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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
A Brocade Blouse.

Now is the time to use it. If you
have any rich piece Of old brocade re.
posing in an old trunk.
Can't you manage to have it match
your velvet or broadcloth skirt. 50
that you may wear it as the French
90?
They cover it with chiffon of the
exact shade, or they bring it into har.
mony with the skirt by the use of a
varying shade Of chiffon.
No trimming is used, no pleats are
present. The neck line is slightly
low, the sleeves reach to the three.
quarter mark Around the neck and
sleeve edge there appears the merest
line Of plain velvet IS a finish. This
is elegant simplicity; and, although
chiffon is not easy to handle, it will
be found less difficult because Of this
lining of more heavy brocade.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
IN THE ATTIC.

In the attic down to gran'pap's,
Ny! What funny things they il!
Cradles, sickles. trunks Of luther.
Spinning wheels kin fairly whixx!
Cheers of hickory, splint bottomed,
Wooden latches for the door,
Bunch Of clapboards yaller papers,
And. my land! hull lot more!
Cur'yus place there. next the rafters!
Like to set there when 1t rains,
BY the little four-light winder
With its teeny, dusty panes.
Like to read McGuffy's readers,
And the blue-back spellin' book;
Biography that's set to music,
And the writin' granpap took.
Like to rummage in the big chist,
Like to peek in bureau drawers;
Like to read the letters gran'pap
Wrote in analyne from the wars.
Say! When it is rainin,' fellers,
May be hanted, but dast,
Set there by the winder, seeing
Great things loom up from the past.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Capitol Messenger Didn't Know Aldrich

and does not see any too we'll, said:
Are you a senator?" squaring him.
self across the entrance to the eleva-
tor which is used only by United
States senators.
YES" said Mr.. Aldrich, entering
into the spirit of the situation and hes.
itating moment
Must be new one," said Mr.. Ham
lin, talking more to himself than Mr..
Aldrich.
We'll, hardly that" said Mr.. AL.
drich, chuckling. my name is AL
drich."
The poor old messenger almost fell
in his tracks, and Senator Aldrich for
almost the first time in his lidfe
laughed out loud.
Poor Messenger Hamlin will hardly
recover from his panic. He is past 80
years of age, and was foreman of the
jury that convicted Guiteau Of the as
sassination of Garfield. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
a boon, as it is undeniably becoming
and softens the face
Some Exquisite Nets.

Some of the nets seen for the first
time this season are exquisite. The
coarser weaves of the fish net and tho
octagon weaves prevail but in entirely
new and pretty effects and combina.
tons. For instance, one of the newest
designs is an exact reproduction Of
garden netting, though extremely
fragile and cobwebby looking.
The weave is in fine octagop
mesh, picked out in large garden net
ting effects, octagon shape with tiny
black silk dots. The design is decid.
eddy odd, and much prettier than can
be imagined from this inadequate de
scription.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
TelIino the Aoe Of a Flsh

The age of fish can be determined
with accuracy by inspection of the oto-
liths or bony concretions which are
found in the auditory apparatus, says
Scientific American. These otoliths
increase in size during the entire life
of the fish, each year adding two lay
ers, light colored layer formed in
summer and dark layer formed In
autumn and winter.
The alternate layers are sharply
contrasted and very distinct, so that
there is no difficulty in counting them,
The number of pairs of layers is equal
to the number of years the fish has
lived. BY this method Wallace has
made an interesting study of the dis
tribution of fishes of the plaice species
over various sea bottoms, according
to age. In this way the rapidity of
growth of fishes and the effect of fish,
cries on the population of the sea can
be determined.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

FUNNY things happen, even in the
corridors of the capitol in Washing
ton, among those men who have been
longest there. One of the messen-
gers at the capitol is John P. Hamlin,
who for more than 80 years has been
messenger about the senate corridors.
The other day Senator Aldrich of
Rhode Island was positively held up
in the corridors and refused admis-
sion to the elevator by a messenger
who had served the United States
senate longer than Senator Aldrich
has. Mr.. Hamlin, who Is very old
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
DRESSING ROOM OF A CIRCUS
Scenes Are Both Novel and Pic
turesque-How Tents Are Divided
Children Are Petted,

