The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-06


soon's you're done We'll start for your
Cousin Freeman's," coldly reminded
Trad Biglow's kinsman, as the old
man mournfully dallied over his cot
! fee and sighed, as through the win
dow he saw the farm wagon waiting
to take him and his trunk to his
next stopping place.
II ought to change my clothes, Ed
gar" murmured the old man, spar
ring for time.
Your clothes look all right" quick
ly assured Edgar.
II was thinking ir particular OF
! one of my new shirts. 1t would please
Freeman"
Realizing that Freeman would not
be delectated at receiving and harbor
ing his aged relative, Edgar sneered
aud1bly. Hell be mighty keen to
see how it works." desperately added
Trad. "He took to the scheme from
the start"
Scheme" teered Edgar, waving his
Knife. Another new tangled, eight.
cen billion dollar scheme what needs
twenty billion dollars worth of super.
fine, electromagnetic something to
start 1t going, eh? Your schemes are
too expensive. You ought to stick
to simple things, like lead pencils and
safety-pins, what will bring in only
100000 minute. Ready to start?'
"All ready" sighed Trad. What
you say is true, and that's why my
new wrinkle pleases Freeman. It's
so simple. It's my revolving shirt
bosom. Small investment and all
profit. Can sell $4,000 in stock in a
day. Well, we've got to fetch that
trunk downstairs"
"Shirt bosoms," muttered Edgar,
dropping his knife, yet remaining in
his chair. you always let me in
on the DANCED big things-Irad, this
is the first simple scheme you've men
toned And now you'd run away,
just because you've got something
simple
Il fear you wouldn't care for it: it's
so dinged simple meekly apologized
Trad. "Mebbe Freeman will let you
in on It,"
LET nothing in," cried Edgar. And
why? Because we amt going to Free
mans" Then, good naturedly: Il
guess you can stand it to stay here
a few days longer, Try. Ha! ha!
You'd leave your old cousin just to
go to a funeral. Do you know what
we're going to have for dinner?" And
this archly. Some of them cream
biscuits you're so keen for. Now,
what about this shirt bosom inven-
tiOn?"
'I'll stay, rather than have you think
I'm running away" said Trad. LAS to
the shirt bosom, 1t revolyes. A man
puts on a shirt and the bosom gifts
soiled; If it don't he's ashamed to
wear the same shirt more'n three
weeks. With my revolving bosom he
can wear it as long as he wants to.
The bosom is round, divided into tri-
angle sections like a pie cut for eight.
Each section is a different color and
pattern. Say you spring a blue
bosom to-day. Tomorrow you meet
Jim William, who remembers the blue
shirt. You slyly reach under your
vest and give the wheel a turn-and
you're wearing red bosom. Jim
sticks out his eyes and begins to
think you're millionaire. Next day
you see him coming and spin the
wheel again. Now you have a green
bosom. Witham is ready to lend you
money-three shirts in as many days.
You play the combination eight days
running and git a reputation that's
worth $4,000 credit at the savings
bank"
But the money you was to make? ~
asked Edgar, feverishly.
ITO commercialize the scheme I'd
have the bosoms so that man needn't
wear a shirt at all. Just clamp on
the bosom. After a reputation of
wearing eight shirts in eight days lust
send the bosom to the wash and slip
on a new one. Your wife could do
one up in Is minutes. With four of
them wheels you've got a new shirt
for every day in The month, and after
that the neighbors are tired of keep
Ing tab. Say we charge SO cents each.