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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1913)
THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. o Stately and Graceful Gown r f c IViany Things the Pages WVSHIMJTON. As tho crowd of sightseers entorcd tho cnpltol they woro surpriued to hear shouts of laughter and tho scraping of chairs. "Is that congress In session ?" one of tho party asked tho guide. This wise In Give O REAL SPFAKEJV A CHANCE x I 2- You'll seo 71 J W . VN T"yS?f tlholr surroundings In the pleasure of tliel. fun. To a person accustomed to gazing on tho house when It was filled with dlgnllled congressmen it was a most unusual sight. Several boys wcro wrestling, others boxing and still moro tossing n plcco of paper around tho room in imitation of n baseball game. The fact that visitors from all parts of tho United States were looking at itheni did not seom to bother them In the least. They kept on with tho sport. iThtn suddenly a member of the houso entered and walked to his chair. At oneo tho levity ceased. Tho boys walked to tho sides of tho room und tried ta appear dignified an Impossible task, by tho way Tho pago, whether ho bo emplbyed In tho houso or senato, holds a Job tmt makes him envied by almost every youngster In Washington, besides a number of their old pals "back home." It isn't so much tho fact that tho post 'tlons pays $75 a mouth to tho lucky youngster as long as congress Is In ses sion, but becauso of tho prestige to bo secured through such personal contact "with the "big men" of tho nation, for the page gets to tho placo where ho can address every congressman by namo and also bo answered In a familiar strain. And what American boy wouldn't give most anything for eucIi a prlvlleji'o, It's a treat to sit for a morning and watch the houso pages. Thoy arrlvo ibout !) o'clock, then for throe hours there Is a continuous performance of lun galore, only ended when tho house dhaplaln formally opens the day's ses sion. Then for tho remainder of tho day tho page works hard and earns his salary. Street Car Regulations in the Capital City - TWO men were standing under a tree In Farragut square near the west side ono hot afternoon last summer. One of them was In tho uniform of tho street car service and the other was in plain clothes. Each had a pencil and paper pad and each was making notes of the streot cars passing. "What aro those men doing'.'" asked the report er of a conductor, expecting tho reply "spotters." "Those men are making up reports or tho cars aro light loaded, medium loaded, load ed or crowded," said the conductor. "Ono Is In tho employ of tho public utilities commission. If a dozen or so passengers are on a car It will bo marked as "light," If overybody has a seat and thero is a scattering of empty seats, it will bo marked 'medium;' if all tho seats are occupied It will bo marked 'loaded,' and If passengers aro standing It will be marked crowded. Wo havo cut our schedule that Is, tho company has re duced the number of cars running becauso of tho number of people out of the city, and thoso men aro aiding In the making up of a report to determine whether the new sched ule Is providing sufficient accommodations to tho public. "Yes," said the conductor, "any rule for tho safety and comfort of passen gers ought to be a pollco regulation. A regulation mado only by tho company does not go very far. It Is against the rule of tho company for passengers to stand on the running board of open cars, but all I can do Is to request or persuade a passenger to step inside. Perhaps thero Is no room Inside. I havo no authority to put him off. "If a man spits on the floor of a car I can havo him arrested and he will liavo to answer in court. It is a police regulation that a man shall not spit on tho floor. The rule thut smoking is permitted only on tho last thrco seats Is a company regulation, and a man can smoko on the front seat or any other seat If he chooses to bo dlsagrceablo about it and I may not put him off. "However, a conductor can make nearly all men observo the smoking rule If you handle them right. Yqu can get along better with tho public by "requesting' than by any other means. If you begin threatening you will bo in hot water right away." Was Hurtled Through the Door Like a Catapult REPRESENTATIVE ERNEST W. ROBERTS of Massachusetts tells a story of a