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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-09

over the heads of the strike commit
tee. If we were bribing the police,
why did the police beat up our work
ers and arrest them by the hum
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TELL YOUR AGENT

If your insurance agent is
one of those glib-tongued
fellows who leaves you ex-
hausted but unconvinced, ask
him to read The DAILY
WORKER Insurance Expose.
Begins Monday, April 18th,
and daily thereafter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-09

lead The Daily Worker Every Day
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-09

Z New York Times editorial writer
- succeeded in being exceedingly
funny in q recent editorial on "Trish
Unity" He rummaged the editorial
morgue for hoary burlesque wise
! cracks on the alleged prediction of
the Irish for desire to commit mu-
tual humiliation. Mr.. Och's bovine
scribbler may be forgiven for filling
space with this kind of nonsense but
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This issue consists of two sections.
Be sure to get them both.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

1t into RED" Grange, the "Galloping
Ghost" of football, and 1t becomes an
other matter entirely. Paavo Nurmi
might be just another Of those for
eigners," but 1.-THE Flying Finn" has
sped across the printed page too often
not to be pretty well known by this
time. To the University Of California,
where she was a student, she was
known as Miss Helen Wills, but the
whole world has followed the fortunes
of Little Poker Face" Not so long
ago Gertrude Ederle'' meant no more
than the name of any other girl SWIM
mer who had a few records to her
credit, but she emerged from a bap-
tism in the English channel with the
name Of ''Trudy" and that's the name
by which 80 per cent of US know her.
Mechanics They're as characters
tic of America as Is baseball or hot
dog sandwiches or the movies. Per
haps the fact that we are sperts-mad
people accounts for the fact that we
are given to thinking in terms of nick
names. Or there may be more his
toric reason. Mr.. Webster defines
nickname as name given in derision
or familiarity" but long ago we
dropped that derision part of 1t and
retained the familiarity, to which we
added fondness. Perhaps it was one
OF the natural developments of the
growth of a democracy. We declared
that all men are born free and equal
and have the inalienable right to free
and easy methods of addressing each
other.
OF course, during the early years of
the republic, while the aristocratic ira
ditfon still prevailed, we weren't so
free and easy. If we used nicknames
at all 1t was for some Revolutionary
military hero such as Swamp Fox"
Marton or Mad Anthony" Wayne, but
not in speaking about the President of
the United States. Who would have
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10
McknameS&l

by Tennessee backwoodsman and the
new Jacksonian democracy came into
power, 1t grated on no ones finer
sensibilities to refer to President An
drew Jackson as "Old Hickory" a
title, albeit an affectionate one, won
In sundry battles with the Indians and
the British. But Jackson was not the
only man whom military nickname
was to carry into the White House.
There was William Henry Harrison,
who, even though he was the scion of
a family of Virginia aristocrats, was
better known as "Old Tippecanoe"
than by his real name. There was
Zachary Taylor, the "Old Rough and
Ready" of Mexican war fame, and
as late as the last quarter century
the Rough Rider" of the Spanish
American war may have helped put
Theodore Roosevelt In the Executive
mansion as much as did the affection
ate TEDDY" or the historic initials
at. r." Although he had no military
record to commend him to the electo-
rate the man who came out of the ILL
nois hackwoods in 1860 needed none
to win for him. The Rail Splitter"
and Honest Abe" were two nicknames
well calculated to catch the public
fancy until the simple name of Abra-
ham Lincoln made him immortal.
But lest it be thought thar a good
nickname is a sure asset in winning
the Presidency, consider the list of
men whose nicknames have appealed
to the imagination of the populace and
should have helped them on the road
to the White House but didn't. There
were Henry Clay, known variously as
Harry of the West" "The Mill Boy
Of the Slashes" and "The Great Com
promiser"; Stephen A. Douglas, "The
Little Giant; John G. Fremont, "The
Pathfinder; Daniel Webster, "Black
Dan" and "The Expounder of the Con-
stitution"; Winfield Scott, "Old Fuss
and Feathers" George B. Mcclellan,
Little Mac" and "The Young Napo-
Leon; Winfield Scott Hancock, 1.-THE
Superb; James G. Blaine, "The Plumed
Knight" and William Jennings Bryan.
1.-THE Boy Orator Of the Platte" all of
whom aspired and aspired In vain.
But If the popularity of nicknames
in politics has declined in recent years
the increasing popularity of sports has
more than made up for that loss. Nat
urally the national pastime has given
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

