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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

ing department OF the district govern
ment, a place where technical knoWi-
edge is needed West and mcfarland
were at one time two of the best known
Washington writer's and correspond
ents. Macfarland was first selected by
the late President Mckinley and is now
pretty we'll on in his second term of Of
flee. Mr. West was appointed by Roose-
welt, and has just received a reappoint-
ment. So that the government by news
paper men continues.
These two men are both ex-presidents
of the famous Gridiron club of Washing
ton, probably the most noted dining or
ganization in the world. Mr.. Macfarland
was president of this club some years
ago, but being of an intensely religious
temperament, he became impressed with
the idea that it was incompatible with a
full devotion to religious work to retain
his membership in a dining club whose
sole object was entertainment and fun.
So he resigned, and soon after became
a leader in the Salvation Army He
keeps up his religious work, being an
ardent supporter of the Salvation Army
and at the same time an elder in the
Church of the Covenant, a Presbyterian
church that is PECULIARLY known as the
Church of the Government" because
of the large number of government off,
Gals who worship within it's walls.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

napery is not particularly clean.
Henry James may pull to pieces the
"unmitigated business man." but he
need not assail the trim business girl
She may not want much, but she
wants that much right. Ard this ia
appreciated by the manager of the
monday club.
. This, manager also appreciates that
the girls do not want to bolt their
food, that they do not want to be un-
duly hurried; and about her place is
an easy air, her patrons are encour-
aged to incoming in its cool old
fashioned sense.
If you belong to "the club" your
dues of rs cents a month pay for club
privileges generally, your club ticket
is punched as you pass into the club
room: the stile presided over by q
cEeery-faced woman, mayhap the man
ager herself If you are not a men,
her you must hand out nickel before
you are admitted to the dining room.
this a sort of entrance fee.
I entered and felt lost, everybody
else seemed to know what to do. But
e1 erybody else was kindly and gave
directions pleasantly when interrogat-
ed. One must go back to the serving
room, get tray and the dishes re-
CURED, then go about and select the
food and beverage desired.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

the whole very nice way of doing.
Here was big saucer of sliced ba-
ranas and fat pitcher of cream; here
a plate Of whole wheat bread; in this
big jar pats of butter floating in fee
water; a server drew me cup of CO.
ooa.. was now ready to pass the
young woman sitting at the desk. She
glanced at my tray, and handed me q
check for 13 cents.
I deposited my purchase on Z con-
venient table and, looking about,,-saw
girls getting napkins from pile near
by;I followed salt and was ready for
luncheon. 1t had not taken half the
time 1t usually did for my order to be
served by a waiter. Everything was
good; I wanted more butter, so ont ]
went, got another pat, had a penny
added to my check. That was pretty
good, IL cents, plus one cent, plus the
6ye cents at the door; 10 cents, and
everything appetizing, the china nice,
the tablecloth snowy. = - =.
The girls, as a rule, were trim shirt
waist girls; would have passed mus
ter anywhere. They knew appropriate
dress, they knew how to put it on.
There were a good many of them.
They seemed to be enjoying thei:
lunch, not merely disposing Of it. The
MONDAY club is an excellent institu-
ton. - 1 .. ....s..
s KATHERINE POPE,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17
are evening gymnasium classes large.

are evening gymnasium classes large.
~ attended by business women, AMI
the students enter into the work with
the zests Of schoolgirls. And what do
We notice resulting? Bright eyes in.
stead Of the dull ones chronicled; IN
increase in vitality; a wholesome out.
look.
And wherever the business woman Is
she has a home, be 1t only one room
or fiat shared with others. Because
she is a woman, she has the home in
stlnct we'll developed, can set up house,
mold gods where poor mere man
never could. Ten to one, she not only
makes a home for herself, but helps
Keep up one for some one else. Then
why that hopeless look? AS long as
you have some one to work for, some
enc waiting for Your coming, surely
life is not worthless, not mere eating,
sleeping and toiling. Very often she ia
not only bread winner, but housekeep-
er. also; perhaps an old mother finds
Ii her only child son and daughter
both. The business woman should be
honored, you need not waste pity on
her. - ~ 90 81
Does she give up church work, let
talents rust? Not she, not all OF her
at any rate She may teach in Sunday
school, help in mission chapel; sha
may indulge taste for music and
painting. I know one girl that sup
ports an aged father, dresses remark
ally well herself and is taking regu-
lar course at musical college. OF
course this is extreme, and little too
arduous for the average amount OF
strength; but cases enough could be
cited to attest that the business wo-
man is no mere cog in the commercial
machinery, is able to get fair share
OF. the largeness and fitness of life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT
TO Suffer from Constipation, Bowel
and Stomach Trouble.

