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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1919)
THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEKKLY TRTBUNE. NEW DEPARTURES IN THE TROUSSEAUX Tlie little cnmpnny of line fabrics for underthlngs which women usually consider when the trousseau must be planned Include batiste, nainsook, wash silk, satin and crepe-de-chlnc. Hut crepe georgette had only to knock at the door and It was admitted to this charming company; the sheerest and daintiest, hut the least practical member of It. However, it is there among the others and destined to stay, for In spite of Its delicacy it is not fragile. This Is one of the new de partures In the styles for undcrthlngs. Another Is the use of colors Instead of white In materials and printed as well as plain patterns. For the purpose of decorating, lin gerie laces, ribbons and needle work of various kinds have not found any ri vals. Little chiffon' roses find a place on the sheerest garments and narrow ribbons are used in frills and shlr rlngs on them. Hut these are for lux urious and little-used garments. On those that aro more dependable, roscUes and bows that can bo pinned on and ribbons that can he easily token out or put In, with the usual lingerie laces and stltchery, are used. Silk and cotton, chamois or wnsh nhio kid gloves, are preferred for gloves that must he often cleaned, and they are the only practical kinds for business women, or others who must wear them every day. Chamolsettc cloth that looks like chamois skin Is mnde in ail the glove colors and white, and It Is tho most satisfactory material for everyday wear. Gloves made of It should be washed In luke warm water with a bland soap, rinsed and hung up to dry. If stitched with black It Is better to wasli in cold wa ter; squeeze as dry as posstylo In a soft towel and dry quickly to keep the black from running. Pieces of tnrk Isli towel stuffed Into gloves of this kind will help to prevent the color from spreading while they are drying, and also prevent drying In streaks, which sometimes happens when tho Cloves are hung up to dry without I Ills precaution. With gloves as with stockings, It Is beat to have several pair and wear them in rotation, wash ing them when soiled. Three pairs will Insure '.'lean gloves for a week, even In tho smoke-laden air of cities. Cotton and silk gloves may be very successfully darned, using a glove darner In the lingers. Double linger tips in silk glovey are worth the extra price they bring, for It Is more dllll cult to darn silk gloves than cotton ones. How to Care for Kid Gloves. There are right und wrong ways of putting fin gloves. The right way does not Injure them; the wrong way; weakens and (ears the skin or fabric In a very short time. Black kid gloves Hhmild bo kept In paradln or oiled paper. A black glove Is a white skin j pnlntcd. This paint will harden and dry If not properly cared for. All , Not all undergarments are frilly und Incy there are many very plain things, simple and tailored, that con tent themselves with hem-stltchlngand perhaps a single prim little bow foi decoration.' But not to this class belong the night dress and envelope chemise shown in the picture. Batiste and nil the silks avaliablo for undergarments are to be had in printed designs slm liar to that used for these two pretty garments that are the glory of the troussenu. Here they are made of llowered wash silk, with frills of lace about the neck and sleeve openings and frills of ribbon about the bottom. Pretty bow knots made of shirred rib bon, having chiffon roses set In them, are set on the front of both the night dress and the chemise. Light pink is tho favorite color for undergarments but other colors are used. The sheer est fabrics are not often chosen In white, but cottons and silks that are to be often lnundcred are better In white than in colors. Batiste In light pink stands tubbing weir and has mnde an Important place for Itself In American made lingerie. gloves should bo kept awny from snlt or damp air as much as posslbio. They should be kept dry, but away from heat. Time and great core should be taken In putting them on the first time, so that the seams may not be stretched. Cleaning Kid Gloveo. After the gloves have been cleaned with petrol or benzine, and they are quite dry. place thorn on the hand and stroke tlrmly with a bone soltspoon, beginning at the linger tips and work ing down to the wrist. Tills smooths and