The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-09
The Rising Generation of Boys.

A contributor to the Evening Post,
who writes with practiced hand on vari-
GUS social topics, finds himself able, in
reviewing the manners of contemporary
American men. to aver that the rising
generation of boys is Il great deal better
bred than the lot that preceded them.
For purposes of comparison he claSsitics
the Americans whose behavior has come
under his personal observation into gen
tlcmcn of the old school. surviving exam
pies Of which were still cxtant in his
youth, gentlemen of Il school which be-
gan about 1875, and the youths of the
present period. He relates ii number of
affecting characteristics of the school of
1875, and praises it's latter-day successors
as being more civil. more dcferenti,l to
their elders. and better balanced, as
shown in their being much less apt to fall
over one another in Offering attentions to
casual and unidentified Englishmen who
may have struggled over to this country
In this rev school of better Americans
this observer sees ''the influence of their
mothers-those women we knew as girls,
and who were so far ahead of their broth
crs and husbands i'll refinement and cul-
ture.' To have seen these girls marry
and bring up their SONS so we'll has been,
he says, Il satisfaction and Il comDen-
sation for many delusionS.
1t may be that his hopeful view APP
plies chiefly to New York lads. but mas
much as his praises are not explicitly lin
tied to the representatives Of any one
locality, there is no need for us to put
narrow bounds to their application. a
hopeful view from an expert of the man.
ners of the rising generation is too vel.
come for us not TO make it ~covcr:stlf He
most ground possible.-Harpers Weekly.
The Season # Deceit.
Undoubtedly this is the season of de-
ceit. not that it becomes so from malice
aforethought, but because we of the
world are SO apt to endcavor to pose be-
yond our possiblities-our financial pos
sbiliticS mainly. The endeavor to keep
up appearances is largely responsible for
that phase of life that becomes SO ire
want our friends to think we are able
to go away for spell of recreation;
we are not willing to admit we cannot af-
ford the summer hegira, and SO all sorts
of make-believes are instituted to cur
own discontinue, for there are very frw
people who cannot read through our finn
sy Subterfugcs.
We think because the front of our
house is closed that 10 one can look OYER
the back fence and see us proving
house that is not closed. We think the
fiction published in the newspapers re-
garding sojourn at Bar Harbor or New.
port goes with our acquaintance. And
when by chance we run into friend pn
Chestnut street and stammeringly Ok
plain why VIC are in town when We
ought to be out Of it, we may think peo-
pie believe us-but they do not. Nor 10
they believe the husband who prats
that he misses the family the while he
dimes and wines the soubrette at the
Walton or the Bellevue-in fact. the sum
mer is an excuse for much falsehood,
and though other seasons are productive
OF similar prevarication. it assumes suGh
all offensive phase in summer that one
cannot help noticing and criticising it. -
Philadelphia Times.
Rules for Keeping Cool.
First-Follow the japanese and old
Roman system. and take hot baths in
summer. instead of cold ones. Have the
water as hot as the bather can stand,
and rnb the skin vigorously with flesh
brushes or bathing gloves. The japanese
indulge in this practice three and four
times day, while the American and
English in the tropics practice it twice
daily. Sccond-Use cold foods, fruits.
summer vegetables and ICE creams and
ices, in preference to more substantial
fare Iced beef tea, iced claret SOUP,
which is made from claret beef stock
and sago. cool mulligatawney, cold
chicken gombo, or gombo tilet, cold clam
broth and chicken broth are even more
refreshing, and are just as nourishing
as the steaming soups of the hotel and
restaurant.
Keep fan in the house for every
member of the family and Il dozen for
friends and visitors. The little gayly
colored japanese fans which are given
away by the great dry goods stores are
better for practical use than the finest
art creations i'll ivory, silk and lace.
During the daytime keep rooms moderate
ly darkened and every door and window
as much open as possible. Electric fans
are among the greatest blessings of the
age and should be employed wherever
it is possible to run the necessary wires
to supply working current. In very
hot days wet cloths hung where they
may be exposed to a draught will re-
ducc the temperature from > to 5 de-
grecs. All clothing should be as light
and porous as possible. In the house no
better wOman's wear can be found for
resting purposes than the kimono for an
outside garment, and a soft, open-wove
wooden tissue for underwear. Cotton is
cooler until it gets wet, and then it be-
comes soggy and unpleasantly clinging
It worn Mt all, the crinkly cotton crepes
of Asia should be employed. These stand
out from the body and do not cling even
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