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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Glinnpses.

We know that bird wings mounted as
a couture are very smart, indeed, but
we have not yet had the courage to wear
the whole bird across the top of our
heads. it's tail falling over our back hair,
as the elegantes are doing in Paris.
Would you 60 to the opera or matinee
in the best of form? Then wear a
separate bodice of white satin with any
of your pretty light colored cloth skirts
silver gray. an old rose or an orchid or
mauve Let your satin be soft and
pliable. as are those of English make:
but do not order it overtucked or
trimmed. Have it quite. simple, but fit
ted to show every graceful movement Of
your figure, says Vogue. You may have
as much tulle or lace about you as
you can stand. This simple elegance
puts to rout all tiresome memories OF
separate waists-past and present-and
because Of that really looks very smart.
1t is said that on the recent very full
dress occasion of the inauguration of the
Opera Comique in Paris, very many
trains were worn in the boxes. The
skirts were trimmed with choice laces,
and looped with roses which were tied
with the ever charming Louis Nv. bow
knot. Shoulder straps instead of sleeves
were the rule on all kinds of bodices
worn by the smart women that night.
MANY women seem W w sun III Tic
dark about the material so much in
vogue and constantly talked about, called
panne. They will be much surprised to
find that satin antique, with which they
are very familiar, is panne under another
name. This charming plush velvet is
known by still another name in the shops
as velour-soleil, sun velvet-because of its
brilliant high lights, evidently.
The smart New York contingent no
longer wear jewelled charms or jewelry
of any. kind in the streets, but are lop-
ping OF ornaments very generally at all
day functions, and the fashion has gone
over to the questionable world. Abroad
the best dressed women have given up
jewels for day wear altogether. but when
the necessity arises for wearing an or
nament, something delicate. artistic. and
fragile is chosen from filigree work or
quantity inlaid ornaments, together with
Niello work into which transparent
enamels and diamond clippings have
been daintily introduced.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
A Practical Test Of TolstOi's Theo-
ries

Tolstois second daughter, Maria, is
putting into practical operation some of
her fathers theories. When the family
property was divided she refused to ac-
cept her portion, and though she lives at
home, and is therefore in one sense de-
pendent, she works in the fields with the
peasants, and turns over the money she
makes to those who are disabled by ILL
ness. The money she makes, to be sure,
is not excessive. Twenty or thirty ko-
pecks day comprises all her gain-a
kopeck being half cent of our money.
When asked why she did not devote her
self to more lucrative labors, the better
to provide for her INDECENT neighbors, she
replied: LAS a matter of fact, l know
of nothing that can do that will bring
me in more money than my work i'll the
fields does. l have not been trained to
make living equal to that which now
enjoy at home, and if We're forced to
shift for myself l don't know that l
could do any better than by working as u
peasant woman. AS matters now stand,
I have my living at home, and there is
also this opportunity to help the peas
ants. Besides earning Il little money for
good by associating with them. 1t took
them long while to get accustomed to
my companionship, and l don't feel that
even now they accept me as l should like
to have them do; but Il few, at any rate,
have learned to realize that l am not
playing with them or the work, and that
I really want to be Of service to them.
What I shall succeed in accomplishing.
by way of example and suggestion, is but
an infinitesimal part OF what is necessary
to be done before the. peasants learn
what it is that my father believes the
Bible teaches that men ought to be and
do; but it is satisfaction to me to try
am sure that already some of the women
have views and ideas that they did not
have when they saw me playing tennis
or sitting in the music room the day
long"
A correspondent of the Sun worked for
one day with her in the fields, only to be
too exhausted to stir until noon. But
Maria was up again at dawn and out be-
side the peasants, seemingly as fresh as
fhey-Harner'S BaZar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
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nmns Of the extension porticos are Q

