The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-24

Dwell for the newspaper boy
ihnt he scoots Oh his cycle away!
well for the butcher lad
IAdt he padals-perchance 1t may pay:
Bot when stately girls get on
an n-crouch. and with prospect OF spill,
il Is - for the touch Of Il wee soft hand
Ana tmr e, sound of voice that could
Bike! Bike! Bike!
with thy foot on the pedal, . She:
h't the E!Dsh grace that the Wheel
VIII never come back to thee!
,--iuhch
Summer Travels Of Elderly Women
There arc few facts in life which are
not labeled ny ut least one appropriate
covers somewhat ,unpalatahlc period in
4 wonidh's' life. which Comes whei, sl,.
has passed the mid-age landmark and
has not reached the one marked Jagged"
1t is. in truth, an arid and frnitIess land
which cannot be more exactly named
almost MS many women dwell as in the
land of youth. All who have survived
the perils of motherhood and the stress
and strain of family life come in time to
that land to find their occupations al
most or wholly gone, although keen in
terest III life remains, an interest intcnsi-
ned by long observation of humanity
and tempered by a trust born of long ex-
pericnce of the vitality of goodness and
the almost universal luck of life.
All these reflections came to me i'll a
three days observation of a trio of el-
DERBY women who were travelling to-
gcther i'll August across the Great lakes.
and OF one travelling singly on Il tourist
ticket. and, as l supposed, bound for the
sights of Alaska. What an amount of
courage, it had taken to stiffen her soul
for. such Il trip! Yet there she was,
looking with an alert, mouse-likr cnrios-
ity ut the travelling world Of which she
was y too conscious atom.
Dear old thing! My heart was touched
by her self-conscious and uncomfortable
timidity. | looked from her to the three
merry. self,,appreriativc.. w"rd-apprecia-
tive. travelling companions. and Won
dered at once why all elderly women did
not form themselves into clubs and go
travelling. These three. each Of them
black-gowned and gray-haired. with fine
and cheerful faces. exercised themselves
up and down tho long deck of the beau
tiful Northland. or sat together at a
round table in the dining room and or
dcred delicate a la carte dinners in trio.
or tucked each other up in the steamer
chairs, heartily thanking the stalking
males who picked II, their balls Of
worSted or fallen books or Hyiny news
oaperS. and adding to the general at
mosphere of f"stivity by having so good
a time Observation-Disclosures Bazar
The Private Jester.
Is the habit of employing Il Jester. Il
private fool. about to be renewed in be-
half of the jaded wits of our rich Ameri-
can families: The latest bit of cxtrava-
gance: perpetrated by the host of great
yachting party that set out a few days
since for a cruise in the Mediterranean,
was the hiring of an individual to keen
the company amused. No such crude
word. of course, as ''hiring" was used.
and only few of the members of the
party knew that young Mr.. Blank Joined
their society in any other capacity than
that of a guest on the palatiai little
steamer; nevertheless he is paid a sal
proviso that he furnishes amuSemen,
whenever the party appear in the least
likely to grow dull and bored. Mr..
Blank being young, vivacious. anxious to
sec Europe and glad to earn money. az
cepted the duties imposed and took on
board with him IL lot of musical instru-
mcnts. wonderful stock of Jokes, all
the proper paraphernaia for private
theatricalS. and an amazing fund of high
spirits. lie had Il scheme of cntertain>
mcnt mapped out for every day: he
guaranteed his conversation never to flag
or grow mOnOtOnOnS. his stories never to
be repeated and his good humor never
to be ruffled.
Mr.. Blanks nearest rival is il young
girl. bright. pretty and accomplished
who last winter accepted a salary to ar-
company party on Il private car through
the South and West She drew the tidy
little wages of $50 week and had all
her expenses paid. but they say she
earned her money. for she kept the whole
carload of haSe rich folks in an amaz-
ing good humor for the entire six weeks
At the end of her trim she was snapped,
up for rountry-house party: but al the
end of that visit like a wornout profess
s'onal nurse. she was obliged to 20 home
and to bed for awhile. She had danced
sung. laughed. talked, played tricks and
Danyos, drawn funny pictures. etc.. etc,
until she t0ttered on the verge of nervous
prostration; but she says it is we'll
paid profession and growing one. Rich
Americans find it harder every year to
originate amusementS and keep them
selves up to the required pitch Of now
city and excitement: but they are will
ing to pay someone to do it for them
and new field for bread-winning is thus
opened to quick-witted men and women
who know just how to cater to this want.
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