polishes the kid, and tho gloves keep clean much longer. Mending the Qloves. Use cotton thread for mending kid gloves, as silk thread will cut the kid. Do not use the over stitch, as It al ways shows so plainly. Take a stitch on one side of tho seam and then a stitch on tho opposite side, nnd draw them together. This keeps the regu lar renin Intact and conceals the fact thnt tho glove is mended. To Keep Evening GloveG Clean. To keep evening gloves clenn In a street car or train draw n pair of loose white silk or lisle gloves over tho kid. Tho outer gloves may be easily drawn off and slipped Into muff or pocket. Long Gloves, Cut Off. Cut off tho hand part of long gloves. Tho arm part Is perfectly good. Take It to a glove factory, nnd hnve n short pair of gloves, that match In color, sowed on the arm part, or you can do It yourself, uHng n feather or em broidery stitch. DADDY5 EVENING FAIRYTALE fyllABY GRAHAM BONNER CHILDREN POETS. "I want to tell you a story this eve ning," said Daddy, "or a big school In a big city where tlu-y do some very Interesting and unusual thlnirs. And I want to tell you both about them, Nick and Nancy, and let your friends hear about them, too. "I told you once of how they make a game out of learning to be mannerly anu or what fun they have acting the rude and tho polite parts. -nut tins time I want to tell you something of the poetry they write. Yes, real poetry. People often wrlto poetry of children and about them, hut It Is not often that children them selves write poetry except In prizo competitions. "But they do write It hero, and they nave lots of fun doing It. "This school Is n nubile school and the principal there likes everv ono of the three thousand children who como each day to the school 1 More than that, ho Is devoted to them, so he thinks of all the things he can to make mo school life more Interesting and entertaining and better. r-very year the children get out a book which they write themselves. print themselves, and make the front page illustration and the decorations themselves. They have a print shop in tno school, where not only do they print this book, but they do all tho school printing as well. "These books, however, aro a collec tion of the best poems written by tho children during tho year. "There Is n great competition, for there are three thousand children ns I said before In tho school." "What does competition mean, Dad dy?" Nancy npked. "I'm not sure myself," said Nick. "It means," Daddy nnswered, "when there are a lot of people working or striving to get on and each competes or tries to get ahead of the other. Just as if you and your friends might work for a prize 1 You would all be com peting for the prize or all would he In the competition. "So when there arc many children who can all try to write poetry for theliook and when, of course, only tho best will be used for the school hook it makes every one try so hard to do the best possible. "They write poetry of all sorts of things, of things they see, of visits they make, of amusing things, of pret ty things, of jolly things. "Some of them write fairy poetry, and little ploys and acts and such things In poetry, and then at times they act llieso out and dress up in the different parts. "Quito often they act out the noems ut school entertainments and you can see how that would be. "For Just suppose you wrote a poem about a dream, or about a game, or "They Write Poetry." about dressing up, or about trips to a zoo or n farm, what fnn it would be to act It out "The creatures one wrote about could be acted out, and the parts all taken. "It Is so line, too, to think that they get up the whole thing themselves. The children hand In their poems nnd the best ones aro chosen by the prin cipal for tho book and the entertain ments, as 1 said before. "Then after these are chosen the hoys In the print shop set up the poems themselves, so that everything Is their own work. "They write in poetry what they think of different things and they write verses to help along all sorts of good work, such as when they're get ting up posters they write verses to go with tho drawings. "For those who don't care to write little verses there Is a competition to draw the best picture which will he chosen for the front of the book. And in thinking of what they will-draw and In trying a number of things they will tell you what fun they've had, for they never know until they stopped to look, really how beautiful a tree or a sunset or