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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
A CREMATION IN SIAM.
Variety of Funeral Festivities Mark
the Status of Bereaved Family.

Variety of Funeral Festivities Mark
the Status of Bereaved Family.
If there is any time when the Siamese
Notable cremation, says writer in Har-
per's Weekly. Ordinarily the dead of
Siam are burned at Il CHAT common to all
who cannot afford the considerable ex-
pense of a private cOntlagratiOn, and
when the wood Of the funeral pyre has
been consumed the body is we'll roasted
and the attendant vultures are given 4
chance to clean the bones. Those who
can afford it build their funeral p,rc
within their private walls. where festivi-
ties are held during the burning, and in
vitatlons issued to friends, that they may
come and behold the honor paid their
dead. The bodies of those intended for
private cremation are embalmed, and
usually kept for some time-often MANY
months. One Siamese gentleman, when
inviting me to the proposed cremation Of
his brother, informed me that the dis
tinguished deceased had been awaiting
combustion for year. The extent and
character Of the festivities on such an oc-
casion depend entirely upon the length Of
purse Of the deceased's remaining rela-
tives.
On the afternoon or evening of the al,-
pointed day the guests assemble to wit
ness the simple ceremony Of the yellow
robed priests of Buddfia. Subsequently
the nearest female relative fires the pyre,
and then, while the flames crackle and
the late lamented Kisses and pops like Il
green pippin on a spit, his grieving fam
lily and friends grow merry over the cakes
and wines, while men hired for the occ.t-
sion perform at several games, and even.
on rare occasions, do some little running
and jumping. The game nearest ap
preaching one of skill is sort Of fence
play with short sticks fastened to bon II
arms. Once in a while one sees at these
human barbecues sort Of boxing, the
art of which seems to be in parrying with
the arm and open hand the thrusts that
never have any serious intention of land
inc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
Fiji de Steele Face.

Here's an odd idea put forth by Il COM
mtntator. Do you agree with him:
Every age has it's own style, Of face
and features, due possibly to the fash
ions of the day, which impress Them
selves even lii the expression of the hui
man countenance. lie says. 'No one
who studies modern portraiture CAN fail
to note the resemblance that runs through
the works of the fashionable painters.
1T is not merely their characteristic
style, but the type which they have trans
ferred to canvas. and which almost bor-
ders on samenesS.
"These well-born. carefully trained
beauties of today are as much alike as
peas i'll one pod. They only vary in
degrees.
''Of course the artist 'idcalzeS;' he
would not be an artist did he not find
the sitter sees when she gazes in the
mirror. or her family and friends may
detect in daily familiarity.
".All the sumptuous detail of costume
also adds to the variety of a picture, but
in pose, i'll expression. there is traceable
only this one woman Of the end of the
century, Il creature of superb physique,
clothed like royal princess.
Compare her with the pictured woman
of 100 or POO years ago and see how alto
gether changed is this eternal feminine.
In fifty years time there will be produced
another beauty but one ventures to pre-
dict it will have as great SameneSS as the
beauty which commands our admiration
in the portrait exhibitions of the pres
ent day, and which shows that fashion
able painters are slaves to their subjects
will ''-Philadelphi Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
The Evils of Filtration.

