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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
USES FOR OLD NEWSPAPERS
Good Housekeeper Finds Many Ways
Of Utilizing Discarded Week.
lies and Magazines.

make use of all my newspapers,
gays a contributor to Suburban Life.
First of all, they are good to wipe the
bottoms of saucepans with, thus saw
ing the CRIME of dish towels generally
used for this purpose. I spread them
on the shelves, both In the pantry and
in the cellar, and it is very little work
to change them when soiled. All pa
pers that have become soiled, If not
too badly, are twisted into a hard
ball, then used as kindlings, with a
little kerosene.
When the carpets are taken up,
smooth papers are the very best thing
to put under them when relaying.
line the barrels with newspapers, with
several layers on the top, and apples
keep enough longer to pay for the
trouble. Papers are better than a
brush to polish stoves with, and will
shine the lamp chimneys and win.
dow glass better than a cloth. In
fact, l find so many uses for them
that cannot think Of them all at one
time. Save the newspapers!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
DAINTY HOUSE ROBES
ELEGANCE MARKS EVEN THE
MOST SIMPLE NEGLlGEES.
kimono Bodice Style Generally A.
fected-Pretty Yoke Effects-Mod-
est and Inexpensive Garments
For Home Wear.

The simplest negligees now have a
certain elegance of form. The old
loose, blousy styles that gave every
woman something of a vulgar look are
set aside for little adjusted effects,
some of which. even in the most mod
est textures, suggest tea gowns. Dam
ty costumes called "house robes" are
made in high-waisted Empire style,
some band trimming outlining neck
and sleeves, forming the belt and
going down the front. These are made
to great degree in kimono bodice
style, but very often the sleeves are
cut separately, two deep shoulder
plaits hiding the join at the armhole.
There are any number Of pretty yoke
effects, with the fullness drawn in to
the waist with a cord and tassel or
ribbon, and without exception the most
dainty of the long negligees have open
necks and loose elbow sleeves.
This is because such house gar
ments are primarily for comfort and
resting moments, for unless the
lounging gown is of very elegant and
coquettish sort it is never supposed
to be worn outside of the bedroom.
The dressing jackets, or house
sacques as they are sometimes called.
permit more license with house wear.
Provided they are in good materials,
and prettily and becomingly made, the
busy woman may wear them to break.
fast and luncheon, and for the young
matron to whom corsets and closer
garments are irksome, such sacques,
worn with skirts drawn into the waist
with shirring, provide quite modest
and inexpensive home garments.
A visit to any big shop will reveal
carloads of the simple textures used
for these restful things-lawns, dimi
ties, batistes, dotted muslins, bordered
challies, crinkled cotton crepes. imita
ton Japanese crepes. wash silk
checked and plain, etc. With such
dainty tub materials as dimity and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
MANS TIME IS WORTH MONEY
Suave Stranger Made Two Hours and
Halt Stay Of Montana Rancher Cost
Him SIZE a Minute.

Chicago.-It cost John Kafman $3.50
to stop $50 minutes in Chicago the
other day. He was here from Alberta,
Mont, on his way to Pittsburg, where
he was to meet his wife. This is his
time table:
Arrives at Central station a. m.
Meets suave stranger 7:3O a. m.
Takes drink with him, 7:45 a. m.
Has his pocket picked, TAT a. m.
Discovers the fact 1855 a. m.
Talks to the police. $50 q. m.
Back to Montana. 900 q. m.
THE stranger made hit with mo
because he said looked like a west
ern breeze" said Kafman. Il guess he
meant a zephyr-something soft and
easy. I'm going back to Montana to
wire my wife to come on alone and call
the police as soon as the train gets
into Chicago"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04

