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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Young America Is Going TO- School

THE highest average of school at
/ teno<nce in the history of the
Americst, school system was reached
in the rear 1909, according to stats
tics gathered by the United States blu
reau of education. Figures YOr 1910
are not yet available, but the opinion
was EXPRESSED by DR.. F. B. Dresslar
of the bureau that 1910 would show
still better results.
Returns show, he declared, that the
length # the school term increased
from ~ days in 1900 to 1855 days in
1909, while in the same period the
average number Of days attended by
each pupil rose from 80 to 113. This
means Fiat more than half a month
has beee added to the average length
of TIE cchool term, and In this par
ticular flone educational effectiveness
has befh increased during the last
decade shout per cent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
"Cat's Soul" Is Involved in Biz Suit

soul of her long dead sister kath.
crime was still upstairs" was not in
her proper mind, the aristocratic con.
testants hold, to make will.
Mrs. Killaen Ven Rensselaer,, her
son Stephen and William B. Black,
we'll, interested parties to the con-
test, have testified to acts OF irration.
atty or intimated that their relative
was not of sound mind.
Blackwell told of calling on Howard
Townsend, Miss Campbell's man OF
business, and telling him the relatives
intended to contest, as they knew
Miss Campbell was Of unsound mind,
and in reply Mr. Townsend had re-
marked:
Il shall consider any contest as a
reflection upon me personally"
1t developed that Mrs. Campbell,
sister-in-law of Miss Campbell, had
found many past due dividend checks
and coupons In the rooms of the tes-
tatrix. The entire amount so found
footed up nearly $4,000, and some
of the checks were three or four
years old.
1t also developed that on December
IA, 1905, check for 100000, and
again, on November 10, 1906, a check
for $250,000 had been given by Miss
Campbell to her brother.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

n HICAGO-Fffteen hundred PRO
~ fessionals" - leading men and
women, chorus girls and men, Leads"
"heavies,' vaudevillians, representing
every type of actor and actress-are
now resting on Chicago's Rialto.
Within three weeks about forty
companies have folded tents in near
by towns and the members have hur-
ried to Clark and Randolph streets
looking for Openings" and discussing
the most disastrous year In theatric-
ais In a decade.
Local theatrical agencies are crowd.
ed daily. Managers declare there are
more theatrical men and women seek
ing employment in Chicago now than
in years-even including the summer
time, when resting" is usually a
habit
Company after company has re-
turned to Chicago within the last
week." said Harry Armstrong, book
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

may enjoy the things that are perfect.
ly legitimate and healthful, under mu-
nicipal direction. 1t is not paternal-
ism. It Is just ordinary common
decency.
"The girls would be glad to go 70
good places If there were such. They
enjoy intensely the dances arranged
by the various social settlements.
Those places are always overcrowded,
and are always crying for more room.
why may not the public school
buildings be used for the public? In
most of them there are excellent halls
which would make most desirable
dance halls. People are willing to
trust their daughters in public
school building. Behind such build.
ings stands the honor of the city;
nothing harmful could be allowed
there, and to the immigrants the hon
or of the American city means every:
thing that is fine and beautiful and
helpful.
If there were properly supervised
municipal dance halls there would be
a decided gain in the mental, moral
and physical equipment of the boys
and girls.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Many Jobless Actors Besiege Chicago

ing agent. There are 200 applicants
for every place l can Offer"
AT least a thousand actors and
actresses are looking for work here
now" was the statement from the
Rowland & Clifford offices, which
closed three companies recently.
Usually when the new year comes
around there are large number OF
companies going out, but this year it
Is all coming in and nothing going
OUT"
There are hundreds of chorus girls
here now looking for pla les where
usually 1t is hard to find e.. at this
time Of year," said Harry Askin, man
ager of the LaSalle opera house.
Small dramatic and musical COM
panies have had hard season." said
A. Milo Bennett, veteran Chicago
booking agent Managers are COM
planning that they cannot get enough
shows, and the owners Of the com
panies are saying they cannot get
audiences"
Many companies are returning daily
from neighboring states. Some of
actors are being placed in southern
stock companies, but hundreds, and
maybe thousands, will be without work
for some time to come.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Arraigned for White Lead Peril

ference in this most important matter.
The apathy of managers and super.
intendents in many of the % plants
visited by her is ascribed by DR.. Ham
ilton to ignorance. They had regard
ed white lead poisoning as inevitable
and did not understand the need of
precaution.
Even more striking" says the re.
port, was the ignorance shown by
owners or managers as to actua: slck.
ness among their men. Several times
men, apparently quite sincere, main.
tanned that there was no lead poison
ing at all in their factories In one
instance the manager said that they
had only two cases in seven years;
II cases were found in the hospital
records of some IS months. Another
manager challenged the writer to find
one case for which his factory was
responsible, and Fl were FOUND scat
tered through two years time. This
manager promptly installed phvsi.
clan as medical examiner, a measure
he had up to that time considered
quite superfuous."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

