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ing a statement without backing it up
with authority, another criticized him
for fatal illogic and false romance
of the movies" A Harvard professor,
Albert Bushnell Hart, announced that
he had found 297 errors of fact in
the book Another reviewer declared
that "Mr. Hughes walks on all the
eggs without breaking a single one.
Even the most rabid biographical fun
damentalist will find little to COM
plain about in this book"
So there you are The case of Ru-
pert Hughes, the biographer, is proof
anew of the statement made by one
writer that George Washington is an
elusive" person, for although "for
forty years, from early manhood until
the time of his death, he was in
creasingly In the public eye, the real
man, high on his pedestal Of official
and personal reserve, has been hard
to come at" A part of this is. no doubt
due to the early biographers, such as
Parson Weems, who began building
up the myths about him, and the in
creasing years only served to give
them an increasing firmness of fixity
in the popular mind.
Hughes has well expressed it when
he wrote, 'No other man in history
has suffered so much from malfeas-
ance in Office by historians. Nearly all
of Washington's biographers have felt
it their duty not only to correct his
writings, but to blue-pencil, prettify
and falsify his character. In their
frantic zeal for denaturing this big,
laundering, >bewildered giant they have
done further injustice to all his
contemporaries, Of whom they have
made either dwarfs or acolytes, and
of his sincere adversaries demons Of
malice and envy. 1t is poor patri-
otism, ridiculous idolatry and rank
dishonesty to rob the host Of other
strugglers for liberty and progress
of their just deserts and to perpetuate
old ISLANDERS against his enemies at
home and abroad in order to turn
Washington into god. AS a god,
Washington was a woeful figure; as a
man he was tremendous"
No wonder then that "the real
Washington" is yet to be delineated
One type Of mind would make him a
Superman; another Man. But the
final verdict Of history probably will
decide that he was a bit Of both and
the picture which it will draw Of him
will be somewhere in between the two
extremes.
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SpnrtNntes

Olympia fields, Chicago, is the
worlds largest golf club.
Baseball is rapidly threatening to
become gossipy old game.
Upward of 10000 men in the United
States play professional baseball.
It's almost time to begin selecting
the all-American football team for
1927.
Charles Chung, Chinaman,, is golf
professional of the Redlands (Calif)
Golf and Country club.
The largest football score on record
was made at King college, Bristol,
Va, 2O6 against Lenoire's O, in 1922.
Fistic fans In Paris make it a prac-
tice to reward unusually game ex-
hibitions by boxers with gold medal.
Pennsylvania is anxious to hold the
annual intercollegiate track and field
championship on Franklin field In
May.
Clarence Brooks, veteran catcher,
has been signed as manager of the
Bloomington ,nL) team in the Three
league.
The Seattle Soccer league will pre-.
sent a gold medal to the player who
displays the finest craftsmanship
during the season.
In order to stimulate horse breeding
in Tennessee, application has been
made, to place Nashville In the grand
circuit of harness horse racing.
The professional baseball team man.
ager who fails to lead his men to first
place in 1927 will have no excuse. He
can easily learn how to win the pen
nant by attending any session Of the
Winter Stove league.
The longest forward pass ever
thrown in a football game was made
by Harold (Brick) Muller of the Uni
versity of California, against Ohio
State in 1920 at Pasadena. The ball
went 20 yards.
President Harry Williams of the
Pacific Coast league, completed his
umpiring staff for the coming season
by signing Perie Casey. Last season,
Casey was coach Of the Hollywood
club, and for seven years previous to
last year, Casey was an umpire In the
Coast circuit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18

sanity Of his race, but man with
many human frailties and much COM
mon sense, who rose in the fullness
Of time to be the political deliverer
Of our country"
Those words, written nearly half
century ago, long before any effort
had been made to dispel the myths
which had grown up around Wash
ington, are strangely prophetic of the
brought up again the question of the
real Washington and focused public
attention upon it more sharply than
it has ever been focused before. Out
standing among those events was the
criticism which met the attempt by
one of Americas best-known novel
lists to write the sort of Washington
biography Of which McMaster speaks.
The novelist was Rupert Hughes and
his biography was George Washing
ton, the Human Being and the Hero"
published by William Morrow & Com
pany of New York.
/. In fact, looking back upon the year
just past it is curious to note how
many times the two names Rupert
Hughes" and George Washington"
have appeared in the news dispatches
together. 1t began In January when
Hughes made speech at banquet
Of the Sons of the American Revolu-
ton in Washington, D. c., in which
he was described as having pictured
Washington as ''profane, irreligious
and pleasure-loving man." Although it
was afterword learned that he had
been misquoted, the mischief was
done as soon as the story went out.
Immediately he was attacked and
defended all over the world. Sermons
were delivered on his speech, his
name was heard in congress and put
in the Congressional Record, sena-
tors denounced him and he received
clippings Of newspaper comment on
his speech in almost every language,
French, German, Dutch, Spanish and
Italian.
Interest in the controversy was re-
vived in September when the Hughes
book appeared. Even though 1t did
not arouse such storm as did his
speech, it, too, was met with divided
opinion, both censure and praise. Re
viewers-for the most part historians
themselves-were far from unanimous
in their verdicts. Where one praised
the biographer for his painstaking
care in minute documenting of his
statements and refraining from max
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18
Praise for Ruth

