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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
AFTER SCHOOL IN CHINATOWN
Children Of All Glasses, High and
Low, Rich and Poor Are the
Beauty of That Quarter.

The Chinatown of the San Francisco
before the fire has been described as
consisting of three circles: The first
was the life of the streets; the Sec
ond, that prepared show which the
tourist saw; the third, the family life
and industrial activity of the quarter
In their toy establishments, writes
Will Irwin in "Pictures of Old China
town." rich often with spoils of the
Orient, there was a very real home
life and kind of polite society.
To a degree which we cannot CON-
prehend, the place of the Chinese
woman is in the home. The foreign
American seldom saw the true lady
Of the Chinese quarter. She lived
tight in her little fiat, bound her hair
With sober fillets, dressed quietly in
the dark green's that uniform respect
ability, and went abroad only on great
business or on the occasion of great
festivals.
But children, high and low, rich and
roor, had the run of the streets, and
we're the pride, joy, beauty and chief
delight of the quarter. Hope of heav-
en- and everlasting worship to their
fathers, nothing was too bright and
beautiful for them.
School was out at four o'clock. The
older girls, too many of them, alas!
with the bound feet that showed how
high their mothers expected them to
marry, walked arm-on-waist like
schoolgirls the world over, swaying
with that gentle motion which marks
the Chinese lady from her common
sister.
The big boys, much more subdued
than our own 12-year-olds, got out
those feathered shuttlecocks with
which the Chinese youth initiates foot
ball, and frisked along Dupont street
or over into Portsmouth square.
A curious game that was, without
teamwork or rules, nothing to it but
dexterity of foot. Sometimes the more
radical mothers joined their babies
after school, walked down to the
square, fearful journey for them,
and made a little picnic about the
football players. That children's hour
at the quarter showed Chinatown at
it's sweetest and most gracious.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
Lingerie Gets a Hobo Into Trouble

nothing there that don't belong to me ,
The sergeant put in his hand and
pulled out pair of dirty overalls and
a blue jumper. Then his fingers came
IN contact with strip of lace. As h<
pulled on the lace he saw there wa.
more OF the garment behind. But I,
was something that certainly no gen
tleman could wear.
At Central police station the mar
with the grip said his name was Ton
O'Hlu, and he counseled the desl
sergeant to be sure and not get q,
"e' in the last name where the 80,
is. The grip contained a complet<
outfit of lady's wearing apparel and .
number of letters addressed to "Mrs
Fitzhugh Funston, No. 572S Gates ave
nue."
At the Funston residence it wa,
stated that Mrs. Fitzhugh Funston lef.
the city for Chicago Saturday morn
ing. She had been visiting here q,
the home of her brother, R. E. Fun
stem. 1t was stated at the Residence.
that when Mrs. Funston departed sh,
carried one grip and checked two.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
School of Courtesy for Railroad Men

dlsgruntled through discourteous treat
ment is suggested by an instance that
mas actually occurred on the New
York Centrals West Shore line. 4
passenger who considered that he had
received surly answer from a trai1,~
man reported the matter to The GER
eral passenger agent, who after an
investigation informed the passenger
that the offensive employe had beef,
removed to a branch of the service
where he would not come into contac..
with the travelling public To VIVA:
extent pol1teness pays or impolitenes.
does not pay, this employe has had a
practical demonstration. It is not
likely that he would have suffered re-
moval If the one item complained Of
had been his only offense His down.
TALL might have been saved by an
earlier course in some such schooi
OF courtesy as the other railroad now
proposes, if he did not possess a ma.
tive kindness of nature
But While the passenger desires cour
tesy from the trainmen, he must not
overlook the fact that courtesy oar,
usually be counted upon to secure cou,.
tesy. Captious, inconsiderate passen.
gers or customers or patrons are like.
~ sooner or later to wear upon this
most mild-dispositioned or self-cor.
trolled attendants, and they shoulu
bear in mind when they themselves
feel irritable or irritated, that they
have a moral responsibility not to
make their fellow men stumble in tho
paths of politeness. before making q
complaint, it would be the fair thing
to ask ones self whether one had
given cause for Impotence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
Who Owns 'Lady"? a Police Puzzle