The scenes in the dressing room Of a
circus are both novel and picturesque
The huge tent is divided, first into two
main apartments. One is the green
room, as it were, where the ring horses
are kept ready for the riders.
Here the properties are handed out,
and the matron of the wardrobe
spreads out the glittering covers for
the horses and other paraphernalia
that help so largely to make the cir
Gus performance spectacle Of such
dazzling beauty.
The other portion of this same tent
Is divided up by strips of canvas
stretched from one of the main poles
to the side walls, forming a series of
V-shaped rooms, one of which is de-
voted to the men, another to the wom-
en- and third to the ballet girls.
A little post In the center of each.
with a looking glass not larger than
ones hand, serves as common Dress
ing-table, where the paint and DOW
der and other finishing touches of tho
makeup" are applied.
The clothes are thrown carelessly
upon the tops of the trunks, which
stand in long rows against the can
vas walls, or are pinned directly to
the canvas itself.
The child Is dressed for the ring.
It comes to the edge of the canvas
wall, pokes it's little head through.
kisses it's mother gOod-bv. and awav
1t goes into the ring upon a gallop-
ing horse or around the hippodrome
track at breakneck speed upon one of
the ponies.
If it comes back safely it is kissed
again, then patted upon the head and
trundled of to the car by some affec-
ttonate companion, and put into its
little bed with just as much solicit
tude as the fondest mother in the land
might give to her dimpled darling,
though it were Graded in silk and lace.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

Materials required: Six and one-half
yards 46 inches wide, 2k yards in
sertion, 21z yards lace. three yards
ribbon.
Coat for Day or Evening Wear
Face cloth of firm texture is the most
suitable material for this coat The
drawing gives the effect of the sleeves
being cut in with the coat; but in
reality they are separate; both CEN
ter back and front are slightly drawn
in by a band of embroidery, which in
front end under the revers. These
are faced with black silk, which is
smart with almost any color
The sleeves are trimmed with tas-
sells. The edges Of the opening at the
sides are connected by cords and but
tons.
The coat is lined throughout with
silk.
Materials required: Four and one
half yards 81 inches wide, 20 buttons,
about five yards cord, nine yards H.
ming silk, three-quarters yard silk for
facing revers, four tassels
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
The Lions Share.

Two brothers, of whom a writer In
the Washington Post tells. got on
none too well with each other, for rear
sons which will be plain to all.
Here" said their mother to the
older Of them one day; here is ba-
mana. Divide it with your little broth
er and see that he gets the lions
share"
The younger child a few minutes
later set up great bawling.
Mamma" he shrieked, John hasn't
given me any banana"
What's this?" inquired the mother.
hurrying in.
why" explained the older boy,
lions don't eat bananas! "-Youth's
Companion. .s..ssI ss@z
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Printers Marks.

The Interrogation mark or point
GU was originally "a" and an Co."
the latter placed under the former.
They were simply the first and last
letters of the Latin word "questio."
So, too, with the sign Of exclamation
or intersection (D. In its original
purity it was combination of "I''
and Co." the latter underneath as in
the question mark. The two stood
for TO-" the Latin exclamation of Joy.
The paragraph mark is Greek 81
the initial of the word paragraph"
The early printers employed a dagger
to show that word or sentence was
Objectionable and should be cut out
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Betrayed by the Tipping Habit.

Betrayed by the Tipping Habit.
"Your friend, the count, my DEAR"
said the millionaire to his blooming
daughter, has an odd way of extend
ing his hand. Did you notice when we
parted tonight that he held his palm
uppermost?"
His daughter sighed.
II was in hopes" she murmured,
that if Alphonse was exposed it
would be found that he was at least a
restaurant waiter-but I'm afraid he
was only a shoe sinner in a barber
shop"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Not Appropriate,

Senator Beverage was replying at q
dinner in Washington to a defender of
the sugar trust.
"You remind me of a man at his
brothers funeral This man bent over
the grave and closely watched the low
ering of the coffin down into the clean
cut rectangular chamber prepared for
it. He heaved a sigh as the coffin
came to rest, and said to the under.
taker, heartily:
Its the neatest fit ever saw In
my life. Come and have a drink on
the head of it, "-Sunday Magazine of
the Cleveland Leader.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
A Few Sprlno Don'ts.

