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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

There was much surprise and no
little CONSERVATION in the ranks Of the
Sterling stock company, when it was
announced that the star of the: cast,
Miss Halliday, had been taken sud-
denly i'll and that the part Of Iris"
would be given over to the mercies
Of q substitute that night. Gerald
Morrison, who sustained the principal
male character Of the play. was par
ttcularly worried over the unfortunate
occurrence. He looked about him in
qutsitively as he stepped upon the
dtmly-lighted stage. The new leadir 8
lady was not visible and the only
strange face he observed was that of
a pretty young girl, who had appar.
emily been brought by some friend In
the company for q peep behind the
scenes.
Ready for the first act!" cried the
stage manager, and Gerald was sur
prlsed to see, when the stage was
cleared that the strange young girl
remained. He was about to go for.
ward and warn her that the rehearsal
was to begin and that the leading lady
would want the stage to herself, when
he was amazed to hear her repeat in
rather nervous tones, the opening
lines assigned to iris" The act pro-
ceeded and the girl became more
nervous as each new character 'ap.
peared, until when Gerald approached
her, she greeted him with trembling
voice and fearful eyes, instead of the
gay fiippancy assigned to the part. This
annoyed him and he spoke his lines
in a rough, careless way that made
her almost forget hers. She glanced
at him appealingly and whispered:
"Please forgive me; I'll do better to.
night" Gerald left the theater in
anything but pleasant mood. He
looked forward to all sorts of unpleas.
ant happenings during the evening
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Try This Ii November.

Thousands upon thousands Of fam.
lilies who have not been regular eat
ers Of Quaker Oats will begin on tho
first Of November and eat Quaker
Oats once or twice every day for thirty
days of this month: the result in
good health and more strength and
vigor will mean that every other
month in the year will find them doing
the same thing.
Try it! Serve Quaker Oats plenti-
fully and frequently for the thirty
days of November and leave of COZ.
responding amount of meat and greasy
foods. You'll get more health, more
vigor and strength than you ever got
in thirty days of any other kind of
eating.
While you are trying this see that
the children get full share.
Quaker Oats is packed in regular
size packages and large size family
packages. z
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
A 1rvino Collar.

The very extreme collar has not re.
turned, but has given place to a mod
erately high straight collar, surmount-
ed, in many instances, by a suggestion
of a frill again.
Plated linen is better than ruch-
Ing, and a tiny outstanding turnover
is good. This is purposely allowed to
flare so as to form frame for the
face. It is slashed open back and
front, and is rather stin and formal
looking.
This type Of collar is no more gen.
orally becoming than is the Pierrot
run. 1t takes away from the natural
outline Of the face and neck. and
should be cautiously chosen. There
are always styles of this sort for the
very slender woman, and they should
be reserved for her.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
SEWING Room Hints.

Rust-proof hooks and eyes are worth
ripping. They should be kept in sep
arate card envelopes and be plainly
marked with size and color. The
hook can be slipped through the eye
before putting In the envelope to save
time when wanted again in a hurry.
Laces should be kept in the same
way. Have one kind together. Pin
insertions and edgings that match so
they do not get mislaid. There should
be a separate receptacle for all.over
lace. Heavy yellow business envel-
opes of large size are best to hold the
cards.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

