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Grating by Women in "High" Societ

furnished dresses free of charge. 9th
erwise she will take them elsewhere.
OF course the more prominent the
woman the easier the game, and the
proprietor can hardly afford to turn
down her offer in any event If she
succeeds in carrying out her agree
ment the cost of her supplies is simply
tackled on to her friends bills If she
fails to do so, it is paid by the pro-
prietor. This graft applies not only
to wearing apparel, but to many other
things as well.
1t was recently brought to light that
two prominent women, wives of multi
millionaires, were getting their por-
traits for nothing from photographer
who regularly charges 500 dozen for
pictures. One of the two actually did,
In exchange, bring some of her friends
there. The other did nothing.
1t seems to be difficult matter to
stamp out this graft, for few dealers
care to risk offending a wealthy wom-
an who might bring much trade. The
evil, however, has grown to such an
extent that it bids fair to eliminate
itself. With nearly every woman of
the set by which it is practiced prom
Using the trade of her friends, it is
obvious that there is little trade to de-
liver. In consequence proprietors of
supply houses are thinking of agreeing
among themselves to discontinue their
part Of the practice in the future.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

AIRS. MINNA FIELD GIBSON, for
N1 merly Mrs. Preston Gibson, daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, has
gwen society another surprise in her
marriage to Algernon Rurnsby Of
Leicestershire, England. The cere-
mony took place in the summer home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Page in York Harbor,
Me-. where Mrs Gibson and her sister
Mrs. Londsay of Boston, are summer
inc. The future home of the bride
will be Baggrave Hall. Leicestershire.
one of the oldest estates In the heart
Of the hunting district of England.
1t was just year ago that Mrs.
Gibson surprised Washington and So
ciety by a divorce in Chicago, their
home at that time, from Preston Glib
son. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Gibson were
we'll known in the social circles of
both cities. Since her divorce Mrs.
Gibson has made her home with Mr..
ard Mrs. Page. Mr.. Gibson also moved
east and established himself on an old
estate near Alexandria, Va, where his
house parties are society features. He
is writing short stories and plays One
Of his productions, one act curtain
raiser, was recently produced at a
Washington theater.
Mrs. Gibson spent the greater part
Of last season in England with her
late fathers relatives. Her small son,
Henry Field Gibson, was with her.
She was admired in England for her
skill as a horsewoman. Much of her
time was spent In the hunting district,
where she met Mr.. Burnsby. Mrs. Glib
Eop has an income of about $50, 900 q
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
ROUND The CAPITAL
Information and Gossip Picked Up Here
and There in Washington.
Wiley Puts Ban on Cracked Crockery

the lunchrooms, is partly as follows:
I'VE find the presence Of % distinct
species of organisms in the debris
within the visible cracks and seams
of vessels examined. The number OF
organisms per area of surface ranged
from 486 to 14,580,6
The report made to DR.. Wiley by his
chief bacteriologist goes on to graph
ically describe process of exam
lining the mug cracks in terms that
will undoubtedly cause quick lunchers
and habitues of those restaurants
where chinaware is slid, rather than,
pushed, to purchase sanitary lunch
boxes and tote midday snacks from
home.
Judging from the number of colo.
nies developed upon the glass plates
upon which we spread the watery di-
lutions containing the Debris" writes
the expert, "there were undoubtedly
many thousands Of organisms in the
recesses of the broken china, some
cracks harboring more germs than
others and varying in accordance to
their magnitude and character of ma
terial contained therein"
Among the germs disclosed by the
archaeological examination of the
cracks was the bacillus coli, which the
department experts say unquestion-
ably belongs to the group of undesir.
able bacteria, especially when asso-
ciated with foods in any manner. This
particular cup crack inhabitant is said
to be associated with many inflamma
tory conditions in man, particularly
apnendicitiS
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
Gleanin6s of Gotham
1nterestind Bits of News from
the Great Metropolis.
Divorce Case Is Laid to Mother aw

