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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
Alnia ability Attracts.

Many a man has been scared off from
asking woman to become his wife by
the assertion from her lips that she has
bad temper and is proud of it. Men are
selfish creatures, and, above ali things.
like physical and mental comfort. Per-
haps the average man does not hope to
attain happiness in this world, though in
truth ne never ceases to seek it, but he
does believe that there is such thing as
harmony, and he knows that bad tenn
pered woman and harmony don't go hand
only knew it. By being always cheerful
and amiable she can get hold on men
that the bad-tempered woman, no matter
how beautiful, rich and alluring she is.
never dreamed of in her philosophy. Ami
ability is not only power. 1t is health
1t is mental progression. 1t is long life
to ones self and to others.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

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tails, and quick to initiate. The ronph
boy will try to be gentle to his timid it-
re cousin II he Is stirred by the i,len that
he must protect her; the little tomboy viii
try to follow the gentle grHces Of her uet
friend, seeing how much she il loved for
her quiet sweetness; while the bashf,,l.
shrinking little lassie will strive to emu.
late the strength and good sense of her
lively cOmrade. -sf
1t IL true, alas! TINT children mdy imi-
tNte the vices as we'll as the virtues If
| the people in their little world, and far
that reason 1t is well to have the chill
dren entertain in their own homes. Let
the mother. welcome her children's litth.
guests cordially, observe their characters.
! tues. Not by holding up the visitors rs
models-children will resent that-but by
saying to the timid little man: "What
fine, brave boy Harry isl or to thp
somewhat uncourteous little brother,
"What little gentleman Robert is with
his sisters" Children understand and
apply these remarks, for children love to
be praised.
There may be an Objectionable side to
the visitors character, but a quiet re-
prevail will generally remove this, if the
mother will say gently and firmly: "Ynn
cannot stay here, dear, if you speak 81
roughly and tease the little girls. Re.
member you are bigger, older and strong
er than they are"
A little panied expression at some dis.
courtesy will often do more than a severe
scolding, and quick, cheerful '"Thank
you," or How thoughtful dear" will
work wonders. Praise freely the kind
acts; show the right path to the ignorant
little one, anxious to please; reprove gen
thy the thoughtless one.
Little boys should very early be encour.
aged to protect their sisters and mothers;
they should be allowed to pay the carfare
and to hold tickets; they love responsible.
ity: Accept their little services gratefully,
and never forget to say '"Thank you"
The little girls should he taught to be
mothers help and comfort, their younger
sisters guide, and brothers companions.
Let. That's my little lady" be phrase
ready OIL the, mothers lips. Encourage,
guide, control, urge onward in the kind
and courteous road of good manners earh
little one intrusted to your care, so that
the world may be brighter and better.
even if only in one little corner of your
own home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
Head of Home Affairs.

A woman's home must be an express
sion Of her own taste, and must prove
the fact of her ECONOMY of time and
strength and money. She must not feel
herself superior to the most careful plan
ming. nor reject the most trifling means
toward accomplishing success in home
management; indeed, she should be proud
OF an ability to make nickel go as far
as possible, and so Oil the machinery of
service that it seems to run itself.
When the head of home affairs can ar
rive at this point of experience she has
reason to be proud Of her management,
says an exchange. 1t is possible for one
who at the start did not possess the fac
ulty of running things without fuss to be-
come through training so sure of swift
and certain effort tina, sne can stand
serene and happy, a very queen, whether
Ill ner Kitchen or in her parlor.
The wife and mother who thus con-
quers does not reach her secure position
without much discipline many dra W backs
ana frequent encouragement; but if she
Keeps always the great and blessed end
IN vleW-that of creating and holding
nome happiness, comfort and love-she
must win in the end.
And this running will not mean neces-
Sarlly the sacrifice of any worthy am
oltlon or OF her most delicate tastes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
A Ute Funeral.

