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The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11
Plants for Window Boxes.

The plants commonly used for window
boxes are geraniums, fuchsias, begonias
and the foliage varieties. All these plants
should be potted in October and put into
good rich soil. The pots should be small,
as it is better to crowd the roots a little
than allow them too much space. Set the
slips in a shady place for about a week
or ten days, when they will throw out
new roots and can then be placed i'll the
full sunlight. After they have begun to
show their strength they can be repotted
or placed in boxes. It is not we'll to put
too much soil about the roots of winter
plants intended for blooming.
Window boxes can be made of wood;
more fancy ones are of tile, set in frame
of wood and lined with zinc. the tile being
only veneering on the outer side of the
wooden frame.
An ideal window box comes in terra
Gotta. This kind possesses the advantage
of being porous, clean, lasting and condu-
Give to healthy plants. Care is necessary
in handling these boxes, as terra Gotta is
somewhat brittle.
The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11
TAKING LIFE MASKS.
1t IL 9 Very Tedious Operation, Es-
pecially for the Subject.

One often observes when reading of the
demise of a celebrity that mask was
taken by Mr.. So-andSo, the celebrated
sculptor, soon after his death, but really
very few people know how this is carried
out. They might have some idea that
plaster of paris is put over the dead mans
face, but there the idea ends.
A mask from life is taken almost pre-
cisely in the same way as after death.
save that much greater care has to be
used, as the subjects life hangs on a very
thin thread, or, to be more precise, two
small quills. 1t requires a great deal of
nerve and patience to undergo, the SEN
sation being most disagreeable. When a
mask from life is about to be secured.
the subject recllnes on long table, and
towels are placed around his neck and
forehead to prevent the plaster going
where not intended. The face is slightly
creased, but not enough to fill the nores
of the skin. Care has to be especially
taken with the eyelashes, as otherwise,
in the subsequent operations, these are
likely to be pulled off, which would not
be exactly pleasant. A small quill is now
inserted in either nostril to allow the sub
ject to breathe through, and cotton wool
lightly pressed around the base 70 keen
the liquid plaster from intruding. A pair
of scissors is always kept handy, so as
should by any chance the plaster splash
up and cover them. All being ready, a
few cheering words are spoken to the un-
happy victim, and the plaster is mixed
This is carefully poured or sprinkled over
the features. The plaster, through being
mixed with warm water, quickly hardens
and in the course of about five minutes
the mould is strong enough to be taken
off. It has to be carefully done, as the
subject is generally SO very eager to get a
mouthful of fresh air once again. A sligh
tap with the hands is given to the two side
pieces, which relieves the joints made by
the thread. The top or central piece i.
then lifted up and pulled slightly down
ward, so as to withdraw the quilts from
the nose as they come out with the mould
The sides are then taken off. Probabl,
some of the hair may hold the mould, bu
with a little coaxing, or by the insertion
of the scissors, it can soon be removed
Care must be used to get the ears, bu
without breaking either the subject or the
mould. The ears are only taken ON the
front sides, cotton wool being placed al
the back to prevent the plaster goins
around When removed, the three piece:
are put together and plaster placed on the
exterior to hold and strengthen them
Strand Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11
Giving a Nut Social.

