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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
AGAINST Low SHOES.
Peculiar Crusade Led by a Doctor
Make Women Flat
~ Footed, -! ~ El. @

". ,gEs"r
Late and early wearing of the low
shoe" says a New York doctor, 'is work
ing unexpected and unhappy results
among those who have become SO devoted
to the practice that they can scarcely give
it up, even in midwinter. 1t is not only
the exposure consequent upon it's use in
all weathers that is dangerous, for that
can be measureably provided against by
wearing overgaiters, but it is the lack of
support for the ankle that is responsible
for the new and painful ailment termed
'fat-foot.' - =
This is just what its name indicates.
The bones which form the beautiful arch
Of the instep sink from their proper posi-
ton, producing strain that is exquisite
" painful, and, what is even worse, trans
forms the shapely foot, of which my lady
is so proud, into an ungainly looking mem
Der which might belong to the most fat
footed Southern darkey.
p The doctors predicted this several
years ago, when the low shoe and the
pointed toe lasts became so popular.
Many women have naturally weak ankles
and when they tax them by doing a
great deal of walking in low shoes they
are likely to reap the reward in the form
Of Hat foot. The pointed-toe shoe as.
Sioto Ia thiS ttli NUIh ny tuEOWlLS out Vi
place the great toe, which is of more value
than all the other toes put together, and
preventing it from doing it's full duty.
AS the cause of this disease is two.
fold, the remedy must be double to cor
respond. First the physician has cush-
ion or pad made which fits the inside of
the patients boot. 1t is placed on the
sole directly under the instep and forces
the misplaced bones back into their prop.
This pad which is made of felt and
leather, must be worn at least six weeks
As Il supplementary treatment the pa
tient must wear the orthopedic boots
made by hygienic bootmaker on a last
that is straight from toe to heel, and
which, of course, come up high and
strong over the ankle.
''The boots for women made over
mems lasts, which have such vogue at
present are highly approved by the medi-
cal profession, because they are similar
in form and effect to the orthopedic boots.
But don't exchange them for the low
shoe as soon as the first spring days
come, if you don't want to run the risk
of a case of fiat foot in the fall"
: Young women who hear this advice
profit by it more or less-generally less
and it may be remarked that never were
low shoes more numerous or prettier than
they are this year.
Now what does this mean? Does il
follow that all the pretty young women
of this city will be walking dat-footed
in few seasons, or is the doctor talking
through that personal article of deformity
necessity and Identification, his hat?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
For Young Married People.

Try to be satisfied to commence on a
small scale.
Try to avoid the too common mistake
Of making an unwise effort to "begin
where the parents ended
Try not to look at richer homes and
covet their costly furniture.
Try going a step farther and visit the
homes of the suffering poor, when secret
dissatisfaction is liable to spring up.
Try buying all that is necessary to work
with skillfully. while adjoining the house
at first with simply what will render it
comfortable.
Try being perfectly independent from
the first, and shun debt in all it's forms.
Try to cultivate the moral courage that
will resist the arrogance of fashion.
Try to cooperate cheerfully in arrang-
ing the family expenses, and share equal
ly i'll any necessary self-denials and econ
6fnies.
Try to be cheerful in the family circle.
no matter how annoying may be the
business cares and the housekeeping
trials
Try to remember that it matters but
little what ''pcople think" provided you
are true to yourselves, to right and duty
and keep your expenses within your
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01

American Girls Educated In England.
American girls brought up in England,
on the most approved English pattern,
with irreproachable accent and manners,
are apparently not a success when they
return to their own country, And it
would be well for ambitious mothers who
are educating their daughters abroad
with the idea that they will soutshine
their homebred companions in attractive
ness and breeding to discard such no.
ton ut once. 49,. - :
On the other hand, neither are such
simply become Anglicized, lose their orig
inality, and are therefore lost in a crowd,
while in America their stiff manners
and unadaptiveneSs render them abso-
lutely unpopular not only with girls but
with men.
It is rather pathetic to see the yeni,
vidi, yici airs of these AnglO-American
maidens when they first come over Yield
to disappointment, and their stand-offish
manners become awkwardly cordial as
they realize the necessity of partners and
friends. =
Still they are not happy! It is like
trying to fit ""round patch in a square
hole" to expect English-bred women to
assimilate to the conditions of life over
here: and as converts are invariably more
bigoted than those born in the faith,
so girls that are brought up to be self
consciously superior according to British
standards are more English than the
English girls themselves, who are gem
orally good-natured and hearty, and ap-'
parently unconscious when they come
over here that there is any standard to
live up to.
It may be taken as principle of edu-
cation that whatever breeds conscious.
ness is wrong. while sense of Superior.
ity is socially fatal. Moreover. it is more
or less old-fashioned to be Every Eng
lish" just now, and it handicaps a girl
rather than helps her to have trans
atlantic educatiOn.-NeW York Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01

