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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

pie opportunity to kill two birds with
one stone and combine amusement
with religion.
If one can endure Chinese theater
until the end of the performance, the
deafening orchestra, and the falsetto
voices, he will find that two ushers
come to the front Of the stage and an
nounce that the play is finished. Chi
nese plays never end in any culminat-
ing climax, indicating to the people
that all is ended, so this announce
ment is really necessary
The plays generally abound in pre-
posterous heroes and characters,
though occasionally a scene of home
life will be represented, giving a for.
eigner an insight into customs, abso-
lutely unattainable in any other way
But with their faces painted out of
all human semblance, their exaggerat-
ed and unnatural voices, walk and
manner, together with constant jum-
bic of properties and stage hands,
with their feeble make-believes, CON-
bine in producing a most amusing
and absurd ensemble
We were not altogether sorry that
we had endured unto the end, though
the boredom was beyond anything l
can remember. We kept our seats,
mentally CHASING ourselves with the
caller who, with a winning smile, said
to the little girl who occupied the
study while her father, an eminent lit
erary man, was at dinner:
II suppose, my dear, that you assist
your papa by entertaining the bores?"
: Yes, SIR" replied the little girl,
gravely, please be seated"
I know of only one thing in China
that is funnier, and that is a practice
drill of soldiers, which may actually be
seen within 200 miles of Shanghai.
Here they use weapons of pattern
as ancient as the; first Crusaders,
spears with triple points and battle
axes on long poles. A row of soldiers
armed with these antique curios stand
behind row squatting on their heels
and armed with rifles of the vintage
of the American civil war. In front Of
these third row of men lie fiat like
sharpshooters, also armed with the
same venerable firearms.
When the word of command is
given they make ready" and take
aim," but at the word fire." not q
trigger is pulled, each man, says
'boom!" with that. sublime indiffer-
ence to the ridiculous and childlike
faith in make-believe that distin.
guishes the theaters.
When an officer was asked why
such a performance was allowed he
said it kept the men busy and under
discipline and didn't 4waste yowder. -
T To SEGA whole company * men go
through this absurd performance
again and again as soberly and con-
scientiously as If really shooting is
the most overwhelmingly funny thing
to be seen In China, compared ia
which the theater IL . poor second.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
PEEPS At FAR MODEL
!. i. PAINTED By STUDENTS
x y voRK 'c4 ! ], & TRANS.
FORMED INTO WORK or ART
BECAUSE OF CURIOSITY.

New York:-Peeping- Tom; the
chauffeur, has been discovered. AL.
most all winter long he has spent his
evenings on the roof over the night
life classes. of the New York. School Of
Ar -. =. = :; - q. - lin :. ::
The skylights over the mems life
class and the women's next to it are
of frosted glass, but on the parts of
the wall that raise the skylights above
the level of the roof there are tiny
windows. You can peek through
those tiny windows and see ALL:
Artists have been laying for the
man that has been making catfalls on
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

the roof. They got him the other
evening. They took him down into
the life class feet last and made him
throw his clothes away and mount the
model throne-the girl model hxd been
promptly dismissed after the roof cap
ture-and throw out his chest 20 offer
a good surface for paint. Then they
and turned him into the aurora bore.
ais. They would be painting him still
If Robert Henri had not dropped in
late in the evening to make his semi.
weekly criticisms of his students
work. His criticism was particularly
short and sweet this time. ,~
All the students say Mr.. Henri's
visit was most inopportune. Never
in their young lives had they worked
so earnestly in the spirit Of art for
arts sake as they did while frescoing
the curious chauffeur. Artist McPher-
son and old Master Boss, boah Of
whom do the most beautiful deco
rative work, took up Peeping Tom 9
ribs first of all and Powered them with
forget-me-nots conventionally ar
ranged,
At the same time Hannibal Pre-.
ziosi, in few bold strokes, outlined
on Toms wide chest a; birds eye view
of the United Statessu navy: Artist
Preziosi is great for nautical stuff
Down the models back all this time
was progressing panoramic view of
the battle of Lookout mountain.
The right leg was given over to a
three-quarter length portrait of Vice
President Fairbanks and the left to a
full length of Simeon Ford standing
on Pat McCarren's shoulders-the lat
ter mounted on pedestal And when
the entire surface was covered some
one signed the composite picture with
the name of Mr.. Comstock to add a
touch of moral tone to the effect.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
ODDITIES IN
SHANGHAI
MARSHALL p: WILDER
- -
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.