the villages have doubled their police
forces, but such vigilance proved in
vain. Houses and factories that were
passed hourly were robbed by the
thieves and no clue left.
Just before daylight the other day
Constables Slavin and Sibley, OF Hill
burn, arrested the girl and Fred
Monroe in the Hillburn Bronze Metal
Works, which they were preparing to
rob, it is alleged.
The McElroy girl had her hair
tightly braided and the braids con.
cealed under cap. When the girl
was locked up she became hystertcal
for time, but all efforts to get In
formation from ter regarding the
other robberies in Rockland county
proved futile.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

he would have but little time to work
out the details of such a formidable
conspiracy against the purses and
the comfort of the army at large.
While no denial has come from
Major Butt, no sensible mortal will
seek to fasten upon the gallant Archie
the stigma of the uniform trickery.
Recognizing, as he must, that his
tenure Of office as aid to the president
is threatened, he would be 10th to
visit upon himself the burden of hay
ing-to purchase expensive toggery. r
There remains but one logical soll.
ton; that is, that some clerk in the
war department has, in the spirit of a
practical joker, prepared the orders
changing the uniform, and, being IA
miliar with the overworked condition
of the general staff, has succeeded In
slipping them through unscrutinized.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Zszz7z: ! 81 % %s*;t :;,:ss1 e
ANE puE IA rs PooR r1Ahu-
TO ,N-2-2SSA fAcTuReRS IS
\wfresf.d j<3STE) sor1ETH'n'
\oFR01eV IA T FIERCE - We
\o~Her #6 SHOULD HAVE OUR
A|cI>y RIGHTS

nR. ALICE HAMILTON, chief inves-
u tigator of occupational disease for
the federal government, has completed
a thorough investigation of the white
lead industry Of the United States in
its relation to lead poisoning. Her
report, which is issued as part Of a
bulletin Of the bureau of labor, con-
tains many disquieting facts and fig
ures. In Is months from January l.,
1910, to April 80, 1911, 1853 specific
cases o: head poisoning were discover
ed, 16 Of which resulted in death.
The report is intended to guide
legislators in framing needed laws for
the protection of workers in the lead
industry. American manufacturers
are accused Of carelessness and indif-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

I'm 1910 our figures show" he said.
that the average daily attendance In
the public schools was 1o,63z,772.
which was 69.6 per cent. Of the en-.
rollment; in 1908 the average daily at
tendance reached 1864, 1897, BEING
72.5 per cent. Of the number enrolled.
These figures seem to warrant the
conclusion that the children have at
tended the public schools more regu.
larly during the past decade than ir.
any previous one Of our educational
history" -ss=,..'.:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Noted Guerrilla Survives the Knife

ing easily reconstructed" Grant.
liked Mosby,. and he did what he
could for him, just as he did for Long
street, who also suffered from south
ern disdain because he was willing to
accept an Office at the hands of an old
West Point comrade. Longstreet had
to make his, living, and 80 did Mosby,
and both, knowing that the war was
over, thought there was nothing.
wrong in working for the kindly
Uncle Sam against whom they had
been fighting for some years.
When Mosby was raiding between
the armies and capturing all kinds Of
northern property, he gave little
thought to the safety of certain Of his
own belongings. Just as the war was
about to end, a Union officer captured
5000 pounds Of tobacco belonging to
the guerrilla chieftain. The raider
did not like it, for his loss was made
the subject of jokes innumerable. The
confederate said nothing for long
time, for there was a certain adage
which had to~do with turn about and
fair play, and he thought presumably
that people would hold that it fitted
his case.
After the years went by the raider
thought of his 5000 pounds Of tobacco
and of it's value in money. He petit
toned the United States senate to
pass a bill which would give him the
right to go to the court of claims FOR
payment for the tobacco conf1scated
by the government.
1t was said at the time that the old
rebel chieftain had the raiding In
stinct 50 strong in him that he must
needs make foray against the Unit
ed States treasury. The senate grant:
ed the colonel leave to go to the
court of claims, but whether he ever
recovered the money for his 5000
pounds of fine cut and plug the rec
ords are not at hand to show.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
FRENCH CHIEF WITH TAFT

