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Picturesque Princess lnvades Capital

tire southeast wing of the second
floor. The princess had ordered
room with a balcony and was justly
indignant when she found she had
been relegated to the fourth floor,
where there was no balcony.
In vain did the manager explain
that the lower floors were not in use
in the summer, that they were closed
entirely and dismantled. They must
be opened and refurnished. Madame
wanted balcony and must have
balcony. The closed rooms were
forthwith opened and furnished in the
shortest possible time and Nine. la
Princess Paraghy was installed in
a suite of something like 20 rooms
with balcony.
She has what figures as her second
sitting room exclusively for her me-
nagerie and is lamenting that
she decided to ship young bear, a
dear little tiger kitten, and furry lit
tie lion cub direct to her home at
Nice.
The princess is the most pictur
eSque lady who has enlivened Wash.
ington for many moons She was here
for few days last February, but at
tractcd little attention after the fic-
ton that she was here to paint the
president had been denied both at the
White House and by madam herself
She is Hungarian by birth and Russian
by marriage, but that did not last
long. Like any American girl, she had
to get rid of her Russian prince.
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Hospital Devoted Solely to Cats and DOGS

clasps, buttons, pins and needles, are
among the interesting things she has
added to her collection from this
source
A sick dog is as f1nical about his
FOOD as a sick person. One great dane
who had received an injury to his
spine refused to eat anything. He
Kept alive by having his mouth held
open while raw eggs were thrown into
1t. He was fed despite himself and
MS life saved. The first thing he ate
voluntarily was ice cream, which is as
frequent an invalid dish in this as in
human hospital. Cod liver oil, malt
ed milk, milk punches, beef Juice, and
pure cream are among the invalid
dainties served.
One patron brings in her two little
dogs periodically to have their teeth
examined for deposits of tartar. This
seems hardly necessary, as each little
fellow has his own tooth brush and
tooth powder and has his teeth
brushed carefully twice a day. Each
has his little bed as we'll as his own
dog basket, where he sleeps upon
hair mattress beneath down uuiN.
They have dainty velvet robes to wear
IN cool weather, and their mistress
buys prepared tablets at SO a bottle
70 lend variety to their menu.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

A BEAUTIFUL woman who leads q
IA double life is the latest person of
interest in Washington's smart set
The beautiful woman is Miss Harriet
Richardson, and her double life is per-
fectly proper as we'll as highly inter-
esting.
Three hours of each day she is Miss
Richardson of the Smithsonian institu-
ton. authority on the isopods of North
America, one of the Who's Who's in
the American Men of Science and with
long string of degrees filling out the
page after her name. The other Fl
hours of the day she is Miss Harriet
Richardson of Wyoming avenue, N w..
q society favorite.
Miss Richardson inherited a fortune
from her father, c. E. F. Richardson, a
wealthy land holder. She is one of
the most exQuisitely dressed young
women in Washington, skilled horse.
woman. globe trotter and an adept at
bridge whist. Her suitors are many
and some have been ardent But thus
far suitors have been unable to tempt
her-for there are the isopods.
Her first deviation from society's
beaten path came when she refused to
be bud" going to Vassar instead.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

A project which may have impor.
tant results is to be undertaken in
Boston, says the Herald of that city.
The high school of commerce Of that
city is about to send a party Of stu
dents to Brazil to study commercial
relations and trade conditions in the
southern country. The Brazilian gov
eminent, with fine courtesy, has made
arrangements by which these pupils
may have free transportation over Ger.
tain steamers and Brazilian railways
and reduced rate over other roads.
In effect, this is offering the visitors
every facility for getting about with
ease and at moderate cost and for
readily acquiring the knowledge of
which the students are In search.
Moreover, the facts indicate the Brazil.
1ans' readiness to meet our people in
trade and to do everything possible to
encourage the development of com.
merce between the sections.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

