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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1918)
THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Chaplain Would Exterminate Foe NAVAL UFHCfcK HUNUHLD POULTRY In the Realm of Lingerie mrs Baltimore, Md. Hev. George A. ftriflln, n Baltimore I'rotcHtnnt Eplsco pnl clergyman serving ns chaplain with the. Fifth field nrtlllory, the rogl oient Umt tired America's first shot In the wnr, hits written a letter to Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs, n prominent ltnl tlmoronn, which wits printed In full In the current Issue of the'Mnnufncturers Hecord. In which ho discusses nt length rrueltles inflicted hy the Germans upon civilians and soldiers. "1 feel," he wnys, "that I express tho tenldnent of those who havo oen and heard over here, when I say that were I tn America today, priest as I am, I ihottld do my host tn have put to death any Boche In America or any so-called American who would apologize In any way for what the Hocho has done. "All that you have heard' In America unout them does not approximate the truth. There arc little children right here In France with their Httlo stumps of hnnds; there wero some not far from my last camp, and young men with all the fingers of their tight hand cut off. l'liu other day a Hellish olllcor and three Tommies told mo that a short tlmo ago they, went as au advanco party Into n little village from which the Boche had heen driven hack, anil In a large room there wore four young Canadians crucified, one on each wall of the room. Torture Youna Girls. "Also, when I was with the Hrltlsh Ihey told mo the Bochos had taken young Helglan and French girls Into their first line trenches and tortured them until their serenms made the Scotch and tho Canadians so crazed thoy would go over Into the machine Sttn nests which the Hoche had set up, using tho women's screams as a decoy. "And I havo It on the word of a Brit ish ofllcer that they have stood (the officers) with guns. leveled nt their men to keep them from golng over when the women scream, and being needlessly slaughtered. I cannot tell you what the Tommies fold mo they found when they drovo these hell-fiends out of theso positions; It Is too awful even to think about I nlso havo It on tho word of duo of tho greatest French abbes that tho Bocho were especially Instructed to Scstroy convents and kill or outrage tho nuns and ho says that all through Franco and Belgium are ruined con verts, nnd that tho nuns were given to tho soldiers to be outraged In camps. "Theso aro not Isolated cases nor ub normal conditions which prevail hero nd there whero troops were drunk or without rcstrnlnt. Go along tho French r Hrltlsh front, and the only conclu sion you nrrlvc at Is that they nro. lust tho ground prlnclplo of Hocho ef ficiency In action. "It Is American blood that Is tlowlnR aotv, nnd God grant It may give Amer ica some strength to realize whnt wo iro up against. To talk of terms until the Hocho In exterminated Is to league with Satan for 'a' corner In hell. Prlvn .Ions, sacrifices I What can you do nt iotrio to compare with what theso men of qurs nro doing over hero? Meatless lays, whcntless days, sugarless days, tood women knitting, benefits for tho Red Cross or all your social dlver tlons with a charltnhlo object sand wiched In) "When you arc out on a shell-swept illl and the shells nro going by like jots out of boll, as tho soldiers say, CANADIANS MOVING Column of Canadian soldiers movltu: briskly up to the lighting line to take their turn tn swatting tho Huns, CHAIN HUNS TO CllTSt&r?????" They Don't Like the Marine Brand of Fighting. Devil Dog" Tells In Letter Home of 8omo Wonderful Cases of Qameness. Chicago. -Word has been receive rom Dana H. Thrasber, with tho Sixth regiment of tho United Stntes ma fines, telling of tho fighting on the west front In France, In which his 'eglment took part. Tho young ma Ino expresses deep admlratl';n for bis 'el low lighters and advises a blow In :be nose for the man who calls the V. tl. C. A. men whickers. "I havo seen souio wonderful cases it gamenosB. We were lying In n mvlne ono day when the 'Germ' wns ihelllng. An American fell down on rop of us with both legs shot off. All Jo said was: 'I'm sorry to bother you fUyN,' Can ynu beat It? and It's dark ;ts the grave, nnd every man, God bless him I stands strong and true, camouflaging ill his own feeling for your sake and for the sake of what he has back home, mentions days and wheatless days, and Liberty bond cam paigns seem cheap its your support of him In such an hour, "Loathe tho Hoche preach against him work against him. wherever he Is, ostracize hint soclnlly and commer cially. Take no chance even though his reputation for loyalty has been a long-standing one. The leopard cannot change his spots neither can- the Boche demon lose his horns. I'm beg ging you now as tho Boche are try ing to murder us to help wake every one up to the fart that America must realize what tho world Is facing over here. Can't you see It mii't America see It bow everything Is banging in the balance? And I know that the weight which shall cant It down Is when your loathing for the Bocho will