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nmns, Of the extension porticos are Of
Maryland marble.
The Rlakely (Ga.) Reporter saws
there Is man In Early county who has
been relieved Of road duty for years
on "technicality." 1t is customary to
summon a man to work the road nearest
70 where he sleeps and has his clothing
washed. AS this man has never been
seen with so much as a clean shirt on,
me supposition is that he has no washing
done, and he Is relieved Of road duty.
The most costly Parliament of Eu,
rope is that Of France. The Senate
and Chamber of Deputies eat up annual
y 1,50O.O0O francs. The same item for
the other chief European nations is as
follows; Spain. 2,2SO, 900 francs; Italy,
2,15OOOO francs; Austria, 1900, 900
frames; Great Britain, 1,29S,OOO francs;
Belgium. 100000 francs; Portugal, 5O3,-
uOO francs; Germany, 4I5,OOO francs.
A Glasgow newspaper man, finding
that MS eyes became so tired that he
could write only with great difficulty, hit
upon the plan of having some strips of
cotored paper pasted on his desk close to
the inkStand, so that every time he want
ed dip of ink his eyes fell upon the col
ored strips. The result was surprising,
and the inventor says that by this SIM
pie device he not only avoided the use of
oA"sSSs' ouI aIoo IiliIFONeu HIS SlSnt.
An experiment in storing eggs was
recently tried at I.eith, Scotland, where
some $4,000 Scotch. Irish and Danish
eggs were sealed in an apparatus for
four months. after which only a small
proportion Of them were found to be ad-
died. The air in the storage apparatus
was cooled and allowed to circulate free
~ around the eggs, which were turned
periodically to keep the yolk surrounded
with a!bumen. This was done by
mechanism.
Wakefield. Mass. which has popu-
lation of 1000, sheltered and fed 1862
traml,s in 1898, and the authorities have
decided to make special preparations for
the entertainment of such guests in the
future. The town council has voted to
appropriate $3.50 for the erection of a
well-ventilated tramp storage house,"
two miles from the residence section, and
those who may apply for aid will be
obliged to walk out to headquarters,
where they will be allowed to break stone
in payment for meals and lodging.
The Canadian taxpayer spends less
than one-thirteenth of what the British
taxpayer spends for defense. With a
population computed at 5000, 900, Cana
da has federal revenue of 1919 per
head, and of this in 1895, spent 81 ,G31, :
600 upon her militia force, 81, 600 strong,
thus spending 1852 per soldier. No CON
tribution is made to the royal navy.
Canada spends 80 cents per head, as op-
posed to II cents per head in New Tea
land and Cape Colony, IS cents per head
in Australia and 9S cents per head in
Natal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Brothers Honest Critics.

A girl with big brother, if he's an oh
serving fellow and talkative one, too,
can get more cold-blooded comments on
her dress foibles in one hour than she
would hear from the other men of her
acquaintance in a lifetime
Only a brother dares venture upou
frankness that cast wholesale reflections
upon feminine taste. Most of them settle
back after a few years experience with
woman's obstinacy into kind of apathy
regarding her gowning whims. To them
change in fashions means simply rise
or fall in dressmakers' bills, says Doro-
thy Maddox in the Philadelphia Inquirer
But brothers are ever on the alert to
detect some vulnerable point in woman s
vanity. Then for the attack.
One of these would-be wardrobe die
tators was taking a stroll with his sister
the other afternoon.
Now, just look that that" he sneered,
as a new spring skirt went swaying and
dipping past.
Isn't that the messiest sight you ever
saw? Call that style? Why, it isn't
even decent. And yet you women who
set yourselves up as such fastidious crea-
lures are willing to go trailing along dir
ty streets with your fine clothes in that
condition.
"All anybody needs to do it to patent a
dustpan arrangement for the inside edges
of your skirts. and you'll have complete
streetsweeper's outfit"
But his sister began in defense of
the mode, ''1ong skirts are so much more
graceful than the chopped-off kind. They
"Such swirl of filth. Graceful, in
deed. Every woman see is clutching at
her skirt in the back and. trying to hitch
it up from the pavement. She never does
it, either.
1T hikes up in one place and flops
down in another. Why not have it cut
the right length in the first place?'
But the petticoats, you forget the pet
ticoats," came the triumphant reminder
How could we f1aunt their gorgeousness
if it wasn't for lifting our skirts?'
do you think we men admire those
fancy silk petticoats? I've heard lots of
fellows say they look as much out of
place on the street as ball dress would
Flashy pink and red things, all fused
up with lace and stuff. Ugh! They're
as bad taste as your trains"
If lovers were only as critical and as
outspoken as brothers, wouldn't we have
a fashion reform i'll a jiffy! AS it is,
brother is listened to, argued with and
laughed at later on.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
BELLIGERENT CRABS.
Their Chief Delight Consists in Twist
ing OFF Each Others Legs,

