Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY. - . NEBRASKA. Custom House Palace. What is probably the finest building in the world for the use of a collector cf customs has been turned over to the hational government. The new custom house in New York, begun in 1900, has been completed at a cost of $7,200,000. It covers the entire block between Whitehall street and State street, running from Bowling Green to Bridge street. Its street faces are adorned with splendid pieces of sculp ture typifying commerce, and its main court, or rotunda, is one of the largest spanned by a single roof. The interior fittings are ornate and dignified, as is befitting in a public building belong ing to a rich and populous country. About two-thirds of the customs reve nue of the country is paid over the desks of the collector of New York. The remaining cue-third is collected in the more than 140 other collection districts. An elaborately equipped suite of offices has been provided in the building for the use of the secre tary of the treasury on his official visits to New York. Other suites are set apart for the weather bureau, the naval bureau, the civil service board, the isthmian canal commission, the se cret service department and some other branches of the national govern ment that have to use offices in New York. But, says the Youth's Compan ion, they all together occupy much less space than that devoted to the use of the various branches of the tariff collection service. Instead of the head of a queen, proud, haughty and homely, on the new gold coins, we are shown the pro file of a pretty waiter girl. ’Twerc sacrilege to speak in this connection of the damsel as a biscuit shooter, a hash slinger or any of those uneupho nious titles by which the thoughtless and the pert sometimes designate the dining room hand maiden. She is simply a pretty waiter and her beauty Is much enhanced by the frame and the background. If she sends this portrait of herself to her friends they will hardly look at it with a critical eye or declare that it doesn't do jus tice to the original. More men will gaze fondly on that face than on any set of features designed to lure us on to the purchase of some tooth powder. The girl will look good to them. When a carping critic asked 19 centuries ago if he should pay tribute to Caesar he was told to look at the image on the coin and if it was Caesar's portrait he should pay the taxes. Waiters will hope that in this there is a hint for those who have their doubts about the size of the tip. Visitors to Venice next year will see the rebuilding of the famous cam panile in St. Mark’s square practically completed. The tower already rises 30 feet above the pavement, and work is progressing rapidly. The old ma terials are used so far as possible. The original foundation was strength ened and slightly enlarged. The cor nerstone was laid in April, 1903, about nine months after the tower fell, and then more than 3,000 piles of fresh larch wood were driven round the base to support a new wall of stone that was to prevent the collapse of the new tower. Fresh stone was used here; but above ground the old bricks, burned many hundred years ago, are relaid in the best modern cement after being carefully examined. Fifty thou sand dollars have already been spent on the work of restoration. Do we interpret aright the word from Dubuque, la ? Are the men to do the cooking, cleaning, washing, ironing, answer the door, make the beds, officiate at the telephone, do the ordering, fuss with the ragman, wres tle with callers, look after the furnace, take care of the children, dust, polish the furniture, black the range, fight agents, figure in the center of the so cial stage at home, darn, mend, save and look pleasant, while the wives of their bosoms get the wherewithal by playing bridge. "500,’’ whist, double pedro, euchre, fan-tan, old sledge or poker? Early answer requested. A state education official in Illinois has been telling Chicago that there ought to be a course of love-making introduced in the schools—that chil dren should be taught to woo as they are taught the multiplication table. The capacity to become lovers is born in the average human being just as the capacity is inborn of making a fool of oneself. The tendency in either case will do its own developing. A speaker at the American Medical association said that many accidents could be avoided by a little care. Doubtless that is true, but some men will never believe until they make the trial that they cannot vanquish an automobile in a joint debate for the right of way. While it is possible for a man to keep an automobile and a wife and be happy, yet the ancient fact remains firmly on its base that no man can serve two masters. At the convention of the Episcopal church it was proposed to add to the prayer book a petition for a person going on a journey by land, like that for a person going to sea. No more solemn commentary could be made upon the condition of American rail way travel. According to a New York dispatch the giving of wedding presents is going out of fashion. Wise young peo ple will put off their weddings until money gets a little looser. ir&ne nrcle (Copyright, 190T, by the Delineator, N. Y.) A fine morning in early December saw every member of the Wallingford Coterie in her seat when Miss Josce lyn took up the lesson where they had left it at' the last meeting. With the the wall behind her, she began by pointing to Figure 1, which represent ed the front and back portions of a plain shirt waist basted along the un der-arm seam. “The patterns I prefer,” she said, “call for stitching almost all seams three-eighths of an inch from their outer edge. The exceptions are the ‘outlet.’ seams which may be let out or taken up, according to the degree of the-deviation of the figure to be fit ted from the original pattern; the lat ter is always suggested by the large perforations. Figure 2 shows you the method of basting the shoulder and under-arm seams, and also the correct adjustment of the inside belt. In actual practice, 'finish’ must always be considered, and you will have to treat your seams accordingly before adjusting the belt. The usual ‘finish’ is the French seam, save where in sheer materials the whipped-in line of ‘veining’ is preferred. We can hardly spend time just now in explaining the details of either style of finish, since these belong not so much to dress making as to the mechanical part of sewing. I would, however, remind you that when fitting, the basting of the seam line shifts its position in ac cordance with the finish selected. The French seam being sewed twice, the first line of stitching must be at least one-quarter, and possibly one-third of an inch nearer the seam edge than the actual line for fitting.” One of the ladies interrupted with a question at this point in the lesson. Replying, Miss Poscelyn said: “No; it is not absolutely necessary to stitch the belt all around the wash able shirt waist. A great many wom en prefer to adjust the fullness of the fronts when they put on the waist. The inside belt is stitched across the back only, and tacked to the under arm seams. It is then made to button snugly at the belt line, or else its ends are furnished with loops or button holes which are slipped over the skirt hook sewed to the corsets just below the line of the belt. “We come now.” Miss Joscelyn con tinued, “to the styles of shirt waist sleeves, and the two different methods of finishing the opening at the wrist. Figure 3 represents the first detail in the tailored ‘over lap’ effect, which is similar to that used in the making of shirts for men. “At the left, you see the underlap basted into position, and at the right the overlap, each with its notches laid to coincide with those in the slash in the sleeve. The edges on both laps are folded down ready for stitching. Figure 4 shows the next step, where the laps, folded over at the perforations, are pushed through the slash to the right side. You see them folded down and in position to be stitched. Figure 5 shows these laps completed. “Figure 6 illustrates the finished laps, supplied with button and buttonhole in true tailor style. It shows also the link cuff in its correct relation to the over flap and to the under flap, flush with the edge of the one, and allowing the other to extend, that it may be slipped out of sight when the cuff is buttoned. “The continuous flap is a finish seen very frequently. Being less noticeable than the overflap finish, many prefer it for silk or flannel waists, with a straight band or with strap cuffs. To adjust the continuous lap accurately, separate the point of the slash and stay it with two or three tiny back stitches to the center of the straight strip which forms the lap. Turn the seam to the right side and make it three-eighths of an inch from the edge, from one end of the slash to the other. Gash the seam slightly at the point of the slash to facilitate a smooth and flat turning. Figure 7 shows you how to bring the lap over the seam to stitch it in place. “Figure 8 illustrates the correct ad justment of the straight band or cuff to the sleeve, finished with a continu ous lap, and also the button and but tonhole which serve to close the lat ter. Note, please, that the lap is folded under along the front edge of the sleeve.” “Pardon me. Miss Joscelvn,” re marked a member, “but will you please explain which edge you call the ‘front’ one?” “Assuredly. The front edge is the one to which the end of the cuff is at tached which lies uppermost when buttoned. “Figure 9 represents the lower end of a shirt waist sleeve w-ith its strap cuff properly adjusted. The seam is left open from the notch downward, and its rawr edges are hemmed neatly back. They lie flush when the cuff is buttoned. Figure 10 shows the cuff inclosing the edge of the seam, and its strap projecting beyond the other.” Fichu draperies across the shoulders have lost none of their attractiveness; neither have the pelerine and cravat effect that finish bodices of the dressier types. Every lover of a hot hath should accustom herself to rinsing with water as cold as can be borne without shock. Lemon is an excellent shampoo for white hair, giving it a lovely, silvery luster and keeping it soft and pliable. To