TIIE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
Oldest Theater in America to Be Torn Down
' Tho Walnut theater, Philadelphia, erected In 1803, and which is soon to be torn down, Is considered the oldest
theater still standing In America. Hero most of tho famous sturs of the past century appeared.
Field Museum, Chicago, Moving Into New Home
Annual Fete of the Wellesley College Girls
Scene during the annual Wellesley college ceremonies showing Miss Elizabeth Ilcad of Bangor, Me., president
of tho freshmen class,, crowned as "Queen Elizabeth."
This is the new building of the Field musvum of Chfcago, to which all the vast collections of the museum arc
tiding moved from their temporary homo In Jni'kson park.
Entertainer of the President
MEMORIAL TO FARRAGUT
Gordon Grayson and Cnry T. Grayson, Jr., run a closo second to tho
AVlitto House sheep In entertaining tho president. Their favorlto sport is to
drlvo their pony cart In tho spacious Whtto House grounds. They aro tho
tuon of tho president's physician nnd aide, and their antics are frequently as
Berviceablo as their father's prescriptions.
Champ Clark Sees Himself in Marble
Tho memorial window to Admiral
David Glasgow Farragut, which will
bo placed In tho chapel of tho United
States Naval academy at Annapolis.
The design of the window is bnsed on
tho Incident In the momentous battle
of Mobile liny, when . ho placed tils
trust in "dlvlno guldanco" nnd order
ed his men to "sail over tho tor
pedoes." Tho memorial is being pre
sented by tho graduates of tho academy.
Former Speaker Champ Clark Is shown hero examining for tho first time
tho inarbhi bust of hlmsolf mado by Moses Walner-Dykaar, tho well-known
sculptor, wno aiso is seen in uiu musiruuon.
MUCH IN LITTLE
More Italians llvo in Now York than
In Itomq.
The Bnlmon returns to spawn, as a
rule, .to tho river In which It passed
Its earlier existence.
A bluff pti tho Virgin river, Nevada,
more thUii,-25 miles long, Is composed
oft 00 po cent salt.
rtiplr Inventor luuj patented shoo
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Tho highest spot In tho world In
habited by human beings Is tho Bud
dhlst cloister ut Hanle, Tibet, whero
21 monks llvo at an altitude of 10,000
foot.
By building two canals, ono -15 and
tho other 80 miles long, and utilizing
a river, tho Italian government Is plan
nlug to connect Milan with tho Adrl
atlc sea.
Immense deposits of potash hnv
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER
This lino statue of tho typical Amer
ican soldier In tho world war will ha
oroatod In lied Brook park, Brooklyn
N. Y. It Is tho work of Augustus
Lukoman. '
Atlantic Fleet Back From West Indies
Splendid vlnw of tho Atlantic licet steaming up the Hudson river upon Its return from the winter maneuvers la
tho West Indies.
How Our Navy Planes Are Armed
A closeup view of a United States navy seaplane showing naval aviators
nt tho Lewis machine guns with which the plane Is armed.
President's Yacht Is All Ready
Things havo been humming aboard tho good ship Mayflower, the presl
dent's yncht, ns tho gobs polished and burnished and scrubbed to preparo tho
boat for the summer months. Captain Holmes has reported Her ready for any
cruise.
SCRAPS '
The first printing press In Amorlca
was set up In tho homo of tho presi
dent of Harvard college.
In some parts of Greece no girl can
ovor hopo to find a husband until slic
has a homo of her own ; hence provid
ing his daughters with houses Is an
onerous duty which fulls to tho lot of
every father.
A,, Chlcagoan Is tho Inventor of a
hoist to lift either end of an nutomo-
bllo or motortruck sulllclently for a
man to work under It without lying
down.
Tho Innovation of supplying com
lonnnio armcnairs una rocxers on
board the vessels of the British anvi
ls to be mado soon. Heretofore It has
not been rogardod as wise to give men
these comforts.
APPOINTED BY LINCOLN
Capt. S. S. Cole, custodian of th
National cemetery at Camp Nelson,
Ky., is tho oldest employee of tho
American government, ,both In age and
In point of service. Ho Is ninety-four
years old and Is the only Mexican war
veteran In the South. Ho enlisted In
the American forces In 1845, fought
through the Mexican nnd Civil wars,
then engaged in campaigns against
the Indians in tho northwest. Ho
carries In his body an Indian arrow
head and a Confederate bullet. Cap
tain Colo was appointed by Lincoln
to tho position he now holds, and was
entertained several times at tho White
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BADGE OF BOLSHEVISM
Hero Is the hat badge worn by the
bolshevlst forces. It Is, so far aa
known, tho first picture of this badg
bronht to this country. It has a red
ground with letters of gold.
Cities Gave Names to Fabrics.
About the year 1829 tho woolen trade
of England became located at Worsted,
about 15 miles from Norwich, and It
wns at this place that tho manufac
ture of the twisted doublo thread
woolen, afterwards called worsted,
was first made, If not invented. Llnsey.
wolsey wns first made at Llnsey, and
was for a long tlmo a very popular
fabric. Kerseymere takes Its namo
from the village of Kersey, and tho
moro closo by It, In tho county of Suf-'
folk.
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