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A Pretty Frock. An original frock seen on a young girl at the luncheon hour might easily be reproduced by any clever dress maker. It was a white mull of heavy and firm quality laid in side plaits around the hips, these being released just below the hip line. It was of round length and was finished at the bottom with an almost knee-deep flounce of all-over English embroidery done in scallops at the lower edge as well as the top and having run through the top two lines of half-inch black velvet ribbon two inches apart, these gathered the ruffle and were tied at the left side in careless bows. The deep girdle, which merely rounded down a little at the front, was of finest white kid and closed with a silver buckle. The short Eton coat was entirely of the openwork embroidery, unlined and worn over a blouse of mull to match the skirt. The jacket, which other wise would have hung straight, was also gathered or drawn in below the bust by a half-inch black velvet ribbon run through the openwork embroidery, and a butterfly bow of wider black velvet ribbon finished the front, where the narrow ribbon ends met. The sleeves—large, single puffs of the embroidery—had similar velvet lac ings at the elbow that gathered the scalloped edges at the bottom into three-inch ruffles. Both the sleeves and the jacket wrere cut from wide embroidered flouncings, and therefore had embroidered scallops as a finish at their edges. The Eton jacket did not extend over the shoulders, but the back and the front were held in place by two straps of half-inch velvet rib bon going over each shoulder; one of these straps finished, or rather con cealed, the others, some two inches from the sleeve strips, held the body of the jacket in place. In the front, revers cut from the mull, the shape of a shawl cut diagonally through the center, were joined to the jacket tops; these were hand embroidered and had hemstitched edges. In the back, how ever, the straight-across top showed scallops to match <he lower edge. The stock and front of the mull under blouse were embroidered to match the revers on the jacket and the elbow sleeves of mull were finished t>y nar row embroidered bands. A broad-brimmed white hat. trim med with black velvet ribbon and sprays of wistaria, topped the frock, one of the prettiest seen this summer in town. For Neatness and Taste. Here are a few pointers on coming fashions. Sleeves are to continue short. Skirts are to either trail on the ground or be very short; no more will be seen the ankle-length gowns which are so unbecoming to the aver age figure. Skirts that just escape the ground seem to be a woman’s idea of a comfortable dress, when in real ity it is an ugly and dirty length. I say dirty because it gathers up more dust than you can imagine, and of course can never oe held up. Let me say a word on the subject of holding up your gown. Have you ever watched the various ways it can be done? Have you sat in any pub lic place and seen a stream of wom en. fat and thin, tall and short, old and young, and after growing thor oughly discouraged at the way they walk and hold themselves begin to notice their different ways of doing things? Call to your mind the fat woman in a hurry to catch a train; her bonnet slightly askew, her flushed face, and that frightful shopping hag, with leather handles, which she holds to gether, to hold in the bundles whicn are oozing out. The bag itself is one of those flat cloth ones which nine out of ten women love. With her other hand she clutches the skirt at the side, toward the front, and hoids it high in the air, showing, usually a cloth boot with elastic sides and a stout ankle. Her gown trails out in every direction and she moves like a frigate under full sail, as the wind slowly creeps under and inflates the skirt, while she, sublimely uncon scious, lifts the skirt higher in Just tnac one place, and sails on to her moorings. Don’t you remember the girl who holds her skirt tightly about her, as if lashed to the mast, bundling it all up about her any which way, and half the time her boots or shoes are not what they should be, and her pet ticoat is frayed or soiled. How many people can stand having their feet looked at? You have all made a study of a row of feet In some electric car, begining at one end, and following right along the line, and you have noticed the rapidity with which the women haul down their •kirts and the men shift and wiggle and try to sit on their feet. Per haps one in that whole car will i t serenely satisfied and allow ycu to look and admire, and to wish the wnole world would go and do like wi . No woman Is so beautiful and