Settling a long-debated question.
Miller Higgins has admitted that
Babe Ruth did the right thing in at
tempting to steal second base on the
final play Of the 1926 series. 1--WE
needed an unexpected move and had
Ruth made the steal 1t would have
been declared the smartest piece Of
baseball in the history of world series
play" says the Yankee manager. This
settles a question that was loudly dis
cussed in the hot-stove league during
cold weather.
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New Scholastic Idea

Cooking and keeping house have
been recommended by the Prussian
ministry of education as one Of the
teaching requirements of country
school ma'ams because a knowledge
of these arts would "create a favor
able impression with the mothers in
the communities where the teachers
are occupied" Domestic science
courses for teachers will be established
In convenient centralized places where
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

- HAT Will the final YER
INV I'll dict of history on
M George Washington be !:
Man or Superman?
GST@SE If we are to believe
lS&Az94S9 the early day biogra-
pliers of the Father of
His Country, 1t will be Superman, a
paragon of all the virtues, who was
not only first in war, first in peace
and first in the hearts of his coun-
trymen but first in faultless living.
Such is the model which Parson
Weems, who invented the cherry tree
story, established, and it has been in
dustriOusly copied by many later biog-
raphers, especially those who write
our school histories.
If we are to believe a later gen.
GRAFTON of historians, it will be Man,
a man of his times with the habits
of a man of his times, including it's
faults as well as it's virtueS-in short,
George Washington, the human being.
For more than century George
Washington has baffled the historians
in their effort to present the real
Washington" Forty years ago one
of them, Prof. John Bach McMaster,
pointed out the difficulties which con-
front the biographer of Washington
when he said:
General Washington is known to
US, and President Washington. But
George Washington is an unknown
man. When at last he is set before
US as he lived we shall read less
of the cherry tree and more of the
man. Naught surely that is heroic
will be omitted, but side by side
with what is heroic will appear much
that is commonplace. We shall be-
hold the great commander repairing
defeat with marvellous celebrity, heal
ing the discussions of his officers and
calming the passions of his mutinous
troops. But we shall also hear his
oaths and see him in the terrible out
bursts Of passion to which Mr.. Jeffer-
son has alluded and one of which Mr..
Lear has described
"We shall see him refusing to be
paid for his services by congress, vet
expecting from the family of the
poor mason the shilling that was due.
We shall know of him as the cold and
forbidding character with whom no
fellow-man ever ventured to live on
close and familiar terms We shall
respect and honor him for being not
the greatest of generals, not the most
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18
Mystery in Old Rails

Fragments of iron or steel rails
were found in the ruins of the old
city of st. Joseph, in Florida. These
were along the right-of-way of the old
st. Joseph and lola railroad. The fact
that these pieces of rail were none
the worse for rust, although they had
been lying in the open salt air for
more than So years, aroused such in
terest that they have been sent to lab
oratories in Philadelphia for investi-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18
Appointment a Precedent

The first negro to be appointed to
a federal Office, according to the Negro
Year Book, was Ebenezer Don Carlos
Bassett. who was appointed minister
resident and consul general of the
United States to Haiti by President
Grant in 1869 and served until 1871.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18
Coach Hill Resigns

Sam Hill, the old football star, who
has been coach of the Wesleyan var
sity for two seasons. has resigned, but
will remain at the college until June.
Hill will serve next season as assist
ant coach at one of the large univer-
sites where he will be in touch with
the latest methods in football tech
nique Hill is popular with the under
graduates and faculty and he devel-
oped steams with a strong fighting
spirit which have defeated old rivals.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18

thing else, should be found sprightly,
clear and excellent In some one partic-
ular effect, we are to inquire of our
masters. But the beautiful souls are
they that are universal, open and
ready for all things; IL not instructed,
at last capable Of being so.-Mon-
taigne.
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The Beautiful Souls

