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The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
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WASHINGTON housekeepers are in.
W clined to think that T. B. Wither.
spoon of st. Louis was romancing re-
Gently when he told of negro serv.
ant who has been in his employ for
Is years. It appears that the negro
was given ten days. leave and money
to spend for a trip down to New Or
leans, but in three days turned up
again, and here is the way Mr.. Wither.
spoon explains the negro's return,
quoting the servant:
"'You see, sub, it done get mighty
miserably cold night after I lef'
you, and knows dat Miss Kate
(my wife) amt got no business tryin'
to work dat furnace, and l know you
amt gwine to bother with it. Nary one
of you got emmy business with a dirty
old furnace, least of all Miss Kate, who
amt got no right to soil her little
hans. couldn't sleep good thinkin'
about it. an dat's why l gifts back
quicker'n I 'spected.'
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

n HICAGO.-n All Sing, hero of
u Bret Harte's world-famous poem.
were to pay visit to Chicago within
the next month or so. he would find
himself able to enter Chinese hotel,
hand his grip to Chinese bellboy,
affix his signature to a Chinese regis
ter, eat a Chinese meal and sleep in
a Chinese bed.
Also, he would be able 10 read a
Chinese newspaper, to be awakened in
the morning by Chinese servant, to
call for a cup of real Chinese tea and
eat a dish of breakfast food hailfng
not from Battle Creek but Canton.
And he could hear Chinese orchestra
playing Chinese popular songs.
For Chicago Is to have a Chinese
hotel, the first in the city operated on
the "Oriental Plan" 1t is to be as
complete and as modern as the best
American hostelry. Everything in It
is going to be Chinese, from the guests
to the chop-sticks in the dining-rocm.
Everything will be designed to make
All Sing or any other oriental guest
feel perfectly at home. -,
The new hotel will be located in the
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

Al EW YORK.-The interest in vari.
~ GUS important features of the davis
news recently was completely over
snadoWed In certain sections of the
city by a rumor that great public up.
rising against the wearing of rats
IN women's hair has been started. and
that the hirsute rodents were doomed
to extinction.
Down with the rat!" it was A.
serted was to be the battle cry.
The rumor caused CONSERVATION
not only In several co-educational in
st1tuttons, where the matter came up
Tor swift and decisive adjustment, but
IN department stores and other places,
where mere man had put his foot down
hard on the familiar feminine head
adornment, and there were unmistak.
able rumblings of a revolution to be
heard wherever the question was dis.
cuSsed.
The trouble started at the Erasmus
Hall high school, where the assistant
principal, Miss Kate E. Turner, laid
down the law forbidding rats" or
sw1tches," and the following day en-.
forcing the law against violators by
1orcably removing the offending adorn.
ments.
While these momentous events were
transp1r1ng in the borough across the
bridge, indignation was at an even
higher boiling point in the department
store district in Manhattan. In sew.
eral OF the big stores notices were
posted in prominent places that rats"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

IT is the custom for the senate pages
! to hold two or three mock senate
sessions every winter. These sessions
are held on afternoons when the SEN
ate is not sitting, and are conducted
with all the solemnity and poise of
a regular meeting.
One day the youngsters were con-
Quoting mock trial of the Swayne i'm
peachment case. Billy" Amin was
presiding. Another youngster was pos.
ing as Anthony Higgins, counsel for
Judge Swayne, and was interrogating
a witness. Senator Spooner of Wis
consin, came into the senate chamber
unexpectedly, and, seeing what was
going on, took seat near the entrance
to the cloakroom.
Presently an intricate parliamentary
question arose, and half dozen pages
were on their feet asking for recogni-
tion. Mr.. Spooner thought he might
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
Pages in the Senate Mimic Biz Men

be able to clarity the question. Ac.
cordingly he approached his seat and
called out: "Mr. President!"
The 1rrepressible BILLY" was not
taken back. 'The chair will recognize
the senator from Wisconsin, he said,
as he brought down the gavel and nod.
ded to Mr.. Spooner.
The ease and poise of the youngster
startled Senator Spooner, and it was
nearly minute before he could con.
troll his twinkling eyes.
us 1t not out of order," he asked,
Ito permit SO many senators to ad-
dress the chair at the same time"
1T is decidedly out of order" said
the piping voice in the vice-president's
chair.
THE point made by the senator from
Wisconsin is well taken. The senate
will come to order"
In the house of representatives there
are % pages, and in the senate 16.
According to the regulations. no
page can be under IL years or over
16 years of age.
The position of senate page pays
salary of SIS month when con.
gress is in session, and, like all other
employees of congress, these young.
sters receive an extra months salary
every year.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