rage and fear that he had Agrippina
murdered. Next Poppaea induced, him
to divorce Octavia and to consent to
her death. Nothing now stood In the
fair adventures way. and she and
Nero were formally married. Pop
paeas ambition was gratifled. She
was empress of Rome. Moreover.
Nero loved her so madly that her light
est wish was his law. She could
brighten or cajole him into doing any,
thing she desired. At her order one
after another of his saner advisers
were put to death.
And now began period of reckless
dissipation on the part of Nero and
Poppaea that nearly wrecked the EN-.
pire. Poppaea brought out all that
was worst and maddest in Nero. and
spurred him on to terrible deeds.
Among these (Which she is credited
by many authorities with suggesting
to her husband) was the burning of
Rome in 81 A. D. While the city
burned the emperor composed and
sang an ode in honor of the conf1agra.
tiOn
The plain people had been patient
under their rulers tyranny. But the
burning of their city drove them to
fury. Nero was frightened. Advised
by Poppaea and his fatterers, he de-
clared the Christians had set fire to
Rome and put hundreds of them to
death in barbarOus manner by way of
pretended punishment for the crime
This for the moment pacified the peo-
pie. But soon fresh iniquities on the
part of the imperial couple angered
them again. At last, in fit of jealous
rage, Nero one day struck Poppaea.
She died from the effects of the blow.
Nero mourned her loudly and long and
wrote poems to her memory. But his
o4.. -.k. own time of retri-
| x. button was at
man he had most wronged was to
punish him.
| Ohio had joined with an old general
named Galba in stirring up the Roman
armies against Nero. He marched to
Rome at the head of his legions to
avenge himself on the tyrant who had
robbed him of his wife. In spite of his
haste Ohio turned aside long enough
in the march to visit the grave of
Poppaea. There, weeping, he piled her
last resting place with fresh flowers
and passed on to his work of ven
geance.
But Nero did not await his enemies
| coming Deserted bv f1atterera and
guards alike, he killed himself to avoid
the fate he knew he must otherwise
expect at Otho's hands.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
GREAT LOVE>STORIES
- OF HISTORY q
BY ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE
NERO AND POPPAEA
Copy right by the Author.)

! A long train of donkeys were driven
daily to the mansion of Rome's most
beautiful woman, Poppaea Sabina.
There they were MIXED. The milk
was poured into a huge marble tub.
In this tub Poppaea took her morning
bath, on the plea that washing in
donkeys' milk added to her beauty.
However true or false this theory may
have been, 1t certainly had the eject
OF advertising Poppaea. 1t even
brought her to the notice of the en-
peror, Nero, and led to love affair
which was to cost thousands of inno-
cent lives.
Octavius Julius Caesars nephew
had turned Rome from a republic to
an empire, with himself as emperor.
His successors kept the title without
inheriting any of its originator's
genius. At last a weak, foolish man
named Claudius came to the imperial
throne. In 40 B. C. he married his
niece, Agrippina, wicked, clever wo-
man, who induced him to disinherit
his own son and to proclaim her young
son Nero as his heir. Having accom-
plished this, Agrippina poisoned
Claudius and set Nero on the throne.
The young emperor was at first a gen.
tie and wise ruler, meekly obeying his
ambitious mothers commands. But
f1atterers at court finally prompted
him to defy her and to run the empire
to suit himself-and them. Still Agrip-
pina's influence was more or less pow
erful over the youth until he met
POppaea
A ,.,,,,. Poppaea Sabina
nu.h,,a was wealthy and
of patrician fam
lily. AS girl she had married a no.
bleman who had divorced her. Then
she had married daring young SOL
der and pr0fligate named Ohio, one of
NerO's boon companions. Ohio loved
her jealousy. So when Nero, falling
In love with the beautiful woman, sug-
gested that Ohio give her up, the hus.
band fatty refused. In this refusal
he was backed by Poppaea herself.
Not that she cared for Ohio, but she
read Nero's nature, and knew that op
position would fan his fancy for her
into worship. She was justified in this
belief, for Nero before long found
means OF separating her from the
heartbroken Ohio.
Poppaea had made up her mind to
be empress. Agrippina hated her
Nero also had wife, Octavia. But
these obstacles did not check Pop
paea. One by one she cleared them
away. She persuaded Nero that his
mother was conspiring against him
and worked him to such a frenzy Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Till Lands of WASHINGTON

