The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-29

Of nunseftiiS Attef your 1ace "sNIh'
Rose o. the World riitf they may talk their f,n
For dreams arc ,xooa' am, my life stands
Whne their lives red ashes the gosslps stir,
hut my fiddle knows, and ! talk to hef.
--Norah Hopper from unders Quicken Boughs.
Graciousncss Of Manner.
Every woman in the world would like
to possess Il gracious and pleasing man
nor, but the impression seems to prevail
that such things come, rs DOgberry
thought reading ami writing did, ""by
nature" TO some, indeed, it is given to
have winning sweetness of presence,
and u tact that knows when and how to
say the word in season, but lacking this
cultivate an. agreed bile manner. -.
The first requisite towards making
ones self Agreeable is unselhshness. Try
Eto remember that the one absorbing topic
of interest to- everyone is themselves,
their houses, their servants, their children.
No one is ever bored so long as You
encourage them to converse freely ", and
| unrestrainclly about themselves. When
it comes to listening to you, that, as MIR.
Kipling would justly observe, is quite
another story. \ clever woman of the
world, woman with infinite tact and
vastly popular, once confessed that the
| only person she had ever met who was
really interested in hearing about her s:
own affairs. what she thought and felt,
was her mother.
The fascinating woman. which IS an"
| other way of saying the woman with
agreeable manners, is never the woman
who drags the family skeleton from its
closet. She does not bcgrudge paying
Il friend a compliment. She acts like
! I'll 01> a r. "
/ them to healthy and cheerful enjoyment
| of the world.
One of the chief charms about her is
| that she understands the art of letting
people be mistaken. She does not fancy
that; it is her duty to set the world Alright
| If her husband says he came home at
o'clock she does not say: mo; it was
peare wrote the psalm of Life" she
| let's it go that way. She does not point
out to her friend who has bought q ready
made gown on the superstition that she
| was economizing that she might have
| had tailor-built frock for the. same
| money.
There is no other such intolerablo
| nuisance in society as the woman who is
always setting people right. She has all
the dates in history at her fingers ends
| She is always correcting us. and worse
! luck, she is always aggravatingly right.
| The agreeable woman taxes the ;fNUDlC
| to think out the subjects other people are
| most interested in. She realizes that
nothing is more exasperating to a spe-
| cialst, for instance, than to meet with
someone who tries to inform him on sub
jects he has spent years i'll studying, and
nothing more subtly flattering shan tc
have others appeal. to him. for informa
| ton on Il topic on which he feels himself
an authority.
So great and potent are the charms OF
| an agreeable manner, so far do they sc
towards making or marring ones sue
cess in life, the subject is worthy of the
most serious consideration by every
woman. Not only should she cultivate
agreeable manners herself but sh,
should sec that the foundation. of sooC
manners should be laid in the nursery
not only the decencies Of life but tho
graces should be taught to every child rs
soon as they are able to understand any
thing. In one well-regulated nursery
known to this department the children
never receive thing that is asked fer ii
Il cross or impatient voice. A common
expression is when you ask for it pleas
antly, I will get it for YOU and it. is
needless to say that sour looks and sulki
ness are an unknown quantity IN tina
home. More than that the children. 81
taught graciouSncss of looks and speecl
from their bahyhood will go out in to thu
world like rays of sunshine to be eagerl,
welcomed by all. A wise mother cal
give her children no better talisman than
gracious manners to carry with them il
their journey through life.-New Orlean:
| Iicayunc.