THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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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
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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
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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.