All night long the ceaseless, muff1el
beating of the medicine tom-tom had
come to us across the hot. barren, alka:i
hats; all night long the dismal wailing of
the bereaved squaws and the lonesome
bowl of the masterless dog. crying like
lost spirits, had Gent IT, us out of the
narSlk IS, 1,ialntiye and weird; all nigh.
long we had rolled and tossed on our
blanket, spread upon the broad breast
of mother earth. underneath the silent,
watchful stars; and now. as the first
pink blush of breaking morn began to
revolve out of infnity into newborn
day, we rose, unrefreshed and weary.
A blood-red sun thrust his scorchins
rays across the rugged peaks of the Book
plateau; heat, already increasing, came
stcaming from the parched earth; ali
nature seemed af1ame, and, as our tired,
aching eyes sought what rest there could
be found i'll the dingy green of the few
SCRUB cedars that marked the single vari-
alton to the otherwise unbroken glare of
emerged from them and wendell it's way
toward us. AS it approached we could
see the cortege plainly. There were the
patient, sad-eyed women, their faces
biackened by charcoal their hair dis
hevelcd. their garments rent and covered
with ashes; there were the favorite dog
and horse of the dead warrior, The latter
fully equipped as though ready for a
Journey-and SO he was; there was the
corpse itself, borne, all bedeckel and en-
shrOrded, to it's last earthly resting place.
The women still walled, the dog still
howied, the heat still grew tiercer, and
we followed the little band.--Paul Ward
Beck in Lippincott's.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
A Centenarian Condor Dead

Hannibal, the centenarian condor Of the
Philadelphia Zoo, who has been a terror
to the keepers and has been confined
there since its founding, died of old age
the other day. This powerful bird was
received at the garden when over Is years
ever brought to this country. During his
career of twenty-four years at the garden
Hannibal frequently attacked his keep
ers, and in his declining years maintained
his ferocity. For several years govt and
weakness Of the knees had affected him.
and he had been under medical care of
Headkeeper Marley. Recently when
administering medicine to the bird Man.
ley was tierce]y attacked and driven from
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
In the Road to Good Manners.

A mother sees an entirely new side of
her chi.d's character when the little one
is with other children. A selfish or domi-.
.neering or obstinate. spirit, utterly un-
known before to the loving parent, il apt
child is more or less restrained, but with
little people of his own age he feels per-
fectly free to do as he pleases, says
writer in the Ladies' Home Journal.
Companlonship is an excellent thing for
children, It not only makes them hap
pier, but they are observing little NOR.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

Montenegrin costume, and persikts t.. in
wearing 1t even In Rome, where you are
always expected TO do as the Romans do.
The PRINCESS il 'sot' in her ideas. like
NEST Of fer sex, but she knows her
points, and won't commonize herself by
wearing parisian fnery to please her
son-in-l laws family. But to see the tall,
strapping Princess Of Naples with her
little spouse, who isn't much bigger than
a pint Of cider, Is to laugh"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
The Thinrs We Have Had.

