The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-25

l'eri,me OF roses and warbling Of birds,
. sweetest OF sweet June days,
kiniilest slaices and temltrest words,
Shndicst woodland ways.
sN,lii MI brookes and Whispering trees
i1f9Wsicst song Of the soft humming bees;
nope loVe' a ,,''st hr nSacs,
SE. q and he lie and l.
Win'ry winds rusting the fallen, dead
1 Ss''fn AND %,1 !SYf HIM. sky y,o r d.
Mourning for days gone by
t;in ltri's foaming meath bare leahess trees
emily blasts sweeping DER lone, barren lcas;
Hearthche, doubts, tears,
And beside
l alone, only |.
Temple Bar
Pleasant Occupation for Women.
Here is novel profession one Of the
daughters of reduced millionaire has
thought out all for herself, and she makes
money ana pleasure enough from it to
insure IA pleasant life for herself. In the
days of her fathers glory she Travelled far
and wide; and now, being turned of 81,
ana with no calling to depend upon.
she decided to become Il courier for
lonely or helpless women travellers. This
- what she will do: If you have Il notion
lor change of air and scene, but are.
an ignorant tlmid, helpless body, She will
ui1p around with maps, gui,le-books and il
railroad schedule and talk routes and rc-
sorts' Everything is just at her fingers
Chds, from Alaska to the Argentine Re-
publlc. She knows time tables like IL train
dlspatcher, prices like ticket agent. and a
| ,ot more than they know. Scenery, eli
the efficacy of all springs and airs. the
rates anu capacities of hotels, everything
IS stored for use in that busy brain You
!lhhk you would like to 30 to California:
III an hour she has figured out every line
~ Mhlch YOU could possibly reach the
scenery: comforts, time ami cost by every
iOutc. men she gives advice as to proper
dress, the best season for going, where TO
20 when you get there, what to sec, how
TO see 1t; and them having from. all this
perfectly, understandable data made your
travelling maid. Or. if you wish to 90
alone. she puts into your hand, the day of
departure, little roll of typcwritten man
uscrlpt and an envelope. The envelope
contains tickets. with minute directions az
20 thelr use: and the manuscript, the.
itinerary OF the journey. When in doubt
on any. point, reference to this sets one
h 3!1Iy i'll the right path; every possible
dltfleulty and contingency she has calcu-
lated tor and fully explained. Her re-
Enumeration is gagged by the length of
the journey and the amount of time and
trouble she needs to eNpend on each pa
troness. In the spring she is busy send
ing off mothers with their children to the
VARIOUS resorts. The mothers explain to
her that they can expend just SO much on
the summers outing. and her care is to
make :the money do it's best duty. From
July to September she takes her holiday
ny playing courier to somebody who
1 fA fDl- H. ~
1t Is needless to say she is the most de-
! llghttul travelling companion in the world
Society Fads' III Demorest's Maya.
zine
| Furs that Are Costly.
Buying furs is much like buying a
house. 1t is not Il transaction that one
should 20 into hurriedly, hut needs much
| consideration and thought for the fit
ness OF things essential in the wardrobe,
| FOR lifetime investment means that
whether the frock he black, brown OF
blue the set of sable. lynx or erminc must
be made to do duty on all occasions until
such a time when the economical buyer
| feels that she has had the full worth of
her money and therefore determines to go
AGAIN INTO the arena of speculation and
calculation that is part and parcel Of the
purchasing of furS.
Among good furs Sealskins. Russian sa-
bic. otter. beaver, mink. Persian lamb,
chlnchilli. erminc. aStrakhan. brown mar
ten and the blue fox can be recommend
CD. There are others known to the trade
as fancy furs, but these are not sufficient
| ~ durable t" warrant any great cxpend-
! iture Of money. The prices of furs vary.
| and Il good authority declares that it will
never be possible again to buy half
length scalskin coat for less than 5000
Muffs of sealSkin cost from So to $50
1C ttf,u ,pIN mt
| ton granny type that has once more
sprung into vogue. Fancy muffs in seal
| skin are in pocket form, trimmed with
| tiny heads, rosettes and sable tails. but in
no way are they even remotely like those
| denominations of other days. the Satche
muffs. Chiffon has been introduced in
connection with fur, but its transient
| scient use, while the muff if anything at
all is built for continuous and active scrv-
| ice during the cold weather. Persian lamb
| is likewise combined very harmonious
| " with sealskin, and is itself made more
gorgeous by sort of sunken embroidery
or tracery done in gold ill., the form of
vandykcs on the sleeves and the front of
| wraps and jackets.
Russian sable is the most expensive fur
| OH the market. 1t is Il rich brown in col
| or and is really Il beautiful fur Even a
| neck-scarf of this rich fur means the ex-
penditure of anywhere from $50 to 5000.
Muffs range from 500 to $500. and lucky
entire set. for in it she has a value as
| great as jewels, and as an heirloom such
Il mass of richness would be esteemed
above rubies. Mink is not rs much in
vogue us formerly. In fact, the most OK
pensive furs are. the ones preferred by
those who can afford to buy them: Lux
| ,rious. indeed. arc the women of these fin
dc steele times, and if the new woman
is one who can withstand the template
of expensive dress fail lals she is just the
one the impecunious would-be benedict
has been looking for for years.
Extinguishers.
Madame lie Rrun, the famous portrait-
| painter, who left France at the beginning
of the terrible revolutions and resided in
Italy for some time. made, in company
| with her little daughter and governcss,
| the journey from Rome to Naples in the
! travelling carriage of gentleman who
had urged them to be his guests. In
those troubled times she was glad to
avail herself of 4 masculine escort. cs-
pecially as he seemed to take such a
| kindly interest; but the material com
| forts were not what she had been led to
expect, while she was continually an
noycd by the gent!cman's chilling rc-
| marks. Her trained artistic taste was
keeniy grained ny all tnat she saw
the shepherd with his flock in field
carpeted with wild flowers. beyond which
lay the smiling sea; 1.-The line of the
Apennines surrounded by superb clouds
which were lit up by the setting SUM-"
the fine trees and the hedges of wild
roses and scented myrtle She was
stirred from her usual quiet into express
sions of lively interest, so unapprcciated
by him that he made in reply only the
most practical observations. The sheep
were dirty-she should see English
sheep; the clouds betokcn rain for to-
morrow: and to all the beauties of seem
cry he preferred the sunny slopes of
Bordeaux. which promised good wine.
etc, etc. At last poor Madame lie Brun
would listen to him no longer, declaring
that her enthusiasm should not be frozen
by such an iceberg. and her delight in
reaching Naples was intensified by the
pleasure of parting with her travelling
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