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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07
Big Suit Over Dyeing of Poodle Dog

such commotion, but as the mahogany
entry of the princess the dog won the
blue ribbon at the New England ken
mel show in Boston. Then came the
discovery that the mahogany was like
that of the present-day furniture and
that subterfuge. had been perpe-
trated. Then the prize was given to
Mrs. Heusen's entry. The word war
and suits followed.
The princess, who is a relative of the
king Of Belgium, has gained publicity
before because of her dogs. Once in
Chicago she demanded that the pro-
gram be reprinted so that her entry
might be shown. After this was done,
causing delay, Encouragement, and ex-
pense, the princess withdrew her entry
without explanation.
Princess de Montglyon comes of a
noble Belgian family, whose ancestors
had vast wealth. She is the divorced
wife of the Duke d'Avaray and daugh-
ter of Count Eugene de Marcy de Ar
gentau, with the title of Montglyon.
and cousin of Prince Joseph de Chi
may, who married Clara Ward of De-
troit
Princess de Montglyon became the
bride of Capt. Jack" Bonavita, the
animal trainer, in the Office of the
American consul at Paris, April 26,
1905
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07
Club Savants Hear Story of Naked Chicks

last summer from an incubator on a
farm near Delhi, N. Y, while DR..
Chapman was spending his vacation
there. They lived through the sum-
mer, but froze early in the fall. DR..
Chapman took notes with great care
of their daily experiences, and the
cosmic scientists listened with bated
breath as he read his report on the
phenomenon.
The naked chickens, he declared,
didn't like their condition. Hair re-
storer, vaseline and other things were
used in the effort to induce feathers
to grow, but without avail. The
chicks lost appetite, their modesty
was constantly being shocked by the
curiosity of prying world, and when
cold weather came they died early.
But to the Cosmos scientists the
question of profound concern relates
to the possibility of developing breed
of hairless chickens that will not sea.
son the stew with pin feathers nor
require in the kitchen the difficult
work Of picking. DR.. Chapman pointed
out with eloquent earnestness the
benefits humanity would derive. He
did not doubt that men in native
state were once as hairy as monkeys;
civilization substituted clothes, and
the hair vanished. Why not likewise
with poultry, The club is deeply
stirred and further experiments in
bald poultry are contemplated.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07
Ellzins Match Secret Finally Disclosed

rage was probably under considera-
ton is refused by the officials.
1t is known that later, when the
counting of the duke of the Abruzzi
was approaching crisis, that Senator
Elkins requested friends in Rome to
ascertain and advise him what would
be the status of his daughter If she
married into the royal family. He
was notified that the marriage would
be considered morganatic unless the
Italian parliament passed an act giving
the daughter full recognition. He was
at the same time warned that the 1tal-
ian parliament could subsequently re-
peal, it's legislation, leaving the mar.
riage in the same position as If the
act Of recognition had not been
passed.
1t is understood here that Senator
Elkins did not make any request of
the state department to ascertain for
him the status of American women
marrying either member of the
royal family or an Italian nobleman
but had the investigation conducted
by one of his personal friends at that
time in Rome.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07
Romantic Sister Dissappoints Mrs. Aston

married Americans, good enough, but
not quite near enough the throne, so
to speak.
Mrs. Astor's last hopes were pinned
to beautiful Nora Langhorne. This,
the youngest of the group, was to an
mex peer of the proudest rank. The
investments in titles of the Vanderbilt
and Gould girls were to be showed into
a faded background. Mrs. Waldorf's
cash gave her little sister all the bene-
fits of European travel, introductions,
opportunities innumerable. But Miss
Nora didn't seem properly impressed.
Her elder sister waited, planned and
hoped.
Now it's all off. Nora has consented
to marry Paul Phipps, an architect of
London. No duke, nor earl, nor prime
minister, nor marquis. Not even
French pretender. An architect who
is poor, with only his professional
earnings. He isn't even one of the
Pittsburg Phippses, multi-millionaires.
He's half English, half American, and
little Nora Langhorne has declared
herself matrimonially with an empha-
sis which has forced her ambitious sis
ter to give a reluctant consent rather
than risk a scandal.
But the dream castles of Mrs. WAL
dorf Astor, years in the building, have
tumbled to earth in ruins and her dis
appointment is of the bitterest.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07
Hetty Green at Outs with Her Bank

