The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
Perilous Symptoms of American y,,f.

ier"ous symptoms of American Life.
Ihere is a danger in American society
which struck me long ago, even during
that hrst visit. when | was so little ant
10 scritMlse. yin some cities-in the West
especla1ly-l was positively appalled, by
me stories of the families of the rich:
l have never seen IA race that appeared
to HE SO hopeless, worthless and fore
doomed as the children of American
millionaires. This, of course. is nv M,
means u universal-I would not 20 any-
thing like the length of saying it is a gen
erai-rule, but it often occurs. We are
;1 ~ 10 know this type Of. American
over the earth, and though he NAV Le q
ailettante, hypochondriac, and an idler,
ne Is generally a man of cultivation. re
hhement and an exquisiteness of man
ners which puts to shame even the hest-
pred men Of English-speaking societies,
sometimes the son of a millionaire does
US !het hohor to settle among us in Eng
thorough seeker after idle pleasures than
anything one can produce outside of our
soclal wrecks and is more distinguished
ne, the child of a reIublic-by a contemnt
Iof popular rights and public duties than
tne most courtly conservative of our ma
tive growth. ! do not know which is the
symptoms in American lfe-the Absorb,
ton in political affairs of the needy and
dlSreputable, or the exclusion from all
pUilmc;.l interest and sympathy and sense
OF duty or so many Of the richly. p.
OConnOr, Irish Member of Parliament.
A "Honey- Noon Set"
Here is good old custom that this
summer mas enjoyed revival among young
women of the smart set. Not girl this
season went away for sojourn at sea-
side, in Europe, or the mountains. who did
not carry an embroidery filled with
the materials for dai nty needlework.
EVERY idle moment was made profitable
by an added rosebud laid in faultless
stitches in charming tea-cloth, or an
elaborate and DIFFICULT monogram worked
beautifully i'll richest pillow-case linen
or table napery. BY the time for home
ward flight not girl but will carry in her
trunk what the most fastidious house
Keeper would reckon as a valuable and
luxurious addition to her linen press.
whats; it all for?" you ask "For
iier II! mother, i friend. to sell at Il charity
herself, for her future housekeeping. for
the great day when she gives her heart
and hand to anuther's Keeping. Like her
great grandmother Of busy fingers and
thrifty head, she is laying I'D beautiful
treasures TO" the blissfu future state.
Some OF the girls are engaged and are
working like beavers to have done what
they call "a honeymoon set That is.
complete sets Of house-linen to use the
first month. This includes pairs Of every
thing. and squares. centers, doiies and CO.
sizes, lavishly and cxqisitey decorated in
true lover knots. fOrget-lne-nots. and such
suitable .emblems. Girls vino are not en-
gagged. and see no very immediate pros
pect of becoming SO, are among the most
industrious, doing even their tablecloths
already. It's a revival of the old Ger
man custom. if l mistake not; and work
ing away at her embroidery. even the
spinster of uncertain age finds new
meaning in her needle and il sentimental
impetus to her petty labors
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