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The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

NEW YORK.-The renaissance of
~ the free lunch in New York has
reached such a stage that it is not to
be overlooked any longer as a phe-
nomenon of city life. There are few
hotels now so far behind the times as
to be content with few musty pret.
zels OF lilliputian proportions, a cut of
American cheese and a few water
logged olives. The day has passed
Tor such economy. There was never
a time when the lunch provided gra-
tu1t1ously was more elaborate affair.
my free lunch,' said the propri-
etor OF hotel who puts up an attrac-
tive spread for his patrons, but by no
means one of the most elaborate in
town. got to costing me from $35 to
$40 day and so far as l could see,
there was no proportionate increase
IN takings at the bar. 1 couldn't un-
derstand how so much could be spent
IN other barrooms for free lunch when
there was no noticeable increase in
patrons.
Finally I discovered how the thing
was worked. There were two walters
who served customers who preferred
to take their drinks at the tables.
These men served the customers who
tipped them we'll with all the food
they could eat. The result of their
partialfty was large clientele of pat
rons who bought glass of beer which
meant ten cents to US and who by civ.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
Seeks Raise for Uncle Sans Clerks

ton may as well be dropped.
He points out that many men who
are married and have families are
compelled to work along for from $500
to 500 a year. This means, he says,
that many men Of more than average
intelligence and ability, caught fast in
the rut of government and municipal
service and unable or afraid to seek
more remunerative employment, are
making a vain endeavor to maintain
life and support their families in com.
fort and respectability.
He says the men working for these
wages are found principally in minor
clerkships in the agricultural, treas
nry, interior, commerce and labor,
war, navy and post Office departments.
Some of the municipal employees, he
learns, are working for from nine dol
lars to ten dollars week.
AS result, he says, Washington is
facing housing famine, because the
working people cannot find homes in
which they can afford to live. He ad-
vocates Immediate action looking to a
general advance In salary for the un.
derpatd clerks. When their case has
been attended to, he says, so that
they have been made self-supporting
and self-respecting class, other efforts
to 0eautify and improve the city will
be more easy of attainment.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
Harmony Club" to Spread HAPPINESS

to establish the perfect unity of body. )
mind, heart and spirit"
This seems to be a very large Quar-.
ter's worth If the Harmony club can J
ooAVeT tne SOOQS. 800. !! i.
Others have sought to show how to
he happy though married, or within
other narrow limitations, but the Har..
mony club will dispense happiness hv
mail to those Of any and all cond;.
dons. Already, as it modestlv an.
nounces, it has started "a great vavas
Of cheer-philosophy sweeping aroma
the globe"
Oddly enough, the president Of tho
club is lawyer, E. H. Fallov, ~
OF Bishop Fallows of Chicago. who na. ~
become. prominent in connectioM au,,t,,s J,t
psychotherapy. Mr.: Faliows is. MT tose
be deferred in his plan of promot,ns. ~
universal harmony even though ~ haeI
been pointed out to him that to ~ s".. n~.
ceed In such an undertaking world ~ -
move the main reason for the Il a. s-,.,- - II,
ence Of his profession. e !
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
Steak in Many Forms Served in Wall St.

money king" 'Tis, indeed, far cry
from one to tother.
Discussing beefsteak, as it appears.
say in the neighborhood of Broad
street and Exchange place, one finds
81 different places within radius of
two blocks where the staple is served.
In each cafe one may find, conserva-
lively stated, one dozen varieties. The
grand total, therefore, is S04 different
grades, styles, manner or previous
condition Of servitude in the Beef
steak family.
To be explicit, there is the steak
carefully removed from the base of a
venerable oxen's hams, which (the ox)
has outlived its usefulness as a beast
of burden, and which is served to the
appreciative messenger boy for ten
cents, one dime" There is also the
cut that carries with it French fried
and gravy" and which goes like hot
cakes at rs cents throw. This is af-
fected by stenographers and clerks
Then for chief clerks and others there
IS the old friend at so cents a portion
and on up to 81.
Finally there comes what might be
termed the king Of it's kind, found
only In the highest grade of cafe. Here
the piece de resistance comes three
inches thick and beautifully Drowned,
decorated with mushrooms, delicious
and luscious, served on plank
alongside a bottle of wine and a check
for $40. This, Of course, does not in
clude bread and butter.
Yes, there is steak to be had at ten
cents just as there is steak to be had
at Sc. but, oh, what a difference! yet
all are appreciated.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

