NATIONAL MEMORIAL AT ARLINGTON
Among Requirements of the Baby Girl
WINNER OF 1914 GROWING
CONTEST ANNOUNCED.
SOME GOOD REPORTS GOME IN
Corn Growing Contest Promoted
Great Interest Among Boys and
Girls Throughout State.
COMING EVENTS.
STATE CORN PRIZES
ALTHOUGH the baby girl disports
herself nearly all the time In plain
little slips of various sheer nuiterials
she requires occasionally llnery of tho
finest kind. Wee tucks and narrow
Valenciennes lnces, hand embroidery
(sparingly used and In the daintiest of
patterns), are relied upon for the little
decorative finishings to her frocks for
daily wear. And no matter how per
sistently repeated, these things never
grow tircsomo. Every mother de
lights In small garments finished with
fine hand work. The painstaking care
with which every stitch Is set In placo
bears witness to tho mother's care,
whether tho stitching Is done by her
own" or other's hands.
Although tho baby will look as
sweet in tho plainest of slips as In
anything else, there are times when
she requires extra finery to suitably
honor a special occasion. Then the
wits must bo set to work to use tho
means at hand to make her real
"dress-up" clothes. Sheer, fine fabrics
In cotton or linen, dainty hand cm
broidery and narrow Valenciennes
Jaces continue to provide tho mate
rials. But a little oddity of cut, a lit
tle extravagance In embroidery, the
Introduction of'n bit of gay ribbon, and
tho employment of tho finest fabrics
gtve the holiday air that make her
dress for state occasions.
A fine dress of sheer batlsto for
tho little lady Is shown In the picture.
It Is simply cut, having the bottom
edge trimmed Into pcnts, tho elbow
sleoves flaring, anrl also finished with
shallow prints. All raw edges are cut
Into small scallops. These have first
been stamped and buttonhole stitched
with faultless exactness of needlework.
Worn at the Afternoon Concert
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TWO odd and attractive hats are
shown hero, one of them In two
views. Now that spring is near
these are about the last winter de
signs, and the pretty baretta finished
with a tassel at the side cannot be
Bald to belong to one season moro
thun another, for It Is made of silk in
twine color piped with black and hav
ing the oddest of tassels of silk fiber
which looks much like spun glass.
Many similar hats, including those
called "Tlpperary" hats, are made of
silk. They aro the smallest of tur
bans, with very scant, soft crowns,
narrow ribbon sashes with hanging
ends and decorations of small lloworo
jnd fruits made of silk. These, worn
with short godot veils, In coarse net
bound with ribbon, are harbingers of
spring which appear before tho ear
liest robin.
The second turban shown Is made
of panne velvet over a round frame.
The velvet Is managed so that ono
At tho front a pointed panel at the
bottom and top Is outlined by the em
broidered Bcallops, and the two panels
arc Joined by a double line of scallops.
In these panels beautifully made
French knots are set elosoJtogcther In
narrow rows. A small panel of tho
samo kind adorns tho top of each
sleove.
At Intervals of about four inches
about the skirt near the bottom
slashes are cut In the batiste and their
edges buttonhole stitched. -Through
these a sash of, wide soft ribbon, in
light blue or pink, Is threaded and tied
In the back In tho simplest and llmp
est of bows. A narrow edging of fine
valenclennes laco outlines tho neck
arid all edges of the dress. It Is sot in
a ruffle back of the scallops, with fine
hand sewing.
Worn under this fluffy frock is a
petticoat having a ruffle at the bottom
made of alternating rows of valen
clennes and narrow bands of batiste
decorated with a row of French knots.
The bottom Is finished with tho nar
rowest of edgings of valenclennes
lace.
In such a frock tho little wearer Is
as splendidly arrayed as It Is possible
for her to be. Even so, this finery Is
within reach of any mother who
knows how to do fine needlework.
