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they give pleasure to the server, some
because they give comfort to the served
1t is not easy to turn from either. 1t is
not easy, women are apt to think with
some bitterness, to be professional
woman at all. And now again the head
must be needed. If you have honestly
decided that as a duty to your talents.
or to eXpediency, or to some other good
motive, it is best for you to follow an
outside profession, the way to begin is
not with weak lamentations and COM
parisons Of sex. One great reason for
our thinking Of mans path as so much
easier in his professional career is be-
cause sacrifice to gain and end has be-
come so matter Of course in the lives Of
men that we take their efforts as no sac
rihce at all. 1t is not always as easy as
it looks for man to leave the bedside of
sick child, the hearth Of an ailing wife,
or even the happy sitting room and the
bright chatter Of those he loves, to so to
work that sternly calls him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
Fifty Years of Progress,

Now that an automobile has left New
York for San Francisco the era of long
distance riding in self-propelling vehicles
may be said to have begun in the United
States. The longest distance heretofore
Cleveland and New York. but in Eu-
rope trips of several Thousand miles have
been made. The journey to San Fran
cisco will be 300 miles in extent and
require many weeks, the progress of the
machine in the Rocky mountain region
and across the muddy prairies being pros
pectively slow and difficult. 1t is now
just fifty years since the exodus to Cali
fornia in consequence of the discovery
Of gold there, and the departure Of a
gasoline machine carrying two passengers
for the Pacific coast is in itself a nota bic
observance of the tiftieth anniversary Of
the toilsome expeditions of the forty
niners.-providence Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
The Old Home,

The Old Home.
In the quiet shadows of twilight
l stand by the garden door,
And gaze on the old, old homestead,
So cherished and loved Of yore.
But the Ivy now Is twiniNg
Unframed Ger window ana wall;
And no more the voice of the children
Is echoing through the hall.
Through years Of pain and sorrow,
Since first had to part.
The thought Of the dear old homestead
Has fingered around my heart.
The porch embOwered with roses,
The gables drOoping caves,
And the song of the birds at twilight
Amid the orchard leaves.
And the forms of those who loved me
In the happy childhood years
Appear ut the dusky windows,
Through vision dimmed with tears.
l hear their voices calling
From the sh0dowy far away,
And l stretch my arms toward them
In the gloom OF the twilight gray.
But only the night winds answer,
As cry through the dismal air:
And only the bat comes swooping
From the darkness Of its lair.
Yet still the voice of my childhood
Is calling from far away.
And the faces Of those who loved me
Smile through the shadows gray.
Arthur L. Salmon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
Featl.ered Ventrilouuists.

Many birds form their sounds without
opening their bills The pigeon is a we'll
known instance of this. Its cooling can
be distinctly heard, although it does not
open its bill The call is formed inter-
nally in the throat and chest and is only
rendered audible by resonance. Similar
ways may be observed in many birds and
the cuckoo, according to one naturalist,
is the resonance of a note formed in the
bird. The whirring of the snipe. which
betrays the approach of the bird to the
hunter, is an act of ventriloquisnl. Even
the nightingale has certain notes which
are produced internally, and which are
audible while the bill is closed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
When a Man Really Loves.

We needs must love the highest where
we see it. and our belief is that there is
no man. no matter how degraded, but
has some worship to bring really good
woman when he recognizes her. But
women, as rule, do not seem to be
alive to this desire. When a woman
has won a mans true affection, he is
ready and willing to idealize her and
place her on a pedestal. He likes to
think of her as some one better than
himself. some one to whom he can pour
out all his nobleSt aspirations
All of us have our serious moments
and an inner life which we do not show
to the world, says the Pittsburg Dis
patch. But who cares to 'wear his
heart on his sleeve for DAVIS to peck
at?'
The modern woman seems bent on dis
illusionizing man. They would worship,
but she will not let them. She does her
best-or her worst-to dissipate the halo
Of romance with which he would sur
round her.
How can one worship the modern girl?
She treats lightly all the old ideals, and
discusses with freedom subjects our
grandmothers would have spoken of
with bated breath, or not at ALL She
talks lightly of love, marriage and relig-
ion. She is serious about nothing. She
thinks it clever to make all kinds of
risky little speeches and startling allu-
SiOnS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
Spectacies Two Centuries Ola