w ALTER AVER1LL HARTMAN,
W the eldest son of the dead rail-
way king, to-day, at II years of age,
finds himself confronted with the ab-
solute necessity of preparing to
master the intricacies of railroading
in order that few years hence he
may step in and seize the reins of
management that death took from the
well-trained hands of his father
Although the young man to whom
will eventually fall the management
of the $1,000,000, 900 interests of his
father is well educated and knows
something of railroading, he readily
admits that he must first learn the
railroad business thoroughly before
he attempts to direct them.
Realizing with characteristic keen
ness of perception that his days of
activity were drawing to a speedy
close, and that it would be necessary
for his elder son to prepare to shoul-
der the burdens death would place on
him. Mr.. Hartman some months ago
started the boy off on career of rail-
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
No President Happy Without Reynolds

common garden variety of reporter,
statehouse reporter, a Washington cor
respondent, an editorial writer and
an Alpha Delta Phi. He has Joined
several clubs, and ever since 1905 has
been on Uncle Sans pay roll in the
treasury department. He is a quail
fed expert on customs matters, and
his fitness to serve on the tariff board
put him there in spite of his desire to
continue in his present place.
The other Jimmie Reynolds is other
wise known as James Bronson Reyn-
olds, sometimes called James Bewil-
dered Reynolds by the hated opposi-
tion. Mr.. Reynolds is a reformer and
he is now in New York engaged once
more In the seventh lap Of the Mara
thon of reform in that place. He be.
gan life in 1861, later on he was a
lawyer, and he has ever since been in
the public eye. He was as necessary
to President Roosevelt as the big
stick. He followed Upton Sinclair
through the jungles of Chicago's pack
ing town, and helped the country
homes commission get the dope on the
evils of city life. He formulated a
nice plan for new municipal govern
ment in Washington, but up to date it
has not been tried out.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
Cannon to Retire Is Latest Gossip

not surprise them IL he retired from
public life at the close OF his present
term. They call attention to the fact
that he is serving his eighteenth
term, at the close of which he will
have served in the house 36 years,
more than a generation. And on the
fourth of March, 1911, he will have
completed four terms in the speakers
chair, no speaker, save Henry Clay,
having served longer.
When the time arrives for the next
congressional campaign Cannon will
be "A years old. This is rather well
advanced in years for a man to go up
against fight such as is known will
be made against the Sage of Danville.
Cannon's friends say he dearly loves
a fight, and it is the knowledge Of the
fight that may induce him to run
again.
However, it is whispered that he is
not so strong physically as he was
several years ago, and he might take
his health into consideration. He
realizes that he has had about all
there is for him in the way of political
preferment that his state or district
can bestow, and he knows that he will
never be considered as a candidate
for the presidency, as he is now in
the aged class.
There are not a few well-informed
public men who for this reason be-
lieve that Speaker Cannon is serving
his last term and that he will make
the public announcement next spring
that he has had his full quota Of serv-
ice and the time is at hand to give
some of the youngsters in the Dan.
vile district an opportunity.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
JIMMIE REYNOLDS is az indi,