so bunt In you as to make you count nothing consider nothing but his extermination." Wears Gas Mask Oyer Cook Stove By ROY 8. DURSTINE. Paris. Some day tho storv of Whnt American women have done over here in France will be written. L'eonlo will hear, then, about the women who aro cooking and baking for the Amer ican boys with their helmets and gas masks on the shelf, next the lmlftnu powder can. Thfy will learn of tho casual heroines who seo nothing ro mnrkablo in making hot chocolate In shacks where, the rain and the snow como In on them through fresh shell holes In tho roof. One of the women people will henr about will be Mrs. Clara Simmons. Site Is na close to tho front, lino hero ns any woman Is permitted to go. For many days, during the active fighting Just over tho hill from her. sho was the only womnn In tho entire area. That didn't bother her nt nil. Tho boys wanted hot chocolate, and sho could make It. So there you aro. And thoro sho was. Sho Is a little bit of Amerlcn, of Amerlcnn womanhood, dropped right down In tho middle of tho fighting zone. Sho. looks more like homo to tho boys than anything in the world, except n letter. Sho has no pic turesque Ideas about currying cult tiro and uplift to tho soldiers. She's there to work for thorn. Sho works with n huge mixing howl full of pulverized cbocolnte, and seven t or eignt open cans or condensed mills on the tuble. On Ubc rickety stovo where tho old lircplnco used to bo, n great kettle of hot water Is simmer ing. She stirs nnd pours, and pours and stirs, till the air of tho Uttlu shack Is as fragrant ns that of n candy store nt home. A convoy of camions rumbles past her door. They aro almost at tho end of their Journey. Gcnnnn territory Isn't half a dozen kilometers uwny. Mrs. Simmons knows that," of course, TO THE FRONT LINE " "Ono day wo wero lying in support and wero pretty tired, for wo had been In for a good mnny days. Our lieu tenants catno back from headquarters and passed tho word that for tho last three days the newspapers in France. England and the Stntes wero full of nothing but tho United States marines. Wo were so glad to hear thnt that wo felt like arising and strolling Into Berlin. "I suppose you nre rending about the marines' successes and telling everybody, 'I told you so. I do not like to liniL'. ttn I win mitv onii .... thorrt may bo better lighting men In the world, but up to ditto no ono hns over heard of them. We hnvo been through some hard fighting Intely. After the llrst four days the 'Germ' lint! to chain his men to the guns.- "Take otT your hat to the Y. M. 0. A. If anyone tells von titer urn sin,.i.-o hit blm light on tiu ntmo. They were up tut me. nne with stretchers und Lieutenant Commander Cifrpcndor of the United States navy, who re ceived tho distinguished service ordol from King George. ' but sho hums, tinder her breath, at her work. Even before the hot chocolnto Is quite ready, tho boys begin to arrive. They come In tin hats with gas masks hanging at their sides. ITcr own hel met and mnsk uro on tho shelf behind her. "Hot chocolato ready?" tho first one asks. "All ready," she says, as she stirs it with her long spoon. She fills one of the tin cups from tho muntelpleco. "Um-m-m I" snys tho youngster. "That's good nnd thick. Give us a pnekago of cookies." lie takes his tin cup and his cookies to nn empty pncklng box In the cor ner, fiItsdown, nnd feasts slowly ant luxuriously. Another boy Is at the board that serves as a counter. Gives the Home Touch. Some of the boys stop to gossip, when tho edgo is taken off their thirsts and hungers. "Remember Bill Johnson?" they'nslt Mrs. Simmons. Sho does. lie was tile boy who alwnys took three cup of chocolate. "Ho won't any more for nwhlle," thoy tell her. "Stopped one In the leg last night. "Oh, that's too bndl" she says, Just tho way she would say It at home If slip heard that Johnnie had tho menslcs. That's tho thing about Mrs. Sim mons and such women. She brings to the boys a constant reminder of tho women thoy have left behind, of their mothers nnd their sisters 'mil their wives. She talks in tho most casual American way about things Hint are neither casual nor Amerlcnn. After tho Inst of her soldiers has put on his tin lint and gono down the hill Into the valleys from which they stnrt for their outposts, she be gins tulklng very simply nbout her work. "There Is not n mother or wife or sister of nny ono of those boys who wouldn't glvo all she- has to bo whero I am today," .sho says, "Just think what n privilege It Is to talk to them, nnd to seo that they are well and happy, nnd thnt their clothes nre whole. Women, you know, worry most about their uncertainties. If i could only tell tho people who nro worrying nbout theso boys how husky nnd cheerful their-youngsters nroi That's what would make them hnppy. Every tlmo I get tired, I Just think hoyvpany thousands of women would be the Sappiest persons on enrth If they could bo where- I am, 01i, It's great 1" Thirsty Thieves Busy. AshovlHe, N. C Despite n watch man nnd a triple-locked "safety" door, thirsty thieves recently obtained 75 pint flasks of contraband whisky from tho steel storage cage In the United Stntes marshal's office here, leaving no clew. hi H IIP nn M CA no Tn . uuin 4.L.MUO IU DEATH OVER THERE WlleellllL'. W. Vn l.'