TIIE NORTH PLATTE SEMI "WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
SUITS REVEAL A CHOICE IN SILHOUETTES
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FIRST SYSTEMATIC EFFORT EVER MADE TO
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IMPROVE ALL CLASSES OF FARM ANIMALS
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4y Mary Graham Bonner E1J
It is n little dlfllcult to sum up tne
Btyles In suits when they are In the
experimental stage. Some of the new
features in them may prove short
lived ,nnd thereforo not develop into
fashions, but It Is evident now that we
are to have a choice of two silhouettes
this fall. The matter of cloths is also
settled and these range through sev
eral weaves, beginning with home
spuns and serviceable tweeds and pro
gressing to velours, duvetyn and zlb
ellno cloths. Besides many similar
weaves with a suede or velvet finish,
of the same character as duvetyn, are
dominant in the handsomer suits.
Skirts have not been shortened In
the face of the precedent set by Paris.
For street wear they remain ankle
length nhd are generally plain. The
coat's the thing. Designers have de
veloped It, with many clever varia
tions, along the straight lines with
which we are familiar, and along Go
dot lines with full rippled basque worn
over either a full skirt or a plain, fit
ted one. These straight-line coats are
longer than those of Inst season, and
Hre belted. On the formal suits fur and
silk embroidery provide rich decorations.
Among Ribbon Novelties
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New ami gorgeous ribbons huve
made their entry Into a world that ap
parently is willing to pay almost any
price for silks. The prices of the
most splendid of these aro enough to
take one's breatli away, but they will
sell at holiday time for making hand
some shopping bags. They look royal,
with brocaded figures In gold and silver
or raised velvet flowers in wonderful
colors. Bogs are smaller than they
have been, so that only short lengths
of these costly luxuries nre needed to
make them, hut even so, prices Just
now nre beyond those of other years.
But these very gorgeous ribbons are
not adaptable to so many articles ns
plain satin ribbons nre. These satins
and printed patterns are destined to
make most of the pretty belongings
that women love. In tto picture above
n pair of garters, made of ploln pink
satin ribbon and narrow val lace, a
rosette for lingerie, and a bag, aro
shown, in which wide and narrow rib
bons are used.
Flat elastic Is used for tho founda
tion of the garters. Ribbon twlco the
width of the elastic Is shirred over it,
forming frills nlong each edge. Val
lace, narrower than these frills, Is
gathered over them. Each garter Is
decorated with a rosetto made of tho
same ribbon and having a small bow
of narrow satlq ribbon set at the cen
ter. The narrow ribbon la used to
form the small flowers set on each
The outstnnuing features In the new
styles appear in two suits shown here,
One of them Is a utility model depend'
ing upon wide tucks and conspicuous
buttons for garnishing. The three
quarter length coat, with narrow fronf
panel, buttons straight up the front
This panel Is flanked by wide bands ol
cloth at each side and extending below
It. These bands appear at eacli sidf
of the back also, and five buttons on
each band mark the termination of flvf
wide tucks In the side panels, that dis
appear under the bands. The narrow
belt slips under straps of cloth and
fastens with a small buckle at the
fiont.
A dressier suit of velours shows n
repetition of set-in panels at each side
of the coat, but these panels are made
of narrow vertical plaits set on undei
the arms. They extend eight inches
below the bottom of the coat and are
finished with a band of fur. There is
a long shawl collar ot fur, and the nar
row belt of cloth fastens with n but
ton nt each side. Soft furs, like seal
skin, squirrel, mole, and raccoon and
other pelts which are not so easy to
recognize, aro chosen for suits, but
the limits of our choice are mucb
wider than these.
rosette. The picture 'shows these flow
ers separately. They are easily made
and usually have artificial centers.
The rosette to match the garters Is
sewed to a tiny safety pin so that It
may be pinned on tho chemise or night
dress.