Very little material Is required, and
this Is not expensive. It Is the ex
quisite, hand-wrought decoration that
makes these little dresses valuable. If
such a dress must bo bought ready
made It will mean a considerable out
lay of money; If made at homo It
means an outlay of time which no
ono begrudges the baby.
piece forms both the hat covering and
tho long, projecting loop at the back.
The severe outline of the frame In
softened by a wide, rich plunrb of os
trich at the left Bide. It Is posed al
most flat against the body of the hat,
displaying Its unusual width of lluo
to the very best advantage.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Keeping Collars Clean.
Every woman knows how hard it Is
to keep a lace collar clean while
wearing fur next to it. Get three
fourths yard laco five Inches deep.
Shir this one inch from edges onto
a tape as large around as tho top of
your fur collar or fur piece. Sew
fino snap faBteners on tapj and the
other part of fasteners on Insldo of
fur piece, so when snapped together
the lace stands up like a niching
around the neck. It Is Just a few mo
ments' work to take It out and wash
it and It keeps your collars clean.
State Federation of Retailers'
convention, Lincoln, Feb. 23-29.
State high school basket ball
tournament, Lincoln, March 10
to 13.
Ncbraska.lowa Cement Users'
meeting, Omaha, first week In
March.
Omaha's Spring Style Show and
Merchant' Market Week, March
8-13.
State Press association annual'
meeting, Omaha, April 10, 20, 21.
Nebraska Elks' convention, Fre
mont, May 11-12.
Annual meeting of Daughters of
American Revolution, at Omaha,
March 15-20.
Mendelssohn Choir Fifth Annual
Spring Concerts with Chicago Sym
phony Orchestra, Omaha, April 26
and 27.
G. A. R, State Encampment at
Fremont, May 18 to 20.
State Gun Club tournament,
North Platte, May 18, 10 and 20.
South Omaha During tho early
part of 1914 tho Union Stock Yards
Co. of Omaha offcrod to tho boys of
Nebraska, through the Nebraska agri
cultural college $700 In prizes for tho
best showing on an ncro of corn. The
state was divided into two divisions
in order to give tho western boy an
equal chance with the better corn
producing section In the east part of
the state, and equal prizes offered for
both sections. In addition n grand
champion's prize was offered for tho
wholo state, this prize being $100, to
pay expense for trip to Washington,
D. C, to attend tho national conven
tion of boys' and girls' clubs. That
the contest has promoted a great In
terest in corn raising among tho boys
throughout tho state la shown by the
success of the contest of last year,
over 1,000 entries having. been mado
when tho season opened. Tho follow
ing is a list of tho stato prizes
awarded :
State champion, Vyrlo Crowell,
Thurston county, $100.
Western Division First, Jesse Cor
roll, Furnas county, $50; secoud,
Carey Dratt, Furnas county, $2G;
third, Adam Rlepe, Furuas county,
$10. Next live prizes, $5 each: Eugene
Goruin, Dawson county; Howard Mc
Connell, Lincoln county; Konneth
Crowell, Webster county; Murvell Go.
rum, Dawson county; Eugene John
son, Lincoln county. Next ten prizes,
$2 each: Lucy Plerco, Chase county;
Fred Reynolds, Lincoln county; Ells
worth Mattox, Custer county; Ellery
Hooper, Webster county; Itoy Carl
son, Phelps county; Ashton Ashby,
Harlan county; Claude Herts, Gospor
county; Emmanuel Bauerie, Chase
county; Preston Lodgerwood, Lincoln
county; Evorette Mattox, Custer
county.
Eastern Division First, Vyrla
Crowell, Thurston county, $50; sec
ond, Elmer Lorengcr, Thurston coun
ty, $25; third, C. H. Holllngshead,
Platte county, $10. Next five prizes,
$5 each: Walter Pllug, Sarpy county;
Clarence Zapp, Thurston county; Vic
tor Cram, Burt county; Clarence
Mays, Saunders county; Leo Zapp,
Thurston county. Next ten prizes, $2
each: Oskar Klein, Douglas county;
George Humllcek, Snunders county;
Robert Morian, Thurston county;
Harold Townley, Butler county; Died,
rich Slefkes, Gage county; Milton
Finknor, Johnson county; Otto
Schmidt, Fillmoro cmnty; Lawronco
Miller, Gage county; Edward Pottor,
Merrick county; Clarence Morian,
Thurston county.
