THE SEMI-WEEKLV TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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PUCH a pretty party gown, In which
3 one of those beaded garnitures is
featured, is shown here. The bodlco
md apron-tunic, of beaded net, is a
lew development of the ready-made
bodice and tunic affairs that havo
so delightfully helped out in the mak
ing of evening gowns. The straight
hanging front, with frill of lace falling
below the waist line, is the most up-to-date
of stylo touches. Just now fashion
does nothing to the waist lino but
ignore it. She would like to have all
her devotees forget it, and a great
number of them do.
The dress is of crepe do chine made
with straight-hanging skirt with some
drapery near the bottom where the
left side vanishes under a hemmed
bfts edge at the right. The bodice is
the simplest imaginable, a "baby
waist" that is, a plain gathered front
and back with short plain sleeves. It
is merely a foundation and background
for the beaded bodice of the tunic.
Dainty Footwear for Evening
THE day has como when displays of
elegant footwear may bo said to
rival displays of jewelry In brilliance.
Judging from tho dressy shoos and
slippers which fill tho show cases of
tho shoo shops, and thoso of depart
ments in the great stores, tho adjec
tives which havo been used In de
scribing gowns and hats will And
themselves associated in tho future
with clothing for tho feet. It will
require them to convey any idea of
tho daintiness and brilliance that
characterize tho newest footwear for
evening.
Black patent leather combinations
with white kid make up a great num
ber of the handsomest slippers. But,
besides these, there are combinations
of bronze, gold and silver with fab
rics and sllppors of these fancy leath
ers alone, as well as slippers made of
fabrics alone. Tho array is dazzling
and In point of variety bewildering.
Just now there Is n liking for white
satin on which gold or silver figures
aro thrown up in embroidered de
signs. These aro llnished with small
but most brilliant buckles or rhlne
stonos. Certainly such slippers do
'servo to be called confections in foot
wear. But to get any Idea of tho va
riety which confronts tho purchaser,
just tho display In a single show case
may be described to glvo a clear idea
of tho leading style-featuro for this
season.
First there is a satin novelty called
tho Poinclana slipper. It is a plain,
'beautifully shaped model with short
vamp, somewhat pointed too and
French heel. At tho back tho satin
extends upward to tho ankle, where
It is fastened to a velvet band. This
band encircles the nnklo, fastening
with two small pearl buttons at tho
aide. Ono may chooso this slipper
, in whito satin with black velvet col
lar, black satin with whito velvet col
lar. Bilvor cloth with black velvet, or
In all black.
Next to It stand tho Empress, quite
deserving of Its loyal namo with
in a Party Gown
The sleoves are finished with a nar
row spangled band like that at the
aide of the apron-tunic.
The bodlco of the tunic covers the
underbodlco back and front. A narrow
fringe of beadB finishes the short
sleeves. At the back tho bodlco may
bo finished with a girdle or the frill of
lace, somewhat scantier in fullness,
may bo extended around tho figure. A
flat tassel of beads finishes each side
of tho tunic at the bottom.
These beaded garments are shown
in all the light colors and In black.
Black and silver and black and gold
on black net are among the showiest.
Gold net with gold spangles and beads
Is in high favor. Tho tunic and dress
match in color, as a rule.
The small corsage bouquet of iiatin
roses worn at one side of the lace frill
is a detail that should not be over
looked. It Is much more than a de
tail in the costume.
black satin vamp and white satin
quarters. Very plain, very beautifully
finished and very elegant, tho Era
press Is shown in this single combina
tion. A third strikingly beautiful black-and-white
slipper has a black satin
vamp and heel, with quarter of white
satin extended over tho instep in a
strap. The edges of tho slipper and
strap are bound with black satin and
this new creation is fastened with a
doublo buckle of brilliant rhlnestones
at the side. Ono may havo it in nil
black or all white, cither of them
handsome enough but having not
quite the snap of black and white and
rhlnestone in conjunction.
