French Idea in a Tennis Costume
A PLEASING and practical costume
for the tennis court must of
necessity be plain. As a concession
to present modes a few models are
shown having a short clos'Vfitting tun
ic, but the majority of tennis gowns
-are quite plain as to the skirt. In the
matter of the bodice one may choose
between the middy blouse made of a
fabric like the skirt, the plain silk or
lingerie blouse, or a waist made in
■one with the skirt like that shown
in the picture.
White wash fabrics. Including many
of the new rough weaves In cotton, af
ford the player a wide choice of cot
ton materials. The coarser weaves in
linen are always dependable for the
tennis costume. Ratine has proved its
worth for this kind of gown. Almost
no models of other than wash fabrics
are shown.
The picture given here shows a de
parture from all-white in a French ten
nis gown, from Lamaguere, in flannel
of a very light gray color. It has a pin
stripe in red. The plain skirt is in two
pieces Joined with an overlapped seam
at the left side. It has a considerable
split at the bottom. Tb's is provided
with fiat buttons and buttonholes on
the inside of the skirt by which the
slit may be closed when the wearer is
not playing.
The blouse is cut with kimono
sleeve and a little fullness over the
shoulders. The sleeves are length
ened by a wide strip of tbe material,
with stripes running up and down, set
on in the manner of a cuff. The
blouse is finished with a sailor collar
of red satin. The sleeves are bordered
with the same material, and It Is also
used to furnish the narrow belt. A
silk scarf, In red, is placed under the
collar and tied in a simple bow at the
front as a finishing touch.
White canvas slippers, fastened with
narrow straps, and a white felt hat
complete the pretty toilette. The mod
el can be recommended as to design,
but for real practical use wash fab
rics of cotton or linen are better than
flannel, and white is a better choice
than any color.
Types of Hats for Present Wear
TYPE:i of hats for present wear, as
set forth in the picture shown
here, demonstrate the popularity ol
feather? in August millinery. The
small '.lose-fitting turban, made of
white feathers with tall upstanding
qitills, in the most fashionable of late
summer models. Hats similar in
shape, and even more close fitting
made of white satin, crepe de chine
and black velvet, are trimmed with
broad bands of white feathers and
finished in nearly every instance with
tall fancy feathers mounted at the
front These turbans in white are
the forerunners of feather turbans
in colors, for early fall.
After the feather turban, all-white
hats of felt or frames covered with
fabric and trimmed with wings have
made for themselves the strongest
place la popular demand.
Wings of all kinds, so long as the)
are fairly soft, one sees mounted ir
as greVt a variety of ways as there
Is varf-tt) in the wings themselves
A whita felt hat with a broad band ol
white moire ribbon is shown in the
picture, with a very effective mount
lng of two long, soft, white wings
These wings are known as "made'
wings. That is they are manufactured
and are not taken from the body
of a bird. The majority of designs in
feather trimmings, are in fact, the re
sult of clever handling of ordinary
plumage from domestic fowls. There
fore. one's conscience is easy when
wearing them.
Next to the all-white bat the black
and-white is liked for present wear.
In many cases the crown only is black,
and black velvet is the material chos
en for making it. A hat of this char
acter is shown in the picture with a
tall crown made of a puff of black
velvet. It is a turban shape with a
wide coronet of white felt This coro
net might be of satin or of moire or
any of the popular millinery fabrics.
Small white wings are mounted
against the crown along the left side
of the hat. There is a bow of black
velvet on the coronet at the right
side. It is merely two flat loops placed
toward the back of the hat.
Hats with black velvet crowns and
transparent brims made of black or
white maline or of silver net are
among the prettiest of fashion's fan
cies. The crowns are soft and the
brims are flat and rather narrow,
a small sailor.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
New Use for Linoleum.
The newest thing in dancing floora
is the use of linoleum instead of the
time-honored waxed wood. This has
been in use in one fashionable hall
used largely for dancing purposes for
about two months.