best thing to do under the circumstances
was TO have the tooth extracted. as 1t
contained 4 very large cavity and this
was the seat of the trouble.
Bracing herself firmly in the chair she
babe him go ahead and remove the
acher After the operation was over she
carefully wrapped the tooth in paper and
declared She would take it home s.
Next day her mamma noticed that she
was an unusually good girl and upon
looking around located her in window
cavity of the extracted tooth. Her
mother demanded the cause of this
strange proceeding. s.ss~
g Why she said, 'I'm pokin' sugar in
the Old thing just TO see it aches'-Cleve-
land Plain-Dealer. - -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
Two Whoops and Holler.

In various parts of the country they
have a way of telling distances by Fright
smart piece "gunshot off, days jour
ney' and the like, but down in South
west Florida they do it differently. "A
party of amateur pedestrians were do
ing the state and, as often happens with
such travellers, had lost their way. It
was near night, and they were at loss
tryman riding COW. Can you tell us
how far. it is to Barton?" one of the par
ty asked. The countryman looked to the
right and left as though seeking Informs
ton from the palnettos and prickly pears.
wall. / reckon, hits bout two whoops,'
he said, at length. "Two what?' The
5countryman seemed to take this as chal-
lenging his veracity, for he once more
looked questioningly at the palmettos and
prickly pears. "P'r'aps hit may be some
furder." he admitted, refectively, but I
low hit amt more'n two whoops an a
holIpr'' -. - = - -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
The Secret of Long Life.

DR.. Newman Hall has recently COM
pleted his eightieth year, and enjoys re-
markable vigor. He breaches several
times week all over the land and cv-
cry summer performs feats of mountain
eering that for a man of his years are
simply amazing. DIR. Hall was asked the
secret and he answered.: 'Sober habits,
attention to the laws and habits of
health, going to bed in decent time, and
not working hard late at night. l have
never been 4 diner-out, nor INDUCED in
heavy suppers. l take a cold bath all
the year round, and have always been a
walker; l can now do ten miles ut a
stretch without fatigue. Ny sight and
hearing are perfect. Teetotalism has had
great deal to do with my good health.
My father and mother were total alb
stainers. and have been one for sixty
years. have never smoked" DIR. Hail
might have added-though he didn't
that he has always been very hard
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
*..SToNE ACRE. IN. GODS ACRE.
Bodies Buried in One Section of Gem
etery Seem to Turn to stone.

oOO4SS buFlo0 IN On0 SECTION OF q Gem
etery Seem to Turn to Stone.
Out in the American Mechanics Gene
terry there is a certain plot of ground
known as "stone acre." Itisn't as large
as an acre, but the reason for the first
word in the title readily appears when
it is known that bodies buried in this
particular plot of ground will turn to
solid stone in less than eighteen months
What has revived interest in the story is
the discovery in December last year of
three little children, two of whom had
been entirely and one partially petrifed.
They had been under ground for less
than a year.
The reason for this rapid chemical ac-
ton on the bodies lies in the fact that
IN this particular part of the cemetery
there is probably an underground lime
spring: There is an underground spring
the men know, at the bottom of the hill
slope. The lime spring permeates the
sand and petri6cation ensues, caused by
the chemical change of the tissues into
carbonate of lime.-Philadelphia Times
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
Bar Harbor.s war History.

