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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
Summer Dict.

All rich food should be avoided in mid
summer, including cakes, pastry, and
compound of eggs, butter, and variety
Of ingredients. Greatly would be low
cred the death rate and increased the
idlehesS Of physicians, ii the home maker
only knew how to live. There are men
who have for their first meal, every d.,
in the year, ham and eggs, eggs and ham.
Others, KNOWN to me, nine months out of
twelve, daily consume a matutinal plate
full of hot griddle cakes. Such gross feed
ers are always hotbeds for the culture of
rheumatism,, govt, dyspepsia and other
are usually hopeless cases. or they disap-
pear from the stage of life. Their wives
should know better. But every woman
desires to please her husband, and most
lack the tact and the wisdom to lure
their families into the ways OF pure foods
and good health.
That way, to one not morbidly inclined.
lies through summary paths, shaded with
delectable fruits. Gathered not too soon
nor too late, but just at the golden mo-
ment when every drop of juice has at
tanned perfection, served ere they arc
stale, with but little sugar, either cooked
or ulcooked, they furnish the best food
that man ought to crave. Not that good
meats and fresh vegetables should be dis
carded BY no means But, in the places
Of indigestible cakes and bilious pastries,
let have, during every month, fruits
convenient to their season. Each and
all can be prepared so as to be delicious
to the palate and delightful to the eye.
For children as we'll as adults they make
the best Of foods and, III some form,
should be served at every mcal.-Good
Housekeeping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
Sample Desserts for Summer.


Cook together in the double boiler one
pint of milk and one cupful of sugar.
Stir two tablespoonfuls Of flour to a
smooth paste in a little cold milk. Add
to the heated milk the yolks of two eggs
and a pinch of salt. Cook twenty min
utes and remove from the fire. When
cold pour into a freezer and turn until
fresh fruits cut in small pieces. Again
turn, remove the dasher, pack closely and
let it stand two or three hours to ripcn.
LEMON CREAM.
Soak one tablespoonful Of gelatine III
one-half cup of cold water. Scald to-
gether one cup of sugar, one cup of wa
ter, the thin yellow peel of one lemon and
the juice of three. Add the soaked gela-
tine, stir until dissolved, and then strain.
one cupful of whipped cream; pour into IL
mould and place on the ice.
TAPIOCA CREAM.
Heat one pint of milk in double boil
cr. When scalding hot, stir in two round
tapioca. Stir and cook ten Or fifteen
minutes. Beat the yolks of two eggs
with two tablespoonfuls of sugar until
light, and stir into the cream. Add q
pinch of salt, and cook just moment or
two. Remove from the fire and add the
whites OF TWO eggs Deaten TO StlH dry
froth. Cut and fold them in, 50 that
the cream will be light and spongy. Add
teaspoonful of vanilla, and turn into a
glass dish for serving.
CHOCOLATE BLANC NANCE
Put two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch
and heaping tablespoonful Of grated
chocolate into bowl and stir smooth in
gill of milk Meanwhile have a pint Of
milk heating in a double boiler Or in Il
saucepan over a slow fire. AS it heats
add three tablespoonful of sugar and
stir it until dissolved. When the milk
bubbles, stir in gradually the blended
stantly to keep it from humping Let it
cook until thick and smooth Pour into
a mould, and when cold set i'll the rcfrig-
orator. When ready to serve, turn into a
glass dish and surround with whipped
cream favored with Vanilla
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
Boxes of Wedding Cake.

The pretty English custom Of sending
boxes of wedding cake after quiet home
wedding to relatives and near friends of
the bride and groom is being rapidly
adopted, and the dainty white pack
ages tied with ribbon and ornamented
with the interlaced monographs i'll silver
of bride and groom form most attractive
souvenirs of the occasion. The boxes
already wrapped for distribution are fur
nishcd by the caterer, and, it goes with
out saying add substantially to the eX-
Dense of the wedding
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
Nora's Stone Butterfly.

