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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1915)
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. iL'N Summer Vogue If Micro Is one thing In the world moro becoming than all othors, it In the white fur neckplcc In splto of tho calondar find with or without the consont of tho thormomoter, this neckplcco has flourished through July and shows an undiminished head In August. Its voguo probably came about through tho chilly weather In the early summer at San Francisco. All tho gny world having Journeyed thither, found a fur nockplcco com fortable. All tho world recognlzod tho bccomlngncss of white fur and took heart at Its appearanco In the month of rones to mako a voguo for summer furs. Lot us bo thankful that the major ity of tho nookpleccB with which tho wayward devotees of fashion have chosen to bedeck thomselvos are not really of white fox. They are as far from the fox oa the goat Is, or tho Belgian haro, or whatever else those clever manipulators of skins know how to fashion Into things of beauty The Skeleton A flounco suspended by ribbons, to be worn In placo of a Bill: petticoat, Is tho very latest device for comfort and style. Everyone warfts the fashion able lluro nt tho bottom of skirts, and everyone HUes tho elcganco of silk In petticoats. But no one wants added warmth about tho body, or bulk about the hips, nnd here Is the solution to tho lluro without anything elso to hamper ltB wearer. The (skeleton petticoat Is mcroly a moro or less fancy and Huffy flounce of silk Buapondod by ribbons from u ribbon belt. The very practical one shown in the ptctura la made of bright green taffeta silk. Eight lengths of green taffeta ribbon suspend It from a belt of tho same ribbon which ties In a smnll bow about the waist, ThlB is a good color to wear with almost any street gown. A pottlcoat of this kind to bo worn with lingerie gowns is made of whlto taffeta in a flounce having decorations of figured taffeta. Tho figured taffeta usually a flowered pattern on a white ground Is out in strips two Inches wido and "pinked" along eaoh edge. Theso strips are sowed to gether and plallod into very full box plaits to form a narrow ruohlng This 1b sewed in festoons to tho white flounco. Tho belt Is made by covering a Hat To Mend Gloves. To mend kid glovos satisfactorily remove all ragged edges with a small, sharp Pair ot BolBsors. Buttonhole firmly both edges to be mended with cotton throod- (novor use silk, as It cuts), using a very fine needle. Then bring those odges together and button hole. A glovo mended this wa can not pull ont or rJp and will stand the hardest kind of woar. When the fas ener comes off your glovo pull out he other half of tho f.stener and work a buttonhole Get a L '.it ton unci 8 PVBnM0ftMnMMlbMHaMHMMa0BgdMMHMiinM0MgnmaaMNaM0ta of White Fur There would surely be fow foxos left If every white neckpiece cost the ltfo of one. These summer furs are worn with white turbans or small white hats, with best effect, although they appear with all other midsummer millinery In tho picture a turban of while satin supports a frill about tho crown which gives It the nppearance of a Tarn-o'-Shanter At tho left It Is decorated with a bead ornament. The hat, tno nockplece, and tho dress of cross-bar taffeta, mado up with plain taffeta, are all forerunners of fashion and ro llablo Indications of the coming mode. However unreasonable It may op pear for tho fair wearer of fur to cling to It where no keen wind blows, she may be excused, A white fur nock plece U really a good Investment. Tho opportunities for wearing It stretch through this summer to the coming winter and to other winters beyond. Whlto furs, especially for youth, will bo good style, at least as long as any furs continue to be good style, 1 Petticoat elastic cord with narrow taffeta ribbon shirred over It. Tho ribbons suspend ing the llounco are Bowed to this belt and to the llounco. No fastening Is required, as tho elastic cord holds the pottlcoat In placo about the waist. A similar petticoat Is mado of light shell-pink taffeta and satin ribbon, with narrow ruflles of tho ribbon sot on tho bounce In throo overlapping rows. The ways of developing tho flounce with ribbon and laco decorations are In numerable This petticoat will command ltBelf to tho stout woman especially, and to anyono who wishes to bo as lightly clothed In warm wouther as It Is pos sible to be JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Erect Figure Correct. The fashionable girl of 1915 appears on the scone with a boautlful, oroct figure, a free swing to bcr walk and with clothing of sufllclent width to pormlt her to bo graceful in her car riage. Tho stoopod shouldors with hoad bent forward and slouching gait, onco assumod by those who wanted to attain tho extreme in Btylos, havo en tirely paused and, like an old-fashioned dress of several seasons ago, will bo