The linoleum was .laid ae an experi
ment, in the belief that the new
dances could be more comfortably
and safely enjoyed, and this belief has
proved well founded. There Is plenty
of sprins In the cork surface, but no
undue slip.
New Use for Old Shawls.
Old shawls make capital evening
cloaks edged with lace and lined with
a color. Persian and oriental shawls
are best adapted to the purpose. Mex
ican shawls can be turned to the best
account in the toilette, but old scarfs 1
are invaluable for negligees mixed
with tulle and flowers, and they drape
evening dresses to great perfection.
It is estimated that 75 per cent of
the laws have to do with the home in
some way.
City of Palaces Under Cloudless
Sky Waits Admiration.
Magnificent Buildings Line Streets and
Visitors Find Great Pleasure in
Examining Their Interiors,
Where Nobility Lived.
Genoa, Italy.—Genoa is nothing If
not a city of palaces. Whole streets
of them, all splendid; some more
strikingly elegant than their fellows
are waiting for the visitor to pass and
admire; or they invite him to enter
and leisurely examine the halls where
medieval nobility dreamed of great
ness and war, and the wealth of the
picturesque caravels of the blue seas,
says the Catholic W'wld. Near the
Wayside Shrine Near Genoa. *
Piazza del'.e Fontane Morose is the
Palace della Kasa, a fifteenth-century
structure, originally the Palazo Spi
nola, where dwelt the oldest Genoese
family. From the plaza extend the Via
Garibaldi and the Via Baldi, and on
these all the splendor of the palace
city may be seen In superb fullness.
The first street, despite its modern
name, is of the sixteenth century and
the older of the two; practically all
of the palaces here were designed by
Galeazzo Alessi. The Via Baldi dates
from the seventeenth century, and,
with its fine palaces, is a monument
to Bartolommeo Bianco.
Today, as you stand near Genoa's
long piers, you may see a graat ship
from that western land of Columbus
slowly steam In from the open sea.
There will be a cheer from home-come
Genoese; there will be the scurrying
of many little boats about the lordly
eteamer, with the flowers nnd the
fruits of Italy’s soil; there will be the
gay lilting of mandolins and the songs
of sweet-voiced maidens; and the sun
will be shining and the water dancing
and the sky blue, so blue, with never
a cloud large as a baby’s hand upon
Its lovely face. And If a friend walks
down the spacious pier you will greet
him right gladly, and take hi® away
to the cool of some palace tan high
up among the shadows of the clive and
the pomegranate, and bid hi® speak
of ships and seas and the loving days
at home. But if no one comes you
will still stand near the seas «nd look
upon the friendly smiling of strange
faces from the westland, and ha happy
in their joy and glad in the benedic
tion that will fall upon them from the
bounty of their fair Italian skies.
VERY ELUSIVE HORSE THIEF
Michigan Fugitive Easy to Catch, but
Exceedingly Difficult to
Hold.
Ypsilantl, Mich.—Lemuel P Beetle,
a farmer one mile east, was avakened
by a disturbance In his bar-j. He
went out and found a man ailing a
bag with oats. He ordered the man
out of the barn and outside he dis
covered that the robber had hitched
his team to a load of produce %nd was
about ready to drive away.
The robber hurriedly left the place,
but stopped at the farm of Justice D.
V. Harris, where he stole a horse and
buggy and started for Wayne. Beetle
notified Sheriff Stark at Azm Arbor of
the attempted robbery on J^is farm
and the sheriff and a deputy hurried
to the Beetle farm in an aummobile.
They passed the robber wttl Harris’
horse, but by the time they had turned
the machine around the robber had
abandoned the horse and carriage and
escaped through the fields. The horse
was recovered.
Later a man supposed tc be the
fugitive was found in a straw stack
at Wayne and held up by a stable boy,
who had a small rifle, until tn officer
came. The man was taken Into cus
tody, but got away while the officer
was trying to open the village lockup.
He has not been caught. The offi
cer describes him as "well dressed
and wearing a diamond ring and stick
pin."