T. B. Knowles of Dexter, Me-, Is tho
possessor of a pair Of iron-bowed specta-
cles, the age Of which, it is said, can be-
traced back 200 years. The bows are
plainly hand-forged. the amount Of from
in them being sufficient to make several
pairs of bows equal II weight to the
magnities but slightly, is much smaller
than what is used now, and placed far
Their apart A
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28

have lost it at the farm, he returned to
look for it. When he arrived he enlisted
the services of a youth and started in
quest, without entertaining much hone
of finding the watch. About the first
thing noticed by the youth was an os-
trich tossing something in the air. Il
was the watch. and would have been
swallowed if it had been glass-faced
watch: 1t happened that both sides were
opened and lodged in the beak. The
next day the valuation of one of tho
birds was enhanced $50. 1t swallowed
ii diamond from the setting of woman
visitor, who inadvertently sought to con-
sole the bird by caressing it's forehead
Arizona Republican.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
Effect of Diet on Disnosition

Some authorities hold to the idea that
a child's disposition is largely governed
by his diet, citing the gentleness Of the
lice-eating races against the 1uarreling
this may or may not be true. it is GER
tain that wholesome food reacts to. pro
tluce wholesome temperament = Pork
and pie" says an old doctor, "is as per
nicious as original sin," which is putting
it with forcible it blunt philosophy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
Puff OF q Locomotive.

The cough or puff of railway engine
is due to the abrupt emission of waste
slowly the coughs can, of course, be
heard following each other quite distinct
~. but when speed is put on the puffs
come out one after the other much more
rapidly. and when eighteen coughs a sec.
ond are produced they cannot be sepa-
rately distinguished by the ear. A loco
motive running at the rate of nearly
seventy miles an hour gives out twenty
puffs of steam every second; that is, ten
for each Of it's two cylinders.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28

that the profession can claim some Of the
happiest marriages in the world"
The Duke Of York's theater closes to.
night, and will reopen in September with
Nat Goodwin as the attraction.
Two Americans, Lillian Blauyelt and
Leonora Jackson, performed before the
Queen at Windsor On Monday. They
were subsequently presented to her maj
esty and given souvenirs Of the occasion
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
Detecting Cracks in Steel.

The following is method of detecting
small cracks in steel tools: The tool,
near the cutting edge. is to be dipped in
petroleum, which must be rubbed off
clean and the surface then wiped with
chalk. The petroleum, which has en-
tered the fine cracks. sweats out on the
chalk, and the rent is visible in its whole
extent.-Mexicaa Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
Great Mistake Of Girls.

1t is a common excuse with over-indu-
gent mothers for emitting to correct glar-
ing improprieties of feeling or of conduct
that the child is "too young to listen to
reason" and that it will be time enough
to check such alterations afterward.
This is a great mistake. In infancy
we are governed, not by reason, but by
the well-directed affection and kindness
of our guardians; and to wait till the de-
velopment of child's understanding be-
to wait till years of unregulated indulg-
ence shall have strengthened it's more
selfish and powerful appetites and pas
sions-to wait, in short, till the weed has
ripened and shed it's seed before attempt
ing to extirpate it from the soil-New
York Telegram.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
Costly Fare for Ostriches.

There was happening at the ostrich
farm recently which disproves the theo-
~ that the ostrich is satisfied with eat
ing nails, barbcd wire and the like. A
before discovered that his gold watch
was missing. Thinking that he might
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
Couldn't Grind Her Teeth in Her Sleeu

An eminent professor of psychology at
Harvard was deeply interested in the
case of an epileptic woman. Talkins
with her husband, he sought out pre-
monitions and symptoms. And he asked
this question: did you ever notice
that your wife ground her teeth at
night?' To which the bereaved husband
replied: "She never slept in thcm'-
Boston Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
Flippy-A True Story.

Two very little farmers, in pink sun
bonnets, walked down the long burrows.
dropping corn for grandpapa. AS they
let the little yellow kernels fall to the
ground, they sang together the jingle
which he had taught them the night be-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
The Battle of Life.

There must always be some services
that it will seem impossible to woman
to cease rendering. And here it is that
the hardest battle of the head and heart
really begins, says Harper's Bazaar.
Some Of these services are dear because
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
One for the blackbird,
And one for the crow;
One for the jinny-worln,
And nua for To rrOU

Every time they said ''one,' they
dropped a golden grain into the hollow
formed by the cornmaker. In that way
they put just four kernels into a hollow
then they trudged Oh to the next place,
and sang the same rhyme; and so, drop
ping four grains to each hollow, they
went singing down the furrow. Grand
papa had said that he would follow right
after them with his hoe, and would cover
up the corn in hillocks.
Now close behind them came Flippy,
the old hen. She was called that because
she had such funny way of Tipping up
and down when she tried to hurry to the
place where the chickens were being fed
The two little farmers in sunbonnets,
Phyllis and Margery Grey, could not see
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
Fuller Skirts Arc Coming.

