The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, September 21, 1920, Image 10

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    (SO-TO.CHUKCH SUNDAY IS
to in: msKKVin hkhe.
Tho ministers of the city liavo ap
pointed a commlttoo to nrrango for
obsorvnnco of Go-To-Chtircli Sunday
Jn North Platto on Oct. 3d. This is
to ho a united effort and the coloura
tion of tho day will he brought to
tho attontlon of overy cltlzon of thin
community.
Will) OFTHANKS.
"We wish to oxprons our heartfelt
thank and appreciation for the many
deods of iclndnoss and words of sym
pathy extendod to us during our ro
cent sorrow nnd horoavomont and for
tlio many hoautiful floral tributes.
ltobocca Dosaok
D. W. Dosack and' family
Sldnoy Bosaclc
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HAD CAMOUFLAGE DOWN FINE
LINK'S WITH HISTORIC PA'Sl
Youth's Many and Varied Reasons for
Getting Out of Task of Pollshlno
His Shoes.
"No, mother, It Isn't that I'm lazy
that I don't want to polish my shoos,"
tfald Young Nick, tho boy Machlavelll.
"I'm Just tryln' t' bo economical anil
help you an' dad save money. If I
wuz to polish niy shoes It 'ud show up
my olo stocklus so's I'd haftcr put on
clean ones an' if I did that I'd haftcr
brush my clothes. ,
"An you know, mother, I gotter' lot
of bad spots In my pants on' on my
coat, nnd If I brushed 'em the spots
would stand out so's you'd Just haftcr
buy mo n new suit.
"I been studyln' camemlng-, mother,
nice neutral tint that nobody scarcely
notices except you, mother, nnd you
get too close. But Just as I am, moth
er, I'm not hardly visible to the naked
eyo at nil, and It's awful convenient.
"Besides, it saves money, you see, as
I been tellln' you. No'm, 1 don't dast
wash my faco and hands too hard, 'o
causo they'd bo so bright an' shiny
they'd call attention to my grease
spots.
"Ycs'iu, I'll clean nil up, If you say
so, of course, but I don't think you
ougbtcr dlscourogo mo when I'm trying
to help you snve money. Besides,
thcro's Bill callln' mo now, an' If I
vraz to clean up I'd go right out nnd
got dirty again. Ycs'm, I promise.
"When i come in 1 will. Awrl, Bill, I'm
comln' 1" Chicago News.
Interesting to Trace the Names of
Streets and Lanes In City of
oston Today.
Tim mimes of the street h and lanes
of Boston lire closely linked with the
historic past. Others there are which
could ho connected with Boston only,
such an Tremont street, a corruption
of "Trl-mountnln," by which name
Boston was known to the early set
tlers on Hcrount of the three high hills
that serve ns a background to the pen
insula. This replaced the name
"Shawmnt," given to It by the Indians.
Mary llnrrod Northern! writes In the
Century Magazine that the streets of
this quaint city In the Knst were laid
out by straying cattle.
After the Revolution the names of
many Boston streets were changed.
Queen street been me Court street, and
King street the State street of today.
School .sti eel took Its name from a
school that was erected there. Dark
alleys, leading off the principal streets
on every side, were named after path
ways, usually depending on where they
led to. f'reek lane originally led to the
old creek. It was In tavern days that
this was tho center of stage-coach
life. The old custom house once stood
on King alley. Corn court took Its
nume from the fact that the corn mar
ket was at one time situated there.
Hummer street was once know as "Sev
en Star I.ane." It Is now one of Bos
ton's busiest st reel x.
LIVED LONG ON FRUGAL DIET
Rats Overrun English Town.
Millions of rats are overunnlng
Abortlllery (Monmouth), I2nglnnd. and
neighborhood. While tho congrega
tion was leaving a Bnptlst church In
Tlllcry street on a recent Sunday an
nnny of rats rnn among them. One
woman collapsed. All means have
been used, but tho rats liavo not only
survived, hut also thrived, The medi
cal ofllccr of health, Dr. Bailie Smith,
says tho rats are of two kinds brown
nnd black. The black rats, ns n rule,
keep to the sowers, but the brown
rats climb anything telegraph poles
and rain and gas pipes. They swarm '
everywhere. It was suggested to tV
Abortlllery district council that ox
pert rat destroyers should be employ
ed, but local staff having stated that
they could do better than the exports,
tho matter Ifas been left to them with
discretionary power to call In help If
necessary.
Englishman Who Died in 1G80 Proved
That It Was Possible to Eke
Out Existence Cheaply.