I'm Irritation there is the same dissi-
pated element of excitement so beguiling
in mbling-uncertainty; in fact, we
might add to the dictionary definition a
still later one: To firt, gambling in
hearts," writes Frances Evans in the
Ladies' Home Journal. 1.-The flirt, like
the gambler, feeds upon the intoxication
of his passions. In a few years he be-
comes inca pable of steadfast, enduring
love, that feeling which i'll civilized man
is separated from the love of the bar
barian by the element of ideality, of spir-
itual sympathy as distinct from merely
the attraction of brute nature. The open
minded, open-souled, manly man is apt to
express himself in abrupt praise Of what
he likes, but the firt knows better than
to take the edge off compliment by Civ
ing it publicity. The flirt is invariably
confidential in his manner. A flirt be-
comes INSCRIPTIONS in his relations with
women, no matter how high code of
honor he may abide by in other matters.
His conscience is calloused on one side
beyond remedy. There is no germ which
develops more rapidly than the tlirtatious
bacteria. Given a young man or woman
whose pride is wounded more deeply than
his or her love by a member Of the OPP
posite sex, then, if there be a slight fir
tatious tendency to begin with, it will
be but over night before the weed has
grown to surprising proportions, choking
out conscience and kindness while it sup
ports and strengthens vanity, which
stands close by wounded affections in the
human heart
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
Woman's NOblest Vocation.

Good housekeeping is easy housekeep-
ing, and If Il woman wears herself into
shreds and tatters keeping house the case
is proven against her. writes Helen
Watterson Moody in the Ladies' Home
Journal. 1T is precisely in her ability
to guard against this contingency that
the housewife shows herself not only a
good executive officer but as we'll wom-
an with ideals and Il sense of proportion
one who does not forget that house.
keeping is means to home-making, not
an end in itself-that the most perfect
administration of domestic matters will
not make family happy in whom the
love and spirit of home do not dwell
Horne-not only place to eat and sleep
and work in, but place to be happy in,
a place to rest in and to be soothed,
place in which to love and be loved, a
place for condolences, and counsel, and
Strengthening words, and hope, and
heartening. 1t is good thing, and
noble thing, and satisfying thing to be
a good housekeeper; there is no profess
sion of which and in which woman can
be so proud, and when so blessed in head
and heart and hand as to be able to
make and keep one of those real homes
which is little sunny spot of green in
the great desert of the world'-if there
is anything better than this in life l have
not yet found it."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05

binary drinking is not. During the act
Of slipping the act of the nerve which
slows the beat of the heart IL abolished,
and as consequence that organ CON
tracts much more rapidly, the pulse beats
more quickly, and the circulation in vari-
GUS parts of the body is increased. In
addition to this, we find that the pres
sure under which the bile is sccreted is
raised by the slipping Of fluid. And
here is point which might well be
noted by our readers: 4 glass of cold
water, slowly slipped, will produce a
greater acceleration of the pulse for a
time than will Il glass of wine or spirits
taken at draught. In this connection
it may not be out Of place to mention
that the slipping Of cold water will often
allay the craving for alcohol in those
who hayc been in the habit of taking
too much Of it, and who may BIZ endeay.
orring to reform, the effects being prob
ably due to the stimulant action Of the
stirring
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
OUR BEST-BELOVED WOMAN,
Who of the Present Century will DC.
cupy First Place in PeoDle's Hearts,

" uo VI tHe TTeSeHt NentuTy Will Oc-
cupy First Place in Peoples Hearts.
Edward Box, in the Ladies Home
Journal, replying to u correspondent ask
ing who will be the most widely beloved
American woman in the Nineteenth cen
fury, considers Martha Washington as
having very firm place in the affections
of the people. Naturally he says, the
conspicuous position accorded the wife
of a President Of the United States gives
rare opportunities for woman to attract
and hold the love of a nation, and in this
respect Mrs. Mckinley has been singular
ly successful. But, after all, a woman's
strongest forces to her claims Of respect
and affection. 1t is not alone because
Dolly Madison was the wife of James
Madison that Americans hold her mem
DRY in tender regard as a woman Of I'LL
eAanpled heroism. Lucy Webb Hayes
Won the respect and love of thousands
Of people on grounds other than by right
Of her title as the wife of the President.
1t is not because Frances Folsom Cleve-
land is the wife of an exPresident of the
United States that she holds so large n
place iii the affections of the American
people: OF the many daughters of the
Presidents only one is really remembered
Nellie Grant: and YET a Presidents
daughter is only Il whit less conspicuous
IN the eyes of the country than Is her
mother. Harriet Lane, as the niece of
James Buchanan, occupied officially the
relation of Presidents daughter, and
few young women have won for Presi-
dents administration so large Il share
of the affection of the people. And gra-
cious Winnie Davis Won the love of
every true SGutherner Harriet Reechcr
Stowe, Louisa May Alcott. Frances f.
Willard, Clara Barton, Margaret Bot
tome and Maud Ballington Booth also
have secure places in the hearts of the
nenIilh ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
"PLAY BALL"
Let wars and politics and stocks
And other: themes give way,
For there's Il greater subject now
The baseball ODening day.

