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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
Queens SOeeches

The little speech which Queen Victoria
delivered the other day to the men and
officers OF the So-called Household brig
ade, prior to their departure for A frica
was remarkable for the reason that #
was spoken instead of read For she al
ways reads any speech more than sen
tence or two long. Her voice is a beau
tiful one, carrying far. The Queen of
Spain always reads her speeches, nery-
onsy trembling as she does so, and never
raising her eyes from the manuscript in
her shaking hands. King Humbert and
Emperor Francis Joseph are very indif-
ferent speakers, and always learn bv
heart their speeches before delivering
them. The German Emperor is probably
the best orator Of old world monarchS.
His speeches are delivered on the spur
of the moment. His voice is clear and
every syllable carefully enunciated
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What it Means.

Sixty miles an hour is the merest COM
monplace to the mind of the up-to-date
rallroad man, but it means other things
full to the outsider. 1t means a steam
pressure blow Of twenty tons on each pis-
ton head every tenth of a second. It
means that up in the cab the fireman is
throwing into the furnace two-thirds of a
ton OF coal faster than ten men can
mine it. 1t means two quarts of oil ev-
cry hour to keep her journal boxes
ly.-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
FAMILY INVITATIONS.

1t is general rule that not more than
three presons in the same household
should accept an invitation. This rule
may of course be broken when special
circumstances seem to justify it. A
daughter may accept an Invitation to a
house where her mother has never been
asked, and members Of family should
not feel hurt when some are invited and
others left out. AT the same time, in the
case of weddings in church and for larg
careful to send invitations to all the
members Of family which she knows
well. 1t is not polite to address the en-
velope inclosing an invitation "Mr. and,
Mrs. Brown and family There should
be separate invitation for '"rhe Misses
Brown" and another for the brothers
in the household.-Leah Lanceford in the
Woman's Home Companion
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FIN DE Steele GRANDMOTHER.

~ - 6. oIENLE "oNAN1A VIZ = II e W.
The grandma in her cap Of snow,
Who by the hearthstOne used to sit,
And IN the tirelight's cheerful glow
With flying fingers used to knit,
Is gone alack-a-day!
She used to make such Gingerbread!
- What seed cakes, too. she used to bake!
Fit for king, the children said,
Was gr1ndmn's golden jOhnny-cake,
But she has passed away.
Quite different Is grandma now,
Her office Is 4 slnecure:
No wrinkles .c0rrugate her brow:
Her hair Is Ii pOmpadour;
She wears Il deni-train.
She laughs at signs Of fitting years;
No SpectacleS rest on her nose;
At things old fashioned grandma sneers;
a lOrgnette takes where'er she goes
Hung by golden chain.
Coarse knitting work she does not love,
Though oft she spins upon her wheel;
Her ball dress fits her like Il glove,
Her snowy neck does not conceal
The fashion Of today.
OF cook hook rules she has no need,
On mental culture Is she bent,
And Roberts Rules does grandma read,
She of club Is President;
And she has come to stay.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
eELlEF SANTA CLAUS,

