THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
Caps for the Autoist in Winter
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GOOD TIME TO START WITH THE TURKEYS
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Ft' HS and jiluBlies and other warmth
conserving fabrics help to make it
jiossiblo for the devotee ot the touring
far to face ordinary winter weather
and keep comfortable. Coats with
broad collars of fur that can be fas
tened up close about the neck, caps
that stick to the head and are soft,
shaped to protect tho eyes and not to
catch tho wind, with veils that cannot
como off all have been planned for
her. Fur-lined gloves for the maid
that likes to drive, and tho coziest of
overshoes, encourage her to defy the
weather.
Here are two caps that are thor
oughly practical and at tho same timo
have the compelling virtue of being
good-looking. They are modeled after
tho jaunty jockey-cap type, but have
full, soft crowns and cun be pulled
down over the ears.
In each of them the veil is held in
place by narrow straps made of tho
samo material as the cap. These
straps are sewed at one end to the
cap and fasten at the other with
snap fasteners. This allows the veil
to be brought down over the face and
wound about tho throat, or to bo fas
tened up off the face or wholly de
tached. The cap at the left has a stiff visor
covered with cloth and lined with silk.
Dainty Dress
EVERY woman likes to possess pret
ty and dainty accessories of dresB,
no matter how fragile and short-lived
their glory and freshness may bo.
Here are three of the new things that
have considerable durability to their
credit and are indisputably attractive,
and therefore popular.
At tho loft is a corset cover of pale
pink crepo do chine and shadow lace
with shoulder straps and decoratlvo
Howers of satin ribbon Tho samo mod
el may bo bought in any of the light
shades and in white, at so modest a
prico that almost anyone may gratify
a taste for "just pretty things" by
buying It. A little can bo saved by
making it at homo, whon the prico
will bo something less than a dollar
for tho material.
In making such small garments
thoro la a saving usually in making
two at one time. Tho width of tho
silk and laco Is suiilclent when tho
length required is purchased to make
two corset covers llko that shown
here.
A straight strip of the crepe de
chlno la decorated with three groups
of l,ny hand-run tucks and hemmed up
alofg one edge. Tho other edge is
stiKihed by hand. If possible to a
atro of shadow laco of tho samo
length as tho Bilk. Tho upper edgo of
th." laco is bound with satin ribbon,
anl shouldor HtrapB of tho samo rib
bon aro sowed to place.
Three small ribbon daisies or flat
ro)B with palo yollow contors are
so-ed to tho front, and baby ribbon
is vun through the binding at tho top
an tho horn at the bottom. In order to
adjust the garment to tho figure.
At tho right Ib a neckband of velvet
rll'bon bordered w ith knlfe-pluited lace
avA fastened with hook and eye wil
Caps of this kind are often made of
tho s-amo material as the coat.
The cap at the right is made of
mottled plush with u narrow, ilexlblo
brim that takes the place of a visor.
In it the crown is not quite so full
as In tho cloth cap, because the fabric
is heavier and looks much like fur.
Tho floating veil is long or short,
of more or less heavy chiffon in a
washable quality and color. Caps ot
this type are inexpensive and alto
gether dependable.
A Test for Linen.
Everything that's labeled linen Isn't
linen. It may be part cotton and part
linen, and it may be mercerized cotton
with a very small portion of linen in
it.
To tost the material you buy for
linen, drop water on the goods. If It
Is all linen the moisture spreads rap
Idly and dries quickly. On cotton the
fabric will remain moist for some
time.
Glycerin is considered a bettor test
than water. It causes linen to appear
transparent.
Another test for linen is by break
ing the yarn. If cotton tho ends will
curl up, if pure linen the ends remain
smooth.
Accessories
der a ribbon rose set in millinery foli
age. This may bo worn with the
ruche upstanding and Is a very simple
affair to make at home, as the lace
plaiting comes ready made.
Tho little bow made of wire covered
with narrow civet ribbon that Is
wound over It, finishes a neckband
of velvet which fastens ut tho back
These bows, unattached to the band,
are woin over standing ruches to sup
poit the lace or maline of which they
aro made.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Lace Novelties.
Wldo flouncing, with a very narrow
design along tho edge, Is ono of the
peculiarities of this year's laces. This
Is now and can bo used In tho gowns
where tho skirt Is a serlos of over
lapping silk and laco llounces. Among
such designs Is tho "Houlo do neige."
Tho narrow border which outlines the
deep scallop Is a vino dotted by little
round balls of tho thread. Another
novelty, fur laco, has so thick a cue
nlllo design that It looks like fur. A
deep flouncing with u double row of
Bcallops with this extremely narrow
border Is for tho foundation skirt, that
Is unllned and covered to just about
the ankloH with satin or velvet ovor
tunlc. Tho ankles show through this
laco llounclng.