Next comos a quiet model in bronze
kid having a tongue embroidered
with bronze beads, and then a tango
tlo in bronze laced across tho lnster
with ribbon which ties about the
nnklo. These are to bo had in other
matorials and colors.
Less showy, n slipper In dull kid i
exquisitely shaped und supplied witl
four straps across tho instep. The
too and straps aro beaded. This le
made In white or In bronze, with
beads to match. Then comes a marvel
In whito satin and gold brocade nnd
after It an array of plain satin opera
slippers In all tho ev.enlng colors.
Truly alio who 1b looking for some
thing now and beautiful in slippers
will havo no trouble in finding all that
she b looking for, and moro, too.
For thoro aro other showcases filled
with other slippers.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Blue and Black Tulle.
A black satin evening gown has
very attractive sleeves. Thero aro
deep bluo tulle foundation sleeves that
reach over tho hands, and over thebo
shirred sleeves, equally long, of black
tulle.
Tho soft folds of tullo aud chiffon at
present Introduced on the bodlcos aro
wonderlully becoming
THE FLOOR WALKER
By CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
(Copyright.)
It was tho crowded-bar hour of five
In tho nfternoon in tho Old King Colo
fluid-rei-actlon room of tho Hotel Astor
Knlckor. At tho far end of the onyx
bar a young man with Irresolute eyes
and tho chin of a non-combatant began
to weep silently but copiously into his
highball.
Tho bareheaded attache of the ro
fectory, who touched tho weeper upon
tho shoulder within less than ton sec
onds after tho beginning of tho lach
rymose manifestation, looked as good
as ono of thoso House of Splooiw
helm or clothing nils. He was tall,
rangy and square-jawed.
He was tho floor walker of tho lefec
tory; an cvolutlonlzed bouncer. It
took him less than two minutes to con
dole with tho despairing ono and to
guide him gently to the exit. The
weeper was not bounced; ho was con
veyed to tho outer air by a diplomatist,
and went njyny with his misery as
suaged. "Good eye," I observed to the calm
eyed floor walker when ho returned.
"How did you spot that ono so
promptly?"
"By keeping track of his ln-dredges,"
said tho floor walker. "I happoned to
remember that one. He's a three-shot
Terry. That Is to say, when ho seeps
threo molstles Into hla bllgo tho over
flow always begins to trickle from his
wicks. Threo for him, and the Joys do
a bunny-trot away from him and tho
Glooms start In to turkey-mazurk all
over him.
"Then tho saline solution begins to
dribble from his orbB, which, of course,
is hla getaway signal; for It wouldn't
do to havo n sad sog scattering salt
spray over tho place when the bar is
cluttered up with merry-merries, who
hato grief and who are trying tho best
they can to forget oven their own woes,
without reaching out for tho sobsky
music pt zlgs who Insist upon diluting
their boozo with their tears."
'But jou aro not giving mo tho
arithmetical end of it," I said to tho
floor walker. "How can you keep
track of the number of liquid InsertB
that each of them, buying rapidly, por
mlts to percolate through his frame?"
"Practice, bo practice, contlnuedl
with that Argus stuff," replied tho cafo
floor walker. "After I get through
with this job I'll bo nble to do a vaude
ville turn as a lightning calculator.
How many fervent Ferdles aro thoro
lined up thero at tho onyx now, would
you calculate? A hundred, say you?
Wrong nsaln. Thero are a hundred
and fourteen. Included In tho bunch
aro 19 whom I've got classified on
memory's yellow pages, Myrtlo, as
dangerous.