1t is said that Partisan modistes have
revolted against the eel-tight skimDnesy
OF the present fashion in skirts. The new
est gowns from Paris, so | am told, have
a distinct element of fulness introduced
INTO the back widths of the skirts at tn.
waist, and although gowns are worn lust
as long and sweeping as ever they will nc
longer outline the figure with such start
ling plainness as has hitherto been in
vogue.
The latest French wrinkles. however,
take long time to reach the sensibilities
OF the English dressmaking world, and
so it is not at all likely that London will
see return to the fuller outlines of
skirts for some. time to come Like ev.
erything else, the fashion has been car
RED to excess, and instead of being. as
was originally intended, a graceful and
artistic style, it has become ludicrous.
uncomfortable and frequently frankly in
decent, says an exchange 1t has, how
ever, taught English women one thing.
and that is that the best corsets are made
i'll F rance. and that although in that fair
country the ladies' may pinch their waists
unduly they also give free scope to the
figure above and below the waist, with
a, result that is far more satisfactory than
the boardlike style Of figure that Is ,1s,l.
ally denominated English.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
The birthday Flower.

For child's birthday party let the ta-
BILE be decorated with the flower of the
month in which the child was born, as:
January, snowdrop; February, the prinl-
rose; March, violet; April, daisy: May,
hawthorn; June, wild rose: July, lily; Ail-
gust. poppy; September. convolvulus; Oc-
tober, hops: November, chrysanthenlum
December, holly. Each has an appropri
ate sentiment attached to it. The snow
drop means consolatio the primrose,
youthful sunshine; the violet modcsty:
the daisy, innocence; the hawthorn, hope;
the wild rose, simplicity; the lily, purity;
the poppy, the comfort of sleep; the con
volvulus, contentmcnt; hops, aspiration
the chrysanthemum, cheerfulness; holly,
foresight and protection.-Go House
keeping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
Modern Love Making-Cultured
Lovers.

Billing and cooling are as much part
of summertime diversions as eating ice
cream or drinking soda water, but billing
and cooling lin evidence are confined to
social strata in which the fashionable
maid and man have not the slightest con-
Germ.
In fact, ultra smart romanccrs ro-
nance SO elegantly that unsympathetic
davis find little chance to peck at their
hearts
Climb as high as you may the heights
of common sense and you will fail to
discover wandering in the dale of anna
tory foolishness single couple belong
ing to really good society willing to af-
ford the slightest chance to the curious
for fun-making.
Sentimeutalists gaze in amazement at
the latest victims of loves dream: There
is, blissful maid. an enamored lover.
The pair cschew shadowy corners They
court electric lights They are the center
of the gayeSt midsummer groups
Why? Because shying away from
friends and relatives, watching feverish-
ly for chance to look into each others
eyes, hold each others hands and whis-
per silly nothings into each others ears
has too much of 'Arriet and AIRY man
nerisms to suit these modish young peO-
pie.
This late century love-making is de-
lightful to those who must fill the un-
enviable position of onlookers. There is
no greater misery than being obliged to
put up with the selfshness of Il spouny
pair blind or Indifferent to their duties
to polite society.
The new order of affairs may we'll
cause interested people to rejoice. a re-
serve so excessive that match may be
made and the wedding arrangements
completed without anybody being the
wiser brings a distinct blessing to all par
ties Philadelphia Inquirer.
Servant Tells the Tale.
The social status of any family can
be gagged most accurately by the per-
son who answers the door-bell. A slat-
ternly servant means a slatternly mis-
tress or, what is almost as bad, an in
capable one. For the mistress of the
aprarelled that she feels compelled at
once to plunge into sea of apologies, is
confession of incapability, and bad
taste. The visitor who is received by y
speeches. or unkempt child also receives
an impression of the household that is
justly unfattering.-The Gentlewoman.
Independent Airs and Graces Not At.
tractive.
Just as soon as a woman begins to think
that her power to charm lies in her rap
Id style and slangy manner, she has lost
ground that nothing will ever bring under
her feet again. Despite the many evil
dences of bon camaraderie that she OBJ
serves, based on this free and easy style
Of manners, she should realize that after
all it is the innate womanliness of a
| woman that makes her charm so firm up
on the chivalry and devotion of the oppo-
| site SEX
A man couldn't possibly get up any sort
of protective tenderness for another man,
and that is just the case when a woman
starts in to discard the little gracious
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clinging ways that make her beloved and
admired by the masculine world in gem.
eral and adored by one bit Of masculinitya
in particular. No matter how worldly
wise she thinks herself, she is never SO
much SO as when she acts as though she
didn't know thing more than some lit-s
tie kitten to be caressed and cared for. s
And she will get the caring, too, II she
does not put on those independent airs
and graces that she thinks so fine, but
which by and by, when she needs friends
the most, leave her stranded and for
lorn. The clinging vine may be a sub
Sst for thns to treat pd shty s oH
in spite of woman's progressive educa-
ton, the strides she has made mentally,
she is very foolish il she gets beyond the
reach OF a mans care and protection
Philadelphia Times. ,. !.
Offerings of Friendshi ps Between Men
aud Girls.
The gifts which young woman may
receive from man who Is not Il rela-
tive are 50 limited that the giver can
not complain that ''the impeachment lies
hooks and music may be accepted. When
this rule is firmly adhered to a girl may
have the satisfaction Of knowing that
she is following one of the first princ-
pies of social law. A jewel, ring or per.
sonal ornament should not be accepted
from any other than the man to whom
she is engaged to be married. The ear
lier these rules become established in a
young girls mind the easier it will be
for her to avoid MISUNDERSTANDING and
to free herself from troublesome per-
plexities.
A young girl should be as chary of
giving presents to men who are not rela-
tives as she should be in her CORE
spondence with them. 1t does not follow
that she is prude because she is care
full in these small proprieties, says the
Philadelphia Inquirer. A man values
she lavishes presents. If she is engaged
to him, she may send what pleases her
fancy; but if she avoids making gifts
until then, she will never be a prey to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
The Dinner Menu.

