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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
TO KEEP PARLOR RUG FLAT
BY Use Of cleveriy contrived Snap
Button Exasperating Hummocks
Are Eliminated.

An ingenious somebody has thought
Of a way to keep the parlor rug from
humping itself into exasperating hum
mocks when the bridge table is drag
ged over it, and the bedroom rug from
curling meanly at it's edge so that you
stumble over it and break your eye
glasses against the door jamb. The
new device is nothing more nor less
than cleverly contrived snap-button
and catch-much larger, of course.
than the tiny affair which tailors use
to fasten skirt openings. The button
is tackled to the floor and the catch
stitched to the wrong side of the ring
and there you are. It is the work Of
only moment to unfasten the snap
catch and loosen the rug for shaking
out Of doors.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
From a Washtub to Riches.


A short cut from comparative pow
erty TO affluence has been taken BY
Magdalena Steinhausen, who. by hold
Ing ticket No. 1914 In the Prussian
State Lottery. has won one-quarter
million dollars. She is peasant girl
who shaved over the washtub and
toiled in the fields OF Silesia when
her parents were alive in order to
augment the slender income of her
laborer father and washerwoman
mother. Since their death she has
continued at manual labor to keep
body and soul together, earning at
the most So a week.
To an interviewer with whom she
discussed her stroke Of luck she de-
clared the mere thought OF possess
ing SO much money made her giddy-
She did not fully realize it's meaning
or how she'd spend it. Her first
thought is to buy neat little COTTAGE.
keep pigs and fowls, drink tea all day
long and gossip to her hearts desire
with her female neighbors. She SAID
that already she has been inundated
with offers Of marriage. petitions for
help, touting circulars and gigantic
pile of promiscuous communications.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Praise for French Girl caddies.

Praise for French Girl Caddies.
The girl caddies at Dinard are very
amusing writes James Douglas in
London Opinion). They are also good
caddies. Their strength is extraord-
mary. Some Of these sturdy little Bre-
ton maids can do three rounds day
without sign of fatigue. Their names
are like one Of Rossetti's poems
Resale, Cesarine, Julie, Emmelino,
and SO forth. And their wit is full OF
salt. They are not clad in rags, like
so many Of the child caddies In Eng.
land, but are comfortably CARRIED and
neatly shod. One little girl told mo
that she earned Is or 20 francs. .
week. and that it all went toward her
dot. The French boys are not quite
so clever ais the girls. They are not so
quick of eye and brain. What struck
me most about these French young
sters was their physical strength. Our
English lads and lassies are not SO
well fed. Nor are they so we'll edu-
Gated. The French girl of fourteen or
fifteen is a little woman of the world.
She is more than equal Of an English
girl of seventeen or eighteen in
shrewdness and mother-wit = :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
fAM NOUS FAR SAU cES'
OLD RECIPES HANDED DOWN
THROUGH GENERATIONS. 4
Many Have Been Patented aid 40.
qulred Worldwide >'~ Regulations
Such as 0riginators Never Dreamed
of-Tomato Mustard.

Country farmhOuses years ago DOS
sessed a good many other treasures
besides their tallboy chests and their
carved oak presses, although most
of these treasures seem to have van.
ished nowadays.
In the days before every village
market town had its city products,
and Inherent peddlers We're the chief
statesmen, they thought. in fact, a
great deal OF their own old recipes
for homemade sauces. They were
made according to directions which
were handed down through genera
tons, and formed the spec1a; pride
of many a busy housekeeper. IS q
matter of fact, many OF the old recipes
have become patented, and the orig
inal has acquired a worldwide repu-
tat1on such as its orig1nators would
never have foretold for it.
Among the forgotten recipes is one
for tomato mustard, which Is worthy
of the consideration of those whose
stock OF tomatoes is greater than can
be used for cooking and salads.
TO two gallons of tomatoes three
peppers should be added when
minced, and these must be placed in
large preserving pan with table
spoonful of freshly ground black pep
per, an ounce of powdered ginger, a
quarter of an ounce of cloves, half
an ounce OF mixed spice, two ounces
~ Nd ind of 11vrN
on. These ingredients should be We'll
minced together and boiled for an
hour to an hour and a half. At the
end of that time the contents OF the
pan should be allowed to cool, and
when cold an ounce OF curry powder
and an ounce OF powdered mustard
added, with a breakfast cupful OF
| vinegar This mustard mixture
should be bottled and corked down
tightly.
Another sauce which is equally ex-
| cellent to eat with cold roast or boiled
meat is also made OF tomatoes.
TO gallon of tomatoes full
breakfast cupful OF minced red pep.
pers and large cupful OF minced
| onion should be added, the tomatoes
having been cut up very small. Halt
| a pound Of brown sugar, in half tea.
cupful OF sailor less II this Is con
stdered too much-a small teaspoon
full each Of powdered ginger, cloves
and cinnamon, can be worked In with
half teaspoonful Of grated nutmeg
and rather less OF powdered mace. To
all these should be added a pint and
half OF vinegar, and the ingredients
turned into a preserving pan and
boiled for three hours.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Danish Woman, In This Country Many
Years, Sees Advantages Enjoyed
in the United States.

