THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA,
Meeting Requirements of Modes
in Model in Perfect Taste
A purty frock for tho social bud,
Xvhich docs its American designer no
end of credit, tells its pretty story in
tho picture above. But half its charm
must be left to the imagination, sinco
it lies in combination of colors. Deli
cate, but not too pule shades of pink
and bluo, with tho introduction of sil
ver lace, make up a flowcrliko con
ception which it is an" Inspiration to
look at
Tho underskirt of pink silk not con
trives to bo fairly full about tho hips,
nnd very full about the ankles, by tho
slraplo and lovely expedient of the
band of silver laco insertion set In,
liko a girdle, below tho hips. It is
piped at each sido with a cord, cov
ered with pink satin, and tho nut Is
gathered to it. This allows tho
Hounco to bo much fuller than tho up
per portion. Tho ilounco is bound at
the bottom with a cord covered with
Batin. Over this underskirt a socond
skirt of bluo net falls, covering its en
tire length. It is bound with bluo
satin, which causes it to stand out
about tho bottom.
Tho bodice is cleverly designed of
bluo satin, with a square piece set
Costume for the Small Boy
and His Charming Sister
I lLt85i'-' . mf-M flit 'aKS58WB!SSy
Aftor studying tho displays of ready
made clothing for little boys and girls
ono Is inclined to think that it is a
wasto of tinio and energy for the busy
mother to undertnko tho making of
it at home. In tho little suits and
dresses, rompers, ai..i aprons shown,
Iho styles aro good, the materials ex
cellent and tho workmanship satisfac
tory. Tho prices aro bettor than rea
sonable; tlmy aro low. Thoro Is econ
omy in making lino drosses, on which
hand embroidery nnd hand sowing nro
used, but for garments that are to bo
worn day In nnd out, tho manufacturer
has met all requirements, Including
low prices.
Ono of tho prettiest of tho now wubIi
suits for tho fliunll boy is shown at
tho loft of tho plcturo nbovo. It In a
model In medium dark shado of brown
with collar and bolt In brown and
whlto otrlpo. Tho cuffB nro piped
with thn striped material. White bono
on In the middle of the front and back,
forming points abovo and below tho
waist lino. Tho sido bodies aro cut
into points at tho bottom and extend
to tho arms. There aro small ruf
fled straps over tho shoulders. A yoke
of tho pink and bluo nets is fulled in
at tho top of tho bodice and gathered
to form a narrow rufllo about tho
round neck. Short puffed sleeves aro
made of tho two nets also. The waist
lino is defined by two bands of nar
row silver gauzo ribbon, and tho nar
rowest of silver edging outlines tho
rufllo about tho neck.
All tho requirements of tho modes
of the hour aro met by this model of
good tasto In using them. Tho very
full skirt, tho close-llttlng bodices and
tho airy fabrics that fashion approves
llnd expression In it.
Tho combination of bluo nnd pink,
which iB a French suggestion, is only
ono of several combinations of color
that might bo embodied in a frock
made in tho samo way. But pink and
bluo used together aro met with so
often in displays of spring apparel,
(notably in millinery) that It promises
to bo a feature in coming fashions.
buttons fasten the short coat down tho
front, and machine stitching figures in
Its neat finish. Heavy linen and cot
ton materials nro used for BUits of
this kliul, and they aro mndo in blue,
brown, unbleached linen, and whlto.
An everyday dress for tho iittlo
girl, shown at tho right of tho picture,
is of checked gingham, finished with
hands of plain chambray. A real pock
et Is set In, stayed with a band at
the top, and a bolt extends across tho
back, buttJiiIng at one sido. Any num
ber of similar dresses aro shown, and
tho variations in trimming nnd color
combinations attest to tho resourceful
noss of their makers. Thoy aro neatly
mndo, and will pnss without criticism,
even when Judged by tho stnnilnnls of
tho capable needlewoman.
HORACE'S MOTHER
By FRANK FILSON.
"What is It, dear?" asked Horace
Scott, looking up at his wlfo ncross
tbo breakfast table.
"A tragedy," sho answered, flinging
down tho letter sho had been reading,
with angry tears. "Your mother Is
coming to pay us a visit tomorrow."
"Good Lord!" said Horace, picking
up tho letter nnd rending it.
