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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Women and Work.

1t has been one of the cherished tho
cries of the world that woman was never
intended to work. There have even been
! those who have not hesitatcd to point out
that when our first parents were driven
out Of Eden the curse of work was di-
rected solely against man. 1t was Adam
who was ordered to earn his bread by the
sweat of lis brow Nothing was 81 i'll
about the way in which Eve was to vet
hers, and 50 convinced have we become
of the correctness of this point of view
that when, through force Of circumston-
bread-winner it is universally felt that
she IS an object of comnlScration.
what tears we had to shed we have
been called on to shed for the working
woman. The woman behind the counter,
and the woman before the cooking stove,
the business woman and the house moth
or, have all come in for so much SYM
pathy it has made us overlook the one
who, IN reality, has the greatest claim
upon our sympathy-the poor rich woman
who has nothing to do. The time flies
by for the working woman, whose hours
are filled to the hrim: the days ar, all
too short for the duties and interest of
the busy mother. They have the physical
work that outranks all the physical Gull
tnre on earth in building up health They
nave no time to grow morbid thinking of
their souls or ndigeStionS. They have
that greatest TOME and incentive ever of
fered humanity-the knowledge that they
are of use, that they are wanted, that
the! are filling some niche, however
small, in the great world.
Consider the forlorn case Of the rich
woman with nothing to do. There is no
particular reason for her to get up in
the morning. None whatever for her to
do any especial thing. Her whole life is
spent in the tedious pursuit of killing
time, and time is paradoXical jade that
delights in tormenting us. If we need it,
it goes lightning swift, and if we don't
know what to do with it it is as slow.
footed as Il snail.
Sometimes we arc disposed to make
fun of the cNprdicnts by which the wcm-
an with nothing to DO fills in her time,
but surely they are pathetic as well.
They are imitation interests instead OF
real, and down in her soul she knows
them for the husks they are. We laugh
at the foolish fadS of women, at the alb
surd societies, the inane clubs, where
they go and read each other long-wintleu
papers out Of the encyclopedia, the raic-
ulous reforms and the idiOtic nhilanthro-
pies. We should sigh rather than smile,
nearly always the desperate devices Of
the women with nothing to do, trying to
make work for themselves
The truth is. that women, as well as
men, must have work if they would b,
happy, and no greater mistake is ever
made than to class work as a curse. 1t
is our greatest blessing, and the hap
plest people are the busiest people
When task and talent are in tune, when
one does the work that in itself is it's
own greatest pay, life's sweetest chords
are touched. There is no sense of weari-
! ness in it. One goes to it with joy and
leaves it with regret, and they who miss
this, whether they be man CT woman
have missed the greatest boon fate has to
bestow.-New Orleans Picayune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Why So Many Young Men Fail,

Zone trouble with many young men
who start out in business is they try to
do too many things at once" says Hetty
Green, The Richest Woman in Amer
ica,' in the Ladies' Home Journal. "Thc
result is that they don't know as much
as they ought to about any one thing,
and they naturally fail. The trouble
with young men who work OH salaries is
that they re always afraid of doing more
than they're paid for. They don't enter
into their work with the right spirit.
10 gel Oh and be appreciated a young
man must do more than he's paid to do.
When he does something that his en-
ployer has not thought Of he shows that
he is valuable. Men are always willing
to pay good salaries to people who will
think of things for them. The man who
only carries out the thoughts and ideas
OF another is nothing more than a mere
tool. Men who can be relied upon arc
always III demand. The scarcest thing
IN the world today is thoroughly reli-
able man.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
sc GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES'. 81 r.

self, your partner and the company in
general.
Don't wear tight shoes, or you will
never dance gracefully.
Don t show off, but let your demeanor
be quiet and lalylikc.
Don't leave all the work to your part
ner. Adapt your style to his
Don't criticise other peoples STYLE of
dancing. when you are likely to be heard.
ana take care to whom you make such
remarks. or you will be certain to Offend
someone's sister or brother.
Don't hum the air the musicians are
playing. 1t is bad form.
Don't sway to and fro before begin,
ming the first steps of waltz while Tho
first. bars of music are being sounded
Begin decisively at once. We
giddy.-Chicago Democrat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
The Bear that Visited School,