1H1CAGO.-A big Office cat, the pet
~ of the real estate board, was, las
sistant auctioneer" at recent sale in
the exchange rooms, and to tabby
is given the credit for many raises
In prices.
George l.. Warner of the firm of
Baird & Warner was the emergency
auctioneer," but before he had become
initiated in his new task the cat ap-
peared on the scene and perched her.
self upon the desk in front of the
realty salesman"
Mr.. Warner started in as if he had
been in the auction business all his
life The bids came in fast and in
large sums. All the time the cat peer
ed down at the men struggling to get
a chance at a certain desirable piece
of property.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
Hobo in the Presidents Private Car

were so crowded that they couldn't
have looked healthy to the most op-
timistic of tramps. But there was a
Pullman, and it looked nice and dark.
and so the wanderer strolled in and
hid himself.
1t was Letcher, one of the porters.
who found the visitor crouched in a
dark corner of the tiny kitchen. He
made dive for the man and got him
in clinch. Then he called his fel-
low porter, Anderson: The two of
them had the tramp so scared that he
could hardly see by the time the
secret service men came in and nut
him under, arrest
AT Bridgeport the tramp was turned
over to the police. He tried to say
that he was a brakeman on the New
York, New Haven & Hartford road,
but the trainmen knew better. Mr.
Taft slept right through it, and never
knew a thing about it until the next
morning. 80
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

CT. LOU1S.-The law of the State is
~ responsible for Albert Kapp, son
of poor widow being Jail prisoner.
The rule of the penitentiary is re-
sponsible for his being almost without
clothing in the bastile
Prisoners who reach the peniten-
t1ary under sentence, are divested of
their clothes and the garments are
burned. "Stir" clothes are provided
and in these the unfortunates must
live till their sentence expires and
then in garb furnished by the big
prison they fare forth into the world,
prey foI the keen eyes of the
sleuths
Every man who is sentenced learns
this from the old-timers ard there is
rule in the city Jail that men going
up sell all their belongings before they
start because the inscription of Dante
is paraphrased into, "All property
abandon ye who enter here" over the
gates of the prison.
Kapp is youth He had some
trouble with man. and the man
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
Rats Under Ban in New York Schools

, in the hair of employees would not be
tolerated, the penalty for ignoring the
order to be dismissal.
| During the luncheon hour nothing
but the new order and plans for COM
batting it were discussed. In one store
it was decided that committee should
! wait upon the manager and ask him
to rescind the order or face a gen.
eral strike.
"This is the most outrageous pro-
| ceeding ever heard Of" said one
young woman, "and think we would
be fools to submit to it. The very
! idea of a man telling us how to wear
our hair! 1t was bad enough when
the manager said we must wear black
gowns and white collars, but it is 60
ing too far when they tamper with our
pompadours.
why, they wouldn't dare to do such
things in Siberia or China or wherever
it is they have czar. l for one am
going to wear Just as big a rat as
like, and don't care If the Aoorwalk-
er does report me-
! That the last crusade against false
hair adornment is not being confined
to high schools and department stores
was further evidenced when the wom-
en- employees of the telegraph COM
panies in the city held animated dis
cussion over the report from Kansas
City that A. B. Richardson, district
superintendent Of the Postal Tele-
graph Company there. had issued this
order:
| "On and after November all wom-
en- clerks and employees must discon-
tinue the use of rats in their hair.
Please govern yourselves accordingly"
The WON en- employees here we're ex-
tremely gloomy over the situation, for
it was prophesied that the order would
reach New York next and that the
much-abused rat" would have to 20.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
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He Doesn't Like to Be Written Up

