The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-06
! Warm, Night Garments.

outset OF his career, a false note-Ei>
ward w. Box III Ladies' Home Journal.
esf-stFss Warm Night Garments.
g When the air is cold and the weather
slnclement It is the general custom to
warmth and to sit round roaring fires
But on going to bed, what takes place?
LIZ ~ ga cases out of 100, people pass from
the warm living rooms into chilly bed
rooms. AS If the sudden change from ex-
treme heat-for there can be little doubt
& that what with. fires, gas and insufficient
ventilation people are i'll the habit of
breathing an atmosphere the tempera-.
than it should hygienically be-to OK
scesslye cold is not sufficiently absurd,
they proceed to divest themselves ~
their several warm garments, to garb
themselves in thin linen nightshirts. and
to !, consi gn their heated bodies to the
cooling influence of unsympathetic
one to the custom; but a really serious
contemplation of it cannot fail to mako
the utter }absurdity of the custom clearly
apparent. s. J.. -, ~, :, - : :
The Chinese, from whom many useful
4 lessons have been learned by more civ
lilzed nations, can give us wrinkle on
this subject. John Chinaman sleeps in
the same kind of clothes as he wears in
the daytime, the. easy and flowing gan
lnents to which he is addicted allowing
OF this without causing Inconvenience.
+ western nations are not favored in the
latter respect, but still it would be quite
possible to replace the airy nightshirt at.
present IN vogue by some garment
which, as regards, warmth, was euuiva-~
lent to the several distinct articles of
clothing constituting the working dress
worn by day. Dwellers in foreign coun-
tries invariably sleep in flannel garments.
and the backwOOdsman wraps himself
in a stout wooden blanket and defies tho
elements. They are sensible. The hi
man frame should, undoubtedly, Il be
clothed In wooden garments. for wool is
bad conductor of heat. Enveloped in
flannel the body maintains q normal tenn
perature, which is Of the, greatest inn
portance. No sooner does the tempera-
ture fail than the action of the various
functions becomes impaired. the nerves
get out of gear. and the whole system
suffers disorganization.- -.
49, How to Make Home Happy. ia
She was a thin and wiry little woman,
of energetic and determined appearance,
and she threw down the paper, with
something that was very nearly a snort
/ Of defiance. 4, s.<.E:l-zT.-..
..Eh, what is % asked. - ',.s
These articles about how to- make
home happy and advice to wives she
replied. .zS:, 49,. '.#.a..:t- -:
You don't deny they need it, I be-
gan, swarningly. -. -~s s%,'F- ~ ~ ,,
They all say" she went on, picking
up the paper again, that a woman must
always SMILE She must meet her htls-
band with a smile, no matter what hap
pens. If the cook strikes and the wash
lady; goes away and leaves the clothes in
the tub, and the baby has the collie, she
must still smile.y. If it takes perpetual:
men take their turn at the smiling act ~
Don't ask me- l murmured, help
lessly. .H7@
Women are told,"l she continued
wrathfully, ITO make home happy by
putting on their prettiest frocks and be-
ing bright and entertaining. Wouldn't it
to keep his wife home of evenings by
means Of q dress suit and a gay de-
2meanOrF' = H., Fl D.
] I admitted as much. .'<.s-;; & ~ re
s%s Did yolt<eyer hear of man being adj
yised not to complain when he was sick.
lest he should drive his wife; to, seek
more congenial company? On the Con ;
trary, doesn't every one expect him st5s5
howl and her to be on the jump withshn
water bottles and mustard 5plasters, and
the Lord knows what. and ! to belieFR,
him when he says he has got appeidi-
citis, although she knows its nothing but
the cabbage he ate the day before? rs
Don't smen get to- looking old and
toll and fret of life?" she demanded.
.'Surely," / answered. @-<y -
z=# 'sYet no one thinks they are going to-
forfeit the affection of their wives, or
that they ought to add to their tribula-
tons by being nlassaged for. wrinkles,
and cold-creamed for their. complexion,
or have their honest badness covered
SuD by switches and frizzes. * =. H..
3 The women she went on, djusting
her spectacles. "eyerywhere are joining
clubs for the study of this and that. yet
Il don't remember to have seen anybody
advising the husbands to take un courses
of reading. so us to keep up with their
wives. After having worked fourteen
hours u day, it would be Il pleasant roe
from the club it would be SO nice for him
to be- able to discuss iiltelligently with
her the recent tendencies infection or the
political aspect Of the time! h 81 Is
@sf No. said the thin woman, relninis-
Gently, If husbands wish to retain the
affections of their wives they should ney-s
or complain or. show impMtience when
such little things happen as the MONTH.
" bills heing out of all reason aud the
meals never on time. They should re-s
member that smiles do more than frowns
and perhaps, if they keep OH smiling per-
sistcntly enough their wives will re-
form. ssx. 5$5 s. IS tlss8ss 4ss*
So 3 a h, we'll, I saia. as she laid down
her paper with ii decided bang. '.you,
know the crying need i'll nlatrimony is IL
rule that will work both ways Per-.
haps you hlye found 1t. 3 "a, s i
Huh! she said, scornfully. those
may smile who like. I don't believe iii
lit. New Orleans Picayllne.
Shield tho Dull I hillren.
There is usually one Of d family Of
children who is slower to learn than
the others, just as some develop phys