bully vho lived in his town and whoso general demeanor mado him a fit subject for tho stocks Jim Jones was a general, all-round, good-for-noth -mivvl llirM: outside Mr. RobertB and his friend awaited tho outcome of tho onslaught. In a fow moments tho uproar increased. Thero wero wild yells and smashing of chairs. Tho door jerked open nnd a kicking figure was hurtled through It llko a catapult and fell into tho gutter. "One," counted out tho friend aloud, determined to keep tho score right "Stop counting!" yelled tho prostrate form In tho gutter. "Ain't you got no sense this Is me!" It was Jim. - i&'i Judge's Stern Warning THERE Is a good story going around who halls from North Carolina. young In tho law, ho was prosecuting chai actor. This desperado was supposed to havo added greatly to tho population of tho villago cem etery and to bo ready to kill his man at tho drop of an acorn So when Small stood him up at tho bar before a country justice of tho peaco tho embryo con gressman painted tho prisoner In such dark col ors that his own mother would never havo recog nized him nt flo paces In tho vory height of ills eloiuonce Small pointed a long finger at tho trembling man and shouted: "Why, that man at the bar would Just as soon kill me ub not llglu here before your face, Judge." The Judg loaned thoughtfully ovor, took off his specs and glowered at tho offonding criminal "John Smith," he thundered, "If ou dare kill Small hero beforo mo I will fine ou a dollar and fifty cents for contempt of co'to, durn Do to Amuse Themselves dividual laughed before he answered. "No, It's too early In the morning for tho con gressmen, you couldn't get them out before noon except on extraordinary occasions. Tho nolso you hear comes from tho pages frolicking about In tho chamber of tho house of representatives. them for yourself when wo go upstairs." tho chamber. There wcro loud bhouts In boyish voices, shrill laughter and tho sounds of falling furniture. Tho guide took his sightseers to tho visitors' gallery, for none except members of tho house, their secretaries and houso employes are allowed to enter tho sacred precincts. Hut at this tlmo of morning a wild sight was to bo en Joyed. Fully 25 or 30 boys woro running up and down the aisles of the room, totally forgetful of K as to wheth- f' ' caisr-guJ ing, lazy, fighting idler whose only work in lira was an attempt (o escape labor, but who was al ways boasting of what a "bad man" he was under his ragged coat. Ono day Mr. Roberts was strolling down the street and stopped to talk to a friend near a lamp post which stood outsldo of a saloon. From : within came tho odor of stale beer and tobacco mingling with the angry tones of a heated conver sation. Just then Jim Jones came strolling up proudly Throwing out his chest and pointing to the swing ing door from which the nolto issued, ho de clared: "I'm going in thero and throw every durncd ono of them fellows out Just watch me. Re sure and count them as I throw." Jim sailed within tho mystic precincts, while to Desperate Prisoner the capltol about Congressman Small, In prehistoric dnys, when Small was a town bully who bore a desperate my soul, If I don'tl" V?"7 FROM the salon of a gifted designer In Paris comes this stately and graceful gown. It is worth much study as an exposition of present styles, without any departure from beautiful outlining of the figure and tho best management of fashionablo fabrics with brocaded surfaces. Any of tho dark rich colors of tho season taupe, corbleu, paprika, wood and golden browns, sapphlro blue. The skirt Is In two pieces, with tho uppermost cut away from tho knees downward In a "V" shape. It is draped with three small plaits to glvo It the fashionable slant, and posed over an under piece that Is also caught up a little at tho front. This under piece Is not closed at tho back, and by this arrangement tho skirt, which seoms to hang In so closely about the ankles, still gives room for easy walking. Thero Is no attempt nt even hanging about tho bottom of skirts thoso days. They aro correctly draped when tho uneven-hanging caused by drapery Is allowed to speak for Itself as a part of the play. Thoro Is a bodlco of bro caded silk under a small coat of cloth like that In tho sklrL It has a grace ful neck round, with a narrow "V" cut out at the front. A flno net gulmpo is worn under It, which Is round