Mate for the Table.
Very usoful, Inexpensive tnule muts
may bo made from thick brown cor
rugated packing paper. Cut out size
and shape required, and ubo two
thicknesses, placing tho smooth sur
faces back to back. Sow thorn firmly
togethor at tho edges, nnd cover them
with muslin or any other washing
fabric The eoeis mny be removed
and washed when tl become roIIi-1
Is antivSerman in overy line And while this book and "Mon Village" arc sell
ing HVo hot cakes in Franco and doubtless being smuggled into Alsutinu
homojv by tho hundred, there to be scanned with delight spiced with the
thought of what may bcfull If "tho men from across tho Rhine" get wind of
tho iTcasured volumes, "Hnnsl" himself is fighting In tho French army ugalnBt
the Cation which he has so consistently and humorously criticized In word
and picture.
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NO COFFEE
Senator Reed Smoot, in conse
quence of ills Mormon training, uses
no stimulants no tobacco, alcohol,
ctiffeo or tea. No ono who has over
undertaken to go through life without
the use of coffee or tea has any idea
of tho petty annoyances that such lib
btinenco entails. A man can quit
drinking malt, vinous, or spirituous
liquors, nnd his friends merely re
mark: "On the wngon, eh?" nnd let
It go at that. They don't nsk why he
quit, and usually do not insist on his
drinking, regardless of what may bo
tho prevailing notion to the contrary.
Anybody knows that when a man
quits drinking he does so because hu
does not wish to take all the natural
finish off his insldes and die ahead of
schedule, or have a befuddled brain,
such as one can see on the charts in
any doctor's olllce.
Hut with a man who does not
drink coffee or tea it is different.
Everybody deblres to know why.
Whorover Smoot goes to dino people ask- "Do you find that coffee mukes
you nervous?" "Don't you drink it for breakfast even?" "Did you ever try
that Rnttlo Creek substitute for coffee?" "Does it keep you awake'" Ami,
oh, a great many more.
Of lato years, in order to avoid a scene, Smoot usually takes a cup of
coffee when it in offered to him, but does not drink it. Hut this avails him
littlo. Sooner or later his hostess inquires:
"Do you ilnd your coffeo too strong9" or, "Did you get cream and sugar.'"
Then tho truth leaks out and the questions begin.
MISSOURI BOY
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Next year Shouso was elected a state senator and his brilliant work in that
position resulted in his election to congress. Only twice before has that dis
trict sent a non-Republican to Washington
RflAJ. GEN.
Ono of the most picturesque tin
ures in public life in Canada Is Mm
Gen. Sam Hughes, minister of mllltu
ills admirers call him independent
and olllclent: his critics Hay ho Is a
marvel of Indiscretion. He organic d
Valcartier camp, where the Canadian
contingent was trained for tho Euro
pean war, and, bossing tho job to
suit himself, succeeded in arousing a
lot of adverso criticism. Hut on his
return from England he wiped all
that out with this typical speech:
"I have it on the word of tho
lato Lord Roberts that Valcartier
camp displayed on tho part of your
humblo servant, a capacity for or
ganization and driving power, unsur
passed in military history."
Hut Hughes was not long In Ilnd
ing fresh troublo. Gc neral Lessmrd, a
Froncli-Cuiuidlan olllcer, who did val
iant sen Ice In Soutli Africa, but who
is Inellglblo for active servlco now on
account of failing eyesight, as general
olllcer commanding tho Toronto district, ordered a surprise mobilization of
troops for tho purpobo of testing the eflkleiuy of his organisation to nuet
u possible invasion of German-Amuricons.
Hughes did not approve. Hut inHteud of reprimanding the (i. O. C. pri
vately, ho bluzed fortlt his criticism in u public nddreHS. immediately the
fat was in the fire. Opposition papirs said littlo. Hut government papers
forthwith dcmuudeii Hughes' head.
Not long ngo n mild sensation win,
created when John Waltz, nn Alsatian
nrtlst and writer, widely known under
tho pseudonym of "llansl," was con
demned by the Oornuui authorities to
a year's imprisonment on account of
a book for children which ho hart
written and Illustrated. In (his book,
which was called "Alon Village," t
dealt in n humorous and satirical vein,
with life In his native village, ami
he was lavish botli with pen and pun
ell in ctlticlsm of tho German innstors
of Alsace-Lorraine and pralso of tho
French, its rulers of yesterday.
Since then "llansl" has produced
another work, which, together with Its
predecessor, has become so onormous
ij popular in France since the out
break of war against Germany that
copies aro scarcely to bo obtained.