The most savage specimen of the crab
species is found in Japan, seeming to
dream of nothing but fighting, to delight
in nothing half so much. The minute he
spies another of his kind, he scrapes his
claws together in rage, challenging him to
the combat. Not moment is wasted in
preliminaries,. but at it they go, hammer
and tongs. 1t sounds like two rocks,
grinding against one another as their
claws rattle against the hard shells. The
sand flies as the warriors push each other
hither and thither until at last one of
them stretches himself out in the sun,
tired to death. But he does not beg for
mercy or attempt to run away, only fee
bly, rubbing his claws together in def
ance of the foe That foe comes closer
and with his claws trembling with joy
at his victory, the conqueror catches hold
Of one claw of the vanquished crab,
twists it until it comes off, and bears
away the palpitating limb as trophy of
his prowess. Such is battle between
warrior crabs.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
POETIC LICENSE,

',ris said big 6eas
Have little wees
Upon their backs to bite 'em;
Fer poets great
Small rhy nlsters wait
And dog their tracks to write 'em.
Twas ever thus,
And so the fuss
Goes on ad infnftum.
A flea will cling,
As well as spring.
The pesky little skipping!
bard wifi sing :
OF anything
While he Is still q stripping,
But when he grows
He writes hts prose
In rby HE, and sends to KfpfiBg.
81. 6. r. fD New York Tribune,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Do Not Scare Your Child,

Nothing can be worse for a child than
to be frightened. The effect of the scare
it is slow to recover from; it remains
sometimes until maturity, as is shown by
many instances of morbid sensitiveness.
and excessive nervousness. Not unfre.z
quently fear is employed us d means ot
discipline, says the Commercial Tribune:
Children are controlled by being made Ia
believe that something terrible will han.
pen to them, and punished by being shut
up in dark rooms, OF being put in places
they stand in dread OF. No one without
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Mirrors Need Constant Care,

If looking glass is allowed to become
cloudy, it may be permanently injured.
1t should not be permitted to get dusty,
and once a week should be rubbed brisk
ly with a rag dipped in methylated spr-
it's. When this is dry, polish with silk
buster, dipped in powdered chalk, or pow
der blue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
In the Travelling Bag.

Harpers Bazaar says that the only real
~ necessary articles that Should be put
in the travelling bag are plenty of clean
handkerchiefs, some eau de cologne, some
salts. small stimulant, Il nightgown,
comb and brush, toothbrush and nail
brush.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Wedding Customs.

"A wedding tea is now more usual. pcr.
haps, than wedding luncheon or break
fast, and even the latter is generally Il
stand-up affair. Even at tea a certain
amount of champagne is provided in
which to drink the health of the bride
and bridegroom. The cutting Of the
wedding cake is quite little ceremony
The bride is supposed to cut the first
slice, but she is always assisted by the
best man and one or two other gentlemen.
The health of the bride and bridegroom
is usually proposed by one of the principal
guests after the cake has been cut. Then
the bridegroom says few words of
thanks, and here sDeechmaking general
~ ends. Sometimes the health of the
BRIDES parents and of the bridesmaids is
proposed, but only seldom. When the
bride and bridegroom leave the hostess,
bridesmaids and as many of the guests
as are able to do so. accompany them
to the hall door and see them off. After
their departure the guests take leaye Of
the hostess, only her intimate friends re-
turning with her to the drawing room.
The fashion of sending out wedding cake
is quite. a thing of the past. except to
near relatives or very intimate friends
who were unable to be at the wedding.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26

