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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
LEARN TO WALK PROPERLY
Matter Of Much Importance, Too FIRE.
quently Overlooked, 10 Acquire
ment Of Correct Gait.

Practically every woman walks far
too rapidly for anything like grace to
enter into her movements.
A tall woman for some reason walks
more slowly than a short one. Her
elbows, shoulders and hips move from
side to side.
If you want to be graceful, don't
look at your feet, but hold your head
well up in the air. Don't shuttle. A
little thoughtfulness and practice in
high stepping will soon break you Of
this ugly habit Don't bend your
back at the waist, under the impress
sion that you are thereby walking
erectly. It throws the stomach for
ward, and is almost as in1mical to
grace as round shoulders.
Finally, don't allow yourself to
walk "pigeon-tced''- is, with the
toes turned in or straight.
1t is always hard to tell what to
do with the hands. The natural way,
to have them hanging at the sides. or
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Beavers a Benefit

Enos Mills of Estes Park. Colo
RADIOS self-taught naturalist, is an
ardent champion Of the beaver, and
has written, convincingly in proof of
that conservationist From many
years study Of the beaver and his
works Mr.. Mills is convinced that a
vast amount of good has been done by
this Industrious animal, whose dams
have retarded the floods that other
wise woald have swept down the
mountain sides and denuded the
slopes of soil and trees.
The survival of the beaver is one of
the interesting stories of the west. It
was the beaver that lured the first
trappers to the far west. and that re-
suited in the first real exploitation
and trail blazing in the land that was
known vaguely as the great Ameri-
can desert" The beaver was hunted
by rowing bands of company men and
free trappers for many years.
Many great fortunes were built on
foundation of beaver pelts. The ro-
nance OF the west centers about the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
MUST FIT PROPERLY
MOST IMPORTANT POINT IN MAT.
TER OF GLOVES.
Worn Too Tight, They Will Spoil the
Look Of Even the Most Dainty
Hand-First Putting on
important.

Nothing makes a hand more unnat-
tractive than glove that is too tight.
Yet now often one sees women with
their hands almost bursting from their
gloves, so tightly are they squeezed
into them.
A too tight glove will make even a
slender, graceful hand look common
place and pudgy and hand inclined to
hesh almost repulsive. So in choosing
gloves one should be very careful to
get them large enough, and to have
the patience to have them properly
fitted in the first place by a good glove
filter.
If they are not fitted properly at
first the tips of the fingers never work
down and the hand is made ridiculous
and dowdy by the pointed tips. If the
fitting is properly done the gloves will
not twist and wrinkle, and will actual.
~ wear longer than if hurried care.
lessly over the fingers for the first
time.
II one has to put on gloves without
the assistance of a filter the hands
should be warm and the gloves well
powdered. then the fingers should be
inslnuated into their receptacles, and
finally the thumb and the hand should
be fitted. but not until the fingers have
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Small Girls Hobbie Skirt.

There is apparently considerable di.
versity Of opinion as regards the cor
rect position for the belt on the small
girls frock. Many Of the smartest it,
tie French dresses show the sash in
practically normal place, while on 9TH
er frocks the belt is SO far down as to
hamper the tiny wearer in her walk al
most as absurdly as does the hobble
skirt of the moment Inconvenience her
elders. The abnormally long-waisted
effect obtained by placing the belt al
most at the hem of the frock is charm.
ingly quaint on some children, but fs
not becoming to every type-Harper's
BaZar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
ALL IN THE COOKING
MUCH CARE NEEDED IN PREPARE.
TON OF ASPARAGUS.
Delicious Vegetable Worth All the
Time and Skill That Can Be Given
it-Many Different Ways
Of Serving.

