THE 3EMI-WEEKLY TRIDUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
GERMANS INTERNED IN THE UNITED STATES ARE WELL TREATED
I l I 'in miiiU if T nm
Tho younger school children tire
proving themselves Immensely helpful
In work for the Red Cross. They are
enthusiastic and surprisingly persist
ent. They soon lenm how to innkp
all the small,' simple knitted articles
of wool or cotton, including squares to
wool yarns for quilts or comforters,
und the simplest of baby bonnets and
aiufllers. Prom knitting cotton they
make wipes or sponges for hospital
use, and of outing flannel or eiderdown
the girls of twelve or more are mak
ing bootees, and caps for Infant wear.
Their efforts have been directed to
ward doing things that will holp keep
the shivering throngs of Europe warm
Jurlng the coming winter. They have
turned out thousands upon thousands
nf ration heaters, nnd cannbt get too
many of these.
For the little squares of knitted yarn
that are afterward sewed together
Into quilts odds nnd ends of wool are
used, as the color makes no difference.
They should be six Inches square
when finished, and for yaru of the
average size 30 stitches afc cast en,
coarse yarn requires a few less, and
finer a few more. In the city schools
the younger boys and girls knit the
squares, and the older girls Join them,
nnd line the quilt with flannel, or some
such material The plain garter stitch
Is used for all these articles.
For baby bonnets of wool yarn, 30
stitches arc cast on and a strip 15
Inches long is knitted. Tills is fold
ed crosswise at the center and the
edges on one side sewed together,
forming the cap. A facing is knitted
for the front of the cap, usually In a
contrasting color. For this 12 stitches
are cast on and the strip knitted 15
Inches long. This Is sewed to the
front of the cud und turned back to
form the facing. Narrow ribbon may
be threaded through the edge of the
cap at the bottom, to draw it In close
about the neck, nnd to tic under tho
chin, or n cord made of the yarn, fin
ished with little tassels of yarn, may
he used Instead.
The wipes, or sponges, are nlno
inches square and knitted loosely.
When binding off every alternate
stitch Is dropped; tilts makes tho
square soft and spongy. There are
different ways of knitting them to get
this same effect, but they are less sim
ple. The work for the Ued Cross
benefits the children In many ways, so
that they are helping themselves a
well as others. They are much more
keenly interested in the war than Uwy
otherwise would be, and their patriot
ism is stimulated by all that they d
and learn.
Button Bag From Old Purse.
Do not throw uwuy your old pocket
book which has become too worn to
carry. It makes an excellent button
bag. Hooks and eyes and very small
buttons may be kept In the compart
ment which was used for small change,
thus proving n great convenience when
one Is in a luitry.
Bracelet Slipper a Pretty Fad.
The newest kind of shoes for eve
ning wear are of metallic brocade cut
with a fairly long vamp and a high
heel. The particularly novel feature
Is the extension of the top of tho slip
per to form a strap which Is contin
ued Into a bracelet suggestion Just
above tho ankle.
Inexpensive Table Decorations.
Wherever we drop In for afternoon
tea we Just naturally gravitate toward
a table that glows with a candle under
n pretty shade. Small vases or bas
kets of flowers have ulmost as strong
a lure and every hostess knows thnt
nothing else adds so much to her table
as lights and flowers. So every year
those who make a business of manu
facturing table decorations bring out
new variations In the use of silk or
paper for shades nnd something new
in receptacles for flowers.
The pretty flower basket shown
above requires .only deft fingers anil
paper rope to make It. The rope Is
woven over a wire foundation and tho
small basket carries an ordinary wa
ter glass. When the basket Is woven
of gray or brown or Ivory color or
green rope, according to the prefer
ence of its maker. It Is varnished with
shellac Either real or artificial flow
ers, with fresh or preserved ferns,
make up the bouquets that adorn liv
ing rooms and dining tables these days.
Bouquets of artificial flowers are
fashionable and serve to help brighten
the house, with the approval "of fas
tidious people. There Is a great vogue
for them In fact, especially for those
that copy closely old-fashioned garden
flowers like the aster and marigold,
(he daisy and chrysanthemum nnd, of
course, always the rose.
