The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-01-22

whispered. "Stay-say not gootiny!'
Ans Al. as roma memory stlrs my heart,
l N Wlde awake with Il sudden start,
For here IN my lap as sit ana dozc,
Hef daughters been tickling her old dad $
hose' New York Evening Sun.
A1gh-Se'k ed Evening Gowns.
y correspondent, writing from Lon.
don, gives some interesting information
about evening dress there Us compared
with present New York fashions:
see from recent number of IInr.
pcr's Bazar that it is now il well-pstab-
lished custom that low-necked dresses
must be worn in the evening for any
sort OF entertainment. and even in one
t,,N nome the same style is carried out
Iherc ~ an effort this season to return,
to the fashion of square-necked dresses
Tor evening wear at home. but these arc
rather the exception than the rule: and
no matter how simple the material en-
ployed in plain dinner gown, the waist
must he decollctc.' As low-ncckcd
dresses i'll New York become fashionable
they arc in London liow rapidly ON the
decline except for Il bail or a very large
qhner: AT dinner party to which
L went, given by Wyndham ut the Critic.
rion thcatcr. there was only one woman
IL Il lOW-nrrked gown present. Mary
Moore wore turuuoise-blue SATIN with
4 hlgh-ncckcd bodice covered i'll TURQUOISE
blue velvet appliqucd OH in figures, the
outlines of the figures surrounded by
small pearls and turuuoiscs. Mrs. Ron.
aids. who is always beautifully dressed
wore 4 black brocadc skirt and ii pink
and black corsage of embroidery and
chiffon. At one time it was almost nee
esslry to wear Il low gown to the theatcr
in London, but now when ono secs =
dccollctr gown it looks provincial. as all
The smart set here have adoptcd bean.
tifuly fluffy cbffonnr blouses for evcnin.
wear, and never Was a fashion moro
sensible or more necessary in Lon
don. The thcatcrs are inSutficicntly
heated, the houses i'll winter are ALWAYS
little cold. and if we have a really bit
ter spell of weather in London it is cx-
actly as if this great town were para
lyzed. With the thermometer anvWhcrc
in the ncighbOrhOOd of zero. it is uuitc
impossible to make any house comfort
able. l remember the winter before last
whom We had six weeks of icy wea thcr
III London, that Mrs. Craigie-John Oil
YER Hobbes--gaye Il very large dinner
party at the house of her mother in Lam
easter Gate. The house is large one,
and even with blazing fire in the hall.
two i'll the drawing room, and two i'm the
dining room, | never suffered more in my
life with the cold. Mrs Louise Jopliuc-
Rowe, who is an artist-and not only an
artist. but Il woman with the courage of
her own opinions and her own fashions
was the only wonian present who
looked really comfortable and was ap-
propriately dressed. She wore a unique
brocade. of Il creamy satin ground scat
tered over with pink flowers and green
long-slecved. but. being Of light color
and beautifully trimmed with mousse
line de sole and lace. it was full
dress enough for any occasion. And now,
for all small. smart dinners, high-necke,l
'dressy' evening blouseS, or tea Jackets,
or whatever they may be called, arc fire,
nucntly. if not generally. seen. Mrs.
Nettleshp, whose husband is an artist
and who makes all of Ellen Terry 5
dresses. is greatly in favor of high-neckcd
or semi-high -neckcd dresses for general
evening wear; and now. even at Il very
grant and large reception. one secs al
ways a spr!nkling of what are known in
America as little dinner gowns. If a wonl-
an has slight cold in London she begins
to take care Of herself. An English doe
tor said to me: If YOU tell an English
woman that she is i'll and must go to bed,
she will do it; If YOU give the same order
to an American she goes to ball Per
haps. with the ovcrhcated houses in
America. it is healthy and convenient to
wear low dresses for the evening: but |
am of the opinion myself that unless it is
done with great regularity every evening.
there is always more or less danger of
taking cold. Even at court presentations
the Queen permits Il heart shaped or !,
seni-low neck, with long sleeves
Housework as Physical Culture.
1t is only within the last few years
tlat women nave come to rcilliz: how
potent exercise WAS AZ Il brautitirr and
that health and good looks were we'll
nigh SYNONYMOUS terms. Someone i'll
vented the happy phrase ''hysicul cul-
ture, and forthwith there was Il Scurry-
ing around to join all sorts Of clubs that
taught gymnastics.
The result has been most happy and
bclleticcnt. Supple muscles have given
grace to angular forms. Swinging dumb
tells have rounded out skinny arms and
l'l adencd narrow chests: new blood and
fresh vitality has sent color into pale and
sallow cheeks: and the girl Of today is
an immense Improvement in health and
strength over the sickly and lackadaiS ica |
woman of the past.
There are, however. many women liv-
ing remote from cities and physical cul-
trrc clubs who read of the advantages Of
their city sisters with something like
: 49, AANN iI:SHt tithc lltilt Oh grace ANA
reflect that they may find in their own
homes all the advantages the most scicn-
t'hc gymnasium can offer them. if they
Will only DO their own houscwork. Those
who have investigated the matter say
that hOuScWOrk is the very healthicSt
form of exercise for women, and far
preferable in developing the muscles to
the work of the masscurS. In particular
1t is recommended as the hest method
ct obtaining rounded and beautiful
arm.
a story is told in this connection Of
Clara Louise Kellogg. When she first
went on the stage. she had arms of such
exceeding thinness and angularity shat
they were hideous when she appeared in
evening dress. Someone finally suggest
cd to her that she should try to develop
them by a brisk use of the broom. She
commenced Il course of systematic
sweeping and soon had beautifully round-
ed arms as the result of her labors.
Doing housework may not be as pie
turesque as going through the difficult
culture drill. but it is not likely thar any
system OF gymnastics contains single
movement one does not get in making
beds. sweeping, busting, rubbing furni-
ture and the various complex processes
necessary to keep Il house in order.
To get hOusemAid who will sweep
under the beds and brush the cobwebs
down and tuck the sheets in so they will
stay is almost as fruitlcss quest rs to
go in search Of the great American rnv-
rljst or the coming poet. 1t would, The re-
fore. he an interesting and dclightful in
novation if some of the girls belonging
to physical culture classes could 'n in
duced to transfer the scene Of their cf-
forts to their own homes and eXpcnd and
cultivate their muscles ON their own beds
and carpets. Try the broom cure, girls,
for sallow skin and scrawny arms. and
your family will rise up and call you
blessed. 1t will not only make you
healthy and pretty, but in that finer
sense described in the delightful old
adage, you will be pretty is as pretty
loes.-New Orleans Picayune.
Relics of josephine.
In the early part of the century Jose
phinc. the consort of Napoleon l.. used
to make her toilet before Il priceless ia
bic and mirror coated over with plaques
of mother-of-pcarl, each one being so
chosen and so artistically set
In place that the articles were considered
absolutely perfect of their kind. The
suite. which was completed by an arm