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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05

acres of Office floor space, but not all
on one floor. There will be AZ tracks.
The baggage smashers alone will have
an acre and half to turn themselves
in. The total yard space is g. acres
imagine buying and clearing that
space in the center of Manhattan!
The Central is a "stub" station and
needs more space than the Pennsyl-
vania, which is a Through" station.
The Central trains back up to Mott
Haven to be'made up. The Pennsyl-
vania trains keep right on out to
cheaper land on Long Island. In both
cases the main shifting tracks are ten
miles from the station.
A difference of system keeps foreign
stations smaller. London has dozen
main stations connected by the under
ground. Paris has half a Dozen. Ber-
lin the same. 1 4.
Pro badly the man who travels has
looked up at the big truss roofs OF
the stations with new interest since
the Charing Cross of London fell in.
There is no need. Charing Cross was
famous because it is q point of depar-
ture for Paris. It was old and long
ago needed rebuilding. It was iron.
Nowadays we build of steel with light
er, stronger, better planned Orders.
OF course. the only safe place is at sea,
where nothing can fall. A modern
railway station perhaps comes next.
'>r-> OWEN LANGDON.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05

great educator Judge Bartlett, the
most scholarly man On the New York
bench; Fyles and Maps, dramatists:
Huneker 0ad Kobbe and Corbin, crit
ics;; 81 Samuel Il. Adams, the magazine
writer; Arthur Brisbane, perhaps the
highest salaried newspaper man in the
world. The Sun is always called the
newspaper mans paper. Its graduates
leave it and get great wages elsewhere
and new men are trained up to take
their places, but the Sun is Is always
the Sun. Like the Herald, it has for
it's protection against the yellow" pa
pers that seek men an odd rule No
man who leaves the Sun of his own
accord, is hired there again., He may
come back if he has been discharged
for drunkenness; not if he went ito
better himself" and repented it. John
Swinton was taken back to the Sun,
but be had left to start his own paper,
which was dead when he returned.
The late John B. Jackson was re-
turned to the Herald by executive
clemency. Mr.. Bennett himself asked
the managing editor. if he did not rec
.ollect that Jackson had been dis
charged. The managing EDITORS mem
DRY was bettered by the hint. Pre-
viously he had supposed that Mr..
Jackson had resigned. Neither Swim
ton nor Jackson had long to, live
Kindliness like that is not uncom-
mon in the press Walt Whitman's
last years were lightened by an ar
rangement with the Herald to pay him
stated sum every month for as much
or as little as he might feel like writ
ing. One month he had written moth.
ing and returned the check. 1t came
back promptly. That was the arrange
men,; he need write nothing when he
didn't feel like it. The private &C
counts Of the Herald or the World
could tell many a curious little tale
like that, if they were opened, as they
never will be. Every great paper has
a confidential pay roll apart from the
big general list of those who go to
the window for theirs"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
MONKEY BREAKS UP PARTY
Coming Unbidden to Dinner, the
Simian Throws Plates and Food
at Frightened Guests.

Dayton, O.~While crowd of
young women were making merry at a
party given the other night at the
home of J. Donovan, in Riverdale, a
loud knocking was heard at the front
door. Surprising some belated guest
had arrived, the hostess opened the
door. She was startled to see a tiny
form clad in once gray but faded mill.
tary uniform. The figure carried lit,
tie cap in its hand.
why, it's a baby!" she cried. She
stopped and gathered up the little one
in her arms, while the others came
running to see. An instant later the
hostess threw her burden from her
with a. shrek of fright It landed in
the miuule of the supper table. The
fair ones took one look and made a
dash for high places It was a live
monkey.
Immediately there was sudden
events in the house. The simian start.
ed throwing plates and chunks Of
food. The guests left the room. and
shut the doors, but the monkey, be-
coming lonesome, crawled through
the transom and Joined them. He
leaped upon the head of one woman
and was only dislodged by well,
aimed blow from cane in the hands
Of the head of the house. It is sup.
posed the monkey had belonged 10
some organ grinder and had been at
stracted to the house by the sound Of
music ~. ..~....... =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05

