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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1913)
THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRI3UNE. - r r COIFFURE COPIED FROM CLASSIC GREEK MODEL EVIDENTLY pleasing to its pretty wearer Is tho now colffuro In which Bho has accomplished a hair dress not far from tho classic Greek 'model. She has takon a liberty with tho original In Introducing a putt over the ears which oxtonds over the cheek. Tho ear is not quite hidden. Thoro la nioro of a frlngo ovor tho 'forehead also than a closo copy would provido for. But tho puff over tho ear Is a modern noto just now In high -favor. Tho llttlo frlngo Is ndmisslblo because to bo youthful a wearer it Jb Buro to be becoming. Tho front hair must bo parted off and waved In looso waves fbr this "halrdrcss and it is not a bad Idea to -vavo all tho hulr a little. Thi3 may Too dono well enough for tho back hair by dampening a llttlo and braid Ing It closo to tho head In two strands. Wear tho hair this way over night, or until It has dried thoroughly while braided. Then comb it out and it will stay In wavo. The front hair Is parted off at each tildo to form tho puff. Tho remainder Is parted in tho iniddio and brought Rflost Fashionable of the STANDING ruches are qulto tho thing just now and will bo for somo time to come. Most of them are provided with flno wiro supports at the back to hold them up, but fall as they will at tho sides and front. It is a fad to leavo the throat uncovered or veiled lightly with not or laco provided In these ruffs. Nearly all of them aro mado to bo laundered conveniently; if not In one piece, then In such a way that tho washable portion may bo easily takon away from its support and put back after itn cleaning. These ruffs nro worn in coats or under them, under furs, marabout and jackets. Thoy pro tect both tho neck and tho coat. When designed to bo worn under an outor garment they are often finished wjlth a jabot. Two examples of this design aro 6hown In tho picture. In ono of them (at tho left) the ruff sewed to a band of insertion of shadow laco and is wired at tho back In two places. A Jabot of net edged with shadow laco Ib plaited on at tho front. A pretty finishing touch is provided by four tiny satin-covered buttons on tho jabot. Tho pieco Is fastened at tho front with a brooch or bar pin. In tho second ruff tho laco plaiting (which Is eowod Into a very narrow band of flno muslin) is bastod to a supporting collar of black satin. It is finished with llttlo buttons of white satin. Tho standing ruff le not to bo con sidered by the woman whoso neck and faco aro thin or scrawny. Flno not in high collars and chomlsettea will do wonders for her, but tho standing ruff will detract rather than add something toward her good looks. A pretty crocheted ucckpleco Is In tended for a slender nock. It Is mado of two shaped bands boned or wired at tho back and sewed to a pleco of vel vet ribbon at tho front. Baby velvot ribbon, matching tho wider ribbon used forms two little crossbars at the front. They are finished with small buttons of crochet. A llttlo rose, two leaves and a pendant fuchsia blossom, all In crochet, aro sewod to the velvet back to tho knot, lonvlng rt vory looso and soft looking. Tho puff is tho only portion of tho colffuro that thoro may bo somo diffi culty in managing. It takes a consid erable amount of hair to mako It full and soft and yet firm enough to re tain its shapo. It is not difficult to roll In a llttlo extra hair. Tho easiest way Is to uso a pinned on puff If tho natural hair is thin. Where tho part shows in this coif fure n small sldo comb would bettor bo placed, or n short band of narrow velvet ribbon used to conceal It. Tho hair is soft, without Bupporta in tills colffuro and admits tho wear ing of close-fitting hats if not too close-fitting. If thero is a scanty supply of nat ural hair, twist in a short switch with it to form tho knot at tho back. This is a beautiful colffuro and really suit od to women of nny age bolotf sev enty, wo will say. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. In Velvet and Steel. In tho latest expression tho coquet tish neck bow is a cute llttlo affair in black velvet ribbon edged at both sides with tiny steel beads and cetir tcrcd with a tiny design in the beads or with a llttlo steel buckle. Some of tho bows aro of inch-wide velvet rib bon, formed Into four loops and lack ing ends. Hut others nre composed only of seven or eight ends radiating from a steel circlet. Tho metal edg ing prevents tho narrow velvet from curling or twisting, and although tho beads aro tiny to attach them Is easy. Moreover, tho U3C of steel on neck wear Is rather a novel fashion, and that is what tho average woman lo looking for. The Suspender Girl. Tho shirtwnfst girl Is now going in for suspenders, but they nre a glori fied vision of the idea which she has stolen from her brother's wardrobe. In fact, so glorious aro they that It seems a pity that they must be cover ed by the middy blouse which sho wears with her tennis and golfing skirt. The straps aro of dull gold or silver lace supplemented by jeweled chains thnthang from each shoulder and in front fasten under a golden horseshoe with a scarab-set center. Season's Neckpieces ribbon at tho front. This is ono of tho prettiest of tho new desigus and is most durable. In fact, it will last for years. Anyone familiar with crochet can mako it. Three small fade of tho hour mado of silk or ribbon aro shown in the pic ture. Ono of them is a bow of Bilk crepo do chine. Tho silk Is cut in bias strips threo or four Inches wido, which are mado Into plain folds sllp stitched along tho odgca together. A small cravat bow, two hanging ends flnlehcd with llttlo balls covered with the crepo, mako up this charming gar niture for tho neck. Tho other two pieces aro mado ol very narrow folds of silk fashioned with llttlo flower forms and hanging ends. In ono of them flno Btrands (each supporting n tiny rose mado of the same silk fold) are braided to gether. Threo of these strandB are finished with little silk balls matching them in color.. Half way of the length of the pendant ends they aro fastened together with three llttlo silk roses llko those at tho top. Two strands aro cut off at this point, leaving threo pendant. Silk in three cqlor3 is used in mak Ing this pretty trifle of elegant neck wear. Three strands aro niado of one color (blue, for Instance), a fourth of pink and a fifth of light green. But any combination that pleases the maker may of course bo substituted for tho colorB mentioned. Tho other llttlo pieco is also made of narrow folds in three contrasting colore. Strong colors, as eapphiro blue, emerald green and carnation red, aro used for this pleco. Small "button roses" of silk mako (in a group) a sort of brooch at tho top. Tho three pendants aro finished with llttlo circles mado by gathering tho silk folds on ono edge. Thoro 1b uothing moro appropriate for a Christmas gift than any ono of theso neckpieces. Tho small onea re quire scraps of bright silk and care ful workmanship In making. The ruffs of not and lace aro easier to mako, JULIA BOTTOMLEY. O00000000 ALL THERE WAS TO IT By GRACE KERRIGAN. Whon Miss Llzzlo Carford onterod upon her duties ns stenographer and typewriter with Ames & Co. Bho didn't look for any social sldo of It. Thero couldn't bo nny In a business office Sho would ask for tho respect that Is duo any girl or woman, no matter whethor sho has monoy and social standing or must earn her living Ames & Co. wero middle-aged men and both married. Both wero workers, nnd both quiet men. Thoy had a small busluess, but n paying one, and their bookkeeper was also their cashier. Ho was a young man of twenty-four, and the nowcomer was not favorably im pressed with him. It Is nono of the stenographer's business whothor tho bookkeeper In his den Is young or old good-looking or ugly social or Burly. Neither Mr. Adams nor his partnor wero good at dictating, and thoy put tho work off on tho bookkeeper. Again, thoy would ho tho only occu pants of tho business tor hours at a time, and If ho was surly nnd gruff It would make things lonesome. Mr. Watler Bardsloy, tho said book keeper, waB In his don when MIbs Car ford called and was hired. Thoro had not been n girl In that offlco in tho ilvo years ho had boon there, but ho novor turned from his desk to look. Sho hnd a pleasant voice, but ho didn't soom to hear it. After Bhe had gono, and ho was told by Ames that Bho was to take tho place, his only comment was: "Very well, eir." Sho was waiting for him next morn ing whon ho arrived. Mr. Bardsley did not bow. Ho did not introduce himself. Ho did not look at her. Ho picked up tho morning mall and carried It into his den and tho girl was left for half an hour to twiddle her thumbs. Then ho camo out and sat down by tho machine and started off with: "Mr. H. O. Wharton Dear Sir: Your letter of the 9th Inst, at hand." Miss