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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
Table Linens Shown
in Endless Variety

New table linens, both in damask and
the more fancy furnishings, show a
greater variety of novel features and
designs than has been apparent for
many seasons past.
The latest damask tablecloths no
longer display a scattered design out.
lined by heavy border, but have cir.
cular patterns that are a distinct de.
parture from anything used before.
Each cloth has perfectly plain cen.
ter about q inches in diameter. This
is outlined by handsome border;
then comes plain space about half
the width of the border, and then a
second border the same width as the
first, the square corners being filled
in with the plain. The effect is really
much handsomer than may be mag.
tned from the description. Some OF
the plain parts are just as smooth az
satin; Others are scattered with dots
ranging in size from pin dots to those
as large as pea. The designs include
the ross and the polyanthus conven.
ronalized. Natural lilies, ferns and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18

Note Was at Once Brief and 6eauti.
fully Comprehensive.

A. ]. Ulrich, traffic manager of the
Keystone Telephone company of Phila-
delphia, has deleted the word please"
from the vocabulary of his exchange
girls. They will hereafter say ring
off" instead of please ring off, call
again" instead of please call again."
and 80 on.
"The word please" Mr.. Ulrich ex-
planned to a reporter, was used in
our telephone business 100000 times a
day. Allowing half second for its
utterance, that meant daily waste of
1875 hours. Why shouldn't all those
hours be saved, saved for sumo better
use?
you know" Mr.. Ulrich went on, Il
believe in few words. Wasted, super
fiuous words mean spoiled effects.
What, for instance, could have been
more telling, more effective, than the
note, containing not a single superf1u-
GUS or wasted word, that a man once
wrote to his physician?
This note ran:
Dear Doctor: I had a few words
with my wife last evening. Please
send me a bottle of lotion"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
TREASURES IN LONDON BANKS,
Sultan Of Morocco Has $4,000, 600
Worth Of Jewels There,

Abdul-Aziz, sultan of Morocco, is
taking no chances of losing his per-
sonal jewelry in the course of one OF
the frequently recurring disturbances
in his country. Locked up in the
vaults of bank near Charing Cross,
London, the jewels, valued at $5,00O,-
600, are guarded night and day. They
occupy a space less than the size
of bushel basket and lie about thirty
feet below the level of the Strand.
Not far away, in the same vault,
are several million pounds worth of
unclaimed jewelry, some of which was
deposited there during the French
revolution. French people, fearful OF
being robbed in the reign of terror,
secretly conveyed their possessions to
London and a vast quantity has been
left uncalled for The bank authorities
have failed in every effort to locate
the original owners heirs
An offer of $1,250,000 as a loan on
the sultan's jewelry has been made,
but the sultan is anxious to raise
much more than that,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
A Slow Place.

well, how are you, cap'n, and how's
everything going?" genially inquired
the patent churn man, as he hoped
up on to the porch of the tavern at
Polkville. Round again, eh:" re-
turned the landlord, in fiat and accent
less tones. me? Aw, I'm still here, I
reckon. Everything else is dead-dead.
er than dog and flatter than fit
ter! Tell you what's fact. There was
pig born with six legs, not more
than three miles out O. town, week
before last, and I'll be fiddeldy cussed
if more than a third of the population
went out there to look at the wonder
full insect! Yes, and yesterday a fell
Ter from over at Timpkinsville walked
out in the middle of the street here
ard hollered that he was bigger BY
gosh man that old William Jennin' S
Bryan, and not a gent in the whole
burned town had patriotism enough to
jump him! Aw, l tell you, herd of
reindeer could get fat on the moss on
the backs of our prominent citizens,
and not be disturbed while they were
ADDING it!'-Puck.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
JusTSWANfEt6': rs sec MONEY:
Then italian Woman Was Satisfied i.
Was Al, Right.