Q. What is the beginning of sickness!
A. Constipation.
Q. What is Constipation?
A. Failure of the bowels to carry of
the waste matter which lies in the ali
mentary canai-wkere it decays and poi
sens the entire system. Eventually the
results are death under the name Of some
phoid fever and appendicitis, stomach and
bowel trouble at the present time.
.. What causes Constipation?
- A. Neglect to respond to the call of
Nature promptly. Lack of exercise. Ex-
cessive brain work. Mental emotion and
improper diet.
q. What are the results of neglected
Constipation?
A. Constipation causes more suffering
than any other disease. It causes rheuma-
tlsm, colds, fevers, stomach, bowel, kid
ney, lung and heart troubles etc. It 10
the one disease that starts all others. In.
Digestion. dyspepsia, diarrhea, loss of
sleep and strength are it's symptoms;
piles, appendicitis, and fstula, are caused
known to all physicians, but few suf-5
ferers realize their condition until it g
too late. Women become confirmed IN
salids as result Of Constipation.
Q. Do physicians recognize this? z
A. Yes. The first question your doctor
ASK you is ARE you constipated?" That
y the secret. I
Q. Can it be cured?
A. Yes, with proper treatment. The
common error is to resort to physics, such.
a. pills, salts, mineral water, castor oil, in
jections, etc, every one Of which is in
furious. They weaken and increase the
malady. You know this by your own ex.
perience. Id.
Q. What then should be done to cure ii!
s A. Get bottle of Mull's Grape Tonic
at once. Mulls Grape Tonic will posi-
lively cure Constipation and Stomach trou-
BILE in the shortest space of time. No
other remedy has been known to cure
Constipation positively and permanently.
@. What is Mulps Grape Tonic?
Is. It Is Compound containing 40 pers
cent Of the juice Of Concord grapes. It exc.
erts q strengthening, healing influence
upon the intestines, SO that they can do
their work unaided. The process IS grad
ual but sure. It il not q physic. It -
unlike anything else you have ever used,
but it cures CO H;ipation, aysentery, stom-
ach and bowel treuble. Having a rich.
fruity grape favor, it is pleasant to take.
As tonic it is unequaled, insuring the
system against diseased. 1t strengthens and
builds up waste tissue.
@. Where can Null Grape Tonic be
"A. Your druggist sells il. The dollar
bottle contains nearly three times the 30
cent size. - e ~ :s s.s ss i, ~. sss
- Coed for ailing children ind nursing
mothers. a Free Bottle to all who have
never used it, because we know II wli's
cure you. So ssss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

Sea captains who have actually
been sailing over the so-called "gult
stream" have been giving out state.
ments OF the cratic movements of this
vast ocean river, which have drawn
forth strenuous denails from weather
observers and scientists. According to
the sailormen, the gulf stream has de-
cided to flow much nearer the Ameri.
can North Atlantic coast. Therefore,
this is asserted to be the real reason
for the muggy, humid, yet not summer,
season which has just >endsd. The sci.
entists, however, deny that the weather
Is due to gulf stream influence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

Merchandise to the value Of more
than s100,0o0,000 was imported into
EGYPT last year, of which consider
ably less than $1,000,000 worth was
imported direct from the United
States. 1t is explained that probably
80 per cent of Egypt's imports were
of class that could have been sup
piled from the United States, the most
important of them being commodities
Of which we are large producers.
Surely Egypt is a field for intelligent
cooperation on the part Of American
tending their trade.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

