The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-02-13
ABOUT WOMEN FOLK.
Young and Old, Their Sayings and Doings
One Woman's Novel Rest
Cure.

NAdDcis dSeu ", was surveying SOmc
| pretty additions to her wardrobe a few
days ago with a look of exceptional IN
terest. Turning to her mother she asked,
Mamma, when people die and go to
heaven do they take their clothes with
them?'
Another small girl whose years also
number half a dozen, after making out
an extensive list Of things that she want
ed Santa Claus to supply, was asked if
the list represented everything that she.
desired. NO" was the reply, ''but l will
have to wait until l get a little bigger.
Then l want to take piano lessons, vocal
lessons and have a tooth capped with
gold"
The housewife. Of moderate means and
the. business woman know to their sorrow
Wlat it means to want. a good seamstress
and not find her. Tales Of woe are heard
On every side Of the lack of proficiency
mend and darn and fix up a busy wom-
ans wardrobe. Not to make dresses, but
Just to keep things in shape, put on skirt
bindings, sew in shields, fasten loose
glove buttons and do the dozen and one
little things that take time. which the
afford to give, but is willing to pay to
have done say once a fortnight or even
oftener. Some of the women who under
eake such work come. we'll recommended
and profess to be able to accomplish won
i;ders, but they fail to live up to the: repu-
|ftitions that they give themselves and in
frequent instances do work so badly that
Il has to be undone by the employer. II
the old adage that misery loves company
holdS good the American employers who
have suffered from such women may find
some comfort in the fact that in England
where presumably workers are better
trained and not as independent as they
are in republican America. things are
Just as bad. From that country comes
the plant that it is almost impossible to
nad a practical person, who will go out
tci darn stockings, mend linen or remake
clothing. Many women who are depend
ent upon their skill with the needle for
self support prefer to stay at home and
embroider all sorts Of articles or make
pin cushions for which they do. not hest
tate to ask much higher prices than the
same things can be purchased for in the
shops"
A nervous woman who realized her
lack of repose was injuring her health
and disturbing her friends determined to
overcome a condition that was described
as too nervous to sit still a minute."'
She realized that if she had some occu-
patton that would require her to sit still
for a certain length of, time she would be
likely to overcome her habit of being
constantly on the move. So she decided
to pose for an illustrator. TWO hours ii
day being devoted to this task, with rests
in between, and the result was exceeding
~ beneficial as a nerve and rest cure.
Not everyone is likely to be in demand
as a model for an illustrator, but the
same result might be obtained by a
nervous woman holding a pose for twen-
ty minutes or so in her OWL room ana
keeping regularly at the work.
According to some recent advices from
London book teas and photograph teas
| are supplanted this winter by musical
teas and placard teas.
Musical teas are the invention Of a
hostess who has a large repertoire of
piahoforte pieces at her fingers ends.
She invites her friends to come to her
house, gives each n a paper and. pen
Gil, and then plays snatches Of music,
a~characteristic7 passage" from this over
ture, a few bars from that light OPERA
| and each person writes down what he or
she believes is it's source. Prizes are CIV
en- to those who have registered the larg.-
est humber of correct guesses at the end
of the entertainment.
"Who am II" That is the question
each player of the placard game wants
to have answered. She knows that on
her back she bears a paper inscribed
musical or dramatic author, painter or
sculptor, and that she must find out as
| quickly as possible her hidden identity.
She is allowed to go from one person to
another that will solve the mystery, but
to those questions only Eyes" or mo-
covered she is Miss Ellen Terry or Mrs.
Humphrey Ward, or whomsoever elsc's
name. she has got N her back, she has
her placard changed, for the more times
she guesses who she is the better chance
she has Of gaining a prize.
Progressive whist parties, or whist
drives as they are often called, are still;
very muchsin vogue. They are being
Fpopu1arized by numerous games being
played &C different tables, pT~ogreesiyS1y,
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