The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-15
The Beautifyiop Batl,-


It is not infrequently said that a dailv
BATH is weakening. This is such a great
mistake that it is difficult to understand
now 1t Is ever made. A daily bath is inst
as necessary to bodily purity as daily nav
ers are to soul purity, and it should be
as consclentiously taken. In some place.
ana an, at some time that cannot be recalled,
.iiis .oDserVatlon mas come to my notice,
and it's truth made it's impression a lasting
one: "A lady bathes not to get clean, but
to stay clean"
1t is true that remaining too long in the
path may be weakening, but a quick bath
N :, either very warm Or even hot water.
followed by Il cold dash, has only good
A refreshing and practical bath is one IN
moderately hot water with little sea
salt Ill lt-sea salt is practical and Cheap
pure white soap, a sponge and a cheese
cloth wash-rag. Cheese-cloth is both prac-
teal and cheap, at the same time suifi-
Gently rough to remove all dirt and not
enough to scratch. The sponge must
serve as the shower bath, and after the
body is thoroughly dry, rubbing cornmeal
or bran over it makes the skin soft and
velvety. anu
The use of il bag of bran instead of a
Wash-rag is much favored by the French
women for the softening effect it has
upon the water and its tendency to make
no bath is perfect in it's results unless fol-
lowed by brisk and vigorous friction of
the hands or rubbing with a coarse towel.
--katharine Eggleston Junkermann in
Woman's Home Companion.
Frankness Peculiarly of This Social
Era.
Reticence is certainly not one of the
century's characteristics, and society peo-
fE h0vv oil ~4>1
ported from England in the first place)
of speaking Of their personal concerns
and of criticising the various members of
their immediate families with a frank
ness that is almost brutal in it's simple
ity.
In old days, at least, as far as ones
own relatives were concerned, there was
volved that made it impossible to talk of
their failings to outsiders, but now this
thln-skinned reserve is altogether out of
date, and children discuss parents and
parents discuss children and the young
people of a family mention each others
faults and failures with an impersonal
candor that to old-fashioned people seems
odd indeed.
|, Il tell you what like over here, don't
you know" said a young Englishman to
his newly-introduced neighbor at a recent
dinner, and that is your descriptive
names for things; now, crank for in
stance, is splendid-it just fits my gov
nor. l never knew what to call him be-
fore. He's always dom the oueerest
thlngs! But he's not really crazy, you
know; he's what you would cali a crank.
Its great relief to my mind to get a
word to suit him; it will make me stand
his nasty ways lot better"
rs Maggie engaged to young Croe-
sus! = said her brother. 81 wish it were
| 7 s,,Iv CHI
her level best to get him, but I don't
think she will succeed, myself
To expect ones family nowadays. and
far less ones friends to be ito our fail
ings somewhat blind and to our virtues
more than kind, is futile. Even mothers
ter's successes and shortcomings with
matter-of-fact plain-speaking that seems
almost unnatural.
'There is no use mincing Matters" SAYS
one in-de-siecle mamma, mildred is not
in the least success. It is perfect
misery at every ball she goes to to see
that she has partners for supper and the
cotillon. 1 do not know why it is, I am
sure; she is nice-looking, and have given
her lovely clothes, but the men do not
seem to care for her. have advised her
to take up some other line for next win
ter, for certainly, cannot stand this or
deal another year." ~ s.'.' -,
Hy 10 IL, w yOu SuppOSe, Margaret,
another mother was heard to observe
with matter of-fact reasoning a priori, to
her daughter, who was seated beside her
at dance, that SO few men ask you to
dance? The other girls seem to get part
ners in plenty. Is it because you do not
talk enough, do you think? You are not
bad-looking. l really cannot understand
it, f.. ~ -
II do not think there will be much use
bringing Ethel OUT remarked Il third
Spartan parent at a dancing class, look
ing. at her 17-year-old daughter with crit
zeal, and Oh the whole disappearing, eyes.
"She is certainly plain, and with other
girls looks more awkward than ever. : 1.
shall advise her to go IN for charities and
that sort of thing. New York Tribune.
49, Two Ways Of Doing l..
Some womeIl's clubs and societies hold
orderly and expeditions business meet
ings, and some mems clubs often fail
in this regard, but that the masculine or
CARNATIONS still have the advantage when
It comes to doing work oil parliamentary
lines is conceded by one woman who at
tended a business meeting of a mems
organization the other day and was lost
III wonder at the orderly manner iii which
new amendments were adopted aud the
other nlomentons official business trans
acted, compared to the tactics of the av-
q erage Woma1ls club, says an exchange