Teddy and Nora ran into grallpa'S
study all out of breath.
1T is. isn't it. gran,lpa:" cried Nora.
at isn't, is it, cried Teddy.
What are YOU talking about, chill
drcn?' asked grandpa, smiling.
"Abcut my stone buttcriiy,' said Nora.
eagerly. Il found it down by the brook
It must have got caught in the stone
some way. See hrre!!'
Nora held out Il stone in which was
something that looked very much like a
butterfly with his wings spread. Granl
pa took it IL his hand and looked at it
carefully. THAT is not Il butterfly s;iG
he.
There, Nora!"' said Teddy. Il told
YOU it just happened so
happen so. Let me tell You story
"Oh, do. grandpa.' cried Teddy and
Nora together.
~ long, long time ago
'Nhen you were Il little boy?" inter-
rupted Nora.
1T was long before there were any
little boys in the world,' said grandpa.
land just where our farm is now nothing
was to be seen then except the ocean.
In this ocean lived great many she'll
fish. There was one little fellow who
had Il very pretty SHE'LL though l can't
tell you now just what color it WAS He
had Il splendid time swimming about
with his mates in the warm sea water
as long as he lived. and when he died
he left his little shell in the sand at the
bottom of the ocean.
1.-The sea slowly dried away. and the
sand drifted over the shell aud grew
harder and harder. till at last it turned
to stone. and the shell turned to stone.
too. There it lay for thousands Of years.
ill at last little girl found it and called
it stone butterhy.'
20 grandpa, how funny" said Nora.
"And are there any more shells in the
rcck$!'
"There are so many said grandpa,
that you could not write the number on
ycur Slate.'
Then see if l don't fill my cabinet
with emf cried Teddy.-Youth's Com
panion.
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Calling.
Weary hours SO long and many,
Have elapsed since last we met,
And am calling, vanity calling.
For thy soulful eyes Of jet.
What Is 1t that keeps thee waiting?
Let the roses pine awhile,
Lovely bushes crave Il favor
In thy plquaut. resuisA smile.
Dare tell the gentle zephyrs
Breathe abroad my sobblny sigh
Meath thy lattice. thrO' thy window?
Sweet, oh sweet, come, hasten nigh.
Weary hours. so long and many,
Have elapsed since last we met:
l have known some shopping sorrow,
! have felt some keen regret.
Thro' 1t all thy slcamlng vision
Like an angels hover'd nigh;
Sweet, oh, sweet. come, hasten thil her.
Hasten, ere | lowly lie.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06

gle beds, in place of the double couch,
for a hostess ought never to ask two
women who are not related, or in the
even if they are brothers. to occupy one
bed. Health and comfort now demand
the separate beds, and 4 hostess is
simply outraging the laws of hospitality
If she invite strangers, or even sisters,
TO her home and condemns them to
share one mattrcss-Philadelphia In
Quircr.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
The Black Cat.

Tom Ncwcome told my brother Bert
that he had a fine cat to give him. When
we children returned from school we
At first mother said no, because we had
enough animals about the place. but We
all begged so hard that at last she con-
scented. On the way home from school
the next day Bert went Ivy for the cat.
We were all ut dinner when Bert came in
and mother told him to put the cat in the
rlayrCom upstairs and keep her shut up
fer day or two until she should become
accustomed to the place or she would run
away home
Il tell you she was heavy to carry so
far said Tom, as he sat down, hot and
hungry.
"What color is Shc?' asked mother.
"Rlack; not 4 white hair on her. said
Tom.
Let me so have look at hcr?' said
brother John.
Perhaps it is chameleon cat and
changes color.' suggested Ida.
Dinner was over. and We went upstairs
in a body to the wonderful cat that
locked black to one and gray to another.
Neither opened the door cautiously. and
we jumped in. Sitting Oh the window
sill was a large gray cat. Bert exclaimed
in amazemcnt: "Wherc in the world did
she come from? Where is my black
cat?'
He came downstairs in great excite
mcnt. what color do you say she ISL
he demanded of Bert.
BLACK, told YOU
"Wcll, she isn't; she is gray
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
To Broaden n Girls Mind.

