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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-18

Mohler and De Gress are probably the
first automobile dealers in the world to
sell and deliver a car in a territory where
a war was in progress Perhaps the revo-
luton in Mexico did not attain the dignity
Of war, but II was at least pretty serious
TO the people Of Pueblu. where the reyo,
lutonary uprisings were most serious.
When the uprising was at its worst and
while fighting was actually in progress in
the streets, Moher & De Cress sold a
Chalmers 80 touring car to one OF the
principal business men OF Pueba The
gentleman d.d not specify whether he
wished the car as means Of hurried re-
treat. but he asked that it be delivered
Immediately. as he would probably wish
TO use it before the revolution was over.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
FIX HOLIDAY GAMES AHEAD
Many Interesting and Amusing Pas
times Known but Not Always
Thought Of at Time.

We all know many games to play,
but the trouble Is to think Of them at
the right minute. II you are going to
give a candy pull or a cobweb party
in the holidays, it is well to have q
good many games thought up before
hand, alternating the romping games
with the quieter ones, in a little pro-
gram. so that there may be no awk.
ward pauses.
Have you ever been to a Swap"
party? Each one IL supplied with
four or five little bundles, wrapped
so that no one else can suspect the
contents The bundles may contain
anything, from tinsel ball to sun
bonnet Each one praises up his own
property without telling what 1t is,
and the swapping is carried on with
great show Of bargaining When
every one has snapped, the parcels
are opened, and the one who has
made the poorest swaps must tell
story. or suggest game, or In some
way entertain the company. After
this come other games, with applies
and nuts for refreshments.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04

has passed muster in any society of
which / knew, unless, perhaps, they
had chosen to foregather with the but
Ter and the coachman, or associate
with the members of walters union.
For the most part the faces Of my
forbears were fat, placid, Sinking
and satisfied In expression. In their
eyes there was look OF reproach for
me. with one exception. thought
detected in the face Of my great
uncle. Peter Penryn, a look of sober
sympathy. His portrait hung lower
than the rest, at the rear Of the hall
for reason. Tradition said that after
a long engagement. arranged for Un-
Gle Peter by his friends, he had been
sued for breach of promise; that he
had eagerly paid what the court
thought was sufficient balm for his
act of treachery. and had lived and
died a bachelor. thus losing caste
among the ancient and honorable
people who looked down from the
wall as | followed Aunt Penny to
their high tribunal, to explain WHY
the engagement was broken-whv
would not be married as she and the
ancestors had expected.
1t was trying ordeal for me.
loved Aunt Penny devotedly, and had
spent 20 years under her roof and in
her care-1 was FIVE and twenty. The
wedding trousseau was upstairs, some
Of it In the partially packed trunks,
and the bridesmaids were in readiness
and on tiptoe; the wedding breakfast
was ordered. I knew that the break
ing of my promise would give Aunt
Penny the most intense pain, as It
had done.
To save her feelings and to keep
my place in her affections. descend
ed to subterfuge.
Aunt Penelope" I declared, It
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
TO COMPOUND COLD CREAM
Recipe for Most Valuable Toilet Prep
aration Which Can Be Made
at Home.

TO make sure of getting cold
cream in which there are no animal
oils many women like to compound
their own massage creams
They often fail to get results from
a good recipe by not understanding
the art of compromising. All cold
creams are made in the same way.
The fatty substances are put in a
double boiler and melted, stirring
constantly. When all are melted turn
out in bowl and stir, scraping down
from sides.
The chief trouble comes in adding
the extracts and astringents, which
must be added gradually when the
1atty base Is partially cold. Add first
any perfumed water, drop by drop,
beating constantly with a silver fork:
then add tinctures or extracts last of
all. These go in drop by drop also.
A fiat wire egg beaten can be used
successfully when large amount of
the mixture IS being made up and one
woman swears by mayonna1se mixer
for compromising her toilet creams.
Here Is recipe that can be used
freely without fear Of becoming beard
ed or fuzzy: Eight tablespoonfuls
each OF almond oil and rosewater. two
tahlesponfuls each of white wax and
spermaceti. teaspoonful of tincture
Of benzoin.
Melt the oil. then add the wax and
spermaceti, and when nearly cold from
beating add the rosewater, drop bv
drop, then the benzoin.
Discarded cheese jars Of porcelain
are nice to pack this cream In to
stiffen. Keep in cool place. Fut in
small jars so that in use it does not
get germ filled by constant opening.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
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44EE&A27>I
cAMELS THRIVE IN ARIZONA
Circus Animals Run Wild on Western
pesert-6rouaht Over to Make
Caravan Path.