iINCLE SAM is busy these days
- counting house flies. He has
started sort of fly census for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the relationship
between the little buzzing pests and
typhoid fever. 1t is believed by some
agricultural department entomologists
that flies do an awful lot towards
spreading typhoid germs around-in
fact, several of them have been caught
with the goods.
The plan, therefore, is to catch the
wicked little insects, count 'em, and
compile lot of data for comparison
with statistics furnished by the health
department as to the prevalence of
typhoid fever in localities where cap
lures are made. The fly census has,
therefore, been inaugurated in Wash.
ington and Pittsburg and may be ex.
tended to other cities.
DR.. L. o. Howard, chief entomologist
of the department of agriculture, is in
charge of the fy-paper squad, which
posts sheets of good old sticky stun
around in public places and gathers
them in again after captures of 4S
hours have been made.
The greatest number of flies that
have been enumerated at one haul so
far is $500, gathered at the United
States arsenal, an engineer post on the
Potomac river.
The experts carefully count the vic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

NEW YORK.-The richest woman in
~ America-or in the world-may
not be Mrs. Hetty Green. The great
est landowner in America may not be
one OF the Astors. These are conclu-
slons that probably would be reached
II the Green and Astor possessions
could be valued correctly and figures
compared with those which would rep
resent the vast wealth of Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Jones of New York and
Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island.
Further than that, the social crown
OF America, long held by the Astors
by reason of their wealth, would be-
long to Mrs. Jones, if she chose to
claim it, for her fortune is doubtless
greater and her lineage in this coun-
try runs a century further back. She
is related also far and near to nearly
every one of the great families in New
York and New England, whose names
are written largely on the pages of
American history from the days of
colonial wars to now.
Probably no one, not even Mrs.
Jones herself, could say accurately
how great is her fortune. It is most.
~ in land. She acknowledges she
owns and pays taxes on land in every
school district on Long Island, in near
~ every county in New York state.
and in every state in the union except
Texas
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Flagler Retires from Standard Oil Co.

ness, and had gone broke" when he
met John D. Rockefeller and went into
partnership with him in an oil re-
finery
Mr.. Flagler, according to the govern
ment figures, owns more than eight
per cent. Of Standard Oil stock, and
has drawn $30,00O,OOO in dividends in
the last ten years. He was one of six
men who controlled $6OO,O0O,OO0 of
Standard Oil resources.
Recently he extended his Florida
East Coast railroad from Miami to
knights key, over Is miles of water
and 10 miles Of swamp.
Several years ago he divorced his
first wife after she had become in
sane, and married younger woman.
He practically cut off his son by his
first wife. The divorced wife is liv
ing in isolated luxury in a mansion on
Riverside drive. 1t is believed she
does not know she has been divorced.
The second wife was a North Carolina
seamstress. Newport society refused
to receive her.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

MISS HELEN GOULD, philanthro-
wi pist, charity worker and eldest
daughter of the late Jay Gould, has
been sued for $4,000 damages by a
former servant on a charge of SANDER.
Elizabeth Gauley, formerly parlor
maid in Miss Goulds house in Fifth
avenue, is the complainant.
The young woman charges that in
the presence of seven other men and
women servants Miss Gould denounced
her as a questionable character, using
the plainest words to make her mean
ing clear and accused her of fndiscre-
household.
The complainant says she tried to
get Miss Gould to apologize for her
language, but failed. Then the salt
was begun.
The papers were served on Miss
Gould, after months of effort, the other
day at her country home at 1rvington-
on-the-Hudson. Miss Gould is quoted
as saying, when the papers were
served. that the Gauley woman is de-
mented.
Elizabeth Gauley is about 90 years
old and has been in this country for
more than 20 years, nearly all of
which time she has spent in the ser
vice Of New York families Of wealth
and position. At least four of the ser
wants who heard 4he alleged SANDER
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Pretty Society Belle Studying Bugs

