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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31
When a Girl Is Not?

A woman is q girl until she is So,
according to the board of managers
of the Philadelphia Young Woman's
Christian association. On her thirty'
fifth birthday she cuts of the gidd1-
ness of girlhood and becomes WON
an. That IS. she does if she looks 1t.
If she is able with the aid of q
switch and perodide, rouge and the
eyebrow pencil, to look or think she
looks less than IS, then she IL girl
so long as she is able to look or think
she looks so. For her still the choco'
late carmel and the marshmallow, the
American beauty and the matinee
ticket, also the French heel and the
straight front Az not many unmar:
ried women ever arrive at the age
when they do not look or think they
look IS, it follows therefore that
woman is a girl as long as she wants
to be, in spite of all the boards OF
lady managers in existence. Which
is as it should be. or age is not, after
all, matter of wrinkles and agility.
is as it should be. For age is not, after
of the spirit within. If we are i'm
mortal souls, it were preposterous to
say that IS years taken out OF eter'
nifty can have any effect upon us;
nor 20 years, for that matter, nor
hundred. If woman's heart be pure
"age cannot wither her." says the CHI
cago Journal. She is good, and good
ness grows not old. She is tender,
and tenderness knows no date. She
is loving, and love is Immortality
young. Her hair may be white and
scanty, her limbs feeble; her eyes
dimmed, her once rosy cheek pale
and sunken, but so long as the flame
of life remains within her breast her
husband and her children know that
time has not altered her pure af1ec.
ton, which burns as bright as ever
and is young eternally.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31
Buffers Stolen Fee.

Tho late Hon. Joseph @. Hoyt, for
merly of Boston, when a lad attended
a circus and his silver watch was.
stolen. The supposed thief was ar
rested, and was defended by Benja-
min F. Butler, who proved he did
not take the watch, and never was
at the circus.
During the civil war Hoyt was in
troduced to Butler at dinner at tho
Astor house, in New York. and the
latter remarked: This il the first
time have had the pleasure Of meet
ing you"
"Oh, moi" said Hoyt, who then re-
lated the circus incident.
WAS that you, Hoyt?" asked But
Ter, and, being answered in the at
flrmative, Butler laughed and said:
THAT was an awful good watch,
Hoyt. That is all got for defending
the thief"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31
SALLOW FACES
Often Caused by Coffee Drinking.

How many persons realize that cof-
fee SO disturbs digestion that it pro-
duces a muddy, yellow complexion?
A ten days. trial of Postum Food
Coffee has proven a means, in thou
sands of cases, of clearing up bad
compilations.
A Washn. young lady tells her expe-
rience:
"All of us-father, mother, sister
and brother-had used tea and coffee
for many years until finally we all
had stomach troubles more or less.
I'VE were all sallow and troubled
with pimples;s breath ba<,, disagree
able taste in the mouth, and all of us
simply SO many bundles Of nerves.
F.. : I'VE didn't realize that coffee was
the cause Of the trouble until one day,
We ran out Of coffee and went to bor-
row some from neighbor. She gave
us some Postum and told us to try
that. ,-@ ~.
Although we started to make IT,
we all felt sure we would be sick Il
we missed our strong coffee, but We
were forced to try Postum and were
surprised to- ind Il delicious.
# I'VE read the statements on the
pkg, got more and IN q month and .
half you wouldn't have known Ms
We were all able to digest our food
without any trouble. each ones skin
became clear. tongues cleaned OF and
nerves In fine condition. We never
use anything now but Postum. There
Is nothing like It. :. Name given by
Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book. THE Road to
Wsuyille.'' There's { reason
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31

A woman believed to be the Oldest
in the United States, If not in the
world, has just died at Laporte, Ind.
She was Mrs. Ferdinand Reese, wife
of an American but a native of Pc.
land, where she was born, according
to authentic records. liz years ago.
She was girl of IS when Napoleon
invaded Russia, and haG a vivid rec.
objection Of incidents Of thst memor.
able campaign. And the span of her
life included period OF development
the most wonderful the world has
known. s. ..s H H. D.. .s .S. = / .s>
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31
COMPLAIN OF CHURCH PIPE ORGAN,