Winter approaches, and evening enter
tainments indoors are in order. A nut So
cial is a novel thing, and it can be made
amusing, mysterious, or instructive as you
wish, with genuine nuts and metaphori-
cal nuts-geographical, historical, literary
or social.
Issue your invitations in a form to
stimulate curiosity. You might put Nut
cracking" Nut Social'' or MIXED Nuts
as a title on the outside, with big inter-
rogation mark filling the center. and the
words contributions requested'' below,
with date and place of entertainment in
the lower lefthand corner. Or better still,
small ones, with nut-crackers and picks,
if you choose. in the upper lefthand cor
ner, and the words ITO crack" in the
center, followed by place and date as be-
fore.
Your invitations may simply ask the
pleasure of Miss Bessie Ms or Miss Flo
RI T.'s company. Engage several Of your
bright young friends to give a little de-
scription Of some nut, impersonating it as
far as possible, telling where found, its
habits. mannar of growth, uses, and other
interesting facts regarding it, concealing
it's name, and weaving as much mystery
about it as possible. Have these descrip-
tiOnS only two or three minutes long but
as bright, catchy and witty as may be.
Then, after each nut is described, give q
chance for quizzes and guesses regarding
it. 1ntersperse the chat with an occa-
sonal strain of familiar music, which. in
accordance with the nut-cracking scheme,
may be identified and the composer
guessed. Brought in at unexpected inter-
walls, it will require quick wits to name
them readily.
TO give variety to the entertainment,
noted personages, books, characters in fic-
ton. or works of art may be represented
may be improvsed by the hostess. The
greater the variety of puzzling things,
the greater will be the interest and the
more enjoyable the entertainment. Ev-
erything, as far as possible, must be in the
nature of nut-to be cracked.
The refreshments should be of nuts, or
something having nuts as an ingredient,
as nut-cakes, nut-candies, etc. Have a
nut salad if you like-a dish of nuts dec.
grated with autumn leaves, interminglcd
with slips of paper containing conun'
drums, eniglnas, puzzling questions, etc.
to be guessed by the recipients; or you
may have nut bonbons of the same kind
Or. after carefully cracking English wal.
nuts, substitute for the meats your paper
nuts, unite the two half shells with droI
or two of mucilage, and serve with each
plate of refreshments. Provide every
guest with paper and pencil to record his
guesses as he makes them. and give q
prize for the greatest number of correct
answers, and BOBBY prize for the least
A silver nut-cracker or a set of nut-picks
would be appropriate for the former: and
hammer for the latter. Try it, and you
will like it.
The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11

s ~ Young Folks Column y !: :


museum at Ninth and Arch when their
attention was attracted at the sight Of d
large mirror Of the distorting kind over in
the corner. "Come on, fellows" he shout.
ed, lets see what we look like" Going
over to the mirror, he gave it a turn. The
effect was ludicrous. He beheld himself
dis long as bucket and as sharp as an
axe. "Hully gee, fellows!' he calculated
in alarm, ''look at Tampa" Then l,t
gave the glass a twist the other way.
smile Of satisfaction fitted over his face
as he saw himself jolly little rolypoly
of a man, almost as wide as high. "Ah!'
he shouted out, as he smacked his lips a,
the thought Of some long-forgotten feast
mark was not lost on the crowA-Phila
delphia Inquirer.
The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11
Pictures in the Hall.

1t is becoming more and more common
to line the staircase we'll with pictures
On consideration, the idea is good one
from other points of view than the arts
tic. The climb, particularly of a long un-
broken staircase, is to many persons an
affairsof minutes, and it is not at all un.
attractive pictures. In some houses there
are series of photographs along the stair,
those of celebrities being more often Sc,
lected than the pictures of the friends of
the family.
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s \ Gossip for the ladies' =
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The Old Mani. Dreams.

The Old Man's Drcauaa.
oh, for one hour Of youthful JOY
Give me back my twentieth spring!
I'd rather laugh, 4 hrlght-haire1 boy.
Than reign, q graybeard king!
on with the wrlnkled .spolls Of. age!
Away with learning's crown!
Tear out lifes wisdOnl-wrltten page
And dash Its trophies down!
One moment let my llfellood stream
From boyhOol's t0unt Of fame!
Give me one glddy, reeling dream
or life all love and fame.
My listening angel heard the prayer.
And, calmly smiling, said,
III but touch thy silvered hair,
Thy hasty wish hath sped.
But is there nothing In thy track
While the swift seasons hurry back
To find the wished-for day9"
All. truest soul of womankind,
Without thee. what were life?
One bliss cannot leave behind;
I'll take-my-precious-w
The angel took sapphire pen
And wrote in rainbow dew.
The man would be boy, again,
And be a husband, tool"
"And is there nothing yet unsaid
Before the change appears?
Remember, all their gifts have fed
With those dissolving years!"
Why, yes; for memory would recall
Ny fond paternal joys;
could not bear to leave them all;
I'll take my-girls-and-boys!
The silent angel dropped his pen
"Why, this will never do;
You cannot be boy again
And be a father, toO!'
And so laughed-my laughter woke
The household with its noise
And wrote my dream. when morning brok
TO please the gray-haired boys.
oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11
CARLYLE Calls No Man Master,