no man so good-looking that they can afford to be slip shod about anything. When shoes get down at the heel they should be repaired or disposed of. I don’t care whether tney are otherwise perfectly good. Get good, expensive shoes, made to fit, and of the best material. Never leave them off without at once putting them on trees, for that makes shoes keep their shape. Now, the average person doesn’t tree shoes except now and then, or when they are being cleaned, and, having one pair only, this is no good. Invest In skeleton trees at least, which are $1 a pair, and keep every slipper and shoe on them, whether traveling, visiting or at home. Al ways keep the shoes clean; if colored kid use cleansing fluid; if brown or white get proper materials and learn how to do it yourself, for in many houses it is not done for you, and you should go prepared. I’ve known many a girl to wear the same shoes for weeks without treeing or cleansing, and yet sne had good clothes and thought she looked well. Being neat and fresh is as im portant as taking the trouble to re member the names of every numan being you meet, and always have a smile and cordial bow to greet them with. It not only brings you happi ness in endless ways, and helps you an untold amount in politics, business or social life, but it brightens many a sad heart and lightens the burden on many tired shoulders.—Exchange. Wool Waists. The wool waist gains in favor over heavy linens and chevoits for cool weather. White is more desirable, but light colors are seen and plaids will be worn a great deal for informal occasions. The lingerie waists will be worn all winter, and soft silks have by no means lost popularity. Among the wool waists batiste, flannel, mohair, albatross and veiling are favorites. All of these except flannel wash per fectly, and flannel is not impossible, if the laundress be an expert. Ordi narily it is better to have flannel dry cleaned. New wool waists trimmed with eyelet embroidery are interest ing novelties. They are to be had in half a dozen fabrics, the softer ma terials such as albatross being very pretty. Street Suit of Silk. Changeable silk will be largely used for fall costumes and are wonderfully effective. Among an early showing was one in greens and browns, the different shades harmonizing beauti fully. The design has a plain, full skirt, with four applied tucks at bot tom. The jacket is of the collarless bolero type with applied tucks in de sign. It closes in surplice fashion and has two wide pieces of Persian em broidery in delicate shades as revers. The strapped pieces of silk around the neck are fastened down in front with fancy buttons. Mosquetaire gloves are worn, therefore the sleeves are quite short with a straight cuff of brown velvet. Black Lace Coats are Coming. Black lace coats are to be very smart next winter, and are also worn now with black chiffon gowns. The chiffon and lace combine extremely well and often when it is desired to have a sharp contrast the fashion is to Wear a white lace coat with a black skirt. A bolero of white lace on a black dress, if a woman has a good enough figure to carry it off well, is always smart and effective, but if the figure is not all that may be desired, then it is just as well to have the lace in black also, thus eliminating the sharp contrast outlining the fig ure. oudoir Evidences One of the most popular fashions of this season is the surplice waist. The simple coat for general wear is the short cut, tan covert cloth. Hemstitched ruffles are very neat and are seen in the most exclusive things. The wearing of a scarf in tulle, chtfTon. lace or thin silk has become a veritable furore. All the fashionable garments for street and evening wear reveal the short-waisted tendency. Black and white pin-checked taffeta is being made up into sweet little box coats for baby’s wear. A new changeable velvet in three shades, called scarabee, will be among the successful novelties. Corset covers are trimmed almost alike front and back, but the decora tions rarely extend below a pretty yoke depth. The bright, scarlet coats, displaying green broadcloth collars, are still con sidered the smartest for the small man's wear. New gold cuff pins come in odd twisted shapes, some of them made in imitation of the old English hand-en graved styles. A new handbag looks as though made of some silver tissue. It is gray, in an ordinary light, but in the sun changes and sparkles. The kimono craze has extended to wraps, and now the most gorgeous evening creations fashioned along these lines are shown. • - Many of the early fall models In millinery have high, wide brims, high crowns and are trimmed with sweep ing ostrich