THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
ATTACK ON HUGE OIL TANKS FRUSTRATED
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The Ever-Welcome Taffeta Suit.
The perennial niul ever-welcome taf
feta cont Is with us again anil summer
would lianlly be complete without It.
It reappears In handsome, warm
brown tones, In several line shades
of blue and In black. In spite
of luck of color in the last, It achieves
real distinction, when a pongee collar,
and facings of pongee on the cuffs, are
added to smnrt style In design. It Is
In this development that It Is pic
tured here.
A very handsome model among new
arrivals Is made of warm brown taffeta
banded three times with wide, brown
velvet ribbon between collar and hem.
The silk is shirred Into the bands, the
sleeves are full and a very wide cape,
bordered with velvet, adds a final gra
cious touch to a beautiful gar
ment. One does not have to look twice
to see the advantages of this design.
In the right shade of blue It would be
equally chic and practical. But It la
Important to remember that the choice
of color means success or failure in a
taffeta coat.
There are several points of Interest
In the coat pictured. The Hare of the
sleeves nt the wrist where they are
faced with pongee and the turned-back
pointed cuffs are novel and graceful.
Square pockets at each side extended
Into a strap and finished with a but
ton, are new and Ingenious. The belt
Is wide at the back and split Into two
narrow bands nt the front which are
extended Into sash ends In-a style that
appears on many of (he now spring
suits and coats. The taffeta coat, like
the serge dress, comes hack each year,
with the return of spring, because Its
merit entitles it to a permanent place
In the wardrobe. And there nre taffeta
coats and tuffeta conts for all sorts
of people.
Pretty Neckwear for Spring.
If ever there was a plain frock or
suit thnt could not be helped out by
tho addition of pretty neckwear, It
was a marvel and Its like Is not often
met with Just now. Collars, Jabots
and collar and cuff sets are playing an
Important role In the spring wardrobe,
and designers of neckwear are casting
ubout for ideas that will give variety
to their products.
During the past month tho frilly Jabot
Vns grown into prominence by long
caps. They are made of net and lace
and of wide net-top Inces, and of
crepe. Most of them are attached to
high-crushed collars of like material,
but occasionally the Jabot Is collarless
and Is fastened to the dress or blouse
.with a long bar pin. Hut the Jabot
with high collar is worn with blouses
and waists that are oicn at the throat
and full to meet the collar at the
-back.
For wear wll'i one-piece dresses,
sets like that shown In the picture
never fall to please. This set Is made
of organdie, scalloped at the edges and
embellished with small sprays of em
broidery. Tho plain effects in these
sets aro very pretty. Some of thorn
linve nothing moro than hemstitched
hems for adornment. Others depend
upon narrow tucks In groups, above
nurrow hemstitched hems. Fine and
dainty edgings of luco whipped to
edges of otherwise plain collars and
cuffs and tho llnest of embroidered
crepe edgings made Just the right sort
of llnlsh for them.
These pretty neck pieces and sets
make the choicest Kuster gifts, espe
cially If made by hand. Not much cm
broidery Is needed on any of them
Among the now Jabots, edgings of
Renaissance lace set on to fine net
in the Jabot, and high collars of the
lace, are most effective. Veils with
this luco make beautiful neckwear,
serving for tho Jabot set on to collars
of net.
New Embroidery,
Monastery embroidery Is the namo
given to a new darning with yarn. The
material used for this embroidery Is
usually an open-meshed cloth in a nat
ural tan linen color. A four-fold yarn
gives excellent results and rich color
ings should be used. The stitches should
be all run In the same direction of the
weave, but they should all be run In
the same direction.
BIRTHDAY GOBLIN.
"A little Girl named Polly," said
Dnddy, "could hardly wait for her
birthday to come. She hud been
thinking about It for a long time, and
at last there wns only one moro night
and the birthday would actunlly bo
here.
"It was bedtime and Polly was ready
for bed. lnt she did not feel sleepy.
At least she told herself she did not
reel nt nil sleepy.
" 'I'm golug to stay nwnke for ages,'
sue nnlrt to herself, 'and try to guess
what Mother and Daddy nro going to
give me, and what we'll have to eat
nt the party. I do hope It will be Ico
cream. I am a little afraid It won't be,
though, because when I asked Mother
about It, she said that perhaps it would
be nice to have a change. Nothing Is
so nice as ice cream for a birthday
party.'
" 'That's true,' said a voice.
" 'Who are you?' asked Polly.
"'I'm tho birthday Goblin,' said the
voice.
" 'Let me sec you,' said Polly. And a
little Goblin hopped up on the end of
the bed and snt with his legs either
side of the brass rod at tho foot of tho
bed.
'"Now who do you suppose I ami1
nsked the Goblin.
" 'I've no lden,' said Polly.
