The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-29
Tie Pace of the American Girl.


the pace can last for American fathers.
and how long in the case of American
daughters. For the fathers. have only
to say that those l have seen-I refer
to the rich fathers with big establish
ments supporting their wives and daugh-
healthy. wholesome. modest, retiring. re-
strained. but naturally nervous men.
who are absorbed in earning the money
that supports wife's social success or
daughters beauty.
These men- those living ut the terri
bic pace | mean-arc always particular
ly fond of their daughters. and. what is
spasmodic way, fond of dad" The
pace for the father will last as long as
daughter loves him, and for the daugh-
ter, as long as dads money holds out.
As for the effects. physically. Of the mad
pace of the American father upon the
daughter. =! am unable to see anything
marked. There is a really remarkable
nervous face of the American father.
and the fresh, sweet, clear, face. merry
Gus in it's own way, Of the daughter.
This daughter. by the way. secs but lit
tie of dad in the early periods Of her ca
rccr, for during the social pace in New
and Lenox in autumn. dad is seldom Wis
iblr. When in Newport or Lehox his
cheques are all she secs of him: and when
in New York, he is off to the office be-
fore she comes down in the morning.
and is in bed ut night when she cones
home from her round of dinner. thcater
and ball. It is not till father is suddenly
checked in the pace not till the doctor
orders him off to Carlsbad or elsewhere
among the health resorts of Europe.
that the daughter really sees much of her
father. Over there, however. she begins
to know him, to care for and watch over
him, to make him quite happy. and.
oh! and then back they come to begin
the pace, he in business. She IN society.
all over again.
The pace of the American girl in So
cicty can never last long until she learns
to take it easier What, with doing too
down after the fourth or fifth season.
Too much of everything-to many din
ncrS. too long dancing. too late supDprS.
too much shopping, too many dressmak-
ers, too many visits and calls, too many
bowling. fencing, tennis and riding clubs
all too much.
Ill tell you the secret of making the
pace last longer: it's a way that will re-
dnce the pace. Let there be more home
life among Americans. Let father and
daughter. mother and son. among the
PAGERS, gather oftener ut the family fire.
Subsidiaries Dana Gibson in Demo
rests Magazine.
Tho Small Courtcsies Of Social Life.
Calls having become in our busy life
Of great cities so pcrfunctory an obliga-
ton, many people have seen fit to drop
the attempt to make them except in cases
where coincidence or cOngratulatiOn are
in order. These cases demand the lcav-
ing of cards in person only: and so. visit
ing. for forms sake is drifting out Of
vogue. So we'll is the difficulty of ac-
complishing all ones visits understood.
that people of the world do not hold each
other to strict account if season passes
without an interchange of cards. They
simply meet somewhere and take up the
thread dropped when they last met,
months before, with perfect good temper.
This III contrast with our cd ideas of
| social intercourse. seems hard, shallow,
unsympathizing. and perhaps it is. l. for
| one. am constantly prey to vain regrets
that l cannot get farther than the sur
face of delightful people known as one
knows others IN the changing scene of
modern society.
What remains to us, therefore, in the
inability to meet personal demands. is
the unsatisfying interchange of cards.
Whatever stops, cards must 80 on fly
ing between the houses of acquaintance
who have not time to be friends. The
simplest method OF harmOnlZinE all diff
culties in this matter is for the house
mistress, once in season, to send card
to every one upon her list, and state
upon what day or days she may be found
ut home This done, there is really no
claim upon her to do more, either in the
way of calling or writing, except to those
she chooses to single out. No one can
reasonably be offended with her, if, us
we are presuming, she be wife, mother,
n
Gus Of claiming 4 few hours Of her daily