The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-17

Became mans ruling passion,
AND before each dame and maid became
| Slaves to the tyrant fashion!
There, are no girls like the good old girls
Against the world I'd stake 'em!
As buXOm and smart and clean OF heart
As the Lord knew how to make 'em!
'they We're rich In spirit and common sense
"A piety all supportn':
And they made the likelest courtin'!
There are no boys like the good old boys
When we were boys together!
When the grass was sweet to the brown
When the pewce sung to the summer dawn
OF the bee in the bilowy clover,
Or down by the mill the whip-poOr-will
Echoed his night song over.
| There is no love like the good old love
The love that mother gave us!
We are old, old men, yet we pine again
For that precious grace-God save us!
So we dream and dream OF the good Old
| times,
And our hearts grow tenderer, fondcr.
| AS those dear old dreams bring soothing
Eugene Field.
| The Mother's Duty to Her Daughter.
! 1t really seems as if most parents felt
| their duty to be complete when they ad-
mire and pet the infant and dress it pref
| tily, send the child to school well-dreSsed,
and after school days are over leave the
daughter full liberty to amuse herself
and plan her life as she pleases. There
| is no responsibility so great as that Of IL
parent, and no responsibility so lightly as
sumed and so little regarded. The fact
| is, too many parents are but grown-up
children themselves, and, lacking self-de-
NAL, selfcontrol and good Judgment, are
naturally incapable Of imparting these
virtues to their children. a mother
| should be her daughters most intimate
| friend: she should understand her better
| than the daughter understands herself.
She should choose her society and care
| fully guard her against undesirable ac-
| quaintances and early attachments
which will very likely only lead to future
unhappiness; and she should provide for
| her some absorbing interest as a safe
guard against morbid and unhealthy fam
| cies-something which will develop the
best side Of her character, while afford
ing the necessary entertainment. There
| are many studies to choose from that
will be of practical use if thoroughly &C.
quired, such as painting, needlework,
gymnastics, music and languages, which
| most young girls only get snlattering
of, then regret for the rest of their lives
that they did not study them thoroughly.
Any one Of these or Il dozen other az
| quirements may be of the greatest posi-
| bic use if perfectly learned, and the reg
ular, earnest occupation will benefit mind
and body, and very likely prevent an
early and foolish marriage. When the
summer season is ended she is a wise
| mother who starts the daughter who is
out of school on some line of work or
study suited for her. that she can follow,
not only through the winter, but that
will occupy her mind and her time us
| long as she needs it.-Exchange.
Harrassing Trials of the House
keeper.
The habitual nagger-all of you re-
member her among your acquaintances,
| and you all dread her.
Just think what it must be to be a
| member Of her family.
! 1t is one of the easiest things in the
| world to fall into the habit Of perpetual
fault finding and complaining, particular
| ~ when ones nerves are on edge from
accumulation of work, such as comes to
every house mother, and from the num-
| beress little vexations and trials to be
| encountered every day.
But the effort to keep a calm and
| eQuable demeanor, the determination to
rise superior to all these things, will have
| the most blessed effect on temper and
| tongue. 1t really requires more actual
strength Of character to face and endure
the hosts of annoying daily trit1es than
| to encounter and overcome some gigantic
evil. 1t is easy to be heroic under circum.
| stances which are grand, but it is not al
! ways easy to be heroic over the small
| affairs of everyday life; and yet, every
| one who has lived and experienced any
! thing worth the while will tell you that
| heroism is constantly needed in the life
of every man, and, perhaps. even more
! in that of every woman: and the hum.
bier the life, oftentimes, the greater the
need.
The nagging woman hasn't the first
| requisite of the heroine. She may de-
| velop heroic qualities in those with whom
| she has to deal, those who are under her
| control and can't escape, but she can
| never he herself heroic. Yhe woman
who cannot control her tongue, and keep
| it from saying constantly disagrceable
| things, can never control circumstances.
Nothing in the world has more abid-
| ing influence on the happiness of a fam
| lily than the preservation of an agreeable
| and cheerful temper in the house. The
| mother, who is the controlling spirit of
| the home, if she is habitually gentle, SYM
pathizing and cheerful, creates an atmos-
phere about her which imparts a sooth-
| ing and sustaining influence. and renders
| it easier for all to do right under her
genial and helpful administration. Ev-
cry one of you has known families-pos-
| sibly many of you are a part of them
| shine of the circle around her. And you
| know the other SIDE but of course you
are not part of it, where many a careful,
| frugal housekeeper, good in every respect
| but this very serious one, by wearing
countenance Of anxiety and dissatisfac-
ton, and by indulging in the frequent
| use OF sharp and reprehensive tones, more
| than destroys all the comfort and happi-
! ness which would otherwise result from
| her wise economy and her perfect system
! of management.
No one can maintain a cheerful or even
quiet frame Of mind while the naggers
| tones of discomfort and displeasurc are
sounding on the ear. You ali Know cases
| where the entrance of the mother of the
family seems to awaken general feeling
| of apprehension, as if everyone in the
room felt in danger of a reproof for some
| thing omitted Or committed-they don't
| know which, but they have so grown into
the habit of being found fault with that
| they know it is next to impossible to es-
! cape the inevitable.
A woman who should go around the
house with a small. singing snapper,
| which she habitually applied to those
whom she met, would be encountered
| with feelings very much like those
| which are experienced by the inmates of
| a family where the mistress often uses
| her countenance and voice to inf1ict SINH
| lar penalties for duties neglected.
Unhappy the child who has such
| mother to remember.
II wish she'd lick me, and be done with
! it, muttered a boy under his breath, and
boy to say of his mother, but who could
blame him? No doubt that very mother
| would give the tenderest care to her child
| if he were ill or suffering: yet she failed