a park could be. "And," said Daddy, "after reading the poetry they write It makes older people quite ashamed to think how bright children nrel" Nick and Nancy laughed. "We'll write some verses, Daddy, i ml you will see thnt we are brighter than you; I'm Bure of thut," ended Nancy. Lucid. Little Roy hud returned from a week's visit to his mint, nnd wns try ing to describe the folding bed he had been sleeping in, "It lays down at night, mamma, and stnuds on Its hind Itfjpj In the daytime." DAY OF FORTY-EIGHT HOURS Fact About Measurement of Time With Which Some May Not Be Thoroughly Familiar. Dr. Willis H. Johnson, In his work on "Mathematical Geography," shows that "portions of three days may ex ist at the same time between 11 :M o'clock n. ni. and 12:80 o'clock p. m., London time. When It Is Monilnv noon at London Tuesday has begun at Capo I'csimor, nut Monday morning has not yet dawnod nt Attn Island. Nenrlv half an hour of Sunday still remnlns mere." wnnt is known as the "In ternatloiint Date Lino" divides the days from ono another this being sit noted on tho one hundred and eight I eth meridian. Tlds runs duo north iiiui souin, nut there arc two slight changes which havo leen made In It, for the sake of convenience. While a day at any particular place us m nours long, each day lasts on earth at least -18 hours. Anv clvon day, sny Christmas, Is first counted, as mat day just west of tho dato line. Tho people Just'west of the dato line, who first balled Christmas have en Joyed 12 hours of it when It reaches England: 18 hours nf it wimn t reaches central United Stntcs, and 21 hours of It, or a wholo day, when It begins In western Alusltn. Inst mutt of the dnte line. Christmn's, then, has existed 21 hours on tho globe, but having Just begun In western Alnskn. It will tarry 24 hours longer nmong mankind. Owing, however, to the tr. regularity of tho date line, dnys last more than -10 hours ; In fact, 40 hours, i-' minutes. TO AROUSE HEAVY SLEEPER Writer Recommends That It Be Done With an Odor, Preferably Not Too Powerful. "What Is tho best method of waking a soundly sleeping person?" Is a ques tlon quite n few millions of persons would like to have answered, there be ing few who have not or do not con tlnue to exhaust every scheme and method known to them to rouse some henvy-headed members of their fnm Hies In time to eat hrenkfast and get to tho ofllco or school on time. "With an odor, undoubtedly," n well-known physlclnn replied to tho question. "The sense of smell Is tho most easily aroused of any of the live. We have trained ourselves to disregard noises or else wo would get no sleep at nil In a city. In the country the some sounds which we utterly disre gard In town would awaken us In stantly," suys tho Knnsas City Star. "To shake a person Is more or less suc cessful, as a rule, but often It serves to only half rouse tho sleeper, nnd he turns over nnd goes to sleep again, or, If he does wake, ho Is apt to bo in a bad humor. Any really unusual noise Is effective, but one can't think of a new nolse-mnktng method every morn ing. "When nn odor Is used, however, the sleeper wakes at once Is wide awake. Almost nny odor will answer, If not too faint. Perfume of nny kind Is espe cially good. Ammonia, camphor In fact anything with a decided odor, will do, hut It should not ho too powerful, or tho awakening will bo violent." Sense of Taste. The sensation of taste, whllo of common and constant experience, is highly complicated In Its nature. What Is commonly cnlled taste Is not a simple sensation nt all, but rath er a complex. In addition to tho net ual functioning of tho apparatus prop erly pertaining to the sense of taste, the tonguo receives Impressions of va rious other sorts, all of which go to make up this complex. As finally re corded In tho consciousness, the tnsto of any substance has to do with Its heat or coolness, perhaps with a mild amount of pain, certainly with nstrln gency or acidity which are In them selves further complexes of thermic and tactile sensations nnd nbovo all with smell. The reader will prohnbly agree that Ico creom nnd coffeo are en tirely different from their true Selves when served at Inopportune tempera tures ; and It Is a mntter of record that a person of tho keenest taste may make tho most ludicrous errors If asked, blindfolded nnd with his nose stopped, to Identify substunces placed In his mputh. Where the Steak Went. One rainy day I walked Into a cafe terlo, selected my dinner, and