Expand the child's mind by showing
him from time to time scenes from all
sides of life. Take him today to studios
and let him see how pictures are made:
next week to silk factories, to learn the
poetry of labor, and afterward to a brick
yard and iron foundry, not forgetting the
claims of great churches and monuments
upon an elevating education. The alter
nation Of city and country is IA deliyhtfnl
stimulant. When travel is impossible we
should give the child glimpses of moun~
tains and sights of the sea. and let him
become acquainted with niountaineers
and fishermen, even as he ought in town
to know something of the ways and
thoughts of the workmen, so that he NAV
come to feel sympathy with all sorts of
people and understand the merit of la
Tor. Actual experience of this kind is
worth Infinitely more than the theoriz-
ing in school-books. 1t is not particularly
interesting to child to read that hs
should be grateful to all the people who
supply him with his daily comforts: to
the farmer, the baker, the manufacturer.
the builder. But when he sees how grain
grows and is converted into flour: how
furniture is wrought from blocks of
wood, and threads woven into CLOTH the
whole history Of the objects about him
is revealed. The different parts of life
become connected and he gets a sense
of the thread of harmony that runs
through it ALL And he has a moment
of satisfaction coming through a feeling
of kinship with the world, which is more
useful than gratitude upon general prin-
ciples.- Florence Hull Winterburn in the
Woman's Home Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06

But looking pretty all the time is cor
tainly one of the beaux arts, and cun be
cultivated; no mention is made OF the
trouble, in view Of the end.
patience, enthusiasm and self-vcspect;
vanity we will leave, for it is only an
other name for being pleased and giving
pleasure. Some one has said that we
do not, want to change places with an
other, however ugly VIC may be, but that
true happiness lies in cultivating the per.
lection of our own type, in working out
phia Press.
Thus the red-haircd. pale and frecklel
girl is not really envious of dark beau
ty, and could she see herself as Il glo-
rio'!s, ruddy, rosy goddess, full of the
tonic, vitality of which iroh--ulways
found III red harris the symbol. she
Woald never re until she hid acuni.vd
the development of her real SELF.
so much depends on appearance, ami,
asa'n' appearance on deeper things, that
it is hard to say whether looking Mic or
feeling nice comes first. IL Cinderella
were modern maiden and her golmoth
or wisdom personited, she would receive
priceless advice instead OF clammy little
mice, rats and toals with which to open
palace doors, by Sleight CT hand,
My dear" the old lady would; say.
nave only this to give, and sincs. the
world began nothing better has been of
fered to one i'll Your position. Look ,ret,,
all the time, and when the prince comes,
as he surely will, hr will find Il princess
instead of Il poor little drudge. You can
40 II II YOU want to
Mcrcltully. none Of us know how much
w" have missed through day of un,
kcmpt hair. torn dress or buttonlrss shoe:
we looked not worth noticing and VT.
were not noticed. The business opoor
tunity, social chance or happy recon, t.
iatlon slipped by and life continued
blank
BY recognizing that the world is full
OF openings. even in the most deserted
spot or among the most tircSomc people.
we put ourselves in line with this end.
less belt of good luck. Details make per
lection. as the great Italian said. and
habits, good OR bad, are only habits af-
ter all.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
One May Do too Much.

For years we may lie sleeping in dor
mant Inconsistencies of our own powers
or the meanness and littleness that is
practiced upon us by others, then sud-
denly with start, by some swift, sud-
den shock. we are awakened to the fact
that we have been all the time blind to
the real state of affairs, and the quick
ened consciousness makes us more keenly
alive to our own interests than ever be-
fore. Selfishness is masculine char
acteristic that it would be we'll to have
transferred to ninety-nine out of hum
dred women who have gone on day in
and day out forgetful of self, worn to a
when suddenly they have learned that all
their work and their daily martyrdom
has counted for naught.
have you not often seen wife or
mother Shaving and toiling that husband
and children should present a pleasing
appearance, regardless of whether she
had second frock to her back, and caro-
tnat were once rounded and rosy.
one day, however, some special and fla
grant injustice touches her as the spur
does the high-bred horse, and she starts
off on new tack. For her must be the
vacation. for her the new gown. No
more plnching and saving that those
other unappreciative ones shall have the
-"'' NApt!iSiNe dlllfe, lue HIOSL FeSIlul
seasons at home or in smart hotels.
And what is the result? She discovers
that in so doing she has really won more
aftectionate regard than ever came her
way IN the old days. 1t amazes her for
a while, then she takes it for matter Of
course and at last settles into the place
that should have always been hers. It
may sound like rank heresy, but l be-
lieve firmly that the more woman does
the more she may do, and the less she
does does the more she has done for her
Philadelphia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
In the Kitchen.

