davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
HAT FACING is DIFFICULT
Few Words on Subject That Causes
Amateur MiIliner Much
Anxiety.

Nothing is more difficult to the
amateur milliner than the facing Of a
hat-and nowadays every hat is faced,
usually with silk or satin. A few
words on the subject will not, there
fore, come amfss.
Cut from tissue paper a pattern that
Is rather larger than your required
size, and fold and crease it until it ex.
actly fits the hat brim. Then cut out
your velvet or satin form and haste
In place. Always plenty of basting-
remember that.
Then turn in the outer edge haste
1t down and blind stitch it. u e tiny
stitches and leave absolutely no gaps.
The silk facing may be plated into
shape, instead, and fastened down by
cord or braid or a velvet binding
The lace facings should be shirred
around the crown, very full, to allow
for the difference Of circumference
with the outer edge.
Even hat facings are yelled nova,
days-tulle and chiffon over silk arc
frequently seen. Use extreme care,
however, and even this delicate work
will 60 of well.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
John | Henry 5
III II
Burglar
By GEORGE v. HOBART

ment Of the disguised and disguised
Bunch rose before me, but l blew it
away with a laugh.
HE laughs best who laughs in his
sleeve chuckled the old party. Nov
that we're out in the country all of US
should learn to handle a sword or a
pistol. 1t gives us self-reliance. It's
very different from living in the city,
l tell you. A tramp in the lookup Is
worth two in the kitchen. l shot at
a mark for an hour today"
What WITH" l gasped.
with bow and arrow l bought for
Tacks yesterday directly l learned we
were coming to the country. hit
the bulls eye five out Of six times
An ounce of prevention is worth two
hundred pounds of policemen, you
know. Tacks practised, too, and drove
an arrow through strange mans
overalls and was chased half a mile
for his skill in craftsmanship; but,
as l said before, the exercise will do
him good"
Where do you keep this bow and
arrow" l inquired, with a studied as
sumption of carelessness.
Tonight I'll keep it under my pill
low. Honi soft qui oncle Pierre,
which means evil be to him who
monkeys with Uncle Peter" he said,
solemnly. Tomorrow I'm going tt,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

| law rolled up his sleeves and pre-
| pared for action.
II presume you are the chief of po-
lice?' inquired Uncle Peter, with an
| affable smile.
I'm all the police they is and my
| name is Harmony Dggs, and theys
no buggular Twin can get out'n my
clutches oncet I gifts these boys on
him." the visitor shouted, waving an
Anticipated pair of handouts excitedly
in the air.
Tacks watched him open-mouthed.
That boy was having the time of his
life and it would have pleased me i'm
measurably to paddle him to sleep
with Harmony's night stick.
IL caught him!" Tacks cried in ex-
ultant tones when the village copper
looked his way; hes down there
Down there, eh?" snorted the coun.
try Sherlock. getting on his knees and
peering into the depths, but just then
Bunch handed him handful of hard
mud which located temporarily over
Harmony's left eye and put his optic
on the blink.
With the other eye, however, Mr..
Diggs caught a glimpse of step-lad.
der, which he Immediately lowered
through the trap, and drawing a muir.
derous looking revolver from his
pocket commanded Bunch to come up
! or be shot
Bunch decided to come up. didn't
hold the watch on him, but l figure
it took him about seven-sixteenths OF
a second to make the decision.
AS the criminal slowly emerged
from the cellar the spectators stood
back, spellbound and breathless; Aunt
Martha with a long tin dipper raised
In an attitude of defense, and Uncle
Peter with the bow and arrow ready
for instant use.
These war-like precautions were I'm
necessary, however. Bunch was
sight. His clothing had accumulated
all the mud in the unfinished cellar
and his false whiskers were skewed
around, giving his face the expression
of prize gorilla.
Bunch looked at me reproachfully,
but never opened his head. Say! II
ever there was a dead game sport
Bunch Jefferson is the answer.
He didn't even whimper when the
village Hawkshaw snapped the brace
lets on his wrist and said: Come on:
Mr.. Buggular! This here's a fine
nights work for everybody in this
neighborhood because you've been
source of pesterment around here for
six months. If you don't get ten years,
Mr.. Buggular, then amt no guess.
maker. Come along; goodnight to
you, one and all; that there boy that
catched this buggular ought to get re-
| warded nice!"
He will be-" l said mentally, az
Mr.. Diggs led the suffering Bunc.
away to the bastile.
i've got to see that villain landed
in cell,' I said to Clara ]. as tn.
door closed on the victor and van
pushed.
DO, john" she answered; 'but
don't be too hard on the poor fellow.
You can't tell what temptations may
have led him astray. l certainly am
disappointed, for was sure it was
the ghost. Anyway, the burglar had
whiskers like the ghosts, didn't he?"
/ didn't stop to reply, but grabbing
my coat, rushed away to formulate
some plan to get Bunch out of hook.
copyright, by q. ". Dillingham; Oh
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

