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"SHE 32 Making Him Feel at Home "It wn3 perfectly dreadful!" said tho girl with the Imitation Irish laca collar, as she Btrnlghtened tho bolt of ribbon on her counter. "It must 'n' been funny! What wm It?" said tho girl who was marking tha prlco tags. "I Just shriek whenover I think of HI" pursued the girl who was straight cnlng tho ribbons. "Him calling mo up like that when I hadn't seen him In such a ttmol You see, I've boon keeping steady company now with Mr. Sykes for several weoks, so Art and me haven't soon much of each other." "I think Art Is better looking than James Sykps," Interrupted tho girl who was marking tags. "He has mora stylo!" "Well, ho hasn't got the salary if ha has tho stylo!" said the young woman who was straightening the ribbons. "Not that money makos n particle of difference to mo, but tboro's muoh more to Mr. Sykes than you'd think. And any one who makos fun of his none doesn't know what sha's talking about, and" "I ain't got no grudge against Mr. Sykes' nose," said tho girl who was marking tags. "He can have any kind of a noso ho wanU and welcome. What'd ho do?" "Oh, Mr. Sykes didn't do anything," said tho girl who was arranging rib bons. "You seo, he generally comes over on Wednesday evening, so when somebody called me on the phone I s'poscd it was Mr. Sykes. "'Hello!' ho said. 'Going to be home this evening? All right, I'll be over.' "I had on my blue dress and I got out the chaOng dish and the stuff to to make fudge. You wouldn't believe how fond of chocolate fudge Mr. Sykes Is! He llkos it with nuts in it, and" "So docs ovorybody else," said the otbor girl, ruthlessly. "He ain't so different from tho rest of the world when you como right down to it, even though you may think sol" "Well, anyhow," pursued the girl with the ribbons, "when I beard the boll ring I ran out part way down the stairs to moot him. He sort of likes to have mo act as though he was wel come, you know." "Huh!" said tho other girl. "Why don't you have it woven on a door mat?" "Maybe you think you're funny!" In dignantly said the young woman at tho ribbon counter. "Just as I mado tho turn in tho stairs I ran right into him. And who do you suppose it was? It was Art!" "Well," said the other girl, pausing In tho operation of marking tags, "what'd you do?" "If you could 'n' seen his face!" gig' gled tho girl at the ribbons. "Sort o' bawlldorcd and Beared and uncertalnl Thero was I niBhlng down tho stairs in my eagerness to meet him, as he supposed, and I guess he thought at first I'd boon Just sitting at home all theso months waiting to hear him ring the door belli Why, I Just hung hold of the newel post and burst out laugh ing, and after I Btarted I couldn't atop! I simply shrieked I I wish you could 'a' scon him I" "What'd ho do?" asked the other girl. "He got hold of my shoulder and shook mo and wanted to know what on earth was the matter," giggled the girl at the ribbon counter. "And of course I couldn't tell him that I wasn't expecting him. Ho kept asking what was so funny, and whenever lie did I'd start to laughing again. When he saw the things out for the fudge it sort of proved that I did expect him, but then he'd get doubtful again. "'Llzzlo,' says he, finally, after fig uring it all out, 'I bet you thought I was soraoono else I '"Why, ArtP I crlod, Just as mourn ful as I could, 'didn't you telephone you wero coming?' And then I got to laughing again. "He's bright, Art Is. 'But I forgot to say who I was,' he Insisted. "Then I told him that I'd know his volco among a thousand and he told mo I was Just as muoh of a Jollier as ever, and most of the fudge boiled over, and it was Just like old times Art got real cheerful until I took some of the fudge and put It away, because I wanted to save it for Mr. Sykes. told him I was saving it for father. "'Father bo Mowed!' Art said then. 