THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
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PASTIME SUITS HOrt
Blessings doubtless rest upon tho
head of tho designer who originated
those pretty cotton costumes for sum
mer days which are coming to be
clnssed ns pastime suits. When com
fort nitd style and daintiness present
themselves nil combined, and nt a
small cost, they are Irresistible. These
things hnvo made tho Instant success
of the cotton suit for slimmer outing
wear.
Cotton poplin or cotton gabardine
are of about the right weight for suits
of this kind, and there are other fab
rics that are well suited to them, ns
:rnsh or ratine and fancy basket
weaves. The suit shown in tho pic
ture Is of gnbardine. with collar, cuffs
and pocket Unps of brocaded ratine.
White Is as good a choice as any for
the skirt and blouse and there are
ainny striped and ilgured cotton goods
that will answer for tho trimmings.
The suit pictured hardly needs a d6
scriptlon. It Is merely a plain skirt
with a wide hem and s single narrow
WAYS AND MEANS OF
There Is no such word as "plain" In
the bright lexicon of summer para
sols. Along jvlth father modes they
take their place In tho ranks of things
made gay and colorful by elaboration
of some sort. If one possesses n per
fectly good, plain silk parasol In any
color It offers a surface as a back
ground for some sort of decoration,
and many nro the adornments that
may be called upon to redeem It from
n suggestion of last year.
Inserts of striped or figured ribbons,
let In with hemstitching, as borders or
panels, will bring tho plain paru.sol of
yesterday up to the minute. Those
'who are clover at painting take their
brush In hand and with oil paints
cause flowers to bloom or fruits to
ripen or birds to fly across the field
of pluln silk. Embroidery. I" colored
silks, translates the fancies of tho in
dividual In nil theso things and In
butterflies, dragonllles. and conven
tlotuil figures on the unadorned sur
face of the parasol of other days.
But about the easiest and cleverest
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OUTING WEAR.
tuck to make It set modish nt the bot
tom. Actual pockets, a concession to
practicability, are let In at each side.
The blouse Is roomy with bolt to
partially confine It nt the waistline,
made of the same goods. One end of
it slips through a slash in the other
end and both are supplied with but
tonholes that fasten over buttons of
white bone. The blouse fastens with
snap fasteners down the front. A neat
finish is given to the deep cuffs nnd
rolling collar by a narrow piping of
tho plain material used, for the suit.
But this piping has another function
and that Is to give to these acces
sories the proper set.
The ambitious girl who wishes to
experiment in muklng things for her
self might try her hand upon a suit
of this kind. Nearly all tho work Is
done on the sewing machine, the fit
of the blouse Is vague nnd the skirt
presents no difficulties. All she hns
to do Is to buy a paper pattern and
follow its Instructions.
ADORNIN3 PARASOLS.
method of furbishing up a silk sun
shade Is that employed on the para-
sols shown In the picture. Out of
Ilgured or flowered brocade or ow
tonne, birds and blossoms, or any oth
er figures, are cut. By means of ad-
heslves, made for use on textiles, these
are glued to the silk. The illusion
of painting Is perfect. Whole flocks
of small bluebirds are pictured In
flight against a background of whltn
or light-colored silk. Other birds, of
tropical climes perhaps, disport their
gay plumage In this way, nnd the won
derful roses nnd foliage that are the
product of the looms find the parasol
a point of vantage for setting off their
beauty.
Artificial flowers are used with thl
flat applique in still another kind of
adornment. Foliage is applied to tho
silk to make a setting for an orchid
or rose that Is set on it. The foliage
Is glued down ami often finished about
tho edges with needlework stitches.
but the flower Is only fastened by tho
stem.
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The
Testimonials
By
GEORGE MUNSON
(CopyrlKht. 1916. by W. O. Chuptnnn.)