But when, after taking a baccalaureate
degree, she wished to go on studying,
her family rebelled 1t was then that
DR.. G. w. Richardson, her brother, had
the happy inspiration of taking her to
the musty old Smithsonian institution,
where his influence procured her the
right to work as volunteer.
He thought one visit would be the
end. So he took her up the narrow
stairs to the smelly balcony, where col.
lections of fossils were being mounted.
Miss Richardson calmly sat down be-
fore compound microscope and an.
nounced that she liked it,
That's where I found her, in a Pa.
risian linen suit, fondling little bottles
of preserved isopods as daintily as if
they were thimble teacups.
Every morning from ten till one
Miss Richardson is at her desk. There
she has written her book, "A Mono
graph on the lsopods of North Amer
ica," dealing with specimens furnished
by the Hartman expedition to Alaska,
and IS shorter works, two of which
she has just prepared for Paris scien.
tifc paper.
But even when abroad absent from
the allurement of the institution, the
scientific side of Miss Richardson S
mind asserts ITSELF She leaves the
gay watering places and season en-
tertaiEments to go and visit DR..
Thomas Scott Of Aberdeen or Dr. A.
NJ. Norman. just out of London, both
famous scientists. This summer she
is invited to visit Prof Gard director
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
The Child's RIGHT.

Play is the child's right Without It
he will not get his physical growth or
even his due share Of mental sprightli-
ness. Play develops every muscle,
teaches many lessons not otherwise
taught. How can a city prosper with.
out planning for play? The child was
almost forgotten when New York was
built He Is ruled out of many apart
ment houses. For him the street is full
OF dangers. Ice wagons, trolley cars,
savage dogs at large, more insidious
dangers that Turk in the shadows, all
are against him. He plays because 1t
is the law Of his being, but at what a
risk! No use of money can bring a
larger civic return than the fitting up
Of vacant lots as Fairgrounds and pro-
viding them with competent supervi-
sion, declares the New York World
Owners of lots will generally be glad
to cooperate with the association.
Money is needed, not usually for rent,
but for maintenance, apparatus and
supervision. Let anyone who doubts
that such Fairgrounds will be useful
take look any fair afternoon at the
dusty paradise of children in Seward
park. Chicago is far ahead Of New
York in providing Fairgrounds for
children. London has lessons for us.
The sleepiest old village in the land is
infinitely better supplied with the most
important, next to food and clothing
and shelter, Of children's needs. 1t is
time for New York to do justice to the
child
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

DLUTOCRAT1C dogs sometimes have
appendicitis, just like their mas
tiers and are operated on to remove
the vermiform appendix. There is a
dog and cat hospital in this city in
which there is woman surgeon. She
wears sterilized cotton gown when
she operates, and uses sterilized in
struments and sterilized cotton ban
dages, just like in a real hospital.
There is long table in the middle of
the Operating ward" and there, gen
tly soothed with few drops of ether
or chloroform many dog, quite un-
known to himself, has parted with
some portion of his anatomy.
One day this woman surgeon re-
moved an appendix and found it full
of coal. This is specimen of the
things puppies will eat. One day she
removed a toy watch from a bright
pups digestive apparatus, where it had
not digested Buckles, pocketbook
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
ID RINCEss WILMA LWOFF PARA.

ID RINCESS WILMA LWOFF PARA
/ GHY is in town. And that's not
all. With her are three maids, by
courtesy French; first, second and
third attache; marshal, courtier, but
Ter, chef, and, for good measure, three
or four other men servants
And that's not all. And with her al
so are one small yappy, white woolly
dog, one pair of guinea pigs badly in
need of haircut, couple of young
wolves, an ibis, a falcon, several owls,
and family of alligators.
And that's not ALL With her also
are several drays of the gaudiest lug
gage that any local hotel ever shell
tered. 1t is all painted red, white and
green-the Hungarian colors
All these-princess, suite, menag.
erie and impediments-are at the Will
lard. They arrived from Hot Springs,
Va, few days ago in a private car.
They proceeded to the hotel after
some delay, in half a dozen carriages,
and after considerable excitement on
the part of the hotel employees her
highness was finally established in a
suite which comprises almost the en-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

