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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
RUSSIAN CAFTAN MUCH LIKED
PRACTICAL Fashion Has Been Eagerly
Taken Up and Made a Sea.
sons Mode.

One OF the newest and most practt.
cal OF fashions that are being adopted
Is the Russian caftan,$ a. coat-like gar
ment which is similar to that worn bv
Tolstoy, the great Russian author. in
pictures, with which we are familiar.
The coat has a round or square
neck slightly bloused bodice part
and straight bottom edge that ends
just above the knees 1t is confined
at the waist line by satin belt: or.
TO make it more realistic, a silk cord.
The edges of the coat are bound
with satin; for winter garment bands
OF fur will be used The fastening is
OF ornamental or perfectly plain but
tons and satin cord or braided but.
tonoholes.
This style may be developed to the
extreme, but in its simpler form is
more dignified.
The style promises to be a popular
one for smart fall and winter cos
tunes. Frocks of wooden fabric. with
blouses of net and silk and a caftan
OF the material trimmed with satin in
harmonfzing tone. or, what is safer
yet. black, will be in good taste for
the Well-dressed woman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
New Type Of Gown.

Pretty semi-evening gowns, called
abroad casino gowns, are being worn
with but slight decolletage and trans
parent guimpes of tulle or mousseline
The materials used on gowns of this
type are embroideries, laces or creme
de chimes, for satin seems to be some-
what passe. Many of them arc
trimmed with deep silk fringe, and,
as the guimpe is always collarless
beautiful dog collars of jeweled vel.
vet or jet are worn, so that the gown
may be becoming with a hat.
Somehow collarless gown and q
picture hat are not always a pretty
combination.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
Empress Aids Actresses.

The German empress has inaueu-
rated many philanthropic organiza.
tons in Berlin, one Of the most useful
being that of the Central Association
OF German Actresses. The work Of
this society is to enable actresses ia
provide themselves with necessary
theatrical costumes at the lowest
cost. The empress gives this charity
all her court and evening gowns. and
many of the ladies in Berlin society
follow her example. Those ladies who
do not feel inclined to give outright
sell their clothes to the association
as cheaply as possible. The empress
is president of this admirable society
charity, and the pleasant intercourse
established by it has done much to
raise the standard of the social side
of the German stage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
BABY'S WATERY ECZEMA.
Jtehed and Scratched Until Blood Ran
$50 Spent on Useless Treatments
disease Seemed lncurabIe.
Cured by cuticura for $3.50.

when my little boy was two and Z
half months old he broke out on both
cheeks with eczema. It was the itchy,
watery kind and we had to keep his
little hands wrapped up all the time,
and If he would happen to get them
uncovered he would claw his face till
the blood streamed down on his cloth.
ing. We called in physician at once,
but he gave an ointment which was so
severe that my babe would scream
when it was put on. We changed
doctors and medicine until we had
spent fifty dollars or more and baby
was getting worse. was so worn out
watching and caring for him night and
day that almost felt sure the disease
was incurab1e. But finally reading of
the good results Of the Cuticura Rem.
edies, determined to try them. I
can truthfully say I was more than
surprised, for bought only a dollar
and half's worth Of the Cuticura
Remedies (Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Pills), and they did more good than
all my doctors medicines had tried.
and in fact entirely cured him. His
face is perfectly clear of the least
spot or scar Of anything. Mrs. w. M.
Comerer, Burnt Cabins, Pa, Sept. Is.
1908"
Potter Drug 4 Chem. Corp.. Sole Props. Boston.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29

