some Of your readers
may be more intelligent.-Tit-Bits
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He Knew the Symptoms.
ho1iovo pl,,f3n hao n,

nc 0ueW Tue Symptoms.
Skinner believe Bluffin has gone
into business of his own.
Winkin-What wakes you think
that?
Skinner-Why, he comes up to town
by the early train in the morning, and
he never takes more than ten minutes
for his lunch now.-.Ally Sloper.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Also.

"A stitch in time saves nine," It's said.
Another saw might run;
when two young people would be we'd
A knot in time makes ONE
-CaSselrS
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Perversity.

The snow for weeks lies on the ground,
IT'S dirty, moist and raw.
To clean it of the men come round,
And then 1t starts to thaw.
Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
COmDensation.

Tie steaks tough at our boarding house
But l get quickly through it,
You see the pieces are so small
One doesn't have to chew it!
st. Louis Republic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Sufficient Proof.

do you think Banks ever fooled his
wife successfully"
Il know it. He married her."-Detroi oft
Free Press.
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EASY Enough.

Bank Teller-You will have to be
identified, ma 'am.
Lady-My friend here will identify
me.
Bank Teller-But l don't know her,
you know.
Lady-Oh, we'll, I'll introduce YOU
Puck.