to investigate. Tacks came bounding
up the stairs. two steps at time, clad
only IN his nightie. !.
Up the stairs. mind youl The nerve
Of that kid!
"Gi'me the prize, sister," he yelled.
II caught the ghost! l caught him!"
What dc you meanT l said, sha-
king him.
Tacks gr1nned from ear to ear.
You know they's a trap door in the
hall SOS to get down to the cellar and
1t amt finished yet, so this evening
l took the door Up and laid heavy pa
per on it SOS If the ghost walked on
get the prize, don't l, sister,"
rushed down to the scene of the
explosion, followed by my excited
household.
Leaning over the yawning cellav
trap door yelled, who's down
there?"
"Oh! you go to blazes!" came back
the voice of the Disguised Bunch,
whereupon Aunt Martha almost faint
ed, while Uncle Peter loaded his bow
and arrow and prepared to sell his
life dearly.
Great Scott! what situation! The
man who owned the house nursing
his bruises in the muddy cellar while
the bunch of interlopers above him
clamored for his life
While puzzled my dizzy think-fac-
tory for a way out of the dilemma
there came terrific knock at the door
and Tacks promptly opened it.
Have you got him? Have you got
him." inquired the elongated and
cadaverous specimen of humanity who
burst into the hall and stared at US.
II seen him early this evening
hanging around these here premises
and I ups and chases him twicet, but
the skunk outrun me-" the newcomer
gurgled, as he excitedly swung a po-
}iceman's billy the size of a fence
rail.
Then l seen the lights here and
says l, they has him. Perduce the
maleyfactor till trot him to the lock
up," and with this the minion of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

town to buy a bulldog revolver, may
be bulldog and a revolver, for a dog
in the manager Is the noblest Roman
Of them all
l could see poor Bunch scooting
across the lawn with a bunch of ar
rows in his ramparts and Uncle Peter
behind, prodding his citadel with q
carving knife.
l began to get a bunch that our
plan Of campaign was threatened with
an attack of busy Uncle Peter, and l
had just about decided to remove his
door key and lock the old man up in
his room when Clara j. come in to
announce dinner.
Aunt Martha and Clara J. had COL
Elaborated on the dinner and 1t was a
success. l was so nervous l couldn't
eat bite, but I pleaded a toothache,
so they all gave me the sympathetic
stare and passed me up.
About midnight dog in the neigh
borhood began to hurl forth a series
of the most distressing bow-bows I
ever heard. l arose, put up the win
dow and looked out.
/ saw tall man with a bunch of
whiskers on his face flying across the
lot pursued by a black-and-tan pup,
which snapped eagerly at the mans
heels and seemed determined to eat
him up If ever the runner stopped
long enough.
1 felt in my bones that the one in
the lead was Bunch, and l sighed Deep
ly and went back to bed
must have dropped into an uneasy
sleep for Clara ]. was tapping me on
the arm when started up and asked
the answer.
There's somebody in the house."
she whispered, not bit frightened, to
my surprise and dismay Maybe it's
only the ghost you told US about
what a lark"
Somebody in the house." I NUT.
tered, going on the stage blindly to
play my part; land there isn't a gun
in the CASTLE
Eyes there is" she answered Joy
fully, fancied; mother brought
fathers revolver over yesterday and
made me put it in my satchel She
said we would feel safer at night with
it in the house. Do let me shoot him;
l can aim straight, indeed I can! Why,
John, what makes you tremble so?"
I'm not trembling, you goose!" I
snarled; Il can't find my shoes, that's
all. Doggone if I'm going to live in
a joint like this with ghosts and bur-
glars all over the place."
Just then an alarming yell ascend
ed from the regions below, followed
by a crash and series of the most
picturesque, sulphur-lined oaths that
mortal man ever gave vent to.
1t was Bunch. His trademark was
on every word. I could recognize his
birthstone vocabulary with my eyes
shut.
But what dire fate had befallen
him? Surely, not even an amateur
craftsman would give himself and the
whole snap away unless the provoca-
tion was great.
Lights began to appear all over the
house. Aunt Martha in weird make
up come out of her room screaming,
What is it? What is it?' followed
by Uncle Peter and his trusty bow
and arrow,
began to pray. It was all over. A
rosewood casket for Eunch. Me for
the morgue.
Just as ! was ready to rush down
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
The Bathroom Ruu.