She is punished by her husbands sus.
picion. Her devotion to her two little
children and the effort she has made
to keep on good terms with her hus-
band are much in her favor and it is
thought that there will be no opposi-
tion to her suit, although it has been
said by those closely associated with
Mr.. Gould that he will bring counter
suit.
1t seems in one way, wiseacres say,
to have been a case of too much moth
er-in-law and Mrs. Gould's mother,
Mrs. Helen Kelly, is said to have
widened the breach between the young
couple substantially. However this
may be, a breach there is, and al
though leading society journal &C.
cuses Mrs. Kelly of having made
trouble by talking too much, especially
to reporters, there seems to be no real
foundation for this allegation.
Mrs. Kelly and her beautiful 14-year-
old daughter, Eugenia, who was named
after her grandfather, Eugene Kelly,
the noted philanthropist, live in New
York on West Fifty-seventh street.
Mrs Kelly is very beautiful woman
and popular socially.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
Unnecessary Noises to Be Suppressed

the matter of noise, each man on his
own post, summarily to stop all un.
necessary noises. In cases where noises
are violations of the law arrests will
be made. Generally speaking, pub
lie nuisance is an act that annoys, in
Jures, or endangers the comfort, re.
pose, health, or safety of any consid-
erable number Of people.
These noises are ordered stoned:
Unnecessary shouting of street
hawkers.
Unnecessary shouting and yelling.
Unnecessary blowing OF whistles.
Roller skating on the street and
sidewalk that interrupts traffic.
Whistling peanut roasters.
Unnecessary blowing of automobile
horns.
Exhaust escaping unmufled from
motorcycles and autos.
The blowing of horns and bugles and
ringing of bells by scissors grinders.
The yelling of old clothes men.
The yelling of hucksters at night.
Kicking tin cans along the sidewalk.
Yelling of carriage barkers at thea
tiers and hotels.
Flat wheels on street cars.
The barking of dogs.
The police are directed to see the
owners of barking dogs, and if they
do not abate the nuisance the police
must report the case for action bv the
board of health.
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DOLCE COMMISSIONER B1NG-
HAMS anti-noise crusade. rumors
OF which have been in the air for some
time, has crystallized in the form of a
general order, directing the police to
stop all unnecessary noises, naming
IN detail many nuisances the commits
s1oner desires to have stopped.
BY way Of preface the commissioners
says the police of this city can put a
stop to large proportion of the un.
necessary noises which torment the
entire population. 1t is essential to
the health and happiness of the peo.
pie, says the commissioner, not only
that there be no disturbances at night
but that the day be as quiet as DOS
sible, as there are thousands of night
workers who must sleep during the
daytime. 1t is part of the duty on
police patrol, says Commissioner Bing-
hams order, to see that at least all
unnecessary noise is suppressed.
1T is not desirable or necessary"
says the commissioner, that the police
make wholesale arrests, but they are
directed to take a personal interest in
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

OFFICIAL figures have been pre-
~ pared by Thomas P. Cleaves and
James c. Courts, chief clerk respec-
lively of the committee on appropria.
tions of the senate and that of the
house of representatives, showing that
appropriations at the last session of
congress reached $1,008,39 ,543.56. OF
this amount $95,32S,247 was appropri-
ated for the army. 1922, ,665,S85 for the
navy, $163.053,000 for pensions, $222.-
970,892 for the postoffice department
and $111,95S,0SS for sundry civil ex-
penses.
In addition to specific appropriations
money was provided for continuing
contracts to the amount of $49,443,-
$50. Among the continuing appropri-
ations were the amounts to be paid
for two first-class battleships, two
colliers, ten torpedo boat destroyers
and eight submarine torpedo boats,
with the armor and armament for
the battleships estimated to cost $685.
100000. Appropriations for public
buildings aggregated $20,7S9,750. Com.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

DRAFTING on the part of well-known
~ society women has reached such
state in this city that dressmakers.
mllllners and department stores gen.
orally are seriously considering yari.
Gus means Of stopping it. There is not
one, but there are many women in
New York to-day who never pay a cent
Tor their clothes, the price coming out
OF their friends or the shops which
they patronize.
The strange feature of this graft is
found in the fact that it is practiced bv
women who could we'll afford to nav
Tor their clothes. Indeed it is of neces.
s'ty practiced only by them, since to
carry out this game successfully recog-
nlzed social position is necessary.
The method of procedure is surnris-
lngly simple. A woman merely decides
which dressmaker she wishes to pat
ron1ze and then orders her dresses.
After the order is given she explains
that she has large number of friends
whose trade she could bring to the es-
adjustment. Moreover she will prom-
lse to bring them provided she is
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
Uncle Sans Budget Goes Above Billion