Camels live in the African deserts
and in circus tents and-where else?
Where but In Arizona, a rather out Of
the-way place. as far as most persons
are concerned, but nevertheless a part
OF the United States. There are about
sixty of the circus beasts running
Wild. 1t Is said. and they keep pretty
we'll out Of the way Of mankind. That
Is not hard to do. There are great
plains In Arizona wl~.s men may
tramp or ride for days without find
ing water. It is a desert place, with
no growing thing but hard, dry shrubs
that keep the earth from blowing into
mountains.
Sixty years ago herd Of Is camels
was brought to Arizona The United
States government brought them here
from Egypt to make a caravan path
across the desert. This was before
the time Of railroads. The camels
were good enough on the plains, but
as soon as they struck the rising
ground they were of no value. Rough
travel made their feet SORE Finally
they were all turned loose and forgot
ten. Nobody except a few frightened
Indians ever saw them, and they lived
quietly in the desert Probably most
OF the original herd are dead now, but
their children are left in plenty. AS
long as the camels stay in the desert
and do not come to Inhabited regions
where there are horses to brighten,
there is no reason why they should
not live undisturbed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
SIMPLE MOTORCYCLE STAND
Device 10 Easily Made Out Of Pipe
Fittings-IIIustration 10 Self
Explanatory.

A stand for motorcycles can be
made very simply OH. of pipe fittings,
as shown in the accompanying sketch,
writes Robert H. Brockman in Scient1.
f1c American. The pipe used may be
three-eighths or one-haH inch pipe, but
the latter Is preferable because it
makes stronger stand. The drawing
needs little explanation. The piece of
pipe A must have a running thread cut
on one end, so that it can be screwed
into the tee D about an inch and a
quarter; and then when the stand is
ready to be put together, the pipe A
may be screwed back into the tee E,
leaving enough in the tee D to provide
good hold. To keep the stand from
spreading and thus to relieve the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
SOME EXCELLENT OLD GAMES
Nuts, Toothpicks, Matches and
Other Table Articles.

To make dessert menageries repre-
sents an excellent amusement for an
afternoon when nursery lessons are
over. Chestnuts, cobnuts and filberts,
banana, few raisins and dried figs,
with a couple of champagne corks, a
box Of spent matches, string and wire
represent the stock-in-trade of the de-
sert sculptor. The matches. sharp
ened at the ends. are used for limbs.
necks, animals tails or for chair and
table legs.
To make quaint little Maori chief
tain three large chestnuts strung on a
piece Of string should form the body.
match forming the neck, to which
a f1lbert is attached. Then green husk.
II pulled back and fringed with a pair
Of scissors, represents his feathered
headdress, while eyes, nose and mouth
are notched with a sharp knife and
scored with ink. Matches and cobnuts
form legs, arms, feet and hands.
A banana with matches as oars, can
be turned into an excellent Spanish
galley, ingenuity soon adding sails
with the aid of paper and sticks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Was GETTING Monotonous.

A handsome woman who had been
so unfortunate as to find occasion t.
divorce not one but several husbandE
was returning from Nevada. In Chi
cago she happens to meet her first
husband, for whom. by the way, she
always has entertained a real affeo.
ton.
Upon my soul, If it isn't Charlie!"
exclaimed the ex-wife, cordially shak
Ing hands with the gentleman whose
name she formerly had borne. I'm
awfully glad to see you, Charlie!"
Then, after wistful expression had
come to and been banished from her
countenance, she added:
"Old chap. I've often wondered
where you were and what you were
doing. It was too bad we didn't get
on better together. l hope your ex.
perience hasn't been as unpleasant as
mine. I'm just sick and tired of mar
rying strangers!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Obeyinq Orders.

