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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06
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r OPEKA, Kan.-1f walking is good
/ exercise for the city man on Sun.
day, why is it not good for him on any
other day of the week? That is a
question which not less than twenty
hiking clubs are considering in as
many Kansas towns. Golf and auto.
MODELLING are threatened by this new
system of exercise. Edward Paysop
Weston when he walked through Kan
sas a year or more ago started the
idea Of hiking clubs among the bust
ness men of the towns and cities. In
forty or fifty towns clubs were formed
to 60 on walks on Sunday morning
Sunday was chosen because it was the
only day the business men could de-
vote to exercise. Now they are plan
ming in several towns to make two or
three hikes each week. An early
morning walk and fried chicken
breakfast five or six miles out in the
country is something to think about.
The business and professional men of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06
New Ships Veritable Floating Forts

THE sister dreadnaughts. Florida and
! Utah. the mightiest warshlps in
the American navy. will soon be In
fighting trim. according to the calcu-
lations Of the naval experts. The
Utah. Just placed in commission. will
shortly enter the docks of the New
York navy yard to receive her finish
ing touches. This work involves the
installation of coming towers and the
sights of her guns. AS much secrecy
surrounds these devices, they are in.
variably constructed at government
yard instead of in plant of private
builder. The Florida is already in
commission and will be ready for &C.
tive service simultaneously with the
Utah.
These two floating fortresses will be
attached to the first division of the At.
lantic feet, the Florida becoming the
regular flagship of the division and
the Utah occupying that signal rela-
ton whenever her sister goes to dock
for overhauling. Capt. Harry s. Knapp
will command the Florida and Capt.
Henry S. Benson the Utah. Greater
in every respect, size, armor and ar.
mament. the Florida aud Utah will
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06
Uncle Sam Has Glut of Gold on Hand

gold coins until the twenty years are
up and the pretty new gold coins are
SO badly used up that 1t will be time
to call them in and send them to the
melting pot
That's the reason, also, why the
minis Of the country were closed in
some instances and in others restrict
ed to the making Of pennies and the
smaller coins. The new policy of the
government issuing certificates
against the bullion in the mint instead
Of making the money out of the gold
has saved the government 100000
according to Director of the Mint Rob-
erts, and one Of the reasons for this
is that the people prefer the paper
money for actual use and for circu-
lation
I'VE have enough gold coins now
for generation to come" said Direc-
tor Roberts. when there is any con-
siderable demand on the treasury it is
always for foreign exports. and the
bullion is always preferred to the coin
for this purpose. The minis now are
coming all of the subsidiary silver
coins and the pennies needed for the
country's use. The Denver mint
coins enough to supply the territory
as far east and south as can be ship
ped at the same cost as from the
Philadelphia mint, and as far west as
can be shipped at no greater cost than
from San Francisco. The New Or
leans mint is closed entirely"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

G IMPOSING you had billion dollars
~ in gold in vault. Well, If you did
you would be as rich as your Uncle
Samuel. and you would feel satisfied
II your wife paid more than $1.9S for
new lid" and bought more than
one each season. And you probably
would feel just as secure as Sam. for
he feels that he IS not going to go
broke" for at least twenty years.
Your governmental uncle has a bill.
lion dollars In gold stored away. and
he is buying gold at the rate of about
$120.000,000 year, on the average. so
that, at the end Of twenty years for
which he feels assured Of having all
the coin he needs. he should have at
least $3.400,000.000 in gold on hand.
subject to your call He feels com.
placent over the outlook.
George Roberts says the govern
ment has thousand million gold
coins In it's vaults. and George Rob-
erts knows because he saw 'em count
ed. He says its enough to last us
for a generation and he and Uncle
Sam are not going to make any more
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06
Kansas Hiking Clubs on Long Trudge

