The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-10

course the tasks must he small. the les,
sons brief, but given carefully and grad,,,
ally, the nervous system comes under con,
troll, and rs a result the bodily health i'm.
proves in Il way that all the outdoor OK,
ercise and medicine could not bring about
1t astonshes you? 1t has astonished
others many times. and yet it is true, fol
l have watched the results many times
and seen slender children grow strong
quiet, self-controlled, under the power OF
work fitted to their strength. Do not
wait too long. This excessive excitability
grows apace, and every week increases
the Guilds lack of poise of body and mind
-Harper's Bazaar.
American Men Of Fashion.
What is amiss with the American men
of fashion that they who should naturally
mate with them turn elsewhere for then
husbands? In the case of girls of enor
nous fortunes and with ambitions that
1t Is, OF course, easy to explain the quest
OF outlandish partners. Admitting ever
the potent attractions of ancient titles
and stored castles, one yet wonders that
the proWess Of mere love, with it's de-
lights and passions and recklessness
never by any chance "gets in it's fine
Work'-if you will permit the lapse into
the vcrnacular. Love is regarded il
legend and in experience as ubiquitous
universal, omnipotent. but, apparently
he cuts no figure in the more exquisite
walks of the town. Or else the Amer
lean man of fashion is strangely blind
to his opportunities.
l suppose that the ugly truth is that
the American man of leisure and wcaltl
is obtrusively uninteresting. At college
he usually ''loafs' or buns during tie
four years in which his family ribs itself
OF his presence, and he energies from
Harvard or Yale Il very different sort OF
fellow from his English congener, whose
course at Oxford or Cambridge almost i'm
variably results in a substantial fund of
classic learning and Il definite apprecia.
ton OF arts and letters. | fancy it is nc
injustice to remark that the average New
Yorker of fashion does not shine by yir.
tue of wit or elegant scholarship. Nor
does he dazzle by the exercise of any
rare gifts III commerce or the professions
His occasional excursions into the pro
fessions are so lackadaisical and result.
the public life of the city and the nation
he cuts puny figure indeed. He either
lacks the grit or the strength to fight the
'mucker' element in the political life of
the community, or else he goes to ridicu.
lous extremes that make him a holy
show for scoffers. 1t is impossible to
compare him with the Englishman of
similar resources and equipment, for he
isn't in the same class.
And then worst of all, he drinks SO
badly. That he drinks more than his
cousin-german in Britain l would not
venture to assert contidentally. But he
drinks oftener and in very ugly way.
The American tippler is the most un-
graceful tippler in the world, and he will
get drunk in the most inappropriate
places and at most improper times. 1t is
rare that Il fashionable function. either
in a public place or modish rendezvous
or Ill Il private house; is not married and
disgraced by some jackanapes or buck
who cannot resist the opportunity to till
himself to overtlowing with champag ne
When one recalls the exhibitions which
the very flower of fashionable manhood
are wont to offer the dainty creatures
they would win for life, one ceases to
wonder overmuch that our beauties prove
easy game for Britain's gallants.-Boston
Herald.
Doing Nothing.
She had just come home from ''board-
ing school," where, i'll accordance with
cation had been finished off The fin
ishing process completed, she now sat
around the old-fashioned farmhouse and
read poetry and did fancy work and 9TH
er things that "young ladies' were in
those times supposed to do. Now and
then she helped about the house at vari-
GUS little things, but not often. Her
farmer father was by this time well-tp-
do, there was plenty Of hired help, and
both father and mother were delighted
beyond bor,tffd4ss~*sset the sight of their ofiy
RI a 11<rhfnys Ininr r,nfbsrr M hi, ,;Y,
pie, untutored minds it seemed the height
of luxury and elegance 1t was worth
all their hard long, years of toll to have
achieved such thing. One evening a
nelghbor of more practical, progressive
sort than the parents happened in. She
found the girl as she had often found
her before. in her pretty, fancy best, her
hair curled to the last degree. her be-
rringed fingers coquetting with a piece of
front parlor. Wen, Mary said the
neighbor, briskly (she had no use for the
recently acquired "Mac''), what are you
doing?'' ooh, l don't know" said the
girl languidly; nothing in particular. I
guess ''Then, I'll tell you,' said the
neighbor. "Youre waiting. You're not
the first girl that's done it, and you'll
probably not be the last, but just let me
say right here, it's sorry work. 1t won t
pay toll III tHc emu. mo SOOu ever came
of anybodys just sitting around and
waiting for things to happen. Make 'em
happen for yourself; it's the only way.
OF course, you may not know you're do
ing it; but, depend upon it, whenever a
girl takes to sitting around thinking that
she's not doing anything in particular,
she's waiting" All of which was home
ly philosophy, perhaps, and much more
applicable to the young women of that
day than Of this, but it is still not without
its value. There comes a crisis in the
lives of most girls when the whole fu-
turc depends upon whether they choose
to be up and doing or-"waiting. "-Phila-
dclphia Times
Short Skirts for TRAVELLING.
Women are branching out further and
further since the bicycle period began,
and now another step is taken owing to
the riding of the silent steed. 1t is as
tonishing to find how many women of all
ages and sizes travel in their bicycle
suits, not merely when journeying by rail
to some good place for hiking, but in re-
gions where it isn't worth while to take
their wheels along, and often upon trips
where it is just plain travelling, with no
intention of settling down anywhere. So
common has the attire become for tour
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