When Bobby returned in a drench-
ing rain from the children's party, to
which he lad gone with reluctance,
he was wet to the skin, but in high
spirits.
20. Bobby" said the mother,
you'll catch an awful cold, I'm afraid!
l heard your father tell you to tele-
phone for cab if it rained hard-and
you with your very best clothes on!
Why didn't you do as he told your"
Il did," said Bobby, stoutly, "and
sat on the box with the driver, same
as I've always wanted to, and I had
such a good time I'm almost glad /
went to the party!"-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04

Oats with wide, or moderately
wide brims, have been much the
same as to their brim outlines
for several seasons. but variations
nave been evident in crowns The
possessor of a good velvet hat feels
mat it should do service for two or
even three seasons and last years hat
with a graceful brim and a new up-
to-date crown gives as much satisfac-
ton, II not little more, to the home
economist, as spick and span new
millinery.
The cleverness of the milliner is
put to the test, to either replace the
old crown with a new one, or put the
trimming on the hat so that the out
line of the old crown is concealed or
changed. AS it happens the task is
not so difficult this season because
pufed crowns are much favored, that
is, crowns made of puffs of silk or vel
vet. Furthermore, trimming pieces.
especially fancy feathers, are large
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
REST AND PEACE
Fall Upon Distracted Householder
When CutIcura Enters.

Sleep for skin tortured babies and
rest for tired, fretted mothers is found
In q hot bath with Cuticura Soap an<
Q gentle amounting with Cuticura Oint
ment. Thin treatment, in the major
1ty Of cases, affords immediate relief
In the most distressing forms Of itch
ing. burning. scaiV. and crusted hu
mors, eczema, rashes, determinations
irritations, and chafi1gs, OF infancy
and childhood, permits rest and sleeI
to both parent and child, and point,
to q speedy cure, when otLar remedie,
fail WORKOUT and worried parents
will find this pure, sweet and econono
zeal treatment realizes their highest
expectations, and may be applied Y
the youngest infants as well as chi
dren Of all ages. The Cuticura Rem
edles are sold by druggists every
where. Send to Potter Drug & Chem
Corp, sole proprietors. Boston. Mass,
for their free 32-page Cuticura Book on
the care and treatment of skin and
scalp Of infants, children and adults
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Agatha Penryn's Query
By EMMA J. BOWEN


Aunt Penelope-Aunt Penny, for
short-waved a lean. ringed hand at
a row of ancestral portraits on the
wall. These" she said, sternly, ARE
the people on whom you are deter
mined to bring a public scandal, Aga
tha."
1t was not the first time in my ex-
per1ence that Aunt Penny had
brought me before this court OF the
past, that hung in the upper hall.
had broken my engagement. one Aunt
Penny had planned and executed for
me, and with the wedding day but
week off.
For forty-odd years Aunt Penny had
worshiped at the shrine of family as
1t was pictured here. For instruction,
correction or reproof, she had always
brought me to face these shadows in
their atrocious frames. To her they
reflected the glorious and honorable
past of the family of Penryn. To me
they seemed quaint, half-giddy array
of men and women who, in their day
and time, had believed themselves
unworldly and correct Some of the
women wore monstrous hoopskirts,
some Of them held up attenuated arms
to display leg-o'mutton sleeves; 9th
ers faced the world from the depths
Of huge poke bonnets. They were all
object lessons, teaching the absurdity
of some fashions that have passed
away.
Some Of the men. with their great
shoe buckles, resembled the pictures
OF George Washington; some of them
these must have been the poet-art-
lists of the Penryns-Wore wildly long
hair, that had the appearance of be-
ing uncombed. None Of the gentle
men, in the matter of apparel, would
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04

and they conceal the top Of the hat
almost entirely.
An example Of what may be done
with velvet hat having wide brim
and small crown, is shown here. Two
lengths of velvet, in two colors, each
three-fourths of q yard long, are
sh;rred on silk thread at each end.
The thread matches the velvet in col
or and there are four rows Of shirring.
A lining OF crino'ine supports each
piece They are then mounted on the
shape as shown in the picture and
sewed down securely to 1t with
stitches as nearly invisible as posi-
BILE.
An ornament and fancy feather.
or ostrich plumes if preferred, make a
charming finish. This is a matter Of
choice with the wearer
The home milliner should find no
difficulty in remodelinE her last years
hat by this method.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
San Francisco Fire Cisterns.