The American woman watched the
other. who was very clever win her
needle. Did you learn to sew In
Denmark" asked the American. YES,
/ did" Il suppose they do things
better over there than We do" Don't
think It, thought so. too. until /
went back to Denmark for a visit
last summer. When | first came to
America fifteen years ago | was often
much disturbed and dissatisfied be-
cause could not find in the sh ps
such good materials or such we'll
made articles as / had been accus-
toned to have in Denmark. but on
my return to my native land last year
l found the case reversed America
has made such wonderful progress In
the past few years that we have
everything better here than they have
in Europe. At least found It so.
We have better style, better cutting
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Kind Words For America

and fitting, better making In America
than they have in Europe. except Der.
haps In the establishments where
they cater to the very rich Persons
OF ordinary means have much treer
access in America to good articles
than they have in Europe. The Amer.
lean department stores IRE blessing.
to all such persons, and We canno,
be too thankful for them. Besides II
Is easier to get the means over here
to buy with than it is there. We have
so many opportunities in America tn
work at good prices. No doors are
closed against us if we are willing To
do good. conscientious work. We have
a much broader, freer sense OF cur
ability to attain all good things IN
America than the ordinary peop,e
hav- In Europe. Besides"-w1th a lit
tie laugh-"we don't have to take on
our hats when a king goes b."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Was Persuaded By Thackeray

US. found myself wondering what
Thackeray would persuade Wallack to
do when the time for coffee and cigars
was come. What he did do was to ask
Wallack, with whom he had become
most friendly when Wallack was on
the English stage, to tell story. WAL
lack shyly shook his head Then.
asked Thackeray, would he not relate
some anecdote? Again Wallack shook
his head
"Thackeray sat as If bordering for
a second Then. OF sudden, he turn
ed to his friend.
"'Mr Wallack,' he cried with boy
ish enthusiasm I'll tell you what you
can do that'll make every mans heart
throb with excitement and pleasure.
You can recite that great scene IN
the play 1.-The Rent Day" which, az
have seen and heard you in the play
upon the stage in London, l have
thought was acting unsurpassed
Everybody clinked the glasses at
the suggestion. was afraid for a
moment that Mr.. ~Wallack would again
shake his head-he was. Of course. in
evening dress. so that the illusion
which the dress of the part that Wal
lack took in the play produced. was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Greek Theater 10 Not Greek.

Greek Theater 10 Not Greek.
Another architectural tallacy has
exploded Prof. Charles Knapp of
Columbia university, who lectured be-
fore the San Francisco Archaeological
society on the subject Of THE Roman
Theater," summoned the temerity to
declare before his audience that the
Greek theater at Berkeley isn't a
Greek theater at all. Professor
Knapp even denied the structure the
right to claim to be Roman.
He claims that the well-known
scene Of open air Sunday concerts Is
4 sort Of hybrid, of Greek and Roman
styles Of building, the like of which
has never before been erected In the
history Of the world.
The ground upon which he denies
the Berkeley structure the right to
the term Greek" is that its stage 10
too deep, too wide and too high.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
James w. WalEack Not Only Attended
Dinner Given by the Author,
But Even Recited for the
Guests.