Dempsey, the "Manassa Mauler" (;
Georges Carpenter, the "Orchid Man" !;
and Louis Angel Firpo, the "Wild Bull
Of the Pampas."
Football has furnished some great
individual stars, Of course, but for
some reason or other popular nick
names never chung to them. That is,
until one Harold Grange streaked
across gridiron history and left behind
him the titles Of 1.-THE Galloping
Ghost" The Red Rover" or just
'Red." Team nicknames, however,
have been popular and more enduring.
VINO will soon forget the -Four Horse
men" of Notre Dame, who rode rough
shod over great Army team to win
that title? Or the Praying Colonels'
of Center college, who sprang into
sporting fame when they humbled the
mighty Crimson Of Harvard. Virtu-
ally every college has it's nickname,
based upon the colors of the school or
the picturesque descriptive names,
such as the "Golden Tornado" of
Georgia Tech, the Green Wave" of
Tulane or the "Thundering Herd" of
the University of Southern California.
In other sports nicknames are not
so common. There are few which, ap-
piled to the outstanding opponents Of
their arts, have given them national
renown. An Indian once Jaw q girl
named Helen Wills play tennis and
was so impressed by the fact that, re-
CARELESS of how the tide of battle ran,
her countenance remained immobile,
called her "Little Poker Face" Those
who have seen Charlie Paddock run
recognize the appropriateness Of the
Fastest Human" And American run
ners who saw only the heels Of Paavo
Nurmi can tell you why he Is called
the Flying Finn" Tennis also has
its "Big Bill" and Little Bill" for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

position on major league team, and
''Ty" is still nickname that means
one man and only one to the fan.
Fistiana also has Its long roll Of
nicknames, beginning with the great
and one and only John l.. Sullivan, for
whom John L." was sufficient to iden-
tify him at any time, although he was
also known as "The Boston Strong
Boy" Pugilism has known the follow
ing: James j. Corhett, Gentleman
JIM; Bob Fitzsimmons, ''Ruddy Bob"
or the Kangaroo; Jack Johnson,
'Li1 Artha"; Sam Langford, the Dos
ton Tar Baby; Battling Nelson, the
Durable Dane; Harry Greb, the
pittsburgh Windmill; Fred Fulton,
the "Plastered Plasterer"; Jess Will
lard, the "Man Mountain" or the SPOT
tawatomie Giant" John Harrison
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10
Selects Her Own Nest

Z @. E. Herson, Of Wilton, N. a., owns
q notional hen which wandered one
day from her usual haunts down back
Of his store on Main street along the
sidewalk, past the shoe store and the
news stand, to the entrance of Diapers
brothers garage. She entered, went
into the Office and looked around
awhile. AT last she hoped and flew
on shelf and settled down, apparent
ly comfortable and content. A little
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

us the greatest number of national he
roes whose nicknames are household
words. Christy Mathewson is dead,
but the name Of "Matty" and big
Six" will last as long as there are men
living who saw that great pitcher In
action. 1t is said that his fame was
80 great that one morning the mall
man brought to him letter which
had Travelled across the continent. The
only mark on 1t was big figure "6"
on the address side.
The great baseball pitcher may be
the hero of the hour, but when his
arm loses its cunning then the crowd
soon forgets, unless he has had a pop
ular nickname to fix his personality in
the. mind of the fan. So Christy Ma
thewson is almost unique In the his
tory Of baseball.
They may soon forget the man on
the mound, but the man who pulls
them out of their seats when he slams
one into the bleachers or over the
fence for what the sports writer's call
a Circuit clout"-well, that's differ
ent matter. OF course there's only
one Home Run King" But you don't
have to use that name in speaking of
George Herman Ruth of the New York
American league team. Just say
Babe" "Bambino" or Sultan of
Swat" and anyone will know whom
Won mean Time was when TyruS
Raymond Cobb held somewhat the
same position in public esteem that
Mr.. Ruth does. Perhaps that was be-
cause he was known as "The Georgia
Peach" and even the fact that he is
not now the great baseball player he
once was, this veteran Of many years
service is still good enough to hold a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

morning (midnight New York daylight
saving time) when the fuel supply
was exhausted.
Taking the air again, the flyers
made brave attempt to reach Berlin,
but apparently lost their way in the
clOudbanks and adverse winds en-
countered during the morning and
came down at last I'm marshy field
mt the village Of Klinge, near Kottbus.
Brandenburg, 40 miles southeast of the
capital. In aIighting the propeller hit
the ground and the wheels of the Co
lumbia settled into the marshy ground
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10
Columbia Sets New Long
Distance Flying Record

Berlin.-For the second time in lit
tie more than fortnight an Ameri-
can airplane has SPAWNED the vast At
lantic and landed safely On the Euro
pean continent.
The nonstop flight of the Bellanca