Before we began to be growing gen
teel;
Twas all very we'll for a cockney or
clown,
But nobody now spends his Christ
mas in town."
So it is nothing new, this eoual-to-
Fourth-of-July rush for the country a
few days before the holidays. You see
no d4mlnution of the trongs at COM
mutlng stations or ferries and bridges,
but, believe me, nobody now spends
his Christmas in town." The country
house party is correct. 1t should not
be Ear from the city; near enough for
an occasional night at the opera or
hour at the shops. And there should
be very English rejoicings, the sing
ing OF waits and the like, and much
giving OF gifts to the poor of the
neighborhood." When there are prac-
tlcally no poor and very man rich, as
in the fashionable Hampstead colony,
there IS SO much competition for the
available objects of benevolence that
parents as we'll as children are spoiled
by he Ostentation of kindness.
1t has been the greatest Christmas
season of the shops on record. Twice
as much money has passed hands as
in the same month two years ago.
The toy automobile that will really
run, The opera doll-dressed for the
opera, as l understand, but with
other clothes at home in her three
story house with it's real cooking
range and electric lights-but wait!
l Will catalogue the six favorite toys
of The season for boys whose parents
are well-to-do. They are the toy au-
tomobile, the small typewriter, the
cinematograph good enough for NOV
ing pictures. the toy battleship, the
railway train and the toy animal COW
cred with the right kind of real hair.
Not one toy in the list could at any
price even ten yeors ago have been
procured in it's present perfected form.
The best toy lions, for instance, come
to $50. The most complete autos with
suits to match and goggles and gloves
for infant terror chauffeurs run above
the hundred. 1t would be possible to
get together quite an assortment Of
toys none Of which cost less than
$3.50. y,
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
ENDS: j: ROMANCE { I
LAST SUPPER.
LOVE UNREQU1TED, NEW YORK
GIRL TAKES POISON.
EXPIRES BEFORE His EYES
Invited to Dine with Her Before His
Marriage to Another, Young Man
Witnesses Death as She
Had Planned.

Schenectady, N. Y.-Because the
man whom she loved was soon to wed
another, Miss Louise Westwood, a
nurse, swallowed prussic acid the
other night in local restaurant after
last supper" with him. She died
in his presence
T The next night, while the young
womah's friends were mourning at her
bier, the man whose Indifference i'm
PEELED her to suicide was married to
the other girl, and the last chapter Of
the discarded ones romance was
closed.
There Is every indication that Miss
Westwood carefully planned self-de-
struction, keeping ever in view the
idea that she should expire before the
eyes OF the young man who failed to
appreciate her charms.
He is George H. Smith, young
lawyer, who for months had been a
friend Of the dead girl and for whom
she had conceived strong attachment.
Recently Miss Westwood's friends told
her that he was engaged to another
girl in Cohoes. This she refused to
believe until about ten days ago, when
she asked him and he admitted that it
was true.
Since then Miss Westwood has been
suffering from extreme melancholia.
She refused to be consoled, but nursed
her sorrow until friends became con-
cerned for her health.
She called up Smith on the tele.
phone and jokingly talked with him
about his approaching marriage. She
seemed cheerful, and gayly invited
him to- "a last supper before you are
married." He readily consented, and
by arrangement she met him down
town in the evening".
The couple entered the cafe about
Ills o'clock and sought private din
ing-room where often before they had
been served tete-a-tete. The girl evi
IDENTIFY had selected the place and the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05

the palms pair of old gloves may be
laid aside to wear on sweeping days.
Instead of soap and water to wash
the face, use a cleansing cream. 1t
will remove dust and dirt, prevent
chapping and blackheads, and main
tain the skin in a soft and velvety con-
dition.
To remove the cream use soft cot
ton towel. Rub gently with a rotary
movement until all the cream has dis
appeared:
Most refreshing in the morning or
after hard days work is good toilet
water applied to the forehead and
cheeks with soft silk sponge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
KANSAS TOWN IN & AN
UPROAR OVER GHOST
Haunts schoolhouse and Disappears
as If by Magic When
Cornered.

