The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES


GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
Tho Dolls wedding.
There's q wedding today in tho garden be-
Where the pinks ana marigolds stand in n
The prettiest wedding that ever was seen,
! know. for ] peeped through the trelIises
| green. q {s.@,s..S q IL .Is>I :
The bride is a doll that Is nearly az tai,
A. the lily that leans to look over the wall.
IN FOWL EoWm OF pink silk she is gorgeousiy
With plume in her hat and brooch on her
#s breast. - " '''
The groom Is sailor boy gallant and bold.
IN q cap and jacket all braided with gold
Goth dollles belong to lassle Of three
Whose face bubbles over with froIic md
glee) ''
There are roses above, there are roses
And 1 the Petals of roses lie thick on the
p flute '''
And the oriole clad In his fame coored suit,
Little Tiny the terrier married the pair,
Sitting up on bench with serious air.
With grandmother's kerchlef as clerical
" clothes,
And grandmothers spectacles over his nose.
Minnie Irving In Frank Leslie's Monthly.
Over-Ornamented Houses.
a decorator who has his own original
ideas On decorations says that the great
fault: i'll American houses is overorna-
mentation. Things beautiful in them
selves are so crowded that the eye is be-
Wlldered and can. find no central point
on which to rest. The decoration of a
room should eliminate or center ut
some spot, and from that the lines should
diverge~ according to artistic rules. We
sec the force of this in cathedrals where
the altar forms the grand climax of or
namentation of furnishing. Of course.
there are minor centers as there is al
ways a secondary plot in every good
play, but the eye should instinctively be
guided to the main point of decoration.
In an ordinary house this is the fire.
place and mantel in each room, and
special care should be taken that ar
tlstlc rules are not broken in the orna-
mentation of that most important part
Of the room.-Thc Upholstercr.
An Anniversary Dinner.
The silver wedding dinner is usually
one OF extreme elegance in decoration,
menu and appointments. The gifts be-
slowed at the nuptials twenty-five years
before should take places of prominence
in the service of the present feast, while
those of this anniversary may be ar.
ranged and displayed with cards at
tached. The table decoration should be
white, and the entire service used, as far
| as possible, silver. A recent and exquisite
centerpjece is a silver monogram, unit
ing the letters of the two families,
mounted on bed of white roses At op-
posite corners the new low fruit baskets
Of pierced silver are very effective when
filled with clusters of green and amber
grapes: The dwelling may become "a
house beautiful with festoons of white
flowers from chandeliers and doorways.
the mantels banked with calladiums and
silver-leaved begonias.-Table Talk.
The Gifts of q Friend.
There are two ways of regarding the
gifts Of friend, which may be called
the unitarian way and the sentimental
way. Of course in many cases it is pos
sible to combine utility and sentiment,
but not always. It frequently happens
that the giver can in justice to herself
90 no more than make an expression of
friendship in some quiet, unpretentious
way, the only value of which shall be the
spirit by which the simple act is prompt
ed: This applies with especial force on
holiday occasions and seasons of general
giving; but is no less pertinent in con-
nection with more ordinary occasions.
what is the language of gift, be it
great or small? Simply to mutely voice
the regard of the giver for the recipient
only this, and nothing more. What mat
tiers it.. then, that there should be mate
rial value to the gift? Does not such a
rfa In Of <ho
unworthy, degrading the amenities of
friendship to a plane little above and
not far removed from that of the wan
dering mendicant? A kentucky woman
recently referred to this matter in very
sensible way, when she said in a pub
lished letter: eve should consider the
the deed itself. Ny birthday comes in
winter, md on ono anniversary a friend
sent me cake wreathed with evergreen
and cream, pink and white paper roses,
natural flowers not. being obtainable. I
admired the wreath, and no American
beauty could have given me more pleas
urc. There was a fragrance about them
that can never -perish-that of kindly
feeling. Housekeeping.
What Girls Are Doing.
Nearly every night in the week
dance of some kind will take place at
Sherry's, Delmonico's, or the Waldorf
this coming season. The girls have
their pretty gowns all ready, and the diff
ferent dancing classes are now organ
lied.
These classes are formed among GER
tain sets of people, and they" are the
! most practical way of giving the girls
an opportunity of meeting their friends
and having good time. They like them
much better than private balls, as they
are much less formal.
The mothers of the girls arrange the
classes generally in the early spring, be-
fore the summer scattering takes place.
They are subscription dances, always,
each member paying so much for the
season ticket-ten, fifteen, twenty dol
lars, sometimes more.
The girls are matronized by the pa
tronesses who receive them, and after
general dancing for about an hour, they
have a cotillon. Their partners engage
them sometimes weeks beforehand, and
some girls have been known to have
their cotillons engaged for the whole
season.
The favors, which are generally dis
tributed by one of the patroiiesses (who,
seated at small table, gives them cut
in turn, are sometimes quite lovely.
One of the many dancing classes or
ganized for the coming winter Facets
every Otner saturday evening az the
Mendelssohn Assembly Rooms. 1t is
without exception, the favorite class for
the older men to join, for the simple
reason that it is all over at II o'clock.
Late hours for business men are, not
what they want for amusement.
Some of the girls belong to at ;east
three or four of these classes, guarantee
ing them perhaps two dances week.
There are very few private dances given
nowadays. When a girl makes her
debut at a reception or "tea" at home.
and so society" knows she is Out
Harper's Bazaar.
Carving Fine Art.
Carving is one of those arts which re-
quire practice for perfection. In the
hands of the novice the knife has a way
of sliding off the meat. no matter how