An important part of San Francis
co.'s new fire protection system is the
series of 100 reinforced concrete cis-
terms of $500 gallons capacity each,
built under streets and other favor
able places. The cisterns are circular,
80 feet in diameter and 16 feet deep.
and are made accommodating by
means of nine-inch mains. also con-
crete. Besides, each cistern is direct
ly connected with the regular mains.
The tops Of many of the cisterns form
the roadways of streets.
In the early years Of San Francis
cos development an emergency water
supply was provided in somewhat the
same manner. Reports show that In
1870 81 tanks had been built, but in
the fire report of 1906 only IS were
Observation-Disclosures Mechanics.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Swim BY MACHINERY.

A ten pound swimming machine that
may be packed in a suitcase is the In
vention of a Frenchman. It is a safe
and rapid semi-craft for the man who
swims or the man who doesn't. At
the front of the apparatus is a cylin-
drical metal float, with conical point
and a depending rudder. At the rear
is another metal float, with stirrups
acting upon a propeller, the two ends
connected by wooden bar, on which
the swimmer lies as If on the water.
kicking with his feet and alternately
pushing and pulling with a cross han.
die bar just back of the forward float.
the swimmer on the swimming ma
chine gets maximum Of exercise
while making a speed impossible to
the ordinary swimmer on the open
water.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Evening Wraps.

Many of the new evening wraps,
particularly the broadcloth ones, are
almost in Louis XIV style, with a
rather tight belt around the waist
and long slashed sleeves with lace ruff
fes. Empire wraps are also seen,
mostly in chiffon and linen and match
ing the frock, or else in black Mauve
is another general favorite. Gilded
evening coats of corded silk are a
pretty novelty, and so is pink crepe,
lined with black chiffon, or soft silk.
These last-named capes are usually
draped In one of the charming fash
ious which have the advantage to the
home dressmaker of being simplicity
as well as beauty ITSELF
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
A loqIcai Landlord.

Many tenant will sympathize with
the man in this story, from the Phila
delphia Record. He was renting
small house which the landlord had
refused to repair. One day the owner
came to see him.
Jones'" he said. II shall have to
raise your rent"
What for?" asked Jones, anxiously.
''Have taxes gone up?"
NO." the landlord answered, "but
see you've painted the house and put
in new range and bathtub. That, Of
course, makes it worth more rent"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
WISE WORDS.
A Physician on Food.

A physician, Of Portland, Oregon,
has views about food. He says:
Il have always believed that tho
duty of the physician does not cease
with treating the sick, but that wo
owe it to humanity to teach them how
to protect their health. especially by
hyg1enlc and dietetic laws.
with such feeling az to my duty
I take great pleasure in saying to the
public that in my own experience and
also from personal observation have
found no food equal to Grape-Nuts,
and that find there Is almost no limit
to tho great benefits this food will
bring when used in all cases OF sick.
ness and convalescence.
1T Is my experience that no physi-
cal condition forbids the use Of Grape
Nuts. To persons in health there is
nothing so nourishing and acceptable
to the stomach, especially at break
fast, to start the machinery of the hu-
man system on the days work.
In cases Of indigestion know that
Z complete breakfast can be made Of
Grape-Nuts and cream and l think It Is
not advisable to overload the stomach
at the morning meal. also know tho
great value Of Grape-Nuts when the
stomach is too weak to digest other
food.
This Is written after an experience
Of moro than 20 years. treating all
manner Of chronic and acute diseases.
and the letter Ia written voluntarily
On my part without any request for 4. =
Read the little book, THE Read TO
.Vellville," In pkgx. There's Z Raaaon. !.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Spring In the Mouth.

the little device shown in the accom-
panying Sketch, writes F. S. Cummings
in Popular Mechanics. The spring
shown will do the work very nicely
and the hook can be easily removed
with disgorger, thus saving many
broken lines and cut fingers. This de-
vice Ia especially useful to the ladies
who enjoy fshing, but dislike the op-
GRAFTON of renewing the hook.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

