NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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OPENING OF PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION
To Decorate Dancing Coiffures
NOTED SCIENTIST PASSES AWAY
AT LINCOLN HOME.
WELL KNOWN OVER COUNTRY
Botany Professor for 45 Years, Over
Thirty Years at Nebraska State
University.
THE 8EMLWEEKLY THIBUNE.
DR. BESSEY EXPIRES
SINCE dancing hns come to be In
dulged In by everyone from grand
mammadown to tho baby, any num
ber of hair ornaments and dancing
caps have come to the light of day, or
more probably, to tho twinkling lights
of night. Hero are two of them, one
for tho carefully coifed lady and one
for tho curly-haired little girl.
In those mado for young women,
caps to hold ths hair In .place have
outnumbcredall others, but, with the
Introduction 'of less strenuous danc
ing bands of all kinds encircling t,he
head and holding tho hair about the
face In place have come to tho fore.
Nearly all these bands are more -or
less elaborately set. Rhinestones
with silver fllagrco form tho back
ground to their alluring brilliance.
The band shown In tho picture cm
ploys both rhlnestones and tiny vel
vet flowers in Its composition. Small
sprays of velvet forget-me-nots re
minding one of. branches of coral be
cause they are coral-colored and set
in short, straight spikes of the blos
soms, are mounted on a" strand of
rhlnestones. This ornament encircles
the head, the ends fastening in with
And Now the
ANEW aspirant for favor, with all
the signs pointing toward Its suc
cess, is just launched. Smart shoes,
full of snap and stylo, usher In the
military mode in. footwear, with colors
and braidings and new features in cut
and finish distinguishing them from
time-honored styles from which they
have departed.
The vogue for cloth-topped boots,
having gray or tan or white uppers,
will help to make the military shoo a
success. Tho transition from these to
colors less unobtrusive promises tq
bo easy. Footwear has for the past
three seasons been growing moro
showy and no one can deny the at
tractiveness of boots made to match
costumes, and tho elegant black and
white footwear which has distinguish
ed the season Just passing.
But tho now military styles are not
confining tho manufacturers to neu
tral or quiet colors. Their uppers are
mado in cloth, in regimental or other
blue shades, In 'maroon, green and
brown. Just tho smartest develop
ments of all for spring is tho sfioe
having cloth like the gown embodied
In its make-up. Tho strong materials
used in tailored skirts answer tho pur
pose very well., A more practical Idea
Is evident In spats, made of the ma
terial of tho ,gown, to be worn over
either high or low shoes having patent
leather vamps.
Tho military shoes aro ornamented
with soutache brajd and brightened
with patent leather tips. They are
one of tho straws which show which
way the wind blows In new footwear.
Tho trend of fashion is toward moro
fanciful models.
short hairpins. A more securo fas
tening Is managed by a small hook at
one end of tho band which grasps a
loop at the other end, the fastening
conccalod under a strand of linir. A
line hair net helped out with a close
fitting band of this kind will keep the
coiffure unspoiled for many a gay hour.
Purely for ornament and by way of
being unusual, the fragllo butterfly
made of threads worked into a laco
stitch, is mounted, on a plain narrow
band of ribbon, for the head of a lit
tle girl. Her dancing curls will take
care of themselves; tho band of rib
bon will restrain them from falling
over her face. The lacy butterfly Is
outlined with tho very finest of silk'
covered wire which supports the more
than gauzy wings.
The gay and buoyant bowB of rib
bon, which are set at pert angles on
the hcadB of little girls, nre like but
terflies In shape and seem to He poised
ready to fly. Just a little more airy,
the butterfly of needlework In the
very simplest of stitches Is pretty for
tho littlo girl who is herself llko a
dancing butterfly.
Military. Shoe
The plcturo glvon here includes a
pair of shoes such as are made for
children. There ls nothing unusual
about them, but they aro to be com
mended for tho shapo, which accom
modates itself perfectly to the foot
this is the requisite of first Importance
in considering footwear for tho young
people.
JULIA BOTTOM LEY.
Indestructible Voile.
A fabric called Indestructible voile
promises to bo much used for spring
and summer. A summery frock was
embroidered in Mack and yellow
daisies. The long sleeved bodice was
shirred over tho Bfiouldors with a por
tion of tho bodies edged with net
hanging looso over a girdle of black
velvet, which was extended in sash
ends. Tho skirt wan shirred at tho top
with two tucks at tho center laid close
ly together. A curving band of tho
voile was embroidered with daisies
and frilled with a narrow edging of
net, ns wns tho hem of tho skirt.
Ornaments Necessary.
Tho small furnishings of a room aro
tho things that really furnish It The
wall covering 'may bo in tho most ap
proved of neutral tones, the floors may
be faultlessly finished, the rugs may
bo exquisite and In Impeccable taste
and the furniture may be tho product
of careful workmanship and careful
choosing. Even tho pictures on the
wall and the lights may be faultless
and yet the. room in question will lack
a certain air of completeness unless to
fow objects, vaguely termed "ormv
ments," be included In Its furnishing.
COMING EVENTS.
State high school basket ball
tournament, Lincoln, March 10
to 13.
Omaha's Spring Style Show and
Merchants' Market Week, March
8-13.
