THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
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GERMANY'S BIG AND BUSY SUBMARINES
Taffeta Afternoon Gown, Novel Trimming
DOWNS WESTERQAARD IN TWO
8TRAIGHT FALLS.
FOURTEEN AND FIVE MINUTES
Defeats Big Swede .So .Easily Ne
braskan Is Looked Upon as
Coming Champion.
COMING EVENTS.
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Tho very good-looking afternoon
Igown of taffeta shown hero has several
novel and original features to recom
mend It to those who are looking for
something new In style. It Is Inter
esting from the facts that It is an
American model, that it is easy to
make, and that it is in line with the
now models.
Tho bodlco is cut in threo pieces
and has long shoulders and a high
neck. It fastens on a diagonal line
running from tho middle of tho neck
at tho front to the left side of the
belt. It is set Into a narrow belt,
(which is slightly wrinkled over a
foundation) made of the taffeta. Small
acorn shaped buttons made over
molds are covered with the silk. A
row of these, sot close together, fol
lows tho line of tho fastening, begin
ning at tho swell of the bust and ter
minating at tho belt. This row of but
tons is balanced by a second row set
at tho right side of tho waist.
Tho skirt is plain, consisting of
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Attractive Blouses
Blouses that will stand nny amount
of wear and are sheer and dainty look
ing, aro made of voile. Others a lit
tle less durable but equally dainty,
aro made of sheer batiste. Two new
vollo blouses made up with strong
Venetian laco and further decorate.d
with embroidery are shown here.
Cluny laces and hand-crochet laces are
oven a little stronger than Venetian,
but rather less fashionable. The third
blouse is of batiste decorated with
very fine tucks and Venetian lace.
Thcso blouses aro machine mado
and all the scams aro hemstitched by
machinery. When tho waists are to
bo home-made tho seams may be man
aged by setting turned-under edges to
gether with tiny beading or tho nar
rowest laces, or with' needlework.
Tho first blouso in tho picture is
among the fow designed this season
with three-quarter sleeves. It is very
plain, with "V" shaped neck finished
with hemstitched hem. It fastens
with small crochet buttons and is dec
orated with vonotlan insertion about
an inch wide and small sprays of em
broidery. Tho collar is a wldo plain
turnover across tha back.
Ono of tho prettiest models is
shown, mado of vollo, In the next pic
ture. Its seams aro hemstitched and
the neck is "V" shaped, but supports
a wldo turnover collar of the voile.
Laco Insertion 1b lot in both tho back
and front of tho blouse, and the front
is further decorated with small era
broldored sprays. Crochet buttons
and buttonholes manage tho fastening.
The sleeves are long and shaped into
tho wrists, where thoy aro trimmed
with a band of Insertion.
Ties of narrow black ribbon help
support tho collar, which must bo
three widths of taffeta gathored in
at tho belt and into a wide band at
tho bottom. This band is edged with
a silk cord of tho same color as the
taffeta. Tho side seams of the bodico
and skirt arc outlined with tho small
silk-covered buttons extending from
the arm's-eyo to tho border of tho
skirt.
Tho sleeves, are plain and long,
finished with a narrow band of silk,
piped with white. A similar band en
circles the neck and supports a
double frill of net.
An odd and unexpected feature is
introduced in tho large white buttons
with dark rims that are sewed to the
front of the belt. They repeat the
color of the dress with its pipings of
white at neck and wristbands, and
therefore seem to belong in tho
scheme. But they are not essential
to tho finish of tho gown; they are
used solely for tho sake of tho nov
olty they furnish.
Easy to Make
wired if it Is worn high.
Tho waist of batiste Is very simply
made with groups of thin tucks at tho
back and each side of the front. Tho
sleeves are full and set Into straight
deep cuffs that turn back and are
edged with lace. The high collar is
mado In tho same way.
Laco edging Is used for Joining tho
yoko to tho front of tho blouso. In
all these models tho lower edgo is
hemmed and gathered on an clastic
band. JULIA BOTTOM LEY.
Don't Forget the Apron.
In replenishing your wardrobe don't
forget to have at least one gown which
can boast of an apron. For instance
on an aftornoon gown of green soft
taffeta attach a pointed apron of tho
material, and at tho proper places
have two llttlo pockets. Havo a two-
Inch-wldo bolt at tho top of tho apron
this Is to servo an a girdle of tho
dress and lot it run off into space
in tho form of apron strings, which aro
to bo tied In a pert bow.
A very quaint danco frock is mado
of figured vollo. Around tho neck and
tho puffed sleeves aro ruffles of cream
net. A filmy llttlo apron of net and
laco Is tucked beneath tho closely fit
ted basque, which extends In a point
over tho skirt.
Collarle8s Blouses.
Paris sanctions collarless daytimo
bodices; also makes an occasional
model low and round or shallow and
oval or shallow and pointed, and fin
lulled in very simple fashion with frill
or rucho or Hat collar or little insldo
fichu of net. And tho small square Is
well liked, either with or without a
standing collar at tho back.
Annual convention of State Trav
elers' Protective association, Hast
ings, April 16-17.
State Press association annual
meeting, Omaha, April 19, 20, 21.
Meeting of State Nurses' Asso
ciation, Norfolk, April 20.
Mendelssohn Choir Fifth Annual
Spring Concerts with Chicago Sym
phony Orchestra, Omaha, April 26
and 27.