Whether it is better to have had great
happiness, and then be deprived of it, or
never to have had it at all, is one of the
mooted questions that the world in gen.
eral answers in the negative. We say
compassionately Of this one that she is so
lonely since death robbed her OF those
she loved, or that one that it is SO sad for
one who has been so rich to have to know
the hard face of poverty. We lavish our
sympathy on those who have had the
good things of life and lost them, but we
seldom think how much more sad is the
lot of those who never have-whose lone
illness is never frightened by the thoughts
OF happy days, whose old hearts never
thrill with remembered kisses, and whose
years, from the cradle to the grave, are
one amending grind at the mill, without
rest for the mind, or softness for the
body.
1t is part of our strangely selfish theory
of happiness that we demand that onr
pleasures shall always be within our
grasp. If this is denieG us. no matter
what fate has given us in the past. W.
cry out that we are of all people most
miserable and that sorrows crown of
sorrow is remembering happier things"
In reality nothing could be a falser phil-
osophy than this, and by and by we come
to know that among the things we may
away from us, are the things of the nasi
that we have had.
Would You who have wandered throus;,
the wonders of the Old World axchanea
memories with Il blind man because Won
can travel no more? You may never
tread the streets of London or Paris
again, you may never feel your heart
thrill tn tho no0l Of tho =
down the dim gray aisles of some OLD
cathedral. or in the still beauty of some
summer day watch the turquoise skv
bend down to meet sapphire sea. but
these are things that you have had AMI
If they bring you less of pleasure than of
pain, you have been poor scholar in thu
school of experience.
So should it be in the deeper emotions of
life. Mourn, as the bereft soul must. the
loved ones who are taken from us, there
must still be the ineffable thought that
we have had them, and we are so mufh
richer by that. For years we knew the
full and satisfying companionship; we
rested on the unfaltering love and LOYALTY.
and turned. hurt and bruised and buffetetl
failed and that had balm for eyery
wound. 1t may be that in time this is
taken from us, but nothing can rob ms Of
the JOY that we have had in it. Rachel
mourning for her children, refuses to be
comforted, but even so there must be
within her breast some throb of pity for
the woman who has never held a child
within her arms, or known the clinging
of little helpless hands about her neck.
The world is not so full of pleasure that
we can afford to ignore those that have
gone by. To be able to recall past good
fortune without envy, and past happiness
without bitterness, is to find the omen Sc
same to hidden treasures of delight. 1t is
like wandering down an old pathway we
have trod before. and gathering the roses
that time and forgetfulness have robbed
of all their thorns.-New Orleans Plea
yune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
The Preachers Growing Famil,

The Rev. and Mrs. j. Richardson of
Eustfort have six children. all under .
years of age. Before the oldest child was
l year. old, Mrs. Richardson gave birth
to-; triplets and before they were 10
months old there, came twins to bless the
family. This event happened last week.
parents within two years. and all are
well, bright and ealthy.-Hartford Cour-.
~ - ! "a. 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
1ngersoli in a Singular Position,

Col. Robert G.. Ingersoll is placed in a
most singular position by the contesting
wrote IL funeral Grafton at the request Of
DR.. Thomas s. Robertson, his friend and
physician, which was read recently. ;, -,
Now Col. Ingersoll has filed a notice of
contest Of the dead physicians will, hay
ing been retained as counsel for Mrs
Mary w. Robertson, the widow, who was
cut off entirely from the estate. Col. In
der the will, having been left an excellent
library. 81 + &.= i..t s5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
Blessedness of Giving.

LII another month Christmas will be
here. This means that we must get into
the spirit of Christmas. What is the
spirit of Christmas? Oh! simply, the
spirit of giving: Some of you will say,
-, IL IL am m always in the spirit; but, alas! |
a mistake; everyone can give; no one is
so poor that she can give nothing, and
l believe we can all give much more than
we think. says Margaret Bottome in the
Ladies' Home Journal. l have just heard
OF young, woman who expected to 60 TO
a foreign land as missionary, but sLe
became lame from some cause, and her
hearing became defective, so she made up
her mind that someone else should be
helped to go by the efforts she would
make. 1t would make book to WRIT.
the history of that young woman since,
that time. She has kept at work, until
now her receipts from all the things start
ed amount to $500 year, and she cx-
poets to reach $1,000.
We learn to do by doing Do not take
the time in dreaming what you would
like to do, but begin at once to do some
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
The GentlcwOmat1.

sometimes think, when am all alone
looking out OH the great world with moth
ing between n us but sheet Of glass, says
toughest and most ordinary looking man,
possessing even bit of sense or feeling.
does not know the difference between a
big-heartcd, gracious, loving woman and
one who is coarse in appearance, lacking
in love and all the charming attributes
that make one say of the former: "She
is gentlewoman:" I wonder if you
who likes to make PEOPLE glad to meet
her and regret to leave her? She seems
to me to be one who gives courage to
those who are tired and to quiet the loud.
unpleasant argument, changing it into in.
teresting talk. 1t Is talent seldom
possessed by men and an art belonging to
women.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
The Beauty ofthe Princess of Naples.

