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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1914)
"W'NT1 - H THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. 'f-SUT- j ." V. "$r SROCADE OPERA COAT WITH CAP OF GOLD LACE ) ROCADES in silk and volvot, crepo and velvet and In satin have had, ro having now and will contlnuo to iavo a wonderful vogue. They aro luxurious and beautiful and drapo tho Eguro In tho manner of classic dra cry. Women aro Inspired by them; (they embody tho "splendor dear to Kvomen" which Tennyson noted. There ia no gainsaying their offect upon tho carriage of their wearers. They aro queenly garments. Tho fabrics aie wonderful to start "with, as rich looking a3 tho old, "heavy brocades after which they aro patterned, and as light and supple as crepe. Many of them show raised velvet flowers or conventional designs on a crepo ground, tho velvet flowers weighing the crepo so that it hangs In lovely lines about tho figure. Theso garments are cut longer than plush or cloth coats in order to cover The Simplest ti attractive waist made of all- over laco is shown here, which is as situplo as can be and at the same time stylish and effective. It is cut by a blouse pattern, having the Hleeves and bodlptf in one. The seams nro set together with hem-stitching and frlllsof' net finish them and the neck.-" ""TJnliko many net and laco waists, tho sleeves are barely elbow length, for In many o,' tho new waists thoy aro long. Inj'act, ono exlromo or tho other seems to bo tho rule either very long, coming well down over tho hands, or else ending just abovo the cibow. A waist like t.iat shown is useful in many ways. It is Cut on tho right UiiPri by expert cutters. Women buy these simple lace and not waists and uso them as a foundation on which to build much more elaborate af fairs. By ndding chiffon drapery em broidered motifs, lino not or laco Bultnps, handsome girdles thoy work transformations and lift the waist from the three dollar clas into tho thirty dollar class. Or If a laco and draped bodlco Is flit J&M v&JvW&M.'-'-. v ;i ,, L if E&&$(Wm&' -' - "' J? --- $ L &rM'W$ i '- ' n Mm wft ; rf.fflWr K2v?Sa & jBs&IStItIMS ' $ &tw0 Mi'-; t -,, WMm. 4HjHUfet cdm4 zw tt moro of tho light ovcnlng .dressoa worn under them than need bo cov orcd by coats for day wear. Thoy aro ornamented with fur at tho neck and slooves, and heavy cords and long tas. scls used for fastenings. Everything about them is sumptuous. For lining, plain crepo do chlno and tho thin supplo satins aro liked. Tho matter of warmth is not given great attention, for tho wearers of so much splendor nro supposed to rldo and not walk upon tho occasions that call for the coat. Still one may boo plenty of theso beautiful wraps in tho cafes and olsewhero, on people who go about in tho street cars and subways. Hut theso conveyances aro quito com foftablo nowadays and the distances to bo walked ovor aro Bhort. Tho evening conts fashlonablo now aro amplo and slinplo in outline. Most of them nro cut with a yoko and having big, roomy slcoves in ono with tho body of tho garment. They nro easily put off and on. Tho pic ture shows an oxnmplo which is a good typo of tho majority of cloaks. Tho small cap of gold lace trimmed with a standing spray of silk fibre nigrettes is simple enough. Tho gold of the cap and tho black- of the aigrette repeat theso colors as thoy appear in tho deep and vivid nattier blue of tho wrap. JULIA DOTTOMLEY. Flower Decorations for Muffs. Flowers aro extraordinarily popular this season as decorative adJunctB for tho muff. Huge, vivid-toned chrysan themums and dahlias in velvet, lead tho way, and tho splash of color afford-' ed by tho tawny shades running through all tho gamut of riotous reds and yellows appeals irresistibly to tho feminine mind. Many opportunities for the display of superb peltry aro given this season by tho varied arrangements of fur on tho winter suits. It seoms as though women wero more than over convinced that fur makes tho most fascinating background for tho complexion and wore determined to lose no chance of using it for decorative purposes on overy possible occasion. Lingerie Vanity Bag. Evory woman knows tho dainty squares of linen or lawn with elab orately embroidered corners that aro