Don't 60 out in the woods to fly q
kite. Only birds fly there.
Don't climb trees after strawber'
ries.
Don't try swimming in q muddy
creek.
Don't smile at a strange bull.
Don't cry like q goose If a goose
cries at you. ,.
Don't use the barn roof for a tobog
gan slide; you may find the shingles
rough.
Don't eat your picnic lunch before
you start. out.
Don't sit under the tree and wait
for the weathercock to crow. 49,.
=, Don't expect TO find straws in !
dish of Strawberries. >ss
Don't try to pick geese from q
gooseberry bush.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Rice Water for Babies.

Boil one cup Of we'll washed rice In
three-fourths of gallon of water un-
til quantity Is reduced to about three
cups. Strain. l.
Serve the rice water in nursing bot.
tie in the proportion of two-thirds rice
water to one-third cows milk. II the
child is feverish and cannot digest
milk serve rice water alone, sweet
ened or sailed to taste. Above direc-
tons may be reduced or increased &C.
cording to need.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Making Needle Float.

the cup fast, throw up one of the dice
and catch it in the cup. How can
you best be sure of catching the other
in the cup?
Solution: 1t is easy to throw the
upper Of this pair of dice into the air
and catch 1t in the cup, but the other
Is more elusive. AS you throw it up
ward with sufficient force you will
also throw the dice that has been al.
ready caught out Of, the cup. The
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
See II Il Creases.

Before deciding on a new evening
gown 1t is a good plan to squeeze a
tiny piece of the material in your
hand to see If it creases: easily. Some
soft materials crease more easily than
others, and If one is pressed for time
it is a great nuisance to have to iron
ones frock out every time it Il to be
worn.-Home Chat ~: L..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
WORTH KNOWING

Simple But Powerful Prescription for
= Rheumatism and Lame Back.
+ This was previously published here
and cured hundreds, Get one ounce Of
syrup of Sarsaparilla compound and
one ounce Toris Compound. Then get
half a pint of good whiskey and put
the other two ingredients into it. Use
tablespoonful of this mixture before
each meal and at bed time Shake the
bottle each time" Good effects are felt
the first day. Any druggist has these
ingredients on hand or will quickly get
them from his wholesale house.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Kent with Rarnum's Circus

P. T. Barnum, the famous circus
man, once wrote: II have had the
Cuticura Remedies among the con-
tents of my medicine chest with my
shows for the last three seasons, and I
can cheerfully certify that they were
very effective IN every case which
called for their use."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Dyeinq t.aces.

To color very delicate French lace,
which is usually silk, it may be
stretched with thumbtacks upon a
board, with clean white blotters be-
meath it, and painted with gasoline and
oil paint made very thin.
This is done when laces are so ten
der that they would not stand dipping
and wringing
A broad, new varnish brush is used
for the painting of lace, and the proc
ess is most delicate one. involving
great care
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
HOW A DOCTOR CURED SCALP
DISEASE

when I was ten or twelve years
old had a scalp disease, something
like scald head, though it wasn't that.
I suffered for several months, and
most Of my hair came out. Finally
they had doctor to see me and he
recommended the Cuticura Remedies.
They cured me in a few weeks. I
have used the Cuticura remedies, also,
for a breaking out on my hands and
was benefited great deal. I haven't
had any more trouble with the scalp
disease. Miss Jessie F. Buchanan,
r. F. D. 3, Hamilton, Ca, Jan. z, 1902
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
TWO AMUSING PARLOR GAMES
Way to Make Needle Float on Water
While Paper Sinks, and Throwing
Dice Into Cup.

I. Here is a simple way to make a
needle float on water: Fill a wine
glass or tumbler with water, and on
this lay fiat a cigarette paper; place a
needle gently on this, and presently
the paper will sink, and the needle will
float on the water.
2. Hold a pair of dice and a cup
for casting them in one hand, as is
shown in the diagram. Now, holding
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
MAKING TEN-POINTED STAR
How to change one Into FIve-PoInted
Arrangement Without Touching
tho Material.