Llzzlo picked up pad and pen cil and wrote Thero wero flvo lotters In all. Ho novor paused to say "com ma," "period" or "paragraph," but drovo straight ahead, and when fin ished got up without a word and went back to his den. Sho typed tho lot ters and laid them on tho desk nnd when Mr. Amos camo In thoy wero signed and sent out to be mailed. "Very well dono," said Mr. Ames, nnd that's all there was to It. At noon Mr. Bardsloy went out to lunch. When ho had disappeared jMlss Liz zio went out to lunch. Sho was back first, and whon he camo In sho did not look at him nor he at her. Ho could have said: "Nlco dny, Miss Carford?" And Bhe could have answored: "Yes, very nice." But he didn't say and sho didn't say. From her place by tho machine sho could look Into tho bookkeeper's den and she his back alwayB his back. After she had surveyed that back for threo mortal hours, 'and could have drawn a war-map of every line nnd wrinkle, she turned and looked out upon the roof of tho adjoining build ing. Thero was a clothes-lino stretch ed across It, and on that line hung an old red flannel shirt. It flapped In tho breeze, it fluttered llko a wounded bird. There wero moments when It almost ceased to breathe, as it wero. That shirt when new was a blood red In color. It was now faded to tho color of an old brick house In Tarry town tho ono whore General Wash ington onco stopped after licking tho British to ask the owner for tho tem porary loan of his boot-jack. The shirt had four patcheB on It to cover four holes. Tho buttons were missing and with Increasing ago It had shrunk What was tho romance what tho mys tery of the old red shirt? "Why", I thought you'd gone." It was tho voice of Mr. Ames at her elbow. Tho girl had fallen asleep Tho bookkeeper had departed without awakening her. Wasn't that tho trick of a mean man? Each day for tho next month was llko every other day. Outsldo of the dictation not ten words pasBcd be tween the stenographer and tho book keeper. They camo and went with out noticing each other. It vexed and annoyed her for tho first week and then uho said to herself: "Ho'b probably mad becauso some ono ho recommended wasn't taken on Instead of mo, but It ho thinks he'll get rid of mo by playing tho bear ho'll And himself mistaken. I'm real glad to find ono man In tho city who Isn't smirking around and brag ging how smart ho Is!" Then a son of Mr. Ames' partner camo homo on his vacation from col lege. Ho was n very fresh young man. Ho wanted to bo a high roller but his father waB tight with money matters. Ho hung about tho offlco a good deal, though neither tho book keeper nor tho stenographer was moro than t-arely civil to him. At tho end of a week, Miss Lizzie noticed that the two partners were anxious nnd perturbed and hold con sultations. Some excitement also seemed to have got hold of tho book keeper There wero thrto days of thin, and then ho disappeared and Mr. Ames took his place. It wnsn't for tba girl to ask why, but bIio nat urally wondered over It. Tho rou tlno continued about tho same At noon all wont to lunch. The door o" tho bookkeeper's den, In which was tW EF.fe, was locked at bucIj times. At noon ono day, Instead of goi.ij out to lunch, the stenographer munch ed a 1)1 ir nnnle nnd hurlnd Imp nnun I In a book she had brought down. A quarter of nn hour hnd passed who tho door briskly opened nnd tho fresh young man entered. Ho looked to wards tho den but not around tho room. When ho waB suro no ono was lnsldo ho produced n key and entered tho den. Ho was lnsldo not ovor two minutes, and when ho ro appearcd ho was stuffing greenbacks Into his pockets. Ho locked tho door behind him and then pnsscd out of tho offlco without having gllmpsod tho watcher. For a moment tho girl reasoned that ho was tho son of the partnor, nnd had n right to en nnd rnmn. Thnn sho scented something wrong nnd put on her lint and hurried down to tho street. Tho young mnn wns Just en tering nn nuto In which sat waiting another young man. "Get it?" quorled tho latter. "You bet!" "How much?" "Two hundred!" "Bully! We'll lmvo a devil of n tlmo!" Tho stenographer was In the of flco whon Mr. Ames returned from his lunch. Ho smiled amiably and passed Into tho don, but n moment later reappeared, white-faced and trembling. Ho looked nt tho girl and trlod to Bpeak, but could only stam mer. "Havo you missed somo money?" she nsked. "Y-yesl". "How much?" "Two hundred dollars! I counted It out Just before going to lunch. Wero you out to