~ The pipe organ in John D. Rockefeller's Fifth
some rich residents who are trying to pass the
summer in New York in peace and quiet AL
though the church is closed and Mr.. Rockefeller
Is away, the organ is the busiest thing on Murray
Hill. Il 1t played hymns or even popular airs,
neighbors say, it would not be so bad. But the
organ keeps blowing out massive discords by the
hour. and whoever is playing 1t seems to be try
ing to see how many different kinds Of noise can
be made at once. e S%cs #$ sEEs%=.7 : ~
a crazy calliope," the organ is called. Some
say 1t is daily. # %."s ,Y4.sse | -
sr One indignant rich man near the church has
written to the health department asking the OH
.cials to squelch the organ. Every afternoon,
about two O'Clock, he says, the organ begins and
the racket proceeds hour after hour. The organ
Tor i've minutes ct time as loud as possible, and
up and down the keyboard. 81. 90
says, is being driven to distraction by the noise
taking g nap yhile the mighty organ is at work,
oil l,iol,f,n
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31
Rice Eaters,

In China and its dependencies, with
population of 4oo,o0o,Ooo, or Is per
cent. of the total population Of tho
world, rice Is the principal food sup
ply. The same may be said also of
India, with its population of 275, O00,-
600, and japan, with it's 100000. In
addition to these it is. chief article
of diet with other peoples of Asia and
Africa. whose population is estimated
at 1o0,000,0o0. The total reaches s15,-
100000, or so per cent of the total
population Of the earth Boston
Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31
BRITISH HISTORY OF THE PRESIDENT.

work Of genealogy of the president has re-
cently been issued In England and has the fol-
chief executive Of the United States:
Born at New York, 81 Oct. 1858; M, firstly,
II Oct: 1880, Alice Hathaway dau. of George
CABOT Lee and, by her (who d. II Feb. 1884), has
issue:
Alice Lee, b. II Feb. 1884; m. II Feb 1906.
Nicholas son of Nicholas Longworth, of Cincin-
natl, O., by Susan, his wife, dau Of Judge Tim.
Othy Walker.
He M, secondly, 2 Dec. 1886, Edith Kermit,
dau. of Charles Carow, and, by her, has issue:
Theodore, b. 13 Sept. 1887; Kermit, b. 10
yet. 1889; Archibald Bullock, b. 9'April 1894;
Quentin, b. 10 Nov. 1897; Ethel Carow, b. 10 Aug.
1891.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31
TO MANAGE LABOR CAMPAIGN.

The American Federation of Labor has de-
cided to go actively into politics. Officials of the
organization believe that the needs of the work
ingman, as regards legislation, can best be served
In this way and the federation will make hard
fight this fall on all members of congress who
have opposed legislation introduced in the in
terest of the laborer.
To manage the campaign Boston man, long
a labor leader in that city, has been chosen. He
is Thomas F.. Tracey, and will make his head
quarters In this city, Since 1903 Tracey has been
chairman of the national legislative committee of
the American Federation of Labor, and he has
held numerous Offices in labor organizations. In
1895 he was president of the Cigar-Makers' label
League and In 1897 was president of the Central
Labor union of Boston. In 1899 he was sent by
the American Federation of Labor to the con-
gress OF the British trades unions. Two years
vice president of the Cigar-Makers' International
to Washington. as special legislative committeema
labor in congress-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31
LOOKS AFTER HEALTH OF PLANTS.

Mrs. Flora w. Patterson, mycologist of the
agricultural department, is a graduate of Har-
ward Annex, now known as Radcliffe college. Her
brother is a professor in Harvard university.
Mrs. Patterson worked in Harvard in connection
with the Grey herbarium for several years before
coming to the agricultural department at Wash
time Mrs. Patterson has done an immense amount
of good for the people of this country.
Nothing in the line of plants can be imported
into the United States unless it has first passed
her inspection, and been pronounced absolutely
free from all fungus growth or disease.
If such case OF disease is discovered on
certain plant the latter may be sent to quaran-
tine, where an effort will be made to cure the
disease; or If it is too far gone the plant is i'm
mediatey destroyed. -. .'.E.- (
Not the least important of Mrs. Patterson's
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o q
1chael father
the tempo taken by the players say
and finally he became persistent
hand and run things being childish
SO orchestra
Michael
he is said be
them or begging them he ~ Ao
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31

