The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-07

sible reason, while others who do accept
them find that, when it becomes apparent;
that no return is Forthcoming, the invita-
tons are far less frequent, # they do not
/ applies to dinner invitations given to mar
ried couples. On the other hand, young
men and young girls are exeuapt from the.
| obligation Of giving return; they are Inc
yited without any expectation of the kind,
aud, knowing this, accept as readily as.
/ the invitations are given.
This giye-and-take custom affects in a
measure both widow ladies and unmarried
/ ladies in somewhat similar way as with
regard to married couples. although not to
the same extent. Yet, as a rule, those
who do not give dinners are the recipients
their circle of relatives. Here and there,
however, a smart, agreeable widow or
popular maiden lady is invited because she
is all this and more, but the exception al
most demonstrates the rule. 1t may be
taken for granted that, when the aforesaid
ladies do not enter the lists as dinner,
/ givers, it is because they cannot afford
| to do so, whereas those whose incomes
are large are among the most liberal of
dinner-givers, and offer return hospitality
with gracious alacrity. .%s=:=s.s
In the country this rule of return hos
pitality is open to notifications; that is
| to say, the broad principle holds good,
i
| to dinner with the same regularity as in
town-dinner party for dinner party; but,
in addition to the principal resident gen
i try, many are invited from whom return
| hospitality is not expected. This partlcu-.
larry applies to the clergy and their fam
lilies. It is the rule to invite the vicar
or rector of a parish, with his wife and
being considered obligatory. The same
as regards q curate; he occupies the posi-;
! ton towards his host as does the young
bachelor in town. It is thoroughly I'M
derstood that the evenings of the clergy
are too much occupied to allow of their
being experienced dinner-givers, and that
| also their domestic arrangements seldom
admit of large dinner parties being given
! by them. Here and there, however, a
squire rector entertains almost on the
same lines as do his principal neighbors,
but these wealthy clergymen are almost
beside the question, being so few among
the many. ~. - . 5s.sz-s,:5 4 = q #
daughters, and maiden ladies with but
modest incomes, are invariably invited by
their neighbors to county dinner parties
i without any idea of return hospitality
being forthcoming, and this is one OF the
/ social advantages offered by residence
in the country as against town to ladies
j of good position and small means.
Il
on the return principle; that is, mothers
with daughters find it expedient to give
balls and dances If they expect their
daughters to be invited to these enter
i tainments. Many ladies give a, ball OF.
dance annually during the season until
their daughters marry or cease to care:
about dancing, consequently, invitations
as annually fall to their LOT from the ball.
giving acquaintance. Ladies who can
/ not afford or undertake to give ball
er dance find themselves among the num-
Der Of those who say, I'VE don't give
dances, so the girls get very little dane
ing" The exceptions to this rule are in
favor of smart, pretty girls with equally
! smart relations able to obtain invita- tons
for them. It goes without saying that
invitations to men call for no equivalent;
. their presence is only too eagerly desired
by givers of dances and balls.
Afternoon parties may be said to al
ways evoke corresponding return.
Those who do not. aim at giving big func-
tons feel quite within their rights in Civ.
ing small and unpretentious parties, and
thus they are able to offer small re-
turn for the numerous invitations to af-
ternO0n teas received by them. Hence
the number of afternoon parties that take
place each season, from very large gath
erings to merely small teas. :.
/ -h% now TO Dust r urnltures 5ss[
Dust is always a grief of mind to the
careful housewife, who, like the virtuous
woman of holy writ, looked well to the
ways of her household. ss.3 81 $ $. 81.
1t hath all seasons for its own, and the
only way to conquer it is to pursue it
steadily. A feather buster is an tabomi-
nation except for the tops of pictures,
etc., since it only stirs up the dust from
one spot in order to allow 1t to settle on
another, while whipping with a damp
cloth, which in any but judicious hands
4 is apt to be a wet one, is too ant to smear
the furniture. All furniture should be
busted regularly with due regard to the
corners, where most of the dust accumu-
lates. % a
The best thing for carved furniture is
4 q soft, thick, paint brush, which will get
into all the interstices of the pattern.
When these are clogged take another
brush. wet with kerosene oil, to clean
them out After using the oil rub dry
with q soft cloth. Flannelette makes the
best dust cloths, and squares of it are
now sold ready hemmed for the purpose
in our large stores. ri jSsS
4 For highly polished surfaces use. cham.
4 DIS skin. And be sure to keep your cham-
OILS clean. 1t can be washed with very
little trouble, only be sure to hang it up
pulling it into shape. The bamboO beater
IS the best hing for rugs and pOrtieres,
but it is useless to beat upholstered fur
niture. a stiff whisk should be used, and
all creyices should be well brushed out
and the lint and dust brushed off after
dust tufted chair can hold-no wonder
maid and mistress alike wonder where
the dust comes from, for summer, winter,
whether it blows in at open windows or
Sits up through furnace fiues; like the
s grass of the poem, it comes creeping
Il everywhere and finds lodgmeilt in
4 every inch of space exposed.
s. Now that bookcases with glass doors
are no longer fashionable books are usu-
d ally open to dust and need Sy steinatic
and careful attention to preserve them
from damage. They should be taken
4 from the shelves ut least once or twice %
8 month and wiped with soft, dry cloth,
q which should be shaken out sof the win.
dow repeatedly during the work Of dust
ms. Remember always that in brushing
q dust from an object yOH. seatter 1t, but
y Wiping il off with cloth YOU gather it
up and remove it altoge ther. Philadel-
u phia Inquirer So
a Place 10 Put ThinE 10. IS
q The closet is always the treasure-trove
Il of the room; vet how frequently Is 1t The
most confused and rage-provoking OF nll
8 places simply because there is no ssys-
tent or economy OF space exercised there
q IN: The modern house, which is supplied
with ectricity for lighting, is indeed bad
u " overlooked IL there is not q drop light
81 In every closet. How much provoking
rnmmaging it saves, and how nice and or
derby is the arrangement when one has
u bright light for an assistance, observes
II the st. Louis q lobe -Democrat.
A Well-planned house because designed
q by woman, and women know the value
Il Of closet space-- has q ro0my closet & III
q every sleeping room. l)ne end has shelves
81 xtending from he ceiling and aln4ost To
Il the dp9r These are for boxes af every
i class, f9F millinery and all the 5fxin6k gf
Il the toilet which etInire q careful put Ting
4 aWay. The lower space below the
a shelyes IS for SHOES, and has i sfnnli
slspring door to close i So, Tor strive is one
ma some how ia 0set 1I0Drs I'D III 9et auttv;
Il End iss uilise nee III haye