Tho editor of tho Slap-DaBh Monthly
wiib looking thoughtfully over a pllo of
typewritten letters upon his desk. Ho
noticed a strango Blmllnrlty about
them. All united In praising tho re
cent serial story by Oliver Hughes, the
brilliant young writer whom ho had
."found."
Ono was from a woman In Michigan,
and ran, In pnrt, ns follows:
Won't you plcaso glvo us moro
stories by Oliver Hughes? Thoy aro
tho best I havo soon In years. My hus
band and I, who used to llvo so affec
tionately together, now quarrel every
weok as to which shall got tho Slap-
Dash Monthly llrst. I consider that Mr.
Hughes' stories aro an Inspiration to
everybody."
Another letter was from a fellow In
Ohio.
"Say, bo'," it began breezily, "you
hand out them Ollvor Hughes stories
regular, or I'll can your old mag.
Them's tho kind of stuff wo wants.
Rod blood .and plenty of It."
A third letter, from a school teacher
in Massachusetts, went thus:
"Although my lot is cast In tho qulot
paths of life, I am susceptible to tho
call of tho great adventurous world,
and I cannot rcslBt tho temptation to
let you know what splendid dories Mr.
Hughes' are."
Anothor was from a prisoner in a
state penitentiary.
"Dear editor," it ran, ''us poor guyB
who aro shut up from sun and air In a
nolBomo dungeon don't often got a
"I I Don't
Know," Said
Feebly.
Mr. Alvls
chance to read your .magazine, but I
write to say Oliver Hughes' storlea is
an Inspiration to me to lead n new llfo
when I got free. Glvo us some moro
and plenty of them."
"Strange," muttered the editor, and
turned to his assistant. "Did you soo
anything rcraarkablo in Oliver Hughes'
story?" ho asked.
"I didn't want you to take it," said
'tho assistant. "You agreed with mo
it wasn't worth much."
"I agreed with you," replied tho edi
tor, "but 1 told you it was clear that
Mr. HukIics was a younc man of prom-
'iso, and that it would bo well to en-
courago him in view of gotting his fu
ture work. What do you think of this
' i 1 . A wt . n (finnn1 t li l InMnlia
lover the tablo to Jennings, who read
them thoughtfully.
"Sad, very sad," said Jennings, "to
I think that our promising young man
Dhould bo a faker."
"Yes. Mr. Huifitan will havo to bo
canned," said tho editor. "I'd otand
'for It In Eomo people, but not In a
young man wo'vo taken up and tried
to help. Hero's his second story. U'b
first class, but U'b going back now."
Tho sarao ovenlng, as Miss Margery
-Gibson was seated In tho parlor, aftor
having dismissed her father and
mother to tho dining room, young Mr.
Hughes called upon her with a deject
ed mien and a largo, flat paper pack
ago, with a number of stamps on It,
under his arm.
"It's cor io" 'jack, Margery," ho said,'
flinging it down on tho tablo. "Our
future is blasted."
Margery leaped for tho packago.
"Not your second story, Ollvor?" sho
cried. "Not 'It's Blood That Tolls'?"
"Yos, hero It Is," Bald Oliver 'And
hero's Mr. AIvIb letter."
"Ho wouldn't taho 'It's Blood That
Telia?'" cried Margery in consterna
tion. "Why. that was a splendid story,
Ollvor! Tho mean old thing!"
Sho opened tho letter nnd read:
"Denr Mr. Hughos.
"Wo havo carefully considered 'It's
Blood That Telia,' and regret that wo
cannot boo our way to publish it. Your
Btylo of working Is, unfortunately, ono
that dons not commend itself to us,
Your truly."
"What does ho mean by my stylo
of working?" shouted Ollvor indignant
ly. "Ho told mo at our last Intorvlow
that I could consider my next serial
as good as accepted, and this Is ten
times better than tho last. And I
bought you that Bolltairo on tho
strength 'of it nnd I'm going to suo
him for a hundred dollars anyway.
And now wo can't got married."