There is no so wretched and so IL
literate soul wherein some particu-
lar fancy is not seen to shine; no
soul so buried in sloth and ignorance,
but it will make sally at one end or
another; and how it comes to pass
that mind, blind and asleep to every
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18

instruction will be given after school
hours. Few of the schools concerned
actually teach domestic science to the
girl pupils. The innovation is de-
signed chiefly to further pleasant re-
lations between teachers and parents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18

cation. They are smaller than those
made today, but heavier in proportion.
An effort will be made to determine
just what they are and how they were
made.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18
CHILDREN CRY
FOR "CASTORIA"
Especially Prepared for Infants
and Children of All Ages

Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has
been In use for over 80 years to re-
lieve babies and children of Constipa-
ton, Flatulency, Wind Collie and Diar-
rhea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and, by regulating the
Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimi-
lation Of Food; giving natural sleep
without opiates.
The genuine bears signature Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18
Not Unusual

Aunt-What did little Bessie get at
her birthday party?
Mother-Six books, four handker-
chiefs, and the measles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18
Effect of Christianity

With Christianity came new civil
ization, and a new order of ideas.
Tastes were cultivated, manners re-
fined, views broadened, and natures
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18
True

Opportunity knocks once at every
mans door. Importantly is a more
frequent caller.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-18
Had Something to Broadcast

Mother had been relating the events
of the day to daddy, when little Eliza
beth, who had been waiting patiently
to tell something, cried out:
wont you please sign off, mother,
news, too.T
Students entering Pennsylvania
State college are now photographed
for future reference.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18

Persistent coughs and colds lead to seri,
Gus trouble. You can stop them now with
Creomulsion, an emulsiied creosote that
is pleasant to take Creomulsion is new
medical discovery with two-fold action; it
soothes and heals the inAamed membranes
and inhibits germ growth
Of all known drugs, creosote is recog.
nized by high medical authorities as one
Of ,,.e ~=<eaa s: healing agencies for per-
sistent coughs and colds and other forms
of throat troubles. Creomulsion contains,
in addition to creosote, other healing ele-
ments which soothe and heal the infected
membranes and STOP the irritation and
inflammation, while the creosote goes on
to the stomach, is absorbed into the blood,
attacks the seat of the trouble and checks
the growth of the germs,
Creomulsion is guaranteed satisfactory
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18

Horoscopes on the installment plan
are the latest wheeze in the wave
of partial payment purchasing which
has struck Berlin.
An enterprising practical astrol-
oyer" advertises first class horoscopes
att prices varying from $5 to So
according to the extent to which
he delves into the subjects future,
and offers to take 25 per cent down
and the balance in monthly INSTALL
ments. He points out that his GUS
toners will thus be able to check
up from month to month and make
sure they are getting their moneys
worth on his representations for
the year.
Don't be fooled by the inferior
horoscopes of my competitors, which
often are swindles but buy only the
genuine, guaranteed and safeguarded
article build up on a scientific basis
by myself and my efficient staff of
collaborators, is the advertisers
final appeal.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18

If a record Of attendance were
to be taken of gallery visitors at
Reichstag sessions, it would probably
develop that the American ambas-
sador, Jacob Gould Schurman, is, next
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18

BERLIN, Jan. II. H9-DiVorces may
be had for the asking in Germany
when the judiciary committee OF the
Reichstag gets through with mod
ernizing the existing divorce law
which while lenient in is provisions
is involved in SO much red tape that
legal proceedings are both costly
and tedious,
Among other things the commit
tee is considering a provision which
would compel a woman to support
her divorced husband as well as chill
dren in case it is proved that the
husband is financially incapable and
the wife in good circumstances, IN
any case the support of the children,
according to the proposal, would be
borne by the most able of the parties
in the suit, regardless of which one
obtained the divorce.
In general the committee is in
clfned to allow the courts to grant
divorces when it is shown that the
actions of either party for any reason
made further domestic life unpleasant
or unbearable for the other party"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18
How Doctors Treat
Colds and Flu

To break up a cold overnight or 10
cut short an attack of grippe, intlu'
enza, sore throat or tonsillitis, physi-
clans and druggists are now recon-
mending Calotabs, the purified anu
refined calomel compound tablet til
gives you the effects Of calomel and
salts combined. without the unpleas-
ant effects of either.
One or two Calotabs at bedtime
with a swallow of water,-that's all.
No salts. no nausea nor the slightest
interference with your eating, work
or pleasure. Next morning your cold
has vanished, your system is thor
oughly purified and you are feeling
fine with hearty appetite for break
fast. Eat what you please,-no dan
ger.
Get family package, containing
full directions, only S5 cents. At any
drug store.-Adv.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18
WIFE. CANGET DIVORCE FOR
NON-SUPPORT, PAY ALlMONY

been in office under the German
republic DR.. Marx was chancellor
once before, taking office in Novem-
Der, 1928.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18