My new book, l may tell you HOW, is to
be something about that same Civil war
i'll England which Baillie was in the
midst Of l think mainly or almost ex-
clusively about Oliver Cromwell. writes
Thomas Carlyle in the Atlantic. l aln
struggling sore to get some hold of it. but
the business will be dreadfully difficult.
far worse than any French Revolution.
if am to do it right-and if do not do
it right what is the use of doing it ut all? ?
For some time tried actual writing It it
lately, but found it was too soon yet.
must wrestfe and tumble about with it.
indeed at bottom l do not know yet
whether ever l shall be able to make 4
book out of it! All that l can do is to try,
till ascertain either yes or no. For the
rest am grown too old and cunning Eow
to plunge right on and attempt conquer
ing the thing by sheer force. l lie back.
canny, canny, and whenever l find my
sleep beginning to suffer, l lay down the
tools for while. By Heavens great
blessing am not now urged on by direct
need of money. We have arranged cur
selves here in what to London people is
an inconceivable state of thrift and in our
small way are not now tormented with
any fear of want whatever, for the pres
ent To myself my poverty is really
quite a suitable almost comforta Bile. ar
rangement. l often think what should
do if I were wealthy! I am perhaps
among the freest men in the British en-
pire at this moment. No king or pontiff
has any power over me. gets any revenue
from me, except what he may deserve ut
my hands. There is nothing but my
Maker whom I call Master under this
sky. What would be at? George Fox
was hardly freer in his suit of leather
than l here-if to be sure not carrying it
quite so far as the leather. Jane, too, is
quite of my way of thinking in this re-
spect. Truly we have been mercifully
dealt with. and much that looked like evil
has turned to he good
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Wilhelmina's Favorjte Flower.

The young Queen of Holland is very
enthusiastic about horticulture. Her fa-
vorite flower is, not unnaturally, the tu-
lip. The royal gardeners make SUPER
human efforts to keep these flowers in
bloom all the year round, in view of the
has for them. There is one special yari-
ETY. called "Queen Wilhelmina," of which
she is particularly fond. 1t is brilliant
orange, with flame-colored stripes
The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11
Fritz and His Puzzle

FFltX anu HIB FUZZlee
Fritz Is a beautiful brown.eyed boy,
Running over with fun aud Joy.
Now and then his questions bother
His beautiful, youthful, br0wn-eyed mother.
II WISH" she said, one day last week,
"Dear Fritz. / wish you would let NE
speak,
But Fritz had number OF things to say,
And he pratteld and ratified and lisped away.
Till she said, my boy, II it's not unkind,
DO try for while your own business to
mind"
The brown eyes fell with puzzled droop,
The small mouth puckered itself In a loop.
II fink" said Fritz, In tone resigned
II fink l have no business to mind!'
The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11
Vermont's Tribute to Dewey.

The state of Vermont is considering the
subject of providing tribute to her dis
tinguished citizen, Admiral Dewey. The
Vermont Legislature, now in session, has
the subject before it. A statue has beer
proposed, but more practical method OF
proceeding seems to be finding most
favor. 1t is to provide Dewey hall,
to be used for drilling purposes in ths
states military institution, Norwich mi
versity. This institution has long beer
famous AS military school and many OF
the most conspicuous officers of the Civil
war were among its graduates. The Hos'
ton Herald says it is likely that the Leg
islature will appropriate a sum toward
the addition of this hall to the university
and it is proposed also to raise money by
popular subscription for the same pur
pose. This will be open to contributions
out of the state, as we'll as in it, and
those interested in honoring Admiral
Dewey will find fitting opportunity tc
do so by aiding in the projected work.
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Careless 9re c1.

The habit-for it is often nothing more
of deterioratlng speech il 20 common
that it would be well for all Of us to
stop and think about 1t, says Harper's
Bazaar. t:...} 'S,.. :. = : ~,
/ This sort of thing is so often heard:
I don't think she is SO very pretty d S
people say" or, ~ don't think he (or
she) II 80 very clever -or economical, or
The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11
The Troub.e with a Tutor.

