The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-02

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be Intimate and confidential with hi
mother, but not too familiar with her.
Frances Evans IN Ladies' Home Journal
The Well. Dressed Woman. I
Mary Katharine Howard gives serioul
consideration to the art of looking one'l
best in an article showing what Il good
taste in dressing in the Woman's Home
Companion. 4 j.7zg. 5
"rha well-dressed woman IL not only
| we'll goWned but all the small detNils Ol
her toilet IRE given considera tion. Hel
hair, skin and mills show evidences 81
care and painstaking, and her clothing
has not only been we'll nude but is wei
kept. There IRE some women who thinl
! it almost sinful to pay much attention
to dress and personal care, ahl to lool
we'll dressed and stylish Is quite heileatt
their ambition. But believe me, there Il
no sin III always trying to look your best
and that the game is well worth the can
die will show in the influence upon YOU
home, husband and children.
| 1.-The Well-lressed woman Is not the ont
who dresses the most ,extravagantly, Of
employs the most fashionable dresshiak
er; nor IL she the one who affects all
ultra-styles and fads in dress; but it i
she who is always consistently dressed
with regard to time. place, occasion, age
and the size of her husbands or father,
income. The ever-bright jewel Of con
sistency. is never more beautiful thar
when shown In the matter Of dress il,
these days when SO MANY SNOWY and
pretty baublcs are designed and Offered
| for woman's adornment,
| I'VE all owe Il duty to 0ttr families, DUR
selves and society ut Mrge to make the
| best of ourselves iii every way, and to be
! always well dressed is Cine Of the ways
| Of doing it. ;Cafe in dress argues a GER
| tain respect for ones self, and people are
| very prone to take YOU at your own est.
mate. The well-dressed woman aims to
| have all things in her toilet harmonious,
| having no one feature conspicuous. You
Know at glance she IS we'll gotten up
| and yet no one particular thing claims
your attention. She does not put on all
sorts OF homogeneous combinations, nor Is
| she ever overdressed. TO be under.
| dressed Is always more commendable and
safer than to be overdressed.'
Culture Of Mind and Body.
What does the accumulation Of kilowl.
edge profit a man if in amassing it he
loses the still valuable gift of health
asked a New York school teacher the
other day. The mind up to compare:
tlvely recent years, she added, has been
developed at the expense of the body
A number of delicate, highly=strling chill.
dren have broken down under the strain
and the mohotonous grind of the cram.
mlng system, which has induced many
OF the nervous ailments to which the
present generation is peculiarly susceD.
tible
But the people of America are begin.
ming to appreciate that the more rational
| mode Of educating the young is to train
the body and mind in such fashion that
| both may advance, as tar as possible, at
an equal rate. Thus, if child be men.
tally active, but possessed of weak
physical constitution, the feather should
let the mind take care Of itself for a
while. And vice versa.
FOR the last ten years, ever since Ger
man gymnastics were introduced into the
public schools, physical training has held
place in the curriculum Of almost all
| the large Eastern towns. The gymnasi.
ums of ancient, Greece reached, perhaps
i'll their methods of training the athlete
higher ideal than have any of the edu,
| Introduction Of ysical exercise into the
public schools Of America, if intelligently
carried out, will bring about Il stronger
| race, mentally and physically, and its
lasting effects will be felt in the comine
generations.-New York Press.
Farmers Daughter and City Cousin.
Is the bouncing, rosy-checked country
girl a myth or did she really exist until
her sister. of the city and the suburbs
donned short skirts and thus out-dis.
~ for 1Vonr los
steal the bloom from the peach? Country
| children are healthy enough und pretty
enough, and it Is rank treason to say thai
| the country maid is not both nay md
| pretty in spite Of daily CONSUMPTION Of
pastry and pickles. Yet even the STEADY
| admirer of a farmers fair daughter has
| confessed in lucid moments that biz
charmer was scarcely up to the standard
OF VlgOr OF the girls that blossom in SUM
mer- boarder time, says the Pittsbtrg Dis
patch. People cannot be taken to task
for their tastes, and doubtless there arc
men who agree with young Ezekiel Heck.
er, whose experience with suhimer girls
| led him to REMARK that lie wouldn't care
| to keep coihhahy with girl who could
get over rail fehces without climbing
! But while there may be limits to desira bie
FEMININE robustness, there is no reason
why woman should not give all four OF
her limbs full play in cross-country
wax or even a run. Holding her good
looks is an end that justifes a woman in
the use of any means.
| number of prominent physicians were
interviewed recently and they were all
OF the opinion that in the city women
are best preserved and have got nearest
to the secret Of perpetual youth. The.
agreed that the typical woman of ti,s
farm and village becoines thin. lo,y=snir.
| tied and sallow, while the town-bred Dir
even the daughter Of the Door who
| stands behind d coitnter all day-keens
her rounded cheeks and buoyancy far into
matron or spihsterhood.
AT first blush the statement that the
| country cousin does not take as much ex.
erclse as the girl in the city seems alb
surd. Medical people. however, do moi
hesitate to say, that the city girl takes
| more real health-giving exercise than he1
country relative. The country girl works
from morning till night, but this is moi
the kind of exercise that brings the blood
to. the cheek and brightness to the eye
Miranda seldom has or tnkes advantage ui
a chance to walk just for the pleasure 81
the thing; outdoor gaines hive little at
traction for her; croquet, at which all the
pretty noses i'll the cities are turned up
| IS her most violent sport, and when &
country girl can ride she doesn't walk.
Partly because her work is never done
for after supper come the dishes and af
ter the dishes the time for making dresses
and trimming bonnets-and partly on &C
count of the want of novelty that objects
out of doors have for her, she doesn't take
pleasure in the woods and fields. She has
always worn her skirts long, and long
skirts tend to keep woman indoors. The
| present fashions in sensible short skirts
have not vet passed the farmyard gate
Judgment and care about eating are
| hardly bucolic accomplishments. Pie
| cake and pickles often form the principa
diet Of a country girl. Many New Eng
land families consume quantities of crul
lers and pie for breakfast, every morning
and veal are served regularly in the place
Of lamb and fresh beef, and these arr
fried, never broiled. Being accustomed
! from childhood to heavy, strong tasting
| foods delicat fara faiIs To sa tisfu oa,,re