A Scottish correspondent writes of
funerals in the Highlands: There are
no undertakers here. A carpenter
makes the simple coffin, relatives and
friends carry 1t, hip high, to it's last
resting place. which is dug when the
end Of the journey is reached, and,
having walked perhaps six miles to
the chosen kirkyard, they take re-
freshment of sandwiches and whisky
and walk home again. The rigorous
absence Of pomp Is maintained, but
there Is the added establishment Of
pipe music"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17
PARAl YSIs CURED D.
Case Seemed Hopeless but Yielded 60
5" 6r. Williams Pink Pills.. zssz.s

Case Seemed Hopeless but Yielded %
9r. Williams Pink Pills.,
Mr.. Kenney has actually escaped from
the para1ytic 8 fate to which he seemed q
short time ago hopelessly doomed. The
surprising report has been fully verified
and some important details secured in q
personal interview with the recent suf-
ferer. ... = ~ Z LIZ: ~
..The DOCTOR" said Mr.. Kenney, ''told
me that if wanted to 1.-Two any length
ST time Iwould have togivc up work al
together, and he told my friends that.
the paralysis which had begun would in.
time involve my whole body" = r.
"Just how were you afflicted at this
time 20 Mr.. Kenney was asked. i {
@4a' Well, I had first hot, and then cold
body felt as nsneedles were being stuck
into til These sensations were followed.
by terrible pains, and again would have:
no feeling at all but a numbness would
come over me, and would not be able to
move. The most agonizing tortures came
from headaches and pain in the spine.5
=ssNight after night could not get my.
natural sleep addmy system was wrecked
by the strain of torturing pains and the
effect of the opiates I was forced to take.
to induce sleep. As I look back on the.
terrible suffering I endured during this
period often wonder how retained my.
reason through it all.
"But relief came quickly when I
was induced to try DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. The very first box
seemed to help me, and seven boxes made
me entirely we'll. ~ There can be no doubt
about the thoroughness of my cure, for I
have worked steadily ever since and that
is nearly four years.
Mr.: Kenneyis at present employed by
the Merrimac Hat Company and resides
at 101 Aubin street, Amesbury, Mass.
The remedy which he used with such
satisfactory results, is sold by all drug
gists, or direct by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

An expedition in search Of the North
Pole will start from Dawson, Yukon
Territory, in the summer of 1906, If
the plans Of the International Society
for Polar Research and Experiment
are carried out. Gov. w. B. Mclnnes,
Of Yukon, is one Of the leaders in the
movement, and Gen. Greedy, U. s. A.,
thinks the plans Of the society FEAST
Bile. The main difference between the
plans Of the Yukon explorers and
those OF expeditions In the past is
that the Yukoners expect to utilize
their knowledge Of ways and means
of existence and transportation in the
Arctic
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

John Henry Brodrihb, knighted in
1895 as Sir Henry Irving, made his
stage debut as the villain of a melo-
drama in the English provinces. Ira
dition has it that in one act he ap-
peared with a piece of raw beef con-
cealed under his coat collar, that the
faithful dog of the heroine might
nightly leap at his throat in the in
terest OF virtue endangered and the
dramatic unitiea That was stage
management, an art in which Irving
for years led his contemporaries in
the two great English-speaking lands.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

John D. Rockefeller is the richest
man in the world. The value Of the
securities he holds is greater than the
holdings of any other Individual in
the world. He is represented on the
boards Of more than 1875 corporations.
His income within the last eight
years. according to this Wall street
publication, has exceeded 100000, 900.
Half of this vast sum he received in
dividends from the Standard OIL Co.
The rest came from corporations in
which he is interested
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