and transferred all of her securities to
the safety deposit vaults of the Ma
tional Park bank, PA Broadway. Here
Mrs. Green was given the use of an
Office over the bank, her nearest
neighbor being another tenant, Stuy-
vesant Fish.
Eleven years ago the Chemical Ma
tional bank assigned one Of its most
valued and faithful employees to the
beck and call of Mrs. Green.
Then came an incident the charac-
ter of which is still carefully guarded
secret. Some ascribed it to the; fight
between E. H. Hartman and Stuy-
vesant Fish for control of the Illinois
Central. Others put it to decided views
Mrs. Green held concerning certain
financiers in Wall street.
Since Mrs. Green and the National
Chemical bank came to the parting OF
the ways Wall street has specialized as
to how long it would be before she
would get over her huff and return to
her old bank. Some weeks ago, when
it was announced that Mrs. Green was
housed in new banking quarters, there
were denials issued that any breach
existed between her and her old bank
ers. But time has failed to heal the
wound, and this wonderful woman,
who still appraises in person the value
of every piece of real estate upon
which she makes loan, herself has
said to intimate friends that she will
remain in her present quarters.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

THE Cosmos club Of Washington, as
/ anybody might know from, it's
Greek name, is the club Inhabited by
the scientific high brows of this CAPT.
tai. It is Americas most distin-
guished collection of ultimate wisdom.
1t knows all about everything and in.
cidentally it Is the richest and most
prosperous club in Washington.
Scientists, literary people, statesmen
not politicians, however-and emin.
ent folk in all the strictly intellectual
avenues constitute it's membership.
So it is that the Cosmos clubs dis.
covery of the featherless chicken is
regarded as of the greatest signif.
canoe. The club sat on this discov-
cry in solemn, scientific state. There
is no doubt of it. The featherless
chicken has arrived, and its ultimate
influence on household economics is
not to be overrated.
DR.. r. H. Chapman of the geologi-
cal survey, told the wise men about
it. Fifty absolutely featherless
chicks were born-that is, hatched-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

Observation-Disclosures Margue.
w rite Cassini, we'll known in Ameri-
ca as the adopted daughter of the for
mer Russian ambassador at Wash
ington of that name, who has practic-
ally run the whole gamut of social
pleasures, is determined to go on the
operate stage. In Paris she has been
studying singing with Jean de Reszke.
OF course the friends of the young
countess are much excited over her
newest idea, which is absorbing her
mind just now. Her voice is said to
be of good quality.
Countess Cassini, In accomplish.
ments, has been termed "the most
wonderful girl in America" in the hy-
perbole of scores of magazines and
Sunday supplements. AS a member
of the diplomatic set, the famous belle
of the Russian embassy in Washing
ton became a chum of Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth and Miss Katherine Ell.
kins, and achieved immense popular
ity. She is now about Is years of age,
but when only 20 it was said of her
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07
Cassini to Go Into Opera

that she discharged with the skill and
tact of the most experienced, social
leader all the responsibilities of host
ess at the home of one of the most
prominent diplomats in the; world.
This beauty from the cars domain
was member of her uncle's house
hold from the time she was three
years old. Finally, she became the
adopted daughter of Count Cassini.
She has lived in all parts of. the world
and speaks half a dozen languages
with fluency.
Love of dress is a passion with the
countess. 1t has been said of her
that if her early ambition were trans
lated into prayer it would be, please
God, make me as beautiful as you
can" She cannot understand how
any woman could desire anything be-
fore that, but having been blessed
with rare type of beauty sufficiently
distinctive to fulfill the dreams of
her young girlhood, she has of late
years turned her major attention to
dress.
At one time her wardrobe has en-
braced as many as 80. gowns, three
dozen pairs of shoes and slippers,
nearly an equal number of hats, pro-
portionate array of cloaks and wraps,
and dozen NUTS. During the social
season the countess has required as
many as three French maids to care
for her f1nerv.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

