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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18
New York Children Are Taught to PLAY

were hard at work in shops or facto-
r1es after they came here They had
no traditions of play to hand down
to their children. To them play was
a foolishness.
Their children, unable to breathe in
the tenements, take to the streets.
which are dirty or infested with per-
sons and things that are not good for
little people to see and hear. Chill
dren who have no play places but
the streets are apt to absorb un-
healthful ideas as we'll as microbes.
Pickpockets and loafers are develop
ed that way. Besides, there is little
of play that children can do in the
streets. That ogre in cap and blue
coat, the policeman, is always snoop-
ing about
These are studies that folks with
big minds made for themselves In
past years. Little by little they got
the city government interested and
persuaded very practical minded
school board that it was worth while
to provide play places for the chill
dren who had none, so the board of
education has now in this city PAS
Fairgrounds for children, day and
night Fairgrounds, where the little
people are carefully instructed how to
frolic
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

IN CERTAIN parts of the city where
1 society is familiar with the foreign
habits Of the diplomatic set and where
cigarette smoking is so common among
women that it is no longer matter
OF much comment, there is a strong
feeling that the anti-cigarette agita-
tors have been unfair in directing
their criticism at one or two individ-
ual women smokers.
The practice, it was pointed out, was
not confined to any special few,
but was quite general among fashion
able women. AS a regular feature of
practically every ultra fashionable
dinner party here cigarettes are equal
ly provided for the women. The old
custom of the women leaving the men
at the table to smoke has almost en-
tirely disappeared.
At recent amateur theatrical per-
Torrance a purse was stolen from a
prominent feminine member of the
younger set" The loss was adver-
tised in the papers and among the
contents of the purse was a jeweled
cigarette case The name of the own
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

NEW YORK.-There are places
IL where children have to be taught
how to play You might think that
the youngsters wouldn't need in
struction of this kind. You would
be mistaken. Here in New York men
and women spend the better part Of
their lives teaching thousands of
children how to play, not only with
their muscles, but also with their
minds, writes a correspondent. A
great many thousand dollars are spent
annually by the city just for that pur-
pose, and experience has proved that
the time and money are we'll spent.
The tall tenements of the East side,
as full Of people as a warren is of
rabbits, swarm with eager children.
Their fathers and mothers were i'm
migrants. Most of them had no boy
hood or girlhood, as most people think
Of it. They worked for living be-
ore they came to this country; they
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

WASHINGTON.-After a series of
W tests continuing since February
the Postoff1ce Department has ar
ranged for a formal six months try
out Of an invention for delivering and
picking up mails by fast trains. AS
demonstration of the practicability of
the system a live pig, weighing 65
pounds, was recently delivered with
out injury at Carrollton. KY, the home
of the inventor, without the slightest
injury from a train running Is miles
an hour
For years the Postofice Department
has sought an improved method of
picking up and delivering mails over
the old catcher-hook system, and the
new device was the result of four
years advertising by the postal au-
thorities, urging inventors to produce
something that would meet the re-
quirements
1t is 40 years since the catcher hook
came into use, and in spite of the
progress in railroading and the tre-
mendous improvement in the mail
service along other directions no for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18
Women of Diplomatic Set Are Smokers

er was given without any apparent
thought of embarrassment. Dealers
patroniZed by fashionable jewellers
here carry large stock of women's
cigarettes.
1t is not a 1are sight to see the
wife of a foreASn diplomat smoking
complacently as she sits on the
lawn of her home IN a pleasant eve
ming. Some foreign women promi-
nent here have been known to smoke
cigars.
Though these facts put the Wash
ington situation in a light slightly
different from that of other Ameri-
can cities, the local clergy fail to
find any defense for the habit.
The habit of cigarette smoking
among women is, to my mind, thor
oughly pernicious one from any stand
point" said Canon Mays of St. Thomas
Episcopal church.
Father Eugene Harmon of the
Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, was unusually severe in his
criticism of the cigarette habit among
women. He said: The habit is OBJ
noxious all around and in women, de-
spite the fact that the law from a
gospel standpoint is the same for both
sexes, cigarette smoking is worse with
women than with men because of the
example they set. Society demands a
different ethical code for women for It's
own protection"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

