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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1920)
THE XORTII PLATTE SEMI.WKKKIjY TRIBUNE SEDATE ALL-DAY FROCKS NEW RECORD IN MEAT INSPECTION YOUNG MEN AND GOVERNMENT JOBS ONE-PIECE drosses serving the same purposes Hint suit-skirts and Mouses do ure better described by tbelr newer nnine, nll-duy dresses. It tells their story of ;rood service, morning or afternoon. They have been innde in n few very good styles, of the same serviceable materials that are used for suits, aim they hnve come to stay. The nil-day dress nnd the separate skirt and blouse mnke n welcome variety In the apparel of active women and especially of busi ness women. Worn under heavy coats in midwinter they are warmer than suits, and worn without a wrap when the weather Is mild they are less burdensome. Hut leaving out these practical considerations altogether, they hold a secure place in our regard' because they are dependable and of fer variety In the dress of busy women. Nearly all these one-piece frocks are simple in design and many of them have been converted into frocks after doing service as suits. It Is an ad vantage to have them simple because one does not grow tired of simple things. We mny become unconscious of them, but they will not get on our nerves as fussier things do If wo wear them often. As an example of sim plicity the all-day dress shown above challenges comparisons. Except for a EVERY scrap of linen Is precious these days and cotton cloth is bet ter worth saving than for many years. Both are high priced and nothing in sight Just now Indicates that they will bo lower priced. Tablecloths and sheets wear out much faster In the middle than about the edges and their usefulness can bo prolonged by making them over or converting them Into other articles. Take a large tablecloth, for Instance, that has thin spots where stains have been bleached or washed out. When It is not strong enough to make darn ing worth while It can he converted Into a smaller cloth and Into dollies and center pieces. For a square lunch doth and these parts are cut Into four squares and Iheso set together with a strong band of hand crochet or imi tation cluny lace. This makes a smaller doth In four sections crossed by I wo hands of lnce at right angles. The edge Is finished with n nnrrow hem and an edging of crochet or other lnce may bo added to this. Enough linen can be salvaged from a worn cloth to make the handy and attractive breakfast or luncheon sets that replace cloths so often. They are more easily laundered and stay clean longer than table cloths. A cir cular centerpiece nnd dollies In two sizes also circular are cut from the best parts of the cloth and hemmed in ii very narrow hem about the edges. After hemming the edges, a narrow cro.-hoted edge makes a pretty finish, eliher In whlto or colored mercerized cotton ; the narrow hem may be basted down and buttonhole-stitched In white and black (loss or machine-stitched with a narrow torchon edging basted over It so that the hem and lace are put on with one stitching of tho sew ing machine. Many housewives con vert the good pnrts of worn linen little braid couched on In the simplest of patterns and a few bone buttons set In n row at each side, it offers nothing to take our attention away from Its trim fit and businesslike air. A silk cord with tassel pretends to adjust the frock to the waist line, but that matter is taken care of in reality without Its help. It makes a very fine finishing touch, however. Silk braid has been cleverly used as a decoration for these smart all-day frocks, as It has for suits. In the dress above, long lines at the sides are accented by buttons, but in a new model short tabs of silk braid were used for this purpose. Sometimes both braid and buttons appear on a frock and they seem even better suited to It and to each other than embroid ery and buttons. Some models are embellished with embroidery in bands or squares, or triangles, In set designs that are In keeping with the character of the dresses, which Is sedate. But they make the right kind of back ground for crisp collars and cuffs If one chooses to furbish them up a bit. Silk Culture Old. Silk culture, according to Chinese authorities, was begun In 2G00 15. C by SI-Llng, wife of Emperor Iloang Tl. oivonvy driver cloths Into square table napkins, ma chine stitching nnrrow hems in them and use even the worn parts for cup towels or wash cloths. Wide sheets that have become worn nt tho middle nre cut In two pieces Then the outer edges are sewed to gether In n lint seam. This puts the unworn parts of the sheets at the mid dle. The raw edges are hemmec' down. If the sheet is considerably worn it is made much narrower to serve for a single bed nnd the worn portion cut away. Old sheets are relied upon to make new coverings for ironing boards, as the used ones become discolored. They serve, also, with old pillow cases, as pressing cloths when woolen clotltes need freshening up. The garments are pressed under dampened cloth which Is Ironed until dry, as every one knows, nnd the steam penetrating woolen fabrics freshens them up us nothing else will. Worn pillow cases are very useful for protecting blouses, waists and chil dren's dresses from dust when they are kept hanging In closets. I-'or light colored and dainty garments provide hangers of wire or wood. Cut n hole in the middle of the end of an old pillow case to slip the hook on the hanger through. After the waist or frock has been placed on the hanger put the pillow case over it. Tills is a great protection to light colors and to fabrics that gather dust, like velvet. It Is much better to have one or two poles extending across the closet and hang the clothes from them tliiin to flatten them against walls by hanging to the ordinary wall books. -gffSlillill "It would be n godsend to every young