Nebraska Federation of Com
mercial Clubs annual meeting, Lin
coln May 5-6.
Nebraska Elks' convention, Fre
mont, May 11-12.
State Gun Club tournament,
North Platte, May 18, 19 and 20.
Annual encampment of State G.
A. R., Mlnden, May 18-19-20.
Missouri Valley Tennis Tourna
ment, Lincoln, May 21-22.
State Sunday School convention
Broken Bow, June 15-16-17.
Stockmen's Convention and State
Sheriff's Annual Meeting, Alliance,
June 1 d-17-18.
Lincoln. Joe Steelier, Dodge coun
ty's young Hercules, disposed of Jess
Westergaard, Swedish strong man
from Des Moines, almost with ridicu
lous ease In the recent grappling
combat held at tho Lincoln auditor
ium. The burly Swede, despite his
lojig experience In tho game, was
flopped in straight falls and defeated
so decisively that tho Nebraska ath-
Joe Stecher.
lete, as a result of his spectacular
victory, at once takes rank as the
greatest of American grapplers, some
day destined to wear the crown laid
asldo by Frank Gotch. Nearly 3,000
wrestling enthusiasts witnessed Wes
torgard's overthrow. Tho first fall
ended In fourteen minutes. There
was no getting away from tho deadly
scissors hold, which was reinforced
by an English arm lock. The second
fall was brief. Stecher downing
Westergaard in flvo minutes with ex
actly the same hold ho used in the
first fall. Westergaard mado a
speech after the bout, giving Stecher
tho credit of being tho best man he
has over mot or over expects to see.
Two Big Projects.
Grand Island. Two big projects of
public improvement aro reasonably
certain of fulfillment within tho near
future. Ono of them is a seedling
mile of cement paving, sixteen feet
wide, on tho Lincoln highway, and
a $100,000 sower proposition.
Drops Dead While Plowing.
Kearney. George Bantel, farmer,
dropped dead while plowing In his
field in the south part of tho city.
Bantel was G3 years of ago and had
been suffering with heart trouble for
some timo. His wife was accom
panying him when ho died.
May Call 'the Militia.
Hastings. William Madgett, newly
elected mayor of Hastings, and who
got tho solid church vote, announced
ho will call out the ntate militia if
necessarv to enforco tho liquor laws.
Pop Corn Kills Child,
Popcorn lodged on lungs killed 18-month-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Hecht of Elk Creek.
Nebraakans Win Prizes.
Washington, D. C. Vyrlo Crowell
of Walthlll, Neb., is ono of tho prize
winners In tho corn growing contests
conducted by tho department of agri
culture. Ho raised nlnoty-threo bush
els of corn on ono aero at a cost of
$20.45 and mado a profit of $35.03.
Myrtle Mann of Chadron Is ono of
the winners In tho garden and can
ning contests. She raised 2,280 pounds
of truck on one-tenth of an acre at
a cost of $14.75 and made a profit of
$7L40.
Here are shown two of tho knlBcr's submarines that are so busy destroying British merchantmen. Below is tho
U-2S, and above monster U-3G, ono ot a new type of submarines, of which this 1b tho first photograph. Tho latter
has a radius ot 3,000 miles and can dive 1G0 feet. Her masts fold down when sho submerges. Thcso pictures wero
taken from tho Dutch steamship Batavler V, which tho submarines captured.
FRENCH
Remarkable photograph of tho execution of a German spy taken at tho moment that the squad of French sol
diers wero firing tho fatal volley.
AUSTRALIAN BRIDGE IN EGYPT
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Plank bridge across an irrigation
their camp by the pyramids of Egypt.
keroseno tins.
ITALIAN SOCIALISTS
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The opposition to Italy'B participation In the war on tho part of tho
socialists of that country has largely abated and somo of them havo even
organized a battalion. Lieutenant Labayola, assigned by tho government to
train them, Is hero seen drilling n squad in Milan.
Temperamental Hen.
About three weeks ago one of Mr.
J. 11. Dickson's roosters got Into a
fight and came homo all bloody and
eyes closed and ono of tho hens be
came despondent and Jumped on the
paling fenco and hung herself, but
her sister broko her hold and I doc
tored tho rooster and got him all
right, and tho next wock, tho day be
fore George Washington's birthday,
ho got into a fight again and camo
home all done up, and so tho samo
hen saw him and went to tho samo
place and hung herself again, but this
timo wn failed to see her in time, as
EXECUTING A GERMAN SPY
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canal by tho Australian troops near
Tho planks aro supported by empty
WILLING TO FIGHT
sho was about gono when Mr. Dick
son found her, and so I dressed her.
Wo had her fo? George's birthday din
ner. This hon was laying every day.
Mr. DlckBon and my father subscribe
for your paper, and thoy wero both
witnesses to this. Hernando Corre
spondent Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Described,
"I hear he's written a popular book."
"Yes. It's having a romarkablo
sale."
"Oh, it's one of those untrue to life
tales, then?"Detrolt Free PreBB.
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USEFUL HAUL IN BELGIUM
Germans in Belgium, get a bit ot
sport now and then nnd at tho samo
time a welcome addition to tho larder
by hunting rabbits. Hero Is ono ot
them bringing down a fine brace for
tho mess.
CHICAGO'S NEW MAYOR
William Halo Thompson, Republi
can, waB elected mayor of Chicago by
a plurality of nearly 140,000. Ho Is
in the real estato business and has
long beon prominent In political and
club life.