at,tho nock. Tho long sloovcs of this bodice aro set In at tho arm eye, but not close fitting hi tho upper arm. A flno frill of point d'Esprlt PEARLS THE ONE ORNAMENT FOR THE DEBUTANTE JUST why pearls and girlhood aro so associated in our minds is not yet fully explained. But wo all rccognlzo that pearls belong to tho maid beforo she may wear other Jowols with any degree of fitness. Except for pretty hair ornaments of ribbons and mado flow oi h thero is nothing that looks quite as 'lit" on the young girl as pearls Tho ornament shown hero Is mndo of two strands of pearl beads Etrung on a flno wlro. Thoy are strung In links. Joined by largo barouquo pearl beads, placed between the links. The band oxtonds across the top of tho head and terminates a little below gives n perfect finish to tho sleeves. Providing tho long shoulder, tho, small coat blouses ovor tho bolt lino at the sides and back. It has n long narrow basquo sloping away over tho hips and falling almost to the knees. It is finished with a vory wide and' heavy frlngo and is wondorfully effec tive. Similar coats slopo away to a panel nt tho back, finished at tho ends with a broad band of fur or plush. This flnlsh has proved moro popular than tho fringe. A hat with somo width of brim la fitting with a gown of so much char acter, and that is what was chosen. It ban tho small, soft crown, which al most effaces Itself, and tho simple trimming which characterizes tho sea son. Two short full ostrich bends or a fancy ostrich ornamont aro curled over tho brim in modols of this kind, and tho brim usually shows an inden tation nt ono side. Tho front of tho under bodlco Is ar ranged to fall out over tho, waist lino nnd Is a novelty In arrangement that is noteworthy. Altogether this Is an ichlevcment In designing so good that It will outllvo less beautiful models and look well for two seaBoziB or moro. Tho Ufo of protty gowns, most of them costing considerable tlmo and somo money, should not be so brief that tho tlmo spent in making them Is not worth whllo. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. tho top of tho ears at each side. It Is fastened to placo with hair pins. At tho left side thero aro threo loops of the pearls strung on wlro and two hanging ends and a knot formed of; pearl beads strung on heavy thread and set less closo together than In tho band, so that thoy fall easily. Tho colffuro is very simple oven for a young girl. As in all tho pres ent designs, tho ears aro covered. Tho front hair 1b curled and fluffod about tho faco. Tho back hair is braided In looso strands and pinned flat to tho head. This hair dross Is appropriate for brown haired or blond girls, but is not so protty for tho girl with vory dark hair or for hor who has tho splendid "Titian" locks. Although vory dark hair, nnd what Is called red hair, aro bo unlike, tho snmo styles of colffuro nro suited to them both. They must do tho hair In soft mnssea, Insist upon Ita being glossy nnd refuse to con sider llufllnesB or anything approach ing trlzos. Rut no mntter what tho huo of hor hair or eyes or skin tho maid may wear pearls. Thoy look wall nnd moro than that on youthful heads of any color. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Chenille Flowers. Chenlllo flowers are used for corsage, bonqucts now. Thoy aro mado of strings of chenlllo, In heavy, soft quality, looped Into potals, and mount ed on green .chenlllo stems, stiffened with wire Brilliant but at tho samo tlmo soft shades of red and blue and violet and green and yellow aro used. Theso little ilowors havo a charm all their own, and nro especially offoctlvo worn on tho dull, gloomy days for which November Is famous. 'Vw5?-? "XftJwOTn I II1M Mil fa n limn- til tin ' nniiu lUMiuiiuuiy ki ui'tui i. tli in all that genius ever Inspired or tnl rnt ocr accomplished Next best to natural, spontaneous chccrlncii. Is delib erate, Intended nnd persistent checrlncsi, which wn crente, can cultluito nnd enn so foster nnd cherish that nfter a few years tho world will never suspect thnt It wai not nn heredltnry Rift. . Helen II. Jackson. nt ..Mr 11.. ..... ..! SOME GOOD DISHES. A banana brown botty prepared an ono does tho chopped apple, using ba nana liiBtcad. Put a layer of buttered crumbs In tho bottom of a baking dish, covor with a layer of sliced bananns; repent, adding a little sugar and nut meg, then pour ovor tho