him to win his fight for the senate
against apparently overwhelming odds.
Gov. Bradley talked to the boy jour-
nalist for an hour, speaking most in
terestingly on subjects that could not
fail to interest even youth that didn't
have news instinct.
The governor described his early ex-
periences as Republican in a Demo
cratic hotbed, when to go to the polls
and vote the Republican ticket was
only one form of committing suicide.
He told how at one period of his po-
lttical activity it became necessary for
all the Republicans of the town in
which he lived to fortify themselves
in house and defend themselves
against Democratic raiders who were
thirsting for blood.
There were SO many of these stories
that the hour had passed before either
the governor or his visitor knew it,
and when the boy editor finally ex-
cused himself he carried away a pic.
ture bearing the governors auto
graph.
When Gov. Bradley won his success.
full fight before the Kentucky legisla-
ture few weeks ago the editor, who
had been reduced by lapse Of time to
just plain reporter. remembered these
stories of the early days, and wrote
the senator-elect asking the privilege
of telling them to the whole country.
Gov. Bradley's reply stamps him as a
man who is going to make himself
dfsliked in Washington If he doesn't
change his mind:
There is nothing that is more dis
tasteful to me than to talk about my
self, and you must excuse me from en-
tering into an account OF my past ex-
perience as politician. l have never
written it up, and never expect to-
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
The Barriers Down,

John Ford, who, as the English hus
band OF Miss Cavendish-Bentinck. is
related to the Ogden Millses. the Ma.
turin Livingstons and many other not.
ed New York families, talked, at a
quiet dinner at The Plaza, about Eng
lish society.
New York society,"" said Mr.. Ford.
lis really more exclusive now than
that of London. In London last sea-
son an episode was narrated that Illus
trated we'll the breaking down of the
old barriers.
Society is going to the bow.
vows" grumbled a young marquis at
a Piccadilly club.
whats the matter now?' a friend
inquired.
'M0neylender's wife at a reception
in Belgrave square this afternoon
said the marquis, wearing all my
wife's emeralds'"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

4 TRAMP got into President Taft's
"A private car recently, and a very
surprised tramp he must have been,
for he was pounced upon by two of
the most muscular Pullman porters he
had ever seen and then arrested by
Secret Service Officer Sloan.
1t was on the Federal express, run
ming from Boston to Washington, on
the rear end of which the presidents
private car Mayf1ower was coupled at
New Haven.
The tramp got on somewhere along
the line There were two day coaches
ahead of the presidential car, and they
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
British SAVINGS.

In the British postofi1ce savinr.
bank in 1907 there were 1911, ,96s de-
posits, of the value Of e44,217 1888. and
last year 1s,37s,ss1, representing e44.
770,7S2. In 1907, 9,30s,247 withdrav.
ais were made, involving e46,463632
and last year s.s22,16s. representinc
e45,395,4 400. The interest credited 70
depositors in 1908 was s3,772.755 -
compared with e3,71s,s75 in 1907 and
the total standing to the credit Of de.
positors on savings bank account ~,
December 81, 1908, was s16o, ,e4se14
an increase of es.14s,1s7 in the vear
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
Consumntion'S Sway.

Hookworm can certainly be quickly
conquered, malaria more slowly and
consumption most slowly, but almost
as completely. Consumption Is v1rtu'
ally the same great. sweeping de-
stroyer in modern cities Of science
that it was a century ago. say IN Lon
don. Indeed, since the great epidem-
ic of 1881 consumption seems worse
than it ever was before and the grip
epidemic of 20 years ago did not make
things any bettor.-New York Press.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

Ohio State University has a fresh.
man" in the person. of lady nearly
70, who will take the regular college
course, devoting herself especially to
psychology and literature. All of
which tends to show anew that when
q woman will she will, that the So
called Osler theory is an enpt1 myth
and that years don't count. 49,.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

priest
college, OF which later
mastering English his
the student body ITSELF After months
coee ne made priest Father Domed He
he went to Newfoundland
Bishop Carfagnini Harbor
he appointed him vicar general the
trusted him with
He
of apostolic
with
important
appointment Of
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

