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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1917)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Nl DADDY'S ViNd mm DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY HALIFAX SHIP EXPLOSION By this time let us hope tlint there .are more Christmas packages .In 'France, by nfuny thousands, than there tare American soldiers. We know thnt I the Red Cross will see that they are (all properly distributed. If there are ,nny women among us who sent noth ing, through neglect or oversight, our i self-respect must he suffering. We can reinstate It and retrieve ourselves by getting busy for the boys In the j cantonments nt home. There are six thundred thousand of them, besides the thousands In our regular army posts and In the navy. Now Is the time for ; women to send an expression of their (good will to all our soldiers. The woman's bureau of the Ameri can lied Crass has Issued a bulletin i giving suggestions for Christmas pack tets, with n list of suitable gifts and .directions for packing them. This bul letin suggests that articles, to- an amount not exceeding $1.G0 be select ied from the list (or according to In dividual wishes), and packed In the 'following manner: ! "Use n khakl-colorcd handkerchief, 1 27 Inches square and form the base I of the packet by placing on the center lof the handkerchief a pad of wrlt ilng paper about seven by ten Inches. (Arrange the articles to be sent, on the pad of paper so that the entire pack-i age shall be the width of the pad and' about live or six Inches high. Wrap: and tie with one-Inch wide red ribbon! and place a Christmas card under the bow of ribbon. Wrap the parcel again! In heavy, light-brown manlln paper, tie securely with red, green, or gilt' cord, nnd use Christmas labels orl American flags ns desired." 1 The bulletin suggests that drled fruits and other food products should be packed In small tin or wooden boxes. Send only hard candles or chocolates and nothing crushable, no liquids, or articles packed In glassj should be placed In the package. , A partial list of gifts suggested byi the Red Cross follows: Fruit cake, preserved ginger, fruited, chocolate, or, other sweetened crackers In original! packages, salted nuts, prunes, flgs.l dates, raisins, hard candy, chocolate1 In tinfoil, tobacco, chewing gum, wa-' ter-tlght match box, playing cards,, checker board, electric torch, mouth organ, neckties, khakl-colored hand-, kerchiefs, steel mirror, pocket knife,', pencil, envelopes, postals-book (In pa-j per cover). Send packages to your, nearest chapter headquarters, and they) will be forwarded for distribution. Of course only n few of the suggested articles will bo needed for one packet. kOhbi: Well Dress Women' Will wea: Blouses and Separate Skirts Join Forces. In the apparel offered for this sea son there Is nothing more satisfying or useful than the blouses of dark colored crepe georgette, embroidered with silk or small beads, and the sep .arate skirt. Each has made a perma nent place for Itself and a model of each join forces In the picture given here to make nn Illustration that will prove Interesting. The blouso Is ex pected to do duty with other skirts, and the skirt may be worn with blouses of a different character. In any case tl)0 skirt and blouses, if selected with referenco to each other, will convince us that they belong together. These sheer blouses are surprisingly long-lived like fragile looking persons with strong constitutions they outlast many more robust looking specimens of the species. There Is nothing more durable than fine voile, and n good quality of georgette has astonishing qualities. The blouse pictured Is In dark blue with embroidery In the same color with a dush of red and a sprin kling of white in the puttern. It fast ens op the shoulder nnd a one side in wavs that are desirous but satis tuntnrv. Its sleeves are especially in teresting with u group of pin tucks lu t the under arm at the elbow and two wider tucks where they join the close llttlng cuffs. The skirt Is of dark blue taffeta with stripes In black outlined with halr-llne stripes la white. It Is a com bination of yoke and the tonneau drnp ery with stripes well managed. This particular model Is not for stout 11k- ures but stripes matched In this way at the front, In skirts without drapery, make models especially becoming to them. It can be taken In at a glance that this blouso would look Just as well with u skirt of wool or silk In plain niue, ana make Itself an Important ractor in tho stylo of a tailored suP The skirt suggests sheer white linger1 blouses as compunlon pieces or hlous In light colored crepe georgette. It a good Idea to select one color to dot Inate tho wardrobo for a Reason ai buy with It always in mind. Th makes more variety possible In con blnattons of the blouses wlh varlom skirts. SHARPY AND CHIPPY. "I am wondering," said Sharpy, the squirrel, "If they will remember." "What are you wondering If they will remember?" asked Chippy Chap py The chipmunk. "And who do you mean by they? You must be more .Ifllll T. ...11. fit. ....Int. uiiutiv lun-ll 1(1111:11 . wus i nave i cannot unucrstand you." "Sorry," said Sharpy. "Hut I mean that I wonder If people nnd children will remember to give us something to ent. They're having the most wonder ful dinner In there." Sharpy led Chippy Chappy up n sldo porch which looked In on the dining room. There sat a big family, a moth er, daddy, grandmother, nnd several children. They were having their Christmas dinner. . Chippy Chappy squealed delightedly. "Oh, foodl" ho said. "And so much food, tool