discarded by those who care enough for fashlou to change their manner of carrying themselves. a piece of tape two Inches long and one-quarter Inoh wide. Loop tape through two eyes of buttonhole, so that tho onds hang even on the back of button Pass the ends through tho holo left by the fastener, spread them out flat In opposlto directions and oyoroast both edges finely, This meth od Is useful In sawing buttons on a ohtld'H uudorwnUt. Optimistic Thought. No victory is ohtulnod without suffering DESIGNED FOR BUSINESS HUM Comfortable Living Quarters, With Office and Workshop, Provided in This Plan. ROOM vF0R THE EXTRA HELP Housewife Will Appreciate the Accom modations Provided, Which Will Keep the Men Out of the Kitchen at Meal Time Closets In Plenty. Dy WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Mr. Wllllnin A Hadfnrd will answei nucHtlorm nnil tfvo mlvlco FIIK13 OF COST on nil subjects purtnltilng to the subjprt of building, for the renders of this puper. On account of his wide experience ai Rdltor, Author nnd Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, tho hlifhest authority m all these subjects Address all Inquiries lo Wllllnm A. Itndford, No. 1827 ITnlrle ivenue, Chicago, 111., and only enclose :wo-cent stamp for reply. 1-argu farmhouses for business farms are built differently from any other kind of residence. Tho business of farming Is cnrrlod on to make monoy; therefore, part of the house becomes an ofllco and a workshop. At tho same time the main object In building a house Is to pro vide comfortablo living quarters for the family. Tho houso design herewith Illustrat ed shows a successful combination comprising many advantages. It is 44 by 29 feet C Inches In bIzo on tho "ground, oxcluslvo of tho front and side porches This splendid farmhouse was built on ground sloping slightly from the front to tho back, bo that moro of tho basement wall Is exposod at tho back, or what might bo termed tho business iid.' of tho houbo There Is a concrete wall 8 feet in height, Including tho footings. This wall Is tho full size of tho house and encloses a splendid basement. The concreto basement door Is built up a little ahovo tho footings, so that space between tho surfneo of the floor and tho bottom of the Hoor Joists of the mnln living room measures 7 feot G Inches in tho clear. Thero is a cross wall which divides tho cellar Into two main divisions, one of which contains tho vogotable celrt lar, cold storage and refrigerator The ither part ia divided into creamery, laundry, nnd fcenoral workroom and fuel bin Tho cold-storage part of the collar or basement comes under tho front living rooms, which la an ad vnntago In sovcral ways. Tho wall Is burlod a fow Inches dcepor Into tho oxcuvatlonB along tho front part of tho houso; also thoro Is less nolso In tho storage patt to il'.turh tho quiet of tho living rooms. Tho work In tho basomont Is done un der tho kitchen, dining room and of llco, whoro n llttlo nolso Is not objec tionable. The windows In tho front or stor age part of the collar aro of the usual collar-window type, but tho windows lighting tho workrooms may bo mado deeper to furnish plonty of light Thoro Is a septic tank provided to lake caro of tho sowngo from tho houso, nnd tho vitrified tllo drain ox tonds from tho bottom of tho laundry room to empty Into this tank 100 or 200 feot away. This vitrltled sewer Ib trapped and ventilated In tho usual way A back entrance with cement stops leading down to n wido doorway pro- uwi.ri I. All I 1 vlil nw.l tailHtf H'hCtKl lt II llM M a VOJtKROOH' 3 ii .w, if.ii ruti&iN' Ilia? i3 mmwaiuir flpSTOMCE iti.it a 'iii,.i t-ntement Plan. vldes easy access Into tho busemont. Tho numbor of Btops will, of course, dopond on the depth of tho wall below ground at tho back. A creamory 11 by 14 feet 6 lnchos Is partitioned off in ono corner, whore tho work of separating the cream and making buttor may bo curried on, If so desired Tho largo workroom Is Intended to hold tho warm-air furnace, a wash lng machine to launder by power, a laundry stove, a mangle and any other laundry machinery required. Wash ing on farms Is dono by power and regular washing machines to greater extent than is generally realized Tho slzo of the vegetable and cold- storage rooms may bo varied to meet the requirements of different farms. Tho chlmuoy starting from cold storage room Is no detrimont, because thero Is no hont in the bottom of the ehlnmey Tho heat till goes up Tim little refrlgeiutor roni will be Mippllri vith n built li. refrigerator or portnblo affair , tJ ng to tho K&B1 "d&$ size and tho use required of It Oa Bomo farms considerable use Is made of dairy by-products, while other farms requlro only sufficient machin ery to separate the milk and kcop tb cream at the proper temperature until It Is disponed of. For Insldo convenience thero li a splendid ensy cellar stair lending up to a hallway which connects tho front porch with