man who has accepted a position tmder the government with a view of remaining here and making government service a life vocation if he were forcibly separated from the government service and compelled to use his energy and talents In buttling with the out side world. "Any man who stands at the head of a bureau or department of the gov ernment who will kick a young man out of the government service and force him Into the active business life of this country, unless he is here for the purpose of acquiring an education, will confer upon the employee the greatest favor that he could possibly render him." c ROGER SULLIVAN Roger C. Sullivan of Chicago an nounced that he is about to retire as an active leader In local, state and national Democratic politics. Ills of ficial connection with Inside manage ment of party affairs Is to cease with the adjournment of the national con vention next June at San Francisco. With the Democratic candidate for 19:20 nominated, Mr. Sullivan pro poses to step aside for younger blood. He will be one of the delegates at largo from Illinois and the chairman of the delegation of fifty-eight from Illinois, and the delegation, under the unit rule, will vote Just as Mr. Sullivan desires when the showdown comes at Frisco. That having been accomplished, Mr. Sullivan becomes an observer of mntters political, always reserving, however, the right to a ringside seat at any major bout. In this connection It Is to be noted that Mr. Sullivan and former Mavor Carter II. Iliyrison entered the meeting of the Democratic national committee urm In arm. Mr. Sullivan and William Jennings Bryan have traveled together, ratified a peace treaty and settled all past differences. Terms have been signed up whereby there can be no Democratic primary light In Chicago or Illinois during 1020, and the Sullivan organization takes unquestioned control of party affairs for four years. NOSKE MUST KEEP BERLIN QUIET culated to restrain the Independent and Communist agitators. The government Is apparently supported by all factions except the ex treme radicals. The Social Democratic party has Issued an appeal asking whether the workers will penult national representation to be placed under terrorism, and telling them that the German nation cun be saved from com plete destruction only by work. WALLACE ANSWERS Hugh C. Wallace, ambassador to France, Is much In the public eye these days, Inasmuch as he now represents the United States In connection with the activities of the supreme council of the allies at Paris. For Instance. It was lie who Informed the council that the United States government has refused to accept any of the Indemnity to be paid by Germany for the de struction of the German fleet in Scapn Flow. Germany, In compensation for th. Scapn Flow sinkings, Is requested t deliver to tho allies certain Inland steamers, limiting docks and tugs, ami the council had awarded 2 per cent of this material to the United States. State department officials Iuim not explained the American govern ment's objection, but It was recalled Hint American pence representative" favored destruction of the German ships on the ground that their dlv.slou among tho other powers would make it enlarge Its naval building program. Meimtnr Smoot of Utah, In an ad dress In the senate on the Joint reso lution for the reclassification of sal aries, had this to sny, among other things: "In my opinion those employees were most unfortunate when they landed In positions In the departments of our government. They ought to have entered into affairs of everyday life and business to battle for posi tions with their fellow men ; but they came here and entered one of the de partments, thinking that the govern ment was at least a safe and sure pay master and would be as long as they remained. A man Is not In the gov ernment service for many years, how ever, before he becomes an absolute machine; lie loses confidence In him self; he Is fearful that If he loses his Job In Washington be can not make n living for himself or his family elsewhere. TO QUIT IN JUNE Rioting in Berlin and other cities of CJerniany directs attention to Gus tt'v Noske, German minister of de fense. Martial law, which had been done away with, was again declared and Noske was appointed commander In chief for the greater Berlin district and Brandenburg province. Noske Is generally regarded as a strong man for whom drastic measures anil bloodshed have no tenors. The first rioting, which resulted in the death of forty-two persons and the wounding of 10.", resulted from an attempt to start 11 general revolution. The uprising was to occur In all Ger many and was led by radical govern ment officials, It is officially declared. Developments Indicate that Presi dent Ebert mid Premier Bauer in vited the trouble by the raising of the utatc of siege which lind been hanging over Berlin since spring and In other wise moderating the regulations cal FOR UNCLE SAM necessary for this country m grcutiy Applying Marks of Inspection on Hog Carcasses One Phase of Meat In spection Work Carried on by the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture) Tho federal system of meat inspec tion, which Is conducted by tho bu reau of anlmnl Industry of tho United States department of agriculture, re corded Its biggest 12 months In the last fiscal year. Tho number of ani mals slaughtered under federal Inspec tion was 20.0 per cent greater than In the preceding fiscal year and 21.0 per cent greater than the average for lite lost 12 years. The total number of nnlmals In spected was 70.708.0J17. The ante-mortem Inspection resulted In the condemnation of 2,588 live ani mals on account of 18 different diseases nnd conditions. Diseases Revealed. Post-mortem examination revealed 10 different diseases and conditions, resulting in the condemnation of 212, 245 carcasses and 003,050 parts of car--asses. The seven