Fort Scott, Kan.-This city is in an
uproar over the remarkable doings OF
a snost. The apparition has been
seen by many residents of the East
side.
ihls ghost does not wait for night
rail-, but goes abroad by day, as well
as oy night. It's most frequent ap-
pearance has been at some window OF
the Margrave schoolhouse, where the
strange face, peering out, has fright
ened many timid women. The same
thing has occurred after night, and
although some scofing neighbors have
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05

hour because of their association with
the past.
While the waiter was clearing their
table Smith displayed New York pa
per which told in sensational detail
the story of Mary Rogers, the murder
ess recently hanged at Windsor, VT.
Miss Westward glanced at the head
lines and remarked, lightly: II can't
see why she wants to worry. Death
is not so bad"
When the dinner was served the girl
refused absolutely to eat But for an
hour and half she kept up her end
Of the conversation without apparent
effort
The couple discussed variety of
subjects, ever and anon recurring to
that which seemed uppermost in the
thoughts of either. Smiths approach
ing wedding, to which the girl re.
ferred jokingly, giving her companion
domestic advice. 80,
Finally she excused herself and
went across the hall to another room,
reappearirg in the course of a min
ute or 80, Her eyes were bloodshot
and protruded beyond their sockets.
She staggered toward Smith, who
placed her in chair. He detected the
odor of poison and becoming thorough
ly alarmed sent for a doctor.
But It was too late. The girl was
drawing her last breath when the ply
stefan arrived. She died without a
word Of reproach.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
Jailed Six Weeks for a Kiss.

Berlin.-A farm servant named Helm
rich Esseuwein, employed on an estate
near Mannheim, met a 14-year-old girl
in barn and gave her a kiss against
her will. The farmer, who arrived on
the scene at the moment, saw what
had taken place, and, on behalf of the
girl, prosecuted E~,enwein. The court
considered that he had been guilty of
unnecessary amiabllity, and sent him
to prison for six weeks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
Jerome and the Judges

[STRICT ATTOR-
ney Jerome has
been pounded for
cri t i G i sing the
New York judges
of the higher
courts. But he
stands pat. He
knows what he is
talking a b O u t ;
there are seven
judges to be elect
ed next fall. Each
will draw S17.5OO
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
SOME BEAUTY NOTES.
A Little Care of the Looks Is Needed
by Every One and Is Wrong
to Neglect.

Sensible young matrons who desire
to preserve their hands will use mop
for washing the dishes; the hands
need then never come in contact with
dish water and may be kept soft and
white, declares Nine. Hebe, in the Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
Another common sense scheme for
the preservation of Inc hands is the
wearing of gloves for housework. AS
protection against callous spots on
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
Two Big Railway Stations.

e " 1OHh Will
soon have the big
gest railway sta
ton in the world;
also the second
b i g g e S t. The
Pennsylvania sta
ton proper. will
cover seven and
!one-half acres, the
yards and all be-
ing much bigger.
The new Grand
c e n t r al station
will have ten
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
IMMACULATE HANDS
SCHOOLGIRL SHOULD STRIVE
FOR THIS DESIRABLE
IDEAL.

Housework Will Not Harm the Hands
in the Least-The Value of Soap
Of Good Quality-Tight Gloves Ex-
aggerate the Size Of the Hand
How to Use the Manicure Set
How to Remove Stains-Avoid the
"'. "Fashionable Hand Shake"- The
Cordial Hand-Clasp Better Than
the Kiss.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05

dE town goes to
the country for
G h r istmas; the
c o u ntry repays
the visit immedi-
4ately after in the
County Fair" in
Madison Square
G. a r d e n. This
show comes after
a curious SERIES
horse show, poul-
trY show, dog
show, bicycle no
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
Woman Hunts Beast at Night.

Alto Pass, In.--When her husband
whose screams disturbed the family's
slumbers, Mrs. Wearmond, who lives
in Seminary valley, three miles west
of here, the other night left him in
charge of the children, took a. gun and
went into the forest alone. BY the
light of the moon she discovered a
large catamount In tree, and shot
and killed it. It measured nearly three
feet in length y - 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05