lunch?" "Not today." "Then then " "Then I saw It taken! Had you missed monoy before?" "Threo times. Didn't you know that was why wo turned away Mr. Bardsloy? Wo couldn't say ho em bezzled It but wo woro forced to bus poet." "As that son of your partnor took tho monoy todny ho probably took tho othors. Ho has a key to tho den. I sat right ovor thoro and snw him operate." Tho partnor wns called In and in formed of what had occurred, and to gether tho two men took up tho chaso. Tho young man was run down and ho mado no denials. In fact, ho laid tho blamo all on his father. Miss Lizzlo took tho half-day off. In going homo sho saw Mr. Bardsloy In a doorway. Ho looked at her but did not bow. Sho walked straight up to him and said; "You aro tho big gest cad nnd Bnob In tho stnto, hut you como along with mo!" Ho followed her to her homo with out asking a question, nnd when thoy were seated bIio asked: "Wero you miffed becauso they gavo mo tho place?" "Why, I was glad of it!" ho ex claimed. "But you never Bpoko to mo." "You didn't ask mo to lunch." "I I dasn't!" ' "I was afraid you'd snub mo!" "Couldn't you havo given mo a good morning?" "I wanted to awful bad, but but " Mr. Bardsloy dared not look her In tho face Ho whs blushing llko a mnlden over a marriage proposal. Ho waB fumbling his hands and moving his feet as If ho would run away. "I sec." mused tho girl as Bho stud ied him. "I havo found a shy man tho only ono In tho world! That changes everything. You will got your placo back, and In tlmo if you aro not too shy " , And In tlmo sho boenmo the wife of a shy man, and ho wns not exhibited at a museum. rCopyrlclit. 1313. by the McCluro Nows papor Syndicate.) FORCED TO DECLINE OFFER Distinguished Profeesor Must Havo Thought He Was a Victim of Leap Year. An undergraduate at Balllol hnvlng fallen 111, his sister camo to nurso him, nnd tho maBter of Balllol paying many visits to tho young man's rooms frequently mot tho sister. Thoro wore numerous other visitors during tho pa tient's convalescence, nnd tho young Indy was greatly attracted by, and finally became engaged to, ono of her brother's friends When her brother recovered and tho young lady was about to dopart tho master camo to say "Good-by." Sho thanked him warmly for his kind ness to her brother, nnd concluded by saying that sho had a great favor to UBk of him Tho master said that ho would bo delighted. Without thinking that her remark wnB capablo of two Interpretations, sho replied nt onco, "I should llko you to marry mo," meaning that ho would offlclnto nt tho ceremony. Tho master, In a stato of great agi tation, hurried from tho room, ex claiming, "My dear young lady, It would bo utter misery for both of us!" London Answers. Waitress Had Not Aged. Ho ha! Ji'at reached tho philosophi cal Htufe-i) vhen ho sllppord Into a res taurant between bars' for n bit to eat. Ho ordered. Then ho sat staring ahead, qulotSy thoughtful In expression, and wnl.d. IS 'u admitted ho did romo waiting, tof What happened to his order cort'.iln't be understood outside tho pe cy'lar convolutions of a roBtnurant V'-chcn. hut ho spent half an hour sit- tt.ig thero staring ahead of him. l At last it camo. Ab tho waitress put 'tho oidcr before him, ho started from hlw deep study, as if he had forgotten ho had an order coming. Thon, look ing up at tho fair transporter of edi bles, ho said. "You don't look n day olda?l" Ev erybody's Magazine (Sror-Gtoimm L-PlOPfcE-J!Lj fc- FEARS NAVY SHORTAGE OF TORPEDOES nflldavits denying nny working ngrcoment or conspiracy, they each recently submitted n bid of $454 n ton for armor plato for battleship No. 39, now under construction In tho Brooklyn navy yard. That bid has boon rojocted by Secretary Danlols of tho navy department KAID MAC LEAN, SOLDIER OF FORTUNE Tho announcement of tho engage ment of Kald Sir Harry Aubroy Mac Lean to Miss Ella Prendcrgnst, daugh ter of tho lato Gon. Sir Honry Prcnd ergast, V. C, recalls tho oxplolfs of tho Scottish chtoftnln in tho Moorish omplro. Soldier of fortuno and ndvon turor of tho best typo, his career has boon ns spectacular as It has boon glorious. Forty years ago Harry Aubroy do Voro MacLean was an officer In hor majesty's Sixty-ninth reglrncnt of foot, poor, but with tho best blood of his raco, hut ho was unnblo to go tho pace with his brother officers, bo eventually ho resigned his commis sion and wont to Tnnglor. Ho wont to soo the sultnn of Mo rocco, Moulal Hassnn, a grim old war rior, Btrong enough for