parison of the contract liabilities with
those of the last session of the Fifty.
ninth congress, amounting to $67,934,'
349, shows a reduction of SIS, 8,49O, ,599.
The new Offices specifically authorized
are 1924 in number, at an annual
compensation of $13,764,676, and those
abolished are 6,142 in number, with an
annual compensation of $4,67S,3S9,
making net increase of 1862 in
number and $9,0S6,287 in pay. OF the
net increase in the number of new EN-.
ployes 5000 are seamen for the navy,
800 are additional officers and enlist
ed men for the marine corps and s..
36S are clerks and other employees of
the postal service.
The total apparent number of sal
aries increased is 129,92S, at an an.
nual cost of $9,146,575. OF this number
1886 are commissioned officers, war.
rant officers and enlisted men of the
navy, and S,907 officers and enlisted
men of the marine corps.
A comparison of the total appropri-
ations of the last session of the Fifty.
ninth congress - $920,79S,143 with
those of the first session of the Six.
tieth congress-$1,0 ,0s0 1897 ,543-shows
an increase of $685. 1899. Increases
are shown in all of the general appro.
priation acts, except those for the Dis
trict of Columbia, the Indians and the
military academy, the reductions in
these three aggregating $43S,709.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
To Clean White House for Next Tenant

have been using the chairs to build
choo-choo trains, they have placed
their hands on the paper in the red,
blue and green parlors, and in some
mysterious way big hunk of the
stucco was broken out Of one of the
columns in the reception hall.
COL Bromwell thinks the chairs
should be sent to the upholsterers,
new paper put on the walls, and the
whole interior done over with fresh
paint and enamel. The wall paper on
the wall, of course, is not paper at all,
but the finest brocaded silk. The
upholstering on the Sevres designed
chairs is also of the finest. So the
colonel figures it will cost $4,000 to
do the absolutely necessary work.
In submitting his estimate to the
secretary of the treasury he remarked
that the annual appropriation of $685.
900 is barely large enough to keep
the house from going to rack and ruin.
The SIS, 900 asked for is put under the
head of extraordinary repairs.
Congress will grant the money.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

When DIR. Billy James Clark, young
physician Of Moreau, Saratoga county,
New York, organized temperance
society in the village, in 1903. the
drinking habit was much more preva-
lent than it is to-day. The one hum
dredth anniversary of DR.. Clark's soci-
ETY. was celebrated last last month in
Saratoga by an International temper
ance convention, with delegates pres
ent representing 25 states as well as
half q dozen foreign countries. DR..
Clarks society is frequently de-
scribed as the first American temper
ance organization. The Sober society
OF Allentown, N. j., however, ante
dates 1t by three years. Organized
temperance work on a large scale did
not begin here till 1926. when the
American Society for the Promotion
of Temperance was formed in the Park
street church in Boston. Excessive
drinking is so uncommon nowadays
that II the early temperance advocates
could come to life and see the change
they would be astounded at the prog
ress made. Men have learned by ex-
perience and observation that II they
would get on in the world they must
keep SOBER and the restraint upon
them has been powerful agent In tho
promotion OF temperance.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

In front Of the mining building Of
the University of Nevada. at Reno,
stands a bronze statue of John W..
Mackay In miners costume, with a
pick in his hand. This figure was set
up recently In accordance with a res
olution Of the state legislature that a
monument typical of the states great
est industry should be placed before
the school of mines. It was decided
thus to honor Mr.. Mackay on account
of his connection with the develop.
ment OF the Comstock lode; and he
was dressed as miner, in flannel
shirt and cowhide boots, because it is
the practical prospector and miner
who does the great work on the field.
The descendants of Mr.. Mackay are
to be congratulated on their respect
for their fathers early occupation. in
that the statue is erected with their
consent and assistance.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

NEW YORK.-Of all the troubles of
~ the Gould family none has been
aired more in the press of late than
the marital troubles of the Frank Jay
Gou1ds, who are really, after all these
months of indecision, to be divorced.
Those who know Mrs. Gould will say
that she is justified in her desire to be
freed from the shackles that bind her
to Frank Gould. A well-knoWn club
man says that as he knows both init
mately he considers Mrs. Gould's &C.
tion only the result of months
years-of unhappiness because her
love for admiration and attention has
been misconstrued by her boy hus-
band.
Because pretty Helen Gould smiles
back at men in her own set, men who
pay tribute to her marvellous beauty,
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
TT IS the official view of Col. c. S