"A good many years ago George Will
liam Curtis wrote in one of bis little
essays something about a dinner that
Thackeray gave at Delmonico's in
New York. shortly before his return to
MS home In England in 1855, after
the completion of his second lecture
tour in this country" said the late
Parke Goodwin. son-in.law Of William
Cullen Bryant. and one of Thackeray's
1nt1mates when the novelist was in
this country
Curtis did not tell the story exactly
as the incident occurred. according
to my recollection" Mr.. Goodwin con-
tinued. Il was present at the dinner
and sat very near Thackeray. who
OF course. occupied the chair of the
host He gave the dinner In acknowl-
edgement of many courtesies Of a
similar kind which he had received
and he therefore had at the table near
1y all Of the men prominent in pro-
fessional or literary life in New York
Il saw a great deal of Thackeray
when he was in the United States up
on his second featuring tour. He made
the editorial rooms of the old Put
mans Magazine. Of which Curtis and
He was almost always in high spirits
/ sometime thought Of him as a great.
overgrown boy. But I never saw him
In quite the exhuberance Of spirit
which he showed at this dinner.
LAS We sat down to dinner. I re-
member Thackeray saying to US that
there would be no speeches. He de.
tested formal speechmaking. he said:
that always threw cloud over a
feast. But what he did like. he limited
with whimsical. all-including smile.
was a song. a story a recitation-any-
thing that a guest could do Informal
~.
"A moment or two later. as
glanced about me, saw that Thack.
cray had secured as guest James w
Wallack. the great actor and play.
wright. who had left Scotland for this
country three years before Thack.
cray had told me previously that he
was going to invite Mr.. Wallack to
the dinner, and in reply I had said
that he would be very lucky II WAL
lack accepted the invitation Thack-
cray wanted to know why I felt that
way. and said that of the stage WAL
lack was known in New York as one
Of the quietest Of men, was very shy.
and almost always declined invitations
to large dinners.
LAS we were disposing of the good
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Turkeys sultans 40 Poets.

Turkeys sultans az Poets
Among the authors must be tnclud-
ed the sultans of Turkey. OF thirty.
i've monarchs who have sat upon the
throne of Osman. twenty-one. Mr..
Stanley Lane-Poole records. have left
verses. the greatest poet being the ter
rible Selim the Grim. Abdul Hamid
was passionately addicted to Journal
ism or rather to Rheumatism" Only
the "d1ournals" which he fostered
and the djournan who wrote them
would not be recognized by an insti-
tute OF Journalism. The djournals
were the daily reports he received
from his host of spies. as Mr.. Fran
els McCullagh explains They aver
ager hundreds daily, and the sultan
accumulated a collection of several
million.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Tx 1IHRo \ ING oEEY


"Only water" says the American
and English cook, pouring OF the
liquid from asparagus and caulittower
and onions and potatoes, and thereby
7 sending down her kitchen sink that
of which Frepch woman would
make an appetizing meal. +. -
In French and Italian kitchens the
soup pot stands always on the stove.
and. into 1t goes every bit OF water
from the following vegetables:
Onions, peas, beans. turnips, parsnips,
carrots, potatoes, asparagus, arti-
chokes, caultflower and cabbage. The
liquid from green's" such as beet
tops, spinach, dandelion and kale can
not be used for soup, but the water
from spinach Is excellent as sauce
for fish, if slightly thickened and
favored with butter.
The soup pot, receiving all this con-
tribution OF savory liquid, does not
need the great quantities OF meat that
make it SO expensive an item in
American and English economics.
The bone from porterhouse or sir
lo1n steak, we'll cracked, Is sufficient,
or, from leg OF lamb that has been
cooked rare, or from any roasted or
broiled meat.
Endless variations can be made on
this foundation of bone and water.
A cupful OF dried Lima beans and
half head of cabbage, chopped, to-
gether with bit from the dinner OF
the day before, like string beans or
carrots, will give very good Milan
csc soup, OF which Italians are SO
fond. A teaspoonful OF Extract OF
Beef diluted with a quart of the es-
sence of the pot will produce fine con-
somme. In August, when peas are
getting too old and coarse to be eat
en- as vegetable, strain quart OF
them into the pot, after cooking them
thoroughly, add the water in which
they were boiled, thicken very slight
ly, and you will have PURGE of peas
that cannot be improved upon.
Clear vegetable soup can be pro-
duced by putting cup of finely chop
ped parsley, onion and celery into
the pot and simmering half an hour.
"Croutons," little cubes OF toasted
bread, should be dropped in at the
last moment. Rich vegetable soup is
made by adding to the pot two or
three fresh tomatoes, several onions,
bunch of carrots, two potatoes
diced and few stalks OF celery. Any
vegetables left from a dinner should
be cut into little bits and dropped
into the soup pot
Raw string beans, chopped and
cooked an hour in the pot, and a
handful of water cress, added half an
hour before serving, makes an I'M
usual soup, which is typically French.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
His Credit Having Been Attacked, He
Displayed to Group of Eminent
Financiers Securities to the
Amount of $52,Oo0,OOO.