One
nen
w. f0~O 800 A0
Mrs Fish is also distinguished remarkably
the socially elect as being running
dressed on $500 a 80
she took the
Mr. Fish who known the worlds
society Mrs Fshs husband
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COMMERCE PAYS HIGH WAGES

The interstate commerce commission is be-
coming e rival Of the Isthnan canal commission
Henry G. Adams, of the Michigan State univer-
sty who has just definitely accepted the position
OF expert IN charge OF statistics and accounts"
will be paid $4,000 year. He will devise q sys-
tenn of bookkeeping for the railroads. He will be
permitted to retain his place with the university.
Prof. dams will be the highest-salaried en-
ployeS the commission has ever had but it is the
determination OF the body, now that it will have
an effective law, to make no mistake on the score
Of undue economy. sss tss=5 v
The commission has Ia mind several other jobs
that will pay about as well. and the right man
could. likely get two or three times $4,000 as
general counsel for the commission If he could
only be found. The commissioners do not want
hey do intend to have as good brains hereafter as
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31

Not the least important Patersons
ing edible he examine
mcroscopcaly and pronounce its safety
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31

thank
waiter the
rckey the favorie The head delight dispenser sad
THE ickey
seldom
- 0 $4,000 ~ A'Ae
the rickey with the hghbal
Cadillac Scotch
made this country know
Sloe
against
S
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31

What is the New Workers. favorite hot wealth.
er drink this summer? What it ought not to be.
of course.
Gin rickeys first, highballs next, and last the
new one-the Water Wagon. Here it is:
First you take long glass; in it you put
piece Of ice the size of an egg; then two spoon
fuls Of sugar, the juice of lime, next large
drink of brandy, and half as much port: stir wen
or shake in mixer; add sufficient settler or car
bonic to fill the glass, and quan
This is called the water wagon" because
four OF them are warranted to put you on the
front seat of that equipage.
But though the water wagon" has achieved
great popularity along Broadway this summer it
is by no means the only hot-weather drink The
gin rickey is still in the ring and the hghball is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31
YOUNG MUSICAL GENIUS,

In nineyear-old Michael De Vito we have a
musical prodigy who even surpasses Mozart, Josef
Hoffman and Kubelik, who as youths were re-
garded as marvels His requirements surpass
those OF any of his predecessors, and he is
the leader, conductor, organizer and general man.
ager OF a full:sized, grown-up orchestra, which
appears in public
was but four Years Old He IS the son VI Perrv
De Vito, musician, and the lads early training
is due to his fathers desire to bring him up in
the same profession. But the elder De Vito had
no idea that the little fellow would develop such
wonderful talents: At seven or eight the lad
could play well violin, mandolin and piano. His
study OF the old masters was thorough and he
showed the ability to direct the playing of other
musicians, and expressed his desire to be cond,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31
urce Sam Gong Into Show Bu.ess TO Induce Young Men to Join
the Navy-Boon Man Will Lead Federation Of Labor. Cam
pagn Against Certain Congre.smen-Oher Happenings.

49, WASHINGTON Recruits to man Uncle
sans new Warships have become scarcer and
scarcef in recent years and the navy department
has. at last decided to go into the show business
with the hope of inducing young man to join the
sea service OF: the. government. Arrangements
nave been made to place biograph outfit out on
the road for the purpose Of exhibiting to young
landlubbers in the interior all the features of q
sailors life upon the boundless deep. Photo
grams by the dozen have been taken, showing all
phases of sailors life aboard battleshin. and
these are to be thrown upon the canvas at en-
tertafnments to be given throughout the country,
where recruiting officers are to be sent
The test OF the moving picture layout was
made recently at the Washington navy yard be.
fore a company of naval officers. The apparatus
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will At
make tour the of the
Wisconsin North
Norwegans bes
these
the induce
ments to enter the
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possible
The commission employed ne
nues
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31

% the t ministers Of number OF in the The
pipes directly opposite the entrance Of factory building
after noon the beginning Of the lunch The
course closes the church for the
of
somewhat novel, startling
the ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31
MRS. FISH, SOCIETY LEADER.