"Unsafe, that Is to say, in different
ways. Some of them aro liable, lfj
they go too far with the gimme-an-i
Dther request, to prong out tho think
that they're white hopes and stretch
out their tentacles In search of musBl
ness. Others of tho 19, If thoy stretch
ftiat plcase-rcfill-the-flagon thing too
far, aro likely to ralso their pipes Jn
unseemly protest on tho subjects of re
ligion, baseball and politics, thus
throwing In a flat wheel, so to speak,
on the cathedral calm that should pre
vail In a fluid phllansterle of this pat
torn. (Two of them, If they overstep their
surgle limit, will fall to atomizing their
weeps until tho plant will feel like it's
being sprayed by a Scotch mist. 'N so
Dn, 'n so on, as Mr. Belasco says, ncrv
ausly, when he does not wish to havo
you read tho remainder of your play
to him on tho street.
"Well, I'm tho Tabulating Tommy
with those 19 unsafe boys. I know
lust how far down tho damp road each
of thorn can go without getting his
standing lights blurred, and I'm thero
with tho mentally registered statistics
as to Just how many intakes each of
them has up to this moment eased into
his facial orifice. Something at tho top
of my dome does an inaudible click
each time any ono of them creaks his
elbow in tho act of sifting n perfectly
new and untried ball into hii motor.
"Thus, as each ono of them treks
along to tho end of his little path, all
I'vo got to do Is tho substraction stuff,
waft tho wigwag to tho burkecp, and
tho ono who has played his string as
far as I know, from experience, it
ought to be pluyed, guts the sad and
sweet shako of the barkeep's bean tho
next timo he calls for ono moro, nnd
that is all there is to It. If tho ono
upon whom tho box Is turned resents
tho shut-down ho Is passed along to
mo, and I dish up to him whichever
artlclo of bunkologlcal balm ho seems
inostjn need of.
"I am not saying, get me, that nny
ono of tho 19 dangerous ones 1h liable
to try to leap tho barricade or scalo
tho citadel today. Thoy may go daB
and days before thoy vat up to tho
point whero they will feel Impelled to
pull their rummlferous specialty. But
I am peg-po3ted horo for tho purposo
of watching that nono of tho breezy
oneB departs from tho normal, and, if
so, to chaperon thorn, without any sug
gestion of tho crude or coarso work,
Into tho open "
"But hold!" I Interrupted. "How
can you tell how many thoy'vo had be
fore they swing' In horo?"
"That," replied tho floor walker of
tho high-grade fire-water foundry, "Is
whero tho Argus sectiCu of my sketch
comes in. I can tell that by peeking
them over when thoy zephyr In. I
take an unobtrusivo but Hawkslmwish
slant at each and overy patient as he
nudgeo through tho door, for tho pur
pose of making n guess as to how
many lmbiblngs ho has bestowed upon
his concealed mechanism before get
ting this far up tho lino.
"If their maps don't reveal tho story,
then their chirps will. When, for in
stance, I accidentally overhear a Just
arrived Binudgo tolling tho buddy with
him that nono of tho folks nt home, In
cluding his spouse, understand him,
dog-gone tho luck anyhow, then, even
if I nover have blnocularlzed him be
fore, I know that ho has been hurling
wcttlos Into his diaphragm not nlono,
yea, at one, but nl sovornl other points
further down the line, nnd I get tho
mental chalk on him and attend to It
that ho doesn't reach the glug-glug
stngo of It through any fault of mine
or tho house. Tho Bog who unllmbors
It to his trudge-mate, at an early stage
of tho proceedlngB In a dnmp drum,
that the wife of his bosom cannot and
doeB not and will not understand him
that sog, If tho act Is pormlttod to
proceed undisturbod, will fall to. la
menting lachrymosely all over tho up
per nnd lower bar rails Just us sure as
algs ifln't eggs. As you joursolf have
Just seen, thuro Is nothing sadder or
moro dispiriting to bo observed In a
gtoggery-de-luxo than tho spectacle of
a malo person who shaves engaged In
distilling his own tears Into perfectly
good boozo, guaranteed under the Pure
Food and Boozo act of 1900.