A JIMMIE REYNOLDS is as indis-
IA pensable to an American admin.
istration nowadays as soothing syrup
In an orphan home. No president can
get along without Jimmie Reynolds.
and President Roosevelt made sure of
his position by keeping two of them
on the job. President Taft has CON-
promised on one, but he has recently
shown his leanings to the Jimmie
Reynoldses by appointing James Bur.
ton Reynolds of Massachusetts as a
member of the tarin commission. Mr..
Reynolds has been an assistant secre-
tary of the treasury for four years.
Prior to that he was newspaper
man. and more often he has been the
caretaker of the Republican party in
Massachusetts.
Mr.. Reynolds has been born ever
since 1870. During the many years
which have followed he has been a
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
Complete White House Lighting Plant

building, the navy department annex.
the was department annex and the
White House stables.
AS the White House is absolutely
dependent upon electricity as an il.
lumlnant (the mansion not being sup
plled with gas), it is of supreme i'm
portance that dependable current be
available every minute of the "a
nours. The equipment in the dyna.
mo room presents three sources of
electrlcal energy, any one of which is
all sufficient for White House needs.
ana In the unheard-of event that all
three installations should be simul-
taneously out Of commission or IN.
aole to carry the load from any cause.
the White House may Immediately be
tnrown on to an emergency street
service supplied by one of the COM
mercial companies of the CITY.
In addition to providing the illu-
mlnation for tbs Presidents home the
electric current generated in the big
granite building across the street does
many other things to make the in.
mates and employees of that establish
ment comfortable and happy. The
elevator and dumb-waiters and the
vacuum carpet cleaner are operated
by electricity. The same agency is
employed to drive upward of 200 house
fans, number of exhaust fans for ven-
tilating purposes; to help the cooks
In the kitchen and the force in the
laundry room. Facilities recently
have been installed to provide elec-
tricity for charging the presidents
new electric automobile, and a private
telephone system has also been e.
tablished. with stations in all parts Of
the building and grounds. .'..'-
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08


diplomacy Mgr
would be eligible
which all his life dstn
guished stations.
ago. Mgr Fal
of the
the wild Newfoundland
the absolute
ancient barefooted ars pledged
never hesiaed of
he is
a slight
waist, hierarchy
oriental amethyst
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

enabled him situation
judgment the
was rapidly
up clerkship
railway sedaa
o men him in the freight department OF
Missouri Pacific
ne o thing He raioadng for hve He
went into
Shippers making
reports railroads
1893 bitter
gave tne Denver Gulf railroad then Union Pacific
existence This fighting
given week the last night the
said "Peto" When
ago. was line Colorado thousand miles
long, Its principal
De strike 1894 But the Colorado Southern of to-day nearly
5000
15O0o.O00, Frank Trumbul
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
Free Lunch Spreads Better Than Ever

ing Is cents to the waiter got all the
food they wanted.
THAT was not the only way in
which the walters used the lunch to
their own financial profit. Office boys
used to come in from the buildings in
the neighborhood, give the waiter
quarter and carry off half a dozen
roast beef or chicken sandwiches
OF course that was dead loss to the
house as we did not even get the price
of glass Of beer.
Il reorganized the free lunch depart.
ment by hiring carver who not only
cut the meat but also served it on
plate to the patrons who wanted
something to eat with their drinks.
That worked like q charm. The aver
age cost of the free lunch went down
to about $25 a day and the bar bust.
ness jumped up because everybody
got chance to try the lunch and 1t
was not kept for the few who tipped
the walters literally"
Ten years ago scarcely hotel bar
room in New York of the first class
troubled itself about providing any
thing elaborate in the way Of free
lunch. The old Gilsey house held on
to it's famous sausages and cold ham
until almost the last. Then there was
a period in which cheese and crackers
with possibly some olives were the
limit of the gratuitous refreshment
The contrast now with the dispensa-
tion Of those seven lean years may be
observed in every large hotel.
Two alone stand out against the
free lunch. One has no barroom and
the other has distinguished itself by
keeping music out of the dining-room
all this time. Some of the other no.
tells have even moved forward the
time of the lunch and serve it at
noon, so that it may serve as a meal
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08


mart church work
and soon built
interested politics
party OF which he has been
his majority.
he was at time clerk of the United States circuit
reelected
Johnsons.
the session
oy OF the Republican senators as candidate for the suber
Mr. Eberhas originally
during his residence there half dozen
result instances
being the delivery
married asked
his wife petition that granted
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

a N organization has just been incor
II porated in New York city, the
lsudable purpose of which is Ito
make everybody happy" And that it
strives to bring happiness within the
reach of even the least endowed finan-
cially is shown by the fact that men,
bership costs only Is cents a year.
The objects of the Harmony club,
as the new association is called, are
set forth in it's Incorporation papers
as being ito harmonic people with
themselves, their surroundings and
each other; to prove the value of 4
smile and song in everyday life and
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

