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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
Blond Hamlet of Fechter

to accentuate the physical characteris-
tics of the Danes. Dickens instantly
told me that was quite right. adding
that every Hamlet he had seen sug-
gested to him in his appearance and
makeup that he was OF the Latin
rather than Of the Saxon race. 1t was
with Dickens warm approval, there
fore. that | decided to play a blond
Hamlet, and l have always believed
that had Dickens not given his ap-
prevail of my idea should never had
the temerity to portray It,
1T was Dickens. also. who persuad-
ed Fechter to come. to this country"
continued MIR. Stuart "Fechter told
me that shortly after Dickens had re-
turned to England in 1857 from his
speaking tour here, he urged upon
Fechter that by all means he should
go 10 the United States and portray
ter as the blond Hamlet in a New
York theater at the same time Edwin
Booth was playing the conventional
Hamlet in another metropolitan thea
ter. All grades Of theater-goers quar-
relied about the two conceptions of the
part. some maintaining that Fechter
was right. and some that Booth had
made no mistake, but all uniting in
declaring that each man had justly
gained a great triumph.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
Rabbit Saint.

Place two rabbits in baking pan,
add one slice of onion. one stalk OF
celery chopped fine and one bay leaf;
brush the game with melted butter.
then cook for thirty minutes. Lift the
meat from the pan; add to the pan
two tablespoons of butter and the same
of -four and brown until dark; add one
cup sherry and one cup hot water. stir
well, and when smooth add one tea
spoon salt. one tablespoon Worcester.
shire sauce, one tablespoon of capers
and twelve olives. Lay the rabbits
again in the pan, cover closely and SIM
mer for thirty minutes. Dish the game,
arrange the olives for garnish. strain
the sauce over the meat. sprinkle on
finely chopped parsley and serve.
(Rabbits should be cut as for fricas-
see)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
MAKING ART OF NECESSITY
"New Dish Every Day" Rule Made by
Young Housewife, and Strictly
Adhered to.

"A new dish every day" was the SELF
imposed rule OF a young wife who
found herself in possession of a cozy
home and plenty Of time. The odd part
Of the decision was that she never
cooked before in her life, but the shin
ing new kitchen was an inspiration
she could not resist, much to the de-
light of her husband and friends She
purchased several of the best cook
books on the market. preparatory to
laying a scientific foundation for her
culinary education. She studied in
gradients and proportions, and she
haunted newsstands for papersand
magazines publishing recipes. In the
end she developed into real wizard
OF things culinary. and she formed a
perfect passion for developing original
dafnties that would have sent the
most blase epicures into an ecstacy
of enjoyment. She had discovered
that possibilities OF food combinations
arc practically inexhaustible, and so
is still pursuing the rule of some
thing new every day." rule entail
ing very little extra work and lots Of
enjoyment IT,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
Then and Now.

Prior to the last fifteen years, by
the time people had attained their
first quarter of a century, they con-
sidered themselves pretty much
formed as to physical and mental
characteristics. Ii they were ambitious
and energetic, they perhaps carried
on some kind OF exercise for their
physical well-being. and guarded
against mental deterioration as they
advanced in years by occasionally TAX
ing up new studies or reviewing old
ones; as a dear old lady OF my &C.
quaintance at the age OF eighty-nine
began to review her algebra to keep
her mind active.
Now everything is changed. We can
not settle down comfortably in the
thought of anything in the regular
routine Of life which We may not be
called upon to alter at moments no
tice. Most of us have found that few
OF our established habits are right.
and that unless we are willing to be
left hopelessly behind our associates
we must learn over again all that We
required in infancy, and that has since
become matter of automatic action.
From the Atlantic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
Floor Colorinq.

One Of the most important elements
In the success Of room designed to
be beautiful In structure and color
scheme as a whole. is the floor.
Whether 1t is to be more or less
elaborate parquet floor. or one made
simply of plain boards it. must be in
harmony with the color chosen for the
wood trim of the room. Also. it must
invariably be darker than the wood
work. If the effect of restfulness is to
be preserved. A floor that strikes
a higher note of color than the wood
work above 1t, even II 1t be otherwise
harmonious in tone, gives the room a
top-heavy. glazing effect that no fur
niture or decoration will remove. Al
SO. It, should be unobtrusive. II a
plain, hardwood floor serves as back
ground for rugs not only should the
floor be darker than the rest of the
room, but the choice of rugs should
be governed by the same require
ment-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
NEW NEWS of YESTERDAY

