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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1919)
DADDY5 EVENING Destined to Play Many Roles i FAIRYTALE 1 ollASi GRAnArl BONNER w Cvpw; -rH England Must Dis pose of More Than HalfaMillionHorses, Many of Which Bear Wounds Received in Battle. QS2r . BY LLOYD ALLEN t Special Staff Correspondent. (Opyrluht Western Newspaper Union) nr-ONDON. Over half a million I 1 r I four-legged heroes of tlio war, hioWil nmny of 1,10111 "Soil strlpo" I4?WP41 horses, are being given tho only kind of lionorablo dls rharge n borse can receive: sold to English and other civilians to 1111 the pressing need In this country's trans port system. We thought, in America whero thou sands of these horses came from, that me British army horse led as pre carious an existence as the machine gunners' In the first line of trenches. During those first months of war, when British army agents 'were buying horses In the United States, there were smny who honestly believed the Amer ican steeds would last about ono week In that Inferno of shell fire. You should see tbo American horses now being brought to England from France If you ever believed the life of a horse at the front was a hundred-to-ono shot that death would come in the form of a IIuu shell. By the hundred thousand these sleek, well kept, well fed quadrupeds are being auctioned off to eager buyers. Many were In France four years; many wcro wounded in action, but were carefully cared for by the army veterlnarles and bear today the honest Bears of battle as the memento of the days when they helped win civiliza tion's war. Ono of the first lots sold went un der tbo hammer at Ware's Edgewaro road repository, about the middle of December. "Here's a horse-" that deserves the Victoria Cross" the auctioneer shouted when the first horse, a black goldlng, was trotted out. "Jlo's got two wounds to his credit and Is still going strong." The gelding was sold for about $150 Amerlcnn money. Equine Losses Announced. Major General Sir W. II. BIrkbcck, director of remounts in the British army, has Just announced the losses among the British war horses during tho entire period of the war. "During the last four months of 1914," General Iilrkbeck declared, "the armies In Franco- lost 14 per ceut of their horses, or about 3 per cent n month. That period included the re treat from Mons, the first battle of the Marno, and the llrst battle of Yprcs. "In the following year the losses were fourteen and a half per cent for the wholo twelve months. In 1917 the losses rose to 2S per cent, 10 per cent of which took place during the last three month.-! of the yenr, the balance of the losses being chlelly owing to the heavy lighting at Vlmy ltidge, Pnsschendalo, and the beginning of night bombing." During the last year of war com paratively few horses were lost: two and a half per cent being the. official estimate. Among the British cummer elal llrms something like 20 per cent of the horses are always either sick or resting, as -in annual average, while the olllclal British army reports re veal the fact that la France, due to tho careful attention of the veterln arles, the usual average was a bit more than twelve per cent. Whether America can profitably fol low the accepted British system of demobilizing army horses Is a grave question. With the present. shortage In ships and the pressing needs of Eu ropean peoples for foodstuffs, together with the mighty Job of transporting General Pershing's army home, it Is iwssiblo that some horses must needs be cither left behind or sacrificed, to add somewhat to the already stagger ing debt of war. Tho British people have been told that In all probability some thousands of horses and mules In far-away Egypt will have to bo disposed of In one of three ways: repatriation, destruction, or sale. Oppose Shooting of Animals. , There is a "strong sentiment against shooting the faithful animals. And there are a number of practical ob stacles to such a plan. Tho carcasses of $25,000,000 worth or horseflesh can not bo disposed of simply by signing an army order even though Egypt does afford wide wastes of uninhabited CONDENSATIONS Electricity has been adapted to 48 different purposes about the house hold. About 00,000,000 acres of land Is given over to "tobacco cultivation In tho world. Life Insuranro carried In the United States nt the end of 1017 exceeded $00,000,000,000. Cnrbons for lighting nnd electro chemical purposes are made In Swe den from tar by n new process. American horses a 6 detiabiY'zslian tatntr nnn deserts and plenty of vultures. Funda