Laura was visiting Great-aunt Eliza.
beth i'll the country, while her father and
mother sailed across the ocean to Eng
land, The farm:>was a delightful place
when the sun shOne on the wide yard
and green meadows, but today twas
very different. Patter, patter sounded
the rain on the shingles, while Laura sat
close to Great-aunt Elizabeth and took a
sewing lesson. Inc little girl didn't like
the rain and looked very sad every time
the big drops dashed against the pane
But out in the yard where the tulips and
daffodlls grew the shower was very well
come. The flowers all stretched. out their
little stiff petal petticoats to catch the
water, and their tall, green leaves grew
greener still. + '&s*s s; 80 s = i
Dear; dear! groanelS the little girl, II
just believe | shan't ever learn to hem"
and she paused in her work to watch
Great-aunt EliZabeth's nimble fingers.
Is my needle, just like yours !? said
Laura, after thinking moment.
oh, yes, smiled. her aunt. After Il
moment she asked. Did /. ever tell you,
Laura about the bear that visited the
school ~ s.5, s n S.. s s.s
Es.ss ~ No.. no, cried Laura, .but want to
hear all about il, and while the little:
head bent lower over the seam,s Great
aunt Elizabeth told the story. ss AZ: 5t -
&aSs The district school was d mile from
my father S farm in New York state but
ne always went J, rain or shine, my little
sister. Maria and /, even when the snow
lay deep, or when the mud made it hard
for us to pick our way. One wintry day.
we started for school, bright and early.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
The Queens Love for Art.

Although never with her a compelling
passion, the Queen has always displayed
a stolid and wholesome interest in art
Drawing was inevitably included in the
curriculum Of the princess royal, there
still being at Windsor an engaging crayon
sketch made by her majesty when 10
years of age. While yet in her teens she
dutifully attended dismal private views
at the Royal academy, usually chaper-
oned by her mother, the Duchess Of
Kent. On one of these occasions-it was
just three months after the coronation
she was described as having "all the
en- y Of health, youth and high spir-
her entering the room, the sole object of
attention." Her own interest in pictures
was in this instance not undivided, for,
on learning that Charles Kemble was
there, she insisted that he be present.
ed, which was arranged, Kenble maxi
ing zone of his best genteel comedy
bows
During the early years of her reign
the Queen sat at -methodical intervals
for her portrait, and otherwise patron
lied art in a more or less official fash
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
made a fortune by being shrewd enough
to sell the right: thing at just the right