Bar HarbOr may be safe from attack
by an enemy i'll case of war, but certain
citizens believe the town was fred upon
years ago. When q. s. Higgins was
building his store on Eden street some OF
his WOrkmen, who were digging the cel-
lar, unearthed cannon ball, which must
have been fired from some ship visiting
perhaps when French pirates infested
this coast. The cannon ball is still on
exhibition at Mr.. Higgins store. At
Schooner Head the rock is somewhat bat
tered By cannon balls. Tradition has st
that the schooner-like image there upon
the rock, shaped like small schooner
under Ipll sa was lgta ken rea
q fog, and fred uron--E ennetec Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
just to See II Acne.

In Cleveland. claim which may very
we'll be true, because Cleveland-and es-
pecially the East End--has more preco-
cious children to the acre than Boston
could boast of in her palmiest days This
particular precocious infant lives on
pretty cross street in that favored local
ity. Not long ago she was troubled with
an annoying and persistent toothache.
Finally her mamma took her TO q dem
fist and the dentist interviewed the trou-
blesome tooth. 800
D After examining It he told her that the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
LIKE A WOMAN,
Was Willing to Sacrifice the Wedding
Certificate to Keep tho House Clean.

Was Willing to Sacrifice the Wedding
Certificate to Keep tho House Clean.
Sims remained home the other after
noon because Of bad cold. He had a
comfortable position before bright crate
f-e and felt for Il time that it was good
t" be sick. But it soon developed that
an accumulation of old papers and trash.
using the CRATE as a crematory.
Nv hat IN the world are you doing,
dear!' he asked in mild protest.
Cleaning out the drawers and pigeon
holes. You'd think that we were trying
to preserve Il collection of dusty docu-
ments and yellow old manuscripts. We
have more. truck of that kind than a
lawyers Office, and we're going to get
rid of it. Just SIT little to one side
and I'll not disturb you"
But the constant interruption was an.
moving and Sims would look up from
his book every time his wife made her
fire offering.
What's that?'' he shouted as he saw
familiar looking paper tossed on the
Goals. At the same time he made dive
rescued the document from the crate and
beat ont the fire before serious harm had
been done. -.-r.,
Nothing but our marriage certificate
on must be nervous. 1t has been around
i'll the way long enough, and I'm tired OF
the sight of it, ,..p- 60, 49,. ...-.-- -. r.
Great Scott! woman You might need
that some time, Or the children might
need it when it came to question OF
property. Give it in my care and I'll
see that it's kept in vault after this
The very idea of destroying your OWL
marriage certificate.''
What do I want with it, clutterine
up the drawers? It's of no use, for ev:
erybody knows we're married, and I'm
sure it's not ornamental with its cupids
and birds and that wedding group that
look like wax figures. But Keep it if you
want to. All l care for is to get it gu,
of the way. Men don't know thing
about keeping Il house clean."-Detroit
Free Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
NY swsethsa

4 s$Sss ny SWO0tneAfSstss z,ss
To me there Is no other girl ss d
Half SO dear as she a*. -: A
Who always comes at eyentlde g.|.
And sits upon my knee. a. @ & i
There's laughter In her sparkling eyes;
There's sunshine In her hair, S. 4.
OF all the Maldens that know,
i Not one Is half SO fair, i
Without her, life would be to me .< =
Not half SO sweet as now; q =
And to her will, whate'er 1t be, " II
Suhmissively bow. 5s.--5E ~
Whenever she smiles my heart leaps up
And thr0bs with fierce delight.
Her tears, for me, whene'er they flow,
Turn daytime into night.
I've loved her now for seven years,
Since first / saw her face,
And to this maid each year has brought
A new and charming grace.
Wat wonder, then. that I rejoice IS
Whenever this girl draws near,
And whispers. as she kisses me, -
II love you, papa. dear"
= Trenton State Gazette.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
No Reason in Her Case.

Hunkins-"See here, doctor. you told
my wife she couldn't run her sewing
machine, didn't you?" =
DR.. Pilgarlick-"Yes."
Hunkins--'sAnd vet you said she
might ride the bicycle ---,-~-
DR.. Pilgarliek-Yes." IS
Hunkins-.Well, I'd like to know how
you reason 1t out. > 3 go
at all. There isn't any room for reason
In your wite's case, Clevels nd LeadNa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
Learn to Weld the Nee lie.