-
Bond, Marjorie Murchison.
SB:}
Teresa Jimonez, Antonia Garcia,
Alene Rodgers, solomon Chavez, Ora
NJ Schwantes, Marie Perez.
7A1
Gertrude Stovellin, Dean Perrin.
Elsie Monteon, Harriet WilIoughby,
Roberto Moreno
John Henry, Mary oldham, Hartley
Thaw, Donald Johnson. &s
TAB
Elmira Magana, Frances Estrada
Solomon Nestaz, Isabel Munoz, Man
uel Mendez.
Jack Mcbride Fay Burns, Margaret
Bassley, Maurine Curry, Madelyn
Rice, Marianne Pigott.
Bobby Hamilton, Wynette Hoover,
Isabel Pominguez, Bessie Wright
Alice Acosta, Christine Bollweg, Luz
ellie Hill, Mary L. Merkt, Fawn San
ders, Jack Adams.
7B3
Ns,rcisso Monte, oscar Buttner
Gabrielle Morales, Marguerite Shan,
non, Albert Clark.
7B4
Christine Lccknar, Elodia Garcia
Naive Flores, Margarita Alvarez, Cas-
tullo sanchez Raul de Ia Vara, Rob
orto Fontes, Ascuncion Lopez
jean Morris, Lois Boucher, Maria
Ruiz, Armando Hernandez, Hortense
Mcguire. Madelyn Thaw. Bertha Vim
diola, Elizabeth Lucious.
Helen verdugo Robert Bauer, Ed
ward Nowall, Winnie II. Wasson
Josephine Hiler, Elaine Franch
Paglne .I4lltzky, Wilbur Anderson.
Heliodora Valdez, Rosa Rocha, Er-
linda Montelongo, Josephine Cutter
rez, Robert Santoya, Concha Larez,
6B3
Eva Bautiste, Estella Fector, Ros'
allie Garcia, Mercedes Sotura, Mary
Lisaldo, Elvira Navarro.
OBI
Mary &. Dowen. Catharine Souers
Thelma Lundberg, Dorothy Arm,
strong, Allie e. Rhodes, Louie Elem.
ing, Martha Huxtatle Joseph Lewis
GB2
Eleanor Kinney, Page Robinson
Carolyn Rorcherding, Ethel M
Rogers Gwendo1yn Ewing.
ScMGol Honor Rolls
First Term .1926-7
. GO1Iarc
Dorothv Coed ng, Thelma Lundberg
Elizabeth Stephenson Dorothy Arm
strong, Allie f. Fhodes, Manuel Lear
! Ninfa Espinosa, Refugio Montelongo
Louise Fleming, Mazda Hocket1
Louise stevens, Martha. HuXtable, 10
sepb Lows s, Amelia Hernandez Fran
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18

to newspaper correspondents, the most
faithful attondawt
He has becomo the most familiar
figure in the dlplomatic box, where
he usually occupies the center seat
in the front row In his eagerness
TO catch every word Of the discussions
he leans forward, his arms projecting
over the railing.
During the recent parliamentary
crisis, Sir Ronald Lindsay, British
ambassador, appeared for the first
time and was initiated into details
Of Reichstag procedure by Ambassa-
dor Schurman.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18

G. ]. Doyle will represent Frank
L. Smith, senator-elect from Illi-
nois, as his attorney when Smith
goes to washington to face the
Senate storm over his campaign
funds. Doyle, former secretary
OF state Of Illinois, is president of
the Springfield baseball club in the
Three-Eye League
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18