A savings bank is never 4 very
cheerful place. To one smiling young
matron putting aside the proverbial
"nest egg,' or, still more, smiling
young mothers depositing in trust for
the first baby, there are ten sad-faced
women in black, many of them with
widows wells.
This was especially true recently
when the panic sent anxious deposit
ors by the hundreds to draw out their
small savings, and it was therefore es-
pecially refreshing to see in that
crowding somber line not Lola from
Berlin" but Marguerite from Italy, a
trim, bright-eyed little woman with a
scarlet handkerchief around her neck
and her uncovered. glossy, black locks
pulled and braided and curled as il
for an Inauguration ball.
She waited patiently-even cheer
fully-as slowly foot by foot she ap-
preached the paying teller's desk, but
it was two o'clock before her turn
came. She began to look weary, but
she gave the wearier man behind the
little window a conf1ding smile as
she handed him her bank book and
said:
II want it all"
He glanced at the book and count
ed out 1912 in one-dollar bills.
THAT mine!" gasped the little
woman.
The teller nodded.
She fingered the bills, looking more
puzzled. The woman behind her was
almost crying with impatience. The
line swayed as if it had been a row of
bricks and some one had hit the last
brick IN the row. Still Marguerite
folded and unfolded the bills: she had
all the repose of her native land.
"You sure" she said at last. "You
sure these all mine"
"All yours" the man answered, la
conically.
Ordinarily he would have told her
she was blocking the line, but this
day he saw no objection to the delay.
She ventured one more question:
"You sure these mine-these dollars
thought put in fives and tens
''These are all yours" he assured
her emphatically.
She flashed him a glimpse of white
teeth.
"All right, then" she said, idiomat-
ically. ''Tony-my mamie tell me
my money not here. He say, take it
all out l say: I 60 see.'"
Then untying the corner of red
handkerchief and taking from it a
five-dollar gold piece and several
grimy bills she added them to the pile
in front of her and pushed the whole
toward the astonished bank official.
You put them all back" she COM
manded. Il see them, so l know they
all here"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
WeIl-MuscIed Boy.

A few weeks ago in a village few
miles from Mexico City a Hitizen went
to the alcalde and complained that a
boy ten years old had stolen and car.
ried away his donkey. He insisted
that the boy had carried the animal
on his shoulder. The police laughed
at the idea, but when the lad was ar.
rested it was shown that the state.
ment was true. The boy had carried
a gooi-sized donkey a quarter OF a
raile on his shoulder without a stop.
He did the trick again for the benefit
of the police.
Various tests were made of his
strength, and it was found that he had
the muscle of two ordinary men. He
is in Jail now, but when he comes out
the people will have to look out that
he doesn't carry off their houses some
night.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
"Otd" Peabody Banquet Hall.

A famous and historic landmark in
Salem is soon to disappear. With the
remodeling of the old Peabody house
on Essex street the beautiful old BAN
quoting hall built by the owner, Col
Francis Peabody, in 1870, for the pur-
pose of rendering banquet to Prince
Arthur, representative Of Queen Vic
toria at the funeral of George Pea
body that year, will disappear.
The room was finished in the style
of the stalls of the Knights of the Bath
in Westminster Abbey, being probably
one of the finest places of architec-
ture in this country. The light in the
room is obtained by opening panel
doors in the walls, which lead to long
windows not easily discovered by the
stranger The effect is that of a
chapel and a central chandelier adds
to the subdued effect of this unique
light from without.
The woodwork is carved English
oak, and the furnishings are rich and
heavy-Boston Advertiser.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
A Brides Little Scheme.

Nearly all brides are getting sore
ON cut glass for wedding presents, BE-
cause they always get so much more
than they can ever use," remarked a
jeweler recently, "but l never heard of
one going so far to block the cut glass
as little bride that was in here the
other day.
"She told me her name and asked
me If I wouldn't keep my ears cooked
for any customer who might come in
To buy wedding present and men
ton her name: My part of the game
was to- tell the customer that she had
dropped a remark about not caring TO.
cut glass. She said she had been to two
other stores and fixed up the same
dea! with them"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18