1t seems too absurd to be taken scri-
ously, hut about this time Of the year
there are certain fanatics who are sure
to bob up with their annual protest
against Santa Claus, and who insist that
all Christmas myths should be done
away with, and ali nonsense about hang
ing up stockings discouraged. If you
want to give children presents, by all
means do so, say these modern Grad
grintls. but don't yitiate their moral sense
by telling them falsehoods.
1t is hard to imagine a devotion to
facts so intense that it can see any harm
in Il beautiful story that has delighted
and enchanted the fancy of countless
generations of children, and that is one
of the tenderest and most loving memo
ries that we ever recall after we have
grown too old, alas, to hang up our
stockings any more, and the fairies that
walked hand in hand with us in child
hood have somehow dropped away from
us. Every child who has never laid
awake at night listening for the patter
of elhn hoofs upon the roof has been
robbed of a joy that nothing in after
years can give him. The man or woman
VINO cannot an recall the thrill h1i Of awaken
ing In the early dawn Of Christmas morn
ing, the moment of blissful anticipation
before the rush to the overlooking stock
lngS, and the sense of utter contentment
as every wished-for treasure was drawn
forth--a very embarrassment OF riches
has missed one of the rare moments of
perfect rapture life has to offer.
Stephenson used to say that the finest
deed was the better for bit of purple,
and who shall deny that any pleasure is
not enhanced by bit of mystery The
thing that comes to us as surprise is
thrice welcome. 1t is nonsense to pre-
tend that a child only cares for the thing
itself, and would be just as well pleased
with desired toy, frankly given by it's
parent, as he would be with one that
came with all the glamor of fairyiand.
In the one case it comes as practical.
everyday sort Of thing, and with the
other with subtle aroma of poetry and
beauty to which he is subtly responsive,
no matter how little he can describe it.
There is always a certain pathOS in
thinking how little it takes to make a
child happy and how careless we are of
it. \ painted toy, a handful of sweets. a
gay picture book, and you have given
him the material out of which to con-
struct world Of delights. In such a
little while we pass beyond all that Our
toys cease to please u.s. Our doll is
stuffed with sawduSt. The disillusioning
comes soon enough, even to the most
fortunate, and those who would rob
childhood of one sweet dream, who
would darken it's sunshine with a single
doubt, are wicked iconoclasts. In a way
all beautiful tales are true, and no child
ever got any harm from believing in the
gracious myth of the jolly old saint,
whose sweet mission in the world is to
watch over little children and bring
them happiness.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
SiameSe Millinery.

One would have hardly supposed that
Bangkok was a likely place for setting
up a millinery business. But it seems
that the progressive Siamese have a
great. fancy for English headgear. Bang
kok beaux affect the topper and the
straw "boater,'. while Bangkok bellies
love the latest things in t0ques as worn
by women of London and Paris. Here.
then, is an opportunity for the supertlu
GUS Englishwoman. Millinery ALWAYS
suggests itself to the young English
woman who has her living to get, and.
i'll consequence, the London millinery
market is ed.-Chicago News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
THE SERVA QUESTION.

We ourselves do not like to he taken
to task in public, or have any little mis-
take we may have made remarked upon
or called attention to. Servants have
just the same feeling, for they are not
children any more than is the mistress:
in fact, they are often older than the
latter. A wise mistress who wants to
have and to keep good servants, should
herself do any fault finding that may
be required, and never if possible to
help it, depute the task to anyone, not
even a daughter, especially if the latter
is young and has not had much expert
ence of housekeeping, for servants, par
ticularly elder women, resent being cor
rccted by a DEPUTY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
WOMAN'S BESETTING SIN.

'Our American women are proverbial
" overworked," claims Mrs. Il. NJ. Col
by in the Woman's Home Companion
Many of them are of a slender, fragile
build, not able to perform the herculean
tasks demanded of them. Oftentimes it
is the task of the tabled Sisyphus ever
repeating tedious routine; that is, roll
Ing the never-ceasing stone. 1t makes
ones heart ache to think of all the rough
work they do-work that sometimes their
husbands know nothing about and think
nothing about-tasks that are often done
by the light of a lamp whose blaze is fed
by the midnight oil. And this work is
kept up until at last the tired nerves
give way or cough comes OH, a sensible
decline begins, the housewife falls down
prematurely, and husband is left wife
less less; ana family without mother. Some
body is at fault for all this; but who
shall we blame? Life demands so much:
society demands SO much; your own am
hilton and pride and your husbands wei
fare and success are eXatting constant
surrenders of time and strength But
there should be a limit. No woman can
afford to sacrifice her health and
at any price. Work thus becomes a
moloch; but why not refuse the terrible
offering of life and blood and strength it
claims? Take time to rest. Recreatp,
read, attend the quarterly meetings. A
human life, a souls happiness, is worth
more than a few paltry dollars, the pleas
ure of outshining your neighbors, having
better house or better-dressed children.
Tired, nervous, overtaxed wives, drop
that work now and run out and breathe
the fresh air of the fields. Take your chill
dren out under the trees. You will be
the better for it, and the work will not be
the worse. An hours ramble or rest,
listening to the singing of the birds, the
play with the sunshine, and drinking in
the reviving freshness Of the balmy
winds, is cheaper than doctors CALL"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
LOOK TO YOUR RANGE.