In New York the happy tendency is to
shorten the menu; yet to eXpend more
care and thought upon the cooking and
the service. The long overloaded func-
ton is Il thing of the past This is true
of the variety Of meats, of vegeta bles,
and particularly of rich desserts. That
the human stomach differs from the os-
trich's is late discovery.
No more do huge rounds and roasts
weigh down the sideboard, or half q doz-
en- vegetables appear at the same dinner.
Disappeared. too. have plum buildings.
egg custards and pies, save indeed, at
the bilious-exciting holiday dinners, when
out come the recipes of our forenlothers,
for that day only In fact, puddings
except the lightest and most delicate, and
pies altogether, are doomed at the up-to-
date dinner. At restaurants and quick
lunch counters they maintain a miser-
ably perfunctory existence. Among peo-
pie who know how to live. hardly ever.
Whips, tritles, junkets, ices, floats, gela-
tins, snow, spOngeS, mousse and fruit
and nuts above all, in small amounts,
are the dyspepsia averting and delicate
tidbits which close a modern function.
Even the dinner in which young Van
derbilt babe adieu to his bachelor life
was marked by restraint in regard to the
number and the heaviness of courses.
After the oysters. soup and salmon, there
appeared lamb ham with mushrooms,
birds, salad, then ices and coffee. OF
course there are side dishes and relishcs.
With the later order of course dinners,
the style of dispensing with cloth is
gaining ground. Always, in this case,
the central vase of flowers or Candida
brum rests upon handsome piece of
Mexican drawnwork, lace, or embroid-
cry. Similar pieces shaped for the pur-
pose are under the plates and the carafes,
with doilies for almonds, bonbons, etc.
In elegant homes much is thus expended,
such as rose point and applique, through
which CLEANS the polished wood.-Hester
NJ. Poole in Good Housekeeping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-28
Warm Weather Hint,

Here is new suggestion for the hot
season that is warranted to bring comfort
to the weary tosser on bed that bears a
burning resemblance to an oven during
the dark watches of an oppressively hot
night. Widths of heavy white duck
spread under the lower sheet will create
such a cool surface on the bed that on a
cool night it will have to be removed for
comfort. Surely a simple remedy, and if
it is as efficacious as it is said to be it
should prove a godsend to the cityites
this summer
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why TIC N'hD 10 u NAVal 10 the dOmes
A luxury that many wife permits her
self, which seems to me forbidden by
the new code, is that of pouring out all
the worries and mishaps of the day upon
a man when he comes home at night,
doubtless after mishaps and worries of
his own, which have taken as much out
of him. possibly, as he can afford to lose
If man holds his own in business or
in profession in these days of driving
competition it is sure to be all he ought
to DO. And the more he is able to look
forward to his home as his sure refuge
from care the more his affections will
center in it and in the heartening COM
rade who makes it for him "a sweet way
side inn for comfort and repose.'
Perhaps one reason why the home and
the club are such close rivals in the af-
fectlons Of many men is because the lat
ter gives security from nervous strain
ana petty annoyance which the former
does not always offer. l do not wish to
be interpreted as meaning in anything
that l have said that there are not occa-
sloDs upon which q man should bear his
far share Of the burdens of the home
BY no means. There are times when it
is both the duty and the sacred privilege
OF the husband to encourage and cheer
and counsel and uphold his wife with all
the tenderness that the marriage VOW
implies. But such a privilege loses it's
sanctity when he is called upon to exer-
else it over every small catastrophe, and
be sure he will have much greater stock
Of sympathy and helpfulness to offer
when the great need comes if the small
burdens are kept out of his henri
Woman's Home Companion.