"And when tho weeper Is doing it
because, as ho says In a tone loud
enough for othor persons to hear, he
Is deeply and darkly and sadly misun
derstood nt home, the said weeper
frames into such an enticing figure to
bo booted all over the works and then
out Into tho opou, und tho shoe-leather
of so many mon so twitches to do that
same to him that it is highly desirable
to get him out of tho place just as
soon as possible, If not by tho conolog
leal method, then by tho 'raus-mlt-em'
route.
"It is tho business of tho floor walk
er in a Valoncleunes-laco malson de
redeye of this character to annlyzo the
chatter of each of tho patients who
looks unsafe, all tho tlmo pretending,
of course, thnt ho couldn't hoar a pres
ident's salute from n battleship if he
was shining bright-work on tho main
deck, and to see to it that tho chlrpcr
who manifests a tendency to become
boisterous along tho lino of his par
ticular specialty shall not roach the
point where ho Imagines that he is in
tho spotlight down-stage, with all of
tho rest of tho purchasers merely
Btandlng around acting tho parts of the
supernumeraries.
"You would bo surprised to know
how many zlgs thero are, who outside
of that nro all right, that fall to Imag
ining, after thoy'vo tossed just one oi
two over their average number ol
hootors past their tonsils, that thoy
nro alone In a pleasant nnd animated
little circle of ono or two hundred fel
low rums, many of whom entertain the
sanio quaint idea.
"Since tho merely taciturn or morose
persons who do not caro to shout
about themselves while they nro tun
neling stimulants Into their frames,
object to being reminded In a place
llko this of a cage filled with whito
crested parakeets Just arrived from
Paraguay, It keeps mo busy shaming
the spotllghtors into submission or pic
turing to them tho hygienic advantages
of a trapes on tho flag-stonos that run
past tho door.
"There aro so many Bulky, self-contained,
mean-spirited men coming into
a flagon factory of this sort who don't
caro to hear that Ty Cobb has it ninety
ways on Alexander tho Great, or that
tho wife of tho Chlnful Charllo next
to him hasn't the Borne old affection for
him llko what sho used to have, no
matter what ho does for her and
coughs up all his dough and gives hei
tho life of a queen with nothing over
to do until tomorrow or oven thon
"Thoro are, I say, so many surly
vlaltoro at a nose-paint pension of thle
sort who desire to throw off dull caro
and at tho samo time be quiet about It,
that tho floor walker has to bo consid
erably Jerry of his Job In order to qui
escently quell and cxlgontly extin
guish tho gooks who, after they've trod
over their PliniBoll capacity, develop
tho Insectivorous idea that they are
all alono In the madding crowd and
that, therefore, they can and must go
ua far or farther than they llko with
personally conducted tete-a-teto mem
bers bearing on and appertaining to
llttlo matters concerning themselves
that nobody else could get Interested
in except on the payment of a large
salary with house rent, forage and
medical attendance free "
Newsies Are High Gamblers.
Patrolman Hook was walking along
Broadway between Fifth nnd Sixth
streetB the other day when he heard
tho shrill ciy: "Give two, I got high
gamo."
"Glmmo low."
"Gimme Jack."
. "Aw, how much you got for gamo?"
And then caiyo a grent dispute over
22 and 24 nnd other totals.
Tho patrolman looked all around,
for thoso aro the disputes of card
players. He could aeo no one. Tho
wrnnglo continued. It seemed to bo
coming from above.
Ho Investigated, and on tho roof of
tho building at 529 Broadway he found
a game In full progreas, nowaboya con
testing every point that might bo do
bated. The boya wero arreBted and sovoral
decka of carda confiscated, Los An
geles Times.
Serves 'Em Right.
"CrltlcB havo bucomo exceedingly
unpopular," hald tho manager.