'Your fatber'd ratlior have some One- cut any day than chocolate fudgel You're stringing me, Lizzie you've got some one else up your sleeve!' "i mougui i migni as wen maKe a good Job of It, bo 1 told htm solemn like that there wasn't another man on earth but himself, honest!" "Did he bollove you?" Inquired the girl who was marking tags. "I think he hod tils doubts," giggled the Klrl who bad finished assorting the ribbons, "nut he is coming to see me again to-night" Heraldry. According to tho highest authorities heraldry finds Its starting point In the totemlsm of prohlstorlo man. In the barbaric custom of painting or carv Ing tho totoji on oars, the bows and sides of canoos, weapons, pillars in front of houses, etc., and In tatoolng It on the various parts of the body, as we havo the real origin of the lu olgnla that aro bo preolous to the upper-tension of to-dny. It was In the Ignorant superstition or the savage that he sprang from a crane or a bear or soma other nnlmal that the various "coats of arras" of the "big families' of the present timo found their Incep tion. New yorK American. E6AN GETSMEDAL Notre Dame Honors the Minister to Denmark. Laetare Trophy, the Highest Decora- tlon for Lay Member of Catholic j Church, Given to United 8tates Envoy. Indlannpolls, Ind. Tho Laclare medal, which is tho highest decoration of honor for n Iny member of tho Catholic church In tho United States f which Is annually conferred by tho University of Notro Damo on some man or woman who has achieved dis tinction In nrt, literature, sclonco or philanthropy, goes this year to tho American minister to Denmark, Mnu rlco Francis Egan, author, educator and diplomatist Tho award Is mado for distinguished services to Cnthollo lltoraturo and education. For 20 years befora his appoint ment ns tho representative of tho Uni ted Statca at tho court of Denmark, Dr. Egnn was occupied as n professor of lltoraturo, and during that period ho found timo to publish sovernl im portant works on literary criticism which aro hold In high esteem by uni versity men. He Is also well known as a novelist, but bis claims to literary distinction rest most on tho verso which ho has written. Ho has published sovoral volumes and Richard Watson Gilder placed him among tho thrco best sonnetoers In English. Because of tho literary qunllty of his work and most of all be cause his themes aro wholesorao and elovatlng tho trustees of tho Univer sity of Notro Damo have selected Dr. Egan ns tho recipient of tho Lnotaro medal this year. Tho medal takes its namo from tho titlo given tho fourth Sunday of Lent tho day when tho announcement of tho awnrd Is always mado. It cor responds to tho decoration of the Golden Rose, which is conferred by tho popo overy year on somo mombor of tho nobility of Europe. Tho modal Is a largo disk of pure gold, richly cnamolod, and bearing In relief somo design suited to tho pro fession of tho recipient A motto In Latin, "Truth Is mighty and shall pre vail," appears in black cnamol sur rounding tho design. Accompanying the medal Is un address of award painted on silk by somo artist of re nown. Tho Lnotaro medal was first given In 1883. It was then conferred on tho historian, John Qllmnry Shea. In suc cession tho following voro decorated: Patrick J. Kooloy, architect: Eliza Al len Starr, art critic; Gen. John Now- ton, civil engineer; Patrick V. Hlckoy, editor; Anna Hnnson Dorsoy, author; William J. Onahan, publicist; MaJ. Henry F. Drownson, soldier and scholar; Pntrlck Donahuo editor and pnnantnropiBt; Augustln Daly, thoat rical manager; Anna T. Sadllor, au thor; Gen. William F. Rosecrans, nol dler; ThomaB Addis Emmott, physi cian; Timothy E. Howard, Jurist; John A. crclghton, philanthropist; William nourko Cockran, lawyer nnd atntoB man; John n. Murphy, Burgeon; ThomaB II. Fltzpntrlck. morchant and philanthropist; Knthorlno Eleanor Conway, author and editor: Frnncla Qulnlun, Burgeon; James C. Monnghan, puuucist nna oducutor; ChrlBtlno Frances Tlernnn, author. Although tho namo of tho roclplont and tho reasons for tho awnrd aro mado public on Lactaro Sunday, ac tual presentation of tho medal does not take placo until somo weeks Inter at a timo when dlgnitnrlcB of the Catholic church and men ominont In tho Bumo lino of work as tho roclplont can bo brought together. In tho case of Dr. Egan ho will probnbly not ba formally decorated with tho modal un. til tho latter part of Mny or Juno. Maurice FrnnclB Egnn was born In Philadelphia In 18G2. Ho wob gradu ated from La Snllo collego In that city in 1873. Ho rocolvod tho degroo of master of arts from tho University of Notro Damo in 1878 nnd of LL.D. from ueorgotown university in 1879. in 1801 tho University of Ottnwn con. forrctl on him tho degree uf JUD nnd vjiianovn mo uegroo of Ph. D. in 1907 In 1878 ho began nowsnnnor work nnd ho was succoaslvoly roporter, sub editor and editor until 1888, when ho was cnuou to tho chair cf English lit orniuro m mo univorslty of Notro uamo, wnoro no remained until 1895 when ho wont to tho Cnthollo Unlvor Blty of Amorica In Washington as pro fossor of lltoraturo. In 1007 ho was nppointod by Prosldont Roosovolt envoy extraordinary nnd mlnlstor jPienipotentlary