.l. t Mownum, nln-teen, Is dead In ., Franco ns tho result of a flip of ; ' a coin. Bowmnn enlisted In the .. .14111, in amy, WLit urtt,r Jle nmj n friend had tossed a nickel to . determine which ono would en- X ier ute service. Bowman called 4 the turn nnd wn n i.n.. .. - - ...... oviuua a T few'tlays later. City Adopts War Orphan. Carhonilalc, 111. The city of Cnr boadulo hns adopted n French war orphan. It will bo provided for from city funds. It Is believed to bo the first ndoptlon of Its kind in Illinois. In tho base of n now electric hnnd luntern Is u generator thnt Is driven by clock work so thnt It may receive current away from a regular source ,o seoply. GOOD HANDLING SAVES EGGS Big Loss Can Be Prevented If Pro ducer and Country Merchant Take Precautions. Prepared by tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Not long ngo four men worked hnlf a day grading "current receipts" of etfgs ns they were received nt a city market. They candled out one hun drcd dollars worth of rots, Bpots, nnd ctcubated eggs. This loss could so aslly Rave been prevented If only tho producer nnd the country merchant i, ad handled the eggs promptly. Tho hem lays n fresh egg; the con- tuner demnnds a fresh egg. Eggs aro ii highly perishable product, and grad ually deteriorate with age. Heat Is their enemy; cold Is their friend. The shorter the time nnd .the more direct their route from nest to pncklng house, the smaller the opportunity for loss. The proper handling of eggs Is not n one-man Job. Many people are con cerned In It. Their Interests nre com mon, nnd mutual understanding nnd co-operation between them benefit all alike. Tho'farmer's part In the general scheme of good ntnrketlng Is to bring good eggs to market; To accomplish this, ho should market his eggs fre quently, not let them accumulate. The dealer's Job Is to keep the eggs good. Ills slogan should bo "ship promptly and properly." The sooner nn egg Is put under refrigeration nnd started for tho market, tho better Its quality when it reaches Its flnnl des tination, and the higher Us value. KEEPING CHICKENS IN TOWN One of Best Ways for Loyal American to Help Win War Is to-Ralae Hens In Back Yard. 'Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Every ttuo American is nsklng, "How can' I best do my part to help win the war?" One jof the means to this end Is to set the back vnrd to work. Those who bnve suitable land are cultivating vegetable gardens to help Increase the food supply. There are, however, many back yards not suitable for the making of n garden which mny be profitably utilized for back yard poultry keenlntr. In nverv household, no matter how economical tho housewife, there is n certnln nmount of table scraps nnd kitchen wnsto which has feeding value, but which. It not fed, finds its wny Into tho garbage pall. Poultry Is tho only clnss of domestic animals which Is sultablo for converting this waste ma terial, right whero It Is produced in the city, Into wholesome nnd nutritious food In the form of eggs and poultry meat. A small number of chickens can bo kept In almost nny back yard. If poultry houses nre not available, hens enn bo housed nt small expense In Cheaply-Constructed Poultry House, - Made of Piano Box. piano boxes or other large packing esse. Their eggs should make a S3b stnntlal ntiditfoiv to the family food supply. Each hen in lirr pullet year should produce ten dozen eggs. The overage slzo of the back yard flock should be nt least ten hens. Thus each flock would produce In n year 100 dozen eggs, which nt tho conservative value of 25 cents n dozen would be worth $25. By keeping a back yard poultry flock thd"fum!ly would not only help lu reducing tho cost of living, but would havo eggs of n quality and fresh ness which are often difficult to obtain. Poultry keeping, although n com paratively simple uritlertaking, will bo successful In direct proportion to tho study nnd labor which are expended upon It. Thero Is nn abundance of good material on the subject, but "Back Yard Poultry Keeping" (Farm ers' Bulletin 889), n recent publication of the United States department of agriculture, contains" nil the general directions needed to make a start. It tells how to overcome tho objections to keeping poultry In tho city, what kinds of fowls to keep, tho size of tho flock computed according to the size of the back yard, gives definite instruc tions as to the best kinds of chicken houses to build, wjth bill of materials for same, directions as to feeding the fowls, hatching nnd raising chicks, pre vention of diseases and pests, and many other matters essential to the success of tho undertaking. Anothei helpful bulletin of n general chnractei Is "Hints to Poultry Hajsers" (Farm ers' Bulletin 528). This given n grenv di'M of useful nud authoritative Infor tuition within a very s'mull compass. Everything, from richest furs to kitchen aprons and war overalls, was given a ehanco In the recent style show nt the Hotel Morrison. Chicago. It w;is a real exposition of practical garments of nil sorts, designed by Americans, for Americans, and not merely a