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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1915)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. BRITISH BATTLESHIP SUNK IN DARDANELLES j Double Skirt and Braid Trimmings LOUP VALLEY BOOSTERS OUT. LINE PLAN AT ST. PAUL. SHORTER ROUTE IN DEMAND Many Travelers Passing Through tho State Want to See Vast Alfalfa Fields In Loup Valley. COMING EVENTS. h 0 When a gown outlives tho ordeal of fashion parade where It must vie with many other gowns In a beauti ful galaxy one may bo sure It pos sesses one or more novel features that lend It distinction. These fashion pa rades, or shows, have become an im portant Institution. At them tho so lections of now styles of those whoso business it is to select are put to tho test of a public scrutiny, and tho fate of many a stylo is settled. Tho gown of black taffeta, mado up with black apd white stripe In tho same silk, which Is shown In tho pic ture given here, was duly paraded by a great Now York house that launches Its products and imports at a semi annual affair of this kind. This par ticular costume was among those suc cessful ones to bo placed before tho camera and thus destined to inspire admiration in a, much broader Held than that In which its first triumph was made. The double skirt and braid trim ming aro well managed iu its make up. Tho underskirt is laid in plaits in which the whito stripe lies over the black. Tho plaits at each side aro turned toward the front and thus leave a narrow panel of black at tho middle of tho front. The plaiting is set on to a plain under-petticoat and extends to tho knees. Tho overdress of tho plain silk is gathered to a yoke which Is Bhort at Whatever vagaries the midsummer may bring in tho way of fads, let us hope that pretty floating veils will bo numbered among them. Short veils of light net or of supplo chiffon, that answer tho lightest breezo that blows or play with tho stlffest wind, aro too becoming and too pretty in them selves to bo left out of our reckoning.. Just now tho face veil of very flno, plain net, in an open mesh, worn with turbans or sailors, serves to keep tho hair neat-looking and sometimes to Improve tho appearance of tho com plexion. Unless tho skin Is very clear and somewhat rosy these face veils should bo chosen In a color or In tho very finest and most Inconspicuous threads and meshes in black. Certain shades of gray and grayish blues and those colors classed as "modo" and fawn color aro found to bo most becoming in mesh faco veils. In tho finest weaves they aro hardly discernible, but aro found to brighten the complexion mora than black veils. Tho godet veil, which was intro duced with tho beginning of tho spring season, promises well as a veil for midsummer. It Is more voluminous than veils of plain or figured net or oven tlioso of lace, which appeared last summer, but did not come Into general use. Two of the bordered veils, bound with a bias fold of satin, aro pictured hero, showing a black jet having the " Vajarjes " j tho back and front and drops to con siderable additional length At each side. Tho lower part of tho skirt must bo cut to couform to the shape of tho yoke, fancy black silk braid is laid over the joining and then the seams in the yoke aro machlnc-stltched to place. The bottom of tho overdress Is shortened at the front but reaches a little below tho edgo of tho plaited skirt at tho back. It Is finished with a binding of silk braid. Tho short, almost straight-hanging jacket has tabs bound with braid form ing a quaint-looking basqne. Seams and edges are piped with tho silk. Tho sleeves are provided with turn back cuffs of tho black taffeta over laid with a broad strip of tho striped taffeta. Tho neck opens In a long V at tho front, with wide turnover collar at tho back, which Is sloped into narrow revero at each side. The small ball buttons that fasten the jacket are made by covering mold? with the taffeta. It seems as if no other hat could look quite so well with this unpreten tious but unusual gown as tho flat sailor of black "liseret," with Its smart brushlike cockade of white and black feathers. The shoes of white kid with tips of black and black finish ing fittingly complete a costume whlcb deserves to bo called chic. shamrock as a motif for tho woven in figures. These veils are cut in several different ways. Among others, a large square of tho figured net has a circular opening, large enough to slip over tho hat crown. This Is bound and an elastic cord Inserted in tho binding, serving to hold tho veil about tho crown. Tho outer edgo Is bound with a narrow, bias strip of white satin and hangs In four points about tho shoulders. Dut tlip majority of godet veils aro merely straight lengths of figured not or lace, hemmed along tho straight edge and gathered on an elastic cord Tho other edges nro bound with a bias fold of satin, like tho binding on the veils shown in tho illustration. Climon veils for outing or motor wear havo not beon changed from thoso worn heretofore. Most of them aro about two yards long and three quarters wide, with hem-stitched hems nn inch and a half or two Inches wide But tho wldo chiffon, cut In a length suillclent to make a square, and hem stitched all around, are very practical, JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Give a Birth Month Dinner. If you aro looking for a novel form oi enioriainmcm lor your club or church organization why not try a birth month dinner? Tho guests aro seated at 12 tables according to tho months in which they aro born. Annual encampment of State G. A. R., Mlnden, May 18-19-20. Missouri Valley Tennis Tourna ment, Lincoln, May 21-22. Annual convention of the Ne braska State Pharmaceutical as sociation, Omaha, June 7-10. State Sunday School convention Broken Bow, June 15-16-17. Stockmen's