THE NORTH PLATTE SEMKSVEETvLY TRIBUNE.
GRACEFUL FROCKS BEAR
THE BRUNT OF SERVICE
Telling the Story of His Life
DADDYJ EVENING
FAmTALEI
MARY
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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.