ing the woodchuck, which is the only
one of the lot Maine white man will
taste, to the last. Unlike the skunk
and the woodchick, which are lean and
unsavory except for a few months in
the fall, or the muskrat, which is never
fat, and which has strong flavor in
spite of parboiling, the hedgehog is al
ways in an edible condition, and has
meat that is as tender and white as
that of spring chicken.
The method of cooking a hedgehog
is so simple that a novice can learn
in one short lesson. When the cpl
cure is permitted to make choice he
should shun the large, old males,
which at times weigh 80 or 40 pounds
The preparation consists in removing
the viscera, washing out the interior
and filing the cavity with slices of
fat pork, peeled raw potatoes, sprigs
of spearmint and wild celery from the
brook
Then, without removing the quilts
of SHINING, the body is plastered thick
ly with wet clay, from the nearest
bank. The muddy, bulky mass is
thrust into live Goals and covered
with blazing fagots, to be roasted for
two hours.
On removal from the Goals, the clay
is found to have been baked into a
hard and solid mass, which must be
broken open with an ak or a heavy
stone, whereupon the skin and quilts
of the animal cling to the clay wrap
ping and fall away, leaving the clean,
white meat ready to be eaten.
Ten years ago the Maine legislature
passed a law providing for a bounty
Of rs cents head on all dead hedge
hogs brought to the town clerks An
appropriation of $500 for each of the
years 1901 and 1902 was made, but
when the total for the two bounty
years reached $4,000, the legislature
quickly repealed the law
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04

and entirely covered with liquid glue
and then sprinkled all over with desic-
Gated cocoanut and left to dry. 1t
should be so completely covered with
the tiny pieces of cocoanut, that none
of the glass (the exterior portion of
the glass. the inside does not matter)
remains visible. It can then be paint
ed or enameled. The pot of which we
give a sketch was enameled light
blue color and made a very attractive
and quaint little ornament in which
small fern may be planted; the
small ferns that are sold in tiny pots
thrive so much better If removed
from the pot and planted in a pot
without a hole; put few pieces of
broken pot at the bottom, then put in
the fern and fill up with mold.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
TO TEACH FARMING
1910 are evidence of the need of addi-
tional legislation providing for this
kind of agricultural education"
HEDGEHOG FIT FOR EPlCURE
Maine Advocates Say 6ounties Caused
Great Waste Of Good Food-Pre-
ferred to Skunk or Muskrat,

Machias, Melt is a shame" says
lover Of hedgehog meat, that the
people Of Maine have remained in ig-
norance regarding the delights of eat
Ing roasted hedgehog for so long. If
they had been utilized as food those
10000 dead hedgehogs for which
Maine has paid out $4,000 in boun-
ties would have kept two regiments
OF soldiers in meat for six weeks. It
was cruel and wanton waste of pre-
cious FOOD
The advocates of hedgehog meat as
part Of the regular bill of fare assert
that In England the average poacher
prefers hedgehog to hare for break
fast. In Michigan the legislature has
placed a perpetual close time on hedge
hogs, so that persons lost in the woods
and without food may find meat to sat
isfy their hunger and kill it without
the aid Of shotgun or rifle. 1t is as
serted on good authority that more
than 20 men are saved from starving
In Michigan every year because hedge
hogs are abundant and easy to cap
ture
When a Maine Indian has his choice
of hedgehog, skunk, woodchuck
and muskrat for dinner, he will Sc
lect the first named invariably. and
take the skunk as second choice. leav-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Chicken Kentucky STYLE,

Take a nice chicken (not too old),
place in your kettle with just little
water. When tender put in baking
pan with water 1t is steamed in. Gov
er with cracker crumbs and bits Of
butter, salt and pepper to taste and
place in oven until a rich brown, bast-
ing every little while. Before remov-
ing from oven pour In a little cream
Garnish with parsley. Chicken must
be opened down the back with wings
turned so as to lie fiat in the pan.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Fruit OmeIet.

Separate six eggs and beat very
light, add half teaspoon of salt and
three tablespoons of milk. Put into
the pan one tablespoon of butter and
when hot pour in the omelet. Shake
on the hottest part. of the stove and
when it begins to thicken set it on the
CRATE Of the oven to set. Remove and
add small cup Of shredded pineapple
that has been busted with sugar, and q
teaspoon Of sherry. Fold the omelet
and serve on q hot plate.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
PROPER CARE OF White HAIR
Grafton, or They Will Soon Take
On an Ugly Look.