called glovo handkerchiefs, but overy woman doesn't know that they may bo fashioned, into tho most sanitary or vanity bags. As tho glovo handker chief is never more than flvo inches square, it is easy to realize how very tiny will bo tho bag that is formed after a strip of laco beading has been run clrcle-wiso between tho corners and they havo been drawn in with a quarter yard length of narrow ribbon which ties in tho smallest of bows. When tho bag is closed, tho four em broidered ends fall ovor liko tho petals of a white lily. of Lace Waists wanted with a skirt of velvet or satin or any other of tho season's fashionable fabrics, ono of theso net or lace waists is draped with a bit ot the material of tho skirt. Sometimes there Is a drapery over tho shoulders, and sometimes it is in tho form of tho glrdlo. Often it is merely a panel at tho back and front with chiffon over it and a separato glrdlo of rib' bon. Tho skirt is separato usually but after, tho waist is adjusted and the girdle pinned to place the dress seems all in one.. Nothing was ever moro useful to tho tourist than theso Blmplo blouses of lace and not. They aro so soft and light that it is no trouble to carry them. Ono needs pretty corsot cov ers of silk or laco under them, and thoy are mero wisps of clothing weigh ing nothing. With a pretty laco waist a ribbon glrdlo and tho fancy corsot .cover, n plain Bkirt will answer and still tho wearer may feel "dressed up" for dinner nt tho hotel or on the steamer, or at home, wherever there is a call for a pretty doml toilette. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. THROUGH ACID TEST By KATHERINE HOPSON. Stephen Mllos sat stunned, while tho letter fell uivhoodod Tom his fin gers. "I can't bollo'vo it I can't" he oxclnlmod over and over. Then he picked up Avis Cordon's letter again und reread tho last page: "I hopo what I'm going to say won't hurt you, Stophen. Wo havo boon very good friends, and I hopo always shall bo, but this is probably tho last letter I shall over writo you, for I am going to bo married in October. My fiance Is n man I mot this summer whllo visit ing Uncle Alfred, in Denver -ltobort Harloy is owner of a large sliver mine in tho Taboo valley, and is a man of nbillty who inspires ono with confi dence." At this last sentence Stephen winced. "That'8 moro than sho could say of me. But it wasn't bocauso I didn't try to mako good." His mind wont back over tho past, which seemed a Borios of misfortunes, beginning with loss of health, then position and pros pects. And now, nftcr two years of fierce slrugglo he had regained all three. "But on tho ovo of success I havo lost my sweotheart." Thoro was a wounded boyish look In his gray eyes. "I don't wonder sho grow tired of wait ing and an offer from anothor man In settled, comfortable circumstances seemed attractive after tho talcs of discouragomont which woro all I had to glvo her for so long! nut, oh, Avlsl Avis! If only you had hold on a little longer, all would havo como right for us!" Ho laid his head down on tho old studont table whoro for so many nights after a weary evening's work, ho had written his daily letter to Avis. That hour for writing had been tho brightest ono of tho 21. "If I'd received this letter six months ngo or oven four, it would merely havo seemed part of my chap ter of bad luck, but now when I thought things had taken a turn for tho hotter, this comes as a knock-out blow." For a long time ho sat with head bowed on his arm in thoughtful si lence, then ho straightened up. "Well, iUs a blow 1 must take liko a man." Squaring his shoulders he gotout writ ing materials and wrote wrote In tho graceful, kindly way which had al ways characterized him even in mo ments of deepest discouragement, and wished her all good luck and happi ness. Thoro was another moment of an guish when he wrapped up her lettors and photograph to Bend back. They had helped him over so -many hard places. "If I could only keep this," thought ho, as ho looked at her pic ture. In a way he was glad he did not know the oxact dato of her wedding. Yot each day during the month of Oc tober ho wondered tf this woro the one. Ho had intended to return this fall to tho old town in Ohio to visit his parents. But ho could not go now not until Avis was