several Kansas towns declare that the
smoking breakfast is we'll worth the
price-and the walk.
The business men organize a walk
ing club, the Peripatet1c club or the
Weston Wabblers or something like
that. and select a captain. 1t is the
captains business to pick out the road
over which the hike will be made on
Sunday morning and notify his COM
pany. Another of his duties is to have
a conference with Mrs. Jones or Mrs.
Smith or Mrs. Brown, who happens
to live five or six miles out on the
road selected, and arrange with her
to have ready steaming hot break
fast of fried chicken, brown gravy.
biscuits and alfalfa honey at seven
o'clock. Usually the price for such q
Sunday morning breakfast out in the
country is so cents plate.
During the last summer the farm
ers' wives who have prepared these
feasts for the mixers have been astir
early. They watch down the road for
the column of walkers to come over
the hill, and then they take the bis
cults and fried chicken out OF the
oven. The table is always set when
the men arrive. and It is the evidence
Of every Kansas woman who has en-
tertained the mixers that they are
hearty eaters.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06
Peace Reigning Among Chinese longs

A CCORD1NG to Washington officials.
"A for eight months not a shot has
been fired and not knife flashed by
a member of any Of the Chinese So
cieties, or tongs, in the United States
There Is a truce among these feudists
who have for years spread terror
among the Chinese districts of the
large cities. Since the week of the
Chinese peace banquet in New York.
where Chiao Chung-tan. first secretary
OF the Chinese legation In Washing
ton, expounded his peace doctrine
there has been no tong war.
Mr.. Chiao, before coming to this
country, was a schoolmaster in an OBJ
scure district in China. He has been
with the legation a little more than
year. He speaks no English when
he can avoid it. He has been studying
the language. but has made little prog.
ress. Although an aristocrat by birth
and education. he is distinctly man
OF the people. and his hold on all
classes is little short Of wonderful.
Mr.. Chiao attended the peace ban.
quet in New York as the special ennis
sary Of the emperor. At that time the
agitation in favor Of cutting off the
queue was at it's height in China Mr.
Chiao favored the adoption of western
dress and mode Of living. particularly
in this country, believing that it would
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

WASHINGTON. D. C.-Not to be out
W done by the British postal authori.
ties in the carrying of mails through
the air, the latest method of letter
transportation, Postmaster General
Hitchcock gave his consent to the
establishment of an experimental aero
plane mail route between one of the
outlying branches of the Brooklyn, N.
y. postoface and the aerodrome at
Nassau boulevard. Long Island, dur
Ing the International aviation meet
held there.
Aviators and their employees wlo
were stationed on the field through.
out the meet were able thereby to re-
ce1ve their mail almost as quickly as
though they were in one of the large
cities. A special postal station was
established at the aaviation field and
a temporary postmaster appointed by
the department to conduct the bust.
ness of receiving and dispatching
mails and selling postage stamps. Dur
Ing the time of the meet officials of
the postoff1ce department will watch
with close interest the experiments
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

at all times that it is acknowledged
to be the best in the United States.
Seventy thousand feet of films are
inspected every week by the bureau.
The seven police officers in charge
are responsible for the supervision
and censorship of all the theaters In
the city. their inspections extending to
both sides of the footlights. Souvenir
postal cards offered for sale In Chi
cago also are under their inspection.
From two to ten sets of pictures
are rejected each week. "Cutouts" are
ordered in perhaps an average OF
dozen sets of films each week. The
police censors order cut every scene
which If enacted within their sight
would be prohibited by law II pre-
sented in reality.
A glance at the bureaus reports
shows that the following scenes have
been "cut out" of films within the
past month:
Tough concert hall scene, a coochy
dance, the shooting of a priest, the
shooting of a citizen, the poisoning
choking and stabbing of man. a bur-
glar at work, holdup, safe rob-
berry. a prize fight, poisoning, kid
mapping, an abduction, a hanging and
a fight with the police.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