Some sort of pretty rug is neces-
sary to put beside the bath tub to step
out upon, and it is essential that it
should be of some material in which
the colors are we'll set There are on
sale cork mats and others which re-
semble turkish toweling, except they
are of heavy weight, but the rug to be
made at home is frequently in de-
mand.
One is made of coarse basket can.
vas, with a plushlike center, the en-
broidery being worked with thick in
grain or colored cotton, and each
stitch crossing over one thread of the
material. The pattern may be work
ed all over or merely as border with
plain center, bat when covered all
over the mat will not be so likely to
show discolorations of water.
Odd lengths of brussels carpet may
be turned to good account for mats,
with finish on the ends of worsted
fringe or binding of heavy uphol-
stery braid.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

under the bed and pull the bed after
him. There'n be no interference,
Bunch; It's easy money!"
With this complete understanding
we parted and l hustled back to Jig
gersville.
About six o'clock Uncle Peter waded
into the sitting room, flushed and
happy as school boy. I've just left
the garden" he chuckled.
mo, you haven't I said, glancing
at his shoes; you've brought most
of it in here with you
never touched him.
"John," he said, this country life
is great. Early to bed and early to
rise, makes a mans stomach digest
mince pies-how's that? Notice the
air out here? How pure and fresh
and bracing! You ought to go out
and run a mile, john"
I'D like to run ten miles," I an
swered truthfully
Exercise, that's the essence of life,
my boy!" he continued. 81 firmly be-
1ieve I could run five miles today
without straining muscle. I found
a sword hanging on the wall in the
hall today and I've been practising
few swings"
A vision Of Uncle Peter running a
FuDty sword into the interior depart
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Significance In Names.

In an Illinois town a workingmAn
having been informed that a sixth
baby had arrived at his home. ex.
claimed: Sufficient" and his neigh
bors. referring to his having given
that name-Sufficient-t the new
arrival, credited him with originality.
The incident resembles a case nearer
home, adds the New York Tribune.
A New York family was blessed with
nine daughters, when the stork
brought tenth one. 1t was in the
days when the slang term for an off,
told story was a chestnut" and as
the baby certainly came under that
head, she received the name, but for
suphony's sake the French for the
word was employed. and she was
called Marion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

made up do not vary rapidly and rad.
ically. Like a diamond in an old
style setting, fashion does not in
f1uence value to any great extent.
Long straight neck pieces or scarfs
are always in style, and the beautiful
rug and large pillow muffs have a
distinction that may defy the vagaries
of the tickle goddess of Fashion.
Wide soft scarfs of crepe de chine,
or other silk, or Of satin, bordered
with fur or feathers, are likewise al
ways fashionable with us, and every
season ostrich borders appear in nov
elites for the neck.
The initial expense of good furs is
considerable amount, but, in the
long run, a good fur garment Is about
the least expensive of all our ap-
parel.
JULIA eoTToMLEY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
HemetitchIno-

Hemstitching, pretty as it is, is tire
some work when done by hand. It
may, however, be accomplished on the
machine by using the following direc-
tons:
Draw all the threads first, and basic
the hens. the edge coming through
the center of the drawn threads.
Loosen the tension of the machine and
stitch the hem on the very edge. Re-
move the basting threads, hold the
material in both hands and draw tho
body OF the garment away from the
hem. This hemstitching has exactly
the appearance of handwork,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
1tmeIlness.

