The Leif City Northwestern J W RT'ftLKlGH. Publisher LOUP CITY, - . NEBRASKA CLOTHES ARE TOO CONFUSING SuucitiMm Suffragette Telle Her %>etere te Pay More Attention te Their Ores* Mr» George F Lowell. one of the lor-mo* raff rage workers of Vaasa btweetta. recently advised suffraglata at a seeilag m Boston. to pay more artenOon *o draws "Tbe e*emait*ly d reward Fluff) Ruf Be* type of woman." said Jfr« Lovell ' la one of the heat aids to ocr cause; | •Uttai the aasrsHr* attire of cer tmr, college girl* and so-called 'ad •aatef women Is a great dravnack Women x men's rPities are minus drrgtood. and If. a* U uiua.ly tbe caae they are asffragi*-*. fhey lead the pub b » believe we are ail unwomanly Then there is the confusion which ! tscar-ai.ee clothe* os women < auses." I she arid A fudge :n a suffrage- state **re aeked Where <* the lady »bo «* tbe plaintiff x this caae*" “ 'I a* 'be plaintiff your honor, a boyisn ooSniig person »n*wered. ""The dl- kens yon are” exclaimed the judge i tru*' said 'he plain•.£ ‘jcur honor ent* r*aiii» no prejudice agninrt tne ui.S;a»ti* of 'ne nea woman’ "The Judge coughed "Not I." he aatd At th* same time I feel it my dnty to inform you that you don't stand 'it goon* of a show with this jary They are ail married men.' H-_* a ** nil voice from the boi correct»d ;.:m You're off judge! Ptmr of us are married women V” T*te Fata “Y” f»ut o' loyaPy t< t:» own *-i the *»»P" of lb- aomax* cult d-parr tvea" discharged hi* >icu-g iotas s»erjugra;her and h:-ed a mix The ffr»* hatch of Inter* dM-atec to the man acre written to ah-jot H* old rmatiitn. ahem be mvl-d to ex astrne pr!»ate|y a lot of e*eiu«lve gar isn't before 'bey were placed on *a.e The day »;•. r 'he letters were taalied *h* women Srxked in’o the *'”♦ ’he fir- ’’.it turned In ’heir eye* was the fire of the avenger rath e* 'ban «* -he bargain hunter Oat ■ ard an!*b »ach woman had under lx*d x Mr letter explained their wrath The garments so the tiianager had m* an* to say. had teen designed for women of stock figure such a* they ;«**-» e>-f .* -he male grapher bad drawn on tbe alpha be' and had »rivet, it “ssocky “No aotnnn 03 earth would have been g .; ty of su’t a mlfc'.-.k* rrr.wl ed the manager The neat seek the gtr s’ecograptog Lad ber Job lark Rocf OirStr,r.g. At 'fee Metropolitan tower on* ®n> note tl>»- flash of the sun on ltK} hotted*, where fruits a..d vegetables a/e ripening for the tables of New York*r» *.»h a fle d glass the hu man an is are seen bustling around 'hetr ’reasure b>-» lift r.g off tta easae* and citing the tenderest rare to the green thing* within Set era! of th* ae little farm* are in Harem * on* th- rfger ralier One u only a ■*<»« • throw from the subway kiosk* at o*e Hundred and Thirty flf-fa street and leaoi avenue It orrupl-* a field •f the old Watt estate, with over* had owing >s<-crsti on three aide* For 5* year* without a break, this garden M*g ha* existed I ntil fire years ago there were truck garden* jist north erf Central park Those on the tar East sloe. by Jones wood were un disturbed until the building of the Rotkefelier Institute for Medlra! R* senrrh — Xrs York Press Practica Criticism. Tbe follow ing Is a critic.*® of "Ctn ket ' hy a genius in New South Wales: There t* too much chinning in tb* pkere The author Is beh‘nd the times, and appears to forget that what we want nowaday* Is hair-raising situa ikons and detective* In the hand* of a skillful playwright a deteet.re would hare let pet upon the track of Hs® lets unde and the old man would hare brew hunted down In a manner that would hare excited the audience out of their number eleven* The moral of the piece lx not good The scene where Hamlet cheeks his moth er Is a very bed example to the rising generation Our adv >e to the au'bor is a little wore action a little more line sentiment and a fair share of va rtrtr husinev* in hi* next piece |n the specialty »rt* of the piay *crt»e he has entirely mimed his opportunl tie*” Mere!- a Teat Case. A burly a**ro na» to the dorro* of • West African missionary settlement dragging feu reluctant wife a 1th him (Kill use of my wife's teeth oat." said he. The doctor examined the woman's mouth aad found only sound teeth TA. that makes no difference. said the latmatrt neero ' Pull one any way If It doesn't hurt too mu.