mentally, however, It Is tho Briton's sincere love for the horse that forbids adopting any ruthless expedient In reducing the Egyptian forces to a peace time footing. General Allenby, the British com mander In the Near East, has cabled that every effort will be made to place all surplus horses In the hnnds of nn tlves who will "treat the animals well and Infinitely better than tho peoples of many European nations." Nntnrally tbo horses will be returned to Industry at a slower rate than they were mobilized. When Sir J. Cowans came to the war ofllco shortly after the British de clared war on Germany, he had to obtain 135,000 horses In 14 days. His methods were successful. The horses were supplied by the business people of Englnnd and Included the best of Leicestershire. The Kitchener divi sions, however, demanded tho services of nt least 700.000 horses. Then it was that the British horse buyer made his appearance In force In the markets of America. At the same time buyers were busy In Spain, Ar gentina, China, Australia. Tunis, Al giers, and Somallland. Confronting the authorities are a number of grave problems Just now. First of all there Is nn urgent need of disposing of all surplus army stock with the least possible delay. But there are too many horses. Only sev enteen per cent of all army stock ac tually came from England. Manifestly It Is Impossible to return one hundred per cent to England and thereby glut the market and demoralize the present schedule of prices. So even though the horses are literally eating their heads off at great cost to tho govern ment the number of sales must be reg ulated to meet the actual demand. Also, the horse sales must bo' held "m T i 1 r ma 11,0 nttus or o! eti communltj. .. Sell4??'000 f Montn- tollowlng this system as closely as , they can. tho army men hopo to dls- pose of some 25.000 horses a month. I A horse hns been known to live 17 days without eating or drinking. Time equivalent to 3,000,000 days Is said to have been saved to tho worn en of the United States by tho electric washing machines sold last year. A unique roadway of solid salt, forming a part of the Wendover high way In Tooele county, Utah, Is project ed by tho Utah Stato road commission. Tho only movable part of n now Hour sifter tn a tint coll of heavy wire which pnssos back nnd forth over tho wire mesh as tho Implement is shaken. No animal more than twelve years old will bo offered, These steeds will go Into n surplu that must bo dls posed of In Bel glum and Northern Franco where tho peasants nro trying to repair war dam ages and get back to a peace footing, and where tho clt les are faced with the problem of set tling back Into tho pursuits of peace, There Is a wide variety of stock for the civilian buyer to choose from, varying from tho heavy Perchei1- ons to the light typo useful for tlio ordinary w a g o n and Including sad dle horses and driving stock. In tlio first lots that have Just been sold tho Irish horses were prominent In breeding and hardness but wcro rather excelled in size by the Trans Atlantic classes graded with them, Doubtless many of the Amerlcnn horses will bo bought here for hunters, Army men speak highly of the American mule. On the battlefield tho mule made good. But among the Brit ish horso owners there Is a grave dis trust of this imported luxury, As u matter of fact the mule Is the chief problem In this side of denioblb lzntlon. Nobody wants him for peace work. There are thousands of them In the army, trained to harness or smldle, Yet even tbo most optimistic nrmj per son here Is wondering how on earth the government Is gofng to enthuse the civilian buyer or, tho subject. May U,e Samo as Food, While the war ofllco Is devoting a lot of thought to getting rid of surplui Horses, the food controller, noting In dependently, has possibly suggested t kind of remedy horsellesh has Just, been put on the list of food stuffs the price of which Is controlled by gov eminent order. "Owing to tho Increased demand for horseflesh for human consumption, II has been found necessary to control the prices both to retailers and consum ers," the olllclal order reads, Tho prices fixed arc Interesting. The householder buying nt retail will have to pay no more thnn 31 cents a pound ror tlio best' cuts. The henrt. Ilvei and head meats cuts, known here ns the offal cuts (no Joko Intended), mny no f;om to retail trade at 10 cents a pound. Eating horseflesh is merelv a feat ure of tho meat shortage England and nil of Europe nre now experiencing. Meat nnd butter are going to be hard to get hero for tho next year r so, T,,nt ono fact is Uio