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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
s0vEL ELECTRIC RESTAURANT

An electric restaurant, which en-,
tirely does away with the services OF
has been installed in Paris:
1t Is fitted with tables for one, two.:
three, four and larger numbers OF,
guests. Beneath the dining room Is,
the kitchen and dishes prepared below
are sent straight up to the tables
through the floor
guest gives his order through an
electrophone attached to the electric
lamp on the table. The electrophone
carries the voice to the kitchen below
without any special effort Of the diner
to speak into it. The dish ordered
comes up through a moderate-stzed
hole in the table. When the diner
wishes to get rid of dishes or glasses
he merely says so and they disappear
silently through the hole by which
they came. When the table Is large
one the dish can be made to circulate
and stop before any diner who wishes
it.
No waiter or human assistant ap"
pears at the table from the moment
the diner sits down until he goes out.
When he wishes to pay his check ne
says so. It comes up through the
table, he leaves the money and goes
away. There is no waiter to be
tipped and none to feel aggrieved be-
cause he is not tipped. The inventor
Of the system is NJ Georgia KNAPP, a
noted electrician living In Paris, but
OF foreign origin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Oriuin Of Vaudeville.

Writing to the Kansas City Star con.
corning the origin of the word vau.
deville, Raymond Weeks, professor OF
romance languages at Colombia uni.
versity. says the word is derived
from the Vaux de Wire (the Wales OF
Vtre), village In Normandy.
oliver Basselin was a French poet
who resembled Robert Burns and who
lived at Vaux de Wire in the fifteenth
century. He wrote, many popular
songs. largely Jolly drinking songs.
These spread far beyond the obscure
hamlet where he lived, until, finally,
the name of Vaux de Wire, by which
they were known, not being under.
stood, they and similar songs were
called Vaux de Vile. They are men.
toned by Boileau in his Art Poetique.
Early in the eighteenth century In
France, such songs were interspersed
to vary light operettas, which later
we're called by their name The songs
Of Basselin in praise of cider and wine
are probably the finest Of their sort
in any language.
AS for the fact that we have taken
vaudeville from the French, let me
observe that most Of our important
terms relating to the theater camt
into English from French"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
STRIKE OF JAPANESE LEPERS

Although strikes are the order OF
the day in Japan a strike of lepers
is something out. of the common. At
the Kameyama hospital, however, this
recently occurred. The hospital was
founded and is conducted by So
ciety of French monks, and contains
some three hundred leper patients.
The costs of the establishment are
paid by voluntary subscriptions and
by the sale of the produce Of the hos
pltal garden and handiwork of the pa
tients. The latter receive no pay
ment for their services, beyond their
board, lodging and medical attend
ance and a small sum for pocket
money, which Is calculated at the
rate of farthing per day. Recently
the lepers demanded an increase In
their pocket money allowance to a
half-penny a day, and on the refusal
of the father superintendent they
struck work, and over a hundred es-
capped from the hospital by night by
climbing over the wall. They were
subsequently recaptured by the local
police and reconducted to the care Of
the monks
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
5oardina-House SUGGESTION.

In a business women's boarding
home, with IS to 40 permanent guests,
there was q disposition to form
cliques. This was somewhat due to
the fact that women who sat together
at table day after day became we'll &C.
Quainted with each other, while hav
ing hardly more than a bowling &C.
quaintance with those at other tables.
Then one day the manager an
nounced that, to keep things NOV
Ing" there would be reallotment Of
seats 1T table the first day of each
month. Some murmurs of disapprov.
al greeted this, but when the first day
came everyone was greatly interested
in seeing what neighbors she had
drawn. The tables were lettered and
the seats numbered, and each guest
drew a slip bearing her designated
place.
Meals for days afterward were
much livelier than they had been.
There were, new people to talk to,
new subjects coming up at each meal,
and everyone voted the innovation q
great success.-Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
MAKING USE or 4sTE LAND
coeent Thoughts OH Sub eet Tt,at Il
z esing Forced on the Attention
. & ss .e !, OF the People. s' :S..s

