The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-03

Above the nlo,iniaiiis psarly mist
A Vol or gorgeous amethyst
Beneath the skies of blue.
The thrift Of lonely cricket heard
Above tho cllrp OF Woodland bird:
The naples flaming crest;
Aid, as the leaves come whirling down,
Upon the oak trees golden crown,
A torn, deserted nest.
Rich purple grapes III clusters hide
Within the arbor's following side;
The brooklet's silv'ry gleam
Gone Is the bluebird's roundelay;
The amber airs a-dream.
oh. sweetest thoughts are linked with thee,
October, of the joys to be
Tho summer far doth roam!
While echoes of the vale and hill,
And lblaids 'round US, seets TO thrill!
With sohgs of Harvest Home!
Hail to- thee, then, October t.tel
lial to thy leaves SO golden fair
Tliat wiiirl from tv'fy tree!
There's JOY lii ev'rs lIleasali;t, drenin i.
rl El M'r'h thu IN il, ey tbyysp parting se"
Love Bctt Than Wcd tn at Home.
The solli of wedding bells is Unusual
ly far spread and cltnr us this autumn
advances. and us tie invitations follow
one another the newly-coupled names act
rs ii spell to conjure up the faces to
which they belong. as the first thought
is, Will they be happy? This gay; world
ly-wise young mali. will he close Il door
On his past: This exacting, demanding
girl, will she bring happiness to the ear
nest. faithful fellow who is Just now
wishing that he had the world to lay ut
bo,. fnatr IT * u r,lriol1S and wOn1prfnl-
embarrassing subject of questioning
thought as one sits at the twilight hour
Of the day and Of life. How will their
sunset come; will long-drawn level rays
gild rich harvest fields which love and
steadfastness have sown and titled, or
shall they live to, see, through clouds,
places wrecked ulld burren:
ONCE started OH this long rod, oyer
which thoughts travel to all invisible
bOurht, all sorts Of fancies begin to paint
pictures for the thinker, whose expert
tiices are wide. and the Querie become
urgent and more eager as the yelled,
white figures pass in review, and the
mind gathers testimony from the faces
of: the mel to whose arms they cling
with a grasp which they have prom
Used shall never LOOSEN Until death parts
theii.
A large majority Of t hese brides doubt
less marry for what stands in their sin
cere belief for love. Unfortunately very
young girls are apt to mistake pleasant
friendship or kindly affection for alien
during love. But the nobler emotion
comes with faithful adherence. to home
and duty. and at the worst. they have
not willingly sacrificed any sentiment of
truth Or honor to cXpediency. iii some
natures the well-Sprlngs Of life, tie deep
sealed fountains Of sclf-revelation. are
not opened until grief. Or loss. or some
masterful duty rouscs them to. their best
endcavors, says the New York Evening
Post
That there are silly company of girls
who look on marriage as Il sort of neces-
sary cntre-acte to independence and the
full enjoyment of what the world con-
tains, cannot be denied.
TO the bride who appreciates her new
duties We have but to offer our fervent
good wishes, and see her set forth OH her
Journey with happy, glow in our hearts.
He will indeed be below the ordinary
to her earnest devotion, and within her
life, however chcckered be her fortunes,
love will ever bring his own reward. No
suffering will be strong enough to quench
his light.
But there is another phase Of woman
hood. all too frequently covered by bridal
wells, for whom the happy. the satisfied,
feel the most intense pity, the tcnderest
regret, the deepest lodging to stay them
as they pass under the church's portal.
These are they who have deliberately
decided that they "cannot marry poor
man. Such women rarely mean poor
in the sense with which the simpler
usage of a different age spoke that pa
thetic adjective, but mean that wealth
and luxury are Indispensable to them.
They mean deliberately to state that
sp1endOr and ease, fine houses and equip
age, jewels, and the adornments of mod
ern existence are to them the essential
ingredients of happiness.
They do not start with the idea that
they will sacrifice themselves to an I'M
that they seek a noble man with a noble
fortune. This combination not being
easily found, the nature already lowered
by the choice Of the material over the
ideal finds itself less and less fastidious
and slowly accepts lower and lower
standard Of manhood as its possible
mate. until at last some vision of splen-
dor dazzles, the dulled sight, and the
woman is lost in the merchant who
nouncing an engagement to marry.
How small is sorrow or pain, or trial
or -.abnegation. to those who have
found the affection which upifts while it
unites. and how ritiful the sum of a
great bank account in the eyes of one
who sees how little it can buy for her
in that kingdom which "cometh not by
Observatory" but is to true heart il re-
tiex of what we, call paradise. "a fair
garden. fenced about for peace
Sane women who have encountered
lifcs vicissitudes MEYER speak lightly of
money: 1t means re- lief to many a heart.
ache, Il shield against iiany Il pain
Love however true and ready to deny
itself. is not justified IN commencing a
united life. with it's multiplied RESPONSE
bilities. without reasonable provision,
and. in the ordinary sense, security OF
income, sufficient for the support Of Il
ilized life. There was once woman
who caused many merry laugh by
breaking off an engagement with a ma
val officer because ''She loved him toe
much to bear being separated from him.
It would seem Il very wise part for any
girl to take, ito love man too much
to bear to see him harassed by having
her always with him, unprovided and
distressed.
But sanity and sound appreciation of
the influence Of competency upon house
hold peace are very different conditions
from those when delight in true COM
radcshp Of the man who calls forth a
wolnat's true affection and rouses her
better aspirations is exchanged for a
material wealth, which simply insures to
her the fine arts Of living and the petty
cltgnncics of ii too richly endowed ex'
iStcncr.
That trained maid dresses and I'M
dresses her. carries a wrap and folds a
gown; that a stalwart foot,nan waits
through many Il weary hour to open and
close a carriage door; that her credit is
unlimited in every famous shop; that her
toilet is the extreme Of costly beauty;
that her flowers are orchids and her
fruit grown under glass do not weigh for
much in the measure of an infinite happi-
ness. They have curious Dead sea
quality when they come to her who in
order to have them has said in the fresh
brightness of her youth: Il must marry
man of wealth"
One can hardly claim to be a prophet
who speaks from experience and un'
doubted proof, but it is easily possible
to foretel where happiness will take
deepest root, and mistaken trust take
tirmest hold. That home which is neither
sordid nor niggardly in its provisions
vet is so dependent on moderate means
that mutual effort and affectionate rival:
ry to bring comfort make husband and
wife mutually dependent, becomes dearel
day by day; that home is most beautiful
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