tho kitchen and living room. Tho plan of tho main tloor as well us upstairs Is espoclallv Interesting to farmers who want considerable houso room because or the extra help that Is necessary at certain seasons of tho year. Farmers nro obliged to bring a good deal of business Into the house, which requires an ofllce Accommodation for extra holp Is needod at times in nddltlon to the private living rooms for tho family In this plan there Is a sldo porch built ospeclully ior an entrance to tho olflco and mon's quarters Entering from tho porch Is a washroom with n good-sized wardrobo for the especial to trt- IMM IrV ftJf It It Ul-lf 'J5, IT- i IB 0 First Floor Plan. uso of the men. From this room there Is a stairway leading to the two bed rooms upstairs, which are set asldo for the ubc of the men kept by tho month or year. Thero Is an extra bedroom- down stairs that Is Intended for occasional use when It Is necessary to keep an extra man for a fow days. Tho dining room, kitchen and llv lng room nro arranged especially for convenience In combining tho working features with homo comfort and ac commodatlon for help at meal time Tho washroom at one sldo of the din lng loom, with tho pantry and kitchen on the other side, Is intended to keep tho men out of tho kitchen at meal time, n feature that will be appre ciated by overy farm housokeoper. Tho dining room Is 12 by 17 feet, which is supposed to be largo enough for all ordinary occasions. At thresh ing tlmo It may bo necessary to open he double doors Into tho living room and extend the dining table out to Its full length, but as a usuul thing tho liv ing room is Intended for tho use of tho farmor and his family. It Is provided with a big fireplace and thero Is plenty of room for comfortable furniture. A stairway for tho uso of tho fam ily leads up from tho main hallway, which also has easy connection with tho living room kitchen and side porch Tho small front porch Is moro Second Floor Plan. In tho n ut tiro of a private entrance with comfortablo built-in scats to make It as cozy us possible In tho summertlmo. Upstairs thoro are three bedrooms and a bathroom for family uso, shut off entirely from tho men's depart menL On both sides of tho upstairs thoro aro storago closets for clothing and for linen Altogether, tho plan comprises all tho conveniences and comfort posBiblo to combine In u prac tical house suitable for a largo family when considerable business Is carried on, and that may bo occupied comfort ably by a small family during winter time. Feeding Plants. Do you oer think of Inviting your plants to dinner? An export In plant life who took a largo number of sun dow plants aud supplied half of them with nitrogenous food In tho form of roast beef arrived at tho following facts: Of the plants that he fed, 69 por cent more survived than of the Bamo number that wero not fed In this way, their stems weighed 41 por cent moro, they ercnlled tho starved plants In the numbar of their seeds by 141 per cont. and In the aggregate weight of their seeds by 279 por cent. Other scientists who have fed these plants with aphides of similar small Insects have securod like results. Fast or Slow? "I Judge from tho harassed look on that driver's fnco that ho hasu't owned an automobile long." "Why, ho'g boon motoring for years." "What's the mattor with him then?" "1 notice his passengers are a se date elderly woman nnd a pretty voting imc Mabe he can't adjust Mi m cd to suit them " yr hau j -hall- .. llTE"' kvq4a HitimH f,n,u tot-" 'd-touv tow "i" pi ,M tf 11 I'LON i I I i i L.J-J FUNERAL OF iSitii FliujcrxU Dioccssloui of. ArcJiblsiio p James ildwasd. Qulglcy of Chkago as seen an AJlcftisu baalcTOid. the aa tamigiuros focsssot escorted! by aeaabets at Catholfa soctctfegi (I n )) Western Kansas Has Philan thropist to Itself. Makes No Noise, School Libraries His Hobby, and Churches of All Creeds Are Well Taken Care Of. Topeka. Out in western Kansas lives a modest man George W Fin nup of Garden City who is conduct ing a "foundation" of his own. While It is not receiving the publicity that tho Rockefeller foundation or tho Car negie foundation enjoys, the Finnup foundation is doing much good for Kansas. Mr. Finnup's hobby is to help tho country schools and churches, and the good ho Is doing In this respect is attested by tho people of six coun ties In the southern part of the state If thoro Is a single country Bchool In thoso counties which has no library, it Is not Mr Finnup's fault. If there Is a church In Garden City and vicin ity that isn't equipped with a perma nent fund for its upkeep, it is due to an oversight on his part. Thlrty-slx years ago George Finnup, a thirteen-year-old boy, came -from Indiana with IHb parents and settled at Garden City. From that day to this ho has worked like a Trojan. Fat years and lean years found him ener getically engaged In the usual pur suits of western Kansas ranching and handling real estate. He