. The Boston Herald notes that a good
Judge of female loneliness, who was in
Rome not long since, writes of having
seen the Princess, of Naples and hei.
mother, the Princess Of Montenegro, driv-
ing in an open landau, and thus disposes
Of the beauty" OF the, future Queen Of
Italy: "she is very ordinary looking
girl, and appears gauche and unhappy,
but then what girl would not, dressed us
she was? She has a style that goes
only with the theatrical national dress Of
her: own country, for, though educated in
Russia, and by the best masters, she has
never ceased TO be of her fathers house.
Now, her mamma is really a very hand.
some person, because she clings to the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
Good Novels Are Good Teachers.

Out SOOu mover! Is there anything
equal to it,? writes Ruth Ashmore in
the Ladies' Home Journal. '"Think of
the story of Henry Esmond;' think of the
pleasures and joys that came to him, and
then, sympathizing with him in his disap-
pointments, being proud of him in his sue
cesscs, following his fortunes into this
new land, you will go among the Vir-
ginians and there read how he was loved
and respected. Or choose the Tale of
Two Cities and learn how one man can
give his life for another because he loved
much. Do you good? Such books can
do nothing else. No really good novel
ever induced girl Or a woman to imi-
tate. vice or to despise virtue The novel
is the printed panorama of life. and tho
tears. the smiles and the heartbeats that
we, the readers. give to it. 1t makes the
music that now is almost still, again is
wild and weird like that of Hungary, and
again has all the majesty of one Of Mo-
zArt's masses. If you want to enjoy
yourself. if you want to make life seem
better aud happier, lose your own person.
atty iii Il good book"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
Money in Basket-Making

81 A nun of Origny, France, has just in
sherited from her father, basket manu-
fnctnrers of that town, owning branch es-.
Establishments in Leeds and Newcastle-on-
Tyne where his money was mostly made,
ID fortune of nearly 600, OOO,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

which means In thin gowns of organly,
net, chiffon, etc, over silk Innings. or
light silk gowns with belts and sash ends
Of velvet edged with tiny frills Of black
or white inousseline. Silk at Is cents Il
yard IL pretty, and would be economical.
asit would answer another season for m.
ing:t White, pink, turquoise, light yellow
and lavender are the favorite evening chi
ors in the order named. White forms a
convenient Dress. az different accessories
may be used with It and the skirt Worn
with odd waists. If merely 1ooker-on.
d light dress or waist made high in the
neck and !ong-sleeyed, In silk or Chiffon. or
lightweight yelling trimmed with three
gored rnffles to the knees, each edged
with velvet ribbon; blouse waist finished
with two rufiles around the low neck and
removable yoke Of white lace over blink.
or of piln-tucked tatfeta, with collar, belt
and sash ends Of the silk, would be an
propriate. Another suitable toilette is n
black silk or nice white wool skirt, with
q full gathered waist of light-colored chif-
fon, having collar and sash of silk or vel
vet. One more advanced in years might
wear light waist and black skirt or an
entire black silk costume with lace yoke
or vest.-Ladies' Home Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09
That Blessed SNOW"
That .
We look before and after,
- And nine for what ia nnt

And pine for what is not, f..
is one of the pitiful things about poor hui
man beings. We are not willing to live
in the present, and to drain to it's dregs
the cup of happiness that is now held to
our lips. We push it away, to turn our
heads and look back to that which is
past, or, drinking it, we mar: our enjoy
.nent of the flavor by comparing it with
another cup. of happiness, and declaring
that this, is not as sweet as. was that.
And vet when this. present has become
the past, we, will sigh over this period
of our lives in the same way. There Is
SO much mug present, happiness in the lives
vate Il mental vision so conveniently short
that we will not look before and after
The now is glorionsly and blesscdly
ours-and the NOW alone II arper's Ba-
zar 4 ..@ AZ 5000 =.zsz. $ S
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