Asparagus Is one of the dishes
which cooking can make or mar. II
has always been esteemed great deli
cacy. 1t was the favorite vegetable
of the ancient Romans and was intro
duced by them into Britain. It is
much more generally used in France
and England than here.
Fashion has decreed during the past
few years that asparagus must be
served cold at up-to-date social func-
tons, but on the home table hot as.
paragus cooked en- branche or cut up
in cream sauce will never go a-beg-
ging
BY most people the simplest way Of
cooking asparagus is considered best,
says the Delineator. Cut off the tough
est ends of the stalk where it. is white
and woody, and bind the remainder of
the stalks together with a strip of mus
lin. immense the stalks in boiling
sailed water, with the tips projecting
two inches above the water. In this
way they will steam tender, while the
rest of the stalk is cooking. BOZ: until
tender, but rot mushy, and serve with
white sauce, drawn butter, mayorpa ise
bechamel or Hollandaise sauce as pre-
ferred.
A French woman eating asparagus
takes stalk at time in her fingers,
dips the head in the cream sauce, and
daintily nibbles her way down the
70 Y1
this country it. is usually served On
buttered toast, each slice being dipped
in the asparagus liquid.
For those who would cling to aspara-
gus cooked as mother used to cook it,
the directions are simple. Cut the ten
der portions of the stalks into half-incn
lengths. Simmer in boiling sailed va
ter only just enough to cover, until
tender; then season asparagus, liquid
and all, with milk or cream, butter,
salt and pepper, and serve on toast or
in deep saucerH In this way the whole
delicate and distinctive flavor Of the
asparagus is preserved.
Canapcs of asparagus make dainty
entreo, and, though adopted from the
French, find increasing popularity here.
The foundation Of the canape is the
same, no matter what the filling may
be. Take slices of bread about two
inches thick and stamp them out into
neat rounds with a biscuit cutter.
With smaller cutter mark a circle In
the center of each round and scoop out
the crums to the depth of an inch,
taking care to leave the sides and bot
tom quite firm. Arrange these in a
shallow dish and pour over them a
half-pint of milk, to which beaten egg
has been added. Then take up very
carefully and Slip into a kettle of boil
ing fat. They will brown almost lin.
mediately and must be removed when
pale golden brown. Some cooks pre-
fer to drop them at once into the hot
fat without the milk-and-egg bath.
Drain on soft vaper
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
"ColdeSt Man Who Ever Sat IN the
White House" Wanted to BE
Good Fellow, but Did Not
Know How.

General BENJAMIN Harrison has
frequently been called the coolest
man who ever sat in the White
House, although history has inter-
1aittently striven to give this distinc-
ton to John Adams.
Certain it is, the politicians and
public men Of Harrison's day es-
teemed the twenty-third president OF
the United States as one who had
greater intellect than temperament.
Especially the politicians, after they
had swarmed to the White House
following Harrison's inauguration,
confessed to one another that they
had found the new president icy.
They said with one accord that his
greeting was cold, that his handshake
was limp; and speedily there grew up
a popular impression that there was
no warmth Of temperament in Ben]a-
min Harrison, although there was
general recognition not only of the
brilliancy but also of the profundity
of his intellectual powers.
But none of the politicians-nor, in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Washind New Blankets.

If the blanket bought at The begin
ming of the winter need washing dis
solve quarter of pound of rock
fuller's earth in boiling water and add
sufficient cold water to cover blankets,
and let them steep in this over night.
The next morning squeeze out and
wash in the usual way By adopting
this method all oil in the wool will be
removed and less soap required. The
result will be beautifully white and
soft and f1eecy blankets.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Harrison's Pathetic Desire

ldct, any OF the thousands of Ameri-
cans who met General Harrison while
he occupied the White House-was
more keenly conscious of this tenn
peramenta1 defect than was Harrison
himself. To his intimate friends he
sometimes spoke of it. To one he
declared he sometimes wondered If
his inability to appreciate music was
not part. or a cause, of his tempera.
mental difficulties. Il do not know
one song from another" he confessed
excepting that at last have learned
10 distinguish one of the military
tunes-1 think it is Yankee Doodle !"
And some time later, when he was
discussing his great weakness-or
what he looked upon as his grea,
weakness-with another intimate
1r1end' he said-and there was an
unmlstakable longing in his voice: 1
want to be good fellow. have
tried hard to be companionable, II
mas Deen my great desire. But I
don't know how"
Clearly. the mystery OF his sopa-
rent GOODNESS Of disposition YVES as
unsolvable to E~njdmin Harrison az
IT was to the Politicians who were
'Sor3ht into contact with him dnrinp
the tour years Fhat he was pre.idnnt
but what neitS:nr Harrison l*mself
nor the politicians could clear VA =
great Democrat did, at least to i,s
own atisfaction-and that was
grover Cleveland. both predecessor
ana successor of Harrison.
After Cleveland had retired from,
the presidency in 1893 he fell into
the hab't of chatting freely with his
intimate friends OF events that hal,
occurred while he WIS president and
OF public men he met during thoan
two periods.
Before l first met BENJAMIN HART.
son, when he was president-elect."
said Mr.. Cleveland II, of course han
great respect for his Intellectual ahi;.
ltv; and l may add that | had hoo,
told that he was a man of ph,eemat;c
disposition, having 40 warmth Of
heart. But twice l bad good opnor-
tunlty TO learn that this was not tho
truth. The first time we met 7 an
rived at the opinion that what wa.
tnought to be GOODNESS in Mr., Harri-
son was, in fact, nothing but excess
slVe shyness. l thi1k he was tho
shyest of all the men in public life
nave ever met. That shyness. OF
course, caused some self.corso;o,.a
ness, and the two together worked to
make him cold of heart, apparently.
And came to know what his kind.
ness OF heart and his capacity for
courtesy were. Nothing could have
been more cordial than his reception
OF me when returned to the White
House in 1893, after I had defeated
MN; and it was due to his thought
tul consideration that I found the
executive mansion perfectly fitted for
our comfortable reception in every
possible detail This service Presi.
dent Harrison himself had cone. or
it was done under his direct over.
sight. And this experience confirmed
me in my earlier impression that Gen.
eral Harrison's apparent GOODNESS
was due alone to excessive shyness,
which he could not control"
Copyright. 1911. by E. r Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Fish Stops Ship.


