THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TItTBTTNE.
PASADENA HAS ITS ANNUAL ROSE FESTIVAL
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TIio annual rose festival Is one of the great features of tilt winter senson in Pasadena, Cul.
hows one of the prettiest Heats In HiIh year's parade.
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PICTURESQUE FISHERWOMEN OF BELGIUM
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GERMANS ARE DEMOLISHING THEIR GREAT FORTRESSES
In accordance with the armistice terms, the Germans have been demolishing their strong fortresses. Workmeu
urc here seen leveling the ramparts and turrets of Fort Kuestrln, a fortress of the llrst class In Prussia.
WASHING AND AIRING THE SHIP'S FURNITURE AT SEA
An unusual photograph showing Belglnn flshcrwoinen casting their nets. When the menfolk went to war, tho
women courageously stepped Into their places, and aro still plying their trades as part of tho great reconstruction of
this little nation.
GODFATHER TO SEVEN BABIES
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Col. Thomas Tompllns recently acted ns godfather at tho christening of
neven children of olllcers of tho Seventh cavalry (Custer's regiment) at Fort
Bliss, Texas. Tho babies were all named for Colonel Tompllns, who Is hero
een with n few of them.
WINTER TRANSPORTATION IN PETROGRAD
MARIE HELPS HER PEOPLE
Queen Marie of Itoumuuia Is hero
seen distributing American soap nt a
lied Cross distribution In ono of tho
country villages of Itoumanla. Tho
naked hoy was dressed In such for
lorn, filthy rags that his mother made
him remove them, and ho appeared
before his queen unclothed. However,
the good Mario, Instead of censuring,
saw that tho hoy received n complete-
new set of clothes from tho lied Cross
WORM DELIGHTS IN COMFORT
Persons who complain of cold street cars In American cities are urged to
study this photograph of urban transportation In Petrograd In winter time.
: CONDENSATIONS
Archeologlsts contend that drawings
or human beings and animals In ancient
oaves In France prove that man was
r ght-handed as long ago ah In the
tone age.
The British government has estab
lished n research station to determine
the fuel value of cool and Its prod,
nets and especially to ascertain the
extent It) which low-grade coal and
colliery wnMe cun bu utilized,
A young woman of Edinburgh,
whose hatpin Injured a man's eyo und
caused him to lose the sight of It,
offered as compensation to marry him
Tho offer was accepted.
Charles F. Wlldasenn of Bishop,
Cul., made the trip across tho west
ern plains 18 times before the rail
road days. Now that there are rail
roads, he has Just made tho trip again.
at the age of seventy-eight. In a mo
tor car which he purchased In Chi
cage.
Expends Much Time In the Prepara-
tlon and Furnishing of Its
Humble Home.
Worms' boles are often dug threi
or four feet deep. and. In cold coun
tries, as far as seven or olnht feet
under tho surface, iiolnir straight dim-
or In a slightly oblique direction. At
the bottom there Is a smnl . round
compartment with perhaps a few
small stones or pebbles In It. for th
worms do not like to Ho closo against
cold earth.
Dining hot. dry. summer weather.
or In tho cold of winter, the worms
remain In the bottom of their holes
curled up singly or In balls of three
or four.
The whole length of this narrow
hole has a lining of dark mold. Near
the top. for a few Inches, tho lining
Is made of leaves tlattened and pasted
all round against the earth. In that
softly lined part tho worm likes to lie
all day In damp or cold weather with
his head Just concealed beneath the
level of tho ground or poking up from
tho surface.
This photograph, taken on tho U. S. S. Florida while at winter practice with the Atlantic lleet, shows the mesa
room furniture being washed and aired, an Irksome but frequent duty.
ADMIRAL AND HIS MASCOT
FAMOUS FRENCH MEDIUM AT WORK
Admiral Hugh Hodman, commander
of tho Pudilc lleet, with; Mick, his red
Irish setter, on tho quarterdeck of tho
llagshlp Now Mexico. Mick is devoted
to the admiral and la always close at
Ids heels.
WELL TO AVOID SILHOUETTE
A photograph of Mine. V. Fraya, noted French medium, giving a "reading"
to a client In her studio in Paris. Madame Frnya is held in great esteem by
the people who know her, and It Is salty her predictions of political, national
and other events are startllngly accurate.
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Perfectly Satisfied.
"My friend, you have no ear for mu
sic. I don't think I can teach you to
play tho violin, so I hesitate to take
any more of your money."
"It's all light, professor," urged tho
other. "I only want to do a small
tune while standing on my head. It's
for an net In vaudeville." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Few People Look Their Best When
the Face Is Seen From
That Angle.
How different people are In their as
pect when taken from various nnglcs
of approach! It Is depressing to somo
men to behold themselves In n glass
nt n tailor's when being lltted with a
new suit. Could they see themselves 1
..i-nvs full lii the fnee thev mlcht
pass (though with n low percentage) j
their own examination, nut they can
not bo pleased with this physiognomy
thnt the mirrors at sharp angles about
them relleot In prollle. It is n sorry
silhouette, Indeed. The chin that front
wise seemed fairly resolute Is now
seen to ho weak and retreating; the
countonance wears marks of greed,
envy, suspicion and all manner of
equalities that tho full face, with both
eyes and the mouth, was ablo to gaze
down or to smile away.
It Is not possible to mnke a sweep-.
Ing generalization and to say that a
man seen sideways Is taken at a dis
advantage. Somo men are fortunate In
such n silhouette, and are not less
Impressively picturesque than they aro
when frontally surveyed. Hut people,
like all other phenomena of human ex-1
perlencc. often nppear mean or notue
not so much of their own motion as of
tho peculiar light In which we see
them or tho modo of our own approach
to them. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Ben Jonson.
In Ben Jonson you have an Intenso
and burning nrt. Some of his plots,
that of the Alchemist, for eynmple,
aro perfect. Ben JonRon nnd neaumont
and Fletcher would, If united, have
mado a great dramatist Indeed, and
yet not havo como near Shakespeare;
but no doubt Men Jonson was the
greatest man after Shnkespenrqln that
age of dramatic genius. Coleridge.
KENTUCKY FOR VOjTES FOR WOMEN
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F.dwln P. Morrow of Kentucky signing .'the Joint resolution of the Ken
tucky house and senate In ratltlcatlon of the (Constitutional amendment giving
women the right to vote. This ratltlcatlon marked the end of the thirty-year
light for that light In the Blue Grass state, i
GATHERED FACTS
The city of Sheuiold contributed 70
per cent of the war material furnished
by private firms In Great Britain dur
ing the tvnr, according to a pamphlet
issued by the city council.
Some Vienna theaters do without
ushers by mounting electric lights In
such positions that they Illuminate
tho numbers on seats as long.jOs they
are unoccupied.
Wlic!" a man In Denmark Is found
so drujik as to require medical atten
tion, tltfe doctor's hill must he paid by
the proViiJtor of the tavern where tho
Inebrlntje obtained his last drink.
, France Is declared to he the largest
Importejr of wooden soles from Swlt2
j eriaiuL It Is said that at Paris fash
lonabljo footwear Is provided with
(wood 'soles, but that small pieces of
I leather aro used as covering to parts
, to br'iik the sound made In walking