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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1915)
THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. '1 nnl4Haatk0Hta9nmwaMiMaMMnvvv4ttMiMVkwMHi J Making Ready for First Communion GUARDING THE SUMMER WHITE HOUSE CONDENSED HEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. There Is nothing more touching and prettily Impressive than a band of lit tle girls In the white frocks and veils In which they are made ready for their first communion. This event In the child's life is impressed on her memory as much by the appropriate clothing of her small body as by tho Instruction of her mind. She never forgets In after life tho sight of her comrades In white or her own white array. Tho frocks made for this occasion should bo selected In sheer cotton ma terials and trimmed with small hand run tucks and insertions of narrow llngerio laces. Sprays of fine embroid ery, in small blossoms and leaves, such as are used on Infanta' clothes, make an elegant Item in decoration which Is appropriate for this kind of gown, Inasmuch as it marks a great occasion in the life of the child. But there must not bo too much of a good thing in tho matter of decora tion. Full, short, tulle veils are finished at tho edges In a variety of ways, to bo worn with the sheer frocks. In the picture a good example is shown bordered with a narrow insertion and the tiniest of edges. Wreaths of little white flowers, forget-me-nots, myrtle, or other familiar blossoms, make a pretty addition to tho veil. White slippers anil white silk stock ings finish up the splendor of the little lady's attire, and an important and unforgettable touch to her lies in Simplest of Organdie Morning Jackets A little jacket of organdie in white, to bo cool and comfortable on a sum mer morning or to wear when one spends a sultry day at home, Is shown here. It may bo mado of any number of sheer cotton materials, or of thin silk. Lawn, dimity, mull, voile, cotton crepe, and all the pretty plain and figured weaveB which roflect tho eummertlmo will do as well as organ die for making It. The Jacket is cut In ono piece with kimono sleeves. It is simply a length of goods folded over, with round neck cut out and sleeves shaped as shown In tho picture. It is cut to open down the front. Tho edges are all finished with buttonhole stitching In a heavy colored floss. Sprays of embroidery ornament tho fronts at tho fastening. ScamB are machine stitched . and felled, and if ono has no time for om brolderlng. the edges aro to bo finished with a narrow machine-stitched hem to which a ruffle of val or other laco is whipped on. In place of tho fastening pictured, narrow satin rib bon Is sowed to each side of the front opening and tied, to fasten tho gar ment. One pair of ties is sewed at tho neck and ono at tho bust lino. Tho small ribbon bows require ties ten to twelve Inches long, nnd look veiy pretty sot in the lace ruffle. , It is a good Idea to make several her possession of white gloves long enough to reach to tho bottom of her elbow sleeves. Every mother wants her Httlo maid to look as well as tlm next ono upon the occasion of her first communion. Khe is apt to be successful in bring ing her wish to pass if sho guards against too much trimming in tho frock and veil and uses elegant and dainty hand work In decorations, if possiblo. Sweet Simplicity Style. The new modes have a sweet sim plicity, a sort of "divine Innocence," that should disarm all criticism, save that of chronic dyspeptics or malevo lent hypocrltlcs. The choice of ma terials is moro or less a restricted one this year, and those wo have lend themselves best to simple and gra cious lines. The widened skirts are really very graceful and attractive, and somo of tho little coats quite adorable. A skirt, by tho way, that admits of pock ets not a pocket, mark you, but pockets ought to bo welcomed after our lean and pocketless years. With in the memory of most of us pockets have traveled all round the person. Just for tho moment, however, they seem to have come to anchor in the front of tho skirt, and take up much the samo position as a man's trousers pockets, so that this season wo shall often bo seen with a hand comfortably thrust into each pocket. of theso little jackets with breakfast caps to match. That is, tho samo ma terial is used for tho cap as that chosen for tho jackot, and tho same sort of laco and ribbon used for trim ming. All tho pretty flowered sum mer fabrics invito ono to borrow of their daintiness and brightness for wear about tho house. Theso sheer and engaging goods aro so cheap that the expenso for materials hardly needs to bo considered at all. Even the most amateurish of needlewomen can put together garments so simple to make. Thoro Is so much of attrac tion in them that it is a pity not to tako advantage of it. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Fichus Much Worn. There Is a wide adoption of tho fichu. It Is In some cases attached to tho blouse and sometimes separate, to bo used on any waist. As a rule It Is mado of white dimity or white lace, and somo aro mado of dark or flowered silk for wear with a dark blouso. A pretty fichu of white or gandie Is gathered into tho nock in tho back and to a point in front by means of smocking In light blue Tho sleeves of the blouso aro adorned with the samo smocking at the cuffs. A bluo feather stitching flnishoB the fichu at the outer edge. Citizens of Loup City are agitating paving. Drown county reports crops are booming. Third annual Sutton Chautauqua will open July 2i. A new modern elevator will soon bo built at Craig. , A now bank building will bo put up at Glenvll this summer. Fourteen North Platte families are quarantine for Biimllpox. The Alliance Chatnuqua will bo held from July 2Gth to 31st. Tho new Presbyterian c'uuch of Fairbury Is nearly completed. Plans are nearly ready for Schuy ler's $15,000 high school building. Boys, it Is thought, wrecked the in terior of the Noiiolk high school. A County Teachers' Institute will be held at Goring August 23 to 27. W. N. Becker, former editor of the Ashland Gazette, died at his homo In that city. Old settlers of Sarpy county will hold their annual picnic at Papilllon August 2S. Tho cornerstone