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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1915)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEDRASKA. DEAL IS ACCEPTED TUFFS' PROFESSOR INVENTS WIRELESS WONDER WORKER Varied Designs in Dance Frocks FARMERS' IRRIGATION DISTRICTS RATIFY BIG CONTRACT. GOVERNMENT TO OSE WATER Assures Further Federal Intrust In State Irrigation May Mean 20-Year Extension Plan." Whon ono watches the dancors at the dinner or club dance It is hard to decido upon the most attractlvo gown or to pronounce Judgment that will not straightway bo contradicted. Dan co frocks are so varied In design that this variety adds a plcasuro to those already falling to the lot of tho onlooker. But certain of tho styles possess unusual fascination. Among them the gowns made of lace or net flounce? over underskirts of silk never fail of admiration. In nearly all dancing gowns tho waist lino is high, tho bodico very simple, and tho arms uncovered. But not all tho pretty frocks aro Blcovolcss. A flowered chiffon, made with a flaring skirt, is worn with a taffeta bodico having. a square neck and elbow sleeves. Theso aro finished with wide laco frills. Tho bodico ends cross at tho front In surplice fashion and fasten at the sides under rosettes. Tho bodice is extended Into a point at tho front, reaching below tho waist line, and needs no girdle to bo worn with It Points aro not to bo lost sight of in any of this season's apparel. An other effective dress has a plain bodico of lace with long sleeves ter New Breakfast Usually boudoir caps aro fascinating flttlo headdresses made of laco ifnd trimmed with ribbon or other llttlo coquetries of decoration. Hero aro some of tho new ones made of ribbons and trimmed with other ribbons or with laco. This reversal of the usual order of things has resulted In caps that havo lost nothing in beauty. They havo Just one advantage over tho laco caps they cover up certain llttlo sins of omission In tho matter of hair dressing. Thus they ingratlato them selves with tho fair wearer who hesi tates in choosing betweon tho cap of ribbon and tho cap of lace. All tho light colors In satin mos salino and other lightweight, high-luster ribbons aro used to mako theso lovely accessories of dress, but Just now rose pink and pale yellow are hav ing a remarkable vogue. Some people can't wear either of them, and many deBlgnB aro mado up In light blue, a few in holiotropo and in cream white and an occasional oiie in pale green. Almost overyono can wear certain ehades or tints of bluo, and people who have never experimented with yellow may discover its becoming ncsB. A wldo roso-plnk ribbon Is used for tho cap at tho right. It is shaped to tho head by means of shirred pin tucks. The first row Is run in about minating in small points over the hand. Tho laco Is repeuted in tho skirt in a pointed yoko, to which a flounco of muslin Is set. Following tho outlines of tho yoko this flounce forms a point at tho back and front. Two similar flounces below it aro sot on to a foundation skirt, and they also form a point at back and front. Tho fourth flounco is set to tho bottom of tho underskirt, which is cut with a decided flare. Tho flounces emphaslzo tho skirt's flare, and thin materials like organdie look wonderfully pretty mado In this way. A good and slmplo model for a dance frock is shown in tho picture It is made of messallne satin and ad Justed to the waist with shlrrings over cable cord. Tho bodico is of chiffon and velvet. Nothing looks as well with tho dance frock as a laco pottl coat as fluffy and dainty as it Is pos sible to make it. Attractive Dress. Make the' bodico of your crepo do chlno dress of flowered design and tho skirt of the plain, then trim the bot tom of tho skirt with the flowered ma terlal and you will have a most at tractive, dress. Caps of Ribbon two inches from tho edge to form the ruffle about the face. At a distance of less than an Inch a group of three is run in and a second group of foui (the last row on tho edgo of tho rib bon) draws It up to form tho crown. This cap Is trimmed with narrow black velvet ribbon, which in turn is ornamented with tiny ribbon (lowers, sowed flat to Its surface. Tho cap at 'tho left Is a familiar de sign of laco and ribbon. It is made In palo yellow with creani-coldred laco. Over tho bow at tho front a cluster of minlaturo apples, made of ribbon, in yellow, coral pink and light blue, takes the place of tho usual llttlo flow ers, with strikingly good and original effect. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Silk Suits. There aro many women who, when appearing upon tho street In tho day time, must havo a coat suit In order to feel well dressed. Of course, tho cloth Bult Is too warm when tho ther mometer soars high, so a substltuto must bo provided. It Jb for this reason that tho silk suits havo been launched forth so profusely. Shantung, pongeo and faille aro the favored materials for these suits, and In somo cases the Bilk Is combined with cloth not enough to add warmth, but Just sufficient to make a novel and stunning buIL COMING EVENTS. Old Soldiers' and Settler' re union, Mlnatarc, August 26-29. Conference of United Evangel ist Churches of Nebraska, Omaha, August 26-30. Nebraska Stale Fair, Lincoln, September 6 to 11. National Farmers' Union elev enth annual convention, Lincoln, Sept. 6. National convention of Letter Carriers, Omaha, September 5 to 10. Omaha's Merchants' Market week, August 31 to Sept. 4. Bohemian Catholic Turners' state tournament, Plattsmouth, Sept. 3 to 6. Convention of State Federation of Labor, Omaha, Sept. 14. State prohibition convention, Lincoln, Sept. 29 and 30. National Farmers' Congress Omaha, Sept. 28 to Oct. 1. Scottsbluff. Tho farmers' irriga tion district by a vote of 22C to 18 adopted a contract for one-flfth ca pacity of tho big canal to bo used by the government for watering 20,000 acres north of Bridgeport. Tho canal has ample capacity, and the districts' approval of this contract, assures further federal Interest in Nebraska irrigation with the probable adoption of a placo for taking over tho works of the farmers' district and giving tho farmers thereunder a scheme of pnyments similar to twenty-year ex tension plan undor tho government canal. Shells for the Allies. Lincoln. Seventy-five centimeter shells are likely to bo mado and sent out of this city to tho allies within a short time. A plen to tho Lincoln Commercial club from big eastern holders of munitions contracts has not been mado in vain, for ono Lin coln firm has written that It. .will help out If satisfactory arrangements enn be made. Pending tho completion of the affair tho nnme is being withheld by the Commorclnl club authorities. Alfalfa Mill to Reopen. Albion. The Albion alfalfa mill is to reopen, after having been closed down for a couple of years. Tho mill was erected a few years ago by a company of alfalfa raisers in this community and for a couplo or three years did considerable business, but Anally closed. A few days ago tho mlil was sold at public auction and bought by D. J. Gates of this city, who expects to havo tho mill ready for operation by fall. Mr. Gates is a largo land owner and raises a great amount of alfalfa. Non-Political Picnic. Hastings. Plans for a state polit ical picnic to bo conducted on a non partisan basis aro under considera tion here. Tho proposal has been endorsed by the democratic and re publican county chairmen and by all chairmen who havo been heard from. Court Order Against Road. Hastings. At a special mooting of tho council recently tho Union Pacific was ordered to ccaso building a fenco on its right-of-way to keep pedes trians from crossing tho tracks oppo site tho depot. It Is expected that lit igation will result New War Device. Lincoln. Two Lincoln men havo Invented an nppaartus to prevent ships from being torpedoed and al ready the naval board has taken up tho matter with them in order to sro what can bo done with tho Invention. Pricks Pimple; dies Next Day. Auburn. Miss Alberta Mutz, a prominent young woman of this sec tion, pricked n pimple on her chin with a pin. Sho hecamo unconscious a few ours later and died of blood poisoning. Eighty Bushels of Oats to Acre. Cambridge. .Too Brown, living three miles southeast of town, thresh ed a field of oats that mad? eighty bushels totho acre. HIb wheat made twonty-ninb bushels to tho ncro. Tragedy Near Holdrege. Holdregci Vincent Wlnk'cmeyci of New York City was Killed and Fred R. Collum of Kansas. o'.y and E It. Leo of Lincoln wore woundei) Jn a box car hold-up on tho Bur.lng ton freight No. 70, between this citj and Funk. Iho men wcro hnrvestei hands. Nino wero in tho car when two hold-up men entered at Holdreg! and when a short dlstanco out de manded their savings of tho work- men. Winklomoycr offerol resistance and was Bhot four times with fin nu tomatlc pistol. Prof. B. K. Shepard of Tufts collego and tho small wlroloss machine with steers an automobllo, fires n cannon, blows horns, rings bolls and does many ground wire. BUSINESS MEN'S MILITARY CAMP AT Vlow of the camp at Plattsburgh, N. Y whero hundreds of buslnoss men from overy state In tho Union nro receiving military training. Among tho recruits nro many men of groat prominence and wealth. All undergo tho strict training and dlscipllno of tho regular nrmy. At tho right is tho commander of tho camp, Capt. Halstcad Doroy, aid to Gen. Leonard Wood. HAITIAN NAVY TAKEN BY ADMIRAL CAPERT0N TIiIb is tho gunboat Paclfluuo, the POLICE AS This pollco department of Now York has a now Blgnal corps that Is bolng thoroughly trained. At prcsont tho men wigwag their communications from tho chimneys of Btatlons and the roofs of high buildings, but later a wiroleBB system will bo Installed. ontlro navy of Haiti, which Admiral WIGWAGGERS which ho oporatos a sovon-foot boat othor things. Tho machlno has no PLATTSBUR6H Caporton "captured" at Port-au-Prlncn. RANGE FINDING ON WARSHIP Olllccr on tho American battleship Utah operating tho rango finder dur ing maneuvers. Getting Down to Essentials. "As a matter of professional con Hdonco," said tho lawyer, "aro you, guilty?" "What's tho ubo of wasting tlmo on, a minor consideration llko that?" re-' Joined tho up-to-duto prisoner. "How do you think I measure up for Insanity?" r