Ar EW YORK.-Why are there &c
~ many fat women" A man rushing
upon his doom asked this question
He spoke Of the increasing prevalence
of large feminine persons, not with
admiration, but with profound dtsmay
why are there SO many fat women o.
he reiterated. Il have watched the
passing throng In several cities and
while one fat man was passing | have
counted not fewer than four fat won.
en-. This ratio has held true when
ever and wherever l have had occa-
sion to take observations.
These women are. for the most
part, between thirty-five and tifty-tive
years old. They either waddle ponder
ously or propel themselves forward
with not the slightest perceptible
freedom Of motion. looking the while
like statues moving on rollers. The
alarming corpulence of our middle
aged: women is getting serious. They
seem to be fattening for a slumber-
GUS old age.
If one looks about in New York
theaters and restaurants the conclu-
sion that the New York women seen
there are about twenty pounds over
weight looms large and inevitable
And in those restaurants lies the ex-
PLANTATION of the phenomena. We eat
too much in New York, because the
best food in the country is shipped
here and the best cooks prepare it,
working women, women OF leisure,
time killers about our fashionable no.
tells, all indicate that the typical New
York beauty begins life as a slender
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06
Western Cities Are to Have Pennies

e ALT LAKE CITY. Utah.-After
y years of turning up noses at cheap
people of the east who would need
such a small coin as penny in do
ing their daily business, there has
been developed real call in the west
for these same coins. It is largely
due to the feeling of the housewives
that much money could be saved IN
their buying at the shops and in other
ways II they had the small pieces OF
money. A movement has been put
under way for the banks to. import
the coins, and some of the shops are
already advertising wares for sums
that change into pennies. =
When an inquiry was recently made
into this subject by persons interested
it was found that less than 10000
pennies were In Salt Lake City. Many
of them were held BY tho banks. which
said they had difficulty IN diSposing 81
them As In other cities In the west
the nickel had been the smal eoa1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06
Moving Picture Shows Grip Chicago

n HlCAGO.-The moving picture show
u is putting baseball far In the shade
in it's bid for popularity. In Chicago
there are four persons who attend
moving picture shows for every one
that attends baseball game. Moving
picture fans" are becoming more and
more numerous, and their patronage
is becoming so popular that the pro-
prietors are giving more than 30 per
cent. more pictures for a nickel than
they did year ago. The records OF
the moving picture bureau of the po-
lice department In charge of Sergt.
Jeremiah O'Connor show that there
are $50 shows in Chicago. Besides
these. all Of the large vaudeville
houses are running moving pictures,
and the craze has reached such pro-
portions that the centrally located the
aters even are presenting pictures be-
tween the acts
The first moving-picture shows were
established in 1908 The first neigh
borhood theaters were located in re.
modelled store buildings. The public
took to them quickly and they grew in
number rapidly. All were not success
full, principally because every Tom.
Dick and Harry who had a few dol
lars to invest bought moving-picture
machine, rented place and made a
bid for patronage.
Those handled by experienced show
men prospered. A moving picture in
spectiOn bureau was established, and
after the usual red tape and delay it
got down to working order. The Chi
cago bureau has been so we'll handled
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

weaken the hold Of secret societies on
the Celestian mind.
In his address Mr. Chiao urged his
views on the banqueters. and at the
conclusion of his remarks one of the
leaders came forward with a pair of
shears and requested him to cut off
the "pig-tail." Mr.. Chiao complied,
and before the evening was over. he
had amputated about SO of the queues,
each man carrying his switch away
with him.
The tong wars in this country. more
than anything else, have been respon-
sible for the hostile legislation in this
country. From the legation in Wash
ington. men have been sent to the va
rious tong headquarters, while special
representatives of the Chinese govern
.ment have been sent out for confer
ences with tong leaders. But they ef-
fected little Then the Chinese gov
eminent assigned the former school
master to the task OF peacemaker.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06
Gotham Fat Women Outnumber Fat Men