In spite Of the many rumors to the
contrary, the newest skirts still give
the scant effect about the feet. They
are, many Of them. especially those
having the Byzantine yoke, made quite
full above the knees by means of side
plaits and in other ways, but about
the ankles they again become tight
fitting. This is done by the use of
weights In the hem, and also by the
absence Of stin petticoats, oftentimes
the soft satin lining of the skirt It,
self being the only covering below the
knees,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29

leaving camp. But messenger from
1cilius reached the father first, and
Virginius fastened to Rome. Next
morning he and 1cilius brought Viz
ginia before Appius.
In vain the father and lover ap-
pealed for justice. Appius, without
waiting to hear the evidence, decreed
that the weeping girl was Marcus
slave. The people clamored against
this wicked decision and attacked the
man who made it. Appius summoned
his guard to beat back the crowd
Virginius saw he could hope for no
redress either by force or by law. One
thing alone could save Virginia from
a life of slavery. The fathers resolve
was quickly taken.
During the confusion Virginius drew
his daughter to one side, clasped her
to his breast and whispered words of
tender farewell. He kissed her again
and again and - stabbed her to the
heart! Brandishing the reeking knife,
he strobe across to Appius Claudius,
crying:
ION your head be the curse Of her
blood"
1cilius, wild with grief, snatched his
dead loves body in his arms and held
1t aloft that all might see. The mob
went mad with rage. They brushed
aside the guards and charged the ty-
rants judgment seat. Appius fed to
his own house for safety. Meantime,
Virginius, still gripping the red knife,
hurried to the army and told what had
occurred. Icilius mounted fleet horse
and galloped to where Rome's other
army was encamped. Lashing the
troops to fury by his passionate ora
tory, he led them back to Rome. There
they joined the army which Virginius
, had aroused.
People and soldtery alike took pos.
session of the city. The Decemvirate
The cIamor for was overthrow
v.,n.,,.. and it's members
~ imprisoned. The
old popular government was resumed,
with 1cilius and Virginius as tribunes.
Appius Claudius was thrown into
Jail. There whether by execution or
suicide Is not knOwn), he met his
death. Virginia was avenged.
The pretty, harmless little girl who
had been slain on the very threshold
of life and love did not die in vain.
From her blood sprang liberty and the
peoples rights. Yet the pathos of the
sacrifice so far overshadows the ben
etits that it has kept alive the mem.
DRY of Virginia, in song, story and
drama for nearly twenty-five hundred
years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29

In an article published in the
Youths Companion of Septem-
Der 23rd, 1909, DR.. Browne, the
great medical authority on
foods, says, about brain and
muscle building
There is one kind of food
that seems to me of marked
value as a food to the brain and
to the whole body throughout
childhood and adolescence
(youth), and that is oatmeal.
Oats are the most nutritious
of all the cereals, being richer
in fats, organic phosphorus and
lecithins."
He says oatmeal is gaining
ground with the well-to-do of
Great Britain. He speaks of it
as the mainstay of the Scottish
laborer's diet and says it pro-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
GREAT LOVE STORIES
OF HISTORY G.
By ALBERT PAYSON TERfIUNE
VIRGINIA AND ICILIUS
Copyright by the Author.)

A 15.year-old girl in 449 B. c.
brough liberty to Rome. The price she
paid was her own life. The girl was
virginia. Her fate forms one of the
most romantic. dramatic love stories
In all history.
Rome was In those days swayed al
ternately by two great political par
ties, the wealthy aristocrats known
as "Patricians," and the plain peo-
ple' who called themselves "Plebei-
ans Appius Claudius. patrician,
mad persuaded the Romans to elect as
their rulers Decemvirate Council of
ten men), with himself at It's head.
This council had crushed the liberties
OF the people. The plebeians had for
merly been represented land protect
ed), by two elected officers, called tri-
Dunes. But the Office of tribune had
been abolished. Appius Claudius and
his favorites were allowed to misgov-
ern the city to suit themselves.
Some miles outside the walls one of
Rome's two armies was encamped. In
this army was brave plebeian named
1ucius Virginius, who had risen to
the rank of centurion (captain). He
had one daughter, Virginia, whom he
adored, and who, in her fathers alb
sence, remained at the centurion's
house at Rome under care of her old
A Scholarly. nurse. Young as
lcver she was. Virginia
had already fallen
in love with her fathers friend the
brilliant young orator, Icilius. The
two were betrothed, although Virginia
was still schoolgirl.
Appius Claudius had seen Virginia
passing to and from school and re-
solved to make her his slave. He
dared not seize her openly. So he
told Marcus Claudius, one of his hang
ers-on, to claim that she was one of
Marcus own slaves, stolen from his
house In early childhood. The case
was to be brought before Appius, who
would give judgment in favor of Mar
Gus and later receive the slave from
him as a gift. Accordingly one morn
Ing, as Virginia was hurrying to
school, Marcus and his servants ar
rested her. 1cilius rushed to his
frightened sweetheart's rescue. BY
his fiery eloquence he stirred up the
anger of the townsfolk against Appi-
us. A mob threatened the tyrant,
forcing him to modify his first plan of
deciding for Marcus. He agreed,
plausibly, to postpone the hearing of
his case until the next day, so that
Virginius could be present to testify
In his daughters behalf Then Appi-
us sent secretly to the army, ordering
Its generals to prevent Virginius from
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
The TRAVELLING BAD.