The late Jay Gould was one of the
most reticent of men, Boosting was
entirely foreign to his nature He
was satisfied to let his achievements
speak for themselves, and even when
he was misrepresented, he maintain
ed his reserve, scorning to make ex-
plantations. He took great pride in
his business successes, but he was a
man without a trace Of vanity. He
was the last man in the world to
make vaunt Of his power and re-
sources.
But there was one occasion when he
showed his hand. It was on the 18th
Of March. 1882.
He had then achieved many Of his
most brilliant successes successes
from which he was known to have
gained a colossal fortune; but. he had
recently, also. embarked on new ven.
lures Of vast scope. and. as many
protested to believe. Of very doubt
full issue. He was working on the
railroad deals in the West. from
which he was to build up the Missouri
Pacific system, and he was becoming
interested in New York city elevated
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
suItan's Matrimonial Record.

suItan's Matrimonial Record.
The Sultan OF Zanzibar, whose 40.
dication is announced. has enjoyed
the unusual experience Of marrying
the same wife twice. Some years ago
he divorced the Sultana, q daughter
Of the 1maum Of A-uscat, who, being
a royal princess. was his only legal
wife. His ministers were much per-.
turbed at this, as the marriage had
been arranged for state reasons. ana.
the Sultana had done nothing to jus
tify her husbands action.
After some pressure the Sultan con-
scented to remarry her. There were
dimculties in the way. however. a.
according to, Mohammedan law, no
remarriage was possible until the ex-
sultana had married someone else.
Eventually she was married to the
Sultan's brotherin-law, who imme-
diateIy divorced her. and she wasi
then reunited to Seyyic All. Two.
divorces and two weddings within six
weeks constitute record hard %.
beat. s.:. SIS 81 5.s 81.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Hon. William S. Grosbeck. Famous
Cincinnati Lawyer. Received One
Electoral College Vote for Vice.
President.

The late William 8. Grosbeck OF
Cincinnati. who died about ten years
ago. was esteemed at one time one Of
the ablest of the very brilliant mem.
bers of the bar who practiced In the
states west Of the Allegheny noun
tains He probably ranks with the
half-dozen greatest lawyers the west
has ever provided. Abraham Lincoln
had the highest regard for Grosbeck's
abilities as a lawyer. Edwin M. Stan
ton was sometimes associated with
him in important legal cases. He was
one Of the counsel associated with
William M. Evarts in the defense of
Andrew Johnson in the impeachment
proceedings and he was later mem.
mission. At the height Of his fame as
was regarded as perhaps the finest
example of the classic school OF ora
tory the west could furnish. He also
had the almost unique experience Of
having received one vote in the elec-
toral college from an Ohio elector for
vice-president Of the United States.
The late Samuel s. Cox Of Ohio. bet
ter known as Sunset" was close
personal friend of Mr.. Grosbeck.
Il ventured to say to Mr.. Grosbeck
when he returned to Cincinnati with
national fame after the impeachment
proceedings against President John
son were ended that felt sure he
would become some day candidate
for the presidency and that | hoped
to live long enough to see him nomi-
mated and elected. Mr.. Grosbeck
smiled, not being displeased by my
remark, and said that no longer did
political parties nominate orators for
the presidency and. furthermore. that
II he had any capacity as a speaker
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
When Jay Gould Stood Pat