rinse the hair after a shampoo one of the rubber-tubed sprays sold in any of the drug or department stores will be found to give the best service and to save time as well. Deep breathing exercises besides toning up the general heauft are the best possible means of speedily get ting the rounded slender waist line that is so much to be desired. The girl with a receding chin should be careful to have her hair knotted on a level with her chin or below it, well down on the neck. Arranged in the middle of the head it accentuates her defect. ■_... I Bracelets and Bangles. There is uo sign of waning in the demand for bracelets and jewelers re port that on the whole bangle forms are preferred. These may be had from pretty, plain afTairs to those made with square cut stones set close together and punctuated at intervals with larger Jewels in contrasting tints. Flexible bracelets revive all the old time forms, including the spiral snakes with jeweled eyes that appeal to a few women. Some made of flat squares of wrought gold, hinged ornamentally, have as a finish a very Japanese dragon's head with jeweled settings. As long as sleeves continue short there will be a demand for bracelets that can be worn pretty generally, which is as good as saying that bracelets are sure to be in style for a considerable time to come. Whitening Tanned Throats. A piece of chamois skin rubbed with a little vaseline and then dipped into powederd pumice stone is ap excellent “remover” of tan. The neck should be rubbed each night. If the skin shows a tendency to soreness put on a little cold cream after each treatment. I I Perhaps at no time in the past has there been greater diversity in styles and in materials worn at various func tions. Skirts are trailing, of the short walking length, or just escape the floor; they are empire, princess, glove or loosely fitting princess, with no suggestion of the empire, or they show the Louis coats with trailing skirts, or elaborate coats and skirts, or the severest of the tailored variety of the latter combination. Velvet is especially smart in gowns and in coats, whether tight or loose. Hats as a rule are prettier than ever, but some extraordinary effects are seen. Although fur is now so much used as a trimming for evening gowns and evening mantles, I am of the opin ion that the latter garments are most effective and distinguished when made on very simple lines and left prac tically untrimmed. Of course, every thing depends on the dress with which the mantle is to be worn; if that be exceedingly elaborate the mantle or wrap can afford to be simple, and vice versa. Now that our evening cloaks are always made to accompany some special gown we find them in many different materials and styles. Per haps the graceful burnous is about the most satisfactory and becoming shape. The burnous wrap looks best when made of soft cashmere and lined with liberty satin or of supple satin, and lined with a heavy make of crepe de chine. Beautiful embroideries are ar ranged on the fronts and hoods of the cloaks of this genre. The reign of the three-quarter length tailor-made coat has com menced brilliantly, and now this de lightful garment is almost unbi quitous. And all the best of the new tailor-made coats show rounded fronts. In many cases the back is longer than the front; the sleeves reach al most to the elbow and are semi-Jap anese in outline. The white shirt waist can well be eschewed for the time being and a shirt of crepe de chine to match the cloth coat and skirt costume substi tuted instead. A dark blue serge skirt and coat would be most effectively completed with a dark blue crepe de chine shirt, made with broad tucks and spotted with white cotton. White frills at the wrists and down the cen ter of the front, and outlining the col lar-band, will, if made of very nar row and finely hemstitched lawn, give the finishing touch justly recognized as distinguishing between the blouse of yesterday and that of to-day. Perhaps the height of magnificence in dress is reached in the evening gowns. Embroidery appears on every frock, be it Greek or Louis XVI. There is a great craze for what is known as Egyptian embroidery—copies of old Egyptian conventional designs. The Greek keynote pattern is always effective in rich fabrics. I should say most of the evening dresses have sleeves, and although it has been observed that there is very little bodice worn in Paris just now, there is a good bit of drapery in the sleeve. The bodice is cut very low back and front, for the most part square, and filled in with pieces of heavy embroidery, lace and tulle, and the sleeve, as I have said, is a mass of drapery, often covering the elbow but leaving the arm bare at the top or veiled with a transparency. This draped sleeve is a pretty fashion, though perhaps not strictly classical. The two frocks illustrated in our large picture are simple but elegant in design. The first has a distinct Louis XV. favor. It is made in apricot yel low satin shot with pink, while the draped fichu and center panel be neath are of gold filet lace, embroid ered in raised chenille with groups of autumn-tinted leaves. The