One of the best and foremost reasons
for teaching sewing to girls is the train
ing it involves, according to the st. Louis
Globe-DemOcrat. Fingertips have with
in them possibilities which oftentines lie
dormant throughout a whole lifetime fer
the want of education. The great genius
who made them gave them capacity of
delicate, sensitive touch, which is blurred
and lost when not encouraged and pro-
NOTED. The servant who sews well is
the one who breaks fewest things. She
has learned to use her fngertips. The
clumsy woman who uses brute force III
dealing with the most delicate articles and
is constantly smashing and damaging
something Or other, is she who has never
been taught to sew or in some way had
manual training.
The value of this development of finger
training is greater than at first might he
imagined: Through the hands the mind
and character are Influenced. Patience
progresses while the diligent fingers of
the child are at work conquering difficult
ties gradually, and achieving skill day
after day with continued progression to,
ward perfection. The lesson in perse-
yerance is a fine one, and no less valuable
is the necessary eXertion in self-control
which soon becomes = habit and works
wonders in producing repose of manner
Ihls last may not be particularly valua.
BILE quality, but it is delightful one in
this restless age, when few people seem
able to settle down for more than half an
hour at a time. even to the delightful oc-
cupation of reading. -.
1t may, seem exaggerated to attribute
so much TO the mere learning to sew, but
little examination into the matter will
prove; to the thoughtful that there is some
thing in it. Any man, for instance, who
has learned even a little carpentering.
will admit that the effect on his mind and
character of perfecting himself in any one
of the necessary processes was distinctly
good. 1t promotes clearness of thought,
banishing that vague slovenliness of ideas
which is analogous to the ragged edges
of a frayed garment To many an un-
educated worker the requirement Of skill
an some handicraft has brought with it
an upward influence that has led him fur
in the direction of self-improvement.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01

want OF exercise. On bright, sunny DAYS
let the children be cut rs much MS possi-
bic; there will be plenty Of wet DAYS i'm
which to do lcssona md read books. 4
No lessons should he given to prepare
ut night after teatime; late study often.
causes bad dreams and encourages d dis
position to talk in the sleep. A good
u the most pleasant recreation before go
Ing ia he'd IL 3; u ~. * AZ -: F -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
Versatility Of a ory-Wrfter,

But it was in the sensational feuilleton.
in which he distanced Xavier de Monte
pin and Ponson du Terrail, that the late
Emile Richebourg found fame of sort
and fortune. Though bloodshed, crimes
of maddening intricacy fill his pages. he
never transgressed the rules of morality.
His faculty for spinning out his stories
was tremendous, some Of his novels ex-
tending to n dozen or even sixteen yol-
umes. He had in his study half a dozen
writing tables, on each of which lay the
manuscript of aSromance, and he would
turn from one TO another by way Of re-
lief-LOndon Chronicle -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
Rein,ee,,s Foot, and Drink,

The New Jersey branch of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
sent several of it's agents down to the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad stockyartls last
week to be on hand while the 537 REIN
deer brought here for the Klondike relief
expedition We're being landed, says the
New York Sun. There was very little
for the agents TO do, as the reindeer
were well treated by the herders and
drivers.
Z occurred u one off the agents, q stall
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
what Does 1t Matter ?

IT matters little where was born, ~ .=.s,$
: Or II my parents were rich or poor:
Whether they shrank at the cold worlds
scOrn, r
- Or walked In the pride Of wealth secure;
But whether live an honest man,
:. And hold my integrity firm in my clutch,
tell you. brother. plain as am,
1t matters much! "a. -, a. j. -.....
= ~ -
It matters little how long stay -
In world OF sorrow, SIN and care;
Whether In youth am called away,
Or live till my bones and pate are bare;
But whether do the best can
TO soften the weight Of adversity's touch
On the faded cheek Of my fellow-man,
1t matters much!
1t matters little where be my grave,
Or on the land or on the sea,
BY purllng brook or meath stormy wave,
1t matters little or naught to me;
But whether the angel OF death comes down
And marks my brow with his loving touch.
1t matters much!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
Dainty Nc nj Sewing.