nETRO1T.-The big lighthouse at
II Windmill Point is sending out it's
warning to lake mariners every night.
as It has for many years past, but no
more does Capt. Edward Chambers
attend the big lamp that for two
years has been his care. He died
recently. With the passing of Cap
tain Chambers, or captain Ed" as
he was known among the lakefaring
people, one Of the most picturesque
figures of the great lakes is taken.
His was a strenuous life, given al
most entirely to the caring for light
houses.
He was born on Mackinac island in
1852. When he went to work it was
for the government. as mail carrier
from Mackinac City on the mainland
to the island. IL summer this is
simple task. But In the winter 1t is
different. The storms that sweep the
lakes in the cold months find clear
passage in the Straits of Mackinac,
and sometimes travelling over the ice
is impossible. 1t takes a strong and
resolute man to face these storms
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18
Merchants Offer Inducements to We'd

Church deacon to pass the hat for
collection for the welded pairs hen
eft.
Brass band to play the Wedding
arch and other appropriate music.
Bridal dinner.
Bridal presents, mostly useful arti-
cles for furnishing a home, particular.
ly the nursery.
Motor launch for the HONEYMOON
trip.
Steady employment for the BRIDE
groom.
Employment for the bride everv ALL
tumn at screening cranberries if she
desires it.
-Four physicians to give free serv.
ices at intervals
Lawyers to give legal ad vice on anv
subject except divorce.
free SLAVES for the bridegroom his
clothes pressed without charge not
by his wife, but by tailor.
TO further its purpose and to mako
the path to happiness even smoother
"areham has established a weddine
bureau. They will consider annl;co
tons OF those yearning to be married
from every point of experience +be
wise city fathers consider.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

4 FEW days ago a woman clerk in
IA the office of the Comptroller of Cur
rency, Treasury Department, celebrat-
ed the Goth anniversary Of her birth.
The Treasury Department, some
times facetiously called the old folks
home" probably has more aged en-
ployes connected with it than any
other, for it was under the late Unit
ed States Treasurer, Mr.. Spinner, that
women were first given employment
there. If the truth could be known
probably other females in this depart
ment are mighty close to the 9O-year
mark, but, of course, they are not CO.
ing to admit it, especially as the talk
has been getting stronger and strong
er that a superannuated list Is going
TO be made up sooner or later, and a
way found to get rid of their services.
Not so very many years ago Sen
ator Teller of Colorado has passed in
the senate resolution calling upon
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18
Where the Money of the Country Goes

pensions, the army and navy. the
courts, lighthouses, the foreign service
and all the departments at the capital
Of this sum 1888 on the average falls
on each inhabitant Set this over
against 1851, the average cost per
capita of local rule in the Cities and
s24.71 in New York city. The con-
trast will show that the national ma
chinery costs less than that at home,
under the very eyes of the citizens.
The public schools are maintained
in the cities at a cost of 1910 per
capita, while 1925 is paid for the po-
lice and $172 for the fire department.
Thus schools and the police in cities
cost $685. a year per capita, or only
38 cents per capita less than the total
ordinary disbursements of the national
government.
The taxpayers are proud Of the pub
lie schools and do not begrudge the
moneys spent for them. The police
is required for the safety of the CON-
munity, for the maintenance of law
and order. If the funds are laid out
honestly and wisely, the taxpayer will
not scrimp either schools or the DO
lice. People are apt to forget that
these cost almost as much as all the
machinery of the Union.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

FL PASO, Manufacturing
Il drink of ice water with nothing
cooler than the suns rays and dry
tropical air would probably seem un-
der the province of the magician to
the fastener. 1t is nevertheless
fact that from these ever-available
agencies the greater part of the popu-
lation of Texas, Arizona and New
Mexico manufacture their own ice wa
ter. This not only serves for drink
tug purposes, but also provides an
efficient medium for the ordinary re-
Quirements Of refrigeration-for in
the cruder sections Of the great south
vest the artificial production of ice
is still! triae too costly to be feas-
file.
The secret lies wholly in the con-
struction of the little red receptacle
ia which the water is placed. This is
simple Mexican creation, and in
thata language is called an ola, the
two Is being silent according to the
Spanish pronunciation Of the word.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