Eie Lott Helen Lopez, Jack Mcbride,
Fay Burns.
December class Honor Rolls
Ursula Jones, Edna Welcome
Celia Figueroa, Robert Johnston,
Edward Mestaz Roberto sazueto
Amelia Hernandez Ninfa Espinosa.
Susie Enyoart, FRANKIE Lott, Fran
cess Davis.
Raymond Gill, 1la Bond, Gustavo
Lopez Marie Pattison Marjorie Muir
Gibson, Helen Simon.
SB3
D Teresa Jimenez, Antonia Garcia
Alone Rodgers, Solomon Chavez, Ora
M. Schwantes.
7A1
Gertrude stovelSin, Dein Perrin,
Elsie Monteon, Harriet WilloughDy,
Alicia Vela, Harry Lusk, Marion
Mimica Louie Samuels, Roy Woke.
Margaret Wells, John Henry, Bruce
Burns, Donald Johnson. Mary Old
ham, Hartley Thaw.
7A3
Elmira Magma, Frances Estrada,
Manuel Mendez, solomon Mestaz} In
ventino dc Leon.
7B1
xico Melendez, Fay i3urns Mar
garet Bessley, Maurine Curry, Jack
Mcbride, Georgia Abshier, Madelyn
Rice, Bessie Verdugo, Rosario Vim
diola.
Jose Alvarez, Isabel Domfnguez
Christine Bollweg, Alice Acosta, Bes'
sic Wright, Jack Adams, Wynette
Hoover, Glenna Jones.
Gabriele Morales. Narcisso Nome,
Albert Clark, oscar Buttner. Clara
Matthews.
ManueIa Corella, Marie Flores,
Elodia, Garcia, Christine Locknar
Marearita Alvarez, Manuella Leyva,
Josephine Alverson. Gregorio Chavez.
GAL
| I.c.s Boucher, Armando Hernandez,
Jose Ramos, Jean Morris, Madelyn
Thew, Bertha vindiola, Marie Ruiz
Frances Doan, Joyce Krannawitter'
GA2
Robert Bauer, Edward Nowaf'
Pauline Ilitzky, Josephine Hiler, John
Balich.
j, susanna Quinonez, Augustin Nor
gen. Erlinda Montelongo, Rober'
Santoya.
6B1
Mary Il. DowclL Allie B. Rhodes
Thelma Lundberg, Catheltne Souers
Joseph Lewis. Dorothy Armstrong.
. Eleanor Kinney, Page Robinson
Carolyn Borcherding, Ethel M
Rogers, Margaret Kidd.
6B3
4 Estelle Fector Eva Bautiste, Eos
allie Garcia Alice Mimica, Mary Lis
aide, Mercedes sotura, Madeline Fey
vor, Ernest Chavez.
+ December school Honor Roll
4 Dorothy Gooding, Mary B, DoWel;
AilFe f. Rhodes, Mazda Hockets
Thelma Lundberg, Catherine Souers
Dorothy Armstrong, Joseph Lewis
Louise Fleming, Refugio Montelongo
Elizabeth Stephenson, Martha Hux
|. table, Amelia Hernandez, Louise Ste
vens, Eleanor Krentz, Norman Hunt
Joseph stone Ninfa Espinosa, Man
uel Leaf Belen Lopez, Susie Enyeart
TheIma Larned Billy Jacks, Naidi
Lott, Jack Mcbride, Fay Burns.
rs ei b +
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18
That Baby You've
Longed For
Mrs. Burton Advises Women On Moth
erhOOd and COmpaniOnship

'.For several years I was denied the
blessing of motherhood writes Mrs.
Margaret Burton of Kansas City. Il
was terribly nervous and subject to
periods of terrible suffering and mel
ancholia Now am the proud mother
of beautiful little daughter and true
companion and inspiration to my hus-
band / believe hundreds of other
women would like to know the secret
Of nv happiness, and I will gladly re-
veal it to any married woman who
will write me-" Mrs. Burton offers her
advice entirely without charge. She
has nothing to sell. Letters should be
addressed to Mrs. Margaret Burton.
1899 Massachusetts,, Kansas City, Mo.
will be strictly confl-
den ial.--A dVt
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18

tclongo, MAZDA Hockett, Louise ste
vens.
Edna Welcome, Celia Ftgueroa,
Meriiilda Estrada Ursula Jones,
Robert Johnston.
Ninfa Espinos;t, Ameria Hernandez.
frankie Lott, Susie isnyeart, Frances
Davis, Marjorie Dave, Henry Lange.
Evelyn Daley.
Raymond Gill, Mamie Pattison,
Gustavo Lopez, Josephine Speer, Ila
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18
Grade School Honor
Rolls Indicate Hig h
Sch oIarship Stand

Glass honor rolls for Decembe"
and for the term as well as the
honor rolls at the grammar school
for December and the last term were
COMPLIED by the teachers of the
grammar school, and George Berg
field, principal, for The Dispatch
Saturday The list in the order above
mentioned follows
Glass Honor Rolls. First Term 102G-27
SAL
Dorothy Goodtng, Elizabeth ste
rhenson Manuel Leaf, Refugio Mon
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-18

The DR.. Wilhelm Marx, deposed
chancellor, believes that the jinx has
haunted him on the road to estab-
fishing a record after ruling at the
head Of The cabinet for seven months,
a rarity in Germany, his government
was overthrown, he conjectured, be-
cause it was the 18th which has