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Marjrory put hor arms about hla
nock. "Glvo mo tho manuscript, dear."
sho said. "I'll go and boo Mr. Alvls."
"You, Margory? How can I lot you
faco that fiend in human form? No,
I'll go. I'll go with a horsewhip and
tell him Just what 1 think of it all, and
of him, too."
"You'd bettor lot mo try, Oliver," nn
Bwored Margaret gontly. "You know,
you aren't bucIi a diplomatist ns I am."
It was on tho following morning that
I tho editor of tho Slap-DaBh Monthly
I rocolvcd a visit from a charming young
I unknown lady in a pretty now suit,
I who insisted on nn immediate inter
I vlow with him.
"I had to como to sco you," sho said
gushingly, as sho sat down bcsldo his
desk. "I wanted to say that I think
Mr. Ollvor Hughos' story was Just
splendid. When aro you going to print
another by him?"
"I I don't know," said Mr. Alvls
feebly, staring nt tho apparition besldo
him, while his assistant, across tho
tnblc, ostentntioUBly knocked tho ashes
out of his pipo.
"1 am suro all his readers must ravo.
over him," said Miss Gibson. "It must
mean a lot to your magazlno jto bo nblo
to print stories llko that. When Is his
next coming out? Promise mo to
tolephono him at onco for another."
"Is this Mr. Mr. Hughes known to
you?" asked tho editor cautiously.
"I havo novor sot eyes on him In
i my llfo," replied Margery. "1 am not
fit to nssociato with tho great minds of
tho era. I am only a stenographer, but
I think I havo a tnsto for literature. 0
yes, laugh If you llko, but I say Mr.
Hughes Is a great, great man."
"Miss or Gibson," said tho editor
with inspiration, "would you bo willing
to write us a testimonial to that effect,
to print with Air. Hughes' noxt story, if
wo should sco fit?"
"Cortalnly," answered Miss Gibson.
"You can use this typewriter, you
know," tho editor contlnuod.
Five minutes lator Miss Gibson hand
ed him tho testimonial. It was cor
talnly ono that ought to havo turned
tho paper pink, if it didn't.
"And you uso anothor story by Mr.
Hughes at onco?" asked Margory.
"Yo yes," said Mr. Alvls, studying
tho testimonial hard.
"And you'll tolephono him?"
"I will," Bald Mr. Alvls, conducting
her to tho door.
Wtten Margory was gone, radiant, ho
camo back and placed tho testimonial
boforo Mr. Jennings.
"Same letter J without a tall," said
Jennings. "Samo that tho schoolmarni
mado, and tho convict and the follow
from Ohio, who also used tho type
writer. I guess their llttlo flngora woro
too short to reach It on this old stylo
Podgor machine Men always uso four
fingers In typewriting, you know."
"Yos, I know," said Alvis.
"Suppose sho did it all herself?"
"I guess so."
"That let's him out, then. But what
about tho girl. It's fierce, that swindle"
"Ah, woll, wait till you'ro a married
man, Jennings," answored tho editor
loftily. "Besides, I guess It Isn't much
worso than our writing our own test!
monials in this ofllco."
FEMALE "R. F. D." CARRIERS
It Is Estimated That We Now Havo
Ono Hundred and
Fifty.
Tho post ofllco department ItBolf
1b not awnro of tho actual number
of woman carriers in tho rural de
livery service, but it estimates that
thero aro about 160. This is a very
trifling pcrcentngo of tho total num
ber of carriers, 43.G52 in 1014; but it
seems safo to say that a high percent
age of tho romance which tho rural
delivery scrvlco is supposed to con
tain will be found along theso 150
routes.