Apple Observation-Disclosures.
Bridal Rose-Happy love.
Chrysanthemum-I love.
Observation-Disclosures.
Gala Lfly-Modesty.
Corn F1ower-Delicacy.
Carnation-Fascination.
Daisy-1nnocence.
Daffodil-Unrequited love.
Red Rose-Bashfhl love.
Observation-Disclosures.
Geranium-Gentility.
Golden ELECTROMAGNETIC.
Heartsease- Contentment.
Heliotrope-
Observation-Disclosures.
Hyacinth-Constancy.
1vy-Fidehty.
Jasm1ne-Only for thee.
Capitalization.
Lady's Slipper-Fickleness
White Rosebud-Girlhood
Wild Rose-Simplicity.
Observation-Disclosures.
Snow Drop-Hope.
REPRESENTATION.
Pansy-Thoughts of you.
Observation-Disclosures.
Mignonette- Good qualities.
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Lily Of the Valley-Unconsciou
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Heavy Coat for Fall.

white blanket coat is almost 4
necessity in a full outfit, unless it's
place is taken by one of the newer
polo coats. Another essential in the
wardrobe is one Of the new sweaters,
which, fastening in front, is as easy to
slip over ones gown as any cloth
Jacket, and is also sufficiently long to
often take the place of the heavier
ulster.
For the mountains a sweater of this
description will prove of inestimable
use, for it can be so easily carried on
every tramp. At the seashore also
there will be scarcely a day when Il
will not prove of service.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04

there-and the spirit is growing rap
idly In our best American life.
It is shown not only In our exter,-
ors but in our interiors and IN all
sorts of interesting ways. It shows
itself in pottery and tile making in
interior wood finishes. in fabrics in
metal and in furniture. It shows IT,
self in a new feeling for color whether
it is used in tones or in full BRIGHT.
ness. There is new conception of
color harmony both in the relation.
ship of the various rooms and in tho
relationship of their various parts
Good Housekeeping Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
ONE OF THE LATEST MODELS
Dainty Dress In White Cotton Wolfe,
With Rose Design Printed on
Material.

This Is very dainty, and Is made up
id white cotton wolfe, with a large
mauve rose printed on it.
The skirt is gathered in at the waist,
then band OF lace is taken round
skirt at about the knees, this draws
tile tullness in. The material is cut
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Novel 7unic Effect,

A pretty idea for the finishing Of
tunic, especially one of yelling or 9TH
er soft material. is to slash the tunic
in front, Like an overskirt, and knot
it loosely at each side. drawing it
away so as to show a great part of
the underskirt up Is the knees. The
knots are made about halfway from
the ankles and the tunic falls loosely
below them. OF course, 1t is caught
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
TWO PATRIOTS

py drecracker. =
I'm very. very thankful that I'm not
afraid to die.
For when I see the flying flags and hear
the cannons booming,
I shall be consumed with terror on the
Fourth Of this July"
Said the snappy hrecracker to the modest
graham cracker,
you really need not pride yourself on
being taken first
For when I hear the children shout, and
gay torpedoes swapping,
shall feel SO patriotic am sure that
I shall BURST
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
She Probably Could,

Senator La Toilette, apropos Of Ger.
tain scandals, said at dinner in Mad.
ison: These things recall the legisla.
tor who remarked to his wife, with q
look of disgust: One of those land
lobbyists approached me today with
another insulting proposition"
1.-The wife, young and pretty won,
an, clapped her hands. oh, good!'
she cried. Then can have that sable
stole after all. can't l, dear?'"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04

TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY
for Red. Weak. Weary. Watery Eyes
and Eyelids. Murine Doesn't
Smart-Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy. Liquid, Csc.
soc. $1.00. Murine Eye Salve in
Aseptic Tubes, Csc. $1.00. Eve Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mail.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Raby's Future Chores

Little Peter, aged three, was shown
his new little baby brother and asked
what they would do with him, accord.
ing to a Delineator story. Being
little country boy, he knew the value
Of boys when older. SO gazing thought
fully at the little stranger for a mo-
ment. he looked up with a. smile:
"Oh teep him, teep him; he'll be good
for sumpin' by and by. He'll be good
to tut wood"