bodice points down the center in the front, and is cut short on the ' hips, and the little under-sleeves, which the drawing scarcely shows, are of very fine net. Dedicated to the use of the young girl is figure No. 2, and it is made of white satin with little pleatings of tulle peeping beneath broad bands of vr i' Charming Afternoon Frock. satin, which are held together by strings of pearls, the skirt trimmed with the same decoration. The whole idea is expressive of youth, sim plicity, and perhaps just a little in dicative of an expensive taste. Not that, when I come to think of it, the purchase of a satin evening dress should be termed expensive, for ex penses to-day lie as much in the mak ing as in the material, and undoubt edly it may be granted that a satin dress will outlive two chiffon dresses. And chiffon nowadays insists upon embroidery as well as a lining of chif fon, while net, which is considered a privilege for the thrifty, will call aloud for a decoration of ribbons, and again demands a lining of chiffon and and underlining of soft satin, so, to be really just, the diaphanous gown, al though it assumes the virtue of econ omy, has it not. We may, though, ex cept from the rule the frock of nin on, which can be made extremely at tractive on a slight figure when it is trimmed with large tucks, or ribbons, and allowed to display some dainty chemisette of tulle or lace threaded with ribbons. Molars of Extinct Animal. In the final report of a recent geo logical survey of Natal and Zuiuland, Dr. W. B. Scott, the well-known pale ontologist of Princeton, N. J., gives a description of the two last lower molars of an extinct elephant ob tained from a deposit of late teritary age in Zuiuland. For the elephant the author proposes the name elephas zulu. It is suggested that E. zulu may have been the ancestor of the living E. Africanus, In w’hich case it would almost be Imperative to regard the molars ol the latter as being of a de generate type. This question requires very careful consideration; but, apart from this, the discovery is one of great interest. Clean Food. To eat or not to eat flesh foods, that is a question which will hardly be settled by general consent for some generations; but every one will agree on the wisdom of insisting upon guar antees that our foodstuffs shall be clean unadulterated and sound. fii'; .*jiv NOT TO BEAUTIFY. I1 "■ « ii mmmmmm Mrs. Haymowe—What do you wear that mask for? Chauffeur—Well, I'll tell you. I wear it so that the people I run over won’t be able to recognize me. BLACK, ITCHING SPOTS ON FACE. Physician Called It Eczema in Worst Form—Patient Despaired of Cure— Cuticura Remedies Cured Her. “About, four years ago I was afflicted with black splotches all over my face and a few covering my body, which produced a severe itching irritation, and which caused me a great deal of suffering, to such an extent that I was forced to call in two of the leading physicians of-After a thorough examination of the dreaded complaint they announced it to be skin eczema in the worst form. Their treatment did me no good. Finally I became de spondent and decided to discontinue their services. My husband purchased a single set of the Cuticura Remedies, which entirely stopped the breaking out. I continued the use of the Cuti cura Remedies for six months, and after that ever splotch was entirely gone. I have not felt a symptom of the eczema since, which was three years ago. Mrs. Lizzie E. Sledge, 540 Jones Ave., Selma, Ala., Oct. 28, 1005.” Pretty Hungry. “Waiter, a beefsteak: Quick! I'm in a hurry!” “We haven’t any beefsteak, sir!” “A chop, then.” “Chops is off!” “Well, then, an omelet.” “Impossible, sir; we—” “What! why have you nothing at all in your restaurant?” “Yes, sir; we've got a sheriff.” Customer (sharpening his knife on the edge of his plate)—Then let's have one. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually neces sary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wear ing quality of the goods. This trou ble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its great er strength than other makes. Point of History Cleared Up. The Dentist—Now, open wide your mouth and I won't hurt you a bit. The Patient (after the extraction)— Doctor, I know what Ananias did for a living now.—Illustrated Bits. Those Delicious Lemon Pies. The kind that “make your mouth wa- , ter” are easily made with no fussing and < at least possible expense if you us.- **OUR PIE” Preparation. Don’t hesitate. Try it \ and tell your friends. At grocers, in cents, i Everybody is pleased with “OUR-PIK." He who overcomes and captures his enemy with love is the greatest of all conquerors.—Froude. Lewis’ Single Binder straight 5c. You pay 10c for cignis not so good. Your deal cr or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, 111. Wise Is he who kicks only at the things that can’t kick back. ON'I.Y ONE “HROMO QUININE” That is iJtXATIVK HROMO QUININE, lax* for the Mfrnature of K. W. GROVK. UmhI the World over to Cure a Cold in One Daj. 25c. He Is not free who drags his chain after him.—French. 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