vivid memory of his childhood can com
sprehend how entirely cruel such things
are. We have often heard grown Der
sons tell OF the sufferings they endured
as children, under like circumstances on,i
recount the irreparable injury which thnv
are sure they then received. No Dareni
no nurse capable of alarming the youny
lis fitted for her position. Children ne
near as possible, should be trained not to
know the sense Of fear.
4. Some interesting facts dealing with tho
fears of children have been collected nv
9 a-" Well,known professor. He found that
iIol children were afraid of Case things.
The leading fears were lightning and
thunder, reptiles, strangers, the dark.
death, domestic animals, water CHESTS
insects, rats and mice and high words
Some OF the fears were the result Of ner
s0nal experiences; that is in a district
where a great wind had wrought havoc
the children were afraid of it. In other
cases the analysis showed by what means
the parents had worked upon the imng-
nation Of their children. In one district
sixteen poor little ones were dreading the
end Of the world. The most gratifying
fact of all was that not one child had
been frightened into obedience or go;d
conduct by the fear Of the devil. A
century or two ago that fear would hive
led all the rest. The pleasing inference
Is that parents now dwell upon affection
and love to insure the goodness of their
children. instead of terrOrizine them with
Satan'S wrath ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26

The True Meaning of Motherhood.
Ideal motherhood is the work not of
instinct, but of enlightened knowledge
conscientiously acquired and carefully d.
gested,' writes Helen Watterson Moody
in the Ladies' Home Journal. If mater
nifty is an instinct, motherhood is pro.
fession; and yet many a girl undertakes
it with less understanding of it's duties
and less anxiety for their discharge than
she gives to the selection OF the tailor who
is to make her new gowns, or the cos
tunes of the bridesmaids in her wedding
procession. 1t is quite the fashion now
adays, i'll well-to-do families, to provide
the daughters with some special training
by means of which they could earn their
own bread and butter if the family for
tunes should suddenly fail. 1t is held to
be altogether wise and proper to educate
daughter for possible profession in a
remote contingency, yet while nineteen
out Of twenty of our girls marry and
become mothers, no training whatever for
the real profession of their lives is
thought to be necessary. Any practicing
physician will tell you that four-ffths IL
the illness among children could be avoid
ed by proper knowledge and care on the
part Of the mothers, and yet our girls feel
that they must take up college settlement
work and scientific whist and the banjo
to get little excitement into their lack
luster lives until the great excitement of
marriage comes"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
A Wouan's Power.

A woman may dazzle when she is
merry, but she is most charming when
she is tender and sympathetic. When
her voice takes a softened tone and her
eyes look words that her lips hesitate to
say-then, if she only knew her power, it
would be a bad time for the world ut
large. Only she never knows 1t. Posi-
bly, she charms the most when she is un-
conscious Of it. The very unconscious
ness is part of the charm.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
To Remove Mildew.

Mildew may be removed by simply
making soft paste of equal parts of
chalk and common soap. Wet the stained
goods and place in the sun until the spot
diSauDearS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26

in the locomotive departments
of the English and Welsh railway lines
increased So per cent. during the last
half year, and the cost Of coal was aug
3mented by 1S per cent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Keep the Windows Omen.

Life runs in circles. Good blood makes
good nerves; good. nerves insure diges-
blood. But tp keep the blood good there
must be good air. From birth to death
we must breathe every moment, sleeping
and walking, night aid day: Not onlS
do we need air. but good dir, and that
every instant Of our lives. Bad air is
malaria. Bad air causes blood poisoning
and all once breathcd is bad air. 1t is
not only deprived Of Il part Of it's oxygen
and perhaps more subtle elements of life,
but it is loaded with an excess of car
bolic acid, and also with animal impuri-
ties-the foul waste matter of those who
have breathed it.
There is no worse poison than the
crowd poison. Therefore every room in
which people live should have constant
ventilation. The room needs air as well
as the people who live in it. Don't sleep
in a close, musty, smothering bedroom
Open the window and allow it to remain
open at least an inch night and day. If
cold, put on an extra blanket. No one is
less liable to catch cold than the person
who sleeps in an airy bedroom.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Best to Have Hirh Ideals.

The polishing process Is not always for
tunate for the object experimental upon.
yure silver can be worn thin as paper,
and show true metal all the way through;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
An Impulsive Hostess.