Quakers of Woodlawn, because the
pioneers of the society settled on the
Woodlawn lands-Woodlawn being
the name of the estate of Lawrence
Lewis, Washington's nephew, and his
wife, Nellie Curtis. which estate was
carved out Of the Mount Vernon prop.
erty and given by Washington to Lew
is and his wife at the time of their
marriage at Mount Vernon on Wash
ington's birthday, 1879, ten months be-
fore the first presidents death. The
Friends are not now settled altoeeth-
er on the Woodlawn lands. many Of
them having bought into. other rarts
Of the Mount Vernon plantation. Nor
are all the dwellers Of the Woodlav,n
lands Friends. though most. of them
are. 1t is natural to speak Of this
community as ''settlement,'' yet tie
Friends are scattered over: several
miles of country. They are all farm:
ers, and the farms are large. T.. E
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
THEODORE AND JUSTINIAN

COnstantinople and clamored at The
palace gates Justinian was wild with
fear and decided to creep to the sea-
shore unobserved and save his life by
flight. Then it was that Theodore
threw away the diplomatic tactics by
which she had won and managed her
husband. For once in her life she let
him feel the lash of her scorn, and
couched her speech in the language Of
the stage instead of that of the stately
court. She babe him fly if he chose,
but told him that death was nobler
for monarch than exile, and vowed
that she would not stir from her
throne, preferring, as she said, ia
o.,., - ~. make empire her
po..' $780,. winding sheet
Justinian, stung
into courage, stuck to his post, and
thereby saved his crown. Once only
he is said to have tainted her in anger
with her humble parentage. She il
reported to have answered that her
father was quite as well born as her
husbands grandfather, who had been
rude peasant.
Indeed, few dared to remind Theo.
dora of her past. She had a way OF
putting to death persons who brought
up the subject. For % years this
strange pair of lovers governed most
of the civilized world. Then, at the
age of 40, Theodore died. The gen.
orally accepted story of her fate is
that she fell victim to cancer But
some authorities hint that she tried to
manage her elderly husband once
too often and without her earlier tact
and that he, in fit of rage, had her
| beheaded.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Locust PLAQUES.

History mentions many pestilences
caused by the decaying bodies of dead
locusts. On one occasion so many
locusts persisted off the coast of Africa
that bank four or five feet high and
SO miles long was formed on the shore
by their dead bodies, and the stencil
of them reached inland for $50 miles.
In another part of Africa, early in the
Christian era, a plague of locusts is
said to have caused the death of $780,
900 persons; and in sol nearly as bad
a plague occurred in Italy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Modiah Couture.

The couture is now quite fiat over
the forehead, built rounded at the
sides, and when decorated, possibly
three bands cross the forehead and
end with little bows among the puffs
at the sides. BY one arrangement
the hair is parted on one side and ia
built at the crown of the head in a
loose knot. Dangling curls hang
down the right side. The picturesque
high couture is fiat over the front
and medium snug at the sides, though
ornamented with curls.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Their ADVANTAGES.


$50 you have made up your mind to
be specialist. What line are you 60
ing to take up?"
Il don't know. I have been cOnsid-
ering various advantages in different
branches. A chiropodist can general
ly get foothold. no matter how bad
business is; manicurist has usually
something on hand; beauty doctor
can usually play skin game and an
eye and ear doctor can often get q
hearing when there is anything in
sight. l haven't dWelt on the posi-
bilities of throat specialists and den
lists or hair experts, because the two
former always look down in the mouth
and the latter may get but a bald liv'
ing or be expected to dye for his pa
tients. "-Baltimore American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Wants Compulsory Education.

The Birmingham Age-Herald in
pleading for strong compulsory edu-
cation law in Alabama calls attention
to the fact that of 100000 children of
school age only ISL, 900 white children
and $4,000 black children were at
tending school, according to the cen.
sus of 1900. When all allowances are
made" says the Age-Herald, 1T is
seen that under the voluntary sys-
tenn one-half of the states children are
sent to school and one-half are per-
mitted to grow up without learning to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Just 4 Toilet Hint.