Thomas l Curby, the champion
eater of Massachusetts, declared that
dyspepsia Is the result of eating too
little, and not too much, ills Sunday
dinner consisted of thirteen lobsters,
sixty eggs, and one hundred oysters.
At tho other end of the scalo must bo
placed old Itogcr Crab, tho first vege
tarian, who died September 11, 1CS0,
after proving that a man could live
on 75 cents n year. Originally a hab
erdasher in a big way of business at
Chcsham, England, a frco liver and
drinker of strong ales, ho "got re
ligion" nlso dyspepsia In middle life,
sold his stock, gave tho proceeds to the
poor, and took to living In n hut on
thrco-farthlngs a week. Instead of
"strong drinks and wines," he says In
tils autobiography, "I give the 'old
man' ho lived two centuries too soon
to call It "Little Mary" "a cup of
water; and, Instead of roast mutton,
rabbit with bran, and pudding mnde
with bran and turnip-leaves chopped
together." And on this diet he lived to
n ripe old age, surviving repeated
cudgcllngs nnd Imprisonment for
witchcraft.
Play Ground In Tiers.
Tho first municipal play ground of
Czccho-Slovukla, In Prague, occupies a
high hill which Is terraced off, supply
ing space at tho top for tennis courts
nnd bnll grounds; on a lower tcrraco a
pavilion, band stand nnd opcn-nlr
thenter, on n still lower tier a running
track, and farther down tho children's
fcTOimds, with sand pile, wading pool
and swings. In this latter section
Uicro aro pavilions where mothers can
sit and rest or sow as they watch tho
children. 'This first play ground for
children Is a co-operatlvo effort of Uio
Czech government and tho American
"X" which will eventually bo entirely
under government management. At
present the city has supplied tho place,
Jho X. M. 0. A. Is paying for tho equip
went and tho Y. W. 0. A. has given tho
leadership. Charts for smaller play
places for other parts of tho city nre
"being prepared.
Moths Take Dig Chances.
The hlgh-tlylng specie of morpho
which Inhabit the mountainous dis
tricts of western America, aro much
easier captured than those which fre
quent the plains, though their copturo
is often attended with dlfllculty and
danger, says the American Forestry
Magazine of Washington. One natural
ist hunting moths and butterflies in
Bogota, fell over a precipice and broke
his arm, and then found that he had
three days' Journey to make on horse
back before he could meet with a doc
tor to sot It. Another naturalist, who
was collecting In Bolivia found that
morpho godartll. Guer., n beautiful spe
cies, of a rather light blue which was
previously almost unknown to entomol
ogists, frequented nn Inaccessible ledgo
In tho ljiountulns; ho was obliged to
havo himself lowered by ropes over the
precipice before he could obtain It.
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NOTIGE TO HUNTEHS.
Hunting nnd trespassing is strictly
prohibited on land owned by mo.
71-4 PRANK IIENEICA.
Franklin's Court Harmonica.
One of the llrst musical Instruments
made by an American was a mouth
hnrmonlci, mudo by Benjamin Krank
lln at tho time when ho was minister
nt the couft of Louis In France, where
he played It with considerable skill be
fore Marin Antoinette and her court
ladles.
The queen was so delighted and In
terested that Franklin presented tho
little Instrument to her. After Marie
Antoinette was beheaded In the great
French revolution, this mouth harmon
ica had many sensational experiences
till finally it came into tho possession
of n wealthy musical nnmteur and col
lector In this country, who has It, I
bolleve. to this day. Musical America.
AT THE SUN,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
"Riders of Dawn"
A photoplay ol the
Zane Grey's Novel
"DESERT OF WHEAT"
With All Star Cast
ROY STEWART CLAIRE ADAMS
ROBERT McKIM JOSEPH J. DOWLING
FREDERICK STARR
Matinee 2:30 p. m. and 4:05 p, m.
NATIONWIDE FIGHT
AGAINST DISEASE
American Red Cross Will Have
Health Centers in All Parts
of United States.
The American Bed Cross has launch
ed upon a nation wide campaign of
fighting dlsoase and physical defect
umong the American people. A new
nnd unique health Institution has come
Into being ns the result of several
months' study by the Bed Cross Health
Service Department nt National Head
quarters. Olllclals In churgo of the department
predict that beforo long this new health
activity will be In actual operation all
over tho country, nnd that the sign
"American Bed Cross Health Center"
will become as familiar to tho pco
pie every whero as are now the signs of
the telegraph companies.
Busy Long Before War.