-* for merely algalag tbetr name* to art tries mrtt lea for them and printed In ibe I p psrerost Magazine jlat>—It a true, too Wink*—Well' Well! I monger what they’d get If they wrote the whale article tbemseitea? jinks—Ot laughed at PH dm—1 aad Modem Saints, par a mediaeval saint to wash the fewt ed 12 poor old men war a aanrtl hed net betas— k cleansed. not the fswt «rf the (dd men. but the soul of the ft Saia*-of Today a ere to be that task, hu entire thought be the better preparation of tfcoae 12 oid mm lor their n« it m rea walk, aith • mental re—rta.loa tm ta*or of — coasUtuticg society —i 1 would oe**r be necetsary lor ^^ ^ a£ae to do it lor tb*m Hard, la the Atlantic With this spring the city of Mem phis, Tenn., Inaugurates an expert ment which, it is believed, by the foremost authority in the farmers' co-operative demonstration work at Washington will prove the practica bility of a plan capable of reducing the cost of llcing in America by the cost of living in America by reduce it half that amount. Dr. S. A. Knapp, the chief of the co-operative demonstration office in the department of agriculture at Washington, in announcing the in auguration of the Memphis experi ment. dwells particularly on the ef Sciency of boys in showing that, by the use of proper modem methods, enormously increased crops can be raised on ground which gave previous ly but meager returns to the toil and the crude systems in vogue among 'Jie men farmers of their respective districts. In brief, the com-club plan is to be applied to town back yards. 5 he plan, not altogether novel in its central features, yet truly astounding in the impos.ng magnitude contemplated, proposes that every family in the l n.’ed S’ates shall utilize the spare ground attached to its dwelling for the ra - t-g of the vegetables used on the home table. It Is obviously impossible to shut cce'a eyes to the fact that there are many thousands, perhaps mil ns of families who. living in city localities so densely populated and so compie'ely bricked, have no spare ground available for even a foot of parsley. Hut as I>r Kr.app observes, the same recourse awaits those "shut-ins’* has been employed In England Land sufficient for the purpose can be aiten outs,tie of the cities, and the same results can be secured, if at the expense of a little greater trouble. In Sgures he estimates that there are 5,000,000 American families whs an save on an average. $120 each per year. And h*- adds that, given half the cost of only a moderately big battleship to spend in demonstrating annually to the American farmer the best methods of hand :rg h:s rTops, at lea*-t $1,000,000,600 per year can be added to the ra sons wealth in agricultural products. ONCE A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR I ___ United States Senator George S Nixon of Nevada Is a man of varied * attainments. He never held an office in his life except one term in the state legislature as a state representa tive until he was sent to the United States senate. Senator Nixon got his start in life as a telegraph operator It must have been mighty paying, as he is now the owner of several banks, land and a theater or two, all of which are said to be worth at least 20 millions of dollars. A story of one of his feats of telegraphy has recently been told. He was on one of the California limiteds a few years ago, when there was a wreck They were away off from no where. so to Epeak, with the methods of communication cut ofT The con ductor of the limited said that they had a telegraph instrument aboard, and always carried it. but unfortu nately there was no one that could send a n.o==age Senator N'lxon heard him. called for the instrument, and proce«ded to climb rhe nearest telegraph pole with all the agility of one fond of the art He cut in, and in less than five minutes was calling for a certain station down the line, which he had called thousands of times in his youthful days Not. eierybody does not knot perhaps, that a telegraph operator’s man n*-r of sending is equally as distinct as his manner of writing or speaking, and those who have ever known his touch remember it Just exactly as they t'.uid remember his voice if they had ever heard It. The operator at the n'ation be was calling happened to be the old one, and he had not heard Sen 2tor Nixon's touch ior 20 years, but recognized it at once. 'Where the Sam Hill did you come from, and where are you?” came over the wire to Nixon. “On top of a telegraph pole." replied Nixon. “Send ub a wrecking train.” And you better believe the wrecking train was sent in a hurry. Since then Sens or Nixon has been a hero with the people on that train. IS DOING MUCH FOR PEACE Never before has the peace move ment evoked such unanimous en thusiasm in Great Britain. The most striking fact is the cordial response given by the German official press to the overtures of Foreign Minister Sir Edward Grey. Of all the great European news papers the Paris Temps alone strikes a discordant note, but Its cynical doubts are drowned by the cordial welcome extended to the movement by the other French papers. Sir Edward Grey himself is optim istic. and he is a man of singularly calm and unemotional character. Peace advocates here, while warmly appreciating his work, wish that he was endowed with more fire and en ergy to avail