IN the copy of Foreign Relations OF
i 1906, issued by the state depart
ment and made public the other day
at Washington, appears some CORE
spondence showing that on July IA,
1906, Assistant Secretary Bacon made
inquiries of the Italian ambassador
regarding the status of an American
girl who should marry an Italian no
bleman.
Officials of the state department
positively deny that this interrogation
had any reference to the prospective
marriage of the duke of the Abruzzi
and Miss Katherine Elkins, that inter-
national romance having not been
started when the inquiry was made.
Any specific statement as to the per-
sons then interested and whose mar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07
TRADESPEOPLE, servants and Other

TRADESPEOPLE, servants and other
i plebeians are interested in Princess
de Montglyon's $4,000 damage suit
against Mrs. Ada Olive Van Heusen,
society member, who has a similar suit
against the princess. Their interest in
the princess welfare dates back to last
January, when she filed a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy. Her liabilities
were placed at $4,000. Her assets
were represented by nothing.
The 100000 worth of litigation is all
because of a little Chinese poodle.
Once white, the dog is now deep ma
hogany, and in the dyeing lies mys-
terry which the American Kennel club,
of which August Belmont is president,
is trying to solve.
The princess says that she did not
dye the dog. It was intimated she did.
She sued, and in suing said some
things which caused Mrs. Van Heusen
to retaliate with similar proceedings.
The dyeing would not have caused
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

NEW YORK CITY'S great East side
~ thoroughfare gets its name of the
"Bowery" through an ancient lineage
that has come down through some ten
thousand years, from the time of our
Aryan ancestors, who planted the root
that has grown into the well-known
name.
At the head Of that street stood the
home of Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch
governor of New Netherlands, and it
was known as "Stuyvesant's Bowery,"
which was another name for Stuyve-
wants home, the grounds of which
stretched southwark toward Chatham
square.
The growth from the Aryan root was
simple enough, for it was only the ex-
pansion of "bu'' into "bowery." This
root "bu" meant to grow, dwell, be, be-
come, or build, so we see how blower"
and "bowery," carrying the idea Of a
home, naturally grew from it. When
that root "bu'' began to grow there was
no such thing as a collection of
houses into a city or even a village,
but where our ancestors lived was
among the shades Of forest growths,
where branches and leaves were
builded into coverings that became
homes. ..,,,,,.. ,...,z. 49, ..5s;,s s'
This word 'boix,sesd ry' cal came directly. 70
40 through the Anglo-saxon 'buan..'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

NEW YORK.-Financial men in Wall
~ street are. looking on in amused
wonder at the continued strained rela-
lions between Mrs. Hetty Green and
the Chemical National bank, an insti-
tuition that she has used without let or
stint for over a quarter of century,
Speculation as to the final outcome
rather favors the bank
Just at present Mrs. Green is having
period of forgetfulness as to the ex-
istence of the Chemical National bank,
270 Broadway, where she formerly
maintained safety deposit box, and
from which institution she transacted
her loan business for "a years. The
richest woman in the world does not
have an ofice-she is like the curb
ohshoot of the New York stock ex-
change, and transacts her affairs from
where she may stand when a PROPOSE
ton is presented for her decision.
Two months ago Mrs. Green ceased
to keep her mortgages and stocks and
bonds at the Chemical. She surren-
dered the key to her safety deposit
box to President William H. Porter
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07
AIRS. WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR.