"Tomorrow, of nil tlmos, when the
Korrs nro coming to dinner, nnd a
dozen other couples," continued Mil
dred, "And Just when I hnd all my
plans fixed I Whnt will thoy think of
us with thnt awful old woman 7"
"I don't know that she's so bad,
dear," said Iloraco musingly. "Old
Kerr was brought up on a farm and
wns a farmer's boy for two or thrco
years."
"But, Iloraco, you know very well
thnt pcoplo who aro in society don't
acknowledge tilings liko that. It
doesn't mnttor what ono has been; it's
whnt ono is. And nfter 1 havo man
aged to get Dorothy into that cxclu
slvo boarding school, and had laid all
my plans for bringing her out! Wo
nro fixed, Iloraco, flxed with tho very
sot of pcoplo wo want to get in with,
and now your mother Is coming up
from tho farm, with her Ignorant
speech nnd her bad table mnnners!"
"I'm not ashamed of hor God bless
her!" said Iloraco fervently.
"Ah, well, if you don't enro about
your daughter's future, at least you
might caro about our financial posi
tion," persisted his wife. "You know
very well thnt your chanco of secur
ing that position as lawyer for tho
Korr corporation depends on my ingra
tiating myself with Lucy Kerr. I have
worked to that end for two years, know
ing that old Williams wouldn't live
long, and that they would bo looking
round for somcono else to represent
them. It needs a man who is in touch
Appeared at the Door a Figure in
Black Silk.
with tho best set. And It means
twelvo thousand a year! Now! Aro
you going to havo that old woman at
our party tomorrow night?"
"I am," said Horace. "If tho Korrs
aro such intolerable snobs that they
require my denying my own mother,
let them go to blazes! And if wo
havo to wo'H tako Dorothy out of that
school and send her to a public one."
"Thou I wash my hands of tho
wholo affair," said Mildred, rising nn
grlly from tho table. "And you can
do what you choose."
Ho could not pacify his wifo all day.
Ho sent tho telegram that his mother
had requested, and wailed in some
thing liko consternation for her ar
rival.
Iloraco Scott was genuinely fond of
his mother. Sho had been devoted to
him, and when ho left tho farm, fif
teen years before, to seek his fortune
In tho city, he had told hor that sonio
day sho was to mako her homo with
him. But ho had married a worldly
woman, and somehow that dream had
never como to pass. Ho had seen very
Iittlo of tho poor old woman during tho
past few years. Ho realized that sho
was, socially, a handicap. But ho hnd
conscientiously determined that ho
would never fall in his duty toward
her.
Now It was to bo put to tho test.
Sho camo noxt day, with an Immenso
carpetbag, from which sho extracted a
couple of Jars of homemade pro
servos, nn enormous cako and some
homcmndo pickles.
"There, my dear," sho said to hor
disgusted daughtor-in-law. "Don't tell
mo you ain't pleased with them. I
ben reading all about thoBO horo ndul
tcratloiiB of foods which Doctor Wl-
ioy's trying to stop folks from being
poisoned, and I thought I'd give you
both a startor. My! Ain't you elo
gnntly flxed! Not but whnt I profor to
have the rooms up nnd down instead
of all n long lino of 'urn. And theso
horo tints ain't what thoy'ro crackod
up to bo. Now show mo my room nnd
I'M put on my black silk in case you
expect them friends you spoko about."
"She's ImposBlblo, Horace!" ex
claimed his wife nugrily, after tho old
lady had retired. "Wo can't let tho
Korrn moot hor that's all. Wo can't.
I'm E0I113 to boo that sua otayB In
her room. Don't you daro lntorforo
with mo, Iloraco!"
Homco sighed. Ho know that when
his wifo mndo up her mind thoro was
little to bo done. But his mother had
n mind of her own, too. Ho braced
himBclf for a domestic tempest. How-
over, presently Mildred camo back
smiling.
"It's nil right, dear," sho said. "I'vi
persuaded her thnt she'll he too tlr-.il
for company tonight. Sho's going to
bed early. I'vo put her in tlvrvt end
room, so Hint sho won't hear anything.
And sho thinks it's Juct n mon'R busi
ness meeting."
Tho dinner party was a hugo suc
cess. Tho Korrs wore amiability It
solf. Half a dozen pcoplo whom Mil
dred had never succeeded in getting
into hor homo now appeared to havo
taken hor to tholr hearts. Thoy ad
journed to the drawing room, nnd Mil
dred had almost forgotten tho old
woman sleeping in tho end room, when
suddenly thoro appeared nt tho door
a flgure clnd in black silk. Her heart
went Into her mouth.
