The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-15
Private Secretary for Many People.

Margaret Elizabeth Sangster.
Private Secretary for Many People.
Few trades are so overcrowded as
that Of stenography, because twenty
girls can be found for each position Of
fered," writes Frances E. Lanigan in the
Ladies' Home Journal. "A new branch
Of regular stenography is that Of the
ssa hsr whe works ~
morning, takes notes. and does her work
upon her own typewriter, returning the
letters promptly for signature. She also
does copying. To business men who
have not sufficient work, nor office room
sufficient to share with a typewriter, she
is Invaluable. She. is also valued as
sistant to women who are busy with club
rules and regulations. and filing away
their business papers,
Take Time to be Generous.
The ant is pattern of industry and
thrift, though very much overrated, but
he was cold utilitarian when he out
ragged the laws of hospitality and recon-
mended the. poor happy-go-lucky grass
hopper, as he had sung all summer
to Glance all winter" One can fancy
the careful, prim, narrow little house
freezing out the improvident suppliant.
Thrift for its own sake is not virtue,
though it may be prudence. If We gar
ner up the grain, it should be that we
may scatter it again to bring forth
good harvest. And if any man, even the
thriftless, come to us beseeching bread,
shall we deny him and ask, after the ia
during the SUMMER" 1t is gray day in
deed which has in it no grain of pleas
IRE, no opportunity for doing good, no
sweet moment of rest. The future is
sort of rapaciOus Moloch demanding hui
manity to sacrifice to him the present.
The miser spends his hearts blood and
his souls peace to pay tribute to the
monster; the fool laughs at his claims;
but the wise man pays him just tithe-
Carrie E. Garrett in Woman's Home
Companion.
The Harvest Supper.
'"Then the 6-o'clock whistle blows and
there is a hutter of excitement" writes
John Northern billiard in the Ladies'
Home Journal. The girls run for the
butter and cream and milk, and a mid
dle-aged woman, an old and tried hand
at making coffee by the gallon, begins the
important connection. II there is long
veranda to the farmhouse the table is
spread there. At intervals are stacks of
white and brown bread, rolls of butter,
pitchers of milk, dishes of apple sauce.
picked beets and jam. Platters Of
chicken cut in pieces, sliced ham and
beef and mutton, and bowls of vegetables
are placed conveniently for the men to
help themselves as quickly as possible
In ten minutes the bread plates are
empty and are filled again with steaming
biscuits. Coffee cups are replenished,
and the meat platters make several jour
neys to the kitchen. A dozen apple,
custard and berry pies disappear iike
snow before the sun. Potatoes are cap.
tured on the points of forks, cut in half
ssopped in gravy, and disappear as quick
ly as coin is slipped from the palm of
a wizard. Then there is a squeaking of
boots. the sliding of chairs, and the men
go back to the yard.
''The horses are fed and the hay in the
loft of the barn is shaken down and
blankets thrown on it-a rude but well
come bed for the men tired out by the
days toll. It is MINDLESS night, and
the music of the katydids. and crickets
sounds sharp and clear. At o'clock the
men throw themselves on the improvised
beds. and soon are snoring Justify. On
the floor below the horses stamp uneasily
as the mosquitoes settle on them. The
light in the kitchen is put out. The tired
women are soon asleep. The harvest
moon rises like ball of fire.