4 neglected range implies ignorance
and Indifference. How many there are
SCOT to accumulate above and below it,
no census has estimated have seen i
stove about to be discarded as worthless,
which, on examination, disclosed a thick
blanket Of ashes and fine coal over the
,oven, while from below. it. the mistress
took two quarts Of SCOT. Yet the cook
Ate s Chat the OVEN bakea st
isfactOriN. Neglect means poor cooking
and waste. Clinkers, too, should be.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
No Use for "GrindS,"

The athletic sophomores of Columbia
put some of the men of their own. class
through mild form of hazing recently
The victims are known as "grinds," be-
study and are Indifferent to the athletic
and social sides of university life. When
the sophomore members of the track
team and crew came from gymnasium
work in the morning they discovered
three "grinds" porting over text books in
the grove just outside the building. 1--WE
can't let anybody work this balmy day."
said a strapping sophomore, and the
crowd made q Decline for the "grinds."
New York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
COMPLlCATlNG CHRISTMAS.

Edward Box writes in the Ladies'
Home Journal that there must be some
radical and growing departure from the
right and best way of celebrating Christ
mas when each recurring Year we hear Il
larger number of men saying, We'll, I'll
be truly thankful when this Christmas
business is over. And they are led to
this remark generally by seeing their
wives, mothers, sisters or daughters each
Christmas day utterly tired out, with the
prospect of /; siege of illness as soon as
Christmas is over. And it must be con
fessed that this state Of affairs exists in
thousands of homes. Women themselves
frequently acknowledge their satisfac-
ton when the day is over. Now, there
is always something wrong when we
make a burden Of our pleasures And if
one of our sources of pleasure in the cal
endar's greatest gala day is derived from
a, feeling of thankfulness that it is over.
there is something askew either in the
way we prepare for, or spend. the day"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
Champion i'll His Line,

The most neutrality-suspicious. man in
the world is Prof. Frank Howard, He
has upon his body $50 designs in red,
blue and brown. These different col
ors were made with lampblack, gunpow-
der, SCOT, charcoal, brickdust. Chinese,
American and English vermiion, Indian
ink, Prussian blue, indigo, Indian red
and carmine, Japanese and China black.
It took 154 days to tattoo him all over
Cincinnati Enquirer. .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
HOME INClVlIlTIEc

In all the unreason and quirkness ard
crankiness of humanity, there is nothing
else so strange as the way we deal with
the members of our family, says the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Why is it that people who are pleasant
and agreeable to everyone else so seldom
take the trouble to be even civil to thos..
Of their own household? Why is it they
SO often drop even the decencies Of social
intercourse in dealing with their own
families? Does a woman forfeit the right
to be treated like Il lady because she be-
comes a mans wife?
Why does she consider she has the
right, the moment she is married, to drop
every charm she used to win him? Why
should sons and daughters, who 20 into
ecstacies of gratitude over the bunch OF
violets or two-bit walking stick stran-
ger gives them, be base enough to never
show by word or look that they appre-
ciate the lifelong sacrifices Of their
parents?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
Only One Accepted.

1t was announced the other day that
piano firm had sent Admiral Dewey a
piano. AS matter of fact, five
piano firms sent the Deweys five pianos.
and much to the dismay Of the recipients,
the instruments being a form of white
elephant not easily nor conveniently dis
posed of. At first indeed, they were at
Dewey finally settled the matter by de-
Gliding that it should be case of first
come first served. The first piano to ar
rive was therefore accepted; the others,
with thanks, were returned "unavail-
able. New York Evening Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
Sued for His TiD,

A waiter ut ,Chemnitz, Germany, has
just recovered by the process of law six
marks "tip'' money from a traveller. The
latter, who stayed at the hotel for about
d month, offered the attendant 4 marks,
which were declined. The waiter asked
for II marks, and when the demand was
refused the traveller was summoned be-
fore. the. court. which awarded 6 marks
to the plaintiff. Philadelphia Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
LIFE AND BURDENS.