White hair, like white gowns. needs
careful handling or it soon is ugly,
and ill-kept looking.
Brushes and combs should be wash
ed every day or 50. A dusty brush
makes white hair dull.
AS this hair Is more brittle than
any other It must not be roughly han
died. Do not tug or pull at it with a
comb, and do not use too drying wash
es or dry with too much heat.
Ordinary shampoo mixtures are apt
to make white hair streaky. The best
for it is made from the white of two
eggs mixed lightly with teaspoonful
of warm water.
Rub mixture well into scalp, part
ing hair in strands and also washing
long hair. Rinse thoroughly with luke
warm water, then cold. Either spring
white hair.
In using any grease keep it off long
hair, as 1t acts as dust collector and
,dulls the luster of hair.
White hair to be lovely must have
a silvery tint. When the hair is at
pepper and salt stage 1t can some
times be made white quickly by in
telligent treatment by profess
sional.
Shampooing the hair with lemon is
excellent for white hair. Put half
the cut lemon in q thin muslin cloth
and rub over scalp. which has first
been thoroughly wet.
The white headed woman should
not be careless Of her hair dressing.
Her hair should be loosely waved and
worn deliberately, irrespective of
styles of the moment.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
TaKeta Sill 4 Favorlte Silk.

Taf7eta Still q Favorlte SILK.
Taffeta is still In, though q different
grade Of silk, and one which will give
much better satisfaction than the stiff,
crinkly kind formerly used.
The new taffetas are the very soft
French varieties and these are being
used by the best dressmakers. both
for evening and for afternoon gowns,
and some very interesting three-piece
costumes. These latter are dresses OF
rather fanciful style with odd coats,
either very short or very long. This
use of silk for street gowns is not an
entirely new feature, but is rather a
continuation Of vogue which began
in a small way a year ago. At that
time, however, special interest was
centered In changeable tahetas,
whereas now it is the plain colored
soft finished variety which II the
vogue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
HINTS FOR 18th COOK.
RIGHT AND WRONG WAYS OF PRE-.
PAIRING MEAT.
"simmerino" and "6o;Iing" Are Differ
ent Thines-Steamin0 Excellent
for Cooking Large Joints-
6raising Pan Useful.

The ordinary housewife rarely un.
derstands the meaning of the words
bo1l and simmer" Water boils at
sea level at PIP degrees Fahrenheit:
at high attitudes it boils at lower tenn
perature. We find by experience that
meat becomes tender more quickly at
slmmer1ng point-a temperature OF
at 212 degrees. Simmering is when
the bubbles form on the bottom of
the vessel, safely pass through the
water and rupture at the top, says the
Christian Science Monitor. This is
not the boiling motion. To have piece
OF boiled meat rare, juicy and tasty
the outside must be thoroughly sealed,
the same as In baking. To do this,
put the meat into boiling water, bring
quickly to the boiling point, boil for
20 minutes, then push the kettle back
where the meat will simmer Is min.
utes to each pound If the meat is
to be served rare II minutes will be
long enough; on the other hand, II
1t Is to be we'll done, cook it 20 min
utes to the pound. Even when we'll
done it should be juicy. tender and
palatable.
Boiled meats are more easily d.
gested than baked meats, even whefa
baked meats are carefully cooked.
Broiled meats are preferable to those
cooked in a dry pan, and dry-panned
meats are far superior to those fried:
in fact, fried meats have no place at
well-regulated table.
Steaming is an admirable method OF
cooking tough meats. or large joints
like leg of mutton or ham. This
may be done in q common boiler,
using sufficient water to create good
volume of steam. Place the meat in
the boiler, on a rack, above the water
AS the water evaporates replace It
with boiling water. Do not check the
boiling or you reduce the heat and
soften the surface of the meat.
Braising is a cross between baking
and boiling. This method is largely
used for tough meats. A braising pan
is baking pan with tight-f1tting
cover. These pans are sold under the
astonishing name of roasting pans;
roasting means to cook before fire;
you cannot roast in a covered pan.
These pans are, Notwithstanding
their illogical name, admirable uten-
sils in which to cook fricandeau OF
veal, beef la mode. leg of mutton,
praised beef, or an old turkey or
fowl Place the meat in the pan and
partly fill the pan with boiling stock
or water; add, If you like, a sliced
onion, a bay leaf and little chopped
celery. Cover the pan, stand in a very
hot oven and bake for three or four
hours, according to the size and the
kind of meat A leg of mutton Will
require two; beef la mode four, and
fricandeau of veal three hours. Veal.
to be at all edible, must be very we'll
cooked.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04