The social elect have practically all deserted
the hot city for the cooling breezes of Newport.
There Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is as usual the lead
ing parsonage. Let her career be viewed from
any standpoint, she appears the most daring and
successful social being of her day and generation.
Mrs. Fish has given more novel, not to say
bizarre, social functions than any other per.
son in or beyond the pale of the so-caled 400"
She is the original entertainer. par excel
lence of the Newport summer colony. Whatever
she does makes that jaded coterie of multimil-
nonaire families sit up and display decided inter-
est. Incidentally, the same effect is noticeable
pretty generally throughout the country
Mrs. Fish's Fourth of July contribution to the
entertainment of Newport and the gossip of ma
ton was to haye been bathing suit dinner, but
q downpour of rain caused the plan to be changed
IN
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-08-31

Gossip Gathered Here and There II Tie Busy
ing Gospel with Aid of MegaphoneWha New Yorkers Are
Drinking These Hot Days, ~.'z :=*S .*f <.%

- NEW YORK.-Preaching the gospel through
a megaphone Is the latest Many persons while
passing along the upper section of West street OF
late have been startled by the sound Of preaching
and singing apparently coming out of the air from
nowhere In particular. There is no church in the
vicinity; there may be no street group near to
explain it. The illusion is produced by a large
megaphone which makes the voices carry for a
surprising distance with the effect of being
spoken In ones ear! For some little time street
service has been held daily at West and Bethune
streets in which q large megaphone plays an i'm.
portant part. The audience reached In this way
may be scattered over several blocks and even
the passer-by street or two away is likely to
have his attention suddenly arrested.
The services are carried on by the Young
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-20

haps; but others of the same kind oc-
cur every month. The last quarterly
accident bulletin shows
eight prominent collisions (not to men
ton the less costly ones) which were
due to mistakes concerning orders or
meeting points We say this to refresh
the memories of editors who seem to
have forgotten it. and for the benefit
of railroad officers who surely cannot
have forgotten it. but whose action in
dicates to the public that they have. As
10 the details of the cause of the Wood
Vile collision we are not fully informed.
and the question is not important The
accounts indicate that the engineman
of the freight misread a dispatcher's
order: or had received an incorrect
order; or had failed to observe green
signals on the engine Of a preceding
westbound passenger train; or had been
deceived by the absence of such sig
nails on that train. All of these errors
or faults occur frequently. and the fact
that all efforts to prevent or cure them,
except by the use of the block system,
have been unsatisfactory. is known to
everybody who takes the trouble to
look into the matter.-Railroad Ca
zette.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-20
FIGHT OF WOMEN'S CLUBS ENDS.
Indiana SquabIe Over Consolidation
Settled In Favor of Merger by
Chicago Authority.

Goshen, Ind, Nov. 19.-The fight of
the women's clubs of Indiana has been
settled in favor of the faction sup
porting a consolidation of all state
organizations. Mrs. Sarah P. Kinsey
of Valparaiso, president of the state
federation. today received the official
decision from Mrs. Mary Belle King
Sherman of Chicago, official parlia-
mentarian and recording secretary of
the national federation. Mrs. Sherman
declares that the union of the state
federation and the Indiana Union of
Literary Clubs was regular. She was
appealed to. Boilers in the state con-
vention forced the resignation of Mrs.
E. E. Mummert from the presidency.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-20
B. 8 0. INQUEST
IN PROGRESS
Examination of Witnesses
Began this Afternoon in
Valparaiso.
TO INDICT OFFICIALS
Effort VIII Be Made to Make
the Big Fellows Share
Responsibility
Especial to Lake County Time.).