1t is not often that fish is large
enough to stop the progress OF
steamer, but an incident of this nature
occurred recently off the coast of Aus
tralia, when a huge sunf1sh became
wedged under the port propeller of the
steamboat Fiona The engine, as the
account states, was brought up all
standing and the steamer stopped to
investigate the cause Of the trouble.
1t was impossible to extricate the fish
at sea and the steamer, which for
tunately was provided with twin
screws, proceeded slowly on her way
with only one engine working. The
fish was removed at Port Jackson and
found to weigh two tons fourteen hun
ured weight. A fine specimen of the
suntish, though infinitely smaller than
the one just noticed, is shown in the
series of mounted fsh.-Museum
News, Brooklyn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
CLEANS AND P0LISHES IRONS.
Implement 10 Merely Rubbed Over
Oiled Pad and Piece at Corfu
gated Metal.

An effective cleaning and polishing
device for sad-irons has been designed
by New Jersey man. It consists of
a triangular box in two parts and large
enough. to permit of the free move
ment Of the iron within it's boundaries.
In the bottom of one side Of the box is
felt pad, which is saturated with oil.
On top of this is laid piece of fabric
sufficiently porous to allow of moisten-
ing from the lower pad. In the other
side of the box is piece of corrugated
metal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
CLEANING Hints.

Badly stained marble may be
cleaned by mixing up a quantity Of
the strongest soap I've with quickl,yce
to the consistency Of milk and laying
it on the marble several minutes
Avoid touching the mixture with the
hands
Oil paintings, If the surface is not
badly cracked, may be cleaned by
washing with a soft rag wrung damp
ened with warm water. If badly
stained little soap may be used.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

been carefully worked in. To remove
the glove pull it over the hand and
do not drag it by the finger tips, for
this spoils the shape completely. After
removing the gloves and turning them
right side again they should have the
stretchers used to restore the shape
and should be sprinkled again with
powdered French chalk
Fresh gloves are necessary ad-
junct to the toilet of the woman seek
ing daintiness, but when they are
cleaned they should be cleaned sew
eral days before they are to be worn,
so that the fumes of gasoline, and no
odor is more Objectionable to the SEN
sitive nostril, may entirely disappear,
otherwise the whole effect of ones
personality may be marred by the dis
agreeable fumes of gasoline.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

loosely clasped in front, is not beau.
t1ful. And to have them glued to the
sides as far as the waistline, and then
bent in at the elbow, is not only awk-
ward in itself, but elevates the shout
ders in the most unlovely way. There.
fore most women try to obviate the
difficulty by carrying something.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Cup Custards.

A pint of milk should make half a
dozen small cups, and three eggs
should be enough; beat the eggs with
three tablespoonful of sugar until
light and creamy; add the milk slow
~, stirring we'll; fill the cups about
three-q rters full, CRATE little nut
meg on top, first flavoring with a tea
spoonful of vanilla or almond or
lemon or rose-anything best liked.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Coffee Without Caffein.

The harmful effects that sometime.
follow the use of coffee are ascribed
to one of its elements called caffein.
The plan now is to remove this ele.
ment from the green berry before
browning it. 1t is believed this can
be done without destroying either che
favor or the aroma.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
SUGGESTION for Shade Rollers

When buying new shades on rollers
always put in number of additional
lacks, as usually there are far too few
put In by the makers. Use them es-
peclally at the ends. This saves the
annoyance OF having to re-tack the
shade on the 1oller in case of the care
less handling which children often give
them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
ROYAL BLUE AMAZON CLOTH
Effective Costume for the Street to Be
Made Up In This Most
Popular Material.

Royal blue Amazon cloth 10 en-
ployed for this costume.
The skirt, which measures just over
two yards round, is trimmed at the
foot with a deep band of soft black
satin with a narrower band above;
buttons trim side of wide band.
The smart little coat has the revers
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Washing a Rug.

II a cotton rug is to be washed, 1t is
generally of such proportions and
thickness that it cannot be wrung.
Lay it on a smooth, inclined floor or
table and go over it with an ordinary
rolling pin, rolling it as you would
dough. This will force the water out,
without wrinkling the rug, and it will
dry much quicker.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Rice Mater Custard.

Here is a nice dessert for the chill
dren. Boil rice plain, take water rice
was boiled in, add one or two well
beaten eggs. according to quantity OF
water, sweet9n to taste and boil as you
would any custard, stirring constantly
to prevent burning: f1avor as prefer:
red and use as sauce for the plain
boiled rice
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Cranoe Juice.