maiden OF eighteen or twenty, and
broadens into the plump and pleasing
matron of twenty-five to thirty.five.
After that there is but one ungallant
expression to describe her proportions,
the one a married man used who said
he was suffering from fatty degenera-
ton of the sweetheart
But while there are many persons
who will testify to their own ocular
perception of the stoutness of New
York women, there are certain indi-
viduals who know absolutely about the
matter. They are the buyers of ready
made suits and gowns In large depart
ment stores. One Of these buyers, a
woman who draws large salary from
the most conservative house In New
York. said:
New York women are growing
enormous. Today the average Gus
toner in our store weighs 165 pounds.
She buys a 80 suit. We sell many
more 38 suits than any other size and
the proportions of these suits are:
Bust 80, waist q, hips 48. When a
model is expensive end We buy only
one we always take 80 size. AND
the number of women who buy 38s
is by no means representative Of the
number that should wear them, be-
cause one of woman's little vanitfes
is to buy suit couple Of sizes too
small and have the filter let it out.
She can 60 around telling her friends
she buys SO, although the filter may
have made 1t over into a 80 or even
q 40.
The reason why American women
do not look well in the hobble skirt is
because they are too large for It,
French women have comparatively
small hips and they can afford to have
their gowns pulled in at the feet.
Skirts are narrower than ever this
year. and l am sure I do not know
how New York women are going to
wear them"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

Peter Arcadgevitch Stolypin, the
Russian premier, who was assassinat-
ed, was noted throughout the courts
Of Europe as a courier and master
Of ceremonies. Despite his courtly
bearing and the great love the car
bore for him, Stolypin, it can be said
safely, was the most hated man in all
Russia. To the people of Russia he
was known principally as the man who
by his wholesale executions and drum
head courts-martial sent over the land
the expression, "Stolypin's necktte,
as q synonym for the hangman's
moose. Death, sentences and execu-
lions were reported daily from his Of
flee, without the slightest comment or
word of explanation. Cold grim tig-
ures alone made known the work OF
the hangman.
Two attempts before that which re-
suited in his death were made on his
life. He had not long been mem
Der of the cabinet as minister Of the
(r% v,,hr Observation-Disclosures h1ow
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his house fol
Weaker than he would have retired at least for time from the
policy
had outlined dared do
terror end but he the portfolio
stolypin a No problem
Europe His e which
Gals st. Petersburg
oy with humanity and other packed courts and sunrise
tons spelled Of
political
manarian
he
Russia. will a
that will be, "StolypinI neckie"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

wrest from the Delaware and North
Dakota the honor of being the most
powerful war vessels afioat
The displacement Of the two new
dreadnaughts is 21.S25 tons each. Ten
12-inch guns distributed In five tur-
rets and 16 fve-inch rifles constitute
the main batteries. The hulls are
belted with armor ranging from 9 to
II inches in thickness, while steel
walls, full foot through, protect the
turrets. The ships are 521 feet long
and are equipped with turbine engines.
generating $4,000 horsepower, which
it is expected will drive them at a
speed greater than the 20.75 knots re-
Quired by the navy departments speci.
fications. Each of these castles of the
sea will be manned by a crew of 60
officers and 88S men
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06
TO TEACH FILIPINO FARMERS

The recent appointment OF Frederic
W. Taylor as director of agriculture
for the Philippine Islands, recalls the
career OF one of the most Interesting
personalities associated with the de-
velopment OF agriculture. For this is
the same Mr.. Taylor who made a
worldwide reputation as superintend-
ent of agriculture at the St Louis ex-
position, and who has been prominent
~ identified with the agricultural ex-
hibitions at nearly every American
exposition of any importance, from
the irrigation of arid lands to the
reclamation of the swamp lands of the
south.
Mir. Taylor's appointment to his new
post is especially merited, for few
phases of agricultural development
are unknown to him. A horny-nsted
farmer himself, born In Iowa, he long
ago established an enviable reputation
as a most capable student and writer
In the advancement of practical aErt
culture.
The government may well expect
tial Development Of, agricultural resou
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