dence. She says she wants her dog.
Mr.. Palma, appearing trifle neglige.
asks his visitors to be seated, and ex-
cuses himself to put on his coat. He
returns. He tells them he has no dog.
Mrs. Singer insists On searching the
house. She finds neat little bed for
doggie, but no Lady" She hunts
high and low She goes downstairs
in the basement and asks the janitor
Still no pup. All, Mrs. Singer has an
idea. Why not search in the vacant
fiat?
Down she goes with the detective,
and there, 10 and behold, she discov-
ers her long-lost, dear little lady
and Miss Mabel Melville as we'll. It
develops that Miss Melville lived at
the Palma home.
Mr.. Palma explained the situation.
as he saw it, to the trial board in the
following manner:
II had received a telephone mes
sage telling me that should show the
dog to no one. When they found the
uOS Ill IAC FdCduL udL USlOW Iucy lOOh
Miss Melville and myself down to
Singers store and kept us there for
over an hour
'All that time Mrs. Singer referred
to lis as dog thieves l thought there
was substation Of the police depart
ment in the basement of the store and
was kept there until finally I was told
Mr.. Singer did not care to prosecute
me-
AS the evidence was concluded the
members of the board looked at each
other, and later on in conference de-
cided they could not settle the case
offhand-that is, the case of Quinlan's
"unbecoming conduct"-and they said
they would take the matter under ad-
vlsement.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
Puzzle for Blind.

may be determined by touch. Any
one who has tried to put together a
tig-saw puzzle with the aid of two
good eyes and all his other faculties,
will appreciate the job that is ahead
of the blind man. A shallow box with
holes in the bottom receives the
blocks, and pegs on the bottom of the
blocks fit into the holes and hold the
pieces in place, so that they cannot
become separated by accident after
they have been assembled with great
care and difficulty. The only guide
the blind man has is the conforma-
ton of the blocks. The object should
be familiar one, so that when it is
made the person who constructed it
can tell what it is by the feel of it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
GOOD WAY OF TESTING TEA
Claimed to Be InfaIIible, But Grocers
Might Object to the
Procedure,

II bought tea the other day at q
Japanese store" said the young house
keeper. THE proprietor saw that l
had doubts about the quality of tea
that had been recommended, so he
darted back to the rear of the store.
1 expected him to return with a cup
of steaming drink, but he brought a
small ash tray and a match instead.
He threw a pinch of tea into the tray,
touched it with a lighted match and
watched it burn. Then he applied
the same test to another brand of tea
that had claimed my half-hearted al
legiance. The first sample of tea
showed only a small flake OF ash, the
second three times as much.
(which shows said he, that the
first test is best. That is an in.
fallible test The better the tea the
fewer the ashes. l invite all my GUS
toners to test tea that way before
bpying!-:5 =: :. .z:,7,. ,..,,.
Il took the. ashlasa tea, OF course,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22

NEW YORK.-John J. Fox, chairman
" Of local school board No. 26, has dis
covered peril-a perfectly new peril.
Prominent in 1t is the tadpole, abet-
ted by the grasshopper and backed
up by the caterpillar. Mr.. Fox finds
that our school children study such
things too much, neglecting what is
really worth while.
Several nights ago he introduced a
resolution before the board of which
he is chairman asking that it be
adopted and copy sent to the board
of education. The resolution reads:
Resolved, That we, the members Of
local school board No. rs, having in
mind the interest Of the parents and
the welfare Of the children, do hereby
record our emphatic disapproval of
our educational system, which subor-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22