are looking" he continued, his eyes
paying her compliments.
THANK you, l am quite we'll al
ways" said Doris, with a little laugh.
And happy" asked he, more Gag
erly than he knew.
"Perfectly," answered she, giving
him a glance so cold and stern that
the warm light in his own eyes faded,
and he WINGED perceptibly.
i beg your pardon" he added quick
~. Then, as she turned toward the
carriage, he held out his hand to as,
sist her.
MAY I call?' he asked. II shall be
In New York for q few days, and !
would be so pleased to meet your
| uncle"
The corners Of Doris's mouth
twitched slightly as, handing him her
card, she silently bowed her consent
TWenty-four hours later Lee Hunter
stood in the drawing room of NARROW
| Shirley's Fifth avenue mansion, i'm.
patiently waiting for Doris to appear
AS her light footsteps and the rustic
OF her violet-scented draperies sound
ed close beside him, he turned toward
her with his face all aglow, while pas
sionate words rose to his lipe. But
something in the face of the regal
looking woman before him checked
his impetuosity.
| Discussing the weather, the last
novel, the latest star in the operate
F.! sky, a half hour passed in constrained
effort at conversation. At last, feeling
it impossible to keep up a tone oil
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
Fashion > Say. Suit = and ~
Skirt Of Different. /
Materials i

It is most effective, thia fashion ~
having skirt and coat of different ma
rails, says Paris letter I'd. Vogue
most splendidly tailored but Y
staggering Louis XIII coat ID old
cloth, with loose, short waisted q
full basques, huge pocket flaps, dt
ling pattes and big embroidered oil
the whole heavily soutached p e.
is worn with a tight trailing skirt
a handsome eighteenth century sbro
caded silk in green's, rose and ivory,
a deep border of rose broadcloth hem-
ming it. Its long waistcoat is of ivory
panne, and of rare ivory lace isl the
jabot at wrist and throat. \
Cloth which has stripes of satin or
velvet woven into the fabric, with
spacings as wide as the stripe, and in
self colors, makes most elegant coats
with skirts in either plain cloth. vel
vet or liberty satin, according to the
nature of the stripe. One of these in
prune has a fitted redingote skirt of
the striped material, that drags on the
ground and reveals no dress skirt be-
meath it, fastenings in the form Of
cords and velvet buttons trimming 1t
straight down the left side of the front
and the right side of the back. These
fastenings continue to the bust and
shoulder blades, but here the redin-
cote stops, a simple drapery of the
striped material forming a part sleeve,
part bretelle effect over a bodice and
long sleeves of plain prune cloth, fine
ly soutached. The wide over-sleeve is
bordered with prune colored caracule,
of which there is also a rolling Ma
poleonic collar to the cloth bodice,
which in front reveals lace jabot and
bit of an embroidered waistcoat.
This is typical of the redingote
gowns which are a feature of the
season, and petticoatless and wrap
less, save for furs, give the extreme
straight slim effect to the figure that
fashion insists upon. A heavy silk
woven combination garment placed
over the other dessous and reaching
from shoulders to knee, will give some
warmth, and, of course, endless are
the varieties of loose cloaks with big
draped sleeves or loopings for the
arms. which are designed for day.
time wear, when one employs q car
riage, bien entendu!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18

lightness any longer, Hunter sudden
ly sprang up, and crossing the room
to where Doris was sitting, he bent
over her. saying, earnestly and ten
derby: Doris, darling, why do we
waste our precious time in this fool
stong is the love l bear you?-a love
that for three years has kept me faith
full to the memory of your sweet face"
With outstretched hands, as though
to ward off blow, Doris rose slowly
from, her chair and turning, confront
ed him with face as cold and pale as
marble, while such a look of horror
crept into her eyes as one seldom
sees.
Mr.. Hunter, have you completely
lost all sense of honor? What manner
of man are you that you dare to come
here into the sacred privacy of the
home that has sheltered me, and
taunt me with the miserable weakness
of my girlhood, when, innocent and
ignorant of the worlds ways, you tried
to win the love of my pure heart.
Leave me, sir, and go back to the wife
you have so cruelty wronged."
Almost stunned by the shower Of
angry words, Hunter stood gazing in
pale wonder at the passionate woman
before him; then, as her last words
fell Oil his ear, a sudden light broke
over his face, and springing forward,
he grasped her hands in strong
clasp, and in spite of her efforts held
them.
Doris, Doris, do not send me from
you till you hear the truth. Did you
not know that was free man? that
before God have perfect right to love
you? that two years ago my wife died?
have waited humbly and patiently
for this hour. Oh, my beloved, do not
tell me that it is all in vain!"
Poor Doris! Over her pale face
there stole a flush like sunrise on the
snow. while her rigid form, melting
into curves of tender womanliness,
swayed gently toward him, as with a
smothered sob she sank down at his
feet.
Lifting her up into his arms he held
her close, and looking down into her
shrinking eyes, he whispered: do
you forgive me now, Doris?"
LAS l hope to be forgiven" she an.
swered, gravely. Then the past, with
all its mistakes, its Disappointment
and its waiting, is forgotten in the
sweetness of the present Joy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18