IT IS the official view of Col. G. S.
/ Bromwell, the army engineer in
charge of the White House, that it will
be necessary for the American people
to spend $1,000 a week during the next
fiscal year to keep the home Of the
president in a habitable condition,
This is the minimum Of cost based on
conditions as they exist now
Should the one time executive man.
sion be turned into two apartment
structure, the cost would probably be
about the figure set forth by the
colonel.
The up-keep Of the house during the
current fiscal year is only 1913 and a
few pennies each week. But things
are getting shabby. The children
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
ORIGINAL CONVERSATIONS.

One Of 'em goes like this: Yes,
sir, that dog can do anything but
talk"
well, it's wonderful the intelli-
gence they have. Why, had fox
terrier once"
"And yet they say dogs can't rea'
son! Why, a friend O. mine"
That's right. You can't tell me"
And when he was killed, It was
just like losing one of the family. My
wife" '~-
"Well, sir, I believe II there's
hereafter for human beings, there's
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

The
inaion Of practically
men that has for its object the wipng the
president OF the Wisconsin Erworth league for
grand chief temp of the Order of Good
quite strong the
considerable influence in quarters
He is Sc college
not working for temperance Waukesha
an orator OF ability
convention which carried
suited his nomination
months
Chain dabbed
umes: Lincoln, the Man of Sorrows Lives
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
Society Girl Takes Her Second Husband

year, left her from her fathers estate
Her sister, Mrs. Londsay of Boston,
has an income equal to hers and they
will receive more from their mother.
Mrs. Gibson is still very young, her
marriage as schoolgirl to Mr.. Glib
son, schoolboy, being we'll remem.
bered in Washington society, as it
was an unexpected runaway match.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gibson made their home
in Chicago, where their married life
was ended after a little more than
five years.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
The Abuse Of Servants.


Bridget and Dinah and Katrina con-
tinue to receive the censure, not to
say abuse, Of the public press and pri-
vate individuals for their alleged un-
satisfactory performances Of their du-
ties In the kitchen, in the laundry, in
the dining room-;n short. upstairs,
downstairs and in their ladies' cham.
bers." The abuse Is sometimes ex-
travagant and the censure undeserved.
Bridget and Dinah and Katrina often
do much better than the newspapers
and tho mistresses would have US be-
lieve. But, conceding that, upon tho
whole, household servants are not a.
efhcient as they might be, 10 1t sur.
prising? If you found a man who had
never driven plane or handled q saw,
and set him to work at the frame Of .
house, and presently began to berate
him because he was poor carpenter.
you would make yourself more ridicu-
1ous than you would make him. II you
wanted a coachman or q groom, you
would hardly engage one who had
never seen a horse. If you did, and
your stock were badly cared for and
yourself run away with. you would be
laughed at If you blamed your incom-
petent retainers. Yet this is just what
Is done by housekeepers in regard to
servants, says the New York Weekly.
1t Is as unreasonable to expect women
to cook or do other housework before
learning how, as to expect man to
build house or manage horses with
out any instruction or experience.
What is needed is school for serv-
ants, or a system of apprenticeship, or
some other means of training them in
household work before they are called
upon to fill household positions.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

A Kansas gas man who has spent
years In the business makes the state.
ment that natural gas is capricious and
that men who have studied 1t all their
lives give up in despair when it comes
to explaining the why's and where
fores of some Of its ways.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
Palace of Crooks Planned by Authorities

with which criminal may get away,
pending his release, remains to be de-
termined. Music, hot and cold baths
and telephones are only a few of the
minor features. Altogether this new
center OF the most exclusive life of the
criminal 400 is expected to prove so at
tractive that the police declare there
will be little difficulty in making ar
rests which will offer an opportunity
to obtain a suite in it.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

Now that man in New York ask.
ing for an amusement license has said
publicly that he makes about $500 a
week from his Ferris wheels at North
beach, Coney island and Fort George.
and about $1,000 from his merry-go.
rounds, and that his scenic railway at
Fort George brought in $4,000 last
year, isn't there danger everyone will
go into the amusement business?
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