LII Tue n stCneus
For the boiler that furnishes steam for
the household, cleanliness, cleanliness ana
still cleanliness, is the watchword. above
all times in midsummer. Every closet
corner, receptacle, sink dish and cloth
ought to be kept immaculate. Constant
must be the warfare against dust. debris
dirt and insects. In these days every
thing is alive, and much of that life In
spite Of the Hindoo belief, is inimicol
to human welfare. One has only to read
of the wonderfully beneticent effect of
the sanitation following cleanliness o.
fected under Gen. Wood in Cuba. to
comprehend the necessity of this warfnre
against fertile and deadly microbes.
In the homes of women of intelligence
and accomplishments, such neglect of the
laws of health as sends the chills over
one to think about. has been too fire.
quently seen. Receptacles and closets
are both odioous and odorous, decaying
food by the, side of the milk and butter,
soiled towels around the bread, filthy
sinks and dishclothS, md general air Of
neglect which would only be pardonabla
among Hottentots. And these things in
the households of good women philan-
thropists.. and even graduates of colleges.
Too much occupied are they with their
guilds, their music, with social life. to
give attention to details. In one case,
when typhoid fever invaded the house
hold. to which two members fell victims,
the nurse found no less than half dog
en- fetid damp cloths in and near the
sink.-Hester NJ. Poole in Good House
keeping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
" hvrS Mothers T.,

Too many mothers do not realize that
there are amy problems in their relation.
ship with thHir grown daughters" says
Temple BAILEY IN the Woman'S llnn,r
Companion, writing of ''Snme Mothers
and Their Daughters" The training Of
little children is discussed as an ull-im-
portant topic. Why should not the deli
cate questions which must arise in every
household where two mere women OF
strong personality live in constant and
close contact receive just as careful con-
sileration? 1t is after the school ,lays
that the troubles begin. The mother who
has chung to her little girl fails to recoy-
nize the needs of the growing woman.
and is hurt by any independent action on
the part of the daughter: while the
daughter, in her cagerness to grasp ut
the hest i'll the new Efo. forgets the def
ercnce which is due to the mother. Out
Of these conditions small clashings cnsue
to end too often in complete tliScortl. 1t
is just at this time that the mother must
bring all her love and diplomacy to bear
She must cndeavor to know her
daughters nature, and to understand
its possibilities and limitations. She will
lens of her mother nor of her grand
mother, for the girl of today is not like
the girl of yesterday, and she must be
studied from a different standpoint The
most unpleasant of all things American
is the dominant daughter. Brilliant,
restless and discontinued, she demands
all things as her right rather than as
privilege. The time-honored tale of the
mother at the washtub and the daughter
at the piano is verified in the mental at
titude of many households There are
two things that the mother of such
daughter should cultivated quiet dig
nifty which shall force the girls respect,
and sympathy which shall win her
heart. She must be interested in that
which interests the younger mind. And
assertion need not and should not be
radical, but she must be queen of her
own household, yielding her scepter to
none, and especially not to her inexperi-
enced daughter
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
WOmen's Lack Of Humor.

rs one of your mistakes talking too
much?' asked lecturer of an audience
of women. Il fear it is. And another
is not having enough fun. Nearly every
woman is miser of jollity. Men are
willing to catch pleasure as it flies. But
women must have everything just 50 be-
fore they can abandon themselves to en-
joyment, and then they arc usually too
tired to take it. It's disease, but for
t"nately not incurable. Women say it
is easy to talk this way, but that one
can't be laughing when one is hurried and
worried. All can say is that you might
be as hurried, but you wouldn't be as
worried if you did laugh. I happened
once to speak of my husband to a little
girl and she said:
"'Why, didn't think you were mar
ried'
"'Why? l asked.
"'Oh, cause
"'Causc why?'
"'Cause you laugh so much
wasn't that commentary on matri-
monyr'-Philadelph Inquirer,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
Her Husbands Partner.

