The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-05-15

Pins that prick the bubble of self
esteem relegate themselves to all impor.
tant position in social life. They are not In
the least worth Winding, but the punet-
ure in the flesh, siliarts and stiaks nHone
the less 1h acc5Hnt 81 tkat. T'fYs sHciaI
pin OF your neighborhood-ypti know her
now hoy. see comes, to call On the very day
when the household machinery is not
piled as usual; she is cheerful, and moth
dust oa the anS Sh ' Ehs bs d$t a6 a she
cotfss; Il ySii are Going to Ms: VAN
Asters reception. when, she knows fill
well that YOU are not even ACQUAINTED
with Mrs. Van Aster.., She systematic
aly puts You on the defensive, and you
allow her to DO 80. instead of excusing
yourselt or turning her out of doors. She
is the most thrifty woman in the world.
while you drag back and forth to the
dressmaker's, she remains at home and
performs feats in dressmaking. She
thinks nothing Of turning out gown
complete i'll day and a half. She sends
you III samples of cookery, some Of her
lobster a la NeWburgh. or a new wine
south, or some other thing that can only
be the achievement of an expert in the
art or cookery: You are very foolish
to allow it to irritate you. When one
or these pins meets you downtown She
tells YOU your bonnet is on crooked. or
your pin is unclasped, or she picks long
5ia from the back of your coat. The
literary pm is something of trial. Do
you write for, publication? Then the pin
the pin calls it piece-and the 1ill
had ITO idea you could write as wen az
that. Then the pin asks Won If WV,
nave ever read SO and 50. You haven't,
and the shame about it Is that it is not
a new book, but a very old one, a classic;
!ne pm was sure everyone had read that:
submit te t4 b Hi9esft ang tif haXihg to
ton outraged By all idle picE-axe that
penetfates EVERY Sacred spot Of Er3und.
hnding there great rocks ST iPnora nee
1t matters little, then, that your literary
table is covered with all the current
Perlodlcals. Suppose ayou turn the ia
ples' and cross-examine the pin Have
you ever round anything which the pin
on: Certainly not. Maybe the pin is
liar. How beneath you to frame such
d suggestion even in your own mind !
But the pin poisons you, and the venom
OF hatred oozes forth.
Inc shame and humiliation which the
pm OF this nature constantly brings
aoMh upon the human head is not to be
been recent subject of unsolicited or
nnremunerated criticism. The world
knows he deserved it: but the world feels
sorry for him just the same. and sin.
Gerely regards him as the victim of a
literary pin.
1t is very human, too, to give way to
the irritation caused by a pin stab. You
can't always tell just where # meme.
trated, and You study while on the
subject before you can locate the sting
rms unpleasant pin is often one of your
feiatlons: In this case the pin knows
your Vulnerable. points to dot. The
pm knew you when you were not as well
70 90 as you now are, and the pin knows
an ABOUT Your family skeleton: the min
mas retentive memory that were well
devoted to worthier cause. This Din
always gives: advice when it is quite m
solicited, and is free to explain Il told
you So at the proper climax.
1t ism t worth while for bin to advise
you not TO-: mind the pricks and the
ssmarting of the social pin. You see it's
like this: You are sensitive, and the nin
is not. You: wear your heart uncovered
Whereas the pin wears a coat of mail
Nothing YOU could say would disturb the
pm. Ihen, you are not as observant as
the pin is, and you are more kind-hear
ed and you have. a more generous esti
mate of motive than the bin could nos.
sibly have. You are large hearted and
magnanimous, and, then, you .wo,1ldn't
stoop to the methods of the pin Take
all the flattering JUNCTION to your sou
that you can. The pin hasn't the least
notion of reforming.-Haryot Holt Ca
boon i'll New York Recorder.