Mrs. WILLIAM WALDORF Actor,
AX4 Jr., of New York city, sister of
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, and one of
the original "Gibson girls" has met
the most bitter disappointment of her
life. One of the most ambitious young
women in society, this Virginia beauty,
who was born Mamie Langhorne and
whose first matrimonial experiment
with Robert c. Shaw of Boston fell
short of her expectations, has seen her
dream.castles topple one by one.
In addition to mapping out her own
matrimonial affairs, and finally land
ing a Waldorf-Astor, the young woman
carefully planned the lives Of her
equally attractive sisters. She in.
tended to have at least two European
titles in the family-good, unimpeach-
able titles that could get past the
guardline Of the royal courts. The re-
naming sisters were to get into the
very inner ranks of American exclu-
sives. Some way, the other sisters fell
a little short of the prospectus. They
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07
Chinese Lady's Rebuke.

An ambassadorial Chinese lady was
entertained at dinner by a distin-
guished hostess. After the ladies had
retired into the drawing room one
had the hardihood to ask of the little
Chinese lady If she would be so
sweet as to show the assembled party
her feet. They had heard so often of
fthe tiny Chinese feet" but had never
seen them, and so on. The tiny own
er of the tiny toes smiled an icy, enig-
matte smile, and after moments
hesitation, replied: "Oh, I shall be
delighted to show my feet If you other
ladies will first show me yours. But /
had no idea until now that it was the
custom for women in this part of the
world to make an exhibition of their
feet after dinner"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07


nem ney pleased at the
ever as student scholar and ngu
the exponent OF the
ethics generally The and
cs and professor Harvard
president
In marked degree with
the highest advantage
Roosevelt like
wise the knowledge which
IDEAS ethics modes of thought highest
Amer1can1sm Until all the Roosevelt
the Atlantic seaboard
president of University
educational authorities
position enghen people at Berlin
which
which has of
public sentiment Pacific Japan.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

The Zeppelin airship, which was to
have descended at Munich, but was
carried off by gale, came down at
Dingolfing. No harm resulted, be-
cause these are piping times of peace.
But suppose that sort of thing were
to happen in war, and suppose the
place where an aerial ship put into
port was in the enemys country!
However, the enthusiastic aeronaut
may not worry so much about the pos
sibility of becoming a prisoner of war.
That is likely to be a minor consider
alton, weighed against the tremendous
chances of coming down to earth with
a thump so hard that it will make lit
tie difference whether the landing
place is in the enemy's country or
not.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

Great Britain is discovering that the
new wire-wound 13-inch guns designed
to throw shells Is miles cannot WITH
stand the strain of discharge. Cracks
develop in the tubes and the guns be-
come dangerous. Is the gunner reach
ing the limit of his ability to drive
heavy missiles over long distances or
through armor plating?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07
Plans for the Arlington Amphitheater

end In view such classic structures
as the theater of Dionsfus at Athens
and the Roman theater at Orange.
have been studied, though not d.
rectly initiated.
The architects have striven rather
to keep the proposed building in har.
mony with the old colonial buildings
of Washington, such as the White
House and the capitol. It is believed
the dignity and solemnity of the struc-
ture would be enhanced by leaving it
uncovered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07
Hlmderlna the Boom.

The pride of locality, which is so
insisted upon in certain small western
towns, had an amusing illustration,
says a writer in Puck, in place by
the name of Puxico. The landlord of
the tavern was telling friend about
the arrest of "a Teller for walking
down Main street in the middle of the
afternoon In his stocking feet. He's
in Jail now" continued the narrator,
when the other interrupted. ...- 1870
:" Why" cried his friend, 1T isn't a
crime, Is it, for . person to walk In
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07
Fjftv.njne Known Metals