feathers that are shaded. One of the most notable whlnur this season is the mixture of materials or every varying te<ture, not so much as trimmings, but as a whole part of the design. Combs of all sorts and sizes are worn, and where a set of combs used to consist of a big comb and two side combs, it now comprises five combs and a barrette. . Short Skirts the Rule. Very short skirts are the absolute rule and it matters little what the ma terial may be. The short skirt is here to stay for some time at least and those who contemplate making up a gown would do well to take heed and study Its ways. The short skirt has many things in its favor. It is very light in weight, for it is abbreviated to such an extent that flounces and ruffles are almost impossible. It is be coming to the feet. It is comfortable and it takes little material. More than all these, it is fashionable and the fashion has spread until it now reaches Paris and is popular in Vien na, where there was the greatest pro test against it. The Paris modistes are chopping off the gowns right at the ankles. The new short skirts are much shorter than the former ones They are now made instep high and some of them are even less. They most decidedly show the feet, and this calls for the prettiest of shoes. Handkerchief in the Glove. The fashionable handkerchief of to day must be as small as possible and the newest thing is a tiny handker chief to be carried in the glove. It is a piece of the finest muslin a few inches square, trimmed with lace, and small enough and soft enough to be kept in the glove. On it the name or monogram is embroidered in the smallest letters and the whole thing is so useless that the owner only just escapes being without a handkerchief at all. A Chic Afternoon Hat. A dainty hat for afternoon wear Is pale blue Neapolitan with Tam O’Shanter crown. The brim is faced with tiny folds of black tulle and shaded, blue wings and blue velvet ribbon adorn the top. Gems of Buttons. At last the wheel has turned to the fashion of fancy buttons. Now' is the hour to get out our ancient treasures. Jeweled buttons will be much worn this fall and winter, amethysts, rubies topazes and emeralds being generally employed. Many of these buttons are j surrounded with rhinestones and with this framed effect they look very much like brooches. Among the new styles are miniature buttons decorated with portraits of famous court beau ties of 100 years ago, and Dresden buttons on which appear the Napo leonic wreath. New Lingerie Frock. A dainty sheer frock in canary ba tiste is a suggestion for a garden party frock. The bodice is intricately set with Valenciennes insertion and a wide collar of batiste embroidery is edged with a frill of narrow Valen ciennes lace. Tiny pearl buttons trim on each side of front and the girdle is striped white and black silk. On the skirt, which is finely tucked over the hips, is a deep flounce inset with in sertion and edged with narrow lace. Revival of the Caster. The table caster is being revived, but it is as a wee accessory for each individual cover, and not the large stand for the center of the table. These little casters contain bottles for pepper and salt and a vinegar cruet. Other small ones have a tiny bottle at either side of the stand with a hol low dish for salt suspended between them. They are very cunning and give an altogether modern air to a table. New Idea in Chemisettes. Chemisettes have been rushed to death, yet the prettiest of the simpler blouses show evidence that the craze isn’t over by any means. Not that separate chemisettes are worn with blouses, but the yoke takes the form of an attached chemisette, the blouse folding over it, and usually being fin ished with scallops, embroidered by hand. Barley Meal Scones. Add a little salt to as much bar ley meal as you require, and mix with it sufficient hot milk to make a thick paste. Roll out thin and cut into three-cornered pieces; bake in a very quick oven. Cut open and butter while hot. Highland Scones. To one pound flour add four ounces butter, as much hot milk as will make a dough, and two well beaten eggs. Mix quickly and roll out. Cut to any shape wanted and bake on a griddle. Must be served hot and eaten whlls fresh. 1 mmm The Cause of Pear Blight. For ten years I have grown pears for market and have watched and stud ied the trees almost daily during that time, and I cannot agree with experi ment station men and others as to the cause of pear blight. 