:; 4 genuinely civilized country eco.
nomically speaking, at least 10 one
whose land Is divided into small hold.
ings, each OF which supports It's own.
family. This Is the lands final, sta.
tionary stage, 50 to speak--The sort
Of thing one sees, for instance, In the
smiling, truly prosperous provinces.
Of France. The French lend money
to all the world. They are perhaps.
the most prosperous Of peoples A
country divided into such small self
sufficient holdings is defended In
the strongest way against financial
explosions and shipwrecks. What
ever may be the zest of cow-punchinl
or the charm Of the old-fashioned
plantation life, no state can be said
to have reached social maturity when
1t Is composed of large holdings and
Its inhabitants are dependent on the
financial ups and downs Of the few.
The swamp lands of the United
States are particularly good examples
Of this sort Of backwardness. They
are useful for nothing but timber,
and oftentimes not for that. Anything
more unsocial or desolate than
southern cypress swamp it would be
difficult to imagine. Yet those who
are interested In the tremendously
important question of swamp drain.
age often meet with a curious loca:
opposition, in addition to the obvious
mechanical difficulties and the tangle
Of state lines. Owners do not want
to break up their large holdings, even
though the value of the land will be
vastly improved. They have been
big landholders for generations, and
big landholders they wish to remain,
even though much Of their land be
worthless.
1t is tradition of prejudice to
which the tendency Of the age is OPP.
posed.
However far or near Socialism may
be, there Is no doubt that-in a broad
sense of the word-we are becoming
every day more social This may
now be matter Of taste. 1t will
presently be a matter of necessity.
People will have to touch one another
whether they like it or not For there
Is less and less elbow room.-Oflcer's
Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
MEMORY IN chill DlREN
CHARACTERIZATION Of DRAIN 4
:..:.. sERious MISTAKE. q e ?:
intellectual Develop Largely
~ Matter Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. :.
"a. olous Infant Rarely Makes
- Good Early Promises. Ss J: ;

Z Much to the easement of our. social
amenities, the precocious child has
gone out Of fashion. No longer have
we to stifle yawns and to smile while
our fingers tingle from a desire to
smack as =. baby prodigy recites
Shakespeare or gives impromptu
scale-practtce on the piano. -?
In fact, the tendency is the other
way; we are on the upswell Of q Rous-
seau movement and the dear babies
are being turned out to do gardening
and to cultivate powers of observa-
ton apart from books and pen and
ink; the nursery has become me-
nagerie and botanical museum, and
that her boy or girl of seven is ig-
norant of the alphabet is the latest
and proudest boast of the loving
mother.
A change all to the good, surely, did
it not seemingly take as much time,
trouble and teaching to keep up con-
dition Of book ignorance as Of book
knowledge.
What is considered brain develop
ment In a child is nearly always a
matter Of memory and adaptability,
just parrot-nke quality strongly de-
veloped. The child just remembers
and initiates.
One has this shown very clearly in
the historical records Of royalties.
Where the young prince or princess
has, through the pressure Of state At
fairs, been obliged to live surrounded
by diplomatists and ministers, the
child has picked up the jargon in the
most astonishing fashion.
Have we 1t not on record that when
Mary, Queen of Scots. as a child Of
eight years, met her mother at Rouen.
the little queens reply to the ma
ternal caresses was the inquiry:
What factions continued to exist In
the noble families Of scotland?" and
whether the English still harassed
her native country: whether worship
remained pure ana the prelates and
clergy did their Duty"
At eleven she quotes Plutarch, and
at twelve she writes an essay on the
demeanor and duties of princes,
couched In the language Of an elderly
statesman Yet, though~a brilliant
woman, who can say that Mary Stu
arts later life was remarkable In wis:
dom and diplomacy? Her precocity
was just the repetition Of the senti-
ments and expressions she heard
about her.
And might not one hazard the opin-
ion that the weighing OF the memory
destroys other faculties and gives a
reason why the precocious child so
early becomes a distinct rocket-tts
light and fizzle and glare all ended be-
fore maturity Is reached. Perhaps
1t is this consciousness which makes
US all have feeling Of pity for the
.precocicus child: and to rejoice SO
heartily that juvenile displays no
longer shadow our afternoons. In
some things at least we make for prog
ress.-Exchange.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
CIGAR TASTERS OF FRANCE