A little borax in witch hazel is a
good face wash after motoring, and is
also Of value in so many ways that
every woman should have borax and
witch hazel in her dressing case, says
an authority on such matters. A little
btcarbonate of soda a9d orr1s root in
the bath make it much more pleasur.
able ,~;.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

AO ASOAAoA NopAtoA VI
pie in 525 A. D. was aghast at the
news that the consul, Justinian
nephew and heir to the Emperor JUS
tin ~ was to marry Theodore, the
farce-cOmedy actress whose clever per-
formances at the Circus" had for
years set the city in roar of laugh
ter.
For an emperors heir to make an
actress his wife was not only scan
dalous, but illegal as we'll. People be-
gan to inquire into Theodora's past
life. Many of the facts they dug up
were of too unsavOry nature to bear
repetition. But they learned also that
she was one of the three daughters of
a brutal fellow who had been keeper
of the wild bears in the menagerie
under the Circus building. When
Theodore was only seven her father
had died. The child was an impish,
gay little creature with a genius for
mimicry. So she had been put on the
stage. She could not sing or dance,
but she was a born comedian. She
grew to womanhood, small, thin and
pale. Scarcely the sort of girl to at
tract the attention of the emperor's
nephew.
Rome, since the days of Nero, had
grown SO great in size and wealth that
it had at last split in two because of
its own unwieldy bulk, and was divid-
ed into the eastern and western EN-.
pires. The western empire with the
city of Rome as it's capital) was soon
overrun by barbarian tribes. But the
The Actress Who eastern empire
Became Empress. .aos. e. ioi
Justin L., Dacian peasant, had fought
his way up from the ranks to the CON-
mand of the army. Then he had made
himself emperor and had proclaimed
Justinian his heir. Justinian was a
wise man, but lacking in firmness. The
sort of man that clever woman
could manage to suit herself. Theo-
dora won his love and pointed out to
him plan by which they two might
become emperor and empress. His
uncle's wife, the Empress Euphemia,
sternly forbade the match. But this
did not long stand in Theodoras way
For Euphemia died rather suddenly
Justin was old and as much under
Justinian's influence as the latter was
under Theodoras.
The rest was plain sailing. Justin
was persuaded to set aside the law
forbidding a prince to marry an &C.
tress. Theodore and Justinian thus
were married in 525, when the girl
was only II. Two years later Justin
died. Theodore made her husband
the new emperor, crown her as EN-.
press. Then she proceeded to do the
lions share of the ruling, interfering
and having her way in nearly all state
affairs. The civilized world was thus
for a time swayed by an actress
whims. Nor was she as bad an EN-.
press as her early life would have
seemed to forecast. She aided her hus-
band to frame the celebrated Justin.
ian Code" of laws and in many ways
helped make his reign great.
She attracted some notoriety by de.
claring herself the champion Of wives
whose husbands sought to divorce
them, and she started besides a sort
of royal marriage bureau" Match.
making was her fad. And certainly no
one could have set brighter example
from her own success along that line.
Justinian's love for her did not cool as
the years went by. And she probably
made him fairly good wife.
Once when revoluttonists seized
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
New Fall Goods.

Whipcord.
Satin-faced crepons.
Crepe bengaline.
Travers cord.
Satin prunella.
Herringbone serge.
Striped English soleil.
Marquisette.
Velveteen and corduroy.
BrOadcloth.
Cashmere de sole.
Fancy messalines.
ChevrOn worsteds.
Sturdy homespun.
Rough chevfot.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch a matter Of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all Injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as stiffen-
er makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary, with the result Of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods we're new.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Object Of Increased Soiicitude.