No woman should travel without
her own toilet equipments. The neat
est way to carry them is to make a
bag with bordered towel, lining it
with gum tissue. Stitch to the tissue
the numerous little gum tissue pockets
for holding washcloth, soap, comb and
the like and double-stitch each pocket
to the lining. Join the tissue and
towel with binding and roll the tow
ell to make the package smaller and
tie with a tape string. It should con.
tain the above-named articles, small
cake of soap, powder, pins, and the
like.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
For Greater Warmth.

Capes are cold things when worn in
winter, but being fashionable, they
are popular in spite of colds and colds.
Here is hint for making them more
comfortable:
Make pair of loose sleeves of silk
the color of lining or outside of cape,
as preferred. The latter is more serv-
iceable. Wad we'll, finish on top and
bottom and attach to the cape with a
ribbon or elastic.
To adjust sleeves put them on.
throw cape over them and tack near
shoulder line. Take care that they
do not pull the cape out of shane
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
Many Were In the Same Boat.

Many Were In the Same Boat.
According to the Saturday Evening
Post, this is story heard with much
glee by congress during the last days
of the Roosevelt Administrations:
During the recent cold spell In
Washington. a man. shivering and
ragged, knocked at the door of X
street house and said to the lady:
please, madam, give me something
to eat. I am suffering severely from
exposure"
"You must be more specific" the
lady replied. Are you a member of
the senate or of the house?''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29

go out often and VINO feel DRESSER
model unnecessary. 1t is a beautiful
hat for church wear. Worn with
bright, dressy gowns. it will serve for
a multitude of social occasions. In
fact hat of this character is very
generally useful and Comes nearer to
answering all requirements, than any
other sort.
In Fig. 3, tailored hat is shown.
The shape is hobby and mannish and
is covered with plain taffeta silk
shfrred onto the frame. This and
similar shapes are shown covered with
the MORE and corded silks which are
found on all kinds of millinery this
season. For these hats the trimming
is of the very simplest character. 1t
amounts to only finish of some sort.
A band and fiat bow OF velvet, kid or
ribbon. Sometimes buckle or other
ornament is used. A simple rain
proof feather is not out of place. but
the best effects are those in which
feathers and flowers are conspicuous
by their absence. This is the hat for
the tailor-made costu1le for the street
and for travelling. In the estimation
of many people of excellent taste and
judgment. it is the sort of millinery
which should be worn at church. It
is smart, inconspicuous and we'll
made, like tailored gown. Those
hats that are made of plain silk are
easier to keep from dust than the
shirred varieties. In passing it should
be remembered that hats must be
busted with very soft brushes or
wiped off with a scrap of plush or vel.
vet. Nothing is quite so good as a
piece of silk plush for keeping mil
linery clean.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
Home Gowns.

The marked departures in home
gowns are a short skirt and a collar.
less and half-decollete neck. The
semi-decolletages are not only allowed,
but commanded by fashion. If the
neck is covered at all by the AFTER
noon dress, it is only by transparent
fabrics that never rise above the COL
lar line-Harper'S Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
Correct Wells.