himself of the present temper on both sides of the Atlantic, to mark an Immediate and decisive advance in the good work. Thor oughly sincere, determined and single minded. Sir Edward Grey lacks the touch of Imagination that might at this moment arouse the people of Europe to a full sense of the folly and barbarism of armaments and war. But his temperament makes him proceed slowly and cautiously within the conven tional lines of diplomacy. There will be no difficulty so far as Great Britain is concerned in con cluding an allround arbitration treaty with the United States, but doubts are expressed here whether German and Irish antagonism may not again de feat the American senate. John Redmond's recent speeches have noticeably affected British sentiment, even in quarters heretofore hostile to home rule, and his Idea of reconriilat ion with I .'eland being signalized by a union of all the English speaking races has made a profound impression. MEXICO’S NEW AMBASSADOR The latest addition to the diplomat ic corps at the natron's capital is Man uel de Zamacona e Inclan, who was selected by President Diaz as Mexi can ambassador to the United States as a successor of Francisco Leon de la Barra, who has accepted the post of minister of foreign affairs in the new Dlar cabinet. Senor Inclan is at present the financial representative of the government of Mexico in Lon don. He has had considerable expe rience in diplomacy. He studied in the United States and Europe when a young man, and in 1878-80 filled the position of at tache to the Mexican legation in Washington while his father, Manuel M. de Zamacona, was minister. From 1880 to 1895 he was secretary to the local board of the Mexican Central railway. From 1895 to 1S97 haft*nS paymaster to the military comtriSnd ery of the federal district and admin istrator of the stamp tax at Pachuca. 1 capital of the mining state of Hildalgo. From 1897 to 1903 he was postmas ter general of Mexico, and on April 16, 1903, he was promoted to be treasurer of the nation. Tbe new ambassador is 61 rears old. i For Little Misses LACY braid?, embroidered batiste and mull. nets, iaces. hair braids and silk go to make up the ma jority of hats for young giris and smaller misses. The shapes are more soft and bonnet like than ever and narrow side plaitings of sheer fabrics and lace are more favored than ever. Cascades of plaited ruffles fall about and over considerable of the face. Soft pufTed crowns look like quaint old time ideas revived for youthful wear ers. When the baby girl graduates from the regulation baby bonnet, she will don a bonnet-like hat. or a bonnet made on a light wire frame, quite elab orately trimmed with ribbons and lace and small flowers. Ribbons bare al ways been the favorite trimming for children's millinery. This spring sea son it Is to be used in greater abun dance than ever. Small roses, tiny rose foliage and other little flowers I like the forget-me-not and valley-lily, the cow-slip and tiny daisy, continue to reign as favorites for children. There Is a little round hat made by shirring a large circle of silk or em broidered batiste or other sheer fa brics. on feather-bone. Four rows of shlrrlngs form the up-turned brim, and the crown is just a puff of the mate rial. This Little cap Is finished with a big rosette made of wide ribbon shirred. A variation of this model has a silk crown and brim of point de esprit. It is a highly successful nov elty. The regular plain bonnet is !n high favor, and numbers of little hats are simply diminutives of the simple shapes worn by grown-upe They are simply trimmed with ribbon. Fig. 1 shows a pretty model of thin silk and lace Tuscan braid. The light wire shape is faced with silk and bound with braid. A soft tan crown of silk makes a foundation for the large circle of lace Tuscan which is posed over brim and crown. Ribbon, wide and soft, is laced through the braid and tied In a two-looped bow with hanging ends at the back. It is a model which may be worn by chil dren from fcur to fourteen years old. A pretty model for an older girl is shown in Fig. 2. The wire frame in this is covered first with chiffon, which is shirred for the facing. The hat is covered with row after row of side plaited lace on top of the crown, and about the brim. At the side crown the plaited lace Is omitted and little stalks of lily-of-the-valley are set plainly over the chiffon. A sash of wide soft ribbon finished with an Immense bow at the back makes a complete finish for the hat. But a bunch of cow-slips cr other small flowers may be added at the front, as shown in the picture. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. PRETTY BLOUSE. Any one who likes to fee’, their throats free will be pleased with this blouse, which is cut In rather a low square. The material is arranged in tucks across front that are stitched to the bust: at the back there are three tucks each side. The square is outlined with embroid ery that is continued down the wrap over right front. The sleeves are trimmed with a point of embroidery, and are gathered into wrist-bands covered with the same. Materials required: yards 28 Inches wide. 2Vs yards embroidery. ^________ Newest Letter Paper. Some of the prettiest note paper has a very narrow border of blue, pink, gray, lavender or red and one initial at I the top set in a ring of color the exact ; shade of the border. Correspondence cards also are thus bordered and are very pretty. DUTCH COLLAR AND CUFFS Dainty Frills That Are Designed to Lighten Lip a Dark Cos tume. The girl who likes to lighten a dark costume with dainty frills, should make herself one of the sets of round ing Dutch collar and cuffs In plaited lawn. The frills are made of fine white lawn or dotted muslin, and are cut throe and a half inches wide for the collar, and two inches for the cuffs. Mark the edge in a tiny scallop with a spool of two hundred cotton, and buttonhole In w&ite or colored mercerized cotton In a shallow line. When finished sew into eighth of an inch side plaits and sew Into narrow band the right length to fit around wrist and neck. The frill falls softly from the hand or in the sleeves may be inverted and turned back, being caught at one side with a lace pin. Instead cf arranging in plaits, which are hard to iron, the frills may , be run in thread tucks to give tha fullness. This model Is good for high j turnover effects and for the Dutch collar. Ftor the latter the strip should be made narrower at the ends than in the middle. Surah Silks Again. Surah twill silk in solid color Is £ material which is claiming much favor, being used by the best model houses in Paris for making tailored suits and three-piece costumes. This new surah has a high luster surface and Is used in exactly the same manner as satin? have been so freely employed recently Surah is especially well adapted fot summer use in America. It is durable sufficiently di essy for a handsome suit is light weight, and, therefore, com fortable for summer use in many parts of the United States. More than this domestic silk mills are equipped to pro duce surah silk*. FOULARDS ARE MOST POPULAR Best of the Spring Silks In Colors, Designs and Widths—Persian Borders. As the winter rolls away the spring >i]fcs are displayed with forceful at j tractiveness. In colors, designs and ; convenient widths foulards are prob ; ably accorded the most favor. Indeed, they deserve our admiration. They appeal to our practical natures for several reasons. First, they are not expensive. Poulards nowadays are ’ purchasable for money in the vicinity of the one-dollar mark. In the widths available ten or twelve yards are ample for a dress. The good quality of foulard is now waterproof. It shed6 the dust, and can be used for petti coats or linings after having served as a costume. Bordered foulards are evident in most of the silk showings. They are beautiful and have the added feature of requiring no trimming for the costume aai they make. I-ersian designs on the border, a queer lightning effect, an the Oriental mixtures of colors and curious Indis tinct flower forms are seen to decorate the rich silks. Foulards with coin spots, with stripes and in checked patterns are also here for the woman who prefers the allover designs. The silks are just the thing fot spring, cool summer days and for the fall. The triple use to which they car be put is rarely found ia other mate rials, and from this very fact It would seem that every woman ought to have a silk dress in her outfit. Black Velvet Bags. Black velvet bags are supplanting the gold mesh purses, long so dear tc the heart of every woman. These new bags are of thick velvet and are framed in gold or silver. They are in man. shapes, but all are suspended from the arm by heavy silken cords and tassels, very long, so that the bag drops almost to the knees. Some of the new bags are elaborately beaded, but generally the fabric is so fine in quality that it needs no other embellishment than its own elegance. NEEDS GREAT CARE IN MAKING Hollandaise Sauce Is Delicious but Must Be Attended To With the Utmost Skill. - Hollandaise sauce, which is a good deal like a warm mayonnaise, is the , most delicious delicacy In the French cheFs kitchen, but it is easily spoiled If not carefully made and attended to. Put a pan with warm water on a part of the stove where heat is mild; set a small deep saucepan in it and drop in yolks of two eggs Stir in. as oil is put in mayonnaise, two-thirds ; of a cupful of butter, putting in one small nut-size piece at a time. Watch , the sauce faithfully, not letting the j water get hot, but keeping it warm j enough