0Ss>$0s/
When I first arrived in Shanghai it
was something of shock to hear our
honorable consul general say to the
boy when sending upstairs for friend
to come down to my room, boy, go
topside, look-see can ketchee Mr.. M.
Sposie have got, tellee come down.
side," to which the boy answered as
seriously, Can d." and disappeared.
A story 10 told in Shanghai Of Rus
sian diplomat who fell in love with a
charming German lady. Unfortunate
ly neither could speak the others Ian
guage and were at standstill as to
how they were going to conduct the
love-making. They could both talk
pigeon English, however, and fell back
on that. When anyone in China makes
a contract they say Can putee in
book" so the Russian, looking unutter-
able love at his fair lady, cooed soft
ly, my likee you-sposee you likee
my, can putee in book?" To which she
shyly answered, Can do and they
were married.
found that in point of advancement
in the drama the Chinese could not be
compared with the Japanese.
The stage is merely a raised plat:
form with row of gas lights across
the front, each little jet blinking for
lornly at the top of piece Of pipe
that sticks bravely up for four or five
inches. Another row of lights is over
the stage, and at the back two cur.
tanned doorways complete the entire
stage arrangements.
The play begins at seven, and short
ly after that time the tables on the
ground floor are fully occupied by Chi.
nese slipping the tea that is an inevi-
table part of every entertainment, so.
cial call or business meeting.
One dollar. Mexican, pays the en-.
trance fee, entities one to place at
one Of the tables, program and tea
all the evening. Extra refreshments
such as fruit, nuts. sweets and the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
He Frances in curvettins Handsomely.

He Frances in curvettins Handsomely.
place where a man is seen with his
wife. She is always spoken OF by him
as my little stay-at-home," when he
doesn't politely refer to her as my
dull thorn" or my stupid one"
l saw one Chinese lady, richly
dressed and thickly painted, sitting de-
murely beside her imposing looking
husband. She was smoking a beauti-
full gold water pipe that my Chinese
friend assured me cost no less than
$500 in gold, or nearly $500 Mexican.
A strange distinction is made by
serving with special cups women who
are notorious. The attendants are
supposed to know them all, and when
they come In attended by their Chi
nese gallants, instead Of receiving
their tea in the Powered cups that
everyone else has, they are served
IN cups Of plain green china s.....A
= -. - e :.
The play is well under way when We
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
Orders His Own Coffin.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Jack Smith, q
reputed millionaire o. Atlanta, Ga.
came here and place.! an orde, with
a local casket company for the con.
struction Of his coffin and vault,
A wooden model of each is no be.
ing made, and the coffin is to pc OF
steel, mahogany trimmed, while the
vault will be of steel and cement.
Smith says he will remain here un
til the models are completed and he is
satisfied with them. Smith, it is said
prides himself that he never wore a
necktie, and when an artist put one
on him he refused to pay for the pic.
ture, and later defended and wen a
$4,000 damage suit started by the
artist.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

IN und e. able Artielo.

ss..s An undeslrab BE Artlels 3. o
hen Mr.. B. went to call upon some
friends the other. afternoon, he wasson
his way ont lot town and. 80 had his
travelling bag with him. This he
placed in corner, and when he rose
to leave he overlooked it. His hostess
happened to notice it before he had
reached the door, and called to her
littE daughter: ! : = s. - - s:'s
Marie, run after Mr. B. and. tell
him he has left his grip here!"
:, The little one gave her mother one
swift glance Of surprise, but few duti-
fully to obey orders. 81 - Il J : ::
"Oh, Mr.. b." they heard her say,
mother says you have forgotten to
take your grip with you ! Then she
added, quickly, In tone; of polite
apology; "You see, most all Of us
have had it this winter. and we'd
rather not have any more!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
Bully Bull with Glass Eve.

Glen Ridge, N. john o. Newell
a golf player and society man, has pre-.
scented his favorite bull terrier with a
glass eye. A whizzing auto had hit
the dog and literally knocked his eve
out.
The bull terrier seemed very crate
full, and, as if to prove that he fe it As
well as ever, he thrashed another bull
dog, an old enemy, recently. - -,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
The Test.

i "Why do they call that man the
speaker" asked the visitor at the
capitol. He very seldom speaks" ''
NO." answered the representative
1T isn't the quantity of speech that
makes the speaker. ii It's; the attention
he can command when he does ex.
press himself" ~ HI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, - they cannot rsaea
tho seat Of the disease Cararrh 10 blood or conet-
tutione disease and In order It you must
internal remedies Hairs Catarrh Cure 10 taken in
ternally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure 10 not Quack medi.
tn this country for Year, and 10 regular prescription.
1t ts composed OF the best tonics known. combined
mucous surfaces RIO perfect oomSinstios Of tho
two ingredients what PRODUCES such wonderful 70
suits In curing cstarrh Send for testfmontsls free
Sold BY Druggists, price 75c.
Take Hairs Family Pills for oo0itipatton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

lions, which contained sediment. My
husband urged me to try Doan's Kid.
ney Pills, and at last I did so. They
did me much good, and I used in all
eight boxes which restored me to per-
feet health
Sold by all dealers, so cents a box.
Foster'Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