Among what are known as the labor
ing classes in this country the woman is
the financial head of the house." writes
Frances Evans in the Ladies' Home
Journal. THE man is the wage Garner;
the woman the wage holder. Every me-
chanic who is considered a steady man
hands over his wages to his wife when
he is paid off. She handles the money
and directs the financial interests of the
entire family. The women of that class
estimate mans character by his will
ingness to intrust his earnings to his wife
or mother. The wife of day laborer is
compelled by necessity to be partner in
the matrimonial concern; but let the hus-
band of one of these women rise gradual
~ or suddenly into large means and wide
business interests and you will see her lit
tie by little accustom herself to coddling
in the form of servants and luxuries. She
is no longer compelled to find ways and
means, while her husband takes pride in
turning her into fine lady. and so de-
Stroys the healthy partnership of former
days without Offering her compensation
for the earlier confidence between them"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06

Nuts of any size can be cracked in a
new adjustable cracker, which has the
rear jaw pivoted on the handle, with a
pin set at the side of the jaw to fit in
ono of the series of holes and set the
cracker to fit the size of nuts desired.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
Always Looking Nice.

1t is possible for most of us to look |
pretty on occasions-the tryst with the |
loved one, family reunion, trying on a |
hat, or on ones own wedding day. .,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06

On Sunday afternoon a stranger or
dered a porterhouse steak at the Bright
on Beach hotel from an attentive and po-
lite waiter. Two detectives swear they
saw the waiter get the steak. not from
the kitchen, but from Il rubber bag. CON
cealed under his coat. Another waiter
was arrested for serving Il patron with
green corn. which he had been carrying
in his pocket. The hotel managers dis
covered recently that walters We're rob
hing them Systematically and Detectives
were put ON watch. When the prisoners
were searched restaurant cht"k> belong
ing to the Waldorf Astoria and the Avn-
ca villa. at Bath Beach. were found
Bogus checks were used to ovcrcharge
patrons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06

Heaven knows where the crowd of no.
boes came from so quickly when bar
rel of whisky rolled off wagon and split
open on the cobblestoneS down in Church
street. But there they were. The truck
man swore vigorously as he saw that the
tattered men who pushed and scrambled
with each other, knelt down for their un-
expected carouSal. Some of them had
tin cans, others only their hands, with
which they Labeled up the liquor, while
three old stagerS. with noses redder than
| imbibed the stuff from the gutter. 4
| great deal of it went down the sewer
| drop at the corner. but much of it was
saved for immediate consumption 10y an
| ancient tatterdemalion who damned the
| stream with a large newspaper-wrapped
| begged somewhere. The treat did not
last more than ten minutes. hut for that
| time there was as jovial Il party as ever
sat in 4 swell club at a champagne sup
per. The whisky ran away, sank into
| the ground between the cobblestoneS CT
was drunk by the crowd very soon. Then
| the truckman threw the wreck of the
Icy Of oaths the policeman on the beat
sent the unbidden guests of the drinking
| bout staggering away. and the corner
| settled down to it's usual condition Of
| noisy business Sobriety.
| The commisSariat of the Holy land.
which for twenty years has been located
in New York city. and which is now on
West Ninety-fifth street. is to be re-
moved to Washington. where a new col
lege and commissariat have been elected.
The commissarat of the Holy Land is a
part of the Roman Catholic Order of St.
Francis. which has had for many years
the. care of the holy shrines in and about
Jerusalem. The Franciscans have a gen
cral resident in Rome: he is the Most
Rev. Aloysius Lauer. who was formerly
located in this city as superior There
are provinces of Buffalo. Cincinnati and
St. Louis, but the general work in and
around New York has always been d.
rectcd from Jerusalem hence the name,
commissariat of tie Holy Land. The
new college at Washington, which is to
| he dedicated ON September II next. is
built on the familiar cloister plan. Euro
paan buildings intended for the same pur
poses having been faithfully copied.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06

The profits of Great Britain's postal
service arc $2O,OO0,O0O year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-10-06
IN CAV NEW YORK.

Roster {: Rial's music hall wa, pur-
chased by Robert Blei Of Chicago. who's"
associates ilf the project are Portland.
o.. and Chicago capitalists. TIL" hou,s.
will soon be closed and will be entirely
UnOvated