All measures Of reformation are eff.
fective in exact proportion to their
tmeliness; partial decay may be cut
away and cleansed; incipient error
corrected: but there is a point at
which corruption can no more be
stayed, nor wandering recalled. II
has been the manner of modern phil
anthropy to remain passive until that
precise period, and to leave the sick
to perish, and the foolish to stray,
while 1t spent itself In frantic exer-
tons to raise the dead. and reform the
dust.-Ruskin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

most In the belt, where large canoes
and coral are introduced. Indeed.
coral is very much to the fore inst
now in the way of ornaments. It is a
color, too, which goes well with black
1ridescent materials have found
their way even to tailor-msde gowns
and the multi-colored eubrofderiez
which SAVIOR of the moyen age are
very frequently introduced, so THAI
they accord in tint and in style with
the ornaments worn. These barbaric
belts are rivals to the bavarian, some
times called venetian, belts, formed o,
panne velvet, with deep points in
front and plenty of boning.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

NEXT to beautiful hats, most wom-
~ en- delight in rich furs, graceful
scarfs, bordered with down, and
ostrich boas for the neck And close
to these prime favorites, the satin or
velvet scarf, lined and finished with
tasseled ends, has captivated the
fancy of the feminine world.
Good furs are an excellent invest
ment, for fur-bearing animals appear
not to keep pace with the increasing
demand for their SKINS
A steady advance in price from sea-
son to season indicates that furs are
growing beyond the reach of many
people. They are SO beautiful and
durable, In addition to being CON-
Portable, that she who possesses any
should care for them jealousy. They
will do service for many a year and
need not be often remodeled, since
the styles in which valuable skins are
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

The country place I had promised
Clara J. and which had borrowed for
day from Bunch, hadn't been so
easy to give back. Clara J. liked
ghosts. and l hadn't been able to stall
her with the haunted-house yarn. She
still thought it was mine.
When finally l located Bunch and
told him the bitter truth he acted like
a zee-zee boy in a wheel house.
Laugh! Say, he just threw out his
chest and cackled a solo that fairly
DIT It's way through my anatomy.
Every once in while he'd give me
the red-faced glare and smoker, "Oh,
you mark! You Cincherine! You to
the settler bottle-fzz-fzz! The only
and original wheeze puller, not. You're
all right-backwards!"
Then he'd throw his ears back and
let chortle out of his thirst-teaser
, that made the neighborhood jump side
ways and rubber for a cop.
What are you going to do?" he
asked me presently when his face
grew too tired to hold any more
wrinkles.
"Give me the count" 1 sighed; I'm
down and out"
Have you no plan at all?" inquired
Bunch.
Plan, nothing" I said; every time
try to think of a plan my brain gets
bashful and hides. There's nothing in
my noddle now but a headache"
"Wp11 - Coi1 P,,nob NI,l1 &brouv -
wire at my sister and tell her not to
move out to Jiggersville until day
after tomorrow. In the meantime
we'll have to get crowbar and pry
your family circle loose from my
premises. Nothing doing in the ghost
business, eh?"
"Nothing,' l answered, mournfully;
i couldn't coax a SILVER"
"Weo-o-u-w!" yelled Bunch. II
have it--burglars!"
"Burglars!" repeated, mechanical
~.
Sure! It's a pipe" Bunch went
On with enthusiasm. You will play
Spike Hennessy and I'll be Gumshoe
Charlie. Well disguise ourselves with
whiskers and break into the house
about two o'clock in the morning.
Well arouse the sleeping inmates,
shoot our bulletholders in the ceiling
once or twice and hand them enough
excitement to make them gallop back
to town on the first train. Do you
follow me, eh, what?"
l sighed and looked as helpless as
a nut under the hammer.
Bunch laughed again. "Oh, very
WE'LL" he said. II see I'm the only
life-saver on duty, so III do a single
specially and pull you out Of the
pickle bottle
shook 1t warmly in silence.
Leave a front window open,"
Bunch directed, land somewhere
around two o'clock I'll squeeze
through. I'll give you an imitation of
the best little amateur craftsman that
ever swung Jimmy. I'll take late
train out and hang around till it's
time to ring the curtain up. BY the
way, are there any revolvers on the
premises?"
mot gum" l answered, mot even
an ice-pick. Uncle Peter won't show
fight. All he'll show will be a blonde
night-gown cutting across lots to beat
the breeze. Aunt Martha will climb to
the attic, Clara J. will be busy doing
g scream solo, and Tacks will crawl
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
THEY GROW
Good Humor and CheerfuIness From
Right Food and Drink.