There is no one fault which will keep
woman so constantly in hot water as
impulsiveness. This fault is far-reach-
ing in it's misunderstanding qualities.
y woman swayed by .ephemer;l, feel
ings is prime favOrite for the moment. out
she falls below par iii favbrit}sm as Sboh
as she is understood.
AS hostess she is most to be feared
says the Pittsburg Dispatch. She means
we'll, but not the slightest dependence
must be placed on her. She has the
trick of falling in love with individuals
on sight. Then she becomes possessed
with desire to see more of them, and
invitations are scattered about as wildly
as apple blossoms in gale.
Miss NJ. is the dearest girl l Must
cultivate her." Or,
ii "Wh2t a. : dear1 sweet woman thai
At the first opportunity both ladies' are
urged to drop in to luncheon, or they are
implored to set day for dinner, or still
higher the imDulsive soul climbs in the
scale of hospitality, and they are asked to
save some time during the coming season
for Il house party. :,
Then the impulsive hostess wRisks 81,
aglow with satisfaction, and never gives
another thought to either one of the
women until the mail brings word that
one or both have taken her cordial inyi-
tation in dead earnest.
What tempest in teapot! The I'M
pulsiye one is inclined to quarrel with
everybody but herself. She talks :lliont
'''cheek.' Has Austered soliloquies which
blame for the threateiied intrusion is
placed everywhere save where it belongs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26

A Buddhist temple has been opened
in the museum of the University of Penn
sylvania. Prof. Maxwell Sommerville
spent nearly six years in collecting ma.
terial for it. = Gsszzss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
At the Stile.

- AT the Stile. y
Adown the grassy lane she came
And loitered at the stlle-
(Her grandmamma did Just the same
There many years erewhile)-
The sole stlle hereabout, / wis,
For now IRE walls to climb;
Yet such a goodly style us this,
Why did 1t change with time?
No satin slippers then she wore.
No green culAsh, no shawl,
No f1chu primly crossed before,
No powdered wig ut all:
Yet still she dimpled on the stile
AS grandma did, they say;
Tho styles may change, a Maiden's smile
Is just as sweet today.
Then Marjorie looked up ut me,
And looked down at hes,
The while upon the stlle sat we
As once her grandfOlks were.
And then spoke their old, old phrase
And named Il sweet, fond name
Tho stiles have changed since ancient days,
One style remains the same!
-AObie Farwell Brown In WOman's Home
Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-26
Good Beds-Few Homes Have Com
Portable Beds.

Good Beds-Few Homes Have Com
Portable Beds.
eve spend one-third of our lives in
bed; and yet beds are not made ST.
preme or even very important consid-
The fact il strangely uhaccountable.'
writes Ella Norris Kretschmat, in tho
Woman's Home Companion. canine Of
Austria told her friend Cardinal Mazafii1
that her idea of future punishment was
to be put between linen sheets. So
would say many if questioned-at least
the protest against linen would be long
and loud. In winter it borders upon re-
fined torture, in summer it is fairly COM
Portable, but not sufficiently so to Justify
it's expensiveness. Nice cotton sheets,
made long enough to tuck in generously,
are the sensible thing, and good enough
for the most fastidious. Sheets should
measure at least two and three-quarters
yards. This will make the sheet long
give enough at the top to turn back and
prevent the blankets from coming in con-
tact with the face and hands. Why will
people make sheets too short? 1t is one
of those sins of domestic management
which encourages male humanity to pro
family and women to hysteria: Did any
woman ever save $40 in a lifetime by
SuUileHllS uef SHEETS! IL she O1O, ner
family, if normal, have taken it out Of
her nerves.
''1n providing beds for family one
should guard against insists. If husband,
son or brother is 6 feet 3, let him be
spared at home the discomfort he is sure
to suffer abroad in the accommodating of
his superfluous inches. He is entitled to
the privilege of stretching out. The
length of a bed for an adult should be
no less than 6 feet 6 inches.
1.-THE use Of folding bed is either m
accusation or a matter for congratula-
ton. If necessity, by reason Of space
limitation, it's use must be condoned; but
II used as matter of choice, it stands
propriety Of it's owner. Its presence in q
roomy, well-appointed home. unless for
emergencies, is unjustiiable." =. -.