New High School Building.
Cedar Bluffs Tho new $30,000 high
school building of this placo ha been
dedicated. The new building Is as pre.
tentlous as any in tho stato for this
size city. In the basement are tho
domestic science rooms, gymnasium
and boiler rooms. Or. tho second floor
are class rooms, and the top floor is
composed of oflice rooms and the as
sembly rooms.
Board of Inquiry Acts.
Gothenburg. The Union Pacific
board of inquiry that convenod hero
to attempt to placo responsibility for
the accident which roHUltcd In the
death of Freight Conductor N. F.
Akoyson and Itoadmaster C. H. Johns
ton, found It "duo to unforeseen accl.
dent, which cou'.d not have boon pre
vented by exercise of any reasonable
precaution."
Welfare Work la Success.
Central City. Tho rooms of tho
Community Welfaro association In
this city have been the sceno of excep
tional activity during the last two
woks of stormy woather. This or
ganization of a Httlo less than one
ycur's standing in tho community Is
proving the fulfillment of Its mission,
affording a placo of amusement In thi
best environment for tho men anJ
young men of Central City and the
surrounding country Traveling men,
declare tno organization tone of the
most progressive In the state.
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This Is n perspective view of tho design for a national memorial that will bo built soon In tho national cem
etery at Arlington.
BOY SCOUTS
Thete six Boy Scouts wore photographed Just after President Wilson had decorated live of thorn with tho eagle
medal, the highest Boy Scout ordor, and tho sixth with a medal of honor for heroism. Loft to right, they uro:
Howard 'Gatley (honor medal), Clinton Allard, Frank Wntson, Edward Pardee, Edward Sholry nnd Samuel Hardy.
GETTING MORMON CONVERTS IN BROOKLYN
Two pretty girls havo been latei oing about tho Kldgowood section of
Brooklyn, canvassing from door to door for converts to the Mormon church.
The girls are MIsh Gertrude Phelps of Salt Lake City (loft) and Miss Edna
Crowther of Mesn, Ariz, (right). They call at a homo, make friends with tho
womun of the house, call a few days later and begin talking Mfcrmonlsm.
At the third visit the prospect Is usually very receptive and (ho girls toll of
the "great benefits offered by the Mormon church," what It has accomplished
and exports to accomplish. A day or so later an elder of tho church calls
nd tries to make tho conversion complete.
ON
THE
German guards examining contents of a Dutch provision trader's cart
on the Belgian frontier.
DECORATED BY PRESIDENT WILSON
DUTCH-BELGIAN FRONTIER
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MISS ADELE LEUVILLE
When tho Lafayette lilts wire uent
over to tho French army ono of the
cards giving tho names of contribu
tors was that of MIbh Adole LeUvillo.
Her kit was received by Maurice Du
bois of tho Sixth French cavalry, who
wrote to tho Lafayette fund iimn
agors that ho wont to school with a
girl of that name seventeen years ago
In Nancy, France. Inquiry proved It
was tho samu Allele, nnd now nhe has
gone over to help nurso tho wounded
Frenchmen and to sco Maurice.
Her Comment.
Hoggs I see Professor Pupln uny
tho telephone will be Improved so rap
Idly that pretty booh n New Yorker
can take down the receiver In his
apartment and talk with his daughter
In Paris or' his brothor In London.
Mrs. Boggs (with tho usual buIIT)
Thrft means, I supposo, thnt ha
wouldn't caro to talk to his wiro no
matter where sho wan! Cleveland
Plain Dealer.