Just as I stood at tho checker's desk tho party In front of mo took a step back, knock ing tho tray from my hands nnd spill ing tho entlro contents on tho floor. I thought us I looked at the unfortu nnte mess thnt I failed to seo tho steak which had been on tho tray, but sup posed that It had fallen under n chnlr out of sight. A waitress stepped up to mo and told mo to select my dinner over again, which I did, with every one In the place watching mo, I bolt ed the food as quickly as I could nnd went out Into the rain once more, when upon opening my umbrelln the piece of steak which I had failed to seo In the restaurant fell from It Chicago Tribune. She Didn't Change. Wo hod learned the family name of our new neighbors und so wcro somo what surprised when their small daughter, whllo ploying with our chil dren, announced thnt her surname dif fered from the rest of the family. "Why, that Isn't your mumo's name, Is It," I usked? "Oh, no, but she got married again, nnd you see I stayed Just like I always wos." Chicago Tribune. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION PLACES SMALL BREEDER ON SAME BASIS HELD BY LARGER Tho Kind of Dairy Cowo That (ITcparcd by tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Time was nnd not so long ago when tho small former could not nf- ford to breed purebred nnlmnls. Tho tlmo has como Just now, per hapswhen tho small farmer con hnrd ly nlTord not to breed purebred nnl innls, nnd nt least ho shouM uso pure bred sires. That is particularly truo If his line of live stock Is cows nnd, more partic ularly, If they nro dairy cows, accord lnft to men In tho United Stntes de partment of agriculture who havo glV' en their lives to tho study of dairy farming. What has brought about tho change? Principally, community organization. Tho smnll farmer who has to operato nlone and wjnlded ns practically all of them did ten years ago has n rocky road If ho aspires to pure-bred stock. Now tho wholo situation Is changed, or Is rapidly changing. Tho small farmer does not stand alone, and ho has nil klndB of aids. There, to start with, is tho county agent, ready to bring the accumulation of expert knowledge to bear on tho problems of tho smnll farmer. Thero Is tho county farm bureau, perhaps. Thero Is tho cow-testing association. Thero Is tho co-oporntlvo bull association. Thoro nro enough things, if they nro used, to pull the community together and make It possible for tho smaller scale breed or to enjoy many of tho advantages formerly obtained only by tho largest scalo breeder. A Land of Pure-Breds. "Why not," Inquire tho dairy experts of tho department of agriculture, "make tho United Stntcs n pure-bred country, put It In tho mind of tho world ns a pure-bred country?" Peo ple do not think of It that way now. Try It out with yourself. You think of tho Island of Jersey, say, ns simply a breeding ground for pure Jersey cows, of Scotland ns tho top notch in Aberdeen-Angus cattle, of Clydesdalo horses, even of Colli c dogs. Your plc- turo of Englnnd Is likely to bo ono of pure-bred Herefords or Shorthorns. And you havo a sort of feeling of rev erence townrd them. Do you think of America, from a live-stock standpoint, In thnt way? Of course not. You think of It as n meat producing country, n'rnugo country, a grndc-cottlo country. Both estimates ajo, In n innnner, cor rect. But, to the Individual fanner on tho Island of Jersey or In tho white fnco country of Englnnd or tho blnck cattlo country of Scotlnnd, tho matter of having his animals puro bred Is n matter of doing what everybody elso Is doing. It Is easier or, to say tho least, Just as easy to do it as not to do It. Until Just now thnt condition never existed In tho United States; It does exist now. Communities hnve organ ized and nro organizing still more closely. Breeding associations nro be ing formed with secretaries who can glvo help In keeping tho records of nil nnlmnls straight ono of tho things with which tho smnll farmer operat ing nlono hns greatest dlfllculty. When a community organizes and starts rais ing pure-bred stock of any kind It brings n market for that kind of stock to tho door of every fanner in tho com munity. The mnn who operating olono, could not havo sold n pure-bred onl mnl for a dollar more than ho could havo got for a good grado nnlmal can got tho worth of every nnlmul ho raises under tho community Bystcm. Opportunity Is Here. America has tho opportunity Just now to develop us n great breeding