Juice of a sour orange. Add a bit of water and bake. Cheese Cakes. Qrato tho peel of threo lomons, cook until tender, letting tho water boll away. Beat tho yolka of six eggs and mix with a quarter of a pound of sugar and a half pound of butter, two tablcspoonfuls of grated cheeso and tho lemon peel. Lino patty tins with pie crust nnd fill with tho mlxturo.jnnd bako for half an hour. Green Pepper and Potato Croquottes. Tnko a cupful and a hnlf of maBhed potntoea and mtx with It n table spoonful of butter, the yolk of an egg, salt, pepper and enough milk (o iuoIb ten. Mold It Into croquottcH nnd mako n holo In each. Into this holo put Bomo chopped green popper thnt has been fried slightly In butter. Dip tho croquottes In egg and crumbs, then fry In deep fat. Royal Christmas Cream. Tnko a pound of warm fondant and work Into It chopped nuts, raisins, llgs, dates and orango pool. Knead until soft, then press into a cako; when cold cut In slices. Wrap In waxed paper, servo for dessert or a confection. Choice Butter Caramels. Put a pound of sugar, a half pound ench of glucose and butter with n cupful of cream ovor tho ilro to boll. Cook un til a test In cold water makes n soft, waxy ball. Tho tlmo of boiling varies, often It will take an hour. Pour out Into buttered tins, and when cool mark In squares. Dublin Cookies. Take a halt cupful each of lard and butter add one nnd a fourth cupfuls of sugar, ono cupful of sour milk, two eggs, ono tonspoonful of nutmeg, ono tenapoonful of soda, two cupfuls of hot mashed potato and flour to roll. Mix nil together well, roll nnd cut with rf" largo cuttor. Sprlnklo with grnnuhUed sugar and, bako In a hot oven. This world 1b not ho bad a world Aa eomo would llko to mnko It: And whether trood, or whether lind, Depends on how wo tnke It. MORE CHRISTMAS CANDIES. Now that wo havo tho foundation madp, a fow suggestions as to tho ways of using It In different vnrlotles: For orango creams, grato tho yellow rind of an orango, scraping ovory speck from tho grater with a fork; ad a pinch of tartaric tho slzo of a pea. Add two tnblespoonfula or moro of confectioner's sugar nnd enough ornngo Julco to mix, and then mako It into small balls Theso nro the centers whloh nro dipped Into molted fondant tinted yellow with snffron. Molt tho fonJ.nt ovor hot water, bolng careful not to melt It back to clear su gar. Walnut creams nro very simple. Roll tho flavored fondant Into bnlls. press In the half of a walnut, and al low It to dr;' on waxed paper. A candy ?hlch Is most attractive may bo mri&s of different layers, fla vored with a variety of tinting nnd with the nd&tlon of chopped nutB and raisins to oi.y layer. Arrange In lay ers, In a tin oox or mold; then, when hard, tho wfcolo pleco may bo dipped in 'chocOlaif, and when sliced will mako a very protty addition to tho candy box f tho colors pink, green und a layer rf plain whlto Is used with tho lnyor of chopped nuts nnd fruit. Nuggets. Jjoll together a cupful each of brovn and whlto sugar, a half cup of wator to tho soft ball stage. Pour this la a fine stream over tho whlto of an tsi beaten stiff. Continue beating until It will hold Its shape whon dioppj-.l; add n pinch of sodn, a llttlo vnnllln nnd u fow nuts whon be ginning to tat. Drop in small balls on waxed or buttored paper. They will harden Immediately. Glace Nut. --Boll a pound of sugar with a cup of vator until It hairs, hon mid half a cu;. of vlnogar and boll rapidly until when tried In Ice water It cracks In the tcoth. Now continue to boil until tha faintest tlngo of yel- Lions Liked the Singing. Tho fierce lions woro tamed by the voice of Mino. Emmy Destlnn, tho famous prima donna, nt Babels berg, near Berlin. Sho took a lending part in a cinoma piny written by llerr Ewers, and tntltlod "Tho Lion's Brldo," and sho onterod tho cago con taining tho lions, which hnd been sent from tho Hagenbeck Zoo, and woro said lo bo vory wild. Tho fa mous piimn donna spout 'JO minutes In tho cage, In tho center of which n plauoforu had boon placed. A Hon m in low Is seen, then romovotho dish, and, set It In a pan of boiling wntor. Havo tho nuts clean nnd dry, drop In with tho left hand and remove quickly wlthi tho right. Often ono dipping will boj sufficient. ' Tnlk hnpplnesa. Tho world la nnd enough) Without your woes. No pnth la wholly roURh; Look for tho places thnt arc smooth nndj clonr; And speak