Every young girl should have on
her dressing table manicure set.
This oons;sts of small pair Of curved
scissors, nail file, an orange stick,
a chamois polisher, and little box
OF mai; powder. When. about to trim
the nails soften them by dipping
the ends of the fingers into warm
soapy water. File the nails first,
gently press back the cuticle with all
orange stick, rub them with little
vaseline and polish the nails with
the chamois. A girl who neglect5
cleanliness in the daily toilet of the
hands and nails is either Indifferent
to bathing and to the proper care OF
the body, or else her early surround
:ings have been unfortunate. OBJ
serve, girls, that a lady's hands may
be rough or red, but they are in
variably immaculate. Clean hands are
the hallmark of a gentlewoman.
Ink stains may be removed by the
use of pumice stone, by lemon juice
and salt, or by dipping sulphur
match into rain water and rubbing it
on the stain. Fruit stains may be
removed by holding the fingers in the
fumes of sulphur; match.
Now that have said all this about
beautiful hands, want to add some
thing else, which is just as important
as any of the rest. No hand that is
not womanly. will ever have a claim
to be regarded as charming or ex-
quisite. Womanly hands are those
which are engaged in kind Offices for
those one loves. The girl who is
helpful, unselish, generous and kind
is the one whose hands will deserve
most praise.
l must add word, too, about tho
cordial hand-clasp. Some girls have
a limp, flabby way of shaking hands.
They really have no grip. Others g
to the opposite extreme, and almost
crush friends hand when they grasp
1t. There is happy medium in this,
as in most things. When you NEE.
a friend in the street or at your
home, it is very seldom necessary to
greet her with kiss. Almost never
should one girl kiss another in a
public place. The only exception is
when friends are separating for long
time or for journey, such as cross
ing the Atlantic or the continent.
Then kisses are in order. Usually, it
is enough to shake hands when on7
encounters friends or acquaintance,
and the hand-clasp should be warm
and sincere.
DO not rush to fads in hand-shak-
ing. Several years ago there was a
fashion of elevating a friends hand in
rather abrupt perpendicular way,
which had an extremely awkward ef-
feet. That style is now obsolete. III
your own home do not greet visitors
with a mere stiff bow. Offer your
hand. You have, of course, the priv
iiege of refusing to shake hands with
person you dislike, or with one of
wnom you do not approve.
"The hand of Douglas is his own"
but one can hardly offer greater
slight than to refuse or overlook d
proffered. hand.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
The Newspaper Farmers.

AhE chester ..
Lord, who recent
ly celebrated the
twenty--ffth ami
versary of his
taking charge of
the Sun as man
aging editor. He
was reared in JEFF
+ e son county,
New York. One
hundred h i & hly
p a / d newspaper
men now or for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
An Oily Skin.

An oily skin means that the diet is
not what it should be. Avoid all fatty
foods, strong coffee and rich viands.
Eat fruit early in the morning and
drink mineral waters. Green salads
are good. Stimulating and astringent
washes are needed to restore tone and
vitality, TO the; relaxed glands. The
use ST bay rum, alcohol, camphor and
ammonia is to be deplored, as there are
all too drying. / 3. -, .....
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merly on the Sun sat round the tables.
Most of them were farm boys, the pro-
portion of foreign peasants children
being rather high. And what group
Of men it was! The Sun has been
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
IN THE NE T | [ ] IS
SOCIETY FOLK DO NOT SPEND
CHRISTMAS IN TOWN.
EXPENSIVE TOYS or TO-DAY
~. = x
New York Gives Welcome to Whift Of
Real Country-Kindliness of Some
of the Big Papers-Manhat-
tan Judges.

= w 7 y X X. -
James Smith, the
English satir!st,
has, as everybody
knows, been dead
exactly 66 years.
Yet when he
wrote about the
Christmas of his
youth he was fain
These pastimes
gave oil to
Times round
about wheel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
Wrapper for Baby. \

"a sweet little wrapper for a new
baby. is 1of pink peau de sole, made
without collar. S It has nightingale
sleeves, the Sits tied with white rib
hons at the neck. All the edges are
scalloped and embroidered with the
buttonhole stitch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-05
The County Fair.