German textile experts are turning
attention to fibre obtained from the
kapok or silk cotton tree of the trop-
les, with view to ascertaining wheth.
er a substitute for cotton may thus be
obtained. No doubt experiments will
be carried on with the thoroughness
that is characteristic of German re-
search, and if kopok can be made to
take the place of cotton no effect will
be spared in that direction. But a
great many things are to be taken in.
to consideration before the superiority
of kopok can be established. Cotton
IS not likely to be supplanted imme.
diately.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
Governments Perouisite.

The French government takes IS
per cent. of all the money staked at
the casinos of the seaside and other
health resorts on the little horses and
other gambling devices. For the sea-
son of 19O8-09 this percentage amount
ed to $943,S93, the summer season ma
turally contributing the greater part
-over $6OO,O0O.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

The reception given to the Car Of
Russia by the King and people Of
Italy is all that could be desired in
cordiality and warmth. That the visit
will tend to strengthen peace among
the nations is hope based on the ex.
pressions of good will shown all along
the line of the cars travel.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
This Kind of Servant at a Premium

There is specimen act of an old
time, true-hearted darky,- whose first
thought is of the comfort of his en-
ployer." If Witherspoon could find
about a thousand like that servant.
the st. Louis man could make a good
commission by shipping them to Wash.
ington.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
A Bird Of PASSAGE.

They hadn't seen her for some time.
She had written her address for them
before they left the cafe, so they could
md her. With it she wrote her name
as they leaned over, looking at the
slip OF paper on which she was writ.
ing it.
That's your first husbands name
isn't it?" they queried.
YES, said she. II never took that
OF the second husband. I shed him
before it had time to adhere"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03


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hep
liquor nractions
Baod has been
Of
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which
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The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

president The
made.
McGarrah member the clearing
hold position.
1907
until
He
committee this time
held for the adoption
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

A map In New Jersey uses an au-
tomobile to plow with, and declares it
does better work than horses. Per-
haps its. results upon public, roads
gave him the happy idea.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

The big corporations are now max.
ing money as they never made it be-
fore: but in the midst of prosperity
it is we'll to keep the feet on the
earth and not be carried skyward by
inflated conceits.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

With hundreds of letters reaching
the royal palace in Spain, no wonder
that young King Alfonso is detected
over the Ferrer agitation. He started
his reign with the prospect of being
one of the most popular of contem-
porary monarchs, but is now in a fair
way to lose through the blunders of
his ministers. And the loss of popu-
larity in these days, when revolution
and republicanism are in the air. is a
serious matter for royal ruler
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
PEACE LEADER IN A WAR

Congressman Richard Bartholdt of the tenth
district of Missouri, may be president of the In
terparliamentary Peace tribunal of 1000 men,
bers, but that is no guarantee that he will have
peace. At the present moment the congressman
is the center of war, war that is directed
against him because he has too many affiliations
with St. Louis beer and breweries, opponents
say The congressman was scheduled to speak
November II from st. Louis Presbyterian
church pulpit on the subject OF international
peace.
This stirred the members of the young mems
church clubs of the city to say Huh, here IL
an advocate of peace, man who drinks beer.
which causes fights"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
ibsen's Posthumous Works.

Henrik Ibsen's posthumous works
have just been published in Norway.
They consist of a collection of verse,
biographical material and sketches of
the plots and morals of his plays, as
wall as the text of the plays as first
completed, the last showing the great
Importance 1bsen attributed to care.
full planning of his plays in advance
and to thorough revision.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

minute when fell to the floor landed the foot of an observer who
medium English
out complaint of un
ture were about picked
up "
by light burning
Enelh JOHN the spirit entity that Nine Pa1adino and
moves objects for according Sir like
animal deal strength than hers which does her bid
Psyha
put its Neapon
when
The society then repud1ated
Paladino left
among members of the English Society Psychical
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