ET5 lREHAM, Mass-The merchants
W Of this ambitious Cape Cod town.
desiring to increase its fame and popu.
lation, present and prospective, offer
extraordinary inducements to sweet
hearts to marry here. The merchants
could offer no more, save to marry the
ladies themselves, and the law against
bigamy is very strict.
OF course certain conditions are at
tached to these generous PROPOSE
tons; the chief is that the married
couple must reside here. Wareham is
altruistic, but it does not propose to
help to add to the population Of any
other town.
These are some Of the marriage III
ducements offered by Wareham:
A free wedding, including marriage
license and clergyman's services.
Bass soloist to sing I'm Glad I'm
Married" at the ceremony.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

the president of the board
Mr. Mitchell twenteigh
the family
his junior
He went for political
history thing
Mr. Mitchell graduate Of
BOARD O
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

THE cost of the national government
i is but a small part of the burden
on the taxpayer. The expenses of cities
are manifold greater to each person
than are those of the Union. The CEN
Gus brings together the figures for the
1853 cities of the country which have
population of $4,000 and over. Their
expenditures for the year 1908 were
1861 per capita. Boston far sur
passed this ratio, and leads in moneys
paid for local administration, showing
an outlay for each person of $27.58;
New York comes next with it's munich
pal budget of $24.71 per capita, while
Washington follows close with cost
of s24.68 for each person. The chief
items of expenditure in cities are
schools. police and fire protection.
Last year under the laws of Con-
gress for all purposes the nation spent
s66O.72S,353. This amount cared for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

Canada is also a big county, al
though not yet in the same class with
the United States as regards ropula-
tion and general development There
have been reports of crop failures in
the Dominion. Now comes tire ex-
PLANTATION that in some quarters grain
and other products have suffered from
drought But in other sections there
has been an ample supply of moisture
and the yield will be good. The out
cries of the calamity shouter anc the
Spectator must be taken with due al
lowance on both sides Of the bord n.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

The official figures showing thai du-
ring the calendar year 1909 the Ak
penditures in the United States tor
building operations aggregated about
a billion dollars, SURPRISING the record
of 1906 by ten 10 cent, not only prove
how completely the country had re-
covered from the panic" of 1907 but
Indicate that the people have made a
fresh start in prosperity. There may
be checks and reverses from time to
time, but no nation like ours can be
kept permanently cripplc>: or indus
trfally Inactive
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18
City Pupils to Study Farming.

A new study-that of farming-is to
be added to the public school curri-
culum at the next school term and the
board of estimate has granted $4,000
for the preparatory work in getting the
little farms ready. Farming imple-
ments, seed and other things will be
purchased for planting the spring
crops, and the youngsters of the east
side and other congested parts of the
city will be taught to differentiate
rutabaga from fax and to know beans
In the pod at sight-New York SUI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18


which that organization though
talent chiefly
chancellor
1898 In 1897 he
o
member of and for eight chairman judiciary
o
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18
Increasing Demand for Tungsten.

Increasing Demand for Tungsten.
Tungsten mining and milling near
Boulder, Colo, has received a great
impetus lately owing to improved
methods and better prices. The lead
ing plant of the country, which is in
that locality, is now electrically oper-
ated entirely and under the new order
of things an unprecedented proportion
Of the tungsten is being recovered. The
material is used in the manufacture
of improved incandescent electric
lamps and the demand for 1t is increas-
ing daily.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

TWO
and imprisoned
onn was actively implicated
radre
epused Mo1ssant fed
20 prevent their
"nen Mo1ant
cargo valued
small dugout alone to
esse and
WIN some OF the
"thstood
On par IN the harbo shot
warm discussion
consul
the another of
the vessel The
rigging only he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

The navy department is inclined to
make thorough test of the value of
oil as fuel for warships. Several mil
lion gallons of petroleum will be pur-
chased for use on vessels which carry
liquid fuel. This indicates the most
extensive experiment yet undertaken,
and If all requirements are met It is
quite possible that before long oil will
;supersede coal entirely.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18
IN THE HOUSE OF GOVERNORS

William George Jordan has been appointed
secretary of the house of governors. His selec-
ton by the governors is a recognition of his serv-
ices as the founder of this unique institution
which is likely to become ultimately an official
feature of the government. Mr.. Jordan proposed
the idea several years ago. 1t was immediately
adopted by President Roosevelt and a confer
ence of governors was called at Washington to
consider the conservation of national resources
The results of the conference were so important
that the governors on their own initiative called
II meeting to discuss plans for greater uniformity
in state legislation. At that conference it was
decided to make the house of governors a per-
manent institution and a resolution was passed
Offering vote of thanks to Mr. Jordan for his
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18
New York Has Bones of wh,,.