Take five wooden matches and bend
each of them into v. Place them
together, as is shown in the first dia.
gram, so that they take the form Of
an asterisk, or ten-pointed star. Lay
them on some smooth surface. and
without touching them transform them
into star with five points.
Solution: To change the ten-pointed
star Of wooden matches into one of
five points without touching it, let
water fall into the very center, as it
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Transformation.

lies on quite smooth surface, and in
a few moments, under the action of
the water, it will gradually assume the
shape shown in the second diagram, of
f1ve-po1nted star. This is very SIM
pie and effective after dinner trick.
Small matches move best.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Real Absorbing

Real Absorbing.
"Have you any absorbing papers
around here?" asked the stranger at
the newsstand.
absorbing papers?' echoed the
clerk. Eyes, sir. Jimmy, give this
gentleman a couple of blotters."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

Robbing the lnnocents. 80,
1.-THE meanest man has been discov-
ered."
What has he been doing?" :,
"Swindling amateur poets. Getting
them to send two dollars for a poetic
license"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
A Telephone MonopoIv,

"Who is the party who gets so
angry when you tell her the lines
bqsy?" said one operator.
II think it's the same one who
never talks for less than an hour and
half when she gets on the wire."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
A Jolt to Romance,

How about the young doctor? Has
he proposed?"
mot yet. Papa ruined everything0
last night
How was that?"
Just as the doctor was pleading for
peep at my eyes, papa came in and
asked him to take a look at my
throat"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
ono Distance Connection.

Long Distance Connection.
Bounderman Cadsby-Yaas, Lady
Clara, assure you can claim to be
connected with the best families In
England, bah Jove!
Lady Clara-Ah! BY telephone?-
London Opinion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

secret of success lies in dropping the
hand and cup rapidly downwards, quit
ting hold at the same moment of the
dice, which then falls quietly into the
cup held to receive it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

Russian green diagonal cheviot was
used in the making of Il fashionable
three-quarter length coat of the paletot
variety. There is no trimming save
black crochet buttons and collar and
cuffs of sable.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-28
FACULTY HONORS
COLLEGE STUDENTS
Speakers Named for Commence
ment and for Last Meeting
of Term in Gymnasium

BERKELEY, April 27.-The follow
ing named students of the graduating
class of 1910 have been chosen by the
university authorities to give five min
ute talks commencement day:
Marguerite Ogden, college of natural science.
candidate for the degree Of bachelor of science.
who registers from Oakland; Adolphus ]. Eddy.
college of civil engineering. candidate for the
degree of bachelor Of science. San Francisco;
Stuart O'Melteny. college of social science, can
didate for the degree Of bachelor of letters. Los
Angeles: and from the graduate students. Mau-
rice 4. Harrison of the class of 1905 in the coll
lege of law, candidate for the degree of doctor
Of Jurisprudence, San Francisco.
The following students have been Sc
lected by the faculty to speak at the
last university meeting of the term, to
be held Friday, at IL a. m, in Harmon
gymnasium:
Miss Martha Chickering, retiring president of
the Associated women students; stephen W.
Cunningham. retiring president of the Associated
students of the university; j. A. Douglas Brook
man, president of the senior class; Stuart O'Mel-
veny. chairman of the intercollegiate agreement
committee and chairman of the senior week com
mittee Chaffee f. Hail. editor of the Daily
Californian; Herbert =. Johns, captain of the
varsity track team; Fayette A. Lewis, captain
of varsity baseball team; Donald Y Lamont,
chairman of intercollegiate debating committee;
George A Haines, president elect OF the assO-
ciated students.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-28
LAST RESPECTS PAID
TO LATE A. w. BISHOP
impressive Ceremonies Com
P. Quoted by Fellow Masons

49,: OAKLAND. April 27-The funeral Of
.kmasa Wright Bishop was held at the
Masonic temple this afternoon at ?
+: q o'cIock. The Masonic ritual was con-
.iducted by Charles H. Wood. master of
live Oak lodge No. 61, F. & A. NJ. of
which Bishop had been a member for
many years. The Masonic quartet,
composed Of J. f. Veaco, f. S. Beckett,
C ". Castel and Clement Rowlands,
rendered favorite hymns Of the dece-
dent
The pallbearers were as follows:
George Roeth, J. p Montgomery. Claus
-3clachmaRn, J. P. Kelley, F. /. Savage,
master OF Mosaic lodge of Liyermore,
.aapd c. l.. Crellin Of Pleasanton lodge
=. a delegation from Livermore lodge
Of. .Masons accompanied the body TO
Oakland and were present during the
ceremony. Several city officials and a
large number Of prominent citizens
were also in attendance to pay last re-
. spects TO a lifelong friend. The re-
mains We're cremated.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-28