"Have you ever noticed in life that
awful sense of desolation and forlorn-
ness that comes when we are final
ly relieved of burden we have carried
for many years?" asks a writer. Zone
would think the relief would counterbal-
ance the absence of what has become a
very part of ourselves, but it is not SO.
Have not many of us bad in our house
holds a chronic invalid, whose daily and
nightly wants necessitated constant at
tendance and whose faintcst sigh was
enough to arouse us from the uneasy
slumber that we have for years designat-
ed as sleep?
Zone night just before the gray dawn
creeps through the window the invalid
signs for the last time and we know that
the burden of care has at last slipped
from cur shoulders. But how does it af-
feet us? We feel dazed and like one
stranded on desert island. We miss
the burden. So it is with the other re-
sponsbilties of life. Though we fire.
quently grumblc at their weight, how
much we would feel their loss if they
were fully and forever lifted from our
shoulders A little care is a tonic 1t
stimulates our trustworthiness and
broadens our character. This is strange
doctrine, but a true one. Analyze your
own sentiments and see if what 1 have
said is not absolutely true.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
A Revolver EYnert.

The fear of assassination which pos
sesses the mind of the Sultan Of Turkey,
and has induced him to take so many
precautions, has now led him to take
practice in revolver shooting. He is be-
coming quite expert, with the left hand
ns well as with the right.---Cincihnat En-
utlirer. III is!s, Ill \ ...1 t5 H. j., =.
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to worry over threat 80 remote in The.
future. Moreover. he firmly believed
that he had had ride behind the won
dcrfuI reindeer. as he boosted TO Rob.
who admired and cnyird him accordingly
Mrs. Moses T. Handy ill New York
Mail and Express
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
SYMPATHY WOMAN,S CHIEF
z,.a. -,,.., est CHARM.

It is not necessary to be beautiful IL,
order to be charming. On the contrary.
some Of the most charming women r.
corded in history have not been by any
means the most beautiful.
The charming woman is the woman
poor, young and old. When with others
she Invariably puts herself in the back
ground, and is more interested iii listen
ing to the recital of their SORROWS and
joys than in discoursing about herself.
She Is good listener, and this is, per-
because there are SO many people who
are only too ready to talk and so few
who are willing to listen.
Whether she is interested or not, she:
always tries to appear interested. She
is good c0nversationalist, but she
knows when to be silent. She changes
her moods and her conversation to suit
pens to be. She is always sympathetic
with those who are i'll trouble. merry
with those who are gay. and ever ready
to do a fellow-creature good turn. 81
But, with all her changes Of mood,
she is perfectly natural. In their eager
ness to charm SO many women Overstep
the boundary and become that most ter
always patent to the most casual OBJ
server, and. as it is in most eases a
sign of insincerity, it would be well to
avoid both the woman who guShes and
the habit of gushing.
The charming woman always endeay-
ors to appear Mt her best, whether i'll
public or in the privacy of her own home.
She does not scorn the obvious advant-
ages Of pretty clothes, but always dresses
as we'll as her income will permit. :
She is never put out at the appearance
of an unexpected visitor, because she Is
always fit to be seen, says the Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune. She treats her
servants, as if they were independent
human beings, not mere working ma
chimes, and consequently they find that
working for her is a pleasure, and go
about their daily duties with q cheerful
hess and zest that would astOnish some
housewives who are always complaining
that their servants will never work I'LL
less they are driven.
All men single out the charming wOm
an, passing by many younger and pref
tier women in their eagerness to talklto
her. They, naturally enough, yearn for
sympathy, and they know that she in-
yariably talks to them about themselves.
The charming woman soon discovers
for the time being she is that woman.
If he wants to be amused she ell
beavers to amuse him; if he wants to
talk she let's him talk, listening with rapt
attention to all that he has to say, even
though in reality she is being most terri
bly, bored. She never forgets that all
men like women to appeal to them, and
to rely on their superior strength in any
little difficulty.
The go-ahead very much up-to-date
woman can never succeed in charming
the opposite sex. They may like her
companionship occasionally, but it is the
womanly woman, with her gentle, ap-
pealing ways and winning, sympathetic
manner who charms and holds men,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
Musical Crows and Vegetable Cater
ni1lapS