Object Of Increased Solicftude.
''There never was time when the
farmer was so highly considered as he
Is today" said the gentle jollier.
'That's right" answered Mr.. Corn
tossel; they're making heap O. fuss
over us agricultural folks. You seen,
crops has been kind O. good lately. In
addition to votes we've got little
spare change that's worth lookin' aft
er."-Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

PettIt's Eye salve Restores.
No matter how badly the eyes may b
diseased or injured. All druggists or How.
ard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

8PRA1NS AND BRUISES
disappear like magic under the healing touch Of
Perry Davis Patnkhler. During this icy weather no
household should be without it. In 2c &c. Soc sizes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

Home is the place a married man
stays while they are cleaning house al
his club.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Reducing.

Reducing.
Miss Elder-Dick says that this
rose in my hair makes me look ten
years younger.
Miss Younger-Gee! Why don't you
get a couple more?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

Rich Gift to McGiii University.
Lord Strathcona, Canadian 1sgh
commissioner in London, has given
half million dollars to Mc0iu .un.
versjty.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
HAT OF MORE.

Edged with black silk, with a soft
crown and a wreath of oxidized silver
roses
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

There's nobody who wouldn't rather
be a live liar than q dead truth-teller.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

People who borrow trouble are al.
ways anxious to turn Il over to others.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Siekly Smile

Wipe it off your otherwise
good Aaok5*g face-put On that
good health smile that CHS.
CARETS will give you -as
a result from the cure Of
Constipation-ora torpid liver.
It's 50 easy-do it-you'Q see.
CASCARET8 10 . bo9 for weeks
treatment. IN 61eoo Biggest seller
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

u =: :;: 81, ~; ::} Thsnpssn'. Eys Water
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-03
HONOR
HEINRICH ON HIS
50IH BIRTHDAY
Kearny Mans rs Years Serv-
ice with Standard Oil Plant
Gratefully Recognized.

In celebration of his fiftieth birthday
and of his twenty-five years
of service with the Standard Oil Com
pany. at whose Third avenue plant, in
kearny, he is the oldest employee, John
Heinrich, of 106 Bergen avenue, Kearny.
was given a surprise by his fellow en-
ployees at Kanzleiter's Hall. "a Clay
street, last night.
Mr.. Heinrich was presented with a
handsome rocking chair and an UNI
brella. He also received a bouquet of
flowers. Thomas =. McGreevy made
the presentation speech.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. John Heinrich, sr., Mr.. and Mrs.
John Heinrich, jr., Mrs. F. Otto, Jo-
seph Heinrich. George Heinrich, Mrs.
Il. Gerpann and her daughter, Miss
Katherine Heinrich, Miss Lizzie Kanz-
letter, George Hoch, M. Child, Thomas
p. McGreevy. H. Osborne, ]. Tegethoff,
w. Harvey, J.. Conover, Fl. Hamburger,
d. Dietrich, H. Lavender, j. Ochsner,
F. Van Ripper, ]. Van Duyne, H. Klein,
r. Seidell, F. ]. Walters. J. Osborne,
w. Germann, M ellis, f. Wilson, II. p.
L. Cole, e. Lawrence, r.
Thomas, ]. Germann, j. Mehan and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gogger..
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-03
PASTOR ATTACKED
BY APPENDICITIS
IN HIS PULPIT
Rev. David De F. Burrell, Of
South Orange, Continued Ser
mon Despite Pain.
OPERATION ADVISED
AND PROVES SUCCESSFUL
Didn't Discover What Was the
Matter with Him Till
Today.

The Rev. David De Forest Burrell,
pastor Of the First Presbyterian
Church. South Orange. was today op-
Grated on for appendicitis by DIR. Rich
ard d. Freeman in the Orange Nc
mortal Hospital. The Rev. Mr.. Burrell
was first stricken while preaching In
the pulpit of his church Sunday night.
He did no believe 1t serious at that
time, not knowing that it was appendi-
citis. and continued to preach his SER
mon.
Early today, however, he was at
tackled by severe pains and summoned
a physician, who at once advised him
to undergo the operation.
1t was said at the hospital at noon
that the operation was successful and
his condition improving. /.