Wide nnd very nnrrow satin ribbon
Is used to mnke tho bag, which will
servo for any ono of several purposes
that hngs are mado for. Tho photo
graph sliows Its construction so plain
ly that It Is not necessary to dcscrlbo
It.
Leather Hato for Street Wear.
Lcnther hats for women for motor
wear havo been shown by the mil
liners for some time, but now models
nre seen that are specially ndapted to
street wear. Ono natty hat of this
typo Is mado of dull, black leather,
trimmed with a black leather quill
fuced with bright orange.
Wash Pink Goods.
When washing pink cotton goods
tho color may bo made fast by using
"red" instead of bluing. Boll a piece
of turkey red In a pint of water. Bot
tlo this and use It like llnnlil hltio ir
perlmenting with n little at a time
until the right tint u secured.
THE WHITE LEGHORN.
"I enn lay as many as one hundred
and eighty eggs, nnd so 1 shall boast,"
said the White Leghorn of the barn
yard. "I keep roosters away from eating
up all tho food," said th dog. "I am
going to boast"
"I can make believe this stick Is n
bear," snld the small boy, "and when
I want to pretend my benr Is angry, I
throw my stick about. It'o a make
believe bear. I can boast, because it
Is very nice of mo to hnve a good
time with such a poor sort of make-
believe bear as a stick."
"I can boast," said Mr. Rooster, "for
I call tho Mrs. Hens to cat very, very
often; that Is generous of me."
"I can boast" suld Red Top, tho
Rooster, "because I often give tho oth
er creatures a part of n worm I dig
from the ground."
"I can boast," said n bantnm hen,
"because I stole five chickens and had.
them us my own." ,
"That Is nothing to boast about,"
said another bantni", "for I took enro
of some chickens whoso mother had
left them. That is something to renl
ly boast of."
"Still you enjoyed taking care of us,
didn't you, Mother Bantam?" asked
tin, chickens.
"Cluck, cluck. I did." snld Mother
Bantnm.
"And we enn boast, for we wcro
good children," snld the chickens.
"Mrs. Bantam must want to sit on
some eggs," snld Mrs. Duck, "and that
Is why she Is clucking. At other times
she would cackle. I shall boast of be
Inr, so smart as to know that,"
"We have been hitched up and driv
en," said two of the pigs from the pig
pen. "That shows we're smart."
"And I have seen that the whole
family got up," snld the rooster, sit
ting on tho fence.
"Without me they couldn't get tho
good well water," said the pump. "I
also can do my boasting."
"We're n handsome pair; we're Miss
and Mnster Calf, good-looking nnd
gentle. We nre both of those things,"
they said.
"We help the farm and are very
healthy," said the toads.
"The same can be said of us,"
agreed the frogs.
"Well, we aro really healthy," said
the toads.
"And we're really healthy, too," said
the frogs.
"I suppose thnt Is so," said one of
the toads.
"Of CQiirso. It Is true, goog-a-rum,
goog-a-rum, of course, It Is true," said
the frogs.
"We grow up quickly," snld the Pig
Weed; "that shows we're generous."
"And we're nice enough to thorough
ly enjoy you," snld the pigs, jcruntlng
and squenllng excitedly.
"We do the same," said the Sliver
Weed. "We grow so quickly."
"Ah, but you do harm to the farm
er's plants, Just as the pig weed does,"
said 'the rooster. -
"No matter," said the pigs; "It Is
far more important that they do good
to us."
"Well, If you think so," snld the
rooster.
"Of course Ave think so, nnd our
thoughts nre right and correct, to our
selves, nt any rate," said the pigs.
"Well, you are fed by both those
plants, that's true," said the White
Leghorn, who hnd been trying to
spenk for some time. "But still, those
two weeds most certainly do harm to
the farmer's plants. There Is no mis
take about that."
"We're helping the tins of milk to
cool," snld the buckets of water.
"We're going to cool off the farmer's
children after the heat of the day."
"Couldn't have done It If you hadn't
us to cool," snld tho tins of milk.