Anything that interferes with good
health is apt to keep cheerfulness and
good humor in the background. A
Washington lady found that letting
coffee alone made things bright for
her. She writes:
-Four years ago was practically
given up by my doctor and was not ex,
pected to live long. My nervous sys-
TEN was in bad condition.
But was young and did not want
to die so began to look about for the
cause of my chronic trouble. I used to
have nervous spells which would ex.
haust me and after each spell it would
take me days before I could sit Up in
chair.
caused by coffee. decided to stop it
and bought some Postum.
1.-THE first cup. which I made Accord
ing to directions, had a soothing eff.
feet on my nerves and liked the tasto-
For time nearly lived on Postum
and ate little food besides. am today
healthy woman.
NY Iamlly ana TelauVeS WOnQer II
am the same person was four years.
ago. when I could do no work on ac-
count Of nervousness. Now I am do
Ing my own Homework, take care Of
two babies-one twenty the other two
months old. am so busy that hard
iy get time to write a letter, yet do
1t all with the cheerfulness and good
humor that comes from enjoying good
health.
Il tell my friends 1t is to Postum I
owe my life today
Read 'The Road to Wellville," in
pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter9 A new
enc appears from time to time. They
are ge1ulAe, true, and full Of hunaao
interest. ..s ri, .@@:-srss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

bled me. I bloated terribly, could not
control the kidney secretions and suf-
fered intense backache. Finally I be-
gan using Doan's Kidney Pills and
was cured completely. I had prevt-
ously doctored without relief"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents q
box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Time to Think Over Suicide,

He took paris green to commit SUI
eide. Too big dose to kill him. Emf
nent specialist happened to be called
nent specialist happened to be called
in, and started to fix him up. mo
use," said paris green performer, Ill
do 1t anyhow after you have done with
me-" Doctor got mad. If that's the
way you feel about it, you fool" he
said, "I'n not waste my time on you"
Paris green performer much aston
ished and grieved. "Well." he said,
give me "a hours to think it over"
Doctor gave him "a hours and went
away. At the end of the time paris
green performer telephoEed: "I've
thought it over and want to get WE'LL,
come and see me some more.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Auto Bonnet for Baby.

An automobile bonnet for baby is
a novelty. The headgear is sugar-loaf
in shape and is fashioned from blue
silk in mass of shirring, finished
with band of pale blue marabou.
An inch-wide elastic Is passed under
the youngsters chin and in this way
the hat is held close to the head. The
rubber is concealed in the casing of
pale blue silk shirring.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Putting In the Time.

A gentleman was engaging a gen.
eral man and telling him what he
wanted him to do. You will have to
clean the windows and the boots and
the knives, and 60 messages, chop
wood, cut short grass, mind the horse
and pony, look after the garden and
keep the house supplied with vege-
tables and do any odd job that is re-
quired and if suitable you will get
ten shillings week."
rs there any clay in the garden?"
asked the man.
What makes you ask that?" asked
the gentleman.
Il was thinking I could make bricks
in my spare time," said the man.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Chenille Scarfe

New scarfs that should make thei,
Wearers Indifferent to any degree OF
cold less severe than that of the Arc-
tic are of chenille. They cone in
navy blue, old blue, amethyst and
other fashionable shades, have che
mile fringes and are further adorned
with Persian borders. They sell =
from STATS to $3.50.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23

disease. DOan'S KID
ney Pills began cur
ing sick kidneys Is
years ago. They
have been curing kid
ney trouble ever
since.
Mrs. William Nc
GregOr, I'll Lflleth
St., Pendleton, Ore,
says: "All my life
my kidneys had tr0u-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Longevity In Birds.

Wild geese have been known to
live to the cge Of 100, and the raven
commonly lives so years. A record 81
said to be extant showing that a cock:
atoo once attained the ripe old an
Of 81 years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-23
Rider and Ridden.

never could believe that Provi-
dence had sent few men into the
world ready booted and spurred to
ride, and millions ready saddled and
bridled to be ridden.-Richard Rum
bold