The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-18

I1c CuFSeu tue IOCul Ou Tic 6uApeISSS SiOuC
With many sharp incisiOn;
With heavens own light the marble slone
He had eadght that angel vision.
sculptors Of life are we as we stand
With our souls ulcarved before US:
Waiting the hour when ut Gods coniLiaiil
Our life-dream passes DER us:
II we carve 1t deep on the yielding stone
With many Il sharp inclsiOn,
Its heavenly beauty will be our OWL;
Our lives that angel vision.
Weddings in Paper
Tie Syracuse Herald gives the follow.
wedding in thit city, that will doubtless
prove 0f absorbing Interest to all the
upper-tendom Of the doll f;tniily:
\ double wedding in extremely high
society occurred yesterday, unmarked in
the society columns Of the newspapers.
Miss Mabel Blauvelt was married to
William Tillinghast, and Miss Florence
Blauvelt was married to George Til
lnghast, at the home of the brides
chaperOn and foster-parent, Miss Bes-
sic Schafer, GO5 Willow street.
The wedding was an extremely fash
ionable one There was nothing left un-
done to make it d gfittering social sue
cess, and the Invited guests will remem-
Der the function for some time 70 come:
The contracting parties move iii the
most exclusive circle of Syracuse paper
doll society, and their wedding was long
looked forward to by their friends and
their frieiids' proprietots as an occasion
for display of the latest agonies III
the way OF paper doll fnerics from fash
ionable dressmakers.
The brides were sisters; and the bride
for Vp,Hx I<.1r
stands sponsor, die brothers. The en-
gagement has been one Of long standing,
and when, some two weeks ago, the
daintiest little invitations Imaginable, en-
casetl i'll envelopes a haIf-inch high and
an inch long. and containing the tiniest
at home card, were received by the
little owners of other paper dolls who
live in the neighborhood of James street,
there was the greatest excitement mag
Unable
Most Of the invited doll guests had
new dresses made especially for the co.
casion. The brides trousseau was well
under way when the invitations were is
sued, and they were most elaborate af-
fairs. They embraced every possible
combination Of costumes. and were the
admired of all who beheld them. The
brldegrooms; too. had an entirely new
outfit, covering everything from a dress
suit and its acc6mpif yihf Inverness coat
amt silk hat to a travelling suit and Der
by.
The wedding took place on the dining
room table, which had been beautifully
decorated for the occasion. At one end
ferns and ported plants formed a bridal
bower, beneath which the minister, clad
i'll his robes, stood. Tie invited doh
guests were grouped around the dccErai-
ed bower, while their little owners sat
around the table, and the few grown
ups that had the privilege to be pres
ent stood behind them. The bridal par
ty. entered to the sound of the 'I4ollen-
grin" wedding march. on board some
cut. in order to give them an equilibrium.
which they did not by nature possess.
With the utmost solemnity the bridal
party came down the length of the table
and took their places before the clergy
man. Then the wedding service was
twice performed and the two Miss Blau-
yelts had become the two Mrs. Tilling-
llasts, after which the bridal party adj
jo',r1ied to miniature tables and partook
Ing been, served, ball began, which
continued until It became time for the
happy brides aud btidegrooh1s to depart
upon their wedding journeys Then they
were hustled upstuirs, the cllunge from
their bridal to their travelling costumes
was quickly nadt; and they were CAR
ricd downstairs oilce agAiii, while the doll
guests, through the proxy Of their OWL
ers, threw ,handsful of rice at the fotr as
theX vanished through the back door.
The WHOLE affair was, Carried out with
COMPLETENESS that reflects great credit
on the ingenuity of the children whose
play developed to such Il surprising ex-
tent
Their. wasn't the slightest detail omit
ted. One Of the brides even tainted
away at proper ;time,, and one of the
bridegroomS came back to the house aft
er he had left it.
The presents were numerous and re-
markable. They were all of the paper
doll world, and came nicely done H., in
little boxes. There were even little boxes
Of wedding cake for the guests to carry
home. The brides dresses were elab-
crate to a degree, wedding wells and
orange blossoms not being omitted.
Two New Flags.
Tie APPEARANCE Of new flag among
the national: eiisiglis is a matter of in
terest. Witliin the last few years the
Cuban flag HIS become familiar. but it
has no official recogllitioii- no pow
or has recognized the Cuban republic
and cannot be used i'll the place where.
in times of peace, a flag is most impor-
that, namely. on shipping. But vessels
engaged in the Cuban codSting trade
need u distinguishing ensign; and as un
der existing regulations neither the Stars
and Stripes, the Spanish flag, nor. the Gu
ban insurgant flag is available. the
United States war department. now re-
sponsible for all things Cuban, has Off
cially authorized flag for the purpose.
This flag. like that of other Southern
and Central American states, which have
seeded from the Spanish colonial en-
pire, is blue and white-the upper and
lower bars being blue, and the central
bar white. bearing a single star. The
single star is already an accepted Cuban
emblem, as it was in the case of the Tex
an republic, first detached from Mexico
and then incorporated in the United
State.
1t is curious fact that the Cubans
are now actually without nationality
they are men without country" Those
who, at Havana, have awaited themselves
Of the privilege granted them by the
United States government to take out
coasting permits. have renowned for
mally their allegiance to Spain without
They become citizens, supposedly. of the
Cuban republic, which is to be ut some
time in the future, but which as yet has
no international or official existence.
The blue and white illustrated above
is the nearest approach to national flag
for them which has vet been recognized.
The single star is also the emblem on
the other new flag to which we have
made reference-the new flag of the new
principality of Crete, recently organized
by the great powers of Europe under the
governorship of Prince George of Greece.
This flag consists of white St. An
drew's cross on blue ground. with a
white star on red field in the inner
triangle.
This is a beautiful flag and only dis
family suggestive of the flag of the Greek
Kingdom, into which Crete seems des-
tined to be eventually absorbed. Its sin
gle star is derived from the Turkish flag.
but for the crescent it has substituted the
cross, which is symbolical of Crete's de-
liverance from Ottoman rule.-YOuth's
Companion.
An Excellent Reason.
Everybody has heard the message tele-
graphed by an unfortunate Hindu official