def _numeric_selector(features, useful_cols):
    """
    Function skips numeric encoding and just selects the numeric features as specified in useful_cols
        
    Returns
    -------
    numeric_features_transformed : pandas.DataFrame
        Dataframe of transformed features
        
    """
    numeric_cols = useful_cols.loc[useful_cols.dtype == 'numeric', 'feature'
        ].values
    numeric_features = features[numeric_cols]
    return numeric_features