There are at least SO metals known
to the chemist. At the dawn of his.
tory there were only four-copper,
tin, gold and silver. Three more were
added by ancient civilization-iron,
lead and mercury. These seven were
all that were known to classic antiu-
uity and for the first thousand years
of the Christian era. It is believed
that copper, because found most
abundantly in the pure state, was the
first to attract the attention of prim-
tive man. Tin was probably the
second, the largest deposits being in
those regions longest inhabited by the
human race. Iron came into general
use between a thousand and fifteen
hundred years before the Christian
era. --
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

Evidently there is need for a school
OF instruction for voters, says the
Springfield Republican. Many ballots
were spoiled in the recent primary
here. In the Fourth ward one man
did not pay any attention to the names
of the candidates on the ballot, but
wrote: Il vote for ALBANIAN for mayor,
for Vogt for councilman, for R. Fred
White for school board, and I don't
give damn for the rest" He even
dated the ballot.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

his stocking feet? Personal liberty,
my dear SIR
"Aw," replied the eloquent landlord,
personal liberty is proper enough as
long as it don't interfere with the
rights OF other people. Anything that
tends to add to the silence Of our little
city is an offense against the general
welfare. We're public-spirited here,
even IT we amt exactly metropolitan. .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

Gypsy" Smith. the evangelist, tells
New Workers that If Christ came to
their city he would not go to fashion
able Fifth avenue churches, but would
60 into the tenderloin and red light
districts, seek the unfortunates and
try to make their burdens lighter. But
II all the stories about New York are
true, there is need Of some scourging
Of sinners in Fifth avenue temples.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

King Peter of Servia wants an an
nuity of $4,000 If he abdicates. He
does not seem to have been worth the
price at the best of times, and as a
barnacle proposition he would be an
expensive luxury at that figure.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

The proposed increase in the indem-
MITIGATION of dairymen whose COWS
may be slaughtered after the tubercu-
lin test, for the public good, would
arouse little objection from milk con-
sumers, who in their desire to insure
q larger measure Of safety, are willing
to be fair with all concerned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

Used as Wireless Telegraph Station.
The top of the Philadelphia city hall
tower, which is over 500 feet above
the street, probably will be utilized as
q wireless telegraph station, to be
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

The Worlds Coal Production.
The coal production of the world
in 1907 was 100000 short tons, of
which amount the United States
furnished 480,400,000 tons, Great
Britain 300,0oo,000 tons and Germany
226;S00,000 tons. :::..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

a Spencer author OF the system penmanhp
assisted
Then
fully her
lower tribunals WE'LL the
or various national patriotic and labor
eee OF which she made
Mrs Mussey from
children
as well the legislation which accods
control
or public and as member Of the board
brought
capital of
determination takes
hosiery
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

Beef makes drunkards," says a
medical investigator. Another good
q T. m. argument to hand to the won.
an who Is waiting grimly at the ton Of
the stairs. 'S 's'-'' '-' -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

Autofsts want the Soldiers monu-
ment in Jamaica removed because in
passing it it is necessary to slow down
from fifty to thirty miles an hour. It
might be better idea to plant monu-
ments in 1907 other places as isles
of safety" for pedestrians.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07
Famous "Bowery" Gets Name romti lone

which meant to dwell. They also had
the word bur-" which signified cham
Der, covering in which to conceal or
cover yourself, and from this Anglo
Saxon came our middle English "bow-
err" In the Dutch, as it was used in
New Netherlands in Peter Stuyvesant's
time, it was "bOWpry."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-07

French and British capital is said
to be behind a $50,OO0,OOO scheme for
the development of the iron and steel
business in Mexico, where there is an
abundance of raw materials. Mexico
will need an increasing amount of
iron and steel, as she is developing
rapidly both in population and bust
ness, and moreover, trade in these
products with South America is devel-
oping very rapidly through settlement
and business enterprise. The reported
Mexican scheme should dictate re-
newed energy on the part Of the bust
ness men Of the United States for the
capture of the increasing trade of
South America and the upbuilding of
a merchant marine that will stimulate
commerce between the main divisions
of the western hemisphere.