'Dou you 60 to school, Willie?' queried
the visitor.
:. sNo," said Willie, who has a tutor.
"School comes to me. l wish it didn't.
too. Some days are too wet for me to
90 out, but there. amt any too wet for
The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11
An Enormous Negress.

A colored woman who actually tipped
the scales at 475 pounds was the center
|of attraction at Camden Station few
days ago. She seemed to enjoy attracting
general attenti ion, and gladly consented
sfo be weighed. She was d passenger for
Phnadelp ltimore America
The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11
A Magnificent Tomb.

The most magnificent tomb in the world
is deemed to be the palace Temple of
Karhak, occupying an area of nine acres,
or twice that of ST. Peters at Rome.
The temple space is poets dream of gi-
gantic columns, beautiful courts and won
drous avenues of Ssphinxes. u 49,
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A London Eel Market.

Few Londoners know that an Gel mar
ket of a quaint and interesting kind is
held every Sunday morning near the
south side Of Blackfriars bridge, barring,
Of course, tile times when the slippery
fishes are not obtainable. 1t is said to
be nearly 300 years old. The peculiari-
" Of the gathering is that here YOU buy
aels by the handful instead of by weight.
Sixpence fistful is the price. and al
much cheaper than purchasing by weight.
sRcsebery's Definition of Memory. =
Here is d joli mot of Lord Rosebery'ss
would one ever expect mots from Lord
Rosebery ?--told in our garden by wom-
nm who heard him say it at dinner:
Someone asked him what memory was.
aMemory, said Lord Rosebery, lis the
feeling that steals over us when we lis
ten to our friends original stories. Lcn-
don letter to Harper's Bazaar.
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Education for Ayeraue womcn.
HOusec1eaniuR.

Among the most essential things prepara-
tory to hOusecleaning are: Storing the
winter coal in the cellar, busting and put
ting away summer garments and cleaning
rugs and carpets.
Dust is the hOusekeepers' greatest enc
my, and there is nothing that creates more
of it throughout the house than putting in
coal. 1t is well, therefore, to defer. the
fall cleaning until that has been done.
October has been decided by housekeep-
ers to be the best time for housecleaning,
When the rugs and carpets have been sent
to the cleaners the first thing to do is to
call the plumber in to look at the pipes,
Many housekeeper has deeply regretted
not taking this precaution when leak has
occurred Immediately after the house has
been put in order. All other repairing
should be attended to, with the exception
of the painting, and that should not be
done until the coal is in the cellar
After the coal has been stored and the
summer garments carefully folded and
laid away, without being starched OF
lroned, the general cleaning should begin
One room is sufficient to upset at time
and If this is done systematically the
family will not be made uncomfortable.
A well-regulated household is Won.
ans pride, and when it is clean and in or.
der she truly feels that she is monarch
OF all she surveys
Begin a room in the morning, and have
it completed before night, or so nearly SC
that its owner will not be troubled by the
lack OF the few last finishing touches. In
this way the entire house can be renovat.
ed III less than two weeks.
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Society's "Caxed Canaries,"

1t is a pity for young persons to be
brought up as SO many are in what is
termed good society, without any horizon.
to view life through keyhole, and as d
natural sequence to believe that what
they see constitutes everything that is de-.
sirable in the way of social intercourse.
People who are not in their exclusive set
are not worth the knowing, an egotism
that is pitiful when, one considers the ex-
tremely limited extent of these self-satis-
fed young peoples knowledge and oppor-
tunities and the vastly superior culture Of
the people to whom they fancy themselves
superior. =s5..
II think it is too foolish to bring up
those children like Gagged canaries," said
a woman speaking of the family of one OF
her .acquaintances. "They are beauti-
fully educated, and what are called ad-
mirably brought up, but they are bound
to be narrow to the end of their days,
living their contracted lives in their small
world with perfect content. never realiz-
ing that there are larger possibilities
within their reach My little daughter
came home lately from class which she
attends with the Tiptop girls quite in dis
gust. ! zs$# s5 s. Is.
at . Only fancy, mamma, what imperti.
nence! she exclaimed. Clara liptop, who
has hardly spoken to me all winter. came
up to me today ID the mo- sa1.
The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11
Avoid Idleness.