Taupe is the leading shade in Main
mesh wells, and those made of a wirv
thread in the large. hexagonal tyne.
are unusually becoming to the com.
plexion. Another mesh veil, of finer
weave, is covered with fiat ve1vetv
pastilles, square in shape and scat.
tered over the surface at close inter.
walls.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29

The three hats illustrated here are
entirely different from each other.
Each one is typical of one of the three
distinct classes of millinery-the
dress" hat. the "semi-dress" hat and
the utility hat. Milliners usually
distinguish these classes by the terms
dress hats. trimmed hats and tail.
ored hats.
Fig. Is an example of the dress
hat. which we are all prone to call a
pattern hat. It is a chamois colored
felt trimmed with marabout down and
coQue feathers; not an extreme ex
ample of dainty and fragile millinery
but too light and too elaborate fo1
ordinary wear The time when one
hat had to do service for all occa
sions, is long past. This hat and 9th
ers of its class are out of place for
general wear. If one can only afford
a single hat, she must turn her face
resolutely away from this character OF
millinery.
A trimmed hat which will be very
generally useful is shown in Fig. 2
1t is of black corded silk trimmed with
very large bow made of black taffeta
silk, having the ends fringed out. The
bow Is mounted with large bunch OF
black silk violets at one side and the
hat is one Of those becoming new
shapes which turn up in the back and
are lifted, in slight angle, from the
brow. These silk hats come in all the
seasons fashionable colors. so that
ones choice is not limited in the mat
ter Of color. White hats with blacl,
facings (and the reverse) are made
up with black trimming into models
of great distinction. This hat is a
good choice for women who do not
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29

This costume Is in old rose cash
mere; the dress is semi-fitting Prin.
cess, with panel back and front
stitched at each edge; two fiat pleats
extend from the panel each side, and
are fixed under pointed tab of silk;
folds of silk are laid under the edge
OF panel. and partly fill in the round
neck, the over-sleeves being bound
with the same. The small yoke is of
silk muslin.
Materials required: Three yards, 46
inches wide, 3-4 yard silk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
1unics.

Curiously lovely effects are gained
in little informal evening and after.
noon gowns by the use of a chiffon
draped tunic over a gown of a ron.
trasting shade of satin. with a bit of
embroidery on the edge of the tunic
Some striking combinations are mas.
turtium orange chiffon with touches
Of gold over gray green satin: dark
gray chiffon with silver over lipht
blue, and brilliant currant red chtffor
over deep prune color. the embroidery
in bronze, gold and deep reds,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
Trained Animal.

The animal trainer having been
taken suddenly i'll, his wife reported
for duty in his stead.
Have you had any experience in
this line?" asked the owner of the cir.
Gus and menagerie, with some doubt.
Not Just exactly in this line" she
said, but my husband manages tho
beasts all right, doesn't he?"
HE certainly does"
well. you ought to see how easily
! can manage him."-Tit-Bita
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications. they cannot reach the dis.
eased portion OF the ear. There is only way to
deafness. and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inhamed condition of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube is innamed you have q rumbling sound i'm
perfect hearing and when 1t Is entirely closed Deaf
is the result, and unless the Inflammation be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal condf
tion hearing viii be destroyed forever: nine cases
out Of ten caused by Catarrh. which b nothing
but infamed condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
By Hairs CAtarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
FL. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo, q
Sold by DruggistA. 75c.
TIKI HANS Family Pills for combination.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
How She Knew.

a friend.
Il just know Fred didn't want to
work at the Office last night she
said.
why, how do you know" was
asked.
Because in his sleep he said: Well,
I'll stay, but don't want to draw -
Lippincott's Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
To Breaking One Neck, So

TO 6TedK1H9 OHe Neck, Sz'
The lineup man was a facetious
soul. The woman for whom he was
putting up a pulley clothes-line was
exacting She ordered it put in a Ger.
tain place, which it was almost impos.
sible for him to reach. He hesitated.
IF I have to put it there, lady," he
said, "I'll break my neck" Still she
did not relent. "All right, lady," he
consented, with a cheerful grin, but
it'll cost yer 81 extry If break my
neck"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29

the, need OF q spe-.,
cial' :Nsnesly tore
move and cur the
congestion 81 In.
hammation q the
kidneys that is in
terfering with their
work and causing
that pain t h a t
makes you say:
"Oh, my back"
Thompson Wat
kins, professional
nurse, 420 N. 23rd
St.. Parsons, KAN.
says: For some
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
JERSEY LILY.