, There exist in the ministry of
finance In France officials whose
duties are but little known to the pub
lie. They are tobacco tasters who do
nothing but smoke cigars, cigarettes
and pipes from morning to night, and
render account Of the qualities of the
various samples submitted to them,
They receive the tobacco in leaf and
it Is then made up either as cigars
or cigarettes, or cut for smoking.
There are about twenty factories in
France and their products are sent
regularly to the tasters to appraise
the value. The Frenchman's notion of
a cigar is that it should be blonde,
we'll veined, spotted. brittle and
homogeneous.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18

and bound at the edges with narrow
ribbon.
A good size in which to make It IL
nine and I half inches long and SIX
inches in width. and the center por-
ton In which the cards rest should
be stiffened with a piece Of cardboard
Of the dimensions shown in between
the material ard the lining. The four
flaps fold over on the cards. the two
sides first, and then the upper and low
or maps, the latter being secured to-.
gether with the ribbon strings. and
50 securely closing the case.
Initials of the owner can be worked
upon the upper flap in the position
where q monogram Is usually found
upon an envelope, and 1t is important
that the flaps should be made sum-.
ciently large to entirely close the
case when we'll filled with cards. 50:
that In cutting. allowance must be
made for this contingency.
The sketch illustrates the case open.
and clearly shows the shape in which
the material should be cut out. -,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Made It Diamonds.

Mrs. Percy V. Pennypacker, the new
president of the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs, said in San Francisco
Of the new woman"
my type Of new woman has q high
sense of honor, a manly. sense Of hon
or. She isn't like q certain old-fash:
toned type of woman who does die
honorable things without the least no.
ton of their being so.
"A woman Of this type was playing
bridge. Her partner passed the make
to her, and she made it diamonds, but
her hand, on being put down, was
found to contain only two diamonds.
both very low cards. >:a.'-
"'What on earth induced you to 80
diamonds on such a hand a. that! her
partner asked. ~
"It's your fault she answered pet
ulantly. Why did you twiddle your
diamond ring?'" ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Turpentlne dc an Antiseptic.

One of the most famous surgeons IN
New York writes to the World apro-
pos of a discussion about the safety
Of carbolic acid. bichloride Of mer-
curry and other violent poisons as an
tiseptics, that one of the best and GER
tainly the safest thing for the 10y
man to use on wounds Is turpentine.
He is DR.. Morris Stark, assistant at
tending surgeon at Bellevue hospital.
and lecturer on surgical dressing to
the training school Of the French hos
pital. His words are as follows:
"Ordinary turpentine, If rubbed into
a wound which has not bled properly.
provided the wound seems to have
gone through the skin, will not only
act as a 1bost powerful germicide but
will start bleeding, most desirable
feature when a wound is first re-
ceived. When free bleeding has be-
gun the turpentine should be washed
away with little alcohol. This is an
absolutely safe procedure. The wound
is then dressed with any mild anti
septic, such as boric acid or ordinary
salt solution and kept moist with
these solutions"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Needle IN TOE 80 YEARS

After carrying a needle in her foot
for thirty years Mrs. Daniel s. Horn
beck. a school teacher Of Milford, N.
j., had the bit Of steel removed by a
chiropodist at Newton, N. J. For the
last few years she had severe pain
In her large toe and the chiropodist,
in removing supposed corn. extract
ed a good sized sewing needle, which
had Embedded itself in the bone of
the toe. Thirty years ago, when Mrs.
Hornbeck was a ten-year-old girl run.
ming about in the fields at Dingman's
Ferry, she stepped upon the needle.
She ran into the house, but there was
no sign of the needle in her toe and
1t was supposed she had STEPPED upon
something sharp and been pricked by
It,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Birds Nest In Human Skull.