Possibly, Just possibly, theso faith
ful messengers of tho government aro
not much concorned about tho roman
tic sido of tholr culling, tho Chris
tian Herald remarks. To thorn it 1b
doubtless a very buslnossliko pro
ceeding, and thoy are willing to leave
tho flowery notions about' tho work to
us wlv think of tho It. P. D. service
ns symbolized by a placid white horso,
a comfortablo looking, inclos&d and
easy-going convoyanco and a laily
jaunt through leafy lanes and over
purling brooks, with occasional p.ops
at choory farmhouses.
Wo who aro strong In Imagination,
however, do not trouble to vlsuallzo
theso leafy lanes when the trees aro
bare, tho fenccB hidden by snow, tho
brook a winding atrcak of ico and tho
farmhouses maddening suggestions of
warmth and cheer that rural mail-
carriers cannot stop to share
Facts Concerning Sound.
In determining the transmission, re
flection and absorption of sound by
various materials, P. It. Watson has
placed a whistle emitting a given note
In the focus of a parabolic reflector,
and in an adjoining room has stationed
a Ilayk'igh resonator to receive the
sound. The materials to be tested
closed the doorway between the robins.
In the tests made, pressed Hirer one-
fourth Inch thick stopped practically
all sound; one-fourth Inch cork board,
SO per cent and three thicknesses of
this, 02.0 per cent. The transmission
of sound at constant pitch depends on
tho porosity, density and elasticity of
the material ; porous bodies transmit
ting sound about a they transmit nlr.
Not Fasting.
Professional Please glmmo coppers,
ludy, to nuy bread.
Llttlo Girl Why, gran'nui, you gave
that man some money only half an
hour ago.
Professional (taking in tho situa
tion) Yes, my little dear, bless yer.
But I'm a terrible bread eater. Ideas.
PLAIN BUILDING BEST
Summer Roosting House Usually Comfortablo During Hot Weather, tho
Front Being Arranged In Such Manner as to Keep Out Rain.
In a great stnto In tho West ono
of tho most succesoful poultry farmers
Is a woman. Sho began with common
hens of no particular breed, but It was
soon found that well-bred fowls pay
better than scrubB. So tho breeding
of purebred fowls was begun and Is
still practiced on this fnrm.
Thoro nro a great many lessons wo
could learn from this Oregon poultry
Front View of Single Compartment.
n. n. iJoors lmvlnir two shutters, ono
opening Inwnrtl covered with No. 10 imn
tin, nml tho other opening outward, cov
ered with chicken wire; b. ventilator, with
iiiuslin-covorod H.iutter limned nt top. nun
which enn bo propped opon; e, opening
between pen nnd yard for pnsttaKO of
hens; (1, nlldlng cover for it.
raiser, but only ono will bo mentioned
in this artlclo and that Is tho poultry
buildings. Tho houses described nro
for laying hens only. Tho breeding
pons nro similarly constructed, but nro
not so largo, since fewer hens aro
kept together.
Whilo tho poultry "houses on this
farm aro not expensive they nro oml
nontly prnctlcal and havo boon do-
signed with a vlow to convenlonco In
management, comfort and cleanllnoss
of tho fowls, and protection against
gnomics of nil kinds. Thero nro no
losses from weasels or other small ani
mals, for theso pests of tho poultry
man aro completely fenced out of tho
laying, breeding and broodor houses.
End View of Feedroom In Poultry
Houuo.
Tho houses for tho laying pons cost
about ono dollar per hen.
A building 128 feet long and 10 foot
wldo is cut Into olght rooms 10 by 15
feet and a stororoom for feed 8 by 10
feet. Ono of tho runs on this sldo
extends boyond tho end of tho build
ing. This arrangomcnt was mado noc
essary uy tno naturo or tlio npaco
available In each of tho olght com
partments with runs nttached 30 hens
aro kept. Tho floor spaco In tho build
ing Is 5 squnro feet for each hen, and
in tho runs 135 aquaro feet. Somo
good poultrymcn glvo each hon only
four squaro feet within doora, so tho
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40'
Plan of Building and Yards,
a. ComnartniontH or noim. 10x15 feet. t'i
SO herm ench. There uru 8 pons the Imllil
Inif la 12S feet lontf. b. VnrdH or ruiiH, om
for euch pen. Klvn of the yurds nro Hlto
utcd on one Hide of the bulldltiK nnd thri
on the other; c, teott room SxlO feet.