learned thrift at the start and as a conse quent ho is perhaps the wealthiest man In southwestern Kansas Some time ago Mr. Finnup con ceived the Idea of using tho money which ho had made, or a large por tion of It at least, In trying to make western Kansas a better place In which to Hvo His mind naturally turned to the foundation on which wealth and happiness rest education Whnt could he do to Improve the edu catlonal facilities of tho schools and thus equip the children of tho western plains for a better chance in life? Tho public furnished tho textbooks if a fnmily was too poor to buy them tho district supplied the building, the blackboards and teacher. Ono essen tlal wus lacking, however a good li brary. So ho made a proposition to every country school in Finney coun ty that ho would donate a sum of monoy If It would match It, for tho purpose of equipping tho school of that district with an up-to-dato li brary. Every district in tho county Jumped at tho chance. Tho result is that tho country chil dren of Flnnoy county have access to as good books as do tho children of tho larger cities. So popular was tho enterprise that Mr. Finnup extended tho proposition to five other counties in southwestern Kansas, and they, too nro taking advantage of it with avid Ity Mr Finnup doesn't require each school to put up a sign "This Is a l'lnnup Liiorary. rie is noi courting publicity In a modest way ho Is try tun ! liil 1.1c Inllnu. man .irlHmilf 11Q. ' lll iu lit;.,, ilia luuun uii.il niviiuub uu lng n brass band. Tho books selected for tho school libraries are chosen by a committee nnmed by tho district boards. Tho only suggestion Mr. Finnup makes is that the books shall bo wholesome and that they cover history, tho sci ences nnd fiction No "yellow backs" or coarse books nro permitted. After getting his library enterprise well started, Mr Finnup branched out In another direction. Education must be accompanied with religion to assuro the best results, he reasoned, although he hlmsolf Is not a church going man Tho Inlluenco of tho church, noxt to the school, would holp westorn Kansas materially, ho be lieved. He did not caro to pass judg ment on tho several creeds nor to dlctato whom tho churches should employ as pastors. Ho simply de cided to help all of them In Garden City. Bones In Shark's Stomach. Miami, Fin A skull, n right shoul der blado, a left thigh bono, and sov oral othor smaller bonos wero found in tho stomach of a 12-foot shark caught by Henry Sanford of Rich Held, Conn. Tho victim' was a white man. MB MAKE MEAT BY ELECTRICITY Lighting of xPens at Night Causes Sheep to Eat More, Thinking It Day, and Grow Fat. Spokano, WnBh The Illumination of sheep pens by oloctrlclty to en courage the animals to eat frequently and so fatten for market In record t'n-f is a noel schemo of Oregon ruifhirs according to Samuel Gal land jvpr 'dint of tho Spokane ' V ! n Trut company, who, SOW CARNEGIE ARCHBISHOP QUIGLEY WOMEN AS CAR CONDUCTORS They Have Done So Well That They May Be Retained After War Is Over. Newcastle, Eng. As street car con ductors women have Mono so well hero that mnny people believe they will bo retained after the war, or at least that they will be regarded as equally ollglblo with men for such positions. At the last meeting of tho tram ways committee the general manager reported that 48 woman conductors had been trained and half that num ber were now In full charge of cars. "Tho employment of women," he said, "has been an unqualified suc cess. They havo dono far hotter than the most sanguine expectations when wo first ventured on the experiment." The committee decided to employ more woman conductors and an an nouncement was made that applica tions for service In that capacity would be welcomed. NOW DOES HIS OWN TIPPING Columbus Restaurant Keeper Tries Unique Plan and Finds It Profitable. Columbus, O. Manager Ben Her man of a local restaurant tips his wai ters, so that with their regular week ly stipend and the plunder picked up from generous patrons thoy are rea sonably happy. Harman says it pays to tip waiters. Tho way he does it is this: Each month there Is a contest, all of tho waiters being entered. The one who shows the largest receipts gets ?15 The waiter serving the largest number of persons gets $10, and tho third prize of $5 goes to the best all around average for politeness LOVE GERMAN PASTOR The recent anti-German riots in Great Britain, which came as a climax to tho sinking of the Lusltanla, was not directed at every German inhabi tant of the British emplro, for thero are still a great numbor of Germans who uro regarded with tho highest es teem by their BritlBh neighbors. This has been strongly emphasized In Bir mingham, England, in the case of Rev. Gertrude von Pctzold, M. A., who Is seen in tho accompanying photo graph nt work preparing a sermon. For eighteen years she has been a res ident of England nnd during that time she has endeared