Mexico has suffered another calam-
1ty. The corn crop, valued at $780,
100000, has been destroyed by frost.
More sorrow and suffering for the
tOilers of Mexico
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
YOUNG GOTHAM FINANClER

Gates w. McGarrah, president OF the Mechan
les National bank, went to New York City not
very long ago from upstate, seeking his for
tune, and soon added his name to the long list
of country boys who have made good in metro
politan affairs. He was born about As years ago
at Monroe, Orange county, N. Y. He got his first
taste of banking clerk in the bank at Goshen
near his birthplace
After some years Of experience as a country
banker, he decided to try New York. and arrived
in the metropolis some Is years ago. His first
position was at the Produce Exchange bank
Then he went over to the Leather Manufacturers
bank, where he worked his way right up the line
becoming cashier and eventually president
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

According to Secretary of Agricult-
ure Wilson the soil of American
farms is sufficiently productive, but
the crying need is for more men who
know how to farm
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

In proportion to the large public
service they render, most teachers
and preachers are underpaid. There
are some, however, who would be
overpafd at any price.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

A Los Angeles schoolmarm has quit
teaching to become a chorus girl. Pos
sibly she'd passed the age limit as a
teacher.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

A University of Chicago professor
holds a grievance against the poets
Perhaps he was formerly an editor.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

An Ohio man who had his pockets
full of dynamite was run over by q
hearse, but nothing happened.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

This country is prosperous again.
but there are widows and orphans
who have not noticed it.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

Statistics show that Americans are
the best-fed people in the world.
Still, sad to say, some Of them go
hungry.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

A cobbler in Milwaukee has a new
theory about the circulation of the
blood. He says it flows because
germs are chasing it through the sys.
tenn. His idea is that a sort of free
for'all race, with no handicaps, might
do much good for the whole race.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

Half of the Turkish navy has been
sold as junk. Presumably the other
half is not marketable as anything.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

When flying machines become nu.
merous the top floor of a skyscraper
will be no more private than the
ground floor.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

Some Wyoming thieves carried of
big barn, 160 acres of fencing and
ton of coal. Why they left the
ranch itself is inexplicable.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

A Pennsylvania man thinks he has
discovered perpetual motion. How
many men have made the same mis-
take before?
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

Women are applying for jobs as
census takers. They feel that their ex-
perience in asking questions should
count on their side.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

Diamonds are rushing into this
country again. Somebody must have
, circulated the report that Christmas
is coming.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

Halley's comet has been observed
again. Perhaps it is responsible for
the remarkable outbreak everywhere
Of all kinds of scrapping.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
In Rainy London.

London annually makes use Of 4,000,-
00o, 900 umbrellas, one-fourth Of which
are imported.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
FALCONIO TO GET RED HAT

1t is pretty generally believed among Catho
lies that Mgr. Falconio, papal delegate to the
United States. is to be made a cardinal. Per
sons in position to know, who have just re-
turned from Rome. say it is the intention of the
pope to confer the red hat on Mgr. Falconio
Mgr. Falconio is native of Abruzzi, which
lies in the mountainous country east of Rome, on
the Adriatc. He has himself said that at Is he
desired to become priest, but this desire was
rather discouraged by his father, who, although a
man Of pious convictions, had cherished other
plans for his son. His mother, however, encour
aged the idea and at the age of 18 Diomede Fal
COMO entered the Franciscan order, sailing four
years later for America.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

Well guarantee that no man ever
sampled a greater variety of foods
and dishes of all kinds than Taft has
In the past few weeks.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

About forty tons OF letters pass daily
through the London general post Of
dce. =
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

Polluting justice is just a little bit
more Objectionable than anything
else.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03
Football should be fitted out with
tenders.

Pugilists first agree to fight and get
into quarrel afterward.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

Did you ever see six women SO dis.
pose themselves as to fill entirely one
side of a street car?
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-03

A Chicago man unkindly asks the
courts to order the taxing authorities
to compel certain men in that city to
pay something like $4,000 900 in back
taxes which he alleges they have
lodged on their stock and bond hold
ings for the last ten years. Evidently
this individual does not realize there
are privileged persons in this coun-
trY