only point In food ,nlnlHtry 0,nclnls H(nml t sellers may bo able to dispose of somo of the horses, over the counter In pound lots, but what of tho 10000 friendless mules here nwnltlng side? TRADE BRIEFS The United States Is now supplying about 80 per cent of tho shoes Import ed Into Chile, whereas before tin- war started the share was less than J'i per cent. The Importation of shoes Into Cuba Is constantly Increasing. Th Impor. tnnco of this trnde should be thor oughly realized and market conditions carefully studied by Amerlcnn i.mnii. fncturers desirous of extending their loreign Bnies, THE OTHER DAY. "Thursday Is working today," said me otner nays. "Yes," said Friday, "It will soon bo my turn. I always work whon Ihursday Is through. Thursdav nt ways gets through at Just tho snmo time. o all do our work In the nmc way. We don't work too much and we. don't work too little. Wo lust make n rule of working twenty-four hours onco a week In our rlcht turn:" "Well," said Saturday, "I nm feel ing very unhnppy. Now and agalu i feci quite happy, csncc ally when somo ono says Uierc Is going to be ft special pnrty or treat or entertain ment 'somo dny' and I am chosen as uio particular day." "Thnt happened to you not long ago," said the other days. "Yes," said Suturday, "It did, and it nappens to nil of us somo time But I'm sad now." "Why are you sad?" asked Frl- day. "Please tell mo before I go to work. Then you can tell your story over agalu to Thursday who will pronamy want to hear It." "Oh, dear," said Saturday, "It was very sau. l roit dreadful about It, and I still feel bnd about It." "Tell it to us," said the days, "and perhaps we may bo able to comfort you." "I will," said Saturday. "Some chil dren were talking and one of thera How Sad to Hav Such Things Hap pen on Saturday. said, 'I was sick tho other day. Oh, I didn't feel like doing nnytfilng. I don't mind being sick on any day us much ns I do being sick on the day I was sick.'" "Well, how did you know It was Saturday?" asked Uio other days. "Tho child said It was tho 'other day.' Now you know how little that mcnnB and how much It la said. Folks are al ways speaking of the 'other day nnd not treating any of us as though we amounted to anything. It Is Just as though people spoko of children- nnd said, 'The other child,' and didn't mean any particular child In fnct, had forgotten what child they meant. Thnt is the way they do with days. Thoy don't remember about as as well as Uiey should. "They say that things hnppcned and perhaps thoy may remember that they happened tho week before, but they won't remember whether Tuesdny or Wednesday or which of us was on duty." "That's &o," said Saturday. "But then I know thoy meant I was the one. For the other child said I got a splinter In my finger tho other dny, and It was the day you wero sick." "And a third child said, 'I cut my self with my new knife tho other day.' "Oh, how dreadful I did feel, and oh, how bad I feel now, for days, listen to me." All tho days, except Thursdny, who was working, drew nearer, and Sat urday said, "The awful thing about it all is that I was the 'other day.' " "Oh, cheer up, Saturday," said tho days, "It might have happened to any of us." "Yes," said Saturday, "when peo ple speak of Uio 'other day' when something or other happened, It Is not pnylng us n great compliment, for they forget about us, or can't bo both ered to remember which of us hap pened to lie about. But when every thing happened on the 'other day' and It turned out to be me oh, woo, woe, sadness nnd tenra!" "But Snturday, how did you know you wore meant by tho 'other day?" "Because," said Saturday, "euch child said afterward how sad It was to have such things happen on Satur day, which was always a holiday." "Cheer up, Saturday," said th days. "You may have been a sad 'other day' soveral times, but you ar tho beloved day of children Satur d!! the holiday. Doesn't thnt make you rejolco?" "Ah, yes," said Saturday, "I sure ly havo my share of Joy, nnd I wouldn't appreciate It If I didn't have n little trouble onco In awhile. Ah, yes, It was wrong of mo to grumble when I nm the children's day the holiday Saturday I" Tied Down by Your Work. Do not say that you arc "tlud down" by your work. Congenial work, well done, Is not a drag, but an Inspira tion. It gives you wings to lift you above a thousand llttlo stumbling blocks. Tho worker on fire with en thusiasm forgets his weariness In tho pleasure of achievement. If you have choson your life-work wisely, It does not tie you down, but lifts you up. A simple hut rich-looking toilette Is among, Uio new displays of suits nnd dresses for spring, but with all Its simplicity It revcnls two origliinl and very effective stylo features that are noteworthy. Tho first of these nppears In the combination of two very differ ent sntlns. Tho plain skirt Is made of ono of thoso heavy, lustrous, supple weaves, much used for sepnrato and sport skirts, and the smart and rather claborato coat Is fashioned from a heavy satin such as wo havo been fa-1 miliar with for years. There Is no rivalry between theso two dlsslmllnr satins, but It is unusual to seo them used together. Just how successfully thoy may bo associated appears In tho suit ror spring shown above. This Is n formal suit that will hold Us own fpr nfternoon or restaurant dinner wear, and nrovo useful for oth er very different pccaslons. Tho skirt nnd coat may part company tho skirt serving with various blouses for nnv smart, Informal dress, nnd tho coat do ing Its efficient part with a cloth skirt or one-piece dress In llchter fabrics. merely as a coat. It proves to bo an ALLURING HATS FOR SPRING h wfw4 mm About (his tlmo dwellers In the northern states begin to watch for tho first robins, and others of tho carlv signs thnt spring Is on the way. Long neroro the hardy and daring red-breast pipes Ids cheerful prophecy of sum mer, the first snrlnc mllllnerv Iuih enchanted us with tho samo prophecy. It Is made for thoso who leavo the lands of snow to Journey to lands of sun, but they nro not the only peoplo interested in it. Spring lints nro al luring In midwinter nnd some of them find their wny to heads that havo no thought of Journeying South. Tho spring styles nro tried out on southern tourists and tho fashions crystallzcd by tho hats worn at tho famous winter resorts. Ilero are throe of tho now patterns that aro destined to mako successes In all localities, first because of their excellence, and next, because thoy aro not unusual, but beautiful nnd becom ing shapes that with llttlo modifica tions, nre worn every year. At tho top of tho group there Is a little deml-season hat of ribbon nnd straw of the sort that makes Its ap pearauco In January for tho benefit of tourists. If tho wenther Is at all fa vorable It goes strong In northern, as well as southern latitudes. It Is of black llsero a highly lustrous straw and narrow grosgraln ribbon. A broad quill of glycerlned ostrich trails out from the side crown and defies Interesting garment with details of cut and decoration that bespeak consider able effort on tho part of ltf designer. Tlio body of tho cont Is merely n blotise opening nt tho front to tlio waistline nnd closed thoro In the man ner of u surplice. It has a rolled col lar,, faced with or having nn over collar of white satin. Tho sleeves nre gathered Into a very deep nnd eccen tric cult of sntln, with thrco sntln-cov-ered buttons ns n finish. Tho picture describes It better than words can. The skirt of tho coat Is rounded nt Uio fronts nnd laid In two deep Inverted plnlts at each side. Theso form "point ed pnncls over tho hips that widen from the wnlstlluo to the bottom. Tho panels nro decorated with embroidery in two colors, ono of them tho sumoi ns that of tho coat and ono of Uiem a light, contrasting color. Tho girdle la shaped with points upstanding nt each side, over thu underarm scam. Tho front and back of tho coat arq prettily finished with narrow silk braid In parallel rows, starting nt Uio walsti line nnd terminating In llttlo satin-covered buttons nt euch sldo. ( the ruin or snow, which will not cuui It to droop. Just below It anothei between-sensons hat Is shown mndo of crepo georgette and sntln, with thread embroidery of heavy Bilk floss on tho upper brim with a group of loops nnd ends ut the sides, curiously and cleverly arranged as If peeping out from tho base of the crown. Tho third hat belongs to nny sea son of tho year nnd Is destined for thoso hours of ease and luxury when Its wearer dons evening or nfternoon clothes. It Is mndo of mnllncs, with a binding of satin nbout tho brim edgo and a band of folded satin about tho crown, finished with a bow nt tho front. Tho smnllest steel bends, In little rings, nro set about the Inner edge of the binding nnd at tho top of the loops in tho bow. It Is In black, nnd merely veils tho bright hnlr nnd demure eyes of Us wearer. These three lints will fill the millinery needs for spring of the average worn an, and mny bo relied unon fnr ,! - --. style. iii mu going aoutn away from winter, your picture hat could be of white tulle with n pink satin crown flllfl tlltnti fli.i I. !.. . - ! ..I-'., xiv.uiiiu u piiiK rose wi lo open to the henrt.