"Yes," replied tho bill postor. "1
understand thoy won't even let tho
military crltlca got anywhere ncai
the theater of war"
SHALL m RAISE LARGE OR SMALL SHEEP?
hbUSHmw
A Fine Oxford Down
(By KLMCn ItnNDRnSON, UHiioIh )
Of recent yenrs thero has been n
great deal of agitation over whether
tho large typo or medium typo animal
is tho most proiltnblo. Tho ownors
of tho largo typo animals havo taken
It for granted that their animals aro
as proiltnblo an tho medium typo per
unit of grain i consumed, and argued
therefrom that as their animals wcro
larger and carried moro grain to mar
ket thoy mUBt bo tho moro profitable.
Such Is not neccBsnrlly tho case.
Let ub look at tho case from tho
beginning, as It were. Suppose wo
take the Shropshire) aB typical of tho
medium typo of sheep, and tho Ox-ford-Hnmpshiro
na exemplifying tho
inrgo typo. We And by oxperlcnco
on our own farm that whllo seven or
eight Shropshlres can bo kept on an
aero of land, five is all wo could pos
sibly figure on keeping if Oxfords or
Hnmpshlrcs wero kept. Upon this ba
sis, where a man had pasture enough
to keep 140 Shropshlres, ho could keep
only 100 Oxfords, Hampshlrcs or Cota
wolds. Tho difference in grain eaten Is also
something immense. Whllo wo nre
feeding our Shropshire owes only two
thirds of oatB daily our Oxfords get as
much as ono nnd ono-qunrter dally.
Almost twico tho amount.
The advocates of tho larger typo of
sheep admit this to bo true, but thoy
Bay, "our sheep will wolgh 90 pounds
at tho ago yours will wolgh 75
pounds."
Lot us grant this for tho tlmo being.
Thero Is yot another considoratiori.
While your 100 owes of tho largo typo
aro doing well if they ralso 100 lambB
ono nnd one-half is common and ono
and three-quarters lambs per owo Is
not unusual in well handled Shrop
shire flocks. Ono and ono-half lambs
per owo may be tnken as a fair aver
age. Our 140 Shropshire owob would
havo produced for ub 210 lambs
against tho 100 lambs of tho larger
typo sheep.
Then, too, our Shropshire owes nro
ouch superior milkers and tho lambs
Buch perfect mutton animals, that
when they go to market thero Is no
comparison botweon tho condition of
tho two lots of lambs. Whllo tho ono
lot is big and rough and not fat
COMBINE CORN AND
PEAS FOR THE SILO
Silage to Keep Well Must Be
Thoroughly Mixed, Evenly
Distributed and Tramped.
Corn seems to bo tho beat single
silo crop for tho silo, and by com
bining It with cowpeas or soy beans,
the feeding vuluo is greater, ton for
ton than of corn nlono.
When corn Is fully tnssoled, It con
tains leas than one-fourth .as much
dry matter as when the enra nro fully
glazed From this timo to maturity,
tho Incrcnao is but slight.
For tho sllago to keep well, tho
corn should not be cut until most of
the kernels aro glazed and hard. If
too ripe, tho sllago will not Bettlo well
and tho air will not bo Bufllciently
excluded to prevent spoiling.
The corn Is most easily handled by
cutting with n corn binder nnd using
a sllago cutter of a BUfllclent capacity
to avoid tho necessity of cutting bands.
If sllago Is to keep well, tho leaves
and heavier parts must be kopt thor
oughly mixed, evenly distributed In
tho silo, and well tramped noxt tho
wall. '
After filling tho top, six Inches
should bo wot at onco and tho whole
surfuco tramped overy day for n week
to obtain a thin, compact layer which
will oxclude tho air.
An InvcBtlgatlcn recently concluded
at tho Indiana experiment station has
proved without doubt tho high vuluo
of corn sllago as a feed for lambs.
More Cowb Needed.
Moro cowb aro needed on our farmB.