Then It was thnt Iloraco showed
himself a man. He arose nnd took
his mother by tho arm and led her
forward.
"Mrs. Kerr my mother," ho said.
"My, Iloraco!" oxclalmed tho old
lndy, "I guess your men friends
brought their women folks with them
after all."
"Delighted to meet your mother,"
said Mrs. Korr, making n plnco beside
her for tho old lndy.
Mildred looked on like a spectator
at n dreary drama. Tho gucstB had
all clustered about tho old woman,
making fun of hor uncouthncss, and
sho, seeing nothing, was telling thorn
all nbout the farm, tho chickens, tho
crops nnd tho neighbors,
Her heart wns bursting. Sho could
not bear it. Ail the olaboratoly built
plans that sho had mado wcro tum
bling to tho ground. It was too hor
rible, after all thnt sho had dono!
Without nn excuse, sho roso and
walked into her room, and, flingrng
herself upon tho bed, gavo way to
blinding tears.
At last sho roBo and dried hor oyos.
Sho would hold up her head, nt any
rate. It was Horace's inothor, not
hors.
Sho went back proudly toward tho
drawing room. A burst of laughter
met her. So thoy wcro still having
fun with tho wrotched old woman!
Horaco met hor at tho door. "Dear
est!" ho cried. "Whoro havo you
boon? I was coming to look for you."
"Don't trouble," anawerod Mildred
caustically. "Your inothor has cer
tainly been tho sensation of tho ovo
nlng. It's as good as a play."
"It certainly Is," said Horace. "What
do you think? Mr. Korr know mother
years ago, when ho was a boy In Still
well, and thoy'ro having tho timo ot
their lives. Mrs. Kerr Is positively
jealous.''
Frank Kerr roso from tho sofa and
clasped Horace's hands enthusiasti
cally. "My dear follow, why didn't you lot
mo meet your mother before?" ho de
manded. "Say, Horaco, that affair is
flxed. You're going to tako Williams'
place. And Mrs. Korr wants you nnd
your wifo to bring your mother to soo
us tomorrow and hnvo dinner with us.
I tell you, when a man of sixty meets
his first sweetheart again something's
doing."
(Copyright. 1910. by W. G. Chapman.)
WHEN YOUR CHEST GURGLES
Sounds the Doctor Hears Through
Stethoscope Tell Him, If Lungs Are
In Bad Condition.
A doctor hears somo curious noises
when ho plnces tho stethoscope
against your chest whether you aro lit
for tho army or not. When tho lungs
aro hcnlthy, a pleasant brcozy sound,
soft in tone, is heard us tho breath is
drawn in and expolled, tho Toronto
Mall and Empire states. If thostoth
oscopo convoys to his ear a gurgling
or bubbling sound tho doctor knows
that you nro In whnt is known as tho
moist stage of bronchitis. In tho dry
stago of tho samo complaint tho sound
Is a whistling, whoozy ono.
Ono of tho signs of pneumonia Is
tho soft crackling note that cornea
through tho stethoscope. It is not
unllko tho sound that can bo heard
when your linger and thumb havo
touched a sticky substnnco, and you
first plnco them together nnd then
part them, holding them closo to your
ear.
Doctors occasionally hear a drip
ping sound, and that tolls them that
tho air and water havo got Into somo
part of tho chest whoro thoy havo
no right.
Lisbon's Time Signal.
Correct time Is announced every
hour In tho port of Lisbon, Portugal,
by means of two lanterns plnced on
Iron columns 100 feet high. Tho Ian
terns each havo three faces, measur
ing 0 5 feet by 8 feet. At oxnetly Ave
minutes before the hour, a horizontal
lino of light appenrs on each face, and
on the tick of the hour, this light is
extinguished. The signals may bo seen
oven In tho daytime nt a distance of
a milo and a half. At night tho posi
tion of tho lanterns is Indicated by
three rod lights. Tho signals aro
worked electrically under tho control
of a clock in tho Observatorio Astro-
nomtco do Lisbon.
A Sure Sign.
Mrs. O'Toolo Suro, the baby will
do th samo kind of work Hint you do
whin ho grows up.