The' candle shades and roses shown
In the picture are made of fine crepe
paper and murh like the candle shades
of lost year or any other year, except
that the cand)e light filters through
two thicknesses of paper In two shades
of the same color, with the lighter
nhoh! on the Inside. At the left a
candle shado Is made of large rose
petals In rose pink and each petal Is
lined with paper In a lighter pink.
There are small roses and rose leaves
set about the shade near its top. Soft
hliades of purple and lavender together
make lovely shades- of this kind. The
shade nt the right Is even simpler. It
Is made of light and dark rose color
and Is as pretty In deep anil pnle yel
low In orchid or the lighter green.
Of eourse nothing can ever equal
natural flowers in charm, but some
Imitations of the rose are so good that
they might be dlsplnyed In a florist's
window. The paper candle shades,
when they are well made will vie with
those of silk or any other sort in ef
fectiveness, so no one need bo without
them.
Suits to Suit All Figures.
The suit styles shown this season
are, so widely varied that no woman,
whatever her figure, should have tho
slightest diOlculty in making a selec
tion. Little boxlike coats, sometimes
loosely belted, with wide sleeves and
high severe collars, are worn with nar
row skirts, the silhouette arrived, at
suggesting the Mandarin coat und wide
trousers of tho Chinese. Kusslun
blouse suits are also popular, and oiie
of the styles featured for young
girls has been dubbed the "tube" suit,
Jnasmuch as the coat Is straight and
narrow and at a little distance ap
pears to b'o cut with the skirt.
Belt Line Diversified.
The best line of the new frocks Is as
diversified as one can Imagine. Thero
are belts of all degrees of width. There
Is still the beltless frock that has a
girdle drawn loosely about the hips,
and there are occasional hlgh-wulstcd
belts. The tendei.cy In the new frocks
Is to emphasize tho normal waistline,
however, and this probably means the
persistence of the separate belt of
leather or embroidered silk.
Blouse With High Collar.
Tin now tailored blouse Is developed
with front nnd back yokes, from
which box plaits are laid, or there may
be a cluster of plaits In the center
back and on either sido of the front.
The high collar Is not figuring large
ly in the tailored models, .he flat col
lar that reaches far down the front
t'Olng favored. Narro.v fluting Is a
feature nt these waists.
k IWTAIE
ELEPHANTS' WAYS-
"Dear me," said a little girl named
sally, who was passing by tho big
cages where the elephants were, "do
see what Is going on."
Another little girl was walking with
her nnd they both stopped and looked
nt tho elephants. In turn each ele
phant was having his toe-nails cut, his
feet sandpapered, und his skin nicely
oiled.
The lady elephants were having the
same things looked after for them,
and nono of them seemed to mind It
In tho least.
"It seems perfectly absurd," said
Sally. "I don't suppose they really
like to have their too nails cut. They
probably Just put up with It"
"They seem to quite like It," said
tho other llttlo girl, whoso namo wns
Polly.
"Let's sit down In these two chairs
and watch," said Sally. So they sat
down In tho big elephant house, nnd
they wntched the keeper work.
He did every foot so carefully, nnd
the skin was so nicely oiled. But It
did seem such a fuss, tho children
thought
It was not so very long before the
keeper left tho elephants' house, for ho
had finished his work. But tho chil
dren .still sat there watching.
The keeper had promised them when
ho camo back tho elephants would per
form tricks for them.
"Well, hello, children," said ono of
tho elcDhants, after a few moments,
"I'm glad to see you. Watch me wave
my trunk nt you. That means good
day. Glnd to make your acquaint
ance I"
"How very quecrly you talk," said
Sally, "and what funny things you say.
You talk us if you'd Just been intro
duced, and we've been watching you
for n long time."
"Maybo you two children wcro
watching us, but we were not watch
ing you."
"Oh," said Sally, nnd she felt so hurl
by the elephant's speech thnt she was
afraid she would cry. She didn't want
to cry, for she thought tho clephnnt
would think It wns so nbsurd, and
then nil tho elephants would look at
her.