The charge is made that the phono.
graph and the automatic piano are
lowering public taste. That is one
way Of looking at the situation. These
new inventions are taking music into
homes where it never was before and
never would be but for them. They
are doing for music what the 1nven.
tion of printing did for the art of
reading. There is still literature-and
some of the beautiful creations in lit.
erature come from those who under old
conditions would never have learned
to read. There may be hope for mu.
sic.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

News comes that prosperity has
struck Ireland so hard that the coun-
try is contented with English rule.
But to have the lion and the lamb lie
down together without the lamb being
inside the lion is contrary to all Eng
lands idea Of the sacredness of prece-
dent, to say nothing Of Ireland being
happy though peaceful.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
NEW JAPANESE ENVOY
Y, Uchida, former vice.min

Y Cchida, former vice-minister Of f,reien
affairs, and recently ambassador to the court of
Austria, will succeed Baron K. Takahira as Jap-
anese ambassador to Washington. Mr. Uchida is
a distinguished member of the diplomatic CORPS
of Japan. He was born at Kumanoto ken in 1863
and has been in the diplomatic service of his
country since 1887
His first appointment was as attache to the
legation at Washington. Three years later, in
1890, he was made permanent secretary to Count
Mutsu, minister of agriculture and commerce. and
remained with Count Mutsu when the latter was
transferred to the foreign Office
In 1893 he was appointed secretary of legation
at London and remained there until 1895, when
he was made secretary of legation at PekfnR.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

The occultation of Mars by the
moon the other night was a spectacle
interesting to astronomers, but not i'm.
portant in revealing anything not pre-,
viously known. Figurative significance
It had none whatever, more's the pity.
An occultation of Mars that would
mean the end of wars on earth would
Call for special assembling Of the In,
ternational Peace Congress at The
Hague to adopt resolutions of congrat,
ulatiOn
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

The state department at Washing
ton has been notified of the estab-
ltshment Of steamship service between
Acajutla, Salvador and Salina Cruz,
Mexico, the Pacific terminus of the
Tehuantepec railroad, that will re-
duce the time of the mails from New
York to Salvador from Is to 9 days.
This will facilitate business, and DEM
onstrate that improvements in the
mails and in shipping will increase
trade between North and South Amer
lea
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

The speed nuisance has become so
bad in Chicago that it is seriously pro-
posed to equip the street crossings
with bumps" to jar the autoists into
some recognition of the life, safety
and right to the streets of Others The
remedy is drastic, but trife primi
wOrkhOuse sentences would doubtless
dispose of the nuisance.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

That the barnacle is a bothersome
beast has been in evidence before and
since Dickens used it as an illustra-
tion of certain human qualities. The
big battleship South Dakota was dry
docked at Mare Island navy yard re-
Gently and 600 tons of barnacles were
scraped from the bottom. 1t is such
accumulations that hinder the speed
of many OF the swiftest warships,
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

Wen I hears Of Trouble singin' a
song, an he ak me ter jine de chorus,
dat's de ve'y time finds it convent.
ent ter lost my voice:-UEcle Remus'
Home sMagazine. e. L..
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

II the proposed oiling of roadways
in the parks affords relief from the
dust in these pleasure spots, why
would it not give comfort on resi-
dence streets which have the nature
of boulevards? The cost of the oil
and the application of it might be off,
set to a large extent by a reduction
in the cost of sprinkling service due
to the absence Of dust on the oiled
streets.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

Mexico is now getting more than its
share of earthquakes and tidal waves.
The losses of life there have been
very large and the destruction of
property tremendous. Italy is again
going through the same experience
and the people Of both countries live
In fear that the worst has not yet hap
Dened,
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