Mlko l'hwnt mnkos you think thot?
Mrs. QToolo Why, Ivory tolnie ho
gots hold of n deck of cards ho picks
out th' spades.
PRACTICAL HINTS FOR RAISING TURKEYS
vlWL
Bronze Turkeys,
(By MUS. A. WOOD.)
Young turkoys nro not any hardor
to rnlso than chickens, If ono is enro-
ful novcr to inbreed and keep thorn
frco from llco nnd mites.
1 sot nil tho uggs uudor chicken
hena bo na to keep my turkoys lay
ing. When tho eggs pipped I put thorn
in tho incubator, which was sot with
chicken oggs. Every egg that plppod
hatched and thoy did not harm tho
other oggs In "tho least.
It wasn't nn unusual thing to hnvo
ovory egg of a sotting hatch, nnd
never moro than ono thnt didn't
hatch.
1 novcr let tho young turkoys run
with tho turkoy hen because sho tnkes
them too far from homo, nnd It is
easier to keep hem freo from llco
whon thoy nro rnlBcd by hand.
I do not feed tho poults tor 24
hours after hatching. Then I don't
havo nny troublo teaching thorn to eat.
Soak bread in milk and squeeze- it
dry for them for two or thrco dnys,
then feed lino crncked corn mixed
with clabber choeso.
1 novor feed black pepper, as so
many do, nor very many hard-boiled
oggs; and I rniso moro turkoys than
those who do, in this neighborhood.
Then let thorn havo as much freo-
dom ns posalblo, for thoy liko to pick
bugs nnd tender grass. If thoy aro
kopt at night in a houso that has
roosts, thoy will soon lly on them nnd
do bettor than If loft on tho ground.
It 1b necessary to koop Uiobo coops
or roosting places clean nnd disin
fected, for llco nnd mltcB aro Buro
death to young turkoys.
Coarso sand should bo provided for
them, also plenty of shade, and ashes
for their dust bath.
In preparing turkoys for markot
thoy should not bo fed too liberally
during tho first fow days, but aftor
COLONY HOUSES FOR CHICKS
Portable Buildings Enable Farmer to
Change Brooding Yards From One
Season to Another.
Tho portablo colony Iioubo enn bo
used for brooding Iittlo chlcku in tho
spring, for housing growing stock In
tho summer, and for maturo stock In
tho wintor. This houso is 8 foot doop
by 12 foot long. By placing It on run
ners It can bo movod.
Every former Bhould ralso his chick
ens by menus of portablo houses. This
onahlos him to change his brooding
yards from season to season nnd also
pormlts him to inovo his chickens to
tho edgo of n corn Held as soon as
they aro largo enough to roost.
Whoro chickens aro rnngo-raiBod in
tills way tho farm lanes, corn fields,
wheat Holds nftor tho grain has been
removed, etc., can bo utilized. Hero
tho shade, green food, bugs, worms,
grasshoppers, etc., furnish conditions
conducive to a rapid, healthful growth.
A houso of this kind enables tho farm
er to separate his young stock from
tho old, for, when tho two aro raised
in the samo yard, conditions nro uu
nanltnry nnd tho young stock HUfforB
bocauBo oi being overrun.
At tho University of Missouri chicks
nro brooded In those housos by menus
of portablo hovers. Heat Is removed
as soon as possible nnd tho chicks nro
kept in tho name houso until they nro
put into winter quarters.
CHARCOAL FOR FARM FLOCK
Keeps Digestive Apparatus of Fowls
In Good Condition Good Ventila
tion Is Necessary.
A dish of charcoal placed where thn
flock can rench It nt all times will do
considerable toward kcoplng tho dl
gcstlvo organs of tho fowls in good
condition. Tho charcoal absorbs poi
sonous gases nnd Juices and ofton
provents serious trouble.
Fowls cannot bo healthy unloss thoy
can havo plonty of pure air to broatho,
This calls for a well-ventilated poul
try houso. Thoro la no ono best breed
or varioty of fowls for any purpose.
Tho usefulness of any (lock depends
almost us much on tho way it is fed,
bred nnd cared for as upon tho
variety.
Not Good Feed for Fowls.
Thoro may bo somo oxcuso for feed
ing sloppy food to hogs, but It will not
"work out, ' except to tho disadvan
tage of tho birds and tholr owuors, iu
poultry practice.
