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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1919)
THE NORTH PLATTE SEMKSVEETvLY TRIBUNE. GRACEFUL FROCKS BEAR THE BRUNT OF SERVICE Telling the Story of His Life DADDYJ EVENING FAmTALEI MARY r-. 1 'AUTHOR. & rft J C AMBITIONS. "Do you know whnt ambition Some women manage to look attrnc tlve, no matter wlint their occupation, or what the hour of the day. One might think tlmt the more women de voto themselves to business the less Interest they would dcvlop In nttrnc tlvc clothes but facts disclose quite the contrary to this stnte of things. As they become more active In affairs and as their earnings Increase, they buy better and better apparel. And It Is not good materials alone that at tract them, but good designing and good workmanship. Possibly there will be ftttle room or call for the freakish In our American clothes within the next few years. Already American tailoring Is considered su perior and has made a demand for It self In other countries thnn our own. For business, for school or street wenr consider the two tailored frocks shown above. They nre simple, well finished, enviably graceful and nre mnde of the same reliable materials that are used for suits. Many n suit, In these days of high cost of woolens, finds Itself converted Into a ono-pleco dress to go on Its way with its rejoic NOVELTIES Probably Santa Clans jmcic con tained a greater number of 'pairs of silk hose this year than ever, nnd few er cotton and woolen pnirs. But the shopper who went forth cheerfully to buy tho usual number of silk stock ings, either hnd to Increase her al lowance of money or cut the number of pairs by almost half. It Is not like ly that the lncrensed price had much to do with sales, for price appears to be a secondary consideration with an Increasing number of people nnd mnny novelties In silk hoso Indicate thnt there Is n demand for them. Conservative women In splto of the beauty of mnny of the novelty hose, Mn ml Mnnchly by the plnln blnck Mlk hose of good quality nnd consider It the Inst word In elegnnce, but tho holidays brought out very tempting variations In hosiery. In silk there1 were pairs with tine lnco or silk net set In at the front, tho net em broidered with disks, and bows In gold or silver tinsel. Bends contributed to the brilliance of others, Including bends of blnck Jet put on In butterfly imil sun-burst designs. . Little round gold bends, made small, scattered rings on plain stockings nnd rhino stones Instead of Jet or gold formed rings n:iund centers of Jet on stnrt lingl.v brilliant pairs. Smnll whlto Dowers embroidered In silk on plnln black slocktngs found n greater num ber of admirers than any others, ex topt those that were all black. In the light-colored hose silk em broidery In self color appears tho fa ing wearer. One might salvage from the tailored suit of two years age enough material for the plain dress? at the left. It is plain and has a waistline, very loosely adjusted, of It? own. although a narrow girdle of the material mnkes n pretense of holding It In plnce. Its special pride and slorj Is to bo found in the embroidered Van Dyke points above the hem. The wise designer did not elaborate It any fur ther oxcont to nllow the waist a double row of small, covered buttons at the front. This dress Is a trifle shorter than the average a privilege allowed to younger girls. The suit at the right Is mnde on the same lines,' but Is very cleverly ninn nged for a slender figure. The group of horizontal tucks about the bust and iilps help to make a too thin wearer lust beautifully slender. The bodice fastens on the shoulder and under arm and a lontt. nnrrow sash Is pret tllv finished nnd weighted with beada Bone buttons cnll attention to the lines of the skirt which slant In to ward the hem. IN HOSIERY vorite embellishment. On a light pink pair n heart is outlined in embroidery silk above the Instep, nnd Is set In the midst of mnny smnll dots embroid ered about It. Flno feather stitching Is used for till? outlining. Stltchery mnde an effective decoration In drawn work ou some pairs nnd suggested that stockings having "runs" might be put Into commission for wearing by converting the run Into n wido hem stitching. Drop-stitch hose In all colors and In white und blnck proves to be a great favorite, It Is becoming to tho feet and Is shown In great, quantities. Be sides these luxurious stockings there are many warm woolen hose for sports wear. A favorite for holiday giving appeared knitted without n heel nnd huvlng n thin leather hnlf-solo at the toe, which