to sell the right: thing at just the right
time.
The last society recruit to the stage is
friend and protege of Mckinley. Her
name is Anne Whiting Huntingdon.
Miss Huntington has joined the Nam
selle Awkins' company. 1t IS not a big.
part that she plays but she throws her.
self into It with much enthusiasm No =
family in Ohio en- joys more consideration,
than hers:~szThe @Huntingdons rank With
the Writings as the bluest blooded OF
people in the Buckeye state. A Daugh-
tex of the Revolution and member CT
sets:fal other. socially Important organ
lzations, Miss Huntingdon commands an
entree into the best homes of the land.
Her family and that of President Nc
hmlcy arc on q footing; of the closest
together constantly. The President
takes warm, fathcrlr interest in his
youHgsteWnsN oman, and his invalid wife
esteen:s none Of her friends more highly.
- 49,. - -. -.
Mrs. Constance Blood has obtained a
divorce from her husband. Neptune.
Blood, at London, Eng gland. Blood, who
is a brother of Lady Colin Campbell
gained considerable notoriesy in this
nection with the. abduction Of Gladys Pc
rot in July. 1899, by her mother Mrs.
Lctitia perot, the divorced wife of VIII
liam Yates Perot of Baltimore Prior
to the abduction Mrs. Pcrot. who had
been living in England since her divorce,
suddenly appeared in Baltimore and
managed to gain the permission of the
father-in-law, William H. Pcrot, to sec.
her children, Yates and GLADYS, who had
been intrusted to his care under the pro-
visions of the decree. The same mis- ht
Mrs: Perot, who had persuaded Mr.. Pc
rot to allow Gladys to spend the night
with her, took the child to New York.
where she met Blood at the Waldorf-As-
toria, and through his assistance man
| aged to escape to England. On her ar
rival in England she was arrested Oh the
charge of abduction. The matter was
finally satisfactorily compromised.
The women's hotel which has been dis
cussed for MANY years in New York
funds have been raised with the excep-
| ton of $780, 900, and it is practically set
| tied that this amount will be forthcom-,
ing in time to make the enterprise en-
J. tirely successful. One institution of this
kind exists in New York today on very
to admit all the women who seek quar-
tiers there, and in order that its useful
| ness may. not be:tOO much limited, guests
are allowed to stay only a certain time
At the expiration of the period they are.
permitted to remain, unless the room they
occupy has already been engaged by
newcomer. AS that is almost invariably the
case, the length of time that woman
may remain in the building is very posi-
lively limited in. effect by the bylaws.
There is no season of the year in which
the house is not full, and the applications
for rooms are at all times much in ex-
cess Of the possible accommodations. In
spite of it's low prices and it's purely
phianthropic purpose. the house is self,
supporting, and for that reason projec-
tors Of the new women's hotel feel that
it will be financial as we'll as social
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
w lt1e Vandals Stand in Awe.

" VIC Vd11dt1tSo 1IsIII III 1AWt.
The two places in Washington where
the vandal stands in awe are the Su-.
preme courtroom and the white house,
the former being the more awesome In
dirty finger prints of the vandal. The
monument is Clipped, statues are marred,
fragments are cut from the furniture and
hangings of the Senate and House of
Representa- tives, and names have been
scratched into the marble and on the
bronze doerss. but something holds the
most ruthless in check when he comes to
the Supreme court.-Washingto Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Value ola Yawu.

Yawnins has never been considered
good form in polite society, and however
great the desire to relieve the feelings,
Now Il French physician sanctions the
tabooed habit, says the Ladies' World.
Not only is it healthful to yawn," he
says, but artificial yawning should be
resorted to in case of sore throat, buzzing
of the ears. catarrh and like trouble
It should be combined with gargling,
and in its way is said to be quite as eff
caciouS, but it would seem an heroic rem
cdy. for if there is ever q time that Il
person would not want to yawn it would
be when suffering with sore throat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
An I1npetuous Resolve.

When little Dickie swope's man,
He's gOin' to be sailor:
And little Hamey Tincher, he's
A-goin' to lie Il tailor;
Bud Mitchell, he's a-goin' to be
A stylish carriage maker.
An when grow grea' big man,
I'm goin' to be a baker.
An Dick'll buy his sailor suit
o. Hame; an Hame'll take it
An buy us fine a double rig
AS ever Bud can make it;
An then all three'll drive roun' fer me,
An We'll drive off togevver,
slingin piecrust long the road
Forever an forever
james WhitcOmb RILEY
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
For the Sum mer Girl.

Don't imagine that you and your part
ner are the only couple in the ballroom.
but have some regard for the toes and
dresses of others.
Don't romp. The habit is infectious
and ballroom will speedily become a
beer garden.
Don't waltz when others are dancing
polka, and don't indulge in fancy steps
when you should be waltzing.
Don't dance too many dances with the
same partner or you will become con-
spicuous.
Don't dance only with your fiance if
you are all engaged girl-unless he OBJ
jects, of course. Engaged couples should
be unselhsh in a reasonable degree.
Don't be decetful. If you have prom
Used someone a dance and he comes to
claim it, fulfil your promise.
Don't get a reputation for ''sitting-
out dances. You will be put down as
a firt.
Don't wear too long dress, or you
will be a source of discomfort to your
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Scrap Baskets.