One national government is install.
ing an expensive wood-testing bureau
at the University of Wisconsin, evi.
IDENTIFY being willing to hope that
time yet.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
MAY BECOME CARDINAL

II Mgr. Diomede Falconio is chosen for eleva
tion to the college of cardinals at the January sit
ting Of the consistory at Rome, he will but be
following in the footsteps of his fllustrious prede
cessors at Washington, Mgr. Satoll and MR.
Martinelli. 1t seems to be recognized at Rome
that those who serve apostolic delegates to
the United States are in the direct line Of sue
cession and are to be called from their post only
to be the popes counselors in directing the policy
of the church throughout the world
AS the pope's personal representative in the
United States Mgr. Falconio has exercised
jurisdiction wider than that of any other apos-
tolic delegate, and the qualities of high diplo-
macy, which are Indispensable at Washington in
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

While the constitution follows the
Nag under most circumstances it may
find difficulty in following the flag to
the pole and camping out permanent
ly on moving hummocks of ice.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
NEW MINNESOTA GOVERNOR

Adolph o. Eberhart, Republican, formerly
acknowledgements, has succeeded to the seat Of
governor of Minnesota to act during the unex-
pired term of the late Gov Johnson. Although
OF different parties the relations between Mr..
Eberhart and Gov Johnson were cordial, the
chief executive leaving the state often in the
hands of Mr.. Eberhart. No changes are antici-
pated in the legislative system of the state. Mr.
Eberhart now is a resident of st. Paul.
Mr.. Eberhart was born in Sweden 80 years
ago, but came to Minnesota in 1881, when he was
10 years old. He attended the public schools and
was afterward graduated from Gustavus Adolf
phus college at st. Peter, as a minister of the
gospel
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

One Of the Summer Kind.
He-And when do we get married?
She-Oh, John, how can you take an
engagement SO seriously ?-Fliegende
Blaetter. 49, -.., 80 : H.. y
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

What summer of achievement It
has been! Aerial records have been
smashed, over land and sea new speed
marks have been set, and finally the
pole discovered.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

The pole has claimed it's full quota
of human victims. Now that it has
been found, aviation is going to take
its place in the sacrifice of life to gain
victory.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

A Brooklyn girl has gone through
He'll Gate, an aquatic feat attempted
by many men who have failed in it..
The gentler sex is just now decidedly
in the swim.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
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Frank Trumbull is perhaps the only one Of
the great railroad rulers of whom it be said
literally that his figures were his fortuna-that
is to say, by his marvellous Quickness and accu-
racy at figures he grew into the great railroad
and financial world until he has become giant
At the age Of IL he was a mathematical "won-
der" in the little town of Pleasant Hill, Mo. He,
had then been through and was proficient in all
the branches of mathematics from arithmetic to
and including trigonometry. but was compelled to
quit school because his head was growing faster
than his body. To-day he is president of big
railroad system OF the west and south. Of which
he took charge Is years ago, without cent In
his treasury. His natural ability in handling fg-
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

Those who missed the occultation of
Mars recently did not miss much.
It was less exciting than some of the
things one hears in the airshaft of an
apartment house.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

At any rate the world is glad to
think that finding the north pole is
no longer diminishing business.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

Peru is sending it's presidents son
to learn scientific farming in Wiscon-
sin, though llama raising is but indif-
ferently taught there.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

There seems to be no such thing
in the world as al automatic and in
violable polometer to ring a bell when
a man reaches the boreal climax.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

Like the north pole, the HALEY com.
ct Is billed for discovery by a process:
sion of scientific scouts.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

There is many a slip between be-
ing talked of for a federal appoint
ment and the actual seizure of the
plum,
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

We have it at first hand from the
poet that summer will not last for.
ever.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

in
political vceminiser
In
ambassador
has remained a Vienna to date
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

Halley's comet has had it's excur.
sion ticket stamped In Heidelberg.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

In standing of the Moors Spain has
q permanent Job.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

Keep the nations gates barred
against the foreign criminal.