Let wars and politics and stocks
And other themes give way,
For there's greater subject now
The baseball opening day.
Across the land IL heard cry
THAT thrills us one and all,
For on the diamond, where he's - king,
The umpire shouts, ''Piay ballr'
Ills now the happy day for which
Event To- Which, tbreur h'y w ytrnn ont,s
Their thoughts go often turned.
Along the bleachers ns of yore
The faithful rOoters roost,
And to each player In the team
They give emphatic boost.
The poles on which are strung the wires
OF telegraph or phone
Are nimbiy mounted, and with weight
Of human burdens grOan.
10 every knothole in the fence
An eye Is tightly glued, -.
And oft the owner Of that eye
BY pals Is interviewed.
And now the batter takes his place,
While deafening plaudits ring:
And now he draws the willow back,
And now he let's 'cr swing.
A smash-a ball In rapid flight
A wild. approving shout;
And then Il painful silence reigns.
Because the batter's out.
And now Il slashing hit Is made,
And roOters jubilnte.
Then groan because the runners nipped
BY catcher at the plate.
Another smash, rush round bags,
A run the hero scores,
Then proudly dofrs his cap amid
storm of cheers and roars.
Thrice happy day that thus brings back
The joys of summers gone!
Let all the pOpulacc rejoice,
For now the seasons OH.
Upon each others necks the cranks
And faithful rooters fall,
And now agree that life is worth
The living after all.
-I'ittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
Result Of a MQrriag o.

York house, one of the superb resi-
dences in England, which had been re-
built. by the elder Buckingham, says
Charles Morris in Lippincott's. was be-
slowed by Cromwell on Fairfax, one of
his most faithful followers. Fairfax had
a daughter Mary, little brown body,
with but 4 small treasure of personal at
fractions. But her father possessed York
house. The wandering duke wanted his
own again, aRl he decided to try to re-
cover it by Offering his hand-we can
say little about his heart-to Mary Fair
fax. He had every confidence in his
own powers of attraction, and the result
proved that his confidence was we'll
founded. He sought England in disguise,
presented himself to the girl, won her
was married to her on September 6,
1857.
This marriage exasperated Cromwell,
who, as some say, designed Buckingham
for one Of his own daughters. He had
the new-made groom arrested and COM
mitted to the tower, where he remained
till the death Of the Protector and the ab.
dication Of his son.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
Word of Sympathy in Grief.

Said Il young girl in my hearing:
II never know just what to say to peu-
pie who are i'll sorrow, so never say any:
thing if can help it. And the more /
note of coincidence quite easily, for the
stilted phrases slip easily from the Pen.
even when / know that they are useless,
for they never comfort the least little
bit. But when am face to face with be-
reavement l am dumb, although my Heart
may ache. Still, it makes little differ
ence; words don't help people in grief
And if they did all I could say would be,
L am sorry.
AS if that were not the best thing to
say,
That simple phrase carries with it more
true sympathy than dozens of stilted ex-
preSSiOnS. When we were in sorrow and
felt as if we were numbed by the awful
loneliness of our grief that seemed OURS
and ours only, what did it mean to us
when our friend came, and, putting her
arms about us, sobbed, ''Oh, my dear,
am so sorry! so sorry" That genuine
unprecedented outburst brought sympa-
thy that softened grief, although nothing
could lessen it. It is mistake to think
that so-called letters of coincidence do no
good, says Harper's Bazaar.
OF course they cannot relieve sorrow,
but to the grief stricken there is great
comfort in knowing that somebody cares;
that the thoughts and prayers Of friends
are with her who walks in the Valley of
the Shadow of Death. And to one in
sorrow the world in general seems such
Il heartless, careless place.
Let us not feel that because dozens of
other people have written letters or
spoken phrases of pity to the bercavcd
friend, our little note or word is unneces-
sary. 1t may be just the touch of sym
pathy that will soften the rebellious grief
and bring much-neetled tears.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
For the Short, Stout Woman.