600 sign the franchise after had the
his desk the
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and both factions have tried him mpeaced
population
o
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

and the easy spenders had treated
even that somewhat contemptuousiy
The newspapers sell for five cents q
copy. Children have been brought up
to the idea of asking for q nickel for
candy and spending it.
Now the cost Of living is coming
home even to the free-spending west,
and housewives have found that It IL
not only well to look after the nickeis.
but the pennies, too. It IL pointed out
that under the present system II q
purchase comes TO an odd amount the
total II put mp to make the even nickel
for the shopkeepor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

Texas Is to forbid tho shooting OF
doves. as these gentle and beautiful
birds have been found to be destroy
ers OF pernicious weeds. The Audubon
society is doing useful missionary
work in opening the eyes OF the pub
lie to the great use OF birds IN the
destruction OF weeds and insects and
to the consequent folly and loss In
their slaughter. This law in Texas is
an example which other states will
doubtless soon follow IN the local
preservation Of useful birds.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

IN 2011.
First Member-So she hasn't q good
claim to belong to our Daughters of
Aristocratic Lineage society?
Second Member-No, indeed.
have fully Investigated her case and
her ancestor only went south with the
New York team in 1911. and was then
sent back to the minors. History
doesn't show that he ever played in q
big league game In biz Nfe.-Puck.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

Now Russian noblewoman comes
forward to add to the general denun.
citation OF American women by saving
that tho American husband. under the
rule OF his marital autocrat. is no bet.
ter of than Russian serf. But the
American woman will come out OF
this present torrent OF objurgation IN
which she is submerged just now. i,
there is anything in the doctrine OF
the survival Of the fittest
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

Considerable fuss is made over the
discovery by Pasadena woman Of an
unpublished poem by Bryant. Poets
who are complaining because Of their
inability to get their poems publish.
ed should make note of the fact that
there is nearly always widespread ex.
element when unpublished poems Of
lead poets are discovered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06
Appeal for Native Talent.

Appeal for Native Talent.
A New York hotel man. who has
Just returned home after securing Eu-
rope for cooks, complains that they
are scarce commodity abroad. The
condition 10 one for which hotel men
themselves are largely to blame. Why
don't they encourage native talent In
the cooking line instead Of filling their
kitchens with observation-disclosures
Democrat and Chronicle. .2~s--.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

Garry an onion in your pocket"
says the Memphis Commercial-Appeal,
land you will not have fits" We pass
the advice along to the people who
are looking for European war over
the Moroccan question.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

Boston is shocked because a we'll
known young man married his nurse.
Roston is the city that BENJAMIN
Franklin moved away from when he
started to grow up.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

Thomas e. Knots, mayor OF Gary.
Ind, the steel trusts Magic City,"
has been arrested for the alleged TAX
ing OF a bride Of $4,000 from T. B.
Dean. who was endeavoring to get the
city fathers of Gary to give him, In
behalf of his company. a heating fran
chise. Mayor Tom," as Knots is
called. denies the charge OF bribery
and says that the whole thing is a
"frame-up.' He AYERS a base plot has
been Matched to get him and his alder
men out Of Office, plot to blacken his
good name.
Dictagraphs, such as were used at Co.
lumbus, O., to get evidence against
bribed members OF the Ohio legisla-
ture, were used in Gary to get evil
dence against the mayor as we'll as
against seven other officials All these
officials are alleged to have sought
brides ranging from $1,000 to $4,000
from Dean for the purpose of putting
his franchise through the council
Dean claims the mayor demanded $5,-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-06

Billie Burke, after having her ward
robe soaked in the Carlton fire, ar
rived in New York to find that her
trunks had been forwarded on the
wrong steamer. Some women have
wonderful luck in advertising