to Donmark. UNIQUE TELESCOPING BRIDGE AT najtr KANSAS CITY, MO. Work is progressing rapidly on tho great doublo-deck bridge that la to span tho Mis souri river and tho bottoms from Third street to tho Clay county sldo. Tho structure will cost $2,000,000, and will contain 14,000 tons of steel. Tho unlquo feature of this bridge 1b to bo an Immense elovator In ono of tho spans will hoist the lower deck for tho passage of vessels, leaving the upper deck stationary. Tho lower deck will bo occupied only by two railroad tracks. On tho upper dock will bo two street car tracks, two asphalt wagon roads, two sidewalks and a speedway, a inllo In length.for automobiles. COIN IS NECESSAR Y Retirement of Five-Cent Piece Would Shock Financiers. Nickel Stands for More Fixed Values Than Any Other Single Denomina tion, and More of Them Are Required by Public. Washington. Officials of tho treas ury department soraetlmea discuss tho nation's somowhat cumbersome coinage and make suggestions to ono anothor that this or that chango might bring rollof to tho working forces of tho department Gonorally these discussions do not go boyond the. Inner circle whoro thoy originate, no chango Is mado or evon suggested Boriously and tho work , of tho mint goos on ad boforo. Recently, however, tho fact leaked out that the flvo-cent ploco or nickel had been under discussion nnd that tho govornmont might aBk congress to pass n law eliminating It from tho na tional coinage. Small Ukolihood ex ists or over did oxlst that such a stop would bo taken, but for a short spaco of time conBldorablo anxloty dovol opod in all parts of tho country lost tho useful und popular "nlckol" should disappear from tho circulating mo- dluin. ' Tho fact Is tho Kovornmont could afford to dlspouse with almost any coin rathor than tho five-cent piece. It stands for moro stable nrlces than any other. It la tho prlco of a loaf of broad, It pays tho cost of tho ride in tno Btroot car, with it tho Gorman buys his glass of boer and tho Amer ican pays for tho shining of his shoes. It Is probubly not too much to Bay that tho dlsappoaranco of tho nlckol would Drovo a creator nhnek tn thn iinancos of tho nation than almost anything that could happen. Tho llvo-cont coin for two conorii tlons nt toast has boon tho fixed prlco or so many things that tho noonlo would bo nt complete Iobs how to pro- cood without It Truo, hundreds of thousands of llvo-cont pieces aro lost oncli yonr. but that Is duo to tho amazing uso to which this little coin is put. Tho usos of business roqulro tno colnago of n greater number of nickels than of any other coin. It has bcon said that its universal uso as tho prlco of a fnro on tho streot cars Is tho cnuao of Its retention, but that can hardly bo bo, iib It enters Old Custom Kept in London Six Ponderous Horseshoes, of Ancient Date, Tendered as Quit Rent for Smithy. London. Six ponderous horseshoes, moro than GOO years old, hnvo boon toudorcd to tho crown by tho city of London corporation by way of quit rent for a bygono smithy In tho Strand, and nt tho snrao timo tho city solicitor counted out Gl nails, which tho king's remembrancer pronounced to bo "good nurabor." Tho scono of tho ceremony wnB the royal courts of Justice and among tho crowds of interested onlookers wore tho lady mayoress und hor two daugh ters. Tho corporation nUo did foudal Borvlco for n ploco of land In Shrop shire Originally tho crown demanded two knlvos by way of quit rent, but when tho corporation bought tho land it substituted for tho knives a sharp hatchet and a dull billhook, and theso wero offered this yoar. Tho sharp- or Tiie sfjrw jbudgz jxowrttG thx vory largely Into tho prlco of so many oiuer things that it could not bo dis pensed with if tho price of tho car caro wero changed. Tno nlckol Is extensively used In tolophono call3. It was formerly moro than now tho open sesamo of tho pop ular Blot machine, for which it still does extensive duty. It is tho prlco of admission to tho fast multiplying picture shows In all parts of tho coun try. Tho now fashioned boot shining parlor charges n nickel. Tho saloon kcoper and tho bakor havo for venrn gathered their dally harvest of theso ntuo coins. Tho soda fountain, grow ing in populnr favor, deals mostly In nicKou. Ico crenm In summer timo goes for flvo cents, and tho chnrgo for a myriad things in tho pharmacy and tho flvo-cent storo requires this coin. Most smokers would have to quit wero it not for tho nlckol, obnoxious nB tho domestic cigar 1b to many of them. Tho clgarotto would conso