The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-14

the sacrifice 10 made evident BY the self
consciousness OF her new position, The
idea OF her work Ii foremost in her mind,
and with unconscious egoism she fancies
It 10 the same with her fellows. She
ceases to take the initiative in social in
awaits sights. . I.
As a matter of fact, they rarely come.
except as they are brought about by her
voluntary severance from the merely friy-
oious women whom she may have
known. Her world is now q different
world from theirs, Her life IL full of
serious considerations. She feels herself ST
growing IN character and experience, and
therefore has less time and inclination to-
ward the lighter pleasures which belong
to the class of women whose lives are
absorbed by the two considerations of
home and society. =
The woman Of employment thus grows
away from the lighter woman, because
OF the self-cOnsCiOusness of the worker
and not because Of the attitude of the
prosperous.
The woman who wishes to keep her
social position in spite of her calling can
do so provided her character is sufficient
ly strong to keep her from the errors
prompted by sensitiveness, and provided
that she will not allow her new duties to
cause her to forget the mental attitude
of those in the social swim. =
She must keep in touch with the inter-
eSts OF those whose interests were once
hers: She must carry herself with such
dignity as to compel recognition from all
with whom she is thrown in contact.
and ability are admired independently Of
their worldly positions, and if there is
any situation in life where refinement
and character count for their full value
it is the position which the self-supporting
woman OF former prosperity elects to FIJI.
If she avoids self-consciousness, and re-
tains her interest in her former sphere,
she need have no fear Of being dropped by
anyone whose association she considers
worth retaining.-Philadelp Press.
When Loving Mothers Grow Selfish.
1t is when children reach maturity that
the supreme test of parental loves comes
All through infancy and early years the
children are more or less care. And then,
just as the parents feel relieved from
cares and anxieties, and are beginning to
in the serene and complacent way which
, 'grown-ups' have, there comes a flutter-
ing OF the wings, Il remote suggestion of
flight. The son is no less his mothers
boy than he has been and ever will be.
But he Island who realizes it so quickly
uS Il uOtucE I'LL Il ueW anu very natural
sense, another woman's hero; and that
woman girl With her he discerns,
away out on the horizon line, the shallow
lines of house that is to become a home,
their very own. The girl, too, whose 60
ing in and out of the house has been a
daily joy to the parents-she, too, has be-
come heroine to some one other than
her father or her mother. It is hard for
the parents to realize that this mate of her
fight can care for her as they have; that
in her young eyes, in her young heart, it
is possible that he can be altogether noble
and capable! And after the young birds
have taken flight the parents wonder if
sometimes they do not grieve in their new
life. But some fine morning clearer
vision is given them, and they realize
that. after all, their children are only
playing the same role which they played
few years before. 1t is a magnificent
quality in parents when they so prepare
themselves that they can meet this newt
able time with the proper spirit-when,
in other words, parental love can get the
better of MISUNDERSTANDING W. Box in
Ladies' Home Journal.