The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-12

previously arranged. ana Wafch the Ell
feet upon your victim.
!, Such q mirror would be q great adj
altion TO Halloween party, to be used
Know nef fate, gazes into the glass TO
SSee VINO looks over, her shoulder, and
Deh0ids her sweetheart smiling upoii her
from behind the glass.
ingenious minds, however, will surely
devise many changes which can be rung
upon this new magic mirror, and it Is
not necessary to specify further.
II Too sensitive.
1t is deplorabIe that we. when Judging
those nearest and dearest to us, should
say and think that we trust those whom
we love, but do we really trust them?
Let the friend Of years seem to slight
us, let her be irritable or thougbtless.
are we not Immediately hurt, and do we
nOt say to our wounded selves, "She
does. not love me much, Or she would not
Past record certainly counts for
1t does not in our Judgment
ot the friend whom we meet on our drive.
We stop to speak to her. and she looks
grave, distract, shows little interest in
what we have to say. Unless we are
very charitable, We drive on with SEN
satlon of indignant resentment burning
to speak to our friend. She seemed act
naily bored. It was scarcely polite of
her to act as she did. Never mind: she
need not fear that we will repeat the
offense. We can take snub when it
il intended for us.
why does not some good angel suggest
mere thought Of this friends "past
record" Is she not the same woman
who came to see US daily when we We're
Ill, who has often denied herself pleas
ures, sacrificed her own inclinations, to
help us! And all that goes for naugit
before the thought that she has once ap-
peared to slight us. What matters f
she may have some mighty anxiety upon
her mind today, that some crushing dis
aster may be threatening her? That
does not occur to us. We only know
that we are hurt.
Alas, how true this is!-Philadelphia
Times.
Where Men Are Careless.
Edward w. Box writes upon "Wheu
Men are ThOughtless' in Ladies' Home
Journal. directing attention to 1.-THE sin
gular fact that the American man, who
IL the best and most thoughtful husband
thoughtless as to the future of his wife
or children i'll the event of his DEATH
Mr.. Box forc;bly contends that the
husband should have his affairs iii suci,
condition that in the event of death COM
ing to him, his wife and children, or
those dependent upon him, would not
suffer. In this connection he says: Il
hrmly belleye that it i the duty of every
cies to be had at such low rates as is at
present the case, there is scarcely man
who cannot afford some sort of a policy,
no matter how small the amount it may
call for. What seems to the man him
self i'll good health as small amount
for an insurance policy, often turns out
to be q modest fortune to the woman
or children who survive him. l wish.
sometimes, that the taking out of an
insurance policy, OH the part of the hus-
band, for ain amount according to his
means; might be made an obligatory
part of every marriage ceremony. /
know whereof ! speak when say that
there are hundreds OF women in the
homes Of this land who are daily car
rying with them the fear that their hus-
getting to MIA kc suitable provision for
them as widows or orphans. They
shrink from speaking TO the men of
their homes about the matter. No man
can afford to neglect simple duty
which may mean all the difference be-
tween happiness and misery to his fam
lily. Suitable provision for them he can
not allow himself to put off, for surely
it is true that in the midst of life we
are in DEATH"
An Impulsive Act.
L have never gone to a wedding. par
ticularly church wedding. without COM
ing away with a feeling of resentment
smouldering within me .anent the unim-
portant part to which the mother of the
bride is relegatcd through mistaken Gus
tom.
At the ceremony which gives the life
of the child, which has, until that mo-
ment, been so closely united with her
own. into the keeping of another. it is the
mother who should stand close by her
daughter.
1t is the mother who should put the
hand of her child, with earnest prayers
for her happiness, into the hand of the
man who is to make or mar her life.
1t is the mothers love and tenderness
and watchful care that makes most of
what is good in her child. Why should
1t be required that. at the great moment
of that child's life, the mother must sit
apart?
The mother of the bride is ushercd UP
the aisle. often by "aasra-ative stran-
ger, and being seated in isolated splen-
her little girl taking the step that sep
arates her old life from the new. With
this ache at her heart, but with an un-
ruff1ed mien, she still must sit there. as
her loved one many times without a look
at the mother, passes down, on and out,
beyond her reach. often forever more.
This always seems to me desperately
sad, and strikes a note that jangles hor-
ribly out of tune with the wedding
chimes.
The other day. when Miss Barney,
who was married to Reginald Jaffray,
stopped impulsively on her way from the
altar to give her mother a hearty kiss,
it seemed to me quite the sweetest thing
l had ever seen at a wedding. and !
had an inward conviction that it augured
well for the future of the young couple
that. in her own happiness, the brides
first thought was for her mother.-Illus-
.trated American.
Choosing Graduation Finery.
a winsome personality is that of the
young graduate. Her attire. ideally sim.
pie. is suited to her girlhood and to the
demands of the occasion. The wearing
of all white is as much matter of senti
ment as of fashion. Often. however, the
necessity for touch of color, usually in
some delicate shade. is imposed by the
wearers complexional characteristics.
The material may be silk, wool or cot