= Birds Nest In Human Skull.
A bird has built it, nest in human
skull lying in vault beneath church
at Rothwell, Northamptonshire, Eng
land. Apparently the bird entered the
vault through the ventilator and after
selecting the largest Uranium among
the rows Of skulls on the shelves pro-
ceeded TO enlarge hole, which had
probably been made originally b. q
battleax.-New York Sun. - y: Y Il.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18

traveller grasps two upright posts. At
the outer edge of each boat or shoe
three small paddles, shaped like rud.
ders, are fastened. These move "a
hinges and are worked by sli/ng
mechanism that is operated by the
traveller pushing his feet forward al
ternately, somewhat Ikea boy learn
ing to skate. He can travel rapidly,
and with safety on smooth water,
although the apparatus is probably
not fit for use In stormy weather.
Those who have tested it assert that
it does not tax the strength as much
as rowing moderately sized boat.
The inventor uses his water shoes
almost every day for crossing the
lake and transporting his tools and a
moderate amount of baggage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
RETURN TO OLD STYLE
suN-RAY AND ACCORDION PLAtTs
BACK IN FASHION,. -. :,
Whole skitrs, Panniers, Fichus and
Flounees Are Showing This e.:
feet, Which Of Late Years
Has Been Discarded.

Behold the sun-ray plating again in
the front place of fashion and convinc.
Ing in its softness and graceful lines,
and the countless opportunities for
draping one f1lmy color over another
ard obtaining the rainbow effects that
are always becoming.
Accordion plating is coming with q
rush. It is here in few advanced
models Of clever makers: but the fash.
lon Is too beautiful to be ignored and
prediction is here made that the
plated frock Is to be feature of late
summer and fall styles.
Can You imagine the grace of chit
fon pannier plated and held in at the
lower edge by deep band of embroid.
cry? The flchu on this same delectable
gown is accordion plated and the
waist defined by wide girdle of panne
velvet. Plated rufhes edge the
sleeves and the bottom of the under.
skirt.
Silk in plain or changeable colors Il
plated for entire costumes that are
adaptable for little roundabout frocka
or for elaborate afternoon gowns
Here is the fullness in decided form
in skirt, sleeve and bodice.
Ittel accordion plated jackets OF
soft chiffon and mousseline de sole
are now threatening to replace the
coates of taffeta that have been such
strong features. Evening wraps and
lovely negligees are showing plating
In either entire lengths or as ruff1es
on the berthas and sleeves.
AS q swing of the pendulum of fash
Ion in the opposite direction, no fea-
ture Of the modes can more clearly
exemplify the vagaries than the plat.
ed dresses that are invading the realm
Of dress. But one thing must be re.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Rural Justice 40 She 10 Dealt Out

Rural Justice 40 She 10 Dealt Out.
According to the newspapers" re-
marked Constable Sam T. Slackput'
ter. the we'll known sleuth of Skee-
dee, ''the New York police have
grated $2,400,000 of'n evildoers, and
are now killing 'em for complaining
about it. That's a heck Of 4 way to
do, amt it? Now, out here, when a
Teller breaks the law I just pull him
and take him before old Squire Dorm.
blazer, aud we graduate the penalty
according to where he's from and how
well fixed he pears to be. Frinstance,
If he is one of our home boys he gets
OF with a dollar and costs: II he be.
longs over at our rival town Of Will.
lersvilie he is assessed ten dollars and
trimmin's-which is really less than
any Of that outfit of tarrepins de.
serves, anyhow-@nd II he is q rich
cuss from Kansas City that has run
his automobile too fast he gets $50
and the usual side dishes. Our. way
me and the old squire'o-is to sorter
temper mercy with Justice. ~ you
might say" ..>s@
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
AERIAL TOWN IN MEXICO

Were mushroom of gigantic pro-
portions to be so planted as to over
look the sea it would present strik'
ing analogy to the foundations Of the
town of Ancoma, three miles south Of
the Mesa mountains, in Mexico.
The queer, mushroom-like rock on
which this town Is situated has over
hanging sides nearly four hundred feet
high. The top Of the rock is compare.
lively level and is about seventy acres
in extent. 1t Is indented with numer-
Gus bays and notched with chasms.
The greater portion of it overhangs
the sea, and the strangest feature Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
CRAZE FOR IMITATION GEMS

Women who ten years ago would nave
been shocked at the idea of wearing
imitation ;ewelry now revel in all that
ia pretty in the imitation jewelers. art.
A New York store, placing on. sale 81
600 pieces ranging In price from IS
cents to SO, sold tho entire stock with
ip . week. 1t has been the custom for
years of fashionable ladies' to lock
their real diamonds in safe deposit
vaults. and dazzle IN admiring public
WITH exact rsplicas made ot paste.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Washing Wool 0earfs.