Right In tho middle of win ter. IIow could they ever savo so much and where do you suppose they hid it?" "I'm not wondering about where they hid It, when now It's right out in the open nt lenst almost In tho open," said Sharpy. "We might bo nblo to see where some more Is hidden," said Chippy Chappy. "Oh, dear; oh, dear," said Sharpy. "You're a very queer little chipmunk. I believe In saving up for hard days, but you are nlways thinking of the future." "What's tho future?" asked Chippy Chappy as he sat upon his hind feet and looked nt Sharpy. "The future means tho days nhcad the days that haven't come yet, but the ones wo expect to come." "Then If wo expect them to come," said Chippy Chappy, "Isn't It well to be prepared for them?" "Yes, yes, yes," said Sharpy. "But this Is a special feast and we might ns well enjoy It without thinking all the time of tho days ahead. We i MWMWmMWW'WtltMmwaMw I ! T(H1 The Children Fed the Little Creatures. mustn't miss tho good things of the present. You're very sensible to be saving and to think of tho future, as I said before, but take n piece of ad vice, Chippy Chappy. That Is enjoy the present. Have a good time and ho happy every day ns tho days come around." "I don't see thnt we're enjoying our selves so much by seeing those peoplo In there who are eating. That la neither saving for the future nor eat ing In the present, said Chippy Chap py. "Walt, have patience," said Sharpy, lie ran along the porch nnd told Chip py Chappy to follow him. "What are you doing this for?" asked Chippy Chappy. "We want to make a noise so they will notice us," said Shurpy. "Perhnps they won't like us," said Chippy Chappy. "And some folks don'l enjoy noise." "They look ns If they liked It,' shrieked Sharpy. "Listen to the chil dren. I don't believe they will hear us." But when Chippy Chappy and Sharpy began to scamper over the porch and as they shrieked at each other, some times as If they were scolding and somotlmes ns If they were laughing, the people in tho dining room heard them. "Oh," said tho children, "there Is a squirrel and a dear little chipmunk 1" Shurpy and Chippy Chappy looked their very best, or tried to, standing on their hind legs and looking very sweet nnd cunning as they begged. Theli little mouths were moving all the time as If they were quite ready. "We must share Christmas dinner with them," snld the children. Sharpy mid Chippy did not know the difference between Christmas dinner and any othe.r kind, but they did know thnt this seemed to be an especially fine dinner. "We have quantities of nuts today said the children. "Isn't that fine?" And I can assure you that Sharpy and Chippy Chappy thought It was fine, too. The children fed tho little crenturea who had splendid meals and who also took many nuts home as Chippy Chap py suggested. "Merry Christmas," shouted the chil dren as they emptied the last dish ol nuts, and though the little chipmunk and squlrrrt did not quite know what It meant they knew It meant some thing very, very nice I A Riddle. I lift, I raise, I help all men, Transpose two letters, and I then Dispel nil gloom, and can at least Be called n Jolly, merry feant. Answer": Lever, revel. Above, the ruins of the Richmond railway station and docks near which occurred the explosion of a French ammu nition ship that wrought such devastation In Halifax and Its suburbs. Below,, a view along Bnrrlngton street where, every residence was burned to the ground. j WATCHING FOR SUBMARINES FROM BRIDGE OF DESTROYER Scene on the bridge of an American destroyer In tho east Atlantic, where the men are ever on the lookout for German submarines and other enemy craft. Each man wears his life preserver and Is ready for any emergency. ENEMY ALIENS MUST WATCH THEIR STEP WOOLEN HELMET IS WARM "Notice to Enemy Aliens" signs have been posted on streets and avenues along the waterfront In coast cities wunilng against trespass. Our subject, following tho "get-nut" order, must pick hi steps whllo on u moving expedi tion to other quarters. BRIEF A ND BREEZY The best Isinglass comes from' Rus sin. It Is made from the giant stur geon, which abounds In. the Caspian sea and other waters of that country. For the use of bow-legged men a light, flexible frame has been Invented to It in pped to a leg by a garter to make t'ouscrs hung straight. Addresses of manufacturers of tar extracting machinery are wanted by an Allendale, S. U Arm. As Indicative of the present earn ing power of steamers, it Is reported that a vessel recently arrived In Liv erpool with a cargo of I5,(KK) cares of onions from Valencia, which eart."il more than $187,000 for the nine da -.' voyage, 1 l 'i - " nave thoughtnil Ilk ud . i i. wear ing these warm woolen helmets which protect the head and part of the face, They are especially suitable for avla tors. - f Glorified Junk. "The queerest thing about the war to me," said a Junkman whose business runs Into live llgures annually, "Is the fact that It has made even old tin cans valuable. One Iowa Juukmnn who had been holding his stock of scrap Iron, old brass, rags, rubber and paper tot higher prices sold his hoarded Junk ul the end of the llrst year of war foif $100,000. Junk Is tremendously vhlu able. Now attempts are being mnda to salvage the tin lllm on so-called 'tin cans' by molting them. Tin la very valuable as a war metal and tho despised 'tin can' Is becoming an eco nonile asset where formerly It wus n liability. Rags, tin and battered old copper boilers, brass candlesticks, stnvo lids and old newspapers, rubber, wires, aluminum and lead have dou bled and nuadrunled lu rlcu wince tim j great war began."