They were so big, she felt sure thoj
would think her very small and fool
ish. And possibly they would,, think
she was a cry baby.
"I didn't menn to bo rude,!' said the
elephant. "And I am sure nil 1115
friends here will agree with me that 1
really would not want to hurt youi
feelings."
At this nil tho elephants waved theli
trunks, nnd Snlly lnughcd. Tolly was
laughing too.
"Why did you have your toe-nail!
cut, your skin oiled, and your feet
sand-papered?" asked Sally.
"One question nt n time, please,'
said tho elephant. "I can't nnswer nl)
"Watch Mo Wave My Trunk."
three ut once, for then tho nnswers
would bo nil Jumbled up. Besides I
don't know how to say more than one
word nt u time."
"Neither do we," said Polly.
"Oh, I'm greatly relieved to hear
It," said the elephant
"Wo really only want you to nnswer
ono question nt n time. Wo nsked
you tho three becnuse we were in Biich
a hurry to know that Is I asked you
tho three, one right after tho other,"
said Sally.
"My nnlls wcro cut because they
needed It. And, come to think of It,
I can unsver nil your questions at
once. My feet needed to bo sand
papered and my body needed to be
oiled. My skin required It, and so the
keeper looked after me, as he did nft
er my friends here." This he said
waving his trunk onco more.
"But what do you do when you nre
not in the zoo?" nsked Snlly. "They
don't havo sandpaper nnd nnll scis
sors In tho Jungles, do they?"
"Ah, that Is where you do not un
derstand, and where tho keeper does.
In the wilds I can cut my nails on
tho grent rocks. They keep thorn
short. Hero I cannot do It myself.
and so the keeper hns to do It for
mo. And I get tho oil for my skin in
tho swamps when I'm free, and my
feet are kept hard by the ground nnd
rocks. Wo do not need the keeper's
scissors und so forth when wo nro
free, for old Mother Nnture looks
after those things for us."
Snlly and Polly slowly looked nt
each other, and found they had each
been napping In their chnlrs, but when
they told tho keeper what the ele
phant had told them, he said thnt
every word was true I
Depend on Your Own Merit
Don't depend upon "pull." Pull may
got you a position, but merit alone will
keep It for yon.
With the capture of the first United States soldiers by the Germnns our
government began to nrrange through neutral nations for their decent treat
'nient and that of future prisoners of war. At onco steps were tnken to let
Germnny know how well those of her subjects who nre Interned In this
country nre trented. The accompanying Illustration goes to prove thnt nllen
enemies under restraint In America havo no reason to complain. It shows
Interned Germans at tho Immigration station at Gloucester, N. J., the receiving
station for Immigrants for Philadelphia. They undergo no privations what
ever, nnd amusements are provided for them, ns well ns good food and
lodging. The men are seen playing ten pins. At tho left Is the one who la
charged with tho care of tho poultry raised for their table.
NAVAL CLUB ESTABLISHED FOR OUR SEA FIGHTERS ABROAD
Interior and exterior Mews o. a Lulled States iSuvai -Mum club located abroad. Iicro tnu men in up their own
acts, or If they miss the strenuous exercise of the warship Have are horses, punching bags, rowing machines and other
apparatus to keep them in trim till their leaves are up.
REMOVING WOUNDED ITALIANS IN MOUNTAINS
QUEEN MARIE OF ROUMANIA
Tills photograph Just received In this country gives an Idea of the dlllleul
ties under which the Italian army fought tho Austro-German forces on the
Gorlzia front. The wounded Italian soldier Is being removed from a moun
tain peak position to the dressing sttilon below by means of 11 cabn' r 1 1 way.
Quern Marie of Uoumiiiiia. acted for
her beauty and idolized by her people,
photographed In Prtrls with Iwr young
est child, Princess EHana. Even In
the stress of war relief work the queen
makes the long Journey front Hon
mania to ParlH to see her children,
who are staying In tfie French capital,
uiiMI their home Is onco more wrested
from (Jcnnaii hands.