allowanco In this respect Is liberal
Even with 135 squaro feet of outdoor
Bpaco for each hen not much of
growth of green otuff can bo innlu
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FOR LAYING HENS
tnlned in tho runs, tho spneo bolng in
tended moro for oxorciso than for pas
ture In tho end of tho building tho food-
room Is located.
Dirt floors aro used in tho compart
ments or pens. Tho BOlf-focdorB nnd
th6 drinking pans aro placed In ap
proprlato openings In tho partitions
betwoon two pons. Tho doors aro 4
feet wldo and G feel high nnd swing
both ways. Tho upper half of each
door Is of chicken wire, tho lower
half of boards. Tho two porches aro
on a lovol with each other, so that
thero will bo no crowding on tho top
perch. Thoy aro placed 15 Inches
nbovo tho dropping board. Tho porches
do not touch tho walls of tho room
at any point. This 1b Important, as it
aids In koeplng down vermin.
Tho perches nnd noxt boxes nro sup
ported entirely by Busponslon from
tho raftors. Tho supporting framo
docs not touch tho walls at any point,
Tho lions enter tho nests from the
renr, whoro tho noxt boxos nro board
ed up only half way. Tho board on
which tho boxos rest extends bIx
Inches boyoifd tho boxen at tho rear
to form a platform on which tho hens
nllght when they fly up to tho nests.
Tho bottom of tho nest boxes Is two
foot from tho ground.
Theso houses nro not artificially
heated at any Benson of tho year. On
Ground Plan of Compartment of Poul
try House.
tho coldest nlghta during tho winter
tho openings (doors, windows and pas
sagoway for hons) aro all closed, tho
ventlintion being entirely through tho
muBllu doors and tho muslin-covered
ventilator. In cold weather tho fowls
must not bo exposed to drafts.
Vermin (mites) aro tho bano of im
properly managed housoB. Thoy con
ceal thomsolvcs on tho undcrsurfnca
of tho perch, In tho corners of nest
boxes, under tho dropping board, nnd
In crovlcca whorovor convenient to
tho roosting places of tho fowls. In
theso places of concoalmcnt tho vor
mln deposit tholr eggs. Onco ovory
year every posslblo hiding placo for
vermin Is painted with a coal-tar prop-
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Front View of Perches, Nest Boxes,
Etc.
a, Porch, 15 Inches obovo platform, nn t
20 Inchon below rnftcra, not touching wu 1
nt either end; b, binned Hhutter to cov r
front of nest boxes; c, BloplriK board t.i
fac-llllato raking out dropping! from pi t
fonn; tl, d, d, neat boxos, boardod up lu f
wny In roar; o, e, supports attached to
rafters.
aratlon. This is applied full strongth
with a brush. Tho wholo insldo of
tho nest boxes is thus painted. This
treatment kcops tho vermin In subjec
tion. Tho dirt floors of tho pens aro usu
ally covered sovoral Inches deep with
Btraw, which is changed about ovory
ten days. In summer tho floors aro
swopt clean about onco a month; In
winter, Iohb often usually twice dur
ing tho season.
Tho ownor estimates that wIUi
houses constructed as theso aro one
man could take caro of 1,500 to 2.00C
hons,
PROPER GRAIN FOR POULTRY
Oats Considered One of the Best Feed
Avoid Trouble by Cutting Off
the Long Points.
Oats aro ono of tho best grains foi
poultry, but tho long points oftot
make trouble. Clipping off thesi
points, as Is douo in many cases, ro
moves this objection and makes thee:
an ideal grain for both winter and
summer feodlng.