of thoso to rest tho weary enr Of enrth, so hurt by ono continuous) strain, Of human discontent nnd ffrlof and pain. -12. W. Wilcox DAINTY DISHES FOR CHRISTMAS., ChoBtnuts may bo used In different) ways to grnco tho Christmas table. Ab stuffing for tho fowl or as a sweot meat, or dossort. Chestnut Custard Pie. Lino a plo Plato with a good rich cruBt. Boll at sufTlclont quantity of chestnuts to mnko a cupful of pulp whon mashed., Add a pint of milk, tho yolks of twoi ORgs, a half cupful of sugar and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Turn this lntoi tho lined plato nnd Bprcnd a mcrlnguoi over tho top after It has baked 20 minutes. Mnko tho morlnguo by beat ing tho two whltCB, adding two table spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Brown tho morlnguo In a moderate oven, Steamed Cider Pudding. Cream a tablospoonful and a half of butter, add thrco tablcspoonfuls of Bugnr nnd ono egg. Boat all together until vory light. Now pour In half a cupful each of raisins and currants mixed with a quarter of a cup of flour. Add hnlf a teaspoonful of cinnamon, a quarter of a teaspoonful of gratod nutmeg, a pinch of cloves and a cupful of flour. Sift this all togother Into tho bnttor, adding n quartor of a teaspoonful of soda. Pour Into n woll greased mold and stoam ono nnd a half hours. Turn out carefully, as tho toxturo Is deli cate. Servo hot with n aauco flavored with tho Julco of an ornngo. Christmas Fruit Cookieo. Beat half a cup of butter to a cream, add half a cup of sugar, half a cup of ralalnB chopped flno, thrco tablespoonfuls of milk. Stft togothor two cupfuls of flour, one-fourth teaspoon of Boda,, cloves nnd nutmog nnd a half tea spoonful of cinnamon. Roll and cut. Bako one, and If It spreads add moro flour. It Is moro of good mnnnors to show courtesy to servants on to any In humbla station of llfo. A pollto request Is nlwayn belter than n stern conunund. Whoover shows dlsrcuard of tho fcollngs of a serv ant or ono In humble station gives un mlstnknblo ptoof of 111-breedlng. TEMPTING CHRISTMAS CONFEO TIONS. Ono nlcn thing nbout bon bons tho foundation mny bo mado and kopt for weeks, without hurting It In tho least nnd ono may then mako tho French candy a day or two boforo It Is wantod nnd so havo It dcllclously frosh. Fondant for chocolate creams should bo Just as soft as poaslblo to handle and thoBO who know sny that If It Is frozen nnd small bits UBcd quickly and covorod with chocolate wo hnvo tho very creamy toxturo which Is so desirable for tho filling of tho choco late creamB. All ono needs to do lsi to set tho fondant out In tho cold ovor night to froozo. Fondant. To insuro a smooth vol voty candy ungralned tho addition of a small amount of glucoBo added to tho sugar and water will save tho neod of careful watching. To four cups of sugnr add a cup of water and two tn blespoonfula of glucoso. Tho glucoso may bo bought at any confectlonory shop and Is perfectly wholcsomo used ln,smnll quantities for this purpose. Cook tho candy until a llttlo la drop ped In cold water It may bo gathered In tho flngors Into a soft waxy ball. Tho softer tho candy can bo worked tho moro delicate tho candy. It should bo kept covered with a buttqred pa per In a closo dlah or Jar. Whon tho candy Is cool enough to bear dipping In a finger, begin to stir nnd atlr until a whlto waxy mass as smooth as vel vet Is tho result. Use what Is needed for tho tlmo and put tho remainder away for tho future. For chocolato creams havo tho fon dant very cold and handle quickly so that It does not molt and spoil thei shape. Mold Into balls and sot out' ngain to chill. When thoroughly cold dip them Into melted chocolnto. Put a pleco of chocolato Into a small sauco pan and sot It Into hot wator. A hat pin or a wlro with a small loop In tho ond is good to uso for dipping tho bon bons. Drain on waxed paper and put at onco In a cold placo. lay on top of tho Instrument, and Mine. Destlnn stood with her baud on, its hoad and sang an nvia from "Mig-, non" to nn accompaniment played by a woman lion tamer. Tho momont sho began to sing tho lions stoppod, i oaring, and It was evident that thoy wero ploasod with her voice. As, shoi loft the cago Mine. Destlnn snld: "Tho lions wero really tamo. I waa' not a bit frlghtenod." It was noticed that tho lions oboyed tho prima donna fnr moro readily than thoy oboyed the, woman tnmar.