of the new manual training building at Peru Normal has been laid. . ' , Excessive operating expenses caused the closing of the North Platte Good Samaritan hospital. A petition la being circulated In Dunbar for the purpose vif voting $25, 000 school bonds. Authorities of Fairbury have decid ed to start a rock pile gang to work out all evil doers. An unknown man was run over and instantly killed by a Burlington train couth of Kearney. Work on the new addition to tho Union Presbyterian church at North Bend has been started. The contract has been let for tho now horso barn at the state farm, Lincoln. It will cost nearly $30,000. Actual work will begin on tho "Seeding Mile" of the Lincoln High way south of Grand Island, by Aug. 1. The annual reunion of the Fremont county veterans and sons of veterans will be held at Sidney August 24 to 27. William Burge, a retired farmer, was killed when ho was run over by a Northwestern passenger train at Pllger. The farm house of George Boettgar, near Ord, was struck by lightning and destroyed. A total loss of $1,500 was sustained. Stella is the richest town In Itlch ardson county per capita of popula tion, according to the county assess or's report. Polk county farmers are all prepar ing for the harvest )f wheat and some have already commenced work in their fields. Governor Morehead has appointed E. A. Walrath )f Osceola as stato printing commissioner, succeeding N. J. Ludl, Osceola. Lawrence Bruner, professor of en tomology at the state university, Lin coln, was selected as Nebraska's most distinguished citizen. In an auto accident near Fullerton, Miss Amy Blofleld was seriously in jured and Frank Whitney had his Bhoulder blade broken. Tho contract has been let for tho building of Broken Bow's municipal water and electric power plant. It will cost nearly $1C,000. July 14 tho Episcopal church of Fremont will celebrate the fiftieth an niversary of the first Episcopal serv Ico over held in Frcnvont. A fall in the thermometer brought frost to the vicinity of Chadron the nlpht of the Fourth of July. No In Jury to crops was reported. The big sales pavilion barn and silos of Henry C. Holt in Kearney were completely destroyed by fire, en tilling a loss of about $10,000. In ono of tho fastest fights ever held in Bridgeport, Jess Verbeck was awarded the decision over George Dean, colored, of Scottsbluff. Tho Board of Education of Schuyler has elected J. A. True of Cozad as superintendent of tho schools to rtue ceed Charles Arnot, who resigned. Tho school board of Weeping Wa ter has set the date for tho opening of school In tho fall, September 13, so that It will not conflict with state fair dates. Hundreds -of acres of wheat and rye wore completely destroyed by hail in a strip of country fifteen miles wide and thirty miles long, west of Calla way, Custer county. A survov mf tho Omaha reaUtratibn Just completed shows a registration for Omaha and South Omaha of "I, 304. There are 1(5,014 republicans registered and 11,093 democrats. The hardware Btoro owned by W. A. Compton and the grocery and notions store of Berts: & Meehan at Cortland were destroyed by fire. Tho loss on both buildings and contents Is esti mated at between $12,000 and $15,000. A number of cattlo in tho vicinity of Elmwood are suffering from "Blackleg," It is reported. Judgo Hanna of the district court of Loup county, has Instructed a grand Jury of tho county to Inquire diligently Into tho alleged killing of Uoy Fox, and bring an indictment, if tho evidence so justifies. Governor Morehead has proclaimed Sunday, July 18 as Purity Sunday. Tho object is to further and increaso tho Interests of tho people In social, civic and moral welfare and the sup pression of public vlco. Especially Blnco tho attempt, to summer White House at Windsor, Vt. ring up on automatic tlmo clocks on l TN; V This hut for Serbian officers 1b behind a protecting embankment In within 80 yards of tho Austrian trenches. WOMEN OF DENMARK CELEBRATE To celebrate tho passing of tho bill giving tho women of Denmark tho right to voto, tho women of Copenhagen organized an oluborato parade, tho head of which Is hero shown. BRING MESSAGE TO MR. WILSON Col. J. M. Agullar (left) and MaJ, lrenoa Garcia, cousins of the lato Presldcut Madoro of Mexico, who camo to this country with a letter from tho Madero family to Prosldont Wilson with regard to conditions in Mexico assassinate J. P. Morgan, Prosldont Wilson Is very carefully guarded In tho Watchmen and secret sorvlco men patrol tho grounds constantly and trees. A mlnlaturo tolophono systom nlso has been Installod. SERBIAN OFFICERS' HUT IN THE v v.- . TRENCHES tho inundated area at Zaganlla island, ITALIAN GUN IN ACTION. One of tho cmallor Italian mountain guns in action on a height in tho Aus trian Tyrol. A Poet's Tomb. "Under my eyes," wrote Mistral In his vein of antique tolerance, "I seo the lnclosuro and tho white dome of where, llko the snails, I shall lio hid in the gentle shade. Supreme effort of our pride to escape voruclous time! This forbida not that yostorday or today quickly is changed Into a Ions forgetfulness. And when pooplo ask of John o' Figs, of John the galtcred, 'What Is this dome?' thoy will reply; 'That's tho tomb of tho poet a poet who mado songs for a beautiful Pro vencal maid called Mlrolllo. Thoy are llko mosquitoes in the Camarguo. scat tered far and wide. But ho lived In Mnlllano, and tho old men of the coun tryside havo seen him walking In our paths.' And then ono day thoy will say: 'It's ho whom they had chosen king of Provence. But his name live no moro savo In the song of tho brown crickets.' At last, at tho end of their knowledge, thoy will say: "TIs tha tomb of a magician, for of a lG-raycil star tho monument wears tho imago.' " Tho Century. Cost of School Books. For each child enrolled In the public schools In tho United Statos the total annual cost of textbooks la 78.8 conta. Tho total exponuiturc per child for all school purposes Is approximately $38.31. The cost of toxtbooks Is thus approximately two per cont of the total cost of maintenance, support and equipment. The cost per child on tha school-population basis (G to 18 years of ago) Is BG.G contB; tho unnua! per capita cost of textbooks on tho total population basis lo less than 15 cert.