:-Jo animals are better for soil lm
i rovement and tho conservation of hu
man food than cows. Moro cows
should bo kopt nnd moro homos
abundantly supplied with milk and
buttor. A few pounds of butter a
wee. or a few hundred pounds of but
ter fut per month would mean moro
cash in tho home.
Ram, Prize Winner.
enough, tho Shropshlres by virtue of
their easy fleshing quality will bo
smooth and sleek nnd will sell fori
about $1.00 per hundredweight moroi
than will tho sheep of tho largor typo..
Let us look nt tho financial state-)
ment:
Lbs. LbH,
100 LarRo typo lambs, weigh. ...90 9,000i
210 Shropshire wclRht 75 15,?G0i
In support of my contention an toi
tho relative price of tho lambs, I quota
from tho Breeder's Gniotte:
flood to cliolco IIkIU lambs JG25G6.CO,
Oootl to cliolco lit-Hvy lunibs B.S503.73
Upon this bnsls wo have:
1B.760 lbs. Sliropshlrcs 5? $0.23 JS9J.47
9,000 lb-i. lnrito type lntnbs $5.25.. 472.C0
A dlffcrcnco of $511.97
In favor of tho medium typo of shcop
purchased at exactly tho Bame cost aa
tho largo Bheop.
SuppoBo tho Shropshlres produco
only ono Inmb per ewe, as with tho
largo type, wo would still havo a bal
ance in favor of tho Shropshlres duo
to tho lower cost of maintenance, as
follows:
1(0 Shropshlres 76 lbs. ench, 10,600
lbs. ST $0.25 .....'..$056.25
100 Largo typo 90 lbs. each, 9,000
lbs. $5.25 472.G0
A bnlnnco of..
.$173.75
It Is only when facts aro looked up
on In their actual light that we are
able to Judge of tho real comparative
merits of tho breeds of Bheep.
Moro opinions count for nothing.
Facts aro what count, based upon tho
actual weights of animals and tho
nmount of feed used. It is when wo
look upon theso facts In their real
light that wo como to understand why
it is that thero aro moro Bheop carry
ing Shropshire blood in tho country
than of nil other breeds combined.
Tho following charming and fitting
compliment was paid tho breed by Mr
Pierco of Shrewsbury, England: "It's
a farmer's shoop, a rent paying sheep,
n tenant's sheop. It's a money mak
ing sheep, a wool producing, mutton
carrying sheep. It's a bank, a save
all, a frugal living and quick fattening
hardy Bheop."
BREEDING THE FARM
STOCK FOR PURPOSE
Combine Judicious Selection With
Good JudgmentDo Not
Mate Extremes.
Wo should brood tho best, and breed
for a definite purpose.
Tho first requisite of success in
breeding Is tho lovo of tho animal.
All breeding animals should havo n
sound constitution.
Breed only from pure-bred males.
Breed dairy cows or beef cows
nover try a mixture.
Judicious selection should bo
coupled with good Judgment.
Do not breed animals that havo nn
inherited tendency to disease.
Breed only from mature animals.
Avoid Inbreeding except to render
permanent some desirable quality.
Do not mato extremes havo tho
crosses In harmony.
Good caro nnd food, comfort and
quletudo should bo meted out to overy
animal bearing young
Pure air and sunshine, puro watei
nnd comfort mako the only Ideal en
vironment. Teaching Boys to Drive.
It's a great thing to know how to
drlvo a team right. In teaching tho
boy to drlvo show them that It is
not necessary to Jerk tho reins, oi
yoll at tho horses, or uso a whip
except in oxtromo cases to prevent
frightened nnlmals from balking.
GontleneBB nnd firmness nro about
tho only qualifications to mako n
good driver. K"op n taut rein, a good
temper nnd study your animals Tho
rest is easy.
Shelter for Sheep.
Keep tho sheep dry; bettor havo
tho sheds looked over to seo that the
roofs aro rainproof, providing always,
of courpe, that thoy havo not already
been attended to as thoy should havo
been.