Convention and Stats Sheriff's Annual Meeting, Alliance, June 16-17-18. National convention of Travel ers' Protective association, Omaha, June 14-19. Annual convention of Nebraska Eagles, So. Omaha, June 15-16-17. Meeting of State Seedmen's as sociation, West Point, July, 7-8-9. Twenty-slxth national Saengec fest of the Saengerbund of the Northwest, Omaha, July 21 to 24. State Golf tournament, Omaha, July 7 to 10. St. Paul. The officers and boosters for tho "Central Nebraska and Loup River" and the "Black Hills and Loup River" routes met here last week. Representatives from Sargent, Loup City, Ord, Burwell, Duff, Long Pino, Comstock, Elba, Cotesflold and St. LI bory were present. Dr. Billings of Crd explained tho purpose of the meeting, which Is sub Btantially ns follows: There is a strong demand for a shorter route from Omaha to Denver than by tho Lincoln Highway or the . White Pole line. There are many who, in pass ing through tho state, want to see the vast alfalfa fields of this section, and tho lino is proposed to leave the Lin coin Highway at Columbus, and from thero to Fullerton, to threo miles north of St. Paul, to North Loup, to Broken Bow and North Platte, mak ing a route sixty-five mlleB shorter than tho Lincoln Highway between Columbus and Denver. The lino Is all marked and In good shape from Columbus west to North Platte. Beginning at Long Pine the Black Hills nnd Loup river route will run southeast through Burwell, Ord, North Loup, Cotesfleld, Elba, Grand Island, Hastings and meeting the Meridian route at Bollevlew, Kan. Between North Loup and '.the river b.Tidgo north of St. Paul the two routes will follow the same road. To Visit Children's Clubs. Washington. O. H. Benson, agri culturist, engaged In farm demonstra tions for the. bureau of plant industry, department of agriculture, will spend June In conferences and demonstra tions In connection with boys' agrlcul tural and girls' canning clubs In Ne braska, the Dakotas, Iowa and Kan sas. A. A. Potter, assistant patholo gist, engaged In cereal investigations for the bureau of plant industry, has gone on a two weeks' trip to conduct soil treatment experiments to , pre vont head smut and common smut of corn, and loose smut of barley and wheat. His tour will include ' Ne braska. First Seedling Mile of Highway. Kearney. To Kearney is left the honor of having the first seedling mllo of tho Lincoln highway in the otato of Nebraska. The road will bo constructed weet of the tallraco for one mile, passing tho state tubercu losis hospital and ending at tho state Industrial school grounds. Tho work on tho mile will bo commenced with in a few days. The road will be fif teen feet wldo and will cost, approxi matoly, $12,000 to build the one mile Highway In Splendid Shape. Sidney. Fifteen automobiles load ed with members of tho Cheyenne Mo tor club and thirty olllcials of Clu-y-enne, Wyo who arrived hero on an inspection trip over tho Lincoln high way as far east as Elk Springs, report they found tho roads in fine sliapo for automobiles. Stecher Too Much for Freberg. Fremont. Fifteen hundred people saw Joo Stecher, tho Dodge phenom. wrestle John Freberg, the Chicago heavyweight, here. Stecher won in straight, falls, tho first in one mlnuto and ton seconds and the second In three minutes and thirty-six seconds. Neligh Wins Athlotlc Meet. Nellgh. Tho third annual hii;h school field and track meet of tho Elkhom Valley Athletic association was hold hero last week. Nellgh won through winning more first and sec ,ond prizes. Chinch Bug Reported Busy, Auburn. Reports aro coming in from Uio farmers that tho chinch bug Is doing much damage to wheat. The advanced spring and extreme warm weather la favorable to Kb work . . .-. w ,: y . - ... N , British battleship Goliath which was torpedoed and sunk in tho Dardanelles, several hundred Uvea being lost, ATLANTIC FLEET BATTLESHIPS AT NBfVYORK Sonio of tho battloahlps of tho rovlew by tho president. SCHOOLSHIP STARTS :)U i M ... :M i i W?3P f wIe'V Now York Rtato nautical school Island of St. Thomas on tho first lap ELECTION SCENE IN TOKYO During tho recent electloiis in Japan tho banners put up by tho various candldales lu Tokyo were bo numorous that In tho vicinity of tho polling vl-nry they interfered with streejt traffic. Atlantic lloet photographed us thoy cntored New York harbor for tho annual ON LONG CRUISE ship St Thomas as sho started for tho of her 15,000-mllo voyngo. 1 ' teiwsf y ' ' ' j ILLINOIS WOMAN MAYOR Mrs. A. D. Canfleld, mayor of War rcn, 111., Is tho first woman to bo elected to that position in any Illinois city. Sho is a widow, seventy-four years old and conducts n mllllnory shop; she has promised to put an ond to pool rooms, gambling and tho liquor traffic In Warren. Are Thero Private Armles7 It Is Illegal to have an army of your own, but tho law winks at private armies in ono or two cases. Tho duke of Atholl had for thoy havo now gono to tho groat war a pri vate army of N 200 men, and has often provided guards of honor for King George from tholr ranks. In fact, Queen Victoria once reviewed this pri vate army. Tho duko of AtholPs pro vato army Is for its Bizo. tho finest body of soldlors in tho world, nil over six feet in height, sturdy ScotBmen picked from tho fittest of the, fit Tho duko of Flfo also Jtopt a prl vato army which numbered a hundred men, who wore armed with huge pikes exactly as tho soldiers woro armod centuries ago. Tho Stuart ArcherB and tho Farqu hnrson Clansmen are two other private armlca of which Scotland can boast. Tho marquises of Donogal, too, havo for hundreds of years kept a prlvnto army. Pearson's. Severe Training. "What I admlro about Bllthora 1b his quiet self-posscsalon." "Ilo acquired that in tho last few years." "In what way?" "By Bitting In tho nudlonco while his wlfo mado speeches on womaa suffrage."