The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-14


hausted state and ever after rail against
people who are externally preaching ex-
ercise.
How our bicycle girls are OVERRIDING
| this means of becoming healthy. The
way they puff and blow and pedal up
mus hilis t , would stagger z cart horse, I
afternoon when brace of these ener-
getic Wheelers took a hill that made me
hoid my breath in sheer dismay. Girls
! have told me that they knew such riding
to be all wrong, but" said they, zone
has to keep up with the procession"
we eat too much. Keep our eyes open
| exhibit an utter lack of moderation in
our pleasures. If we join one euchre club
we feel we must join three or four more
! or we will be out of the race. We are
discouraging. We will be till the end of
time, because we cannot learn to manipu-
| late the delicate mechanism of body and
soul with moderation enough to save us
from a day of reckoning.-Philadelp
Enquirer.
Tho Other Side of tho Servant Question.
Much of the cry against the tyranny
! and impudence of servants comes from
those who exercise their authority in Il
dlsagreeable way, and who do not know
the first principles of successful manage
|
thoughtful paper OH Managing the
Servants" in Woman's Home Com
paniOn.
| EVERY woman has her own theory of
how the housework should be done, but it
IS not always necessary to insist upon
having it done in her way, provided it is
done satisfactorily in another way.
and be discharged at the end of week
or month because her method is not
what her mistress considers the proper
one. Wherever she goes she is likely to
be confronted with new methods, and
blamed for doing her work after a sys-
tenn which she has laboriously acquired
at her last situation. She is machine
upon which each succeeding mistress i'm
poses her own pet theories, to the exclu-
sion of all others. Without reference to
| results she is compelled to change her
method of handling the broom, building
fires, attending the bedchambers, ETC.,
and because she is awkward at doing
things in new way she is probably up
braided and told that she does not know
her business. If Bridget is quick-tem-
pered she may resent this injustice, and
| then she is discharged without "char-
| acter,' and her late mistress mas an
| other opportunity of confding to her
friends her troubles over the everlasting
| 'servant-girl problem
|
She is confronted by the more difficult
problem of how to conform to the rules
| and whims of every new mistress under
whose orders she may find herself. She
| knows how to do her work if let alone
and she proves this if she is fortunate
enough to be employed by housekeeper
| who is broad-minded and tactful enough
to give her ia ir chance. The woman
| who does not interfere unnecessarily
| with the work of her servants-who
judges their work by results, who speaks
| to them gently and treats them with con-
standardization has trouble in getting
faithful servants and keeping them. The
display of a little tact: little Judgment
| a little kindness, will often save the
| housekeeper much useless worry and vex-
| alton of spirit.'
Wedding Presents.
Many people seem to think any time
will do to send the intended wedding
! present, and in many cases the gift ar
| rives some time after the wedding If
you intend to send a wedding gift as an
expression of your love and good wishes
let 1T start upon it's journey as speedily
| as possible after the invitation arrives,
| advises one who pretends to know
Every gift is, of course, appreciated
| by its recipient, but the first wedding
| presents to arrive are those which re-
celve more attention and genuine delight
of possession. h..
1t is only natural that as the days
speed on toward the one day for the
bride, her time becomes more and more
taken up with prepare tons, until even
the pleasure of receiving a gift is les
sened by constant repetition.
Always send the gift to the bride, and
| card should accompany it tied on to
the article with either pale blue or white
ribbon.
You can always send a personal gift
| tor the bride. but it is perhaps a greater
| pleasure to the bride if her presents are
for use in her new home.
Silver is always most acceptable, but
If one cannot afford solid silver gift, it
is always best to avoid plated ware.
"A nice gift, and one in good taste,
should always be the best Of it's kind.
| Cut-glass and china ware are most use
| full gifts.
Avoid the selection of those things
which the shopkeeper assures Won at The
time are lust the fashion in wedding
presents Let your choice be not an
other vase or lamp, which you are
| shown by the dozen, but instead a dainty
surprise, according to your means
For instance, curio of some sort, a
piece OF tapestry or quaint clock, if
YOU can afford luxuries; if not, simple
| gift with character of it's own.
A piece of furniture is always well
A small table, an odd chair or flower
| stand, picture for the wall tiny
mirror in an old-fashioned frame. Ail
| OF these things are useful as we'll rs
ornamental.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Tho Sorrows of Restricted Mothers.
One of the many minor pangs which
| are felt with the realization of lost
youth is the consciousness that it would
be mira dignitatem to follow our in mEnu
! ton and pleasure in many cases where
| the still youthful spirit would be ready to
| enjoy the fun as much as those who par
| ticipate in it.
If it were not for my children said
| lively woman of society, II should
| dance and amuse myself just as l have
always done; but they are such remorse-
incur their Misrepresentation
Boys, especially, dislike to have their
mothers do anything that they consider
| undigni6ed, and many il mother will re-
| linquish certain social pleasures rather
than run the risk of belitting herself in
| the estimation of her sons, although she
knows that their ideas are overstrained
meal,'' said one of those restricted par
ents, "and yet sometimes feel that this
taken for granted by the family that l
cannot join in this or that is rather hard.'
Another thing that woman is apt to
feel more or less keenly is that at a GER
tain indefinable point she ceases to be
MOLLY or "Polly," as the case may be,
| with the younger women coming on in her
set. and becomes "Mrs. Smith or "Mrs.
Brown while her own contemporaries
seem to her really old and staid and she
wonders if she, too, impressed others in
only it is hard to realize when the spirit
is willing that the flesh is middle-aged
and passee.-New York Tribune.
Edwin Booth as Husband.
AT this period the second Mrs. Booth.