himself, hut worried about tho succession of his heir, n puny, wenk boy. Thoro wero pretenders to tho throno who wero waiting for tho old sultan to dlo to placo force bohind their claims, and tnko tho throno by forco of arms. MacLean proposed himself to Moulal Hassan ns a commander and mill tary instructor for tho Imporlni bodygunrd, who should bo equipped with modern weapons. His proposal was accepted and MacLean soon knocked his 1,000 fighting men Into good shupo. MncLoan devotod himself for tho next fow years to putting down brig ands and preserving ordor. Thon tho sultaln died, and thoro wns nn insur rection when tho weak son, Mulnl Abdol-Azlz, was put on tho throno. MacLean put this down sharply, as ho did several subsequent uprisings. TO PENETRATE m Kite $i raK3uWVBUrat;civ :. 1 if9miHl-'' ever, to penntralo far Into tho equatorial district and to fraternlzo with tho natives. "LITTLE BOBS," Since tho days of Nolson thero has beon no horo in England who has takon m. stronger hold upon tho pop ular fancy than tho llttlo mnn whoso official tltlo on tho rolls of the Brit ish army Is tho Right Hon. Frederick, Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Wat orford. But that Is not tho way that clerks and cab drivers, farmers and shopkeepers all ovor England know him. To them ho is Bimply "Bobs," tho finest little fighting man in tho service. For Lord Roberts, In addition to being a superb tactician nnd a mili tary genius. Is IntcnBoly human Ho has n real, llvo, flesh and blood Inter est In tho men who fight for him. Thoy nro something moro to him than cannon fodder, nnd tho "Tommies" know It, and the folks back in Eng land know It, too. Roturnlng to Eng land onco with n detachment of troops, Roberts amazed tho nowspapor report- or by emerging no in a tniru-ciasa railway carriage. Ho was surrounded by tho eager nowa gatherers. "What's good enough for my men 1b good enough for mo," ho told tho nowspapor mon, and showed distinct annoyanco whon tho matter was mado much of. Lord Roborts won his spuro during tho Ropoy robelllon. Ho had gono out to India as a lloutenant, a Borlous matter In thoso dnys, whon a com mission In hor mnjosty's Indian army meant ten yoara' exile from England nt tho very loast. A year aftor Roberts roachod India tho mutiny began. His was a baptism of flro nnd blood; ho served with Nicholson, took a dls tlngulshed part In tho siege of Delhi and before tho mutiny was over had won tho Victoria Cross, tho greatest honor which can como to a soldier. A tlmo expired soldier told it all In n sentence once: "Little Bobs looks after yor grub and treats yo llko a 'uman Christian." "The lack of torpedoes for our fleet practically placos tho vcssola of tho United States navy at tho mercy of any foe that might attack thorn. Tho navy has today not moro thnn 700 torpodoos tho slnowB of war that Japan employed to wlpo out tho (loots of Russia nnd China. This moans that wo havo only torpodoos enough to flro two shotfl each from tho 463 tor podo tubca of our warships. If thesq first shots did not destroy tho onomy, our dOBtroyers, submarines nnd torpe do boats might Just bb woll never havo boon built." This was tho astounding condition rovoalod tho other day by Congress man Fred A. Britten of Chicago. Mr. Britten, who fathered n bill for an appropriation of $7,000,000 for n gov ernment stcol armor plant, also mado tho statement that tho throo steel ar mor producing companies of this coun try havo mulcted tho government to tho amount of $77,000,000 and. dosnlto j&kv&8&' jMKm CONGO JUNGLES No American woman, however strenuous, rivals tho duchess of Aosta whon It comes to delight In varied nnd dangerous, undertakings. Just as pres ent sho Is preparing to quit civiliza tion for six or soven months, which sho will spend In African Jungles hunting big game. Hor only compan ion will bo n natlvo boy whom sho brought back to her homo In Nnpics throo years ago from Africa Sho will penetrate Into tho wilderness with 'this dusky youth ns hor guldo Only such baggngo will bo taken along ns tho boy can carry on his back. The costumo of tho Intrepid and novelty-loving duchoss will consist of leath er breeches and a rough shooting coat, with which Bho will wear heavy top boots of strong leather, mado especial ly for tramping In the forests. Sho has not explained, oven to hor family, all tho details of her undertaking, as sho declares that sho herself does not know .thorn. Sho fully Intends, how IDOL OF ENGLAND i ill 7'i 'fill ilH