1t goes without saying that the stout
tiers. That's all right, but worship at a
distance. Don't pass the suitable long
coat and purchase the short jacket,
which is bound by the laws of dress to
make you look infinitely shorter. Trim
your gowns, both waists and skirts, in
perpendicular effect. Avoid anything in
add add breadth. You may p Affect all pointed i
and V-shaped arrangements with good
results. In blouses, bodices or coats the
more obscure the waist-line the more
height is given. Yokes are not intended
for the bodice of the short, stout woman,
but rather an unbroken line from waist
to shoulders, which gives length.-Mary
Katharine Howard in Woman's Home
Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
Reflection of a Bachelor.

= It is probably an old bachelor, with
the fear Of matrimony before his eyes
and chronic disposition to find fault
with the women who writes this para
graph i'll the gossip column of the New
York Commercial Advertiser: 'Femi-
nine dress is wondrous subject and
may not be approached by the ignorant
except in Il spirit of reverence. All the
same, one of the things that no fellow
can find out is the wherefore of the pre-
.yailing fashion of slashing my lady's
skirt in twain foot or so below the
waist and then lacing it up again with
buttons and cords or splicing it with gold
safety pins. Is it to promote ease in the
assumption and discarding of the gar
nent or simply to afford a chance for a
further display of jewelry? IT'S nice
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
Clean White Ostrich Feathers,

Dissolve four ounces of pure white
soap, cut into portions, in four pints of
hot water, placed i'll large basin. Beat
up the water with the hands or a small
whisk until lather is obtained, and
into this dip the feathers. Wash one at
time and rub it gently up and down
with the hands under water; then dip
instantly in clean, very hot water, and
get someone to shake the feather in the
sun while the others are washed in a
similar manner
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05

double, and of fine shape and produced
with wonderful freedom; the yellow Per-
sian, which well merit the name Cloth
sof Gold" SO rich is the color; and. the
small, low-growing Scotch and Austrian
varieties. There are others in this gen
eral class which deserve place in any
collection, but l have named those with
which the amateur gardener will be most
likely to succeed. When he or she learns
to grow these well, other sorts can be
added with Il reasonable chance Of sue
cess.--Harper's Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
european and American Mechanics.

ssTaken all round, the European worker
is at a disadvantage compared with the
American, as so much time is consumed
in stopping and starting, in eating sand
witches and in drinking beer and tea dur
ing working hours. 1t is impossible to
produce as much work in the ten hours
in this dawdling, nibbling fashion as can
be turned out in straightaway runs,
under full steam, with good fuel and
plenty of it. Estimate the time wasted
in one day for the breakfast hour alone
ii an English workshop where 1000 men
Ore employed. Is it an exaggeration to
say that ten minutes are lost at this time
by each Individual? For 1000 men this
ii, say, 100 hours per day: in a week
$50 hours. The American mechanic be.
gins the day with a substantial breakfast,
starts work at {, works without stopping
TIL u, has an hour for dinner, and works
again from to 6 without stopping. No
beer. no tea, no sandwiches. Well-fed,
!sstead working, Which has the nd
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
A Chnan Remedy,

That so few doctors recommend the
free use of water is due to no other fact
than negligence Every physician knows
the value of water, but seldom do they
think of urging it on their patients. An
esteemed contemporary eXpounds it's
great merits as beverage, contending
that the effects produced by the drink
ing of water varies with the manner in
which it is drunk. If, for instance, Il
pint of cold water be swallowed us u
large draught, or il it be taken in two
portions with short interval between.
certain definite results follow-effects
have resulted from the same taken by
slipping Slipping is a powerful stimu-
liant to the circulation, thing which or.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
Little Meat for Children.