The Interest of fho American Red
Cross In the fight against disease Is
not, however, of recent origin. Long
before the war the organization began
tills health service through Its medical
units In disaster relief work and its
department of Town nnd County Nurs
ing. During the war and following
tho armistice thousands of American
Bed Cross ofllclols have been fighting
dlseaso in tho war-stricken countries.
At the same time tens of thousands of
local Bed Cross ofllclals have been en
gaged nt home fighting disease, notn
bly during tho influenza epidemics.
Tho American Bed Cross has de
termined that all this valuable experi
ence In health service abroad and at
homo shall not go to waste. So long
ns there are a half a million people
dying yearly In this country from pre
ventable causes, and so long ns more
than one-third of the American chil
dren and young people aro victims of
physical defects, the Bed Cross recog
nizes the urgent need for continued
Bed Cross health service at home.
How Organization Works.
The Bed Cross Health Center is
governed by business principles, ap
plies business methods, and, In Its
more simple form, can be established
and conducted by Iny people.
It proceeds upon tho demonstrated
fact that health Is a "ommodlty that
can be bought and sold like brooms
and soap. Therefore, It establishes It
self In n storeroom In tho principal
business section of the community. It
displays Its goods In tho form of at
tractive health exhibits In Its show
windows. It advertises constantly and
extensively. And It uses every busi
ness nnd social device to attract cus
tomers. The Bed Cross Health Center Is of
service to the sick In that It gives out
reliable and complete Information
about existing clinics, hospitals, sana
toria and othov Institutions for the sick
and tho defective; nbout available
nurses, both trained nnd practical;
about when to consult n physician and
why to shun the quack nnd his nos
trums. Teaching Disease Prevention.
The Bed Cross Health Center is,
however, of even greater service to the
well. It teaches people how to pre
vent sickness and disease. This Is done
in many Interesting and attractive
ways llrst of all, by tho distribution
of popular health literature and
through health lectures Illustrated with
lantern slides or with health motion
picture films. Then npeclnl exhibits aro
given, ono after the other on various
health subjects. Practical demonstra
tions are made; also health playlets by
chlldronvto Interest nnd Instruct them
selves and their elders. Classes are
organized In personal hygiene, home
care of the sick, first aid and In food
selection and preparation. Health
clubs, both for younger and older pe
pie, aro formed ; nlso Little Mothers'
Leagues.. Nutrition nnd growth clinics
nre conducted for children.
Already moro than a hundred of
these Bed Cross Health Centers are In
actual operation throughout tho coun
try. Many of them also conduct med
ical clinics, but the one chief, out
standing feature of tho American Red
Cross Health Center Is Its health edu
cation service which tenches well peo
ple how to keep well.
FRENCH PRAISE FOR
OUR RED CROSS WORK
Lauding the work accomplished by
American philanthropy for wnr
strlcken France, Andro Tardleu, form
er high commissioner from that na
tion to tho United States, in a recent
article widely commented on through
out tho French press, says :
"The American Red Cross has ac
complished n work which calls for
tho heartfelt gratitude of every true
Frenchman. In 1018 this great relief
organization spent In behalf of France
nearly 87,000,000 francs, and In 1010
its expenditures on charitable projects
in our country attolncd tho tremen
dous total of 171,000,000. It hns re
cently turned over to tho French relief
organizations huge stocks of sup
plies whoso value must uc counted In
tho hundreds of thousands of francs.
"Fifteen million American boys and
girls, banded togeWicr In tho Junior
Red Cross of America, nre back of a
movement to establish the closest ties
botwecn themselves and Franco's
younger generation through tho char
itable works they havo financed nnd
are now carrying out among our little
war sufferers.
"The bonds of friendship between
Franco and America Is cemented with
mutual admiration, rerpoct and gratitude."
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TUESDAY
Base Ball Tournament
Hershey Giants, Stapleton,
P. 0. Independents, Brady
WEDNESDAY
FINALS IN
Base Ball Tournament
Foot Ball
High School vs. Alumni
Thursday and Friday
Aeto and Mot
orcycle
3L k&ML$t'
OVER 20 CARS ENTERED
ATTRACTION
Chamber of Commerce Band, 28 Pieces
Hart's Girl Band, 24 pieces
Hughes and LaRado
Marriott Troupe
North Platte. Aircraft Company, featuring Dare Devil Duncan.
General Admission
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 50 cents
FRIDAY, $1.00
GRAND STAND
Tues., Wed. and Thursday 50c
Friday; $1.00
BLEACHERS
Tuesday, Wed. and Thurs. 25c
Friday 50c
TART AT 1 P. M.
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