1 cannot believe that pear blight is caused by bacteria or that a microbe has any thing to do with it. An experiment station professor writing in "Country Life in America” recently went so far as to say that the pear blight microbe is in the nectar of the pear blossoms and is carried by bees from flower to flower. I think it is hardly possible for the nectar to be anything but pure when the blossoms open. I think pear blight is caused by conditions of soil and climate. On certain soils and elevations even in Illinois, pear trees are free from blight Frank Aikin. Illinois. The cause of pear blight is now very well known. There is no ques tion at all of its being a germ disease. The microscope has revealed its char acter and it has been isolated and ex amined. The spore of the fungus that causes pear blight is both heavy and sticky and cannot be blown by the wind from one place to another. It used to be supposed that it could be blown from one tree to another and that this would account for the sud den appearance of pear blight after a windy and wet period. The germ oi pear blight lives over winter in the live wood adjoining dead wood that has been killed by blight. Insects, especially bees, sip the sap from wounds in infected trees and later visit the tips of trees where small leaves are being formed or blossoms are opening. The spores of the pear blight stick to the limbs of the insects just as pollen sticks to them. When the insects suck the nectar in the flowers, the spores are rubbed off and fall into the flower. From those spores, minute plants of a thread-like character develop. These plants grow through the sap wood and through the leaves and use up the life fluid that should go to feed the leaves. The leaves then wilt and turn color, and we say the tree has been blighted. There is much yet to be learned about pear blight, but the foundation has been well worked out.—Farmers’ Re view. Fruit Exhibit at Fairs. Societies having the control of the fruit exhibit at fairs should see to it that, so far as possible, every variety of fruit grown in the state shall be represented at each exhibition. Man agers of agricultural societies should remember that these exhibitions are for the purpose of instruction and for the stimulation of fruit growing. They ^re not mere gambling devices by which a few men can make as much money as possible out of the premi ums. Many of our exhibits are defi cient in the number of varieties dis played. Certain orchardists are in vited in, and these generally make a display of the fruit they grow them selves. Some of the varieties that are thriving best in the state are not shown at all. The managers of the exhibit could, by a very little work bring in all the different varieties of fruit being grown in the locality rep resented by the fair. This should be done even if the management has tc buy a few plates of good fruit, of va rietiea that wrouId not otherwise be represented. The matter of instruc tion should be made much of, and ev ery variety should be fully designated by lettered or printed labels that are large enough to be read by all. Very frequently the labels on the fruits are very badly written on slips of paper and are placed where they are weighed down by the fruit. This may be satisfactory to the judges, but would hardly do much in instructing the public. Orchard Cover Crop. At this season of the year a cover crop may be put into the orchard that has been cultivated, especially if this orchard is in the north. Experiments made with cover crops show that they very materially reduce the distance that the frost enters the ground. In some cases the common vetch has been planted in the orchard in mid summer, and has made a good growth during the fall, covering the orchard with a carpet of green. This plant freezes during the winter, but the carpet it makes reduces the power oi the frost to pentrate the ground. In one test In Wisconsin, where the frost went twenty inches without this cover, it went only twelve inches with it. It is too late now to plant alfalfa or clover, but cow peas may yet be sown, as may also winter rye. These will both make a good cover crop by the time frost comes, and will serve the purpose intended. Where orchards have been in sod all the spring and summer, they should not be disturbed in the fall, but the sod should be left as a cover for the roots of the trees during the winter. Sulphur and Cattle 'ricks. In regions where the cattle are sub ject to attacks of fever due to the presence of ticks, the opinion has gained ground among the cattlemen that if the cattle are fed large quanti ties of sulphur, this will prevent them from being attacked by the ticks, and if any ticks are on them, they will fall off. In South Africa a thorough test is being made of this theory. Young steers and colts were given sulphur in their food during a period of 40 days, receiving