IS: 1t is one Of the greatest errors to give
too much meat to children under 10
years of age; their digestive organs are
not equal to the demands made upon
them by such heavy food. From care
Efully-compiled statistics it is proved that
children who are fed largely upon meat
diet are irritable. snappish and quarrel
some. The best foods for little ones are
milk, cnstards, simple buildings, farina.
there is need Of Il hearty meal, lightly
boiled egg is un excellent article for IL
child. TO growing children give soup.
broth and stews, and occasionally little
bit Of meat, finely shredded, with plenty
If vegetables
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
A Matter of Home Discipline,

A child ST ould never be discussed with
famiiy Where the little ones learn that that
they may appeal successfully from one
parent. to another, or where upon one
falls the o1ius of every necessary denial
or reproof, while the other stands spon-
son for every pleasure and indulgence!
Let us spare no secret effort, as parents,
to appear a unit to the child.-Elaine
Goodale Eastman in Womans Home
Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
The Scotch OF 1t.

The Scottish American has a story Of
d north country servant girl. who was
living with an English family in the
neighborhood of Oxford. One wet day
she, happened to step into heap of mire
much soiled. 'What have you been do
img?' asked her mistress. oh" said
she. II stepped into a humplock o
glaur.' And what's glaur?'' Just
clairts.' said the girl. But what's
clairts?" ITS just clabber." But,
dear me! What is clabber?' "Clabber
is drookit stour." But what is drookit
stour?" insisted the azed lady.
&..Weel, weel,'' said the girl, lave nae
patience wi ye ava. Ye sud ken as weel
as ME, it's Just wat dirt"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
The Ice Man is Here.

They sat on the steps and glared dark
ly at one another.
1t was early morn; the sun was just
peeping DER the hills-in an adjoining
county.
There were seventeen of them and the
steps yroaned beneath the weight.
Presently the door was partially
opened and Il face appeared in the OPEN
ing. Every man sprang to his feet.
swell, phat waz it?'
SIS Mr.. Brimble at home"
NAV. he amt. He won't be back fer
a week"
And those seventeen solicitors for rival
ice companies sighed heavily and slowly
and sadly wendell their several ways
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
Rice Water for Launde rinr.

! If Il slight stiffening is desired in
laundering A pound of rice is boiled
in a gallon of water, and the dress rinsed
! in this before being dried The b,'st
laundresses do not allow delicate sum-
mer dresses to dry in the sun, rolling
them instead in cloth and letting them
remain until nearly dry, when they are
irOned,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
The Coming Shirtwaist.

Waists are shirt-like in their plainness,
though some are made fanciful with the
addition of dressy collars and revers.
Linen collars are worn, as we'll as those
OF plain ribbon, which merely cross in
the back and lap over in the front, where
they are held with small lace-pins. Leath
err belts are seen more with the shirt
waist than are the fancy ones of last
year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
Had a Good Imagination

Secretary Gage in a little speech in
New York the other night satirized the
tendency of the period
very neatly in the following story: "A
man of my acquaintance owned team
of fine horses. Shortly after he had pnr-
chased them he went out to the stable
before breakfast, and the meal was kept
waiting for him. When he returned h.
told his wife that since he had gotten out
of bed he had become $500 richer. She
asked him to explain. He replied that
on looking at his team he thought they
were worth $500 more than at the last
time he had observed them. 1t was the
same team. but his mind had capitalized
them to suit himself