Mr.. Brown Ito new cook)-What il
your name?
Cook-Mary, sir.
Mr.. Brown-Dear me, that is my
wife's name. We shall have to call
you something else.
Cook-Never mind, call me Lily!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29

time was annoyed with sharp twinges
across the small of my back and IT.
regular passages of the kidney secre-
tons. Since using Doan's Kidney Pills,
I am free from these troubles" .
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Foster.
Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. 7.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

The banks of the River Cydnus, at
Tarsus, were lined with gaping
crowd one day in IL B. c. All eyes
were centered on barge that slow
ly made it's way upstream. This YES
sells like had never been seen. The
hull was covered with beaten gold
The oars were of silver, and sWayed
in time to the soft throb of music.
The sails were of purple silk and so
richly perfumed that their fragrance
reached the shore. On a divan, under
cloth.of.gold canopy that covered
part OF the deck, lay woman, red
haired, decked out in priceless jewels
and arrayed to represent Venus. Boys,
dressed as cupids, famed her. On
either side Of her divan reclined cour-
tiers, apparelled like mermaids, demi-
gods and other mythical personages.
The red-haired beauty on the divan
was Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. She
was sailing to Tarsus to confront a
stern judge-Mark Antony, ruler of
half the world.
Rome had grown nightly since the
days of the early kings. It had now
long been a republic. julius Caesar
had strengthened and enlarged the
state, making himself dictator of most
of the civilized earth. He had been
slain by assassins. Mark Antony
his closest friend, had formed a league
with Octavius Caesars nephew, and
together they had punished the assas-
sins and made themselves masters of
Rome. Antony, the stronger of the
two, seemed about to GUST the young
Octavius and seize the reins of world
empire for himself. But while he
was in the east something happened
Tn. "Iudo@v that wrecked all
Turns Lover his p l e n d d
career. Cleopatra,
queen OF Egypt, was accused of hav.
ing aided Caesars slayers. Antony,
at Tarsus, sent for her to come to
trial on that charge. Knowing An.
tony's weakness where women were
concerned, she came. not like a pris.
oner, but as goddess. At sight OF
her as she sailed up the Cydnus An.
tony forgot his resentment, his Of
flee as judge, his hopes of world mas
terry From that moment he was the
red-haired queens abject slave. Turn.
ing his back on Rome, he went with
her to Egypt.
There the man who had won death
less renown as general, statesman
and orator entered on a life of lux
ury and wild extravaganza. He not
only pardoned Cleopatra, but pro
claimed her his wife despite the fact
that he already had wife at Rome)
.lavished his fortune upon her, and
gave her rich provinces and kingdoms
that belonged by right to the Roman
republic. The two lovers held feasts
that were the scandal of the world
AT one of these Cleopatra dissolved
and drank a million-dollar pearl They
wandered disguised as workman and
chambermaid) into the slums by
night. They pretended to be god
and goddess and made their hatterera
adore thine as such. Ant0ny's enc
mics at Rome, headed by Octavius
made the most of all this to weaken
the former hero's power. Once OF
twice Anthony was reused from his
ilethargy and, returning to Rome, tried
to forget Cleopatra. But always he
hurried back to her. His wife was
dead and he married the sister Of Oc'
.tavius. But he soon deserted her and
,1ejoined Cleopatra.
Finally Octavius. seeing that the
once mighty leader was no longer "a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-10-29

think the first virtue is to restrain
the tongue: he approaches nearest to
the gods who knows how to be silent
even when he is in the right.-Cato.