1t is an easy matter to cleanse at
home white woollen, scarfs and
shawls. .-,. - -, -. -..:.
Prepare soapsuds by boiling pure
white soap in rainwater. Soak the ar.
ticle first in warm, clear water. Dip
It in the soapsuds and gently knead
with the hands until 1t appears clean.
W Press between the hands without
wringing. Wash through fresh soap.
suds and place in cold water.
Rinse through several waters and
dry 1t between cloths. - =
Never hang woollen articles upon
the line. To. stretch the: full length
upon a towel and cover with another
absorbs the water without stretching
tho article out Of shape. L.. =.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Cashmere In Favor.

Cashmere IL well to the fore for in
expensive gowns, and in its silk va,
riety for elaborate dresses. 60.
It may be trimmed with braid,
black or colored, or with galloon or
passementerie, and sometimes the
trimming forms the outline Of coat
upon the skirt portion of an allin-one
gown.
One Of these is ornamented' with
pearl buttons and imitation button
holes, a mode of trimming that looks
very smart and 10 yet quite inexpen-
6iYo. ., z,.. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
RIDES CYCLE ON THE WATER

. A novelty in navigation was intro
duced in San Francisco the other day.
when Eugene Frey, an inventor, rode
across San Francisco bay on his home
made hydromotorcycle. The distance
from the starting point In Alameda
over Frey's circuitous course to the
dock in the city was IL miles, and the
queer looking craft was just one hour
on her way. Frey's engine worked
perfectly and he was never in danger.
The machine consists of double pom
toon attached to a motorcycle. On
land the pontoons are raised and the
machine is operated as a motorcycle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Liquid Powder.

=
-- It IL best applied with one OF those
pleasant wooden powder puffs. that
can be firmly and evenly rubbed on
the neck until the powder 10 smoothly
laid. Some people prefer liquid DOW
der for the neck az being more reli-
able than the other and capable Of re-
ststing the putting on and taking on
Of scarf and cloak. This liquid pow
der calls for the help Of . maid. It n
NOT possible to spread It properly ct
the back OF the neck oneself. Il e ap-
plfed With q small wad Of cotton WOOL
and dries quickly. Before finishing
OF with the powder pun. Il Il wise to
pass the hand over the neck TO make
aure no moisture remains, - the pow
der would mix with It and form N
ugly and durable crust. IS !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
HOLD MEMENToEs OF" TRIP
Case That viii Provide for Ineoncslv~.
able Accumulation Of Picture s.a+ S..
Z HfasxsE Az Post Cards. Is. Isl

+ Everyone knows how quickly pic:
ture postcards accumulate, especially:
during tho holiday season; and this;
handy little case. in which good
number may be kept, will prove very;
useful: This is g. very quaint: and
novel case, made somewhat In the
shape Of large envelope. 1t can be
carried out equally. well in art linen.
satin or silk. and lined with soft BLK
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
RAPID SKIING ON WATER

A German cabinet maker has con-
structed pair Of water shoes, with
the help OF which he walks upon the
water. He has already crossed Lake
Ammer in Bavaria, $4,000 feet wide,
in two hours. These water shoes are
really two long, narrow boxes of pine
wood, squared of at the rear end
and shaped life the bow OF boat in
front. To preserve his balance the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18

Charles Carter, laborer and the
son of an English bookmaker, has
been elected mayor of Mouffy, a vii
lage near Auxerre, in the department
of Yonne, France. His election was
the result of a joke, and he has been
asked to resign in consequence, but
firmly insists on holding the Office.
Carter, who is only twenty-six years
of age, Is a naturalized Frenchman
and cannot speak English.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
To Mend Gloves,

To Mend Gloves.
White gloves especially have an
annoying habit Of tearing at the lot
moment" when you haven't time to
darn them. ,7@-. -
To temporarily mend the rip. place
piece Of court plaster upon the under
side.
This will neatly close the ripped
seam and will wear for long time.