new York Has Bones of Whale.
The jaw bones of the largest who,a
ever caught by Japanese whalers have
just arrived here, consigned to tho Mr.,
scum OF National History, New York
Inc bones weigh tifty-fve tons-71n.
ooo pounds. They are forty feet 1o,:1
and were transported from tho e+a.n
snip pier on a large truck drawn hv
Twelve horses. The whale was caught
on Moji, Japan, and was more than two
nunareo 1eet over all. The tail WA
thirty feet long. ""9
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

The hobble skirt shows signs of
joining the auton obile and the airship
for place in the accident-record con-
test It's use is comment for the
cynical on the Y omen of this liberty
seeking day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

Scientists announce that they have
Isolated the germ of leprosy and hope
soon to have cure. But there Is no
hope in sight for those afflicted with
an itching for public office.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

An English physician is of the opin.
ion that chickens spread tuberculosis
among COWS. Nevertheless a good
many people who are unable to cause
trouble in any other way will con-
tinue to keep chickens.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

Though the bulletin of the Chicago
special park commission concetes that
the larvae of the tussock moth lis one
Of the most beautiful Of our c:.terpil-
lars" 1t does not recommend Il at the
larvae be treated as pets.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

A Princeton professor contends that
the common ide,l of heaven is wrong.
Now if someone will determine Just
what is the common idea of heaven,
the whole matter will be settled,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

The wireless is turning out to be
the best criminal catcher in the bust
ness. There is no escape for the bold
est and shrewdest from it's lightning
like, tell-tale agility
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

That little earthquake out in San
francisco the other day did no dam.
age, but the restored city did not like
the hint of its calling again.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18
New Type of Submarine.

New Type Of Submarine.
The French naval authorities arc
considering designs for submarine
of new type. The proposed vessel
would have displacement of 1000
tons, and would be fitted with a de-
tachable coming tower so constructed
that in the event of an accident the
crew could enter it and by setting it
free from the hull return to the sur
face. Three new submarines of a
small size are about to be laid down
at Cherbourg.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

= Our friends of the Weather Bureau
are respectfully notified that one large
Verification of those rain predictions
is still overdue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

An author Of many arithmetic"
has peacefully died in Pennsylvania,
but the arithmetics, dear children, are
still alive and waiting for the fall
term.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18
Bad Luck.

Bad Luck.
Did your husband bring home any
fish,"
No. replied young Mrs. Torkins.
Il understand Charley had bad luck
on this trip. He got into a game Of
cards and lost the money he took with
him to buy fish,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

An Indiana mule kicked a motor.
cycle and cyclist across the road the
other day. Some mules seem almost
human
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18
Mixed.

Mixed.
shall I put these two articles by
Miss Scribble and Mr.. Poetaster under
the same heading?"
"By no means. The two are not at
all on the sa1ae footing"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18
HEADS KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

George II. Hanson recently installed as SUI
pl>me chancellor of the Knights of Pythias halls
from Maine. Mr.. Hanson suggests physical and
intellectual strength. Erect, broad shouldered
strong capable Of enduring vigorous and pro-
longed labor, and equally capable of mental activ
ity and strain, he combines the essential qualities
of forceful and successful chief executive.
BY profession a lawyer, he has been one of the
leaders of the bar of his state. He has taken
part in public affairs and held public Office. In
the city of Calais, in which he lives, he has been
twice elected mayor. He was appointed collector
Of customs by President Cleveland, and by Cover
nor Cobb of Maine a member of the commission
for the revision and codifcation of the tax laws
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

While he was saving two lives q
Connecticut man lost $18 The people
whose lives he saved might at least
have the good taste to get up a purse
for him,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

A scientist who has been investiga-
ting decides that grasshoppers are en-
tlrely useless. Evidently he never had
a flock of young turkeys to be fat
tened
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

The man who ate 81 ears of corn
for a prize probably followed natures
example by holding the ears down as
he ate them, with his fore-feet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

The aeroplaRe as a possible factor
In warfare is somewhat handicapped
by the tempting target it would make
for even an ordinary marksman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

The evening service at church In
New Jersey has been discontinued be-
cause of mosquitoes. And it cannot
he charged that the skeeters were
imported for the purpose. Whatever
the effect of the sermon, the congre.
cation refused to be bored by the
mosquitoes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

II the cows will not give mila
when there is no rain we will bt
driven to milking a can of condensed
cow
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-18

The cold storage figures indicate
that omelets will be more reliabi:
next winter that poached eggs o.
toast