or us with their money, instead of
taking luncheon at II o'clock could
just as conveniently come at 12:45
p. m, and thus find more comforta BILE
seats; or they might arrange to fix
100 as lunch time, and thereby be
afforded still more elbow space"
Managers at several of the branches
situated in business sections are au.
thority for the statement that since
the advent of the signs the high noon
attendance has been larger than be.
fOre-N. Y. Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18

ing one of the booking-ofice windows
at Chaplain, she asked how much the
fare was to Waterloo. The clerk told
her, and she moved away
But presently she returned and
made the same innocent inquiry, once
more to be informed with the same
courtesy. A few minutes later she was
there again.
Look here, my little GIRL" said
the clerk, this is the third time
you've asked me the same question"
Yes, SIR" said the little girl, Il
know that; but Jim likes to see you
peep out of your window, because
there's lot of bars across it, and he
says it's just like being at the zoo!"
ANSWERS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
Boston Fashion Note.

A local tailor has made a hit with a
large number of customers by insert
ing secret pocket in the coats of
married men who trade with him. AS
he broadly advertises the new trick,
it is for the purpose of enabling mar
ried men to hide their change from
their curious wives. Already he is hir
ing more heldp.-Boston Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
Loves LANGUAGE.

Again he crushed her to him.
Darling" he breathed, this kiss
tells you all that would say
Pause. Then:
did you understand me, dear?" he
whispered.
Blushing family, she rejoined:
. mo. Repeat what you said, please"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
A CRYSTAL Wedding.

The request from a reader for a
crystal wedding has been received.
This is the fifteenth wedding ami
is possible to have the invitations de-
livered by messenger they may be
on glass plates with the lettering done
in ink; but of course engraved invita-
tions should be used for formal or
large affair. Do the plates up in
white paper, tie with white ribbon and
seal with wax. The dining room table
may be made thing of beauty by
spreading white net cloth over white
satin, pOwdering all with either white
rosebuds, white carnations or white
chrysanthemums, with a tracery Of
all with diamond dust
The glass icicles of all lengths that
should be procurable now owing to the
proximity Of Christmas (they are used
for tree ornaments) would be charm
ing hung from the chandelier and gas
jets. They sparkle beautifully and
show all the prismatic colors. Use
white candles in glass holders and
serve white supper. The menu
might include cream OF celery soup,
white fish turbot, broiled chicken
breasts, potato balls, Brussels sprouts,
white grape, apple and nut salad on
white lettuce hearts, and a dessert
which is new and very good. Make it
by cutting marshmallows, blanched al
monds and candied ginger, cherries
and citron into small bits Mix al!
with whipped cream, serve very cold
in tall glasses with small white iced
cakes. The hostess should be gowned
in white with cut crystal trimming.
After supper there might be pro-
gram Of wedding music. including the
"Lohengrin" march, Mendelssohn and
Jensen's wedding music; also the
Swedish march used for bridal process
sions. A pretty conceit is a large
wedding bell made Of cotton covered
with diamond dust and a fringe of
icicles under which the couple stand
to receive congratulations.
MADAME MERRI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18

lilies of the valley wander in effective
patterns over some cloths.
For trimming fancy expensive linens
Slavian lace, or mosaic work, as it is
called, is used, and a German lace of
the Arabe shade decorates pieces in 4
cheaper quality. Drawn work never
goes out of fashion, and much of this
fancy stitching is combined with lace
In trimming cloths and doilies.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
Use for the Novel,