one and a half ounces of sulphur daily. At the end of this time the dose was increased to three ounces daily, and this was con tinued during the infestation. The steers were then infected with the ticks. These ticks reached maturity in the usual time and it was evident that the prolonged sulphur treatment did not produce the slightest effect upon the ticks. The so-called pedigreeing of plants is a misnomer, when such plants are not produced from seed. Selection is one thing, but it is not pedigreeing. A plant cannot be its own parent. How He Fulfilled His Promise. Mr. Hannibal J. Driesbach, a Mil waukee man, has been addicted to the use of the flowing bowl for more than six years. One day. however, he promised his wife that his lips never again should touch any kind of intoxicating liquor. No, you mistake. He didn’t take his drinks thereafter through a straw. He quit the drinking habit absolute ly. There is a rumor that he was arrest ed the same day for grafting, and has not had a chance to drink anything stronger than coffee since, but it can not be traced to any trustworthy source. . Encouraging the Barber. Hicks—Penniman shaves himself, doesn’t he? Wicks—Yes, and he’s got an awful nerve. Hicks—How’s that? Wicks—He’ll give himself a clean shave and then walk right into a bar ber shop for a hair cut. The Reason for It. “My!” exclaimed the guest, “what an array of pretty little doilies you have at my place.” “Yes,” piped little Willie, “ma says she can't have you messin up the clean tablecloth like you did the last time you were here.” WHAT INTERESTED HER. He—“Man proposes,” you know. She—Does he? Which man? Girl at Baseball Game. Patience—So you've been to the baseball game? Patrice—Yes, dear. “Was it interesting?-’ “Oh. very.” “How did it come out?” “Why, one side got one run and the other got two." “Which won?” “The one which got two runs.” “Yes. I know, but did the home team win, or the visitors?” “Oh. I didn't ascertain that.”—.on kers Statesman. * Classified. The society reporter was away on his vacation and the horse reporter had been delegated to write up a wedding. “But,” protested the editor, glanc ing over the report, “you failed to mention the bridegroom’s name.” "It wasn't necessary.” explained the equine authority. “He finished among those who ‘also ran’. ” Eyes in the Rear. “It’s strange,” remarked the arch aeologist, discussing the researches at Pompeii, “it’s very strange that Pom peii should have been so unprepared, that it didn't know what was before It.” “Oh. I don't know!” replied Kidder. “You couldn't expect Pompeii to see what was before it, considering the location of its ‘i’s.’ ” What They Called It There. “Is there a garage in this town?” asked the man who was endeavoring to make an automobile tour of Mis souri. “Waal, no.” replied the native, “but if you’ll go up to the drug store on the corner there and ask the red headed clerk for a baiby rattle I reckon he’ll fix you out with about what you’re lookin’ fer.” Poor Child. Mrs. Hanagan—My! but the Aherns are crazy mad! Mrs. Flanagan—What’s the matther wid thim? Mrs. Hanagan—In an absint-mlnded moment they christhened their babv Aloysius Patrick.’ Just think o’ the initials of him!—Catholic Standard and Times. Disparagement. “Do you mean to tell me you offer ed that played-out ward heeler $1,000 for his influence?” asked Senator Sorghum. “Yes.” said the willing but inex perienced worker. “I was afraid you would call it political corruption.” “My friend, that isn’t political cor ruption. That’s frenzied finance.” An Alternative. “Poor fellow! His doctor tells him the only thing that will cure him is a course of mud baths, and he can’t af ford to go to the mud springs.” “But surely he can go into politics and let the mud come to him." Not His Experience. Friend—They say, Cholly, that ex cessive cigarette smoking weakens the intellect. Cholly—WThy—aw—I think my intel lect is just as strong as ever. Taken at Her Word. “She's very unreasonable.” “In what way?” “Why, I told her I had half a mind to kiss her and she said she’d like to see me try it. and I tried it and she’s angry.”