Orange juice can be made to serve
as a most delicious drink for lunch
cons II only little thought and time
be spent upcn it. Served chilled, in
tall glasses With some diced banana.
a grape cut and seeded, bit of pine
apple or any seasonable fruit is an
agreeable drink to sip throughout a
luncheon in lieu of wine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

To clean an iron the implement is
rubbed over the oil-soaked cloth till
The rust on 1t is softened. It is then
rubbed over the corrugated metal and
the surface cleared OF grit as far as
the corrugations can 90 this. The final
polishing is done with a dry flannel
cloth. The box is made with the two
parts hinged so that they can be folded
up when it is not in use and will not
take up so much room.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Apple SaQo Pudding.

One cup sage il quart Of tepid wa.
ter. with a pincl of salt soaked for
one hour, six or sight apples, pared
and cored, or quar.ered, and steamed
tender, and put in che pudding dish;
boil and stir the sag,, until clear, add
ing water to make it .hin, ant pour it
over the apples; this q good lot with
butter and sugar, or cold with cream
and sugar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Numquats.

The kumquats or little oranges"
that come in boxes at the fruit store
are source 1T wonderment to many.
They are serted on plate with en-
dive leaves tEat have been chilled.
The kumquats are sliced very fine and
allowed to stand for an hour or two
with a covering Of sugar. The salad
is dressed with oil and vinegar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

Drawing strings as usual thing al
ways pull out of undergarments when
one is in the greatest hurry. To
prevent this sew to each end of the
tape a brass embroidery ring slight.
ly larger than the opening in the cas-,
ing. Buttonhole over with white cot.
ton
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
SPINACH Salad

Take one-half peck of fresh, crisp
spinach, wash thoroughly in several
waters, put ir steamer and steam for
about 10 minutes; turn into a colander
and drain; then chop fine, season with
salt, pepper and two tablespoonfuls of
melted butter; mix we'll and press into
small !nolds or cups. When cold place
each form on lettuce leaf and put enc
spoonful, Of good salad dressing on
each.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

beaver. Only for the ceaseless search
for that valuable animal the world
would have known little of Carson,
Bridger, Fitzpatrick. the Sublettes,
Ashley and other heroes of the Wild
erness whose names rill figure long
in western history-henver Repub-
lican.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Telephone Etiquette.

Only yesterday-as the years 60
1t would have been thought a rabid
impertinence for any man to break
into the house of another, walk into
his bedroom with a dinner bell in the
hand and ring it into that others ears
until he responded. This is about
what we do now when we use the tel
ephone as it ought not to be used.-
Life
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Bean Soup.

Soak we'll one and one-half pints OF
good beans for about ten hours; place
them over the fire with five quarts Of
water and one pound of salt pork; boi!
slowly three or more hours, and ado
a little pepper; strain and serve with
slices of lemon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

and collars edged with satin, the
waistband and cuffs also being of the
same.
Toque of royal blue straw bound
with black satin and trimmed with
ostrich feathers.
Materials required for the costume:
S yards 46 inches wide, 21k yards
satin 20 inches wide, about dozen
buttons, yards skirt lining, yards
silk for lining coat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
New U3e for CornmeaI.

To keep yt,ur hands smooth and
white, do not buy lotions and cold
creams, but try plain cornmeal, mixed
with a small quantity Of salt. You
will md It is host effective.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

the senate had he not begun all over
again in just the way he did.
Sometimes" concluded Mr.. Iced.
philosophically, in his most delightful
drawl, the real greatness of man Is
shown at the time Of defeat, and not
in the moment of triumph"
Copyright 1911, by e. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
The Hammer Is at Fault.

Few women can drive a horse, and
fewer can drive a nail"
Not with hammer; but give her
a hair brush, and she can drive a
hail as we'll as anybody"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Don't Overrate Professions,

Just thoughts and modest expecta-
tons are easily satisfied If we don't
overrate our pretensions all will be
Roll-CQuier
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Millions for Soda Water,

The soda water bill.in this country,
where it aourishes az in no other In
all the world, was the-shall We say
cool-sum of s320.000.00G
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-03

It is rumored that the Republican Boss cares less for his Mayorial can didate than for the election of Re- publican Aldermanlc nominees. We are not aware of what may be ''in the works"-that is. of what the public service corporations may de- sire at the hands of the board of AL dermen-but if the above mentioned rumor is we'll founded, it is clear that some demand which is not in the in- terest of the city and its people, is to be made and granted, if the board has a Republican majority.
 Whether or not the rumor is true, a stopper should be placed upon all possibilities of that nature by electing the Democratic nominees for Alder men. At the polls is the place to check the schemes, if any, of the pub- lie service corporations which, for non-occult reasons, seem to be align ed in the Republican support.