A letter on the subject Of fiction
written by the veteran George Mere.
dith, could not be other than interest
ing. Here is quotation from it:
"Close knowledge of our fellows, dis
cernment of the laws of existence,
these lead to great civilization. l
have supposed that the novel expos
ing and illustrating the history of man
may help us to such sustaining road
side gifts"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
The 1reasure Trail

The bright torch of the sinking sun
Lights a gold path across the sea.
Could 1 but track it to its end
What treasures would not flash for me?
To low keys where old picaroons
The plumber chests sunk in the sand,
The flarins lamp might guide my sails
And light me as l delved the strand
The wide adventures of my dreams
Might come to pass. could but be
The skipper of bark-and know
No masters save the sun and sea!
Yet from the sunset trail I turn
Its lure would lead me blind and old
And, by the light in my loves eyes,
seek what treasure a heart may hold!
Bohemian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
Keeping Back Straw Locke

0"eN 0e5oy 6OCk8. 80
The little wisps of hair which cause
SO much annoyance on windy days can
be kept in place with invisible hair.
pins. But few women know how to
keep in the pins. p sh the locks IN,
place, slip in the pin, then turn back
one point of the pin until the end
touches the top. They are easily taken
out, but will keep firmly in even the
toughest wind,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
Necklaces in Wrouoht Coli /

- =, .NeeK1aces n wrought Gold.
Necklaces OF odd form in wrouxbt5
gold or silver set " 18th jade, amethytt.
topaz; and coral are decidedly faddt.h,
for general wear, while for mcre
formal use dog collars OF close set
stones. and fine gold chains that hol6.
artistic looking pendants are favoritaa.5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
Santa Claus Party in
Celebration of
Birthday

A Santa Claus party is what
mother is planning for her little
daughters sixth birthday party, which
occurs ten days before Christmas.
From the dining room door, suspend.
ed by red ribbons, is to be a large
holly wreath and through this the chill
dren are to throw pretty inflated ball
of red rubber. When the ball goes
through the circle that child enters
the dining room.
At long kindergarten table the
small guests are to be seated on small
chairs. A miniature Santa Claus with
a pack on his back and cane in his
hand will be in the center of the table,
while around there will be a number
OF artificial trees in toy-sized jardin-
ieres. At either end of the table there
Is to be a wreath of holly, enclosing
another tree. Red candles will blaze
from the mantel, plate rail and table.
Alphabet crackers will spell out the
name OF each child at the place where
he or she is to sit. Swapping caps and
confetti will be the souvenirs as we'll
as dear little Buster Brown cup that
is to hold the cocoa. Sandwiches of
entire wheat bread, with pure ice
cream on which there is to be red
cherry, and an angel food birthday
cake are the refreshments to be
served these little people. BY the way,
at children's parties it is quite the
thing to serve the ice cream in rama
kins
Wires are to be stretched across the
ceiling in all directions, from which
will hang red Japanese lanterns and
red Christmas bells. From out of
Santa Claus pack will come tiny dolls,
stars and bells, while from the mantel-
piece there will hang a carleton stock
ing filled with popcorn for each child
to take home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
Mozart Outplayed.

"How is your youngest daughter get
ting along with her music?"
"Sple1didly," answered Mr.. Cumrox
"Her instructor says that she plays
Mozart in way that Mozart hiu,re]i
would never have dreamt Of"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
Simple Suggestion,

Stockton Bonds-The greatest need
of the financial world is more elias.
tic currency.
N. o. Little-That ought to be
easy. Couldn't it be made out Of rub
Der?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-12-18
charity's Biggest Achievement.

The highest achievement of char
ity is to love our enemies; but to
bear cheerfully with our neighbor's
failings is scarcely an inferior grace.
1t is easy enough to love those who
are agreeable and obliging; but to
love one who is cross, perverse, tire
some, is as unpleasant a process as
chewing pills. Nevertheless, this, the
best way of practising it, is to put our
selves in the place of him who tries
us, and to see how We would wish
him to treat us if we had his defects.
We must put ourselves in the place of
buyer when We sell. and seller when
we buy, if we want to deal fairly
Francis de Sales.