railroads and telegraph lines. among
other things. His enemies for some
time had been circulating stories to
the effect that he was spread out
very thin" and had been insinuating
that If the truth were known it would
be found that he owed more than he
owned.
Mr.. Gould was entirely Indifferent,
In merely personal and sentimental
sense, to these stories But they be-
gan to affect his credit and hamper
him in the conduct Of his enterprises.
That is the only explanation of the
extraordinary proceeding he resorte l
to on that 18th Of March. 1882.
Mr.. Gould invited the late Russell
Sage and several other eminent
f1nanciers to meet him in his office
on that day. When the gentlemen
were disposed about the room. Mr..
Gould gave signal. at which several
Of his employees appeared carrying
trunks. BY his direction the men
set the trunks down In the middle
Of the room and retired.
Il have asked you gentlemen to
come here" Mr.. Gould said. address,
ing his guests. because want you
to inspect the contents of these
trunks. I hope you can spare time to
look at all Of them, and see just that
have here"
Then he opened the trunks.
They were full Of securities-bonds
and certificates Of stock. .Kneelfng
on the floor before the trunks, Mr..
Gould removed the bundles of secur-
tiles and handed them to his guests
who examined them in turn. They
found that they were made out In Mr..
Gou1d's name. and were all good. and
they verified an inventory of the
whole lot.
You see." said Mr.. Gould, when
they had examined all the contents
OF the trunks, that there are secur-
tiles here to the value OF flfty-two
million dollars. There are some more
trunks in the other room. They con-
tain twenty millions more in secur-
tiles. II you would like to examine
them, will have them brought in"
II think we have seen enough" said
Mr.. Sage drily. I'VE have been great
ly interested in looking at these Sc
curities. but don't think you ought
to put yourself to any further trou.
ble."
Mr.. Sage and his companions ST.
lently and expressively withdrew.
They did not publish from the house.
tops what they had seen IN Mr..
Gould's office. Nevertheless. It be-
came known within twenty-fou hours
that Jay Gould had shown his hand to
group Of responsible fnanciers. and
that when they saw 1t they realized
that it was full hand. for they had
counted fifty-two millions of secur-
tiles and been invited to count twenty
millions more, which Mr. Gould owned
Mr.. Gould's credit was never attack
ed after that.
Copyright. 1911, by e. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Odd Result OF An Election

1t was not of the kind which would ap-
peal to the masses.
In spite of what you say l re-
piled. I have prophetic intuition
that you will be nominated for the
presidency some time
In reply he told me that he had
always been convinced that there was
made by Senator Leigh Of Virginia In
the early days Of the republic that
the presidency was neither to be
sought nor to be found.
We'll, the incident passed out Of
my mind until in the summer of 1873
There arose then great deal OF dis
satisfaction among certain liberal Re-
publicans over the nomination Of Hor
ace Greeley for president by their
party. The dissatisfaction finally
caused convention Of boiling liberals
to be held, think at Cincinnati. l
remember taking up the newspaper
one evening and reading that this
boiling liberal Republican national
convention had nominated William s.
Grosbeck Of Cincinnati for president
Immediately wrote a line to him to
this effect: Congratulations; you see
my prophetic intuitions were cor
rect
"Mr. Grosbeck did ont take the
nomination very seriously. but think
he was amazed ard perhaps a little
gratitied at one curious result of the
election. which I presume is now al
most entirely forgotten. When the
result Of the balloting in the electoral
colleges was announced. it was dis.
covered that William s. Grosbeck of
Ohio had received one vote, not for
president. but for vice-president, from
Ohio. l met him shortly afterward
and told him that he had gone into
history as the recipient Of one vote
for the vice-presidency. His reply
was: That Is nearer to the presidency
than l ever thought should GET"
copyright. 1911. by e. j. Edwards. All
RiEht1 Renervedl
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-07
Dry Cleaning for White Articles

wy ~'ee"""9 1oV "n'te %TtIcIeo.
Place the blouse or lace to be
cleaned on white sheet and rub
block magnesia over all parts as you
would soap. After covering it entirely
with magnesla. fold the sheet In many
thicknesses around 1t. Pound on one
side, then on the other; this drives
the magnesia through the material.
Leave in the powder for some hours.
repeat the process and shake out-of-
doors until entirely free from the
powder. The garment will come out
thoroughly clean and little pressing
will make it look like new.
Fine illusion may be cleaned in this