Doonday clubs which exist for the
downtown business women. I lunched
at one the other day, and was most
pleasantly impressed by the fact that
there seemed much of real sociability
in the air, that the big rooms appeared
To be social center as we'll as very
good place to come for the noon meal.
Perhaps this was not typical; I am in
clined to believe it the best of places
OF this sort.
Several years ago these clubs were
emi-philanthropic, to-day things are
Wholly on business basis, I take it.
Those that attend are women with fair
salaries and American independence;
they believe in cooperation, do not
need charity. Banded together they
can get, as men do in their clubs, COM
forts and luxuries at a nominal price;
they can break bread together, make
Of their incoming time for social re-
Taxation, and this need not involve ex-
travagant outlay; they can, in these
business clubs, escape the perfunctory
and hurried service of the average
downtown restaurant. Wherefore the
popularity of the MONDAY clubs.
At this one, which say may be the
best Of its kind, there is a great, in
viting restroom, which extends clear
across the front of the building where
the club is housed, and the room has
soft coloring, a piano in one corner, a
big couch here, a luxurious steamer
chair there, several tables with fresh
magazines, easy chairs of size and
numbers. Girls gather in groups of
twos and threes, or a weary one goes
OF alone and seeks relaxation or slum-
Der. In an inner room 1 noticed a
couple of girls apparently sound
asleep, another girl at a comfortable
low toilet table curling her hair, an
ether one repairing a torn petticoat
rt1ff1e. It was so homely and pleasant
seemed to take the edge off the rigor
Of business life for women.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

need this sympathy. Her position is
one of acknowledged worth, she is a
trusted and trusty employee. Not long
ago I heard business man give this
judgment Of women in business: ''The
best ever, trust them with your last
cent, absolutely straight. They don't
play the races, they're not looking for
big, easy money. And most of them
We got some one dependent on them;
they keep at it good and steady"
Well, appreciation is a lot, that
ought to lessen that '"'dull, Indifferent,
hopeless look" our over-sentimental
friend thought so characteristic. The
business woman often does look tired
on her way home after hard days
work, but so does the stay-at-home
woman often get tired, SO does the So
ciety woman. The business woman
should not consider herself the only
one with wearisome duties.
Of course there are many that are
overworked, whose employers demand
the Shylock pound of flesh, but the
normal we are to consider in this
hasty view. The business girls one
meets go along with springy step,
show alert attitude. There is notice
eble now a better appreciation of the
laws of health, a sensible effort to-
wards building up strength to with
stand the nervous strain of business
life. Going down in the elevator at the
club that day, what did hear the girls
talking about? About mean" en-
ployers, cranky 'told man." drudgeGy
and WEAKNESS? No, not at all. They
we're speaking enthusiastically of the
gymnasium, of this feat and that; that
this girl wasn't nearly so nervous as
she used to be, how much better she
walked, what fine carriage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

Instructions are given by the British
admiralty Office regarding the manner
in which oil should be poured on "trou-
bled waters" It is recommended that
the oil be dropped overheard in small
perforated canvas bags capable OF
holding from one to two gallons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

the white house, which was once the
home Of Secretary Fish, under the first
Grant ADMINISTRATION. He has enlarged
1t until, despite its rambling appear
ance, it affords facilities for splendid
social entertainments. Ir the suburbs
of the city he has a splendid country
place of baronial magniflcence, includ-
ing deer park, and it is there that some
of the SWEETEST functions in Washington
society are held. ~
Baron Rosen, the new Russian ambas-
sador, and Baroness Rosen were made
the guests of Mrs. Mclean as soon as
they arrived in Washington, and, they
are entering Washington life under the
wing of the wife OF this wealthy Ameri-
can. This connection, it is presumed.
will give the McLeans quite social
footing in the diplomatic corps, the goal
to which all social ambitions in the fash
ionable set in Washington tend.
The McLeans came into considerable
prominence in Washington when Adj
miral Dewey returned from his achieve
ments In the orient to marry Mrs. Hazen.
!" 0AoIoA VI JOAA II. MCAcdu. L his mar
rage with the most brilliant naval hero
Of modern times of course gave wide
reputation to the family. Mrs. Dewey
is an exceedingly brilliant woman, Of
extraordinary intellectual gifts and she
and her sailor husband have taken 4
high place in the social circles at the
capital. 1t is one OF the gossipy stories
of society here that the hand of Mrs.
Dewey was sought by an army officer as
we'll as by Admiral Dewey, then but a
commodore. This army officer was none
other than Maj. Gen. Corbin, then adj
jutant general. Dewey's performance
at Manila settled the matter, and Mrs.
Hazen became Mrs. Admiral Dewey.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17
Administered by Newspaper Men.

