The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-16
How English women Dress.

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How English women Dress.
THAT is Lady B." said one society
woman to another at recent matinee,
pointing to an eminently British-looking
parsonage who was distinguished-loo
from the fact of her being stability
dressed, while all around her wore fresh
and becoming toilets, but who bore her.
self, nevertheless, with the ease of con-
scious superiority and woman-of-the-
world tranquility, as she surveyed her
surroundings through her lorgnette.
: "She is one of the greatest 'globe-trot-
ters' extant," continued the fair critic.
And wears the dowdiest clothes, when
on her travels, that can be magined.
This is her fourth visit. to New York,
and l am positive that that is the same
gown l saw her wear six years ago. In
London, on the contrary, she is quite
smart, and blossoms out into quite Il
Well-dressed woman, but it seems to be a
matter of principle with travelling Eng
lish women to look dowdy."
This is not only true of our British
cousins, but of Germans and even French
as well. They are apt to dress carelessly
and more or less shabbily when toff
duty" as it were, in their attendance on
society, and only to American fashion
abIes belongs the distinction of being in
yariably "well turned OUT on all occa-
siOns.
Perhaps the moral obligation of wear
ing out old clothes does not appeal to
the consclences of our more eXtravagant
compatriots as much as it should, but old
nnery is not attractive, nor is the idea a
pleasant one, and it seems almost a COM
mendable prOdigality, if one is able to af-
ford it. To VICAR froSh ro1vnc fo,, ,,,,;r,,
portant functions as well as for more
SNOWY ones. In London, at the play,
the dirty ball dresses and soiled gloves
that are worn shock the fastidious Amer
lean, who dons n simple but fresh frock
TOR the occasion, while the European hab.
1t OF putting on superb jewelry as an off
set to shabby gown would be deemed
mere as distinctly bad form. Both In
England and on the continent, however.
women Of the highest rank are entity nf
TINS, which goes to prove that Ameri-
cans, after all. are more intrinsically cor
rect in their idea than the society women
OF an older civiliza ton, fact. by the
way, which has often been demonstrated,
New York Tribune.
A Daughter.in. Laws Duty.
Ihe daughter-in-law who cot1templates
inviting her mother-in-law to become q
permanent inmate of her home should
hesitate. One need not court discipline.
II. however, duty imposes the obligation,
tnen, indeed, there is no alternative but
to accept the charge as God given,
Ihis may sound heroic, but it is a time
for heroism. 1t is no light thing to have
anyone enter your intimate family circle
as one of its rightful members, perha;,s
until death do you part" Your happi-
ness as we'll as that of your husband and
his mother, is largely at stake, and its
preservation will depend almost wholly
upon you. If you are childish and easily
moved 6y petty jealousy YOU will only
make misery for all; but 1t is possible to
turn INTO blessing whit seems to threat
for love alone can work such 1nirncles.
l do not say love her--love is the only
rebel to the authority Of the kingly bow
er, the human will-but do say that the
only chance for harmony in your relations
lies in making her love you.
Put forth all your magnetism, all your
powers of pleasing. Try to win. the
mothers appreciation as you did that of
the son.
Do your best to surround her with the
sunshine of a genial, sympathetic at
mosphepe, and do YOU know what will
happen? All unconsciously you will learn
to care for her, for.it is curious fact
that we grow to love those to whom we
minister, and in the effort to win love we
often end by bestowing it. Your kind
hess, too, will be apt to touch her heart
to responsiveness, leading her to show
herself to you at her best, while uhfailing
courtesy toward her, like an arinor Of
proof, will defect many criticism, or DIT
least blunt its sharpness.
Encourage your hus band in paying
rtn fo]&A AZ .
mother. 1t will be an object lesson. too.
to your own little sons, and at d tiutt,
when their minds are apt to be most i'm,
Misunderstanding Dispatch.
Bedtime.
A physician Of courtly old school NAH
hers used to give prescriptions marked re-
spectively for early bedtime and fur lafu
bedtime. A discussion arose the nther
day between several friends as to what
constituted early and what late bedtime,
Some OF the ladies maintained that 10
O'clock was the limit between the two
until II, and few who believed i'll beAtity
sleep pleaded that early bedtime began At
and ended at $50 o'clock, - '
SO many people are engaged all day,
and the dinner hour is necessarily, in city
life, deferred to so late an hot,r, that fami-
lies do not break up from their quiet
hours later and later, and the votaries Of
fashion come near having no bedtime Mt
all, Switching their rest when they can
between one gay roht and another. The
invalid and the aged person and the child
must perforce retire early. For those
steadygoin linz persons ,ts who regalato their
e eary h b a aa wa1 @acu 1He
I o'clock, 10 is certainly a good bedtime
hour. Brain-workers would ind their ac-
count in seeking the repose of the couch
and the darkened and silent chamber with
preferably. Opaque curtains to exclude the
light of the moon and street lamp alike
at 10 o'clock. -. ..l.<s~ {.
A long sleep rests the mind as well as
the body, and prepares one for the work
Of the next day. whatever it may be. Far