A LMOST every woman in the
"A summer has bit of embroidery
4 4 to pick up at odd moments. This
work becomes a real pleasure
and at some summer resorts almost
a craze. Women work morning, noon
and night on some such dainty gar
ment or useful article as is sketched
on this page today.
The designs which are the most
lasting and the least affected by the
whims of fashion are those of rather
simple lines. A bright woman can
make good livelihood by specializing
on some simple design, such as a
dainty handkerchief embroidered at
the corners. making her articles to
sell to some exclusive shop.
An embroidery designer, too, may
earn very good living in many ways.
Sic may design patterns for shirt
waists, for collars, belts and no end
OF things which women insist on hay
ing embroidered at any cost. Every
mother, too, takes delight in seeing
her children daintily dressed, even to
the extent of neglecting herself, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22

she will spend no end of time EN-.
bordering coats, dresses and lingerie
hats.
All kinds of very good patterns may
be obtained at the shops, and there
are numerous places where one can
take the material itself to be stamped.
This is much better way sometimes.
for if one has something delicate to
embroider, the ink in stamping, If not
used with great care, may spread and
spoil the work entirely.
Some girls meet on summer after
Moons and embroider together. Fancy
ties, plain linen Dutch collars and all
kinds of bags, from common dust
bag to smart street bag, are fash
toned after the prettiest models.
Our illustration shows a Dutch COL
lar and tie with ends, both made of
white linen and embroidered in SIM
pie design.
These may be embroidered in a
short time. The best materials should
be bought for embroidery, for when
much work is put into a garment, one
wishes to get much wear out of it to
pay for the time spent on it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22

CT. LOUI5.-The expensive-looking
- grip that a seedy-look1ng individual
was carrying when he met Police Ser
geant Wade Hampton Matthews at
Twelfth and Pine streets aroused the
sergeant's suspicious.
Where did you get that grip"
asked Matthews.
Its my grip" was the reply.
Where are you taking it," asked
Matthews.
ITO my apartments" answered the
pedestrian.
What apartments?"
THE Openair apartments" replied
the man with the grip.
where are they?" persisted Mat
thews.
In No street." glibly replied the
man.
Let me see what's In there;' d.
manded Matthews. as he seized the
grip and started to open it. -. ~. ::
Go ahead" said the man. There's
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
A Common Error.

An error that is frequently made
and for which there should be no ex-
cuse save that of ignorance, is often
said to be the result Of hurried compo-
sition; but you will admit that is less
than no excuse at all. It is the use
Of the objective case instead OF tho
possessive, before a gerund or verbal
noun, ending in ing. AS ~ illustra-
ton, take this phrase tina, vas mad
vertently published in a newspaper:
Ito prevent them making & rush."
OF course this error may be corrected
in one of two ways: Ito prevent their
making rush." or ITO prevent them
from making a rush." If you will think
only a moment, the reason will he OBJ
vious.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
Enough; Not Too Much

Be wise in time and get only a few
things for your marriage. Fashions
change so quickly that it is far better
10 reserve some of your trousseau
money to expend on the newest styles
later on. You will not like to be wear
Ing old-fashioned garments next year
and probably you would not feel 1usti-
ned in doing away with those you
nave worn but few t1mes.-Wom-
ans Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
MOST PEOPLE Do ::
NOT KNOW CAUSE
OF THEIR SICKNESS