The woman who serves simple break
fasts and dinners daintily is better
housewife than she who serves rich feasts
unattractiyely.
A chop set forth on glittering china on
a cloth of shining damask is better. than
the rarest bird in the market brought on
in sloyenly style. Toast and tea may
make a feast with white linen and glisten-
ing silver when all the delicacies of the
season would be but poor meal if care
lessly served.
Always have the tablecloth spotless and
fresh, even if you have to convert every
day into wash day to compass it. Al
is no dessert for week, in order that it
may be paid for. Always have bit of
green in the center of the table, Let the
silver, even if it is plated, be shining, and
the glasses, though it be pressed and not
cut, be glistening.
Have the accessories of banquet, al
though the main part of it be lacking.
Serve olives, radishes, sailed almonds and
the like with the plainest of family din.
ners. You may make the last-named your
self at trifling expense. Heat one tea
spoonful of olive oil, smoking hot. Add
one-half pound of Jordan almonds
blanched. When the almonds begin to
brown, sprinkle over them one scant ta-
blespoonful of salt, and stir and shake
untll all are q golden brown. Oil gives q
richer glaze than butter. To blanch the
almonds pour over them boiling water, in
which let them stand fifteen minutes. Rub
the skin off with a coarse CLOTH
When the family wearies of the regu-
lation desserts, give it cake with sliced
oranges. A delicious dessert cake is white
layer. To make it beat to cream one
and one-half cups of white sugar, one cup
Of maple sugar and little cold water,
Boil till it forms fine hairs when dropped
from the spoon. Add one-half cup each
of. butter and sweet cream; boil ten min
utes and stir till cool,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01
Is Seventeen Sweet?

( Is seventeen sweet? Mothers as a rule
will agree that the adjective: is misap-
piled. The maiden who stands "
With reluctant feet
Where the brook and river meet
is apt to be either a very unmanageable
young person, with the immature mind
of child and the will and obstinacy of a
woman, or Il tender, impossible sort of
creature with feelings" who INDUCES in
morbid introspection and the luxury of
fancying herself misunderstood. The
truth of the matter is that II is the age
of all others that is the most difficult for
q girl: Boys, as a rule at that period Of
their lives, are frankly called ''nuisances,' -
that they have no time to develop any
idiosyncrasies; but, with their sisters It
is different. A French author alludes
unkindly but cleverly to that curious
personality, the modern young girl who
does not know exactly how to speak, or
to think, or act, and who only under
stands how to be unhappy" $3.50 ~. =: :
Mothers often grow discouraged 4 over
the difficulty of understanding and d.
recting their daughters moods; not re-
fiecting, however, that they themselves
were probably quite as stdifficile'' in their
youth; aud that with patience all will
come right in the end It is curious to
sec how the feminine nature changes be-
it might truly be ealled-the crankiness
and self-absorption having by that time
disappeared like the tartness Of all un-
ripe fruit, as the crudeness Of early girl.
hood develops into the kindly and benefi-
cent qualities Of the woman. Yes. sweet
20, if you will; but not sweet 17!---Lon-
don Daily Mail. IS q. ##z
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-01

NUu u OTh OHc CO"s
"A rather unusual thing occurred up
at our town one day recently" said B. f.
Davis. a well-known and reputable mer-
chant Of Eel, Ky.
while milking cow D. s. Rose, one of
our respected citizens, noticed the tines of
an oldfashioned table fork protruding
from behind one of the animals forelegs.
Wondering how the fork could have got
ten there, Mr.. Rose attempted to extract
it from the cows skin, but found the
thing stuck fast and causing the old
milcher much pain. = -
"Dr. A. B. Nickel, a neighboring ply
sician, was called in and found surgical
operation was necessary to remove the
fork and relieve faithful old Pide,s suffer
ing. An incision was made in the ami
mails shoulder and a four-tined fork
taken from the dumb brute s flesh:
ut is supposed that the cow swallowed
the fork while eating bran from a box
last spring, and the piece of table cutlery
had just worked out behind he-forelee
after all those months. The wonder is
that the fork didn't strike vital and kill
the heifer. DR.. Nickel has the fork on
exhibition at his office in Ezel."-Louis-
Vile Evening Post