II ENRY NJ. FLAGLER, at the age of
Al IS, dropped quietly out of the
Standard Oil Company the other day.
only bare announcement was made
public by the directors at the close of
their meeting. 1t was coupled with
the statement that his place as vice
president had been taken by w. H.
Tllford. heretofore the treasurer of the
company.
The passing of Flager, although fore
Swallowed for some time by the feeble
state of his health. is yet an event of
the first Importance in the great world
OF finance, in which he was SO long
striking figure. The son of Presby-
terrain minister in western New York,
ne engaged in several lines of bust.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Killing RattIers in Pennsylvania,

Killing RattIers in Pennsylvania.
George Burhen, who is building a
new house for himself on a part of
mis- fathers farm on German Hill.
went to refill water jug the other
day that had been left in the shade
when he luckily espied huge RATHER
AZ inches long and carrying 13 rattles
coiled ready for fight about the jug.
George lost no time in killing the
reptile and has preserved the skin
and rattles to verify his statement.
Two young sons of George Copeland
went snake hunting at a den near
their fathers home on Little Hickory
Creek one day recently and killed
an even dozen of rattlers before they
gave up the battle.
Henry Amburger of Hunters Sta
ton has been missing eggs from the
nest in his chicken coop, even a china
egg disappearing. He suspected rats
or other small animals, but the other
dag when he found dead blacksnake
eight feet long near by with china
egg lodged in its stomach the great
mystery was straightforward Vindi-
cater.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

WASHINGTON.-Who will sit on
w the lid" here during the summer,
while the president is taking rest and
recreation at Oyster Bay? None of
the cabinet officials wants the job, and
so far it has been continual perform
ance of sidestepping. Even when tho
president left for his Long Island
home the other day only tentative
plans for the dog days watch had been
determined upon.
Secretary Root, who left at the same
time, will be gone all summer. Assist
ant Secretary of State Bacon will be
the lid sitter in the state department
most of the summer.
Attorney General Bonaparte will
keep out of Washington as much as
possible during July, paying flying vis-
it's from Baltimore. In August he will
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Hetty Green Has Rival in Mrs. Jones

The property Immediately sur
rounding the old manor house at Cold
Spring Harbor, where she lives in
summer, is worth millions of dollars.
Her husband, DR.. Oliver Livingstone
Jones, is also great land owner, but
his possessions fall far short of his
wife's. Then there is the Jones es-
tate which is owned by some rs heirs,
which also runs up into scores of mil
lions in value.
Three or more theaters in New York
city are owned by her, and it is said
to be her ambition to own property in
every city in the United States, She
owns property in most of them now,
and each year gets nearer to a realiza-
ton of her ambition.
The other day she started a contro-
versy with the city of New York about
the ownership of the sunken meadows
in East river. They are estimated to
be worth 100000. The grant to the
Jones family goes back to Queen
Anne, so it is likely that Mrs. Jones
will retain possession.
The foundations of her vast for
tune were laid by Maj. Thomas
Jones, who came from Strabane,
in the kingdom of Ireland" and
settled with his young wife near
what is now called Oyster Bay,
L. l., in 1898. He brought with him a
comfortable fortune, won on the seas
through privateering privileges grant
ed him by James H., whose cause he
supported in the battle of Boyne.
This fortune has been handed down
from the eldest of one family to the
eldest of the next through five gen.
erations, until now the bulk of the
vast accumulations rests with Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Jones.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
CITY PLANNING in America,