wns finished with a big ynrn pompon. Just what par ticular sport they are mnde for Is not evident, but for protecting the shoes when their wearer drive a car. they will prove perfect. Good soft cotton or woolen hoso re main a sensible choice for daily wear In winter time. They will help to keep down tho high cost of living, which tho increnslng demand for ex pensive silk hoso Indlcntes Is of tho cost of high living. means?" asked Daddy. "I think it means to want to get on," snld Nick. "Isn't there a word called ambitious? And when a person Is spoken of who Is ambitious It means Hint person wants to get on nnd Im prove and all." "Right," said Daddy. "That's fine. That snves mo all the trouBlo of ex plaining, too." "And snves mo nil the trouble of trying to pretend I know when I don't," laughed Nancy. "Of course you didn't give yourself away then, did you?" laughed Nick. "But no mntter. What about am bition, Daddy?" "I've a story to tell you this eve ning of an ndventure Blllle Brownlo hnd with a little boy who was am bitious. Or rather he thought he was ambitious. And then another time I want to tell you n story of n little girl who thought she was ambitious nnd had line Ideas, and of whnt Blllle Brownie said to her. "Ho had a lot of explaining to do, I can tell you. Neither the boy nor tho girl really knew what ambitions meant. Not really. And of course ambitions menu more than one am bition nnd Nick has beautifully ex plained what that means. I'll tell about tho girl another evening." "Oh," sighed Nancy. "But that's fair enough," she added, "to take turns." "It was Hearing the New Year," Daddy snld, "and Blllle Brownlo was going around calling one evening. He hnd decided that he would call on tho evenings before New Year's rather thnn wnlt for New Year's Day. Be sides ho had another reason for not wanting to call on New Year's Day, And that was a most excellent reason. He was going to give a party. "He hardly wanted to be out calling the dny of his own pnrty, you see ! "So. lie wns calling on this evening before New Year's and he snld ho didn't mind In the least If the people "I Have Great Ambitions." ho called upon wore usleep or not. Ho could hnvo Just ns nice a call If the Dreamland King would help him "And the Drenmlnnd King promised to help hltn. So he called on the lit tie boy first of whom I am going to tell you. " 'How nre you this fine evening?' Blllle Brownie asked tho little boy, whoso name, by the way, wns Jasper. " 'I am thinking of whnt I am going to do when I am big,' said Jasper. 'I huve great ambitions.' "'Gracious,' said Blllle Brownie, 'that does sound noble.' "'Would you like to hear them?' asked Jasper. " 'Enormously,' said Blllle Brownie, "'Well,' said Jasper, 'when I grow up I want to be very famous. I want to be praised more tnnn nnytning. Oh, Blllle Brownie, I want to write great stories nnd books nnd hnve ev eryone say thnt I'm greater than Shakespeare. I want to write greut plays and have nudlcnccs rise to their feet nnd cheer nnd cheer. I want to play In concerts nnd hnve signs go up which sny thnt nil the seats are sold nnd that there is only standing room. '"I want to bo so popular that I'll never have to pay for anything, but others will alwnys be honored to treat me. I want some day to make n great speech nnd hnve the policemen cnlled out to keep back the crowds who would hear me. I would like to be n great singer nnd have crowds stand In tho rain waiting In line to get tickets. And I'd like to be n tight rope wnlker In n circus nnd have peo ple admire me. " 'I'd like to hnve long hnlr and hnve folks think me clever without having to sny n word. I'd like to own n big automobile and I'd like to act In a show where till I'd have to do would be to smile and folks would think me grand.' "'Well, well,' said Blllle Brownlo. 'Anything else? " 'Yes,' said Jasper, 'I'd like to make a great deal of money and hnvo a tine Job nnd not hnve to work at all. "'In fact,' said Blllle Brownie, 'you'd llko to bo famous and rich nnd nu mired without doing a thing yourself l Well, well, Jasper, your Ideas are all mixed up. You haven't nmbltlons. You're Just greedy, I fenr. And If I wero you, I'd think nwhlle nnd make a New Years resolution that I'd bo good nnd kind nnd work hard nnd mako myself worth while rather than rich. And when you've tried what fun It Is to work hard and piny hard nnd be kind, you'll find how happy you are. And happiness Is greater than fame. Blllle Brownie knows J" Is There a Santa Clous ? Classic Answer of m New York Journalist Affirming a Little Girl's Belief NB of the finest things over written about Christmas was tho editorial printed 20 years ago by tho New York Sun In answer to the earnest appeal of a little Now York girl to bo told whether Snntn Clans really exists. Its author, Frank P. Church, was nn accomplished Journalist nnd wrote much on many subjects, but his fame will rest chiefly on this beautiful setting forth of nn etcrnnl truth. With Dr. Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit From St. Nicholas," It is one of the great classics of tho Christmas season. The answer to tho eternal question as printed in the Sun follows : "We take plensure in answering nt onco, and thus prominently, the com munication below, expressing nt the samo time our great gratification that Its faithful author Is numbered nmong the friends of the Sun : " 'Dear Editor I am elcht years old. Bomo of my little friends say thero Is no Banta Claus. Papa says: If you see It In the Sun It's so. Pleaso tell me the truth: Is there a Santa Claus? " 'VIRGINIA O'HANLON, " '115 West Nlnety-flrst Street.' "Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of n skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think thnt nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, nre little. In this great universe of ours man Is n mere insect, nn nnt, In his Intellect, ns com pared with the boundless world nbout him, ns measured by tho Intelligence cnpnble of grasping the whole truth and knowledge. "Yes, Vlrglnln, thero Is a Snntn Clnus. He exists as certnlnly ns lovo and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they nbound and give to your life Its highest beauty nnd Joy, Alas I How dreary would be tho world If thero were no Santa Clnus ! It would bo as dreary as if thero wero no Vlr glnlns. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romnnce, to mako tolerablo this existence. We should have no enjoyment except In sense nnd sight. Tho eternal light with which childhood fills the world would bo extinguished. "Not believe in Santa Claus 1 You might as well not believe In fairies You might get your pnpn lo hire men to watch In nil the chimneys on Christ mas eve to catch Santa Claus, but oven If they did not see Santa Claus com ing down, what would that prove? No body sees Snntn Claus, but that Is no sign that there Is no Snntn Claus. Tho most real things In tho world nro those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fulrles dancing on the lawn? Of course not; but thnt's no proof that they nro not there. Nobody enn conceive or Imagine nil tho won ders thut ore unseen and unseeable In the world. "You may tear apnrt tho baby's rat tle und sec whnt makes tho noise In side, but thero Is u veil covering the unseen world which not tho strongest man, nor even tho united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tour apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romnnce, enn push nsldo that curtain nnd view nnd picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is It all real? Ah, Vlrglnln, In nil this world there Is nothing else real and abiding. "No Snntu Claus I Thank God, he lives nnd ho lives forever. A thousand yeurs from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will con tinue to mako glad tho heart of childhood." Christ Is Bom. by Louise F. Elmcndorg The world, late racked with pain through bloody years, Has climbed its weary long-pathed Calvary, Where millions died, as Christ, that they might free Others from wrong, and black op- ' pression's tears. """" Once more now through the world comes to our cars 'The song of all the ages, "Christ is born" Mute tongued to notes of joy have been the bells, And only childhood and old age dared try 'To sing, so near the threatening' battle sky, 1 The song that told, though dulled' by shrieking shells Whose bursting turned a thousand' homes to hblls, The wonder of the ages, "Christ is born." Our faith in Cod has brought to u& the goal; War-weary lands have peace on earth again; And in the scarred and firth purged hearts of men, Made sweet and strong by suffering of the soul, Through travail of a world once more made whole, Anew in human hearts the Christ is born. Dear Qod, the Christmas songs are fraught with prayer That Thou wilt be with those whose tears still pay That we may have the glory of this day; That men may live their ihanksj. that lives may bear Eternal witness for Thee,, every where Proclaiming that in us the Christ is born. Changed His Mind. Doris I thought you mid George were going skntlng? Mnrjorle So we were, but when he saw I had my hct trimmed with mis tletoe ho unked uie to- go for a wiUc.