batiste and dotted muslin, very pretty
laces are used, and ornamental knots
and belts of pretty contrasting rib
bon contribute to further elegance
Still some of the most useful gowns
and sacques are made of plain white
or figured lawn, with only q band Of
plain for trimming. Here colors, pale
blue, pink, yellow or apple green. will
be put on white or black and white.
A gown in strict kimono style, being
neg]igee pure and simple, always
shows the plain contrasting band, and
on a dainty muslin Of some sort q
wash ribbon often makes It.
The design shown in our sketch is
quite coquettish, the short kimono
sleeves, square neck and vest effect Of
the front being lines that might be
used for any pretty wash house dress.
So II there IL skirt in the same
goods. such a jacket might be seen by
anybody during the day, for it is the
loose jacket of one thing and the skirt
of another that give the negligee look.
All the materials named for wrapper
use are feasible here. and a novel look
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04

sash Of pale pink or blue ribbon. Lat
er on comes the practical Russian
blouse dress Of pink, blue, or natural
colored linen or pique, which is dur
able and will stand any number of
washings.
For parties white is worn altogeth-
er by small girls, although sometimes
a sheer lawn frock is placed over q
slip Of pink or blue to give it color.
Slippers, socks. hair ribbon. and sash
then all are Of the shade Of this slip.
Made belts and girdles instead Of q
sash tied each time 1t is put on trim
many party frocks, although the wide
ribbon sashes never go completely
out of fashion for children.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
WOMEN HUNT FOR GOLD

killed the officers of the ship and
sailed away from Callao. The mutt
neers fastened toward the Galapagos
islands. but, being intercepted by a
man-o'-war, went to Cocos island,
where the treasure was hastily cached,
and the pirate sailed away. The Mary
Deer was oyertaken by a Perucian
war ship, and with the exception of
two men all were put to DEATH One
of these was the dying pirate.
In proof of the truth of his story,
1t Is said, the aged man surrendered
to his nurses portion of one of the
MadOnna's ears, which was found to
be made Of pure gold.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
CIergyman's Widow and Authoress
Plan to Aid Poor With $2o,o0o,-
600 Cocos Treasure.

San Francisco.-Although numerous
tales involving the search for hidden
treasure on the little island called
Cocos, off the west coast of Costa
RIGA, have been related, none is as
strange as that told upon the arrival
here of the steamship Stanley Dollar
from Ancon.
Seven men and two women were
taken from Ancon aboard the Stanley
Dollar and landed upon the treasure
island, which for over half a century
has been the Mecca for adventures
from all over the world. The party
possesses two tons Of supplies, boats
and chart of the treasure.
Not only is the band of adventures
led by the women, but in case the
search for the reputed $2O,O00,O0o
treasure Is successful the entire
amount is to be used for the benefit
of the London poor. Mrs. B. Till,
commander in chief is the widow of a
noted london clergyman, while Miss
l.. B. Davis, the chief aid to Mrs
Till. is said to be literary woman of
note
Intensely religious, both women
have been connected with philan-
thropic work in London for the last
decade, and it is with the expectation
Of so expanding the vast lost wealth
Of the Peruvians that the expedition
was organized. The women believe
it especially appropriate that the
treasure should be used for religious
purposes, for the bulk of it was taken
from the Lima cathedral when the
Peruvian capital was threatened by
Chileans.
For safe keeping all the altar
pieces, consisting Of the rails, images,
the Madonna and the IL apostles, were
placed on board the American ship
Mary Deer. The figures were all OF
solid gold and life sized. Besides
there were millions in precious gems.
The manner in which the chart came
into the possession of the women is
strange. Cared for during his last ill.,
ness in London by Mrs. Till and Miss
Davis, an aged and dying former pi-
rate confessed his completely in the
stealing Of the treasure when he and
the crew of the Mary Deer mutinied,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Makes. TOUGH STEAK TENDER
Meat Pressed Between Two Corrugated
Metal Surfaces 10 Rendered
More Palatabie.