to melt the butter. When the ; butter is all in and melted, add salt and pepper. Then take vessel from the fire and stir in the juice of half a lemon. Serve at once in a warmed j sauce-boat with boiled fish, asparagus, j cauliflower or artichokes. The least inattention while making : this sauce will spoil it completely, i Too much heat, or too long a stay on the fire will curdle the eggs. FOUR BREAD FANS IN ONE Novel Baking Device That May Be Found Convenient in Bakeries or Families. A taking arrangement which com j bines four tread pans in one yet bakes four separate loaves has been designed by an Illinois man. The ad j vantage claimed for it are that the baker is saved the trouble of handling a number of separate receptacles. The device consists of a rectangular metal strip large enough to inclose the tops o? four pans. Along the sides are corner pieces adapted to receive the corners of the pans As the lat ter are wider at the top than they are at the bottom, they drop neatly into the corner pieces and stay there ' until pried out by inserting some in strument under their top edges. Held together in this way. the four pans can be carried around and Eboved in or drawn out of the oven as easily as one. and in bakeries or families where several loaves of bread are made at a time they will be found a convenient arrangement. Charlotte Baskets. Beat yolks of two eggs till thick, and lemon colored, add one-half cup of sugar, gradually continuing beating; then add one and one-half tablespoons ; of cold water; put three-fourths table i spoon of cornstarch in a cup and add flour to half filled cup. Mtx and sift cornstarch and flour with three fourths tablespoon pf baking powder and a pinch of salt, and add to first . mixture. When well mixed add one half teaspoon of lemon extract and whites of twe eggs beaten stiff Bake in buttered gem pans fifteen or twenty minutes, scoop out center, and fill with whipped cream. Fudge Cake. One cap sugar, two-thirds cup but ter. three eggs, one cup milk, 2t» cups of flour, or.e heaping teaspoon baking powder, one-fourth cup of chocolate or.e-half cup of English walnuts br» ken up coarsely. Cream butter and sugar together, add the cup of milk and then stir in lightly the flour, in which the heaping spoonful of baking powder has been sifted. Stir in the chocolate, which has been dissolved by placing in a cup and setting In hot water; add nuts and lastly the eggs, which should be beaten, whites and yolks separably. Use a Thimble. When you are running brass curtain rods through lace or net curtains you can avoid tearing the delicate fabric by slipping a thimble over the end of the rod. Be sure the thimble Is not too large, or you may lose it in the meshes of the curtain, and be in worse trouble than before. _ Bow Knots. Add one-third cup of sugar to two beaten eggs, one tablespoon each of melted butter and milk, a pinch of mace and cinnamon, flour to make a stiff dough, one-half teaspoon baking powder; cut into strips, form Into , bowknots. brush with egg; fry In deep fat, dust with powdered sugar \ and nuts. Chocolate Walnut Pudding. Boil one pint of milk, add half a cop of sugar, three tablespoonfuls grated chocolate, one tablespoc&ful corn starch; wet In a little cold milk; yolks of two eggs beaten light; cook in a double boiler until thick; remove from fire; add one-half cup of broken wal nut meats; mix thoroughly; serve very cold in tall glasses with a big spoonful of whipped cream on top. Rye Bread Made With Sour Mi!k. Two and one-half cups sour milk, lard the size of an egg. a little salt, 3 cups rye meal. 1 cup bread flour, 2% even teaspoons soda. 2 table spoons molasses Bake in a moderate oven until when tried with a knitting needle it will not stick. Turnip Soup. Boil enough turnips, drain and rub through a sieve to make one pint, add to this two quarts hot milk, one-half teaspoonful soda, one tablespoonfnl salt, two tablespoonfuls onion juice; thicken with a little flour, pepper and a lump of butter; let come to a boil and serve. MY DAUGHTER WASCURED By Lydia E. Pinkham’a Vegetable Compound Baltimore, Md.—“I send you here Kith the picture of my fifteen year old daughter Alice, wnc wa3 restored tc health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound. She was pale, with dark circles under her eyes, weak and irri table. Xwodi.Terent doctors treated her and called it Green Sickness, but she grew worse a!! the 'time. LvdiaE-Piiik. ham's Vegetable Compound wa3 rec ommended, and after taking three bot tles she has regained her health, thanks to your medicine. I can recommend it for all female troubles.’'—Mrs. L. A. Corkrax, 1103 Hut land Street, Haiti more, Md. Hundreds of such letters from moth ers expressing their gratitude f-.r what Lydia E. 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