NO ROYALTY ON TEDDY BEAR
Federal Judge Decides Toy Can’t Be
Copyrighted Because Inventor
Copied Nature.
New York.—Declaring In effect that
nature cannot be copyrighted, United
States Judge Hough has refused to
continue an injunction obtained by the
heirs of Margaret Steiff, the inventor
of the “Teddy bear.”
Other concerns have been making
the toys without paying royalties.
Judge Hough refuses to stop them on
the theory that Miss Steiff herself
copied nature when she made the first
one and put it on the market
Mias Steiff was an aged crippled
woman who conceived the first of the
“bears” to take her mind off her Ills.
Her nephews and nieces have made
hundreds of thousands of dollars from
them.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Mrs. Theron Nye, one of Fremont’s
earliest pioneers, died.
The equipment of the volunteer
fire department at Ohiowa has been
Increased.
Three negro box car robbers are
confined in the new county jail at
Plattsmouth.
Robert Wynn of Chicago addressed
a mass meeting of Superior citizens
on the subject of water power.
The Dodge county teachers’ insti
tute will be held at Fremont this
week. A strong program has been
scheduled.
Nebraska’s apple crop this year
will reach 2,200 acording to forecasts
by the department of agriculture at
Washington.
Material has been received at Ohio
wa for the installation of electric
street lights. The work of installa
tion wil start at once.
The furniture and equipment donat-'
i ed to the Franklin academy from the
i Weeping Water academy is being pre
pared for shipment.
George Dill of West Point, former
night marshal and later in the cream
and poultry business, has moved his
family to Schuyler.
Omaha’s Ak-Sar-Ben fall festival
will be held September 30 to October
10. Electrical parade evening of Oct.
7, Fraternal parade Oct. 8.
The Cuming county teachers’ insti
tute has closed at West Point. The
attendance was larger than ever be
fore and the programs were success
ful.
I Glenn Welch, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Welch of Hastings, is suffering
from a severe case of blood poisoning
resulting from stepping on a rusty
nail.
The German-American picnic, which
was to have been held at Seward Sep
tember 24, has been postponed indefi
nitely, on account of the war in Eu
rope.
The Holiness camp meeting at
Weeping Water, under the auspices Qf
the Nebraska conference of Menonite
brethren has closed a ten day ses
sion.
The city council of Superior opened
a new well hich first filled with water
and then' with quicksand. It is
thought that a new location mu3t be
found for the well.
James McKerne, who was thrown
under a car at the Rock Island sand
pit, near Fairbury, died. His lego
wer amputated and he received fatal
internal injuries.
Garnett Hartlet, a well digger, was
overcome by gas resulting from blast
ing and plunged to the bottom of a
sixty-foot shaft at Plattsmouth. He
was instantly killed.
The five-year-old son of Charles Ro
land was drowned in a bayou of the
Little Blue river, a mile southwest of
Fairbury. The body was recovered but
life could not be restored.
An appeal for funds has reached D.
M. Rosenburg of Hastings from his
brother, who is stranded in Antwerp,
Belgium. He fled from Russia when
hostilities broke out.
Business men at Plattsmouth are
planning to build a pontoon bridge
across the Missouri for the conven
ience of farmers on the Iowa side
who trade in Plattsmouth.
Lowney Bellnay, colored, has been
bound over to the district court on a
charge of burglarizing a Rock Island
boarding car. near South Bend. His
trial was held at Plattsmouth.
Mrs. P. E. Becker was seriously in
jured. John Bacon sustained a frac
tured collarbone, and three others re
ceived more or less serious bruises
from which they will recover, when
an auto in which all were riding
struck a Burlington fast train near
Exeter.
Dlttman's department store of Falla
City was destroyed by fire. The loss
Is $30,000, with insurance of $18,000.
The fire originated in a new stock
stored in the cellar. Despite a high
wind firemen succeeded in confining
the blaze to the building where it
originated.
The Young & Bolton lumber yard at
Hebron was destroyed by fire. The
fire department exerted every effort,
but the flames could not be controlled
in time to save the yard and a hard
fight was necessary to keep the fire
from spreading to adjoining buildings.