This. 'The History of Alsace for Lit
tle Children, Told by Their Undo
Hnnsi," gives littlo Alsatians n survey
of tho story of their native land that
FOR SMOOT
SHOWS KANSAS
Even one in Kansas, and particu
larly In tho Seventh congressional
district, is talking about a former
Columbia and .Mexico, Mo., boy, Jouett
Shouse. He moved to Kinsley, Ed
wnrds county, from his former homo
In Lexington, Ky, on November 18,
1!)11, and on November 3, 1914, wns
dotted to represent the largest con
gressional district of tho Union.
Shouse is tho son of tho lato Rev.
John S. Shouse, ono of tho most wide
ly known and beloved ministers of
tho Christian church. During the pe
riod from 1892 to 1S9S, Mr. Shom-o
had charges in Columbia and Moxico.
His sou Jouett wns a student at tho
University of Missouri In 1911,
through Shoiifco's effortii, tho delegates
to tho state convention from the Sev
enth went to Topeka witli instructions
for Champ Clark. The state conven
tion instructed for Champ Clnrk. And
Kansas wns one of tho first states to
have a whirl at tho Clark boom.
SAfVI HUGHES
All Gobble
(lly ANNA OAMailP.Kl
If tho turkey business was a failure
with you this .vear don't get discour
aged and quit. Instead, use your bet
ter judgment and try again. If ou
htivo never raised turkeys now is a
good timo to begin.
Turkeys aro difllcult to inlse, as wo
know by long experience, but with
good caru and the tight kind of feed
wo huvo ninnnged to raise u good per
centage of those hatched.
Just now wo are having Rome
troublo with ours because of our in
ability to keep them out of a neigh
bor's ryo Held. Several have died, two
more aro sick. The ryu chubos a bowel
troublo, which Is not unlike cholern.
After we discovered the causo of tho
troublo wo tried keeping the well tur
keys In a yard. This wub not a suc
cess. They began to droop and re
fused to ent; just as we expected, for
a turkoy cannot endure confinement.
The sick ones wero given n littlo
epsom salts in their feed and two ro
covoied. Wo tried several different
lemedles, but nono of tho others,
seemed to tako any effect.
Wo do not consider rye suitable food
for any kind of poultry, young or old.
Green ryo (not tho grain) is as good
for all kinds of fowls as grass, and if
grown early In tho rail will furnish
green food for tho poultry all winter.
This is 11b only redeeming point.
Now Is tho time to buy tho stock
for next enr. It Is better to purchase
turkeys, even nt tho present unheal d
of prices than to wait until noxt
Bprlng and depend upon eggs.
Shipped eggs seldom hatch as well
DUST BOXES FOR WINTER USE
One of Mo6t Economical and Conven
ient Ways of Keeping Fowls Free
From All Kinds of Vermin.
Tho dust wallow is ono of tho most
economical wayH of ridding fowls of all
kinds of vermin, especially lice. If
for no other. reason, this ought to bo
suiilclent to make It worth while to
havo a dust box In tho poultry house.
Soino appear to bollovo that fowls
kept freo from lice can do without a
dusrt wallow. In the first placo thero
are very few Hocks oi poultry, if any,
entirely free from vermin, and In tho
second place tho fowls nppoar to en
joy taking a dust wallow. Renicnibor
it takes a comfortable hen to bo a
good layer.
In the spring and summer dust boxes
aro unnecessary because tho fowls can
enjoy outsido dust wallows. In tho
winter, however, dust boxes aro neces
sary. A small box, sny thrco feot
squaro, will nicely answer tho purposo
of a dust box for a flock ot GO or less
hens. Thero aro three common forms
of dust boxes. Ono is nn ordinary box
placed In fiont of n soutli window, an
other Is an especially constructed cov
ered box placed on the inside of the
house in front of a soutli window, and
tho third Is tho outside diiBt box, built
as a lean to on the south side ot the
house. A glass top makes It more
pleasant. Tho latter Is the most desir
able, because it is out of tho way,
innkes it possible to renew tho dusting
material from tho outside, and has a
greater tendency to kcop tho dust out
of the houBe, although not entirely.
Then, too, this form does not tako up
valuablo room in tho houso which it
would lu ease it wero not placed on
legs up from tho floor.
Dust boxes should always be located
i.. front of a soutli window It is'iul
visablo to cover them to prevent tho
dust from being thrown all over tho
interior of tho house, to keep tho fowls
from roosting in tho samo or on tho
same.
Ono of the best dusting materiala is
an equal mixture of fine Hand, sifted
coal nfahcK and road dust, procured
dining the summer from a much trav
eled highway. Tho propor depth of a
dust box Is about twelve Inches, six
Inches of which should bo lllled with
dusting material.
Vermin Multiply Rapidly.