Barring a brief trip to England.
Fechter continued on the American
stage until 1876. when he retired per
manently to a farm near Philadelphia
It has generally been stated that his
retirement was due to the fact that he
was of such violent temper that no
manager could get along with him.
But l know better. A year or two
before he retired Fechter said to me
in confidence that he was even then
preparing to leave the stage forever
for two reasons. One was that he
could no longer play any part but
Falstaff since he had grown enor'
mously fat. and the other was that he
had discovered that he was afflicted
with an organic and mortal disease.
of which only himself. his physician
and one or two others had any suspi-
cion. What Fechter told me was cor
rect; and he died from the effects Of
that disease within three years after
he had gone into retirement"
Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13

"A white man with the knowledge
of the Chinese language and the love
of man in his heart can do some pretty
effective missionary work by convers-
ing in his own language with any
stray Chinaman he happens to meet"
said the superintendent of a New York
mission. If could talk Chinese. I
think I would give up this job and do
nothing but stroll the streets strik-
ing up chance conversations with Chi
namen. There is retired mer-
chant who rides that hobby. He
was stationed at Chinese trading posts
for years and speaks the language flu
entity. Whenever he comes to laun-
dry he drops in and jollies the man at
the ironing board. Nobody but Chi
naman can tell what they are
talking about. but after the first
word or two the laundryman looks al
most human Inscrutable the China
man always is, but his inscrutabilfty -
relieved then by q certain fluidity Of
manner. He smiles. mods and some
times laughs out loud. There are med
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
The Mormon Popjar Tree,

Any one who thinks the Mormons
are not up to date ought to visit Utah.
In the valley between Salt Lake City
and Ogden are the best kept farms in
the country. These irrigated lands
sell at from $1,000 to $1,000 an acre.
The Great Salt lake is only few
miles away, and most of the unre-
claimed valley land Is so rank with
alkaN that nothing in the world will
sweeten it. No trouble to tell wheth-
er a farmer is Mormon or Gentle
Every Mormon surrounds his house
or marks the boundary of his land
with poplar trees. They used. to say
a Mormon planted a poplar every time
a child was born In his household
Some of these farms have from 10 to
ESQ poplars. The truth is the poplar
Is the Mormon tree. Brigham Young
had revelation early in the days OF
the Utah pilgrimage, in which the
Mormons were hidden to plant pop
lars. At that time Brigham was in
the nursery business and had lot Of
poplar seedlings on hands.-New York
Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
He PLAYS Games to Csuc:.

An inoffensive, prosperous person IS
the game player, who is on hire in the
streets of one of the old quarters OF
Paris He is alone In his trade or pro-
fession, but probably in years gone by
there were many more of him. He is
very clean and we'll fed looking, neat
ly though not richly dressed, and he
walks about with box under his arm.
crying at intervals, "L'amateur, vo!ci
ramateur!" His clients are the con-
valescent, the lonely. the inf1rm, and
he carries with him pleasant atnos-
phere of recreation; he is the profess
sional time killer for those who are
forced to be idle and inactive. This
amateur" Is game player. His
box is filled with BEDSIDE games. such
as draughts, cards, lotto, chess, though
he is modest about his chess and does
not offer himself as a champion. !. He
haunts more especially the fascinating
City Island, where are presumably old
fashioned people who might be glad
of an old fashioned hired companion
for an hour of draughts or marble, to
be played in their own sitting room in
stead of in the public, noisy cafe
London Evening Standard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
WHEN END OF WORLD COMES
: :
Professor Lowell Predicts the Nature
But Says Mankind Will Have
Many Years Warning.

Credulous individuals who are al
ways fearfulsthat some of the ends OF
the world predicted by sensational
prophets may prove to be true. Will
find considerable comfort in the as"
sertion of Professor Lowell that there
is good scientific evidence for the be-
lief that mankind will have many
years. warning Of the great catas-
trophe that is destined to put an end
to al thing on this planet.
According to Professor Lowells
statements there is somewhere within
the remote confines of space great
mass of matter-once a world, but
now dead-that is hurting itself
toward our sun. In time it is certain
to reach the goal to which it is tend
ing. and when the two come together
the globe on which we live is destined
to cease to exist.
Fortunately for our peace of mind.
there is at the present moment no
sucn dead world within dangerous
proximity and yet any day it may ap-
pear. Any day the morning newspa-
pers may announce that one of these
dark bodies has come within the
reach of the telescope-that it may
readily be seen by the light of the
sun reflected upon it.
While>it would then be certain that
the end of the world was in sight,
there would still be ample time in
which to prepare for the inevitable. II
the first view of the intruder were
caught at the eleventh magnitude-it
could scarcely come much nearer
without being detected-it would not
be until q years later that it would
become visible to the naked eye, and
three years more would elapse before
it appeared to us equal in size to
first magnitude star.
In two years and three months more
it would have come as near to US as
Jupiter, and by that time it would be
far the brightest star in the sky. In
fact, it's effect upon the world would
already be felt. Our seasons would
change and the days would grow long
er. Finally just 145 days later. those
who were still alive would witness the
beginning of the end. The stranger
would not strike the earth, but would
pass as close in it's dash to the sun
that the earth would turn and follow
until together they would drop silent
]y into the sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
Cooper and Ocean Telegraph