7 res sing for At. Home Al Parties. t.:
For at-home dancing parties young Ii.
dies are expected TO be suitable gowned,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

One of the prettiest sights on Broad
way is "Merchandise License 294S." 4
woman sits On stool, and in front of
her is a basketful of white and gray ral,-
bits and kittens. There are enough pink
and blue ribbons around to give festive
air, and the woman sits there as if she
were pleased hostess and the crowd her
admiring gtests.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

There has been a noticeable increase in
the number of hanson cabs in this city
recently. In fact. if the Use of these We
be the exception and not the rule, az it
was in the past.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

In ''money to loan" advertisement, a
prominent Broadway firm offers large
fund at 49, to per cent. This recalls
a rumor circulated freely early last week
that loan of $4,000 COO has actually
been made at 311a per cent. Cash is on the
bargain counter, but the security must
be gilt-edged.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

Mrs. Hetty Green has moved to Ho-
boken and has taken along her ailing hus-
band from his airy bachelor apartments.
Americas woman Croesus will minister
to the inyalid's wants in her congested
The rent of the fiat is s12 a month.
Mrs. Green has remarked that her sur
roundings are actually luxurious.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

The management of the Waldorf-As-
toria declined to permit the Professional
Woman's league, which is to have Il ba-
zaar here next week. to have a wheel OF
fortune, which is really little else than Il
roulette wheel, as one of the attractions
Herr Boldt believes in giving all good
run for thir mony.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

During the trial of partnership dispute
It developed that the net profits Of
Broadway flower store, which was said to
have started On a capital of 500, amount
above all expenses. Wine isn't the only
wrecker in this town.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

The first burial in Trinity churchyard il,
several years took place on the 22nd inst.
when the body of an old lady was laid BE-
side her forefathers in the old vault be-
meath the south entrance of the church.
gathered in front of the church during
the service and peeped through the rail-
ings of the churchyard
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

A chewing gum contest between ten
young women from one of the leading
chewing gum factories will be one of the
many features of !; metropolitan bal
masque. Some of the young women who
wear gold medals here are rank delusions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

The boys departments of the shoe shops
are thronged these days with women. all
engaged in buying boys boots for them
selves Fashion has driven them to it.
it being dccreed that women's footgear
shall be of such broad. heavy build that
nothing short of boots originally made for
men will satisfy them. So Miss knicker-
booker turns to boys boots. mems being i.
trifle diversified. 1t is upon the same prin-
ciple that it is impossible for the mannisil
woman to obtain a truly smart cravat
unless she purchases it at Il mems furnish
ing store.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

The case of Mrs, Marie +. Wilmerding.
wife of Jack Wilmerding, is up before
Supreme Court Justice Dickey at White
release from the Bloomingdale Insane
asylum. Experts state that she was able
to take care of herself. Mrs. sWilmerd-
ing is former society belle. She is a
granddaughter of Ethelinda Vanderbilt,
daughter of Commodore Vanderbilt Her
uncles. Franklin Allen and John Wallace.
had her committed to Bloomingdale for
Bloodgood is endeavoring to have her re-
leased. AT one of the hearings Mrs. Will
merding admitted she smoked aud drank.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-09

Miss Martha Monroe of Fordbam
Heights won the gum-chewing champion,
ship of the word at public contest
The rules called for constant. unceas-
ing and perceptible mastication of the
cuds. There We're twelve contestants.
She had chewed increasingly for thirty
minutes and had consumed the required
LA sticks of gum. While the contest
was on every spectator was busy chew
ing gum. The managers of the ball dis
tributed 10000 packages of gum. that all
might chew and be happy.