married and gone from there. Ho decided to ac cept an offer he had received of a po sition in Montana. His train left St. Paul lato In tho evening, but ho ontered tho Pullman early to get well settled. With & sense of rollef he laid down his grip and prepared to mako himself com fortablo in the seat, wlion ho glanced carelessly through tho car and there before him, across tho aislo, sat Avis and tho man. Stephen stared In blank amazement. "Well, of all predicaments!" he ejac ulated. "I havo tried to glvo her up with tlio best grace possible, but I'm not equnl to sitting ucrpss from her for two days and witnessing another man's happiness. Besides, Iho situa tion would be a bit embarrassing for her. Quietly ho picked up his bag and loft tho car. Ho wont hack to tho ticket office and arranged to havo his berth changed to another car. It waB nocossary for hliir to go on that train to meet hjs 'busi ness appointment, but ho could and would avoid the bridal couple. Ho would tlmo his going Into tho diner so as not to meet thorn. Tho first day ho was successful. They scorned al ways to go in at tho first call, but at noon tho second day thoy wero lato, and Stephen, supposing thoy had como and gouo, wns just beginning his dlnnor when they entered. They went to tho ond table, and Avis did not seo him. Her back was turned, but he could seo her face re flected In tho mirror. It was not a happy face. For ono moment Stophen folt a human gleam of satisfaction that sho had not found tho anticipat ed Joy with this other mnu. Then liko tho acid tost which brings out gold from dross, his bettor nature rose from 1ta strugglo to tho surface, and thero surged over him a wave of ten der pity. Avis his Avis had evi dently made a terrlblo mlstako and it was for all her life long. Ho stud ied hor reflection. Tho oyes wero sad, and thero lurked a look of tragedy In their violet depths. His gaze shift ed to her husband as ho sat facing her. Ho sat studying tho bill of faro with intontness. It wns ovldently n matter of much moment what ho or dored. Sick ut hr-art, Stophon left tho din er. "If I thought sho wero happy, I would try to conquer my primltlvo jealousy and bo happy. But now oil, hers is not the faco of n happy woman. And to think it's Avis!" The train stopped at a station for a Cow minutes, and ho got out and strode tavngely up arid down tho plat form. That afternoon' tho man strolled Into tho smoking car and sitting down bo sldo Stephon ho began to talk about a hunting expedition ho wns going to Join in Montana. His air of brngga doclo mado Stephon liko him less and less. All his consideration seemed centored about himself and no men tion mado of hlo brldo. "Will your wife nccompany you on tho trip?" Stephen found himself ask Ing, his voice strnngoly uhnntural. "Oh, no, sho Isn't a good travelor, and doesn't liko to rough it," was tho careless rojolndor. Stephen's blood boiled. So neglect was to be Avis' portion before tha honeymoon wns scarcely bogun! Ha loft tho smoker abruptly. Ho folt ha could not answer for consoquonces II ho remained. Ho was profoundly thankful whon they reached Butte, whoro ho was to chango cars. And yet could ho go away and loavo Avla In tho kcoplng of that man who evidently failed to keop his vow to lovo and chorion? It was n pale, set-faced young man tensely gripping his traveling bag who alighted. Ho had fought tho mat tcr out with hiniBclf und decided that tho kindest things ho could do was to go away and not add to her discom fiture by a (frnmntlo scono. Mnny passengers wero getting oft and on, and as his train was not dua for n couple of hours, Stephon waited until tho flrBt confusion hnd paasod beforo entering tho stntlon. By the tlmo tho long overland train had steamed away Into tho darkness he was alone, save for ono other pas senger, ovldently of tho same mind about waiting. Sho was looking nround In a bewildered way. As she turnecC and the light from tho station fell on her face, ho saw, to his amazo merit, It was Avis. "Why Is it? What's tho reason?' IiIb quick mind questioned. Her face looked Btralned and resolute, and hor big eyes wero piteous. Gently ho spoko her name, so as not to frighten her. But Bho started in nervous terror. Then sho realized who it was. "Oh, Stephen, Stephen," sho