A human act once set in motion
flows on for ever to the great account.
Our deathlessness is in what we do,
not in what we are.-George Mere
dith.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

last Spring and as l
did not know. what
was the matter !
kept. going down
and down until !
was a physical wreck.
/ b ad smOtherin2
spells, flashes of
heat over the kid.
neys and pain in pass
ING the kidnov cocro.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

There is no interest worth consid-
GRAFTON that does not run in the direc-
ton of duty.-Grimshaw,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
In a Pinch, Use ALIENS FO0T.EAs

In Pinch, Use ALIENS FO0T.EASE.
A powder. 1t cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists, Csc. Accept no sub.
stitute. Trial package, FREE Ad-
dress A. S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
Gladstone's Thrift; ;

Gladstone's liberality -. was
very great, and was curiously accom-
panied by his love of small economies
his determination to have the prop.
or discount taken of the price Of his
secondhand books, his horror of a
wasted half sheet of note paper, which
almost equafed his detestation of 4
wasted minute. -Recollections Of Sir
Algernon West. - his ,--;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
Those PeekabooS.

She-Women's clothes are a mys.
terry to men, aren't they?
He-Oh, don't know. I can often
see through sthem.-Cornell Widow.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
SPRING KIDNEY TROUBLE.
v'v'd'y Described by One Who Has
Suffered from It.

Mrs. H. Mutzabaugh, of Duncannon,
Pa, says: Il was sick and miserable all
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

Garfield Tea cannot but commend itself
to those desiring laxative at once sim
pie, pure, mild, potent and hcalth-giving.
1t is made of Herbs. All drug stores.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

Spot Cash for Your Cream.
Top market prices always. MILTON
DAIRY CO., St. Paul.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

The bachelor who takes unto him.
self a wife gives up the simple for the
strenuous life. j.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

No honestly exerted force can b,
utterly lost.-Froude.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

The woman who marries for money
usually gets what she went after, but
it's different with a man.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
Pettit's Eve Saive for 25c

relieves tired, overworked eyes, stops eye
aches, congested, infamed or sore eyes. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gurus, reduces IN.
nammati0n. aays pain, cures wind collie sc bottle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

Perish discretion whenever it inter
feres with duty.-More.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

The great doors of history have a
ways been men of faith.-Chapin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
We Want Your Cream.

Write to-day for tags and prices No
Star Creamery Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
Nautical Note.

"Well, my girl, that young man OF
yours established a record last even.
ing"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24

Truth, like rose, often blossoms
upon a thorny stem.-Haflz.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
What do YOU mean. pa 2"

Your mother reported him of the
hat rack at ten o'clock, and he hadn't
made the vestibule when your brother
steamed in at 12."-Modern Society.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-21
BIsouE OF cRAyFIsH.

Select forty nice crayfsh, boil
them well, and drain them. Clean
the heads and keep thirty of the
shells. Peel the tails and chop them
finely, adding to them cupful OF
soaked bread, a large spoonful of
fried onions and chopped parsley, and
salt and pepper to taste. With this
stufflng fill the thirty shells and set
them aside. Fry in butter an onion,
half cupful each of green onions
and parsley chopped fine, spray of
thyme, and two bay leaves, with
enough -four to thicken. When brown
pour in bouillon made from the re-
mains of the heads which have been
simmered slowly for an hour in a
quart of water. Season with salt and
pepper and boil slowly half an hour,
adding more water if necessary.
When ready to serve, roll the thirty
stuffed shells in -four and fry them
In butter till we'll Drowned all over.
Throw them into the soup, boil three
Or four minutes and serve with thin
slices of toast.-New York Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-21
In AM Parts Of the state.

Richard Morris, of Love lane, Mill
Vile, sustained fractured shoulde
blade in a runaway
Came Warden Phifer liberated q
cuantity of fish in Union Lake, Mill
g.l'e.
Miss Lydia Courier, of Clinton
was the first woman to take advan
tage of leap wear and propose, so far
as known. She got her man
Theodore w Reeves has been APP
pointed clerk by the West Cape May
Council for the tenth consecutive
yea.
Albertus Simmerman, of Williams
town, has supplied the town with
water by erecting private plant anc
running mains.
Besides keeping the poor DURING
the past year, the Raritan township
poor farm, Hunterdon County, hak
Melted the township $502.47.
The East Amwell (HunterdoI
County, Committee has elected
George B. Hartpence president anG
George S. Strimple treasurer.
Rev. H. IT, Hallowell has closed
his pastorate at the Baptist Church..
Clayton, and will go to Chester I'd
complete his course at the Croziel
Seminary,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-21
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS


Because he could no longer bear
witnessing the misfortunes of the
paupers under his charge, Robert
Ryan, warden Of the Hudson County
Almshouse at Snake Hill, shot and
killed himself at the institution He
was found at his desk with a bullet
wound in his left temple. Ryan was
wounded in the right elbow and could
not lift his right arm above his waist.
He had killed himself with his left
hand. Ryan was of an extremely
sympathetic nature. OF late the I'm.
fortunate poor have been more nu-
merous and poverty stricken than
ever before. This preyed on his
mind He also had his own misfor-
tunes, having fallen two months ago
and broken his leg, and this had Civ
en- him considerable pain Ryan en-
listed in the army when he was fif-
teen years old After he was wound
ed he was honorably discharged, but
he re-enlisted and fought on until the
end of the war.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-21

The need for pretty, tasteful and
becoming breakfast Jacket always exl
lists, and each new one is therefore
certain of its welcome. Here is very
charming model that is tucked after
a most satisfactory manner, that has
Portable and the three-quarter sleeves
that are the best Of all for garments
of the sort. In the Illustration it ID
shown made of dotted challis and
held by ribbon belt, but cashmere
yelling, all similar light weight ma!
terials, the pretty India silks and the
inexpensive wash fabrics that many
women like at all seasons of the year,
are aDprOpriate.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-21
I house,
HOLD

Clean the kitchen sink with ben,
inc than ms eh in hot soda watar

Clean the kitchen sink with benz
zine. then wash in hot soda water.
Shoes and slippers, if taken care
Of, will last two or three times
longer than they usually do.
Thing is not only used in the bath,
room, but is becoming popular for
the vestibule and conservatory.
A little hard soap rubbed on the
edges of drawers that won't run will
induce them to pull out quite easily.
Lay lemons on fiat surface and
turn glass tumblec over each to ex.
clude the air and they will keep for
weeks.
In making cheese balls to serve
with a lettuce course, work ground
nuts into cheese and note the deli
cious favor this imparts.
Unless you prefer leathery pre-
serves do not sprinkle sugar over the
fruit and allow it 10 stand and suck
out the fruit juice.
, When making apple or any fruit
pie always place the quantity Of sugar
required on lower crust first and it
will bake more satisfactorily.
A new idea iS to serve a marsh
mallow on cup of chocolate. II
softens the marshmallow and gives
a dainty flavor to the chocolate.
Before putting cake in tho oven
sprinkle a pinch of -four at the bot
tom. The oven is the right heat if
the flour turns golden brown in
about a minute. If the -four turns
black the oven is too hot; if dirty
yellow the oven is too COOL
Only small amount Of fruit should
be cooked at one time. If large
quantity is to be preserved, it is bet
ter to have two or three vessels for
cooking, so that the fruit may not
remain in the cold water any longer
than is absolutely necessary.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-21
His Natural Pace.

Hountsell. a Confederate soldier,
was deemed by his comrades, says
Mr.. Edward A. Moore, in THE Story
Of Cannoneer under Stonewall
Jackson" as great an enigma as
Jackson himself
In some of the various evolutions
Of the drill it was necessary for thu
cadets to trot. This gait Hountsell
failed to adopt, and was reported tc
the superintendent, with the speci-
fication, "for failing to trot : Hount-
sell handed in his written excuse AZ
follows
~ am reported BY Major jackson
for falling, at artillery drill, to tros
Ny excuse is, am natural PAGER
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-21
Fishermen Catch Whale.

Alloway M. Smith and four men
while fishing off Corson's Inlet sight
ed sperm whale more than twenty
feet long. They fastened ashore,
got rifles and ropes and returned.
After they had put several bullets into
its body and fastened rope around
its tail the whale started for deep
water. The fishermen dropped
anchor from their ten horsepower
boat, but the chain parted and off
the whole party went to sea, the fish
ermen meanwhile pouring bullets into
the whale. After a three hours
struggle the whale tired Their am
munition being exhausted, the men
managed to put hawser about it's
neck and held its head under water
until it drowned. The whale is now
on the beach at Corson's Inlet.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-21
RICE AND sHRIMPS.

Roll and peel two dozen large
shrimps and allow them to cool. Fry
in hot lard one onion. chopped, and
cup of rice which has been washed
in cold water. After a few minutes
add the shrimps, stirring constantly
until they are well Drowned; then
add enough water to cover the whole.
Season with salt and pepper, bay
leaf, thyme, and chopped parsley. Let
it boil slowly, adding water when
necessary from time to time until the
rice is well cooked. When done let
it dry before serving. New York
Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-21
RufRes on Skirts.

Last season we had fashion Of
arranging ruffies en- the bottom Of
skirts that were raised on the two
sides; now we are setting them on
high in the front, in point, some
reaching as far as the knee, where
they gradually descend to the hem,
covering it in the back. Large drop
ornaments or handsome bows Of ribs
bon hold down the point in pretty
way. The arrangement is a graces
full one, but should only be attempted
by slight and tall girlish figure.