competition between manu facturers to see which could exhibit the most unusual, expensive nnd elab orate designs In women's apparel. The garments were mnde to sell, not simply for exhibition, nnd therefore one could Judge from them the standards reached and the progress made in public taste. It wns a valuable and Interesting ex hibit. There was a great deal of Interest In the, new service suits for women who havo taken up. work usually done by men as work In factories, munitions plnnts. gardens and the lighter farm work. The suits are mnde with trou sers Instead of skirts and usually in one piece with a blouse. Several varie ties of overalls were among them and these wnrlndy clothes proved more sightly than tho usual skirt and blouse that are so prone to part compnny. Nightdresses nnd negligees were not neglected ; for the eternal feminine mny clothe herself in wnr overalls five or eight bouts In the day (in order to be able to buy dainty nnd frlvplous things for other hours) but she will not be wCnned. nwny from filmy fabrics and laces. A pretty nightdress and u neg ligee, shown In the picture, were among the most graceful of several such garments In the exhibit at the style show. Tho nightdress of nain sook Is low-necked, finished with scal Headwear Foreshadowing Winter The melancholy days hnve come, but bo huvo th new fall hats, and they hove brought aiong Mtu them a sure cure for tho blues. It Is jltst out of tho question to try on this entlcliiff new millinery nnd go on regretting tho passing of summer at the same time, for winter is foreshadowed und welcomed by tho loveliest of hend wettr. The war has thrown Americans on their own resources In designing, to a greater extent than ever before; It Is hard totell Just how much we owe to our own "home-grown" milliners, but there cannot be two opinions about. tho new lints. They are excellent from every standpoint. There are shapes Uutt are large tttd there are small hats, and nil of them are graceful. Lines fire wonderful njul trimmings do not Interfere with them or blur them. Brims nre Irregular, crowns nre soft, materials are rich and trimmings simple. Much hand craft appears In the making of these hats and In the making of their trim mings. The predominating colors nro quiet, but nevertheless brilliance, Is universal In the season's models. A group of representative hats Is pictured ubove. The shapes have style und becomlngness to rectmimeiul them nnd Include the principal types of hats to ito worn during tho coming season. At the top n hut of dark blue panne velvet is faced with loug-nupped bea ver und hns n bund of beaver about tho crown. There Is a silk tassel of te same color fcr tho trimming. The loped edge and tine tucks across the front. There Is an embroidered me dnlllon nt each side and full sleeves that aro much longer than sleeves hav been for several seasons. There Is not much needlework on this gown, but what there Is, Is very well done. The negligee Is a long slip of plait ed silk with an overdrop of lace that hangs from the shoulders, having the effect of a short, full luce coat. It Is open down the front nnd Is to be worn over n lncey petticoat or slipped over the nightdress for bedroom wear. Satin slippers edged with silk fringe are n detail worth remembering for pretty negligees demand the right sort ot footwear. Plain Frocks of Silk. The best-dressed young women at fashionable summer resorts are wear ing, mornings, perfectly plain shirt waist dresses of soft wash silk ; waists gathered Into nbelt nnd trimmed with, graceful collars and turned-back cuffs; skirts deeply hemmed nt the foot and with or without patch pockets. Some times collar, cuffs nnd belt are piped) with n contrasting color or the finish. Is done with hemstitching. These soft silk frocks look very fresh and dainty and are extremely graceful, blowing' about In summer breezes. Plain whlte sllks nnd silks with hairline strlpest in color nre used. Flowered Hats. Flowered hats nre.nlmost necessary whon dresses of dainty organdie nro worn. Jjrlm Is wider at the right side than anywhere else nnd has a beautiful up ward roll to the left. Just below Is a lovely hat In dark brown satin with tho entire tinderbritn. covered with tisbtly curled ostrich. flues, also in brown. rriu?sc very short curled tines look like Persian liimn fur., The lint Is finished with n smart, wired bow and In this shape the brim widens at the leff. Tho big picture bat at the rlghris of black panne velvet faced with plnln velvet. There Is not much more to say of It except thnt Its brim Is soft. Its lines inurvelou8ly becoming nnd Its crown embroidered with wheat and llowers In heavy silk lloss. At the other side of the group a small, droop-Ing-brlinmed bat of porcelain blue felt makes one waver In ulleglatico to big hats. The felt Is overlaid with crepe georgette In the same color and for trimming there Is n generous bow of wide grosgrnln ribbon, matching the hat In color. None of these shnpes bnve rigid brims or crowns each of them Is sim ply trimmed nnd euch proclaims Itself the work of some skilled nnd clever milliner. WaiGtcoat of Ivory Tone. A blue serge suit should be accom panied by u waistcoat of ivory tone. 7
