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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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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
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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,
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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-
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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
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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
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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 "
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tamigiuros focsssot escorted! by aeaabets at Catholfa soctctfegi
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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,
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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
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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.'
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