ASK KNOWLAND TO
ACT FOR EXCHANGE
Merchants Elect Congressman
as Their Representative at
Lake MOhOnk Conference

OAKLAND. April 27.-The Merchants
exchange has elected Congressman J. R.
KnowIand 10 represent the exchange at
the Lake Mohawk conference on inter
national arbitration to be held May Is
md 10. Secretary Wilbur Walker has
been directed TO write to knoWland ap-
prising him of the appointment
Director Downey brought up the
matter Of the interstae commerce law
relating to long and short hauls and
the question was referred TO COM
mittee composed Of the following; J. c.
Downev, T. X. Gard, Theodore Gier and
Secretary Walker.
The insurance committee reported
that the Oakland board Of fire under
writers had written a letter to the
hoard Of fire underwriters of San Fran
cisco asking that insurance rates tor
Oakland be lowered owing TO the COM
lletion of the salt water auxiliary fire
protection system.
The following committees were ap-
uoinred to arrange the details for the
fourth Of July celebration:
Finance-Theodore Gier, ". J. Lay
nance, J. H. Clay. IL. 9. Williams, A.
-Jouas. A II. Schleuter. Wilbur W alker.
Literary-P. NJ. Fisher. L. d. Inskeep,
T. A OBrien, A. A. Denison. John
Connors ". V. Harrington, r. Mott, }.
II. Smith.
Decoration--A. Jonas. L. ". Sharpe,
r. III. Briare, C. T. Carl, Joseph Martin,
II. a McAllister. r. II Adams.
Publicity-R Robertson. Wilbur
walker. +. A sherman, ". +. Gibson.
X. w Martin, W. p. Hook, George
T,oher. H NJ Sanborn.
2 Afternoon-Fred Sinclair. H. c. Cow
ard r s. Kitchener l.. II. Davidson,
a. H Schleuter. ". B. Fawcett. Paul
Carroll. s. J. Pembroke, F. G. Eiben-
-: Parade-H \. Gard. j. Crowley, II.
s Henfon DR.. J. l. Mayor. Craigie
.Sharp. p y Hanrahan. E. s. Muller
. AdeIbe Wilson. 2. j. Delehanty, A O.
Taft. c. T. Carl George H Mason, j. g
Reed. ". Blair, J. Spelman, }. &
DOWney.
-. Fxecutive-D. c. Brown. chairman;
T. A Young vice chairman; Theodore
.tary: Mayor f. X Mott, Z. A. Heron,
F. A Leach Jr. @. B. Daniels, W. E.
Dsrgie. j. F. ". Sohst, w. r. Thomas,
T. J. Day, r. s. Meredith.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-28
NAMED DELEGATE
TO CONVENTIONS
To Attend Three Meetings, In
Guiding Worlds Mission
ary Congress

OAKLAND, April 27.-Rev. A. w.
Rider of Oakland, Pacific coast Sec
retary of the American Baptist For
eign Mission society. departed tonight
for Chicago, where he will attend the
Laymens Missionary congress to be
held in that city May 3-6, and the
Northern Baptist convention, which
will follow from May to IA.
Doctor Rider will then go to Edin-
burgh, Scotland, as one of the dele
gates to the Ecumenical convention,
which will be held there June Ia to "a.
The convention is held every 10 years.
Representatives from the different ma
tions outline a world policy for mis-
sionary operation TO be projected dur
ing the following 10 years.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-28
TEACHER LOST JOB
BUT DEMANDS PAY
Objects to Suspension for Re-
fusal to Teach Pupils of
Two Grades

OAKLAND, April 27.-That she can
not be compelled to teach the pupils
of two school grades when she agreed
to teach only one is the contention of
Miss Alice Dougherty, who is suing
the Livermore board of school trustees
for $500, which she says is due to her
as salary The trial is proceeding be-
fore Judge Ogden.
Miss Dougherty testified today that
her contract with the school trustees
was that she should be assigned to
the eighth grade. Instead of that she
said, she was told to teach the eighth
and sixth grades together. She re-
fused. and was suspended.
-Four years ago Miss Dougherty was
threatened with suspension by the prin-
cipal She got into politics thereupon,
and as a result of her activities a
school board favorable to herself was
elected. The difference between her
and the principal was settled in her
favor.
Further testimony will be taken.
Miss Dougherty testified that every one
of the trustees had had the under
standing with her that she was to
teach the eighth grade.