Valparaiso. Ind, Nov. 2o.-The in-
quest into the cause Of death of the
victims OF the Baltimore & Ohio wreck
which took place at woodville, Nov. Is
when one hundred immigrants wera
killed. opened this afternoon.
Coroner Carson was in charge of
the proceedings and Judge Frank B.
Parks. assistant states attorney for
Porter county conducted the examin-
alton.
There is great excitement in vaIpa-
raise over the event Large crowds
from Chicago were coming in all day
on all roads and the town is filled with
strangers interested in the case.
1t is expected that indictments for
some of the high officials of the rail-
road will be secured. as a special EFFORT
is to be made to get after some Of the
big men who are indirectly responsible
for the accident, instead Of making the
train operators bear the burden of the
responsibility alone.
IL Ills emu NJ OASCLgu Shlt DIeS1~
dent of the Polish National Alliance,
and his attorney. Julius r. smictanka.
came down from Chicago to attend the
Inquest and seek the indictment u
those responsible for the tragedy.
Coroner Hoffman of Cook county also
attended the inquest, having with him
the jury selected to serve in the case
in Cook county. Previous to listening
| to the testimony at the inquest in VAL
paraiso the jury visited the scene Of
the wreck.
The session opened In the Valparaiso
court house at / o'clock. All the menu
/ bers of the train crews belonging to
the trains which We're involved in the
wreck were present to testify. 1t Is
| expected that these, together with the
officials of the road will be called to
face the grand jury when it sits Dec.
/ 10 at Hammond.
The railway commission of Indiana.
with Union B. Hunt in cha &c. will sit
at Valparaiso tomorrow for the ppn-
pose of Investigating the case.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-20
ARGUMENT FOR BLOCK SIGNALS.
Collision at woodviIIe Another Example
of the Need of safety Device.

The butting collision near Woodville,
Ind. last Monday morning. makes the
fifth great railroad disaster since July
1; Salisbury and Grantham. England;
Hamlet. IN. CO Atlantic City and
woodvine. in America Such a list.
showing 175 persons killed and III in
jured. recalls the fact that the acct
dent record for one year Cor even for a
much longer period may show moder-
ate losses Of life and property, and yet
afford no certain gauge Of progress or
Improvement in safety OF railroad
travel II emphasizes the need of hav-
ing a strictly scientific basis for all our
efforts towards greater security against
collision and derailments. Another
thing to keep in mind in case of such a
collision as the most recent of this list.
or that at Hamlet, is that the cause is
not exceptional. Such an accident, of
sufficient magnitude to attract general
attention, may occur once q year per-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-20
Lucille Mcleod Memhard
Acquitted Of Murder
Charge by Jury.
SCENE IN COURT ROOM
Defendant Faints and So Does
Sister of Dead Man
Friends Cheer

The jury who have listened to the
evidence in the trial of Lucille Mcleod
Memhard for the murder of William
Nieman, jr., returned verdict of not
guilty yesterday afternoon.
The absence from the court room at
the time the verdict was rendered of
the womans husband, to whom she
was married in Hammond under such
romantic circumstances a few days be-
fore her trial, started the rumor that
the couple had never been married
at all and that their reported marriage
was merely circulated for its probable
effect of winning sympathy from the
jury.
This rumor, however, proved to be
without foundation as investigation
showed the license was duly taken
out in the Office of the county clerk
and returned, as provided by law, to
the main office at Crown Point.
The closing scenes at the trial were
| marked by dramatic incidents. The
fair defendant proceeded to faint as
the jury was about to file into the
court room. after having agreed upon
their verdict and Miss Carrie Nieman.
sister of the man whose death was
charged to the defendant, did likewise
when she learned of the latter's ecquit-
/ tai. The court room rang with cheers
| by friends of the defendant
Mrs. Memhard had been quite calm
while waiting to hear her fate, HAVING
even composedly prepared for some
press photographs which were to be
taken as soon as the verdict was rem.
dered. The jury, however. was out fol
two hours and ten minutes deliberat.
ing on the instructions of Judge Kav.
anaugh regarding the meaning of the
phrases, reasonable doubt and NOR.
al certainty"
The long wait was trying to the
woman whose fate the twelve gooc
men and true held within their hands
and she was visibly affected as the
jury started to enter. She gave a ser
les of wild shrieks. swayed to and
fro. and throwing up her hands, col
lapsed.
She was sitting with her mother
who cried. Lucille" and caught tn,
swaying figure in her arms DR.. Rev
nolds, the young woman's physician
flew TO her aid and she was carries
to an open window where the fresh al
soon revived her.
Judge Kavanaugh had motioned tn
bailif to exclude the jurors. who ha,
been about to enter when the wome
tainted. He directed after she ha
been brought to that she be take
. into his chambers until she was abb
80 face the ordeal OF listening to th