this method was unavailable for deep
sea cable-laying. 1t did we'll enough
when the water was shallow, but
when the water was very deep. the
cable was likely to become lxinked or
to coil up.
mir. Cooper said to Mr.. Field, after
several experiments in deep-sea cable
laying mad been unsuccessfully made.
that it would be necessary to invent
an entirely new apparatus"
"'Can you suggest anythNg?' Mr..
Field asked
mot at present. Mr.. Cooper e
piled. but will make a study OF the
matter and see what | can do
so Peter Cooper worked over the
problem Of how an ocean cable should
be successfully laid. He believed that
there was principle Of mechanics.
which. II he could discover 1t or the
application Of it. could be successfully
adopted, so that there would be nj;
difficulty in laying a cable from Ire
land to Newfoundland, upon the bed
Of the Atlantic. no matter how Deep
Mr.. Cooper spent several months
upon this problem. At last he said
to Mr. Field that he believed he was
on the right track. 1t had occurred
to him that, if he could build an ap
paratus which would pay out the cable
little faster than the steamship was
going ahead, then all difficulty would
be overcome. For Peter Cooper tc
think was Immediately to act. In q
little while he had built machine
by means of which a cable could be
uncoiled and paid out from the deck
of steamship at rate of speed 8
g., little more rapid than that at which
the steamship was going.
THE first test showed that Mr.. Coop
err had perfected a machine which
made it possible to lay the ocean ca
BILE. and with this machine the first
| Atlantic cable between Newfoundland
and the coast OF ireland was laid"
| Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards Al
Rights ReServed)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
How Carnegie's Words Oissuaded
Two Brothers From Making an
Investment That Would Have
Been Immensely Profitable.

In what has passed into history by
the name Of the rich mans panic OF
19O2-a silent panic. in which the
market value Of securities of all kinds
greatly depreciated-the common
stock of the United States Steel Cor
poration was quoted as low as 50 and
a fraction a share.
Many persons were of the opinion
that the quotation for this stock would
drop so low that at last it would be
practically nothing. Others wondered
whether there might not be an oppor'
tunity for some gain, if this stock was
bought outright at nine plus. Among
those who were thus persuaded were
two brothers, men of large wealth. but
who had not been conspicuously asso'
ciated with the securities market.
The older of the brothers said to
the other: Don't you think 1t would
be an even chance. II We were to buy
outright now a block Of. say. 10000
shares OF this common stock. that In
the course of few months. or year
or two, there would come reaction
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
Doo That Guarded a Cat.

When my dog was a puppy got a
little kitten to keep him company.
They got to be good friends. but az
they got older the cat seemed to think
she could take care of herself.
When the cat climbed a tree it
seemed to puzzle the dog. and ho
would stand below the tree and look
up at the cat and then at me, as IL
trying to understand how the. cat
could get up into the tree while he
had to stay on the ground.
When evening came the dog would
hunt up the cat and carry her to the
kennel where they slept at night. The
dog kept one Of his forelegs over the
cat. and there she had to stay until
morning. At last tho cat was killed,
but have the dog yet.-Fm Nou1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
Vlcarlous Candy.

Down among the tenements. OF the
old Greenwich village. where factories
are becoming unpleasantly plentiful.
a group OF children was playing in a
gutter. A passerby walked slowly.
watching the active preparations Of a
little mother" aged about seven. who
was marshaling her charges into or
der. apparently In preparation for
some urban excursion. Something
had gone wrong and one small kid
was bowling:
shut your noise. Tommy higgins.
and be good this minute!" admon-
ished the motherlet. with promis~
sorry smack. III you don't stop like
tell you I'll leave you right here in
the mud gutter. Yez can't go wild us
till yez closes yer noise and be's
good boy. Do you know where we're
goin'? Well, we're goin' in the next
block to the candy factory to smell
the candies cookin'. And do yer know
what they're maxim today Well. its
chocolate creams an pep'mints.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
Who Owns Shetland Islands?