to bo tho popular snioka it Is If tho prlco wore not flvo cents. Shoo laces would Biology Peril Study of Grasshoppers and Tadpoles Takes Up Too Much Time of School Children. Now York. John J. Fox, chairman of local Bchool board No. 2G, borough of tho Dronx, has dlscovored a peril a perfectly now peril. Prominent in It Is tho tadpolo, abetted by tho grass hopper and backed up by tho cater pillar. Mr. Fox finds that our school children study bucIj things too much, neglecting what Is really worth while. Tho othor night ho Introduced a resolution beforo tho board of which ho is chairman asking that It bo adopt ed and a copy sent to tho board of education. Tho resolution rends: "Resolved, That wo, tho mombors of local school board No. 26, having In mind the interest of tho parents nnd tho wolfaro of tho children, do hereby record our omphatlc disapproval of that fenturo of our cducntlonnl system which subordinates grammar to grass hoppers, reading to caterpillars, spoil ing to golden rod, arithmetic to bull frogs and penmnnshlp to tadpoles. "Resolved, That wo attribute to theso and other equnlly roprehonslblo fads tho atrocious English that Is spokon by tho school children of this city, within tho vory shadow of our ncss of tho hatchot and tho bluntnoss of tho billhook were duly attested by tho city solicitor upou a bundlo of twigs. liy a pious fraud tho horsoshoos and nails aro handed bnck to tho city ovory yoar to bo prosontod afresh, but tho hatchet and billhook aro ofton re nowod, and this year thoy woro pro sontod as a souvenir to the lady may oress. Cat Came Back. Glnsboro, N J. When tho homo of PoBtmnstor Jacob E. Ware of Hlcklor vlllo was doBtroyed by tiro last April tho Inrgo tabby cnt dlsnppoarod and did not return until n day or two ngo. Mrs. Wuro saw a strange looking ob ject bouncing across tho yard. In vestigating, Bho found it to bo n cnt with its head fast in n tin can. Re moving tho can with somo difficulty, Bho found hor tabby, which disap peared over ten months ago. KANSAS CITY ft y ' slzyatoh section either becomo a luxury at a higher price or requiro payment In ponnios. Turn which way ono will, tho flvo cent ploco bobs up at ovory turn as tho most necessary coin of tho realm. Its discontinuance would inevitably In creuso tho cost of a thousand things, of ovory day life, which no dealer now has tho daring to chango because of riveted custom. Thero 1b no likeli hood that tho government will soon consider tho elimination of this coin, ns such action would result In a howl of disapproval nationwide Engagement Bangle. London. Notwithstanding tho strong feminist movement in England among a certain smart set of girls, It is now considered tho proper thing doubly to ndvortlso one's engagement by a wrist bnnglo na well as an engagement ring, nnd sometimes oven an ankle bracelet Is included among tho golden manacles proclaiming cngngomont bondage Tho stronger minded Eng lish women aro indignant at this latest fad on tho part of tholr weaker sis ters. Character Above Money. Tho essential thing is not money, but character Lo Conto. to Grammar grammar schools, from the lips of boys and girls old enough to speak correctly tho langungo of tho country of tholr birth. "Resolved, That tho timo has como whon tho taxpayers and parents should lnaugurato a movement for tho extirpation from our school system of all the nonsensical fads that have crept Into It during tho last few years and which lnuro only to the benefit of those who teach tho subjects, write tho toxt-booka or profit by their publi cation." Dul, alas, today tho tadpolo 1b Jubilant; tho grasshopper 1b breaking all records for running nnd standing Jumps and tho caterpillar wriggles de fiantly throughout tho land. Local Bohool board No. 20 klllod Mr. Fox'b resolution. APPEALS FOR CENSUS TRUTH United States Census Bureau Urges Everybody to Tell Truth to Enumerators. Chicago. Tho United Stntes Cen sus burcnu has issued an appeal to clergymen, physicians, school teach ers, nnd employes to nld In tho work of gathering census statistics, which will begin April 15, by urging nil with whom they como In contnet to an Bwor tho questions of tho enumera tors and not to withhold facts. Many persons, according to tho bulletin Issuod by the burenu, bellevo that Information given to tho census men may bo usod against them In the wny of Increasing taxes, Involving them In prosecution or othor legal on tanglements or In rovenllng tholr bus! noss secrets. Tho bulletin points out thnt all cen sus statistics absolutely aro conftdon