hall sobbed. "What Is It, Avis? Where is your husband?" "My husband?" "Tho man you wero with," ho ro turned, grimly. "Oh my uncle?" "Your uncle!" It wns his turn for astonishment. "Why, yes, Undo Fred Sangster, Aunt Mollio's husband. Sho wns with us, too, but tho poor dear was terribly car sick, and had to stay in hor apart ment most of the time. What a funny mistake." They laughed. Theri his fnco bo camo serious. "But your letter said It is paBt time for your wedding " Tho tragic look returned to her faco. "The wedding did not como to pass, nor will it ever A week beforo tha dato set for our marrlago I learned somo things by accident about the man I was to marry and I gave him back his ring. That is all excopl that it's my prido moro than my hear! that's hurt. A position wa3 offered mo to teach hero in tho Butto schools and I came." Ho scarcely heeded what sho wa saying, except that sho was freo. "Some cousins woro to moot mo horq but our train was lato and thoj aren't hero " Full realization returned to Stoph on with n rush. "I'll seo you safely to their homo, If you'll allow mo. I will tako caro of you now always, Avis!" "AlwayB Is a long tlmo," she laughed. (Copyright, 1913, by tho McCluro News, paper Syndicate.) ASSURES HONESTY OF VOTE French Method Seema Somewhat Com plicated, but Doubtless It Effec tually Eliminates Fraud. Havo tho French discovered tho onlj honest way of getting the number ol votes? The way of voting which haj recently- become a law is called "I'lsc- -loir olectoral." Tho following is tin description given by a Paris paper: Moro than 20,000 electors defiled be foro tho iftn8 in a district of Ivry for tho election of a deputy. Beforo put ting their votes into tho urn they nl passed through tho isolator. When they ontered tho voting room, after receiving a paper, which proved thoit right to vote, which thoy had taken to court tho day beforo, according to the now law, tho voters wero each given an opaquo gray envelope, with which thoy woro allowed to go to the urn. but only after passing through ono ol tho eight cablnB put thoro for tho votor to be ablo to chooso his ticket freoly, without anybody seeing him do it, A squad of policemen stood by as tho men were about to entor tho cabins, and told them what to do. "Put your vote in tho onvolopo." "Now go on tha other sldo." "Don't try to seal tho en velope." And then tho votor was al lowed to throw his vote into tho urn. Loss of Electrical Energy. Whon onergy-trnnsmlBBion wires aro carried overhead on wooden poloa thero Is no appreciable loss of energy in tho polos, but when high-tension lines nro carried on stoel poles or towers tho steel of tho structures be comes magnetized to somo extent and energy losses tako placo. Tills Is par ticularly likely to occur If any ono of tho wires passes through a closed loop of steel In tho structuro of tho towor. Tho only question of Impor tance to tho electrical 'engineer is whether tho lossos thus incurred are sufllclonlly great to bo serious from any practical standpoint. Electrical World. TO CHRISTEN ator, and his daughter -will represent tho Chorokco strain, and Congressman ChnrleB D. Carter tlio Choctaw branch of tho ftvo civilized groups of tho In-" dian Nation, whoso emblems Is a ilvo-polntcd star surrounding tho seal of Oklahoma will bo tlio most conspicuous design to bo engraved upon tlio $7,500 silver scrvlco wjilch tho stato will presont to tho battleship. Miss Cruco, whoso mother Is dead, and who is tlio constant companion and chum of her father, Is tlio granddaughter of a gallant pioneer, Capt. Lo Floro. Hor mother jvns ono 6f twins whoso .names woro Chlckio and Chocklo because of tho commingling ot Chlcknsnw nnd Choctaw blood. Mrs. Cruco was Cliicklo Lo Foro. Tho daughter, soventeon years old, In n graduate of tho Oklahoma Stato Normal school, and tho Ardmoro high school. Sho. is a studont of languages In tho University of Oklahoma and n leader of society in tho circles of her ago in tlio capital. Sho has travelod extensively and, though -n girl in years nnd nppearanco, bIio Is a woman in intellect nnd accomplishments. BURDEN OF Hnouf Hussein Bey, captain of tlio glorious "Ilamldlc," is advertising for somo ono who will tako off his shoul ders tho burden of being a hero. A year's