IF had my way there would be a
scrapbasket in every room of the house. y
said man the other day. He was not
far from good sense in the matter. A
highly -decorated scrapbasket used to look
very foolish standing i'll parlor, but
its fully-equipped writing desk a scrap
basket will, of course, be required there.
Certainly one scrapbasket is worth a doz-
Ell small rcceptacles and a room proyid-
ed with one only needs in addition a glass
or tin-lined box Or cup for burnt matches.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
A New Jersey Romance.

A little tiff between engaged lovers,
Henry B.. Reeves and Miss Sarah NJ.
Riley Of Trenton, vi, caused them to
part. This was forty years ago. He
.wentsto Topeka became q wealthy bro
ker, and lately began to long for his old
sweetheart. He wrote to her, and they
have Just been married at Bridgeton,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Stop Making Up Faces,

Every woman can, if she will, cult
vate the self-control that subdues the
manifestation Of feeling in froWnS or ex-
cessive laughter. Poise Of manner may
be made merely the outward expression
Of poise of mind, and the many little wor-
ries of life can be relegated to their prop
err places as trifles. True reposefulness
is not the absence of strength, but its as
Sured possession, says the Pittsburg
Press.
Mothers should be observant of any
tendency in their growing children to I'M
due facial distortion in speaking and gen
tly remind them of it until the habit is
cured. 1t is difficult for the adult to dis
miss a habit once formed, but it would
be wise for every young woman and man
to establish close surveillance over
their manner Of using the muscles of
the face in speaking. Many of them
would be surprised to find that every
sentence is fresh grimace.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Agate.

Who comes with Summer on this earth,
And owes to June her day of birth,
With ring Of agate on her hand
Can health, wealth and peace command?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
The Rosary.

The hours spent with thee, dear heart,
Are as string of pearls to me:
count them over every one apart,
My Rosary, my Rosary.
Each hour a pearl each pearl a prayer,
10 still 4 heart in absence wrung:
tell each bead unto the end,
And there cross is hung!
y memories that bless and burn!
. barren gain and bitter loss!
l kiss each bead, and strive at last to learn
10 Kiss the cross; Sweetheart! to Kiss the
cross Robert c. Rogers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
Birthdays.

b1rtnuaySs
Born of a Monday,
Fair in face;
Born Of Il Tuesday,
Full of Gods grace;
Born of Il Wednesday,
Merry and glad:
Born Of a Thursday,
Sour and sad;
Born of a Friday,
Cody given;
Born of Il Saturday,
Work for your living;
Born of Il Sunday.
Never shall want.
So there's the week
And the end ont.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29

Fanny Ward, the American actress,
who served as a barmaid at the opening
of the National bazaar in London, sue
ceeded in selling a Manhattan cocktail
at what is undoubtedly the record price
1t was matter of thirst and Il great
crush of patrons, and when ,Miss Ward
found so many waiting; toTbe served She
said she would wait on. tile highest bid
der first. When the price was run up t.
his cocktail first. :. II
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29

When yea buy your steamer rug this
summer you should insist on it's being of
Scotch plaid pattern, if you wish to be
strictly in fashion. a rug is indispensa-
BILE for comfort on an ocean voyage, and
it is just easy to have. one~of the pre-
buy a new one. There are rugs of other
patterns in the New York stores, one of
striking design being in black and white
diamonds, but the Scotch plaid is the IA
vorite. Judging by the number of them
placed on exhibition.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29

One of the events of the season in
Paris was the ball given by the Countess
de Ganay. The countess, who is very
wealthy, is the daughter of South
American banker. She married the
Count de Ganay, we'll known in America,
which he visited some years ago. The
Count de Ganay is half an American. his
mother being Miss Ridgeway of Phila-
delphia. Mrs. John Jacob Astor, who is
a cousin, was one Of the guests at the
ball.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29