President Taft's efforts to secure the
ratification of arbitration treaties with
France and Great Britain was the spe-
cial theme of an official speech made
recently by President Faliferes at the
New Years reception to the diplomat
ic corps at the Elysee palace in Paris.
There was a large attendance of DIP
lomats at the function, among item
being Robert Bacon, the American am
oassador.
Sir Francis L. BERTHE, the British
ambassador and dean of the diplomat
tc corps, presented to the French ex-
ecutive the New Year Fluctuations of
he foreign representatives.. He de-
clared that he and the other members
If the corps felt certain that France
would continue to be a powerful aid
n every work having in view the
progress Of civilization. He added that
his permitted the hope that the gen.
erous initiative of the president of the
United States in favor of the extern
sion of arbitration tn international
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
GOVERNOR ENGAGED TO MARRY

Robert Perkins Bass, governor Of
Hampshire, is engaged to be married
to Miss Edith Bird, daughter of
Charles S. Bird of East Walpole, and
a granddaughter of the late Francis
w. Bird. She is well known in the
Norfolk Hunt club and for her exploits
in the hunting field. For the last two
or three years she has made her home
In New York. She is brilliant con-
versationalist and young woman Of
striking personality.
Mr.. Bass Is the first public primary
governor of New Hampshire. He was
nominated in 1910 over Bertram Ellis
Of Keene In a statewide primary in
which the old organization supported
Ellis and the so-called Progressives.
who had grown up around the Win
ston Churchill candidacy, voted for
Bass. He was elected in November,
1910. He was one Of the speakers at
the recent meeting Of Progressive Re-
publicans in fremont Temple, in Bos-
ton, with George l.. Record of New
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Expert on Rugs and Tapestries.

Expert on Rugs and Tapestries.
Nine Emmanuel Havenith, wife OF
he Belgian minister to Washington.
is an expert on rugs and tapestries,
having made study OF them during
he four years that her husband was
minister to Persia, residing at Te-
leran. Her father was one OF the
,est known amateur collectors OF rugs
nd tapestries, having :ne finest in
!ividual collection of Flemish tapes
~ries In the world.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

Judge NSulqueen of New York. on
being told that some one had stolen
the TROUSERS of Tombs prisoner, OBJ
served: You would better make q
most thorough investigation OF this
1t would be great calamity to find
thieves In the Tombs." Some womb
say. on the contrary, that that Is lust
the place for thieves.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

would
THE countries represent
President Faeres
LABOR behan could
initiatives
benefits.
Like
precious adhesion
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

II the government succeeds in per
fecting it's scheme for making the
sun ignite at sunset and shut off a,
sunrise the fame in lamps along the
Panama canal. will it please put IN
the market somewhat Similar device
for shaking down the furnace these
winter mornings7
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

Reindeer meat is to be shipped
from Alaska to Chicago. so that it
may be served in the restaurants in
Chicago. Unless 1t is going to be a
good deal cheaper than steak it will
not be likely to cause much of a sen.
satiOn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
WHO'S WHO -AkDlIIl
~ s. . ~
NEW MAYOR ON The LID

Corrupt and contented" no longer
describes the condition of Philadel-
phia. The new administration of May
or Blankenburg is purifying the city
and vice is already On the run, seek
ing cover.
The other Sunday for the first time
in 80 years the saloons of the city
were closed and all of Philadelphia
from center to circumference was as
dry as bone. Not only were the sa-
looms closed, but even the unincorpo.
rated clubs shut their doors, and the
various speak-easies, of which there
are more than 1000 In the city, were
in the main as quiet as a graveyard.
The few that opened were promptly
ratded. The doom Of the speak-easies
has been sounded in Philadelphia, fol
not only is the administration opposed
to their existence, but the brewers and
licensed saloonkeepers are also max
ing war on them and soon their names
will be only memory.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

A new court for women exclusively
which is proposed in San Francisco IS
to hold its sessions in private. What's
the use Of carrying ones troubles in.
to court if there won't be anvono
there to hear them?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Didn't Conform.

Didn't Conform.
WELL" said the grouchy old dad.
here is the money you've been coax.
ing me for. ought not give you a
cent. but I'm doing it to get rid of you
You are a spendthrift, sir spend
thrift. But remembers fool and his
money are soon parted" Il don't see
how you make that out, guv-nor." an.
swered the youngster. pocketing the
check. I've been tormenting you for
this money for more than two weeks
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

The household furniture Of the fu-
ture may be made Of concrete. as Tom
Edison says. but it will be necessary
to hire a derrick and freight train
on moving day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Simple Question.

"What is the difference" asks the
man with tae dispirited whiskers and
the keen eye, between girl with a
clothespin on her nose. and one whose
little brother is guaranteed because.
of "a disease incident to childhood.
which is characterized by an eruption
of the skim ITO avoid argument"
signs the man with the rectangular
Adams apple. what IL the differ
ence?" Ones brother Is measled. the
others breather is muzzled." And afar
down the glen arose the mournful cry
of { loon iamentirE its lost love-Chi-
ago Post ~ e = .55s H z=<@ IS se5s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Cheering Him Up.