HE town goes to
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-27
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Harry Easton returned from Memphis
Tenn, Thursday.
Hon. Charles D. Fulton OF Ottumwa, Ia
was In the city yesterday.
Floyd J. Campbell Of St. Louis, formerly
OF Omaha. is in the city on business.
superintendent i, L. Magee Of the Ash
schools Friday with ten teachers of his
ton trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McGinn and Miss
Theresa MCGUIRE of Omaha left New York
City Thursday morning in an automobile
10 ride 70 Omaha. They expect to be three
weeks on the road.
Mrs p, J. Quesly, wife OF the founder
OF the cities of Kemmerer and Frontier
and owner of the coal company by that
name in Wyoming. is in the city visiting
from the east.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Reeves of Deadwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. r. Pickering Of Lincoln,
H. Geln George Smith and Joseph Lachnii
OF Humphrey, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M Fuller Of
Monte Vista, Colo; T. A. Ross OF AL
ladin and d. L. Owens Of Mona are at the
Mllard.
senator Willard has received an invita-
ton from Postmaster Ed Sizer of Lincoln
to be present at the functions attending the
formal opening q the new federal build
lard declined the invitation because of
prior engagements.
Carl Anderson OF Whitman Grant Berry
Mrs: p. r. Pride and Mrs. Sarah Rivet of
Lindsay. j. p. Richardson of Bonanza,
ton, q. 2. Richards OF Portland and e. c.
Gaskell OF Fargo are at the Merchants.
Il. s. Waltemeyer OF Boulder, Mr. and
Mrs r, w. Stewart and Mr., and Mrs. ].
NJ. Campbell Of Huron, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles ii. Burkes and l.. b. Albright OF
Pierre j. ~ Buck and F. M. Woods of
geles, George f. Dobles and w. Fl. Dickin-
son OF Lander, W, c. Campbell of Creigh-
ton and W. g. Cook Of Casper are at the
Paxton
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-27
HOW TO WRITE A WANT AD
SEINE Advice n Point that
VIII Interest Many
PeopIe


When Mother Eve tasted OF the apple
ana felt she could recommend it to the
rest OF the world-she advertised the fact
| The advertising was necessarily done ver-
bally, but then the number to be reached
was limited and it suf1ced.
The world has grown since then. and
with il has come the new ways and means
of making our wishes known. The want
ad has been developed until il has become
a necessity 10 the business world. If you
attempted today TO make your wants
known by tongue alone you would make
slow progress Suppose you wanted an
office boy or bOokkeeper, or your wife
wanted a reliable cook-wouid you go out
on the street and hunt for them? You
might do so, but the results would be
unsatisfactory You would be wasting very
valuable time with very poor prospects.
That kind OF advertising was effective when
the world began, but the world began
many, many centuries aso-and yet did
you ever stop to think how very little
progress had been made by some men
in the advertising line. we mean.
If your wife wanted a cook, would you
hang a card in the front window. hoping
that some cook who had been released
from her onerous duties by one OF your
neighbors might pass. And yet that's what
many business men do-hang a badly
printed pasteboard card in their front
window-sometimes a poorly spelled one,
and go ahead doing the office boys work
themselves, or take a clerk away from
work three times more valuable, until the
boy wsnders by. sees the sign, and stops
to inquire whether you offer more money
and shorter hours than he now enjoys.
And right here we bump into the ques-
ton Of the results. Assuming that a man
may succeed in hiring help through ONCE
window placards. Does he secure the best
in the market? Assuredly not, because
the best OF help do not walk the streets
looking for chance Jobs, the best class OF
help are not seeking changes promis-
cuously. Besides, the possible number OF
people reached is extremely small, con-
tingent entirely on location. II a business
man can anord to pay big rent for a
location on a busy thoroughfare-he can not
afford 20 mark himself cheap" by hanging
help want plaeards IN his window. His
window space is worth more for other
purposes. If he is In an out-of-the-way
place as mills and factories generally are,
few, very few people will see his sign Of
distress. Right here Is where the news
paper want ad" comes to his assistance
and proves It's worth.
The hrst consideration is what 10 say
and how 10 say IT, Don't make the mis-
take Of being too brief. II you want a man
20 take care OF your books possibly 10
handle your oash--a man who must have
ability. integrity and industry 70 make
himself valuable 20 yOu-dont squeeze
your ad. down 10 the minimum size be-
cause you can get It for 20 cents II your
ad reads:
HELP WANTED-Bookkeepe Address
Jones. ---- street,
Il viii bring you aaEWerA Yes. but have