ment Inspection labora tories which are a part of the serv ice made more than 00,000 analyses of products. Analyses revealed 800 vio EARLY HATCHED BIRD BRINGS BEST PRICE Other Farm Work Sidetracks Hatching Operations. Early Chicks Are Strongest and Most Vigorous In Flock Because They Are Produced From Eggs Laid While Hens Are Best. (Prepared by tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Chickens can be hntched at any time of the year, but it Is the chickens hutched early In the spring that give tho best results. One reason Is thnt If no special effort Is made to hutch enrly on the farms throughout the country tho hatching sensnn coincides too closely with the plnnting senson, and hatching operations are reduced on that nccount. Early hntched chicks, iib a rule, nre the strongest and most vigorous in the fiock because they are produced from eggs laid while the hens are In their best breeding condition. After 11 long period of laying the hens lose something of their vitality and their capacity to transmit vigor to their offspring, and so late-hatched chicks are on the whole decidedly Inferior to early hatched ones In vigor and con stitution. Bccnuso they are thrifty nnd vigorous the early chicks make quicker and better growth than the late ones. Thrifty chicks get more from a given quantity of food than others. Weak and undersized birds often consume as much feed as the larger and better developed ones, but make no percepti ble growth. Tho early chicks develop to a stage where they can wllhstnnd extreme heat and an attack by the parasites which are more numerous and trouble some in hot weather. The severe heal is apt to check the growth of the latu chicks and In their weakened condi tion they easily become a prey to lice and mites. When tho cold, wet weather comes In the fall they are peculiarly susceptible to It and likely to develop colds, while (he vigorous early chicks find the coolness stimulating. When eggs do not batch well early In the season there Is time to find tho reason for the poor hatching and to cure It before the season Is too far advanced. When Into hatching Is not successful the crop of poultry Is cut short and egg production falls. Early hatched cockerels nre ready for the market when prices are high est. Early hatched pullets mature bo fore cold weather and lay when prices of eggs nre highest. Lute-hutched chickens nre not muture before cold weather sets In and often will not lay until spring. Feeding Value of Rye. Rye Is not as good a feed for hogs or poultry us corn or barley, while tho value of rye hay all depends upon the time the rye was cut and the nmount of grain In the liny. lations of rules prescribed by bureau. Employees In the meat inspection service number about 2,500, Including; veterinary Inspectors, experts In sani tation, laboratory Inspectors, lay In spectors, clerks, and -others. The number of establishments at which Inspection wns conducted last year was S03, located In 2011 cities and towns. There were certified for export 3, 102,070,705 pounds of meat nnd meat products. Meat Imported. The total amount of ment offered for Importation was 170,011,142; pounds, of, which, upon Inspection, 812,100 pounds were condemned or re fused entry. The Inspection of meat for the mili tary and other departments of the gov ernment amounted to 288,248,530 pounds, of which nearly 10,000,000 pounds were rejected. In connection with nctunl inspection of incuts and products, numerous In vestigations were conducted to develop and Improve tests of various kinds and to perfect tho system generally. YOUNG HENS ARE PREFERRED It Soldom Pays to Keep Fowls for Laying After They Are Two and Half Years Old. There nro peoplo who hnve tried tho rlght variety of fowls, who house and' feed them properly, and yet who can not obtain eggs enrly In the winter' because their fowls are too old. It sel dom pays to keep hens for laying after they are 2Vi years old; not thnt they will not give n profit, but thnt younger fowls will give a greater profit, ac cording to tho United States depart ment of agriculture. A great ninny poultrymen who mnke a specialty of winter egg production keep nothing: but pullets, disposing of tho l-yeur-olcl hens before It Is time to put them in the winter quarters. The champion of the girls' poultry clubs of Mississippi keeps nothing but pullets. 1 Enrly hatcjied pullets, If properly grown, ought to begin laying in Octo ber or early November and continue to lay through the winter. Yearling bens seldom begin laying much before January 1 and older hens not until later. It Is the November and Decem ber eggs that bring the high prices. The laying breeds should begin laying when about from 5 to 0 months old, general-purpose breeds nt 0 to 7 months, nnd the meat breeds nt 8 or 0 mouths. PREPARING SOIL FOR GARDEN Almost Any Kind Can Be U6ed if Proper Handling Is Begun Early Enough In Spring. Almost any kind of soli, unless it !' composed of bricks, mortar, stone, rub bish, etc., can he used for city garden ing if proper handling Is begun enrly enough, snys the United Stntes depurt mcnt of agriculture. Heavy clny soils mny be Improved greatly by adding lnrge qunntltles of strawy mnnuro In the fall or by turning tinder green manure crops. It Is usunlly practicable to cover the clny soil with 2 or it Inches of sifted coal ashes and then thoroughly Incorporate the two by spading and hoeing. Sandy soils mny bo decidedly Improved for gardening purposes by growing green-nianuro crops on Hie land or by turning tinder liberal quantities of stable manure. High prices nre not shy breeders. There is no money In starving stock.. The house for sheep ought not to bu, entirely closed. The livestock on the farm' lir- not complete without the hen. Sheep, as well as outtlei mny sue. cessfully be vaccinated against tin. thrax, blackleg, and. hemorrhagic ei-tlcemla. I LIVE 1 TOClfl