1t is only to he expected that youEg
girl has nOt-cannot have-much experi-
encc, if any, of the various little social
duties that are required of and from a
married woman, says the Philadelphia
Times. She has perhaps been Il member
OF large family, and has lived a quiet
country life, with the simple round Of in
the society of so many country places,
Naturally, therefore, she must feel
somewhat at a loss what exactly to do
when called upon, without any special
training or experience, to not only order a
household, but to receive guests, return
visits, and act the part of hostess to peo-
pie who are probably one and all absolute
strangers to her. For in most cases the
young wife not only leaves the old home.
but even its neighborhood, and begins her
new life among neighbors of whose very
names she has hitherto been ignorant, but
with whom. of course, she hopes and
wishes to live on friendly terms.
Often. too, this very desire to like and
be liked has the effect of making a yirl
shy and nervous, and, therefore, she does
not show herself off to the best advan-
tage, for to do this a person must be at
ease, and be sure of herself and of what
is the right thing to do and say, a conf
dence which a few people have by nature.
but which comes to most of us only with
time and experience.
When the husband, as is generally the
case, has business or work that occupies
him during the day, the young wife will
naturally at first find it little bit dull
and lonesome to be left all day to her own
company and devices; but it never does to
let this feeling grow upon one, or to let it
become a grievance and source of trouble.
It is what most young wives have to meet
at the beginning of their new life, and for
their own sakes must overcome. The only
way in which she can do this is to find
or make an occupation for herself. Avoid
idleness, is the best advice that can be
given to or taken by a young wife, for
work is the only real talisman against
boredom, ennui and hysteria.
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saying: 81 am so glad to find out that my
mother visits your mother. | always
thought you seemed different from those
Browns that yOn go with so much"
Imagine her speaking that way of
dear Nelly and Tilly Brown, who are JUST
as clever MS they can be and SO splendid.
Il never hope to be even their equal," I
told her, "and certainly could not ever
dream of being their superiOrs."'
My mother never allows us to get in.
to street car or an omnibus said all
other tame birding. We have never been
IN anything but a carriage III our lives
Poor little reatures, Gagged by custom
and with wings clipped by prejudice, no
wonder they lose the instinct Of soaring
aloft and are content behind their gildcd
wires. New York Tribune.
sss Education for Average Women.
What does the average woman need I?
In the first place, thorough manual
training. She needs to know how to
cook wholesome meal properly, to mt
it on the table appetizingly, and to do this
with the minimum expenditure of energy,
1t is one of the most hopeful signs in ele-
mentary education that kitchen garden
ing and household training are being in
troduced into those schools which the
children Of the general population attend.
The need of this practical domestic train
ing for girls has probably been sufficient
~ emphasized. but in the general read
Justment of occupations and duties going
on between men and women it is more
and more apparent that boys, as well as
girls, need certain amount of elementary
domestic training.
The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11

Mrs. Sampson, wife of the rear-ad-
miral, has rented q house at Vedal0, Cuba,
The Virginia enterprise., 1898-11-11

it.
When there is money enough, a hand
some cloth suit should be bought-not
business suit, be it understood, but one
that is suitable for church wear, and
made on more elaborate style. 1t need
not be made by very good tailor, but
must be plain enough to wear downtown
if need be, and yet possible to wear tip
town, by having additional revers, or a
fancy vest piece, or something of that
sort, which may be added. It will be
found that such suit is absolutely nee
essary.
In summer an India silk must be
bought if possible. If taffeta is bought
it will not require silk lining; if an India
silk, it will; so this must be remembered
i'll choosing the silk.
The one thing above all desirable for a
business woman to buy is smart: tea
gown or matinee that she can put on
III the evening when she comes home
tired. 1t is great mistake ever to wear
the street dress in the house, and if a
street gown is taken off as soon as one
comes in, and is well brushed and hung
out in the air for time, it will last twice
as long. Then the tea gown or matinee
should be donned. This gown may be
made from some old evening gown by the
aid of clever seamstress by the day
Ut course there are very few days when
business woman can be at home to
oversee this; but there are n great many
women who will come in and fit the dress
in the evening and then finish it at home
A tea gown does not need to he SO well
fitted; it is rather in the trimming and
general effect that it should he ali right.