oxperienco haB provod thnt be ing a hero Is tlrcsomo. Hnouf can tolorato his popularity, tho display of his photograpliB, tho fllckor of his moving plcturo fnco and his prospects of becoming admiral and mnrlno min ister. But against this stands tho fact that when you becomo a horo in Tur key Influential people lnslat on marry ing you to a princess. Itaouf resents this. Though a Turk, ho Is moro Eu ropean than Europo" Itself, and ho much prefers the European system under which pretty girls who want to marry heroes send along their photo graphs. In Turkey thoy do not got their photographs taken Tho sultnn merely commandirtho horo to marry a princess of tho ancient, mighty nnd torriblo Houso of Othmun, without oven knowing what she's liko. Captain Itaouf Hussein Is a dark-eyed, thick-nosed, handsomo, woll-set-up Turk forty years old. Ho served in the British navy, speaks perfect English, has tnsted whisky and soda, and in overy othor respect is a civilized man. It wns Itaouf who went to Germany to buy tho battleships Wolssenburg and Kurfurst Frlodrlch IWUholm, which, renamed Mcssudlo and Bnrbarossa Ilalredden, dTd Turkey such signal sorvlco In tho war. LAMARS JOVE that pertains to a homo. Wo recently thought of which will always glvo my It will novor ho our joy to livo thoro." GENEVIEVE CLARK, Quito in keeping with tho quaint flounces and furbelows, tho "garden slippers," tho girlish bonnotB and tho nosegays of simplo blossoms which It Is tho fashion of tho moment for tho debutanto In tho national capital to carry aro the old-fashioned hours which thoy nro keeping this season. Speaker Clark'B daughter, Gcnovlcvo, was among tho most prominent of this season's "buds." Whon onco an Invitation to a dobu 'tnnto's danco horo the legend "ton" or "half-past ten o'clock," today the cards read "nlno o'clock," which means that supper will bo served at midnight and that by two o'clock tho debutante's flrBt danco will bo a happy memory. Tho roform has como without any effort. Something morn subtle than preaching early hours Is at work in changing a modo wiiicirSi tho last ton years had becomo a custom so rigidly observed thnt no ono portion or sot of persons, howovor Influential, could uproot It. Another feature of tho season is tho absence of such puroly (eminlno functions as tho erstwhile popular debutante luncheon. BIG BATTLESHIP When MIsb Lorcna Cruco, dnughtor of tho governor of Oklnhoma, chris tens tho now United States battleship Oklahoma next March, tho most truly American warship will bo launched tho Indlnn of tho navy. Mlsrf Cruco, herself pnrt Indian, will bo surrounded by tho ropresontntlvcs of 40 tribes of rod mon of tho forty sixth ntnto. And it tho request of Oklahoma Is complied with, and tho vessel Is manned lnrgcly by Oklaho mnns now in tlio navy, a strong vein of Indian blood would bo found in tho crow's pcrsonnol. A majority of tho Indians to bo pros out nt tho launching will como from tho Flvo Civilized Tribes, but Miss Cruco insists that all other branches of aborigines shall havo dolcgntcs at tho launching. - Thoy nro expected to appear In native dross, and tho sceno will bo tho most tinlquo In tho navy's history If her plaim provnll. Robert L. Owen, Unitod States sen BEING A HERO TO CAPITAL Lamar is a familiar name In tho social nnnaltj of tho national capital, and, glancing through Kb. wrltton pages, it seoms a rnro occurronco whon a representative of th"o family has not figured. Certainly not for tho past 20 or 30 years. Judgo William Ilalloy Lnmpr and his nttractlvo young wlfo aro wolcomo additlous to tho clrclo composed of former officials for whom tho luro of tho city Is Irre sistible Thoy worq hero for six years, boginnlng with tho Fifty-eighth con gross, when tho Judgo, then serving as attornoy gonoral of bis stato, was sent to tlio lower houso. After serving in tho Sixtioth congress, Judgo Lamar be enmo affiliated with largo legal inter ests In A'tlnutn, Go., and rcslde'd thero until two years ngo, when ho and Mrs Lamar roturnod to Washington, which will hereafter bo tholr winter homo. "Fads aro something I novor had leisure to cultivate," said Mrs, Lamar. "Ono of my delights relates to all erected near Atlanta, Ga., a homo tho heart a pang, for it seema now that CAPITAL DEBUTANTE -r.r-Sd