1t Is not perhaps generally known
that an opinion expressed half humor-
ously, by Lord Salvesen at the open
ing of the Morse Gallery in the Scot
fish exhibition in Glasgow with re-
gard to the ownership Of the Orkney
and Shetland island1 is fortified BY
very high authority. His lordship.
speaking as a lawyer" is not sure
whether the islands do not belong to
Norway still, and thinks that legally
the crown Of Norway. II prepared to
pay the money for which they were
pledged, with interest ''for three hun.
dred years." would be entitled to re-
deem them. AS a matter of fact. pleni.
potentiar:es assembled at Breda In
1865 "a couple O: ceaterios after the
islands had come into the possession
of the Scottish crown) decided not
only that the right of redemption had
not then been barred by the lapse of
time. but that 1t was imprescribabla
The islands were pledged in 1863. ,
that interest is due for nearly four
and a half centuries.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13
KEEPING THE CEREAL FRESH
Try Putting Packages Once Opened,
Above Kitchen Range or on the
Radiator. -.

Autumn now finds us with no lack
II variety in the matter Of cereals that
can be eaten without further cooking
after they. leave the factory, but they
are alike in one detail. II in no other.
The package once opened they quick
y grow flakby and tasteless and tough,
unless restored by careful drying in
the oven for few minutes. One way
out there is. Keep your packages on
the shelf above the kitchen range or
on a radiator. The contents will re.
main crisp and delicious and be truly
ready to serve" without risk of that
scorching in the oven which always
happens when we forget for only mo-
ment
By the way, the sudden emergency
that finds us looking for bread or
cracker crumbs for dipping outlets or
croquettes, only to find the jar empty.
will lose it's sharpness If We have a
box of crisp flakes" of any sort.
These, crumbled between the hands,
make most delicate substitute for
bread or cracker crumbs, be the need
one for coating food that is to be fried
or for the top OF scallops and pates.
Fer the latter use don't forget to dot
Literally with butter. They are espe-
ciaiIy tempting with creamed fish or
sweetbreads when served in scallop
shells
If your supply of crumbs for dipping
be limited, instead of putting them in
a dish have them on a sheet of clean
brown paper Each time chop or
outlet is laid on them to be coated the
paper can be lifted at the sides and
the crumbs tumbled toward the mid
dls. Moreover. the use OF paper for
this purpose saves the washing OF an
extra dish. For Touring fish try the
same labor saving device, dropping the
paper in the fire when it has served
It's turn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13

IRON WlLLrMAY FAIL
GREAT.LEADER GETS HIS WAY
~ OTHER METHODS.
Followers Nest Be Shown That They
All Gain Most by Yielding I'm
piicjt Obedience to the Corr
ductor's Orders.

They tell us an iron will Is very
fine thing. A great general rules his
forces by his will. A parliamentary
leader drives recalcitrant members in.
to the right lobby by his will. if he has
1t. Napoleon, they say, controlled all
France by his will have long had
doubts.
Napoleon never had to get an obsti.
nate donkey out of the way of an ex-
press train, for there were no express
trains, but had the task confronted
him doubt whether the iron will that
conquered France would have moved
the donkey. Nay, do not doubt; am
certain it would not And since men
are great deal more stupid aud more
obstinate. than donkeys l. am sure it
was not by an iron will alone that Ma
poleon ruled the French
The iron will only served to rule
himself to keep him hard and inces
sanity at the working out of his great
idea, the idea of convincing men that
he was the ablest among them, that
by following him they did best for
themselves. A political boss does the
same; there is no iron will involved;
merely he shows his followers that
they all gain by going with him.
And the same rule holds true in the
case of band conductors. A military
conductor can get his way because the
men under him are punished unless
they obey him; an opera or concert
conductor may get his way because he
can throw out of employment the men
who do not obey him.
But the true born conductor, either
military or civil, gets his way and
fine results when his bandsmen know
that by paying close attention to him
and putting their backs into their
work they help to secure perform
ances Of which they may all Justly
feel proud.
When Nikisch first came here many
years ago we were told how ON the
continent he was wont to magnetic
his men and make them insensibly
yield to his will. 1t is likely enough
they did yield; they would have been
dismissed if they had not; but the
magnetism did not in the least work
in England. The men simply paid no
attention to it; there might as we'll
nave been no magnetism at all; twas
in vain Nikisch essayed to fix them
with the glittering eye Of which we
had read so much; too much; the in
human rascals refused to be fixed; the
performances were poor and some one
must have lost fai" sum Of money
over the concerts.
See what happened when Nikisch
returned not as master but as servant
of the orchestra. The Symphony or
chestra engaged him: the glittering
eye nonsense and the iron will non
sense were dropped. and at once artis.
tic results were got. One might disap.
prove of many things he did. and espe.
cially of his hected readings. but he
gained the effects he wanted. and
gained them in a legitimate manner.
through the faith the men had in him
John F. Runciman. in the London
Saturday Review