tlal, and that any census omployo re vealing tho secrets confldod to him may bo punished by two years' Imprisonment and a flno of ?1,000. "Tho Informntion sought will bo usod only for gonornl statistical pur poses," tho bulletin snys, "It will nolthor bo published nor used In any othor way to dlscloso facts regard ing any Individual or enterprise." Tho bulletin oltos tho fact thnt giv ing fnlso answers to enumerators, oi refusing to answer tholr questions, is punlshnblo by n flno of $100. Nothing Is so discouraging as unre warded energy. If A GUILD LIES Fibs Told by Boys and Girls Explained. Dr. Amy E. Tanner Has 1,000 Instances of Juvenile "Stories" Says Some . Untruths 8hould Be En couraged. IlOBton. "Now. Willie toll mother oxnetly how many dogs thero woro tlchtlnc In tho bnck vnrdl" Wllllo'n ( mamma urges conscientiously. "A St. Bernard dog. with ble ears. nnd fr-r-r-r-Ightfully long teeth, nnd n llttlo curly dog and sovornl othors that Is you boo woll, thoro woro six dogfl nnywny, somo of tho blnck linos and tho rost of thorn kinder ppotty " "Wlll-l-nm," comments mamma. "Anyway, thoro woro a lot of dons. cause I scon 'om, thoro wub . Woll, I don't caro, thoro was our dog, and tho Jones dog, nnd thoy almost hnd a fight." And WIUIo'b mamma worries nt Willie's untruths nnd kuobsos that Willie's Sundny Bchool teachor isn't doing nil Bho ought to, and Willie's papa who has, woll, Just about as milch feeling nB most men lust ax. plodes Into n hearty laugh, and all tno neighbors triumphantly exclaim t "What a dreadful story-teller that lit tie Smith boy is getting to be" If WIUIo'b mamma la following thn work of tho new children's Institution at Clark university- Worcester, nho will got some light on hor troubles. "Why children Ho" 1b a mvaterr which is being annoxed to tho realm of Bclence. Dr. Amy E. Tnnner. a grnduato of tho University of Michi gan nnu doctor of philosophy, who hends tho department of experimental pedagogy at tho now institute haa mado a study of this particular prob lem. Her carefully collected dntn Include over 1,000 HeB. Thoy aro lies of every order, tho pnlo ones, tho deep-dyed ones, tho "onory" ones, and tho vory lurid nignts of tho youthful Mun chausen, Dr. Tnnner believes that If those fibs wero rightly understood thoro would bo less anxloty among conscien tious mammas. "Every mother," said Dr. Tanner, "knows thnt sometimes hor llttlo boy tells lies. Sho does not acknowlodgo It sometimes, and she doesn't know why he does. It would bo perfectly poslblo for hor to punish him unjust ly. Thero aro somo lies, you know, that should bo encouraged. "Yes, indeed, theso lies aro devel oping tho child's imagination. "For a long timo children's lies havo been mado an object of study, and by many scientists. My data are mado from 1,000 to 1,500 observations, or brief accounts of things that wero actually seen. It Is such interesting work and wo got such funny stories, sometimes. You know a lie is not Just n plnln He. Thero aro Ilea and lies. "For Instance, thoro nro the Hos that nro nothing moro than tho workings of fancy. A llttlo boy comes homo nnd tells his mother thnt ho hoard hla kitty tnlklng to his neighbor's kitty. A child hears a fairy story and will go on with It. Thoro are any number of theso childish fancies, which nro morely tho working of tho Imagina tion. "Tho mothor who does not recognize this nnd who spnnks her llttlo boyi for snylng that his kitty talked to tho neighbor's kitty doos wrong. "Then thoro is another kind of llq that is very interesting when tho. child tells you what he would like to havo happen Instead of what really? happens. For lnstanco, you ask:' 'What occurred out on tho walk?' And ho will toll you that a kitten was playing with a ball. 'Then you sny 'and?' ns If asking; for moro, and very llkoly ho will tell you about another kitten. If you keop on saying 'nnd nnd and' ho will keep It up ns long as you do." New Orchestral Effects. Muslclnns in Englnnd nro Interested in tho doings of Joseph Holbrooke, who hns given an orchestral concert or demonstration at tho Queen's hall, London. Tho performnnco consisted of hla own throe-act music drama, Dy Inn. Tho scoring of Dylan, sny tho critics, Is on n colossal scale A bass fluto, nn oboo d'nmoro, threo snxo phones, nn unlimited number of con certinas, ovory imnglnnblo percussion Instrument, ono tubaphdno, and ono colostln havo been ndded to tho scoro of tho UBunl orchestral Instruments. Mnny of theso nro eithor ontlroly out of dnto or so now that thoy aro prac tically unknown.