We are prone to speak Of city plan
ming As If it were something new, and
in a way something particularly
American. It is true it mas reached a
wider vogue in shorter time in this
country than in any other, but as far
back as 1866 Sir Christopher Wren
prepared a plan for the city Of Lon
don after the great fire. 1t was never
carried out, although some of his rec
concentrations are now being executed
under the progressive policy of the
modern county council. In our own
country, L'Enfant, over a century ago,
prepared a plan not only for our CAPT.
tai city, but also for Buffalo, both Of
which have been adhered to in the
main points. Detroit followed Len
fant's ideas, although he did not pre-.
pare the plans. These cities represent
deliberate, comprehensive planning
from the beginning. Like Dalny in far
away Siberia, they were developed
AAOA6 previously uStCl AA1uOu lAUCSs UuL
such instances are possible only in
new countries, and are exceptional
even there. The Chicago, Cleveland,
New York and San Francisco plans
represent an entirely different phase
OF deliberate and comprehensive plan
ming. They are more like the king
made cities of st. Petersburg and
Madrid, or the more recent emperor
made Paris. They grew up along lines
OF least resistance, writes Clinton r..
Woodruff in the Atlantic, and in obedi.
ence to immediate needs with practi-
cally little thought of the future and
none Of the aesthetic side. Then came
period of awakening to civic con-
seriousness and pride, leading to dis
satisfaction with existing conditions,
and then an earnest desire for i'm
provement.
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schooling
he left
He
eventually became school teacher
to
candidate
eated by 521O0 of intense excitement
1898 he candidate
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insurance, displaying the ability and
began life New
he becoming Baines
His
tarily fromh
York
chance president the United States
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Hetty Green has moved into rooms
that cost her SIS day For a time
doubtless she pondered over it, won
dering II SIS wasn't all the money
there was in the world; but on looking
1T her bank account she came to the
conclusion that it wasn't. Hetty must
be doing this as a means of self-pun-
ishment for something she has done.
since 1t must give her a pain every
moment she stays in her expensive
quarters.
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by smashing athletic while he
the three II
Since
politics. He
campaign
which
wasm ade presid dent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
White Pine BLIGHT.

The United States forest service has
issued pamphlet giving details of the
extent and importance of the white
pine blight. The blight first made it's
appearance in this country about five
years ago, and although it has become
distributed throughout central and
southern New England and has
reached New York no great damage
has yet been done. The situation"
says tho pamphlet, rs not one which
calls for alarm, but simply for watch
fulness and further Investigation.
Every one is urged to send to the gov
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

The Princeton senior class having
expressed a preference for blue eyes
in women it is now up to the Yale
senior class to express a preference
for yellow ones. And both classes
would probably admit that a touch of
crimson in the cheeks is eminently
desirable.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Uncle Sam Starts a Crusade on File

Tins, determine the length of time
they have been dead, search them for
germs. and do various other funny
in convicting Mr.. Fly of transplanting
disease. AS soon as returns are in
from the great Fly center"-Pittsburg
there may be some interesting data
to give out
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eminent all the information on the
subject, together with specimens of az
fected twigs. 1t is particularly desired
to learn as much as possible about it's
distribution and it's appearance and
development during the coming sea-
son. Such information will help
greatly in determining what the
trouble is and the best methods Of
dealing with it"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

Utica
formidable
elected speaker He has acted chairman committee
ability
influential
foreign commerce committee Mr. Shemns father Gen Richard Updke
Sherman of AFFAIRS
still related
candidate
the speehmakers
Richard NJ Sherman
been twice elected Utica Democrat
Oneida
Of Vernon
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

The Flemish population of Belgium
Is very careful to preserve its Ian
guage and racial identity. Its repre-
sentatives in the bilingual parliament
Of that country seem indeed to be al.
most exorbitant in their claims for
their native tongue
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

Something more than quiet humor
10 in this paragraph printed at the end
of the Edmonton opera house regula.
tons by Manager Brandon: ANY old
ladies afraid Of taking cold may keep
on their hats or bonuets."