,''Seclcy dinners. will not do in New
ark, any more than in New York, it
seems. Henry Negbauer of that city. on
coming of age, gave a dinner to some
New York friends lately, at which some
questionable features were provided. and
today he was fined 5000 and told that
ne had narrowly escaped Il term in prison
without the option of fine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29

Mrs. Russell Sage NIT with a peculiar
accident. After having been out shop
ping she returned to her home, 5OG Fifth
avenue. She carried her own bundles
and rang the doorbell to be admitted.
The wire to the bell broke and Mrs. Sage
feii backward down the stone steps. She
fell upon one of the bundles she carried
and, therefore, escaped serious injury, 1t
is feared, however, that her left arm is
sprained.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29

The modern skyscrapers in New YorL
are responsible for new disease. Ply
sicians call it elevator heart" It is
confined to elevator conductors. Several
men who follow this occupation have
died recently of heart failure, and med
ical men declare that it was sudden as
cent and descent all day~long which af-
fectcd the heart. The faster the elevator
goes the greater the danger. The air in
the bottom Of the shaft in high build
ing is more dense than at the top and the
rapid change from one to the other has Il
weakening tendency.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-13
IN MEMORIAM.

At the meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Woman's Associa-
ton of the Morristown Memorial Hos
pieal the following resolutions were
adopted.
Resolved that this committee
mourns with sincerest sorrow the loss
of one who from the very foundation
of the Hospital, has been its firm and
devoted friend. and has given much
of her time and strength to furthering
its interests. When the Woman's AS
ISOLATION was organized, she undertook
the responsible and onerous duties of
treasurer and from that time by her
never failing efforts and her winning
ways, she has constantly gained
friends for the hospital and has been
the principal worker in collecting
funds for its support, while by her
wise counsel she was ready to assist
in its management. When in conse-
quence of delicate health, she was
obliged to give up the treasurership,
she still attended the meetings of the
Executive Committee as an honorary
member, whose presence and advice
were greatly priced.
Resolved, IHhU UHS ultuiOIy VI MrS.
Lyon will be affectionately cherished
by all connected with the Memorial
Hospital and that we desire to follow
her example of devotion to the Mas
ters work III the care of the sick and
suffering.
Resolved, That copy of these reso-
buttons be inserted in the Morristown
papers, and be sent to the family of
Mrs Lyon.
The memory of the just is blessed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-13
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Champenois. of South Orange,
is visiting in Morristown.
Miss Laura G. Dalrymple has gone
to Philadelphia for week. :
Mrs and Mrs. Fred Cramer and
family are visiting in Newburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hixon and
family spent Sunday at Washington.
Miss Mabel Leek of Somerville, has
been visiting Mrs. H.. M. Dalrymple
this week.
Carl Erdman and Edward Lyon.
of Princeton, are home on their
Easter vacation.
Miss J. Aline Poillon, of Morris
town, has entered the Metropolitan
Training School for nurses of New
York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sullivan spent
the first of the week with Mrs. Sulli-
vans parents, Postmaster and Mrs.
George McCracken, of Dover.
The engagement is announced OF
Miss Margaret Corning Stone to Ed
ward Spaders, of New York City. The
wedding will take place at the bride (
home, "Fair Oaks'' early in June.
Senator Pitney. Harrie Wolf and
Frank milford, apparently are about
the happiest trio of snipe shooters in
this section of the county. Where
they go, is mystery, but the fact
remains that the party have splendid
ly trained dogs, understand snap
shooting thoroughly and somehow
have the lay of the bog, judging from
the plethoric bags the result of recent
trips to the aforesaid somewhere. F"
Mrs. Halsey Doty gave pleasant
musical at her home on Mill street
Friday evening. There were about
thirty present, who enjoyed very
much the duet by Mrs Doty and
Miss Reck, the vocal solos by Miss
May Baird, Miss Lena Wise, and
Harvey Genung. The nymph drill
by Miss Katz was delightful. In
strumental solos were given by
Harry Hoffman Of New York, banjo
Miss Muchmore, of Summit, violin
solo and Miss Rosevear piano solo.