Just before his departure for
spain," said the magazine editor, =
dined with Mr.. Howells In his' Hall
Moon street apartment in London. He
told US all about his phenomenal
sales. Then-hshing for compliments
you know-he sighed and said, Z
grow richer and richer. but. ali the
same. think my work IL falling or
My new work fs not 30 good 40 my.
old oh. nonsense!' said Mr.. How
ellis. You write Just as we'll a. you
ever did, my: boy. Your taste u n,
ng-that e N. christiaa 20.
fster. So
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26


ticket the control Republican
Mr. of the New
1896
Peter
N. H.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

1t is announced that shoes are to
cost more. and the family man will
perhaps feel grateful that a long sue
cession of such announcements has
made him somewhat callous
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

An imperial edict in Pekin orders
the cutting of of queues. Switches
and rats ought to be cheaper next
year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

New York's new Whispering
whistle" for trains would be great
Institution to introduce to Willie. the
gifted Office boy sifleur.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

The irony Of fate appears to have
been demonstrated In the case Of the
famous surgeon who was operated on
for appendicitis when his trouble was
caused by gallstones
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

The Bostonian who claims that the
earth Is fiat would have been consid.
cred wise and conservative man in
the days Of Christopher Columbus.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
IS HEAD OF POSTAL BANKS

Theodore L. Weed, chief clerk Of the
postoftice department and Postmaster
General Hitchcock's principal execu.
tive assistant in the management Of
the department, has been appointed
director of the postal savings system
at $4,000 year. He will assume HE
duties Immediately.
The extraordinary development Of
the postal savings system caused Mr..
Hitchcock to organize a special bureau
to take up the work.
Mr.. Weed was appointed to the gov.
eminent service from Connecticut in
1898.
Mr.. Hitchcock predicts that before
the end of the current fiscal year the
postal savings deposits will exceed
$50,000,000 and that the system not
only will be self-sustaining but a
source of profit to the government
Already the deposits have reached a
total in excess Of $15, 100000.
OF the four important offices that
opened for business August last, Chi.
last available statistics, led with depos-
with SAIL, 769. Boston third with $163,.
lie to establish postal banks in about
4 mOney-Order business.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

Motor cars in New York last wear
have killed 80 persons and injured S55,
Strikes us that 1t is safer to be a
guide or football player than an in.
nocent bystander In New York.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

A Jury awarded 5000 damages to a
woman who sued because a man fail
ed to marry her after sixty proposals.
That places handy and exact price
upon a proposal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

Vesuvius has been throwing mud
again. And yet people who live in
the neighborhood probably think that
Home. Sweet Home Is a great little
song
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

The trouble with the man who goes
to see a doctor generally is that he
wishes to be cured in a day Of ills 1t
has taken him years to acquire.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

under the Fully 600 of these vile already
gambling joints
posted to find place where he can buck the tiger
deprivng them of what consider their rights
In The land and be
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

A divorce law has been passed in
the Philippines, but it will be long
time before Manila achieves the fame
Of Reno.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

Jack rabbits with horns are said to
be plentiful in the. grand old state Of
Texas. Since when has Winsted,
Conn.,, been transplanted to Texas
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

Many man who believes in doing
the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der regards number one as the great
est number.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

Every time a Mexican patriot tires
Of work and longs for a little easy
money. he organizes new "revo-
luton
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

AN eastern highbrow asserts that
we are losing our sense of SMELL"
From which we may infer that he
doesn't live in boiled cabbage neigh
bOrhood.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

A Philadelphia physician says that
mince pie. taken in moderation. will
cure insomnia About how many tri.
angles. doctor?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

If you are hotel guest, don't give
your only pair Of trousers to bell
boy, and then go to bed. for a cry
Of 'tire!" would put you in predic-
ament
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

It has been decided by a court that
collecting tips is begging. Thus the
characterization of the bench proceeds
delightfully."-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

A Connecticut woman found dia'
mond in leg Of lamb. And she wasn't
anywhere near Winsted at the time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Strange.

Mrs. Highup-How was the charity
ball? Mrs. Blase-All}rfght but it's
wonder icy made anything when you
consider the small amount they spent
on It, Their expenses we're actually
s1oss than their receipts-Puck e.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

A fresh egg of the season comes
straight from a fresh chamber Of the
cold storage warehouse.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

A girl umpired baseball game in
California the other day. Those Cali
fOrnia women certainly are heroines