The crow in New Zealand strikes as
sweet note as any heard in the wood
land, says Henry y. Lloyd in the At
lantic. The robin has no song and no
red breast; the native hen is the greatest
of rat killers; there is a caterpillar which
turns into a plant. These and some 9TH
er productions of nature have done for
New Zealand what the kangaroo and the
ornithorhynchus have done for Australia
given it the suggestion of oddly and
the marvellous. Rabbits and sweetbriers,
introduced for pleasure. spread like Wild
fire, and it is an attraction to be duly
advertised in the sale of land that it has
been cleared of sweetbrier and fenced
against rabbits; and then later, the rab-
bit becomes profit instead of a pest,
and is exported by millions to feed the
I'm 0lSh
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sc GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES'. s.
eaeeasssasa aseeasasae,

top (which was then never omitted), OF
the angels who gave to the shepherds
the words still spoken each Christmas
Gay, PEACE on earth, goodwill to men. y
Self Culture Magazine. 7,,s7" sss=
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watched for in the fire Dox, and broken
off as soon as they appear.
1t is a too common fashion to fill the
range, leave the hampers all open. and
let the fire burn as it will till it is re-
duced to debris Then dump in more
coal or throw in some kindlings first, and
continue as before On the contrary,
the fire should be watched and little
coal added at time, with the hampers
only opened before meal time. In this way
alone can good fire be economically
maintained. For a young housekceper it
is needful to note these things. Other
wise the ashes will be half coal. to the
detriment of the household exche1uer.
In one place a young but thrifty man
maintains his kitchen fire from the ash
heaps of neighbors, who, neglecting small
economies, continually complain Of pov-
erty
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
SHOW ART IN THE KITCHEN.

In the home there is an ever-present
welcome for individuality. Art kitchens
are not unusual, where each labor is
dignifed and simplifed through an
earnest effort to make it beautiful. The
few plants in the window, the utmost
clcanliness-little by little each day
the bright tins and the radiant copper,
the cool granite, the shining range are
so helpful to the occupant If the food
be simplicity ITSELF economy is to fol-
low. A little thought in purchasing, IL
little attention, a few kind words, and
the queen of the culinary department
does not fear an invasion of an army,
says the Pittsburg Dispatch. She real
paying her thousand fold; that duty
has become IL pleasure, and that the an
probation and cooperation of the fam
lily have made a palace where cares are
nominal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
Shamrock Beaten by Her Sails.

One of the officers in the pay of Sir
Thomas Upton, who did not wish his
name to be given, said: Il think that
the reason the Shamrock would not sail
as close to the wind as the Columbia is
that her working-jib is too big. and that
her bowsprit is much too long. l believe
that this accounts for the whole differ
enee between the boats in their wind
ward work. As far as the economy of
weights and adjustment of them is con-
cerned, and in the structural require
ments of racing machine. the Sham
rock is the better boat, but the sail-plan
killed her''-Leslie's Weekly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29
LATE FANCIES.

Flower lamps are much in rcquisition
for the dining ia BILE. They arc made of
colored opaque glass; either in the form
Of the tieurde-lis or tulip. and stand a
little over a foot high. Small electric
lights placed within the flower shining
through the variously -tinted petals, pro-
duce a very pleasing effect.
One of the prettiest chains seen in the
large assortment of a leading jcweler
was Of heavy links with large amethyst
hearts at intervals. A purse with an
amethyst lid, though these are not so
popular as they were, may be worn on
the chain. A smelling bottle or lor-
gnette would look we'll on such a chain.