The toughest piece Of steak that
ever loosened boarder's teeth will be
made tender by the machine invented
by an Oregon man, who probably occu.
pied a hall bedroom at some time in
his life. A corrugated metal base is
mounted on roller, also Of corrugated
metal and adjustable at different dis
tances from the base. The roller is
loosened and one end of the steak
thrust under it. It is then frightened
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Little Economy.

There is nothing so small that you
cannot save money on it. Make your
pillow cases, for instance, Of tubing.
Then when they begin to get thin in
the middle, you can rip the closed end
and sew them again SO that the
creased edge of the pillow case will be
now the middle of the fiat side. The
worn places are thus brought to the
outer edge, where there is practically
no wear upon them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Teanot Secret.

The real secret in choosing tea
pot, be 1t made of silver, crown derby
or even the humble but useful brown
mug" is this: Never buy teapot
with the root Of the spout low down in
the body of the pot. Let the spout be
set high in the body, then you can fill
the pot we'll up without the tea drib-
bling over, as it never fails to do
when having a low-built spout close
to the teapot's foundation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Corn Chovder.

Slice three or four medium-sized po-
tatoes into a granite dish. cover with
a layer Of thinly sliced onion. Add a
little water and simmer until tender.
Add one-half can Of corn, little but
ter, salt and pepper and one and one
half cups of milk or thin cream.
Bring gently almost to the boiling
point and serve with crisp croutons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Bunnles.

One small cupful of light brown
sugar. one tablespoonful OF butter or
lard, one pint Of pastry -four. Rub the
butter and sugar into the -four with
the fingers. With beaten egg favored
with vanilla wet to a paste sufficient
to roll out thin. Cut into shape with
cardboard form, insert bits of raisins
for eyes and bake to light brown.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Flour Starch.

Mix first with cold water the -four.
Then pour on gradually boiling water
and boil till clear. Strain through
cloth. Add bluing. For table linen
add few tablespoons to rinse water.
Clothes keep stiff longer and more sat-
isfactory than by using regular starch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Garment Makers in Semi.Annual Ses
sion Declare Against Freak De-
signs for Fall Wear.

Toledo, Ohio. The semi-annual
gathering of the National Cloak, Suit
and Shirt Manufacturers association
assembled here the other day to dis
cuss the styles for women's wear for
the next fall and winter. The associa-
;tion has "a manufacturers in its unan-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Swiss Hero Fund 10 Q. k.'d,

Berne, Switzerland.-It is officially
confirmed that the government has
accepted with cordial thanks $3.50, 900
In the form of United States Steel
bonds from Andrew Carnegie for tho
purpose of establishing Swies here
fuad.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Fried Bread for Breakfast.

Fried Bread tor Breakfast.
Has anyone tried fried bread for
breakfast? In the morning, when ma
king out the bread for the pans, take
a piece and mold 1t few minutes, cut
in strips and roll sround. then form In
twists. Let it rise the same az you
would for biscuits, and fry in hot lard.
Very nice. Better II milk is used to
set the bread with. While raising. lay
them on cloth busted with hour and
cover with another cloth.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Second Serving.

Instead of serving roast beef on its
second appearance cold, prepare 1t as
follows: Lay the slices of cold beef In
a dressing made of tablespoonful of
white pepper, twice as much salt, two
tablespoonfuls of vinegar and three
tablespoonfuls of olive oil. Mix we'll
and pour over the beef. Leave for an
hour, then drain each slice, dip into a
thick fritter batter and fry in deep fat
to a golden brown. Serve very hot
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
I. 2. Z. 4 Cake.

One cup Of butter and lard mixed.
twocups Of sugar. four eggs. one cup
Of milk, two cups Of hour, two tea
spoons Of baking powder. Cream the
butter and sugar and add the well-beat-
en- eggs. Then the milk and davoring,
then the -four with the baking powder,
and a pinch of salt, all sifted together.
Bake in a sheet Nice either plain or
frosted
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-04
Nut Bread.

Beat up one egg and beat into it
one-quarter of a cupful of sugar; add
one teaspoonful of salt and two cup
fuls of milk. Mix four teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder with four cupfuls OF
-four and sift this into the other in
gradients, adding at the same time
one cupful Of chopped nuts. Stir these
all together until smooth and then
make into two loaves; let them rise In
pans for 20 minutes and then bake for
20 minutes in a hot oven.-Harper's
Bazaar.