HE affairs of the
District of COlum-
bia are adminis-
tered by two. news
paper men. These
are Mr.. =. Commits
siOner Macfarland
and Mr.. Commits
S ner w e S t..
There is another
commissioner, but
he is an army off,
Ger, and has to do
with the engineer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

A Partisan actor who formerly made
a good income in his profession is now
earning his living as a cab driver. He
has taken this step to spite his d.
vorced wife. Wherever he went she
put lien on his salary. The actor
found that the only occupation in
which his wife was helpless against
him was cab driving, because he re-
ceiyed no salary
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

OF all the crops raised in New Eng
land soil, the one being nursed by Cy-
rus J. Brownell, of Worcester, Mass,
is doubtless the most unique-and the
least pleasing to his neighbors. Mr..
BroWnell is snake farmer, and he is
rearing crops of rattlesnakes, king
Of the reptile family for strictly com.
mercial purposes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17
The Lunch Room.

I is not merely
for the sake OF
economy the girls
90 to the noon
day clubs. It is
because things are
SO much nicer,
d a j n t j er, more
wholesome there.
At the average
r e S t a u r ant the
waiter is not a
very clean looking
i n d i v i dual, the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

Charles Hose, a resident Of Sara
wax, India, has been investigating beri-
beri and has come to the conclusion
that the immediate cause of that dis
case is to be found in rice which has
undergone certain changes connected
with the development upon it of a
mold or fungus
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17
President PAYS Travelling Expenses.

II Il 5 l u Il N L
r 90 S E V ELT'S
S GU t h e r n trip
marks an epoch in
the journeyings of
chief executives in
that he defrays his
O W n expenses.
These expensesare
limited to the cost
of one private car.
which he will use
for himself. They
will amount to a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

Three burglars in New York claim
to have robbed 400 homes. And to add
to the disaster a great majority of the
men who were robbed had their lives
insured
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17

pretty figure, however, but the persis-
tent criticism of the president accept
ing favors from railroads while at the
same time seeking to have congress pro-
vide stricter regulations for these or
CARNATIONS, compelled the president to
end all discussion by bearing his own
travelling expenses. The trip of the pres
ident will be big money making prop
osition for all the railroads handling
his train. Every town that he visits will
be crowded with tourists from points
hundreds of miles around, and this
means big business for the railroads.
1t was on this theory that railroads have
carried presidents free in the past, rs
they calculated to make many times
over the expenses Of the presidential
train from the additional passenger
traffic the tour would attract.
1t is probable that at the coming ses-
sion of congress some provision will be
made by which the travelling expenses
of the president of the United States can
be met. 1t is recognized as an IMPOSE
ton to have the chief executive spend
thousands of dollars to visit various Sec
lions of the country when in most in
stances his travels are in the interest Of
the whole people. 1t is admitted that the
tours of presidents through the country
have all been conducive to general good.
Congress will be asked to appropriate
certain sum to be at the disposal of the
president for travelling expenses which,
if not used, shall be covered into the
treasury at the end of the fiscal. year.
These trips are not junkets in the COM
mon acceptance of that term, but are for
the purpose of studying conditions and
meeting people in every part of the re-
public. 1t is contended by many that
congress could not make wiser @ex-
penditure of money than by appropria.-
ing funds to carry every member Of the
house and senate into every state Of the
union and compelling them to familiar
ize themselves with conditions every.
where in the United States. s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-17
Mclean and the Washington Post.

- y H / ~ " i ~ ~ 10
just now on tiptoe
of curiosity tc
learn what John R.
Mclean, the wide
ly known propri-
etor of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer pro-
poses to do with
t he Washington
Post, which he has
recently added to
b is newspaper
properties. Mr..