The loss will reach $20,000.
At a meeting of the directors of
the Callaway fair association, it was
unanimously decided to not hold a
fair this fall. The association, be
cause of bad weather last fall, went
behind several hundred dollars, and
owing to present circumstances it was
deemed best to not attempt to hold a
fair this season.
vr. ivigm, state veterinarian, at
tended a meeting of fifty farmers six
miles north of Beatrice. The object
of the meeting was to induce farmers
to take sanitary precautions against
the spread of hog cholera. The far
mers have agreed to carry out meas
ures advocated by the government and
state veterinarian and a disinfecting
spray pump will be bought and used
in each township.
Nebraska City has filed a suit
against the light and water company,
alleging that impure and dirty water
is furnished patronc. The city asks
for the dissolution of the franchise
granted the company.
A special elction was held In Ra
venna for the purpose of voting on a
proposition to issue bonds to construct
a sewer system. The vote stood 115
for and forty-eight against, there
being but a light vote cast. This prop
osition was voted on and carried
about two months ago, but legal tech
nicalities made it necessary to hold
another election.
At the special election held in Fair
bury to vote on the ordinance mak
ing it unlawful to operate Sunday pic
ture shows the measure carried by an
overwhelming vote and there will be
no picture shows In Fairbury in the
future on Sunday.
The failed First National bank of
Superior has sent its first dividend
checks to Washington to be signed.
Eight hundred depositors will receive
15 per cent. Depositions before
Judge Pfleidered have been taken on
$20,000 of forged notes that ex-Gov
ernor Bailey of the Exchange Nation
al bank of Atchison, Kan., held.
QUICK RESPONSE TO KITCHENER’S CALL
When Karl Kitchener called for 500,000 volunteers the response of the English was swift. In one day there
were nearly 100,000 enlistments. The photograph shows the recruiting station at Whitehall, London, besieged by
men eager to serve their country.
AMERICAN REFUGEES FLEEING FROM WAR ZONE
—
American refugees, with their baggage, on a hay wagon making their way along the highroad above Avrlcourt,
a French Tillage near Luneville. This party, which was without food from early in the morning of August 1 until
August 3, reached the railway at Embermenil half an hour before all train service was suspended.
MAINZ, CENTER OF GERMAN OPERATIONS !
P- * I . «1
View of the city of Mainz, north of Metz, where the German emperor
met with his general staff to direct the operations of his army against the
French and Belgian frontiers.
FRENCH ENGINEERS LAYING MINES
I
of the french engineer corps laying mines under cover of breast
at Belfort on the German frontier.
KITCHENER FOUGHT FOR FRANCE IN WAR OF 1870.
History so often repeats itself that
It in probably not at all surprising
that Great Britain’s new war lord.
Field Marshal Kitchener of Khartoum,
should find himself once more shoul
der to shoulder with the French army
against the German forces, writes
Capt. W. Robert For an.
It Is not generally known, yet such
Is the case, that the famous hero of
Omdurman served throughout the
Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871 as a
volunteer with the French troops.
After a lapse of 44 years the young
volunteer is now war minister of Eng
land and will be responsible for the
British share of the campaign.
Little is known of his service in the
Franco-Prussian war, and few people
are aware that he even saw service
under any other flag than his own,
yet those who served with him as a
BROKEN-HEARTED BY WAR ,
Count Lichnowsky, German ambas
sador to England, leaving the foreign
office in London after the declaration
of war.
CAPT. VON HOLTZENDORFF
One of the famous sea captains who*
is assisting in carrying out Germany’!*
naval campaign.
volunteer for France say that hi»
showed early promise of the great
military genius of which his later cam
paigns proved he was possessed.
France may feel an added confi
dence now that she knows this great
soldier will once more assist her. It
is more than probable that no one in
France knew or cared who Kitchener
was when he fought for her; yet they
know him now as one of the greatest
leaders of modern warfare. Already
he wears a French decoration; will ha
soon be wearing another?