Does human health depend on enc
organ alone? This question is becom.
Ing widely discussed since L. T. Coop
er first advanced his theory that the
stomach is the true seat of life and all
health dependent upon it.
Mr.. Cooper, who has met with re-
markable success in the sale of his
new medicine, believes that the ston.
ach is responsible for most sickness,
and that this organ is weak in the
present generation. While discussing
this theory recently, he said: Il am
asked time and again to tell why my
medicine has made such a record
wherever have introduced it. My an.
swer always is, because it restores the
stomach to a normal condition. No
one will deny that today there are
more half-sick men and women than
ever before. Nothing critical seems
to be the matter with them. They
are just half-sick most of the time.
They don't know really what is the
matter with them. have talked with
thousands during the past two years.
and few knew indeed what their trou-
BILE was. One said nervousness, another
said kidney trouble, another liver com.
plant, some constipation, or heart
trouble, or lung trouble. Many had
treated, as they called it, for most of
these diseases at different times. A
very common complaint is all run
down. or tired all the tima.' or no
Appetite
Il know positively that every bit OF
this chronic i'll health is caused by
stomach trouble and nothing else.
My New Discovery puts the stomach
IN sound condition in about six weeks.
Mighty few people can be sick with q
sound digestion. That is why my medi-
cine Is selling at such a tremendous
rate. have convinced many thou
sands of people that these things are
so, and the number is growing by
leaps and bounds"
Among more recent converts to Mr..
Cooper's beliefs is Mrs. Lottie L.
Miner, living on Rural Route No. 2,
Henniker, N. H., who says: Il was in
poor health for six years, from stom-
ach trouble and indigestion. Quite
frequently my stomach was so weak
that it would not retain solid food. I
had vomiting spells every morning, and
was subject to frequent attacks of dr.
:iness. Life became such a burden
that I often felt it was not worth the
living. tried everything I could hear
of, but found nothing that would at.
ford relief.
For some time had been reading
of the Cooper remedies, and finally de-
cided to give the New Discovery
preparation trial. After taking the
first bottle, I noticed a marked i'm
provement. Five bottles made me en-
tirely well. can eat anything wish,
and have not been troubled with my
stomach since. The dizzy spells dis
appeared long ago.
MY mother, Mrs. Susan Parkins,
is nurse of long experience. Both she
and my father have used the Cooper
remedies with splendid results. win
be glad to answer any personal CORE
spondence in regard to my case"
Coopcr's New Discovery is sold by
all druggists. If your druggist cannot
supply you, we will forward you the
name of a druggist in your city who
will. Don't accept something just as
good" The Cooper Medicine Co., Day.
ton, Ohio.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
"Grannie'S Tea"

All the players sit in a row, except
one, who sits in front of them and
says to each one in turn: "Our old
grannie doesn't like tea; what can
you give her instead?"
Perhaps the first player will an
swer: cocoa" and that will be cor
rect; but if the second player should
say: "chocolate," he will have to pay
a forfeit, because there is "t' in
chocolate. This Is really a catch, as
at first every one thinks that tea"
is meant instead Of the letter It."
Even after the trick has been found
out It is easy to make slip, as the
players must answer before five is
counted; If they cannot, or If they
mention an article of food with the
letter "t'' In it they must pay for
felt.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
Many Uses of Ribbon.

1t Is said that the ribbon will be
used extensively as trimming not
only on millinery, but for gowns,
wraps, accessories, and, in fact. any
place where they look appropriate.
Rosettes of ribbon will be used to
catch the paniers that will appear on
dresses of sheer organdie. The new
chiffon draperies, fashioned into the
belts and wide girdles that are slowly
creeping back to favor, will be adorned
by ribbon that will be employed for
embroidery on frocks of voile and sim
liar semitransparent fabrics.
Hats are to be literally covered
with loops and bows Of ribbon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
Decorating Notes.

In decoration and furnishing, as
we'll as in dress, green is dominant
note of color. Green has even in
Vaded piano cases, pianos for country
cottages having all the woodwork
stained soft "forest-green."
Lamps of a very decorative charac-
ter come in metal finished to a gray
green bronze effect, touched here and
there with splashes Of dull purple and
old-rose. These lamps accord with the
general use of green in furnishing,
and are made for that purpose.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22

sembled friends that, with no other
fastening upon the board than the
sheet of paper, you will strike the end
of the board hard enough to break it,
or at least to tilt the table. 1t will
seem impossible. Now strike it q
smart, sharp blow with the hand or
any instrument, and one end of the
board will be as though it were nailed
to the table, while the other will per-
haps tilt, or the protruding end of the
board will break off,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22

handed over by grandmothers to
young women. The shops themselves
did not offer the shawls. Probably
the manufacturer did not know there
was going to be such demand for
the article.
Now they do know it, and although
they have not turned out the real
shawls, the shops are offering yards
of Chantilly lace in all the lovely old
patterns at any width needed.
1t is to be quite the fashion to have
net tunics and sleeves edged with mar.
row Chantilly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
PAPER STRONGER THAN WOOD
Method Of Demonstrating Strength Of
Newspaper and Common Piece
of Board.