Germany is experimenting to deter
mine whether or not a vertical shaft
OF light can be seen a greater distance
than Q horizontal fash, with the idea
Of 20 equipping its lighthouses, IL sneh
nrovOS to be the casa
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

A little town in Kentucky is trying
to attract attention with a donkey
which chews tobacco. This is a verv
weak bid for fame, however, as every
community has a number of donkevs
who indulge in the same habit.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

John Henniker Heaton has been
praised in England because of the sue.
cess Of his long campaign for the re-
duction of the rates of ocean postage
between Great Britain and the United
States, but the Englishmen do not for.
get the efforts of Elihu Burritt. the
Connecticut blacksmith, on behalf of
cheap ocean postage.
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At the Sprinos.

Josh Wethersby-Say, boy! dye
mean ter tell me thet yer kin make me
young an spry ag'in if stop here fer
more'n a week?
Hotel Clerk-Sure thing, uncle!
Front, show the gentleman to suite
sixteen.-Judge
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one for dogs. I don't see"
'Here-here! Come here sir! You
brainless little mutt! Have l got to
lick you every day to teach you tc
quit nosin' those scraps on the bar
room floor? Go over in the corner
and lay down!"-Puck.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07

A burglar insurance company has
ben organized in New York. The no.
lice department there has long been in
the business Of insuring against bur.
glary, but there is still room for addi-
tional enterprise in this branch of in.
Surance.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07


the monarchy republic and then
d. we
entre
Honolulu Yale After graduating in law he
Of the provisional
held that until the Hawaii
1907 he has territorial
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
Horrible.

Bacon-I see the Englishmen of
Mid-Devon have organized to wage
war on wood pigeons.
Egbert-1 should think they would
kick. Just imagine trying to eat q
pigeon pie made out of wooden ri.
geons!-Yonkers Statesman.
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Too Early.

90 EaF1y.
you'll have to pay your subscril
ton to the paper in advance, here
AFTER" said the country editor to tn,
caller.
"But I hain't got no vegetables q.
yit!" replied the bearded farmer.
Yonkers Statesman
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kicked world of busine
What Sheldon
little
Important
Besides
f1erpon Morgan Wall street and
OF MS taking
Od invest 100000 the
the state committee Oden a the time
Banks locomotives,
po"er-these
might be considered that Detroit had something
est IN the since director
Socially belongs
dent the asocrac
Rockefeller
~ 20 ~ S ~ - 0
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
COMPLIMENTARY.

I'm afraid Miss Pepri has a pool
opinion of my intellect"
ION the contrary. I heard her pay
ing you high compliment last night"
Indeed? What did she say?"
"She said she had no doubt that
there we're bigger idiots in the world
than you."-Cleveland Leader.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
zRRoHIBITl0N CANDIDATE

Eugene w. Chain, who has just been nom
mated by the Prohibitionists for president of
the United States, is an attorney of Chicago
He was not candidate for the nomination at
the Columbus convention for he had already
been named by the Prohibitionists of Illinois
as their candidate for governor. Under the cir
cumstances, he will have to resign the latter
nomination and let another be named in his
place.
Before going to Chicago seven years ago he
was resident Of Wisconsin, and was counted
one of the leaders of the dry party in that
state In two different campaigns he was the
candidate for attorney general in the Beaver
state and in 1898 he headed the state ticket
there.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
Turned Down.

Dick-1 didn't get much encourage.
ment when l proposed to that naughty
beauty.
Jack-Well, faint heart never won
fair lady, old man. Maybe she thought
you had cold feet
Dick-Hm! She must have thought
had cold hands. She gave me the
mitten.-Chicago Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-07
A FIGHTING ENGLlSHMAN

1t is no secret that Reginald McKenna, who
was president of the English board of education
in the CampbellBannerman ministry, has been
promoted to the post of first lord of the ad-
miralty to get him out of the way. Not that
this strenuous son of an Irish father is an un.
desirable colleague in the eyes of the new prime
Minister on the contrary, he is looked upon,
and with good reason, as one of the conspicu-
Gus successes of the late government But he
is born fighter He does not know what the
word compromise MEANS and these are days
when the spirit of compromise Is very much
needed in the department which Mr. McKenna
has just vacated. The new education bill, which
he brought into parliament, has aroused no end
IF antagonism in many quarters and II hoe