Annual meeting of Daughters of
American Revolution, at Omaha,
March 15-20.
North Platte Valley Teachers'
Association Meeting, Alliance,
March 25-27.
State Press association annual
meeting, Omaha, April 19, 20, 21.
Meeting of State Nurses' Asso-
elation, Norfolk, April 20.
Mendelssohn Choir Fifth Annual
Spring Concerts with Chicago Sym
phony Orchestra, Omaha, April 26
and 27.
Nebraska Elks' convention, Fre
mont, May 11-12.
G. A. R. State Encampment at
Fremont, May 18 to 20.
State Gun Club tournament,
North Platte, May 18, 19 and 20.
Lincoln, Charles E. Besscy, dean
of tho Industrial college of the Uni
versity of Nebraska and for more
than thirty 'years identified with tho
university, twice as its, acting chanc
ellor, died hero of heart trouble. He
served for ono term ns president of
tho American Society for tho Ad
vancement of Science, and was re
garded ns one of tho leading authori
ties on questions of botany and horti
culture. He was 70 years of age.
Dr. Bcssoy had been professor of
botany at tho university since 1884.
Ho was a member of the Botanical
Society of America, follow of the
DR. CHARLES EDWIN BESSEY
Noted botanist and dean of Nebraska
University, who passed away at
Lincoln.
American Society for Uie Advance
ment of Science, member of Torroy
Botanical club, Internationale les
Botanist, National Geographical so-
clety, Society for tho Promotion of
Agricultural Science, Wild Flower
Preservation society, American For
estry association, Nebraska Art asso
ciation, Nebraska Teachers' assocla-'
tlon, Nebraska Horticultural society,
Nebraska Park and Forest associa
tion, Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma XI.
Dr. Bcssoy was ono of the earliest
advocates, If not the, flnt, of removal
of tho university campus to tho slat
farm.
Back From Stricken Bohemia.
Omaha. John Janlcek, formerly of
Ord, where ho farmed for twenty-four
years, has just returned to Nebraska
after a visit with his relatives in Bo
homla. He Is exhibiting' a curiosity
in tho form of ,a "war bun," whicli he
bought in Prague January 20. The
bit of bread 1b mado from potato
flour and weighs just ono ounce.
Janicek says thero Is great suffer
ing from lack of sufficient food among
tho poorer classes In Bohemia ifnd
Moravia. The government, he says,
has taken charge of all foods and al
Iowb but fifty-four kilograms to each
person to last until next August.
Desire State Flag.
Omaha. Resolutions endorsing a
state flag for Nebraska and the bill
which provides, far a fireproof build,
ing for the state historical library so
that priceless ' state relics may be
protected were passed by tho Nebras'
ka State Association of Sons of the
American revolution at Its recent
meeting here. It was decided that in
tho future proxies could not bo voted
in tho state meeting because if this
system wero allowed many members
would como with proxies and the ac
tual attendance would dwindle.
Scene at the formal opening of
Part of England's largo fleet of
attempt to lift the German blockade.
BATTLESHIP OREGON REBUILT
The reconstructed battleship Oregon, which became famous In the
Spanish-American war, ready to lead tho procession of battleships through
the Panama canal ut tho official opening. At tho right Is Captain Iteeves,
who waB on the boat in tho war and will, sail with, her through tho canal.
This photograph of hundreds or Germans lying dead on the battlefield
between 8ossons and Borry-au-Bac, France, was taken on the kaiser's birth,-day.
tho great Panama-Pacific International
THESE MAY FIGHT THE GERMAN
submarines lying at anchor in tho harbor of Gosport, watting for orders to
exposition at San Francisco,
RAIDERS
BEST SHOT IN THE NAVY
E. A. Dcrowoky of tho battleship
Georgia won tho tltlo of best phot in
the navy by making three hits out ot
throo shots In ono minuto and forty
bIx second h at 2,000 yards with the
2,tnch gun on. which ho is sitting.
He Is a -gun pointer and la only eight
een years old.
FOUGHT WILDCAT WITH FIST
California Man, After a Long Struggle
With the Beast, Kills It by
Blow With Club. '
,
With only nature's woapons Whit
ney Dodson, a prospector' of Alamille
(Col.)' district, fought for his lire a
40-pound wildcat, finally killing hint
with a club.
Captured at tho Hoy West mine an
apparently thoroughly tamed (ho ani
mal wan nllowcd llborty and behave
well until Dodson attempted to snan
8h6t him with n camera, whereupoa
all tho old-tlmo reroclty or Its species
sprang up, in a s.opond tho animal
sprang on tho man, sinking Its teeUs
Into his thigh. Down tho mountain
side, through brush and undergrowth,
rolled cat and man.
Tho beast, clinging to Dodson with.
ItH teeth, ripped and tore with Its
claws. Dodson finally Bolzod the ani
mal by the throat, and atter a time
rorced It to loosen Its hold, Ho theii
sna.tchud up a club and when the cut
again made for him he crushed lt
head with a well-directed blow.
thought It an Exit Light.
"Got a now llrd escape ovor theror"
asked tho man In tho theater,
"WhoreT" Inquired tho manager.
"Don't you aeo that' rod light thero?"
"That's no red light, That'B a,
woman wearing one or thoso pink wigs
sitting ovor there."