—Houston Post. Died Happy. “The man died eating watermel ons,” some one said to Brother Dickel. “Yes, suh,” he replied, “sometimes Providence puts us in paradise ’fo’ we gits to heaven.” To Please Him. Mrs. Ascum—But why do you buy such expensive things when you know your husband can’t afford them? Mrs. Wise—I just do it to please him. Mrs. Ascum—To please him? Mrs. Wise—Yes; there’s nothing he likes better than a chance to have something to complain about to his own people and pose as a martyr. At the Academy. Miss Jones—How came you to think of the subject. Mr. de Brush? Eccentric Artist—Oh, I have had it in my head for years.' Miss Jones—How wonderful! What did the papers say? Eccentric Artist—Said it was full of “Atmosphere,” and suggested “Space.” — Punch. Something Fierce. "To think,” grumbled the struggling author, "that I can’t get any one to publish my novel after all the pains I took with it.” "But,” replied the critic, “if it were published, think of all the pains you give.” Sure to Find It. Bosh—I knew a man once who had never met with a disappointment in his life. Josh—How was that? Bosh—He was never looking for an> thing but trouble.—Detroit Free Press. One on Pa. “Pa!” “Well, what is it now?” “My teacher says I’m a natural born fool.” “Your teacher is a sensible woman and that is what I’ve always said. I suppose she had to explain to you what a natural born fool was?” “Yes, pa. She said it was heredi tary.” The Lacking Ingredient. “Yes,” said the enthusiastic pro moter, “we have enormous mineral de posits on this land. All we need for its development is a little money.” “My friend,” answered Col. Still well, “you remind me of a neighbor out my way who used to think he almost had a julep because he was in possession of a mint bed and a spring.” Strange to the Country. Farmer Skinner (who takes in sum mer boarders)—I wuz jest a-readin’ about that Californy wizard, Burbank, an’ b’gosh, he kin cert’nly do wonders in growin’ strange kinds uv veger tibles. The Bravest Boarder—Has he suc ceeded in producing canless peas or unpreserved tomatoes?—Puck. When the Train Starts. Sweltering Stranger (at Cactus Crossing)—When on earth does the next train leave this sun-baked, hea ven-forsaken region? Ilkali Ike—Waal, stranger, we has each got a right to his opinion on thet subjek, but them thet knows declars it hikes out jest after the enjine. “5 Judicial Verdict. Judge—You are accused of beating this person cruelly. The Accused—Well, I had to beat him to make him do his work. He is an idiot. Judge (severely)—You should re member that an idiot is a man like you or me.—Les Annales. - So to Speak. First Lawyer—Are you going to de fend Jimmison? Second Lawyer—No. He hasn’t a good case. First Lawyer—Why, I thought it would be easy. Second Lawyer—No, it’s not—er— fees-ible. The Benefit of Contrast. “Do you think that industry is es sential to happiness?” “A little is,” answered the easy going person. “If a man had never done any work he would never real ize how much comfort there is in having none to do.” A Caustic Critic. “There is no doubt in my mind that Hamlet was perfectly sane.” “Yes,” answered Stormington Barnes. “Hamlet was all right men tally. But I wouldn't say as much for < some of the actors who think they can play the part.” Revised Version. Mrs. Clubhouse—“Mrs. Upperten is looking thin and worried of late.” Mrs. Strongmind—“Yes. Do you know, I think she is roosterpecked.” Desperate Case. “Mrs. Bizzie’s husband should take the Keeley cure.” “Nothing but a divorce would ever cure him of drunkeness.” HE LOST HIM. “Did Hardup ever hear from that millionaire uncle of his who made a fortune out West?” “No; his uncle heard from him first.” Success Is Different. Polk—When a fellow starts to do anything he can always succeed if he only sticks to it. Jolk—Not always. How about when you start to remove a sheet of sticky fly paper that you’ve sat down on? Half the Pleasure. "Did you have a good time at the picnic, Bubby?” “No’ra; paw an’ maw went—an’ I didn’t have nobody t’ tell nuthin’ to when I got home.”—Puck. The Trouble. “I tell you there is nothing like trav eling tcrtake the conceit out of a man. It surely took it out of me.” ‘ True. But the deuce of it is that the coming back always puts more of it in.”—Detroit Tribune. Too Much to Expect. “Poetry,” said the editor, “is a drug on the’market.” “Oh, indeed,” exclaimed the poet hopefully. “Am I to infer that you pay drug store pripes for it?’ Necessary Modifications. Knox—‘ Why don't you cut that out? Tone your talk down a bit" Kandor “Well, It's all right to call a spade a spade, isn’t It?" Knox—"Instead of calling It you might whisper it occasionally." Though It Was Personal. Young Man (on entering restau rant) Have you calves brains? Waitress—Quit your kiddin. An other fellow was in this morning and asked me if I had frogs' legs. An Ordinary Mortal. “Engaged? Why, he seemed quite broken-hearted when the other girl rl fused him." 81 re* “Well, he’s like the average It wasn’t long before he was looking for a consolation prize.” k ng Many Men Do. “Jonea says he never lets the sun go down upon his wrath ” "No; he expends it all on his wif« as soon as he gets home from thT*? lice.”—Houston Chronicle th °r*