In stitution. South America wants pure bred "stuff." As an Indication of how active tho want Is, Argentina recently appropriated $100,000 to encourago tho Importation of puro-brcds.. If tho United Stntes gets nny considerable portion of tho business In South Amer ica, department experts say, it must bo becou80 American nnlmnls compete successfully on final test with anl-' mnls from anywhere elso In tho world. They see no trouble In doing that with dairy cattlo where production Is tho test. Tho thing to bo done Is to glvo tho South Americans what they want In dairy cattle. Thero Ib likely, also, to bo n pretty big market In Franco for American pure-bred dairy cows. Tho problem of supplying tho demand Is somowhnt'dlf- ferent from tho South American prob lem. Franco wants n genernl-purposo cow, whllo tho United States Is tho homo of tho specialized cow. Tho thing that Is to bo dono In thnt cuso Is to give Franco tho specialized dairy a Small Farmer Can Bo Proud Of. cow that most nearly moots tho re quirements, with the hopo thnt when her production records show up they will bo so good that other Frenchmen will wnnt other cows llko her. Big Pure-Bred Market at Home. But after all, tho big market for pure-bred animals Is nt home. Tho some facts that npply to foreign mar kets ought to apply to beginners In this country. Toko tho man who boa been operating n dulry farm with grndo cows. Let him havo n pure-bred that not only looks bettor than nny cow ho over owned beforo but nlso pro duces hotter, nnd ho Is pretty certain to start substituting puro-breds for his grades. If he gets a poor producer, of course, he Is likely to mnko up his mind thnt "tho pure-bred business Is mostly bunk." Community organiza tion tends to seo to It thnt the begin ner gets a good producer, which, In turn, tends to mnko him n Btcndy cus tomer for pure-bred cows until ho has placed his herd on n pure-bred basis. Now that ho enn nfford to do It, tho smnll farmer should glvo himself tho plcnsurc and tho actual benefit of. having dairy nnlmnls thnt ho can bo enthusiastic over. "You never saw a man," says ono of tho government's dairy experts, "Just boiling over with enthusiasm about grado cows. Tho grade-cow man may think nbout getting up enrly In the morning to work with his cows, but tho pure-bred mnn Is perfectly will ing to stay up all night with them." In nil of this discussion tho good puro brcd is understood, and not n scrub pure-bred, for thero nro some of that kind. TYPES OF BABY-BEEF COWS Three Vory Important Factors Should Bo Kept In Mind In' Making . Proper Selection. (Propared by tho United Sfatos Depart ment of ARTlculturo.) In selecting cows from which baby beef Is to bo produced, three vory Im portant factors should bo kept In mind : 1. Tho cows should havo nt least a fair amount of beef blood. Purebreds nro not uecessnry, but two or threo crosses of such breeding Is essential. Cows with a preponderance of dairy blood will not do for tho production of baby beef. 2. Cows best suited for this typo of breeding usually weigh 1)00 pounds or over In thrifty breeding condition. So long ns eorly maturity Is not sacri ficed, the heavier cows aro tho most suitnblo for baby-beef production. Slzo of frnmo rather thun weight should govorn In selecting cows which aro to be used for this purpose. 3. The cows used to produce bab.y beeves should produce enough milk to keep the cnlves fat and growing with out much additional feed up to wean ing tlmo. In addition to these three factors. such things ns constitution, uniformity of breeding, color, slzo, nnd early ma turity should bo considered SMALL FRUITS IN ORCHARDS Currants and Gooseberries May Well Be Planted Amcno Trees and Left There Permanently. (Prepared by tho Unltnd States Depart ment of AKi'lculture.) In gardens where tho available land Is limited In extent, currants nnd gooseberries may well bo planted nmong tho tree fruits and left thero permanently. Tho shade of tho trees protects tho fruits from sun scald, nnd tho follago is usually healthier In such localities than when grown whero it is freely exposed to tho sun. Live? Stock NOTE'S Tho breeding sows should be select ed carefully. A steady, even-tempered feeder makes tamo cattle. A good owe Is an nssot to tho farm; n poor owo Is likely to bo a liability. Grass Is nature's feed for cnttlo and horses with u moderate ration ot grain. A wator heater will cost much losa than tho loss of llosh occasioned by cattlo drinking Ico water.