Cause of Soft Shells.
Soft-shelled ogps aro often caused
by fowls being confined, becoming
ovorfat. nnd from lack of mineral taut-lor
1
111 mm will,
a Favorite Breed
thoy havo bdeomo used to confinement
should bo given nil they can cat up
clean.
Only tho vory onrly hatched birds
will ho largo enough for tho earliest
holiday markot, and solcctions for this
mnrkot must bo vory carofully mndo.
Tho largest birds In tho Hock Bhould
bo plnced by thomsolvoB in n lnrgo
pen. Thoy should not bo closely con
lined. A lnrgo shed, with tight sides
on tho north and west, with tho south
nnd enst sides covered with poultry
netting, makes n good fattening pen.
It must bo covered, ns tho birds must
bo kopt porfoctly dryt Tho pen should
bo provided with low roost3 In the
back part, nnd It should bo plnced In
n socludcd spot at somo distance from
other poultryhouscs or barns, as tup
keys nro vory shy birds, and If ox
cited by a nnlso or other animals or
strangers, will not rondlly tnko on fat
Tho feeding trough should bo placed
on tho outsldo of tho pen so thnt thoy
can bo easily cleaned nnd flllod
without contlnunlly cntorlng tho pon,
This work should bo dono quietly nnd
nt rogulnr Intervals. Tho trougha
should bo kept scrupulously cleaned.
Nothing Is bottor than gnlvnnlzod
iron for this purpose, as thoy can bo
scalded, and in this way mado per
foctly sweet nnd clean. Wooden
troughs absorb a gront deal ot mois
ture, and It is almost impossible tc
koop them as clean ns thoy should bo.
It requires from thrco to four weeks
to put young turkoys in lino condition.
Thoy should bo pushed from tho stnrt
becuuso n turkoy, liko 11 hog, is n los
ing proposition after it has nttnlned
its full growth. Tho birds Bhould be
marketed Just as soon iih thoy begin
to slacken up In gain, bocnuso boyond
a certnlu point in weight thoy cannot
bo pushed.
IT SELDOM PAYS TO DOCTOR
More Important for Beginner to Know
How to Prevent Disease Among
Fowls Than to Cure.
It seldom pays to doctor a fowl
which has boon sorlously sick for nnj
lenflvh of timo. if you should bo suc
cessful In curing tho disease, it would
not bo snfo to uso this bird in the
brooding pons, writes Dr. C. It. Wat-
son of Miller, Nob., in Farmers' Mai'
and Broezo.
It is much moro Important for the
beginner In tho poultry buslnoss tc
know how to provont disenso than
how to euro, or attempt to tront it
In tho majority of cases, dlseaBO cat
bo prevented by good caro and man
agoment in tho oxorclso of ordlnurj
common sonso. Should your birds be
come diseased, examine your method!
of management, premises, housos, food
and method of foedlug, and removo the
causo.
Clean up tho premises, disinfect
whitewash tho houses, scald tho drink
Ing vessels or wash them In nn an
tiHoptlc solution. In case your birds,
become seriously 111, tho best thing tc
do is to kill ovory sick bird und burr
tho carcass. Thoro Is ono rulo that1
you should follow; that is novor to lot'
a Bick bird dlo on your premises. Kll
It and burn tho carcass before If
reaches that stago.
GRIT AIDS HEN'S DIGESTIOf
Money Spent in Commercial Grit la
Good Investment for Any Poul
trymnn to Make.
An nmplo supply of commercial grit
on farms whoro poultry has been kept
any length ot timo is money woll
spent.
In fact, a sack of commercial grit
costing 75 cents nt any of tbo country
stores Is n good Investment for tho
poultrymnn to mako.
Grit furnishes tho blddios grinders
and if your moans of masticating your
food supply wcro taken away, Mr.
Farmer, how soon would you bo tak
ing treatment from the physician for
indigestion?
Iowa Louse Powder.
A louso powder rocommondex! by tfce
Iowa experiment station Is mail y
mixing threo parts ot cksoMb
part of sulphur. To this is o
pnrt of Portland cetueat or pki.ir t
parls to tako up the lhjwW. TV yitv
lure is then spread on a tvari he to.
volatile, portions tt eYayswat. T&w
powder tvtuiai strtw Maftcikbm
will put ike Uw tv :wt
key iu wuJiutaimtV