hersolf in tho hearts of her neighbors to such a degree that thoy havo petitioned tho home secre tary to grant her naturalization pa pers. She is tho pastor at Waverly Road Unitarian church aud has taken her degree at Edinburgh university. NSW with W. C Slvyer and I M Simpson, recently made an extensive nutorao bllo tour through tho Deschutes and Wallowa Valleys. Thoy are Interested in electric light and power companies at Deschutes, Enterprise and Prlno vlllo "Among our beet customers aro tho stockralslng regions of Oregon," says Mr. Gnlland. "The big ranches aro using more electricity, both for light and power They are using electri city for all purposes Wo are furnish lng them with power for pumping In PJHa mm mMWi?m'jrmMM'mmmm IN CHICAGO Gil! MEN ARE EASY Swindlers Now Pass Up Rural Dwellers. the Automobiles and Newspapers Havo Combined to "Put Them Wise" to the "Con" Man Town Folk Still Fall for Swindles. Omaha. Attracted by the great prosperity of the trans-Missouri coun try, an army of sharpers and "con" men are swarming around Nebraska farmers. But they are meeting with mighty poor success. The ruralista who, a fow years ago, would "blto" at almost any old bunco game have be come so thoroughly sophisticated that they aro as wary as a Jack rabbit and as wise as a treeful of owls Tho lightning-rod agents aro going out of business; the washing-machine salesmen who take fake receipts for their goods are hunting other pas tures, and tho spurious nurserymen who sell willow sprouts for grape trees are finding that they are no lon ger able to dispose of their stock. The farmers are "wise" to their tricks. There are still many schemes worked on the gullible to separato them from their monoy, but the gulli ble ones are the city men and the men from the towns not the farmers. Now and then a man from the coun try Is buncoed out of a few dollars, but when tho "con" man of the pres ent starts out after monoy in big bunches ho goes after tho city men and lets the farmer severely alone. Tho automobiles and tho newspa pers have worked tho transformation. Back of the automobiles are the great corn and wheat fields, of course, but the autos have put the farmers In the suburban class everywhere and tho newspapers have taught them tho wiles of tho bunco artists. When the Mabray gang of swin dlers, operating in Omaha and Council Bluffs, cleaned up more than $1,000, 000 on their bunco games It was sig nificant that not a single farmer was caught by them, but that every one of their victims came from the cities and larger towns. William Hall, a farmer of Cass coun ty, was approached by a suavo strang er who wanted to leave a barnful of washing machines at Hall's placo and get Hall's signature to a rental con tract while tho agent was out selling. Tho farmer saw that the contract was so worded that it became a promis sory note under certain conditions, so he had tho fellow arrested. Last summer and fall a gang went through the West selling wild horses to any purchaser, the purchaser to go down Into Arizona and catch his horses right on the plains. Many thousands of dollars wero paid in to their treasurer, but not a single pur chaser was able to catch one of tho horses he had bought And theso fol lows did not oven attempt to sell to tho farmers. They went after the city men and tho men in tho small towns. A fow years ago no farmer In Ne braska could build a new barn with out half a dozen lightning-rod agents going after him. Thoy even .offered to put the lightning rods up almost free of charge in order to beat tho other fellow But after some of tho contracts turned up at tho bank in tho form of sight drafts tho farmers became suspicious. Now the lightning-rod man can do business in tho towns and smnll cities, but he cannot sell a yard of lightning rod to a farmer. x Tho farmers have got so keen they can smell a swindling scheme before tho sharper has a chance to unfold bis scheme to them. All theso Bchemes are still worked. But now It Is tho man from the small town or the foreigner who Is caught by them. Tho western fnrmers havo got tho money, but thoy no longer wear chin whiskers, nor do they have hayseed in their hair and lizards on their backs. But no "con" man can fool them any more. Fined for Spanking. Evnnsvlllo, Ind. Aftor admitting he spanked his sixteen-year-old daughtor for going out at night with a "beau," Frank H. Otto, a local business man, was fined In tho city court. the Irrigation districts and for chop ping grain in tho winter where they raise stock. "At tho latter place we saw electri city put to a novel use for winter feeding. The sheep pens aro wired, and tho light Is turnod on at four o'clock In the afternoon In winter and burns until nine o'clock. Tho sheep food all the time the light Is on It Is turned on at four o'clock In tho morning and the sheep nfcaln begin to feed. The frequent feeding brings them to tho marketing stage quickly.' W ! 1 At r V