A hundred llco lu a poultry houso
will multiply to a thnusnud in a short
time, nnd to a million within a month,
unless checked. It's much easier to
kill the hundred than tho million.
Size of Paying Flock.
Do not undertake to keep too many
fowls. A small Hock well managod
will give a larger profit than a flock
that is compelled to tako euro of it
self. Cull tho Flock.
Cull your Hock as booh as posslblo
and get tho Btirplus jff to market, but
don't forgot to glvo thorn a weok or
ten days of extra caro nnd feed.
Cause of Soft Shells.
A hen will often bo mado to lay a
soft sholicd egg by falling from a perch,
or by being chased about by a dog
rs but One.
as fresh ones, and turkey eggs cost
anywhere from 2,"i cents to $1 onch
The Mammoth Bronze is a very
large and beautiful bird of the color
tho name Implies. Wo have raised tho
Hronze for a number of years, and
find this breed possesses more good
points than any one of tho others wu
have known of.
The Hronze Is more vigorous nnd
thereforo less difficult to raise than
the White Holland or Nnrragausett
Tho latter Is about as large In ap
pearance uk the Hronze, but is some
what lighter in weight,
Tho Whlto Holland aud Hourbon nro
becoming more popular thau formerly,
on account of their domestic habits.
They nro rather small la size aud
quite tamo in habit, preferring to stay
close at homo.
When buying breeding stock it la
best to secure tho mnlo bird from ono
breeder and tho females from another,
so that tho birds will not bo akin.
Turkeys selected nt random from a
dealer's flock may or may not bo re
lated, but it is not safe to take chances,
Inbreeding Is disastrous with tur
keys. Do not keep more than six
hens with a gobbler, unless he la nn
old one.
Wo find that two-year-old lions with
a yearling torn produce liner turkoya
than young hens. Novor keep young
hens wtlh an old male bird.
If tho hens and gobblers are both
young the eggs will soldom hatch well,
and the poults nro less vigorous than
if ono or the other is more mature.
Turkojw should not bo crossed.
GRADING AND SORTING EGGS
First-Claim Article Must Be Newly
Laid, of Normal Size, Even Color
and Smooth Shell.
Eggs are graded and sorted accord
ing to tho following qualities:
Fresh egg An egg to bo accented
as a first, must bo newly laid, clean,
of normal size, of oven color, have n
strong, smooth shell and bo free from
crncks.
The torm "checks" applies to eggu
which aro cracked but not leaking.
Leakers Is a name applied to egga
which have lost a part of their con-'
tents.
Seconds Aro eggs which have dete
riorated to a Hiiillciont extont hb to bo
rejected as firsts. They nro, howovor,
of a high enough quality to bo used
for human consumption. Seconds in
cludo heated, shrunken, small, dirty,
watery, badly misshapen eggs and eggu
containing soino slight forms ot for
eign mnttor.
Spots Aro eggs li) which buctoiia,
.ir mold has dovolopcd locally and
caused the formation or a lumpy ad
hesion on tho inside of tho shell.
Hlood rings Eggs lu which tho em
bryo has developed to a suiilclent ox
tent t,o that It Is quickly recognized
when held before tho candle, aru in
cUided in this class.
Rots This Is tho namo applied to
eggs which aro absolutely unlit for
food. Tho black, white and spot rot
aro Included In t'iB hiss of egg.'.
Lino of Private Customers.
It is t.io easiest thing in tho world
to got a lino of private customers in
any town of 5,000 peoplo or over for
all I ho eggs ono can .iroduce, ami
these customers aro always willing to
pay a premium over current markoh
prices for nice, resh eggs.
Have Nests Secluded.
HeiiB ljko to lay their eggs in tie
eluded places, so It Is a good plan to
havo tho nests semldark. Another ad
vantage Is that tho egg-eating hablb
is not nearly so liable lo bo contracted
in seinldark nests.
Hen Is Not Sentimental.
Thoro 1b no sentiment in a hen Her
only object In life is to got enough to
oat. ir alio Is given that and n warm,
well ventilated houso to sloop In at
night, a dry, sheltered placo lu winter,
she will do tho rest
Quality Counto
In breeding high-class fowls, it la
quality, not quantity, that counts. A.
cimiblnntion if both is desirable, hut
not always obtainable.
Study Habits of Fowls.
It is scurcoly unough to go out onco
a day to gather thu egga. Go nmoiig
tho fowls often and leuru to know
them. Learn their individual habitu.
Guinea a Good Sentinel.
Wltllo tho guinea is a noisy crea
ture, Its nolso frightons away many
enemies of tho poultry ynrd.
Keep Up Standard.
Cioso culling Is tho only means of
keeping tho (lock up to u high standard.