The Virginia enterprise., 1895-03-08
kennS1wov1h uvx


Gould j get some slips cf k-niiworfii
ivy ~sBy y~hsre aissut the r,siIss.' / heard a
woman ask of the iodgrkerrr M k-niI
worth castle one day last SUMMER sail
a Traveller.
"'YOu are an American, aren't you,
madam? asked the keeper. with q srniI.
Why, yes: but what of thaty re-
sponded the lady, with some slight em-
barrassment
'.AH American ladies cone and ask
me for kenilworth ivy, sitter they have
earched in every Iook aIs1 corner Of the
ruins fofit, explained tie keeper. They
have told me- how common II b in Amer
ira. and how much il il prized, and gen-
orally explained that they have promisel
to take some Of the rezf thing back. frsm
kenilworth ruins. for friends at home
They tell me they expected to find the
ruins of kemlworth castle overgrown
with the beautiful ''KeniIw0rth ivy
and that il is generally supposed in Amer
lca that such is the ease and that the ivy
first cam" from here or is named after
these ruins because of it's abundance
here
The woman nodded assent To- all this.
and the keeper c"ntinued:
But what you know az '-KeniIw0rth
IVY doesn t grow in or about Wentworth
ruins. rs you've no doubt discovered
And he smiled again and she woman aISp
smiled in an embarrassed way. for she
had been hunting ecery inch of the ruins
over looking for the plant From the
description of the plant which Americans
give nfp ! think it is what we call ground
or wood ivy that you treasure So much.
1t has small, bright green leaf and
bears tiny white flower 1t grows oB
the ground in the thickets and under the
hedges in cool places. hut ! never saw IL
growing on wall, ~ the common ivy
does. ! don't think there is much Of II
anywhere herea!puts. but il Crews in
abundance in some places further sruth
The American ladies' always seem very
much disappointed when + tell them
kcnilworth ivy doesn't grow here in
kenilw"rth. and I'm very sorry I can't
give you some. ma am.
And the woman turnesl away with a
little sigh as she thought of the hanging
basket ut home which was To have been
hlled with real kenilworth ivy and of
the many friends to whom she had prom
ised slips of the real thing when It had
grown. The ruins of KcniIworth castI.
are covered with thick MASSES of ivy. hut
1t isn't 'kenilworth ivy. hut just the
common kind."-Eew York Sun.
The Newest Fad.
In the last few months .JapancSe serv-
ants have become the fad among Snr.i-
ETY. ladies'. Few. indeed. are these Jap
ancsr women who seek employment so
far from their nativc land but priceless
treasures ar. they to- those lucky enough
| to secure them.
The fad. if so it may hc called for
Japanese sc:-ants was started many
years ago. when tommnIorp Perry in
command Of Il fleet of nite,I Stares war
ships. made Il visit to china and Japan
1t was the ot1'asi"n of the opening mp of
Japan to tn" commerce Of the nis.ti
Statcs. and the officers We're not slow in
appreciating the vast efficiency of the
Japanese and the lazy Indifference of the
average cabin boy shipped in the United
States
However. be- such the case as if NAV.
the seed was sOwn and n great demand
for Japanese servants sprang up
Especially was this so on the Pacific.
| coast. There the steamers from Japan
find port. and the Japanese land and
meet with the first check in the lan,i
that they have sought for fame and for
tune. The rates of Western railroads.
will hold even native of Illinois in
check when the fare from San Francisco
to New York is quoted. and when the
unsophisticated Jap girl runs up against
this demand she sees the sinking of a
fortune in the piece of pastehoard. and
decides to remain at the Golden Gate.
1t is nearer home. and the Jap always
wants to feel that home may be reached
sometime before death
But few women of Japan reach us
and once here they have no reason ro
regret their choice of tomieiIc. for they
command wages far in excess of other
natiOnalitics. and the reasons for this
are many and strong.
Unlike the Chinese. the .Iaps learn in
teligently. John or Jane Chinaman will
learn a thing. but it will I've as parro,
learns-not understan'1ingly. hut by rote
With the .Japs to learn til. rules of a
house is to understand the work requires.
of them. and to take an intelligent inter
est in its performance.
Rapid to learn. quick t" absorb ideas.
and full of certain savnir fairp. the,
Japanese make model servants.
Women arc proverbialIy more tractahI"
and easier t" teach than men. So the
qualities discovered by the officers in the
United States navy to he IL part of tn"
male Japanese character are intensified
in the females who reach New York
Th" Japanese girls are very quick in
picking up the language of the country
and. Will" they soon adapt themselves
to our customs. they never lose that fas-
Gina ton of Orientalism