"I'm the birthday Goblin. Thnt Is, I
ainwone of the blrthduy Goblins, for
there are a good many of us needed
for our work. There nre such lots of
birthdays,' and tho Goblin tossed his
head and laughed.
"'I don't think there nro so ninny
birthdays. said Polly. 'I only have
one each year. .
'"Ila, ha, ha,' sad the Goblin.
'That's all that most Folks have. In
fact, I don't know anyone who has
"Ha, Ha, Ha," Said the Goblin.
more than ono blrthdny a year. A
birthday wouldn't bo half the fun It
is, if we had a great, great many of
them.'
" 'I can't Imagine having too mnny
birthdnys,' said Polly.
" 'That's because you love them so
and you love them hecnuse they're n
treat because they only come onco n
year. But you don't see how we enn
bo kept busy when Folks only hnvo
ono blrthdny a year?
" 'I enn't understand it at all,' said
Polly.
" 'Well, Just think of nil your friends
and their birthdays. And then think
of nil tho other places all over tho
world and of all the other Children
who have a blrthduy every single year.
Now, can't you Imnglne we are kept
busy, and that there have to bo a good
many of us?'
"'Oh, yes, now I sec,' said Polly.
'But what do you do?'
" 'To begin with,' said the Goblin, 'we
nlwnys hnve n word about the birth
day supper.'
" 'Oh, do tell me,' snid Polly, 'If I'm
to have Ice cream for my party tomor
row.' "'Yes,' snid the Goblin, and Polly
laughed with glee. 'You see,' said the
Goblin, 'your mother thought perhaps
It would be nice to have n chance, nnd
thnt Is what I have to do. I hnvo to
tell mothers that ico cream Is tin- thing
for the birthday that it Is better than
any chnnge. It's more important thut
I should always he around to whisper
that to them, and to tell them not to
forget thnt the Joy of seeing candles
on u enke is never any the less be
cause we partly guess that it's coming.
They don't know I'm nround. but I
whisper ever so softly these things to
them.'
"'How wonderful you are,' said
Polly.
" 'And, continued tho Goblin, 'I tell
them not to forget tho good, old-fash
ioned way of putting u ring, a thimble
and n button in the cake. I have to
see about the presents, too. For how
well I know whnt tho Girls and Boys
like as presents! That's our business,
you know.'
"Tin really to hnvo Ico enum to
morrow?' repented Polly dellgliiedly.
"'Yes,' said the Goblin, 'and so aro
all the other little Boys nnd Olrls nil
over the world who ure having birth
day parties tomorrow I The Goblins
aro nil around tonight. Most of them
aren't stopping to chnt. I got through
very quickly, you see, and so I thought
I'd have a little tnlk. Your mother
took my suggestions so quickly. I
didn't have to coax her at nil. But
your birthday is here and the sun has
been up some time. Good-by. happy
birthday!' And ns Polly opened her
eyes, her mother was by her bed, whis
pering that ulwnys wonderful blrthdny
wish of :
M,Muny happy returns of the dnyl"'
What is believed to have been un a i tempt to dVMioj the i.lKKi.000 barrel tali,, lann' ot the Producers' Trans
portation company at San I.uls Obispo was frustrated by the guards, who exchanged many shots with the attack
ers. Tho light took place nt ijight Just outside the nine-foot fence that Is being constructed about (he plant.
AMMUNITION ARSENAL IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
i Cases lull of cartridges stacked up In the yard of a b,g arsenal In tho south of France. They are brought from
tho arsenal to the yard by means of n narrow-gauge railway, and when word Is received aro transferred to largo
box cars, which roll away to the scene of operations.
WASHINGTON POLICE DISPERSE PACIFISTS
The pncitlst demonstration, planned for the capltol steps ul tin ussi iiibilng of congress, was a lizzie. As soon iih
a considerable crowd gathered the police scattered them. This picture was taken from tho east front of the capltol
SHOWER FLOWERS ON GRAVE OF DEAD FLYER
VIA WIRELESS
or
....... Mt.
i New Vork policeman signaling'
from the top of the municipal build
ing The signal department of tho
iintnipolltan police force has been
highly trained In this work. 1
A. L, Allen, ono of the eleven airmen who dropped (lowers on tin- grave
of Tex Mlllmnn. who wns burled In S Uridyl coincieij WVxtl.tnw I.. I.
Heroic Strength.
This city's newest statue, "The Gen!-,
us of Telegraphy." a 10-ton, HO-foct-hlgh
llguro of u man of heroic strength,
grasping with one hand the lightning
of heaven and with tho other henvy
colls of wire, wns recently swung Into
place atop the new Western Union
building In Dey street. A womnn,
lCvelyn Ileatrlco Longman, wns tho
sculptor New Vork Telegram.