An interesting indoor trick is the
demonstration of the superiority in
strength of paper over wood.
Procure piece of soft board, foot
and half in length and a couple of
inches wide. Place it on kitchen
table, allowing the end to protrude
one half it's length. Now place news
paper over it, as you see is done in
the picture, smooth it out, being sure
that the paper is in perfect contact
with the board as we'll as with the
table. Then announce to your a.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
Breadfruit Tree.

In the South Sea islands there IS a
tree called the breadfruit tree. This
tree is very like our horse chestnut
tree to look at and grows to 40 or so
feet high. It's leaves are a very dark
green and many Of them are two feet
IN length. The fruit of this tree is the
most wonderful part of it. It forms
the principal food of the natives of
these islands; but before they eat it
they roast it in an oven and when It
is baked it looks just like wheat
bread. It Is very nice to eat and
nourishing, too, like real bread. Dc.
Hghtfully easy and simple 1eg tho
eouth Hsa island houseWitpl
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
A Call for Couch Drops.

Il tell you I must have soma
money!" roared the king of Mauritania.
who was in sore financial straits.
Somebody will have to cough up"
"Alas!" sighed the guardian of tho
treasury, who was formerly the court
Jester, "all our Golfers are empty
Tit-Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
New Stockinos

Evidently the day of gaudy stock
ings is again with US, yet it must be
admitted that the new ones are artis.
tic. They are embroidered in dainty
French designs over the instep and up
the ankle.
L1lles-of-the-valley are used on blue
and pink stockings. Small rambler
roses with green glories are used on
black Morning glories are used on
pale violet, and violets are used ON
both white and black.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
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AMUSING PUZZLE FOR BLIND
Latest Of JIgsaw Type, invented By
Massachusetts, Woman-Figures
Fitted ~ Touch.

Since books were designed for the
instruction and entertainment of the
blind, it was only question of time,
of course, when other amusements
should be devised for the same pur-
pose. One of the latest of these is
raised puzzle invented by Massachu-
sets woman. This puzzle is on the
principle of the jigsaw puzzle, but the
confguraticns are raised so that they
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
FOR AFTERNOON OR EVENING
Housa Dress That Has Many More
Than Ordinary Points to
Recommend 1t.

AS pretty dress for afternoon or
semi-evening wear, the styla would be
the very thing, as it is NEST dainty,
and made in a soft clinging material,
would be charming.
The skirt is gathered in at The waist,
and has the fullness gagged in about
four times just at the knses. A
shaped trimming of passementerie is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
KISS THROUGH SILK GAUZE
German inventor Has Devised Con-
trivance to Prevent Infection
from Oscillation.

A German inventor has devised the
little contrivance here shown to pre-
vent Infection from kissing. 1t is
made of silk gauze, in an ivory or
metal frame. The gauze is soaked in
disinfectant, and to this is added the
scent of roses, cloves or peppermint.
It is more of joke than serious
invention, so also are the stories be-
ing published in many European news
papers concerning American children
who are wearing hat bands with the
words don't kiss me" upon them, the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
Oxalic Acid for Hands.

Among the kitchen supplies keen
on hand a pint bottle filled with sat-
urated solution of oxalic acid. Ten
cents worth of acid with enouyh
water to nearly fill the bottle usually
makes a saturated solution. It VIII
De found useful in this ready for use
form at all times, and particularly st
tnls season. A little on the hands
after preparing fruit and vegetable
w1iifsr s stains: Be sure the
bottle iaNell 1SEsled. = = : -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22

arranged round the yoke, which is
made of tucked chiffon with a strip of
lace beneath; the sleeves are also of
the chiffon but have the upper part
covered in lace, which is arranged
to meet in points on the outside Of
arm.
Materials required: 8 yards ~
inches wide, yards tucked chiffon.
17h yards lace, ~ yard passemen.
terie, 4 tassels.