"Thnt Is, you couldn't hnve done the
same good, kind act for the children.
We, tho milk tins, nnd tho milk Inside
the tins, are doing the best part."
"Not n bit of It," said Mrs. Cow.
"When you're spenking of milk, never
forget Mrs. Cow."
"I hatched In the summer, as I ol
ways do," said Mrs. Hen. "I wouldn't
make my little ones have to stand the
cold of tho winter. The spring or the
summer Is the time I choose."
"Oh, quiet, quiet," shouted the
White Leghorn. "Here I started In to
boast, and all of you had to do the
same thing, nnd such absurd boast
ings, too. But, anywny, It has shown
me ono thing to hear all the boast
Ings that none of you come up to me
nnd my one hundred and eighty eggs."
Temporary Expedient.
"What shall we do to remetfy the
high cost of living?"
"I'll see If I can't get a Job to ns
slst In Investigating it. Maybe the
salary will be enough to help tide us
over."
Drew Around Her Think.
"That's a splendid looking cow you
drew on thnt pnper," 1 said to my lit
tle niece. "How did you ever come to
mnke It so real?"
"Well," she answered, "I Just thlnk
ed nnd thlnked about a cow andthen
drnwed around my think."
Used t It
"Now, children," said the teacher,
"what do you call the meal that you
eat In the morning?"
"Oatmeal !" promptly replied a mem
ber of the clan.
OF COURSE NOT.
"I noticed your father and mother
crying during tho wedding ceremony,"
said the groom.
"Yes, dear, they were," said the
bride sweetly.
"What wero they crying about?"
"Oh, some one reminded them that
we were to live homo with them."
"Well, I like thnt I You didn't see
me doing any weeping, did you?"
Gillie' Complaint
Willis Wo folks at homo should do
our work without Complaining. You
know pence hnth her victories the snmo
as war.
Glllls I know, but nobody pins med
als on you for wnshlng tho dishes, nnd
there's never a brass hand out to
meet you In the morning nfter you've
walked tho floor all night with tho
baby. Judge.
APPROACHING SHADOW.
Bacon How's the world treating
you?
Egbert Can't complnln.
"No kick coming, then?"
"I can't say that. I'm expecting my
wife homo frohi her mother's tomor
row."
Selfishness.
I wonder why my woes should bo
So serious to me,
While suoh as other people benr
Soem mostly trifles, light as air.
Setting Was the Word.
"Thoso women havo been setting
there for an hour or more."
"You shouldn't sny 'setting,' my dear.
It is 'sitting. "
"No, 'setting' Is what I meant
think they're hatching out troublo for
somebody."
Honesty the Best Policy.
"Did you ever buy votes?"
"No," replied Senator Sorghum. "I
always thought that an effort to buy
a man's vote was as good a renson ns
you could possibly put Into his mind
for voting against you."
The Growler.
Ho kicks about his many woes.
He Is a constant fretter,
I wonder If the grumbler knows
A world that's any better.
MEAN DISPOSITION.
"You nctunlly got a pleasant word
out of Mr. Grumpus?"
"Yes."
"How did you contrlvo to do It?"
"I told him a neighbor of his had
broken nn arm whllo cranking
flivver."
Tied to Type.
"Nobody wnnts mo except ns a vll
lain. I represent a type, but I'm tired
of vlllnln parts."
"You'ro benevolent alon;;sldo of
me," snld tho movlo actress. "Nobody
wants mo except as the cruel super
intendent of orphan asylums."
Needs Cleanlna.
"Hero's that politician wants to
get n writer to defend his repntn
Hon."
"Why doesn't tie get ecrab
writer?"
Notlco How Much Moro Closely This Calf Resembles Its Pure-Bred Slret
Than Its Scrub Dam.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Tho scmb sire lins dono moro than
drought or flood, more than Insect
pest, more than rodent nnd beast of
prey, to reduce tho ngrlculturnl wealth
of tho United States, to cut down tho
money return of tho individual farm
er from his operations.
But tho dny of tho scrub slro is
drawing to its duslr.
Preached against for generations,
ho is now to bo actively crusnded
ngnlnst in every state, lu every coun
ty, In every community of tho United
States.
It Is tho first attempt over mado in
any largo country to Improvo simul
taneously all classes of farm animals
by tho uso of pure-bred sires of good
quality.
It is n movement that affects every
man, woman and child in the United
States becauso It means moro food
nnd n better qunllty of food. Every
body takes n profit tho farmer and
Btock rnlser becauso ho gets moro
pounds of hog or cow or chicken out
of tho snmo quantity of grass and
feed, tho consumer becnuso thero nro
moro pounds of n good meat on the
market than under scrub slro condi
tions. It Is n crusndo In which practically
anyone may Join ns an active partici
pant. To bo ofllclnlly enrolled, ono
must bo a llvo stock owner but not
on n largo scale. Tho owning of one
nnlmal of breeding ago Is sufficient.
If n male, It must bo pure-bred. If
a female, It need not be pure-bred but
must bo bred to n good pure-bred
male. Therefore, the person who
owns Just ono mongrel hen mated
with n quality cock representing n
definite breed Is entitled to ofllclnl
enrollment as a crusader for "Better
Sires Better Stock."
Opening of Drive October 1. ,
Tho crusade is to begin on tho first
day of October this year. A great
mnny organizations, led by tho United
States department of agriculture, will
co-operato In It Prominent among
the co-operating organizations arc tho
state agricultural colleges and mnny
associations of live stock growers
nnd breeders.
Tho department of agriculture,
though its co-operative state agencies,
will supply live-stock raisers with
printed Information, telling In popular
language of tho best nnlmnl-breedlng
methods nnd tho advantages of using
them. An ofllclnl emblem, suitable for
dlsplny, will bo furnished to ovory
fnrmer who agrees to uso only good,
pure-bred sires nnd to co-opernte in
other ways In tho better live-stock
crusndo. It Is required that ho flu out
n simple blank showing tho number
and kinds of llvo stock ho possesses,
nnd that ho declare thnt his male
breeding nnlmnls nro pure-bred. It
Is not necessnry that ho own tho
males, but merely that tho sires ho
uses, by whomsoever owned, bo pure
bred.
The grent majority of people, per
haps, havo never appreciated tho ef
fect of tho "grading up" of tho llvo
stock by the uso of pure-bred sires.
Very mnrked Improvement Is to be
noted In the first generation. With
some breeds tho offspring of a pure
bred slro nnd mongrel dnms nre, In
practical appearance, llko pure-bred
animals. A Hereford bull practically
never falls to stamp his progeny with
tho characteristic white faco of the
breed. Chickens from n stnndnrd
bred barred Plymouth Rock cock and
any kind of mongrel hens-nro nonrly
nil Plymouth Rocks In appearance,
and usually when mature they nro nt
least two pounds heavier thnn mon
grel Individuals.
Weight Can Be Increased.
Tho external Improvement Is, per
haps, not so mnrked In ony other
breeds In the first generation, but tho
Intrinsic Improvement Is doubtless
Just ns grent. Tho Improvement In
tho two breeds cited, however, Is not
merely in appearance. Tho depart
ment of agriculture proves that by tho
case of an 800-pound part Jersey cow
bred to n Hereford bull. The calf, at a
little over two years old, weighed
1,050 pounds moro than twlco ns
much ns tho cow. With practically
any breed of horses, cattle, swine,
sheep, goats, or poultry, a scrub herd
headed by puro-bred sires for three
generations will show most of the In
dividuals closely resembling purc-brod
animals nnd, for food-production pur
poses, practically ns useful.
For many yetfrs this country has
contained mnny thousands of tho fin
est specimens of llvo stock In the
world, but in splto of that fact, tho
quality and productive capacity of tho
average farm herd has remained low,
because tho farmers havo not availed
themselves of tho pure-bred sires but
havo used scrub sires. When tho
forthcoming crusndo begins to produce
maximum .results a few years from
now thero will bo a general improve
ment in quantity and yunllty of nnt
mal products.
Tho pure-bred or "high-grade" cow
resulting from wlso breeding produces
moro milk, richer in buttcrfat, thnn
ho ordinary scrub cow. Tho depart
ment of ngrlculturo cites nn Instance
of n boy who bought n hlgh-grndo cow.
Ills fnthcr owned five cows of the
kind commonly kept in that neighbor
hood In New Jersey. Tho boy's one
high-grade cow produced moro nilllc
and butter than his father's llvo cows.
The proper breeding of beef nnl
mnls results In bettor nnd moro uni
form stock, having n greater percen
tage of desirable cuts of meat and it
smaller quantity of bone, offal, and
lncdlblo parts. Tho samo is true of
hogs, sheep, goats, poultry. All of
theso things havo boon -scientifically
worked out' by the department of ngri
culture, nnd tho effort Is now to bo
mndo to put them in operation on a
nation-wide scale.
Until recently, such n crusndo would
not havo been possible. Tho neces
sary machinery has been perfected
within tho past few years. Included
In that mnchlnery nro tho county
agents, tho farm bureaus, nnd overt
tho boys' nnd girls' clubs that havo
nlded so greatly in getting a founda
tion of pure blood in n great many
communities.
BETTER SIRES MEAN
STOCK IMPROVEMENT
Outstanding Features of the Na
tional Crusade Given.
Government's Chief Interest Will Ba
to Re-enforce Work of States and
Counties Plan Eliminates
All Scrubs.
(Prepared by tho United Statoa Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Tho following aro tho outstanding-
fenturcs of tho nntlonnl crusndo for
tho Improvement of nil classes of llvo
stock by uso of better sires:
Plan simple enough to bo cnslly fol
lowed.
Federal department's chief interest
will bo to re-enforce work of states
and counties not to concern itself
with local details.
Department's energies mainly along
educational lines, although many sug
gestions of legislation against scrub.
sires hnvo been made.
Plan Includes evcryono who keeps
nny kind of domestic llvo stock, from
tho boy or girl with n few chickens
to tho extensive ranchman or breeder
of llvo stock.
Scrub purebred sires' ns well ns com
mon scrubs should bo eliminated.
Feeding nnd enre fully as Impor
tant ns good breeding.
Local agricultural leaders In every
community to decide whether cam
paign shall bo Intensive or conducted'
slowly.
Department to .keep records of prog
ress by counties nnd announce results
periodically. States to bo furnished
with records, which they may keep as.
they desire.
Emblems to bo furnished keepers of
purebred sires of good qunllty In all
their classes of llvo stock; nn ofllclnl
recognition of meritorious effort, buf
not a gunrantce of tho quality of llvo;
stock.
Emphasis on tho uso of good pure'
bred sires rather than on ownership.
Individual benefits and moro cfllclcnt
production to bo stressed, rather than
Increased number of animals.
Each county to follow Its own ideas
as to the kind of stock its farmers
should keep.
Farmers who do not enro to tako
part will be asked to let their children
do so.
The plan of campaign interferes ir
no way with any work In llvo stocli
Improvement now being conducted,
but mnkes all tho work moro definite
and effective by providing ofllclnl rec
ognition for progressive breeders.
Rest is very essential to tho welK
keeping of tho horse.
Every farmer should havo enough)
pigs to mnko his own meat.
Glenn water Is ono of tho prime req
uisites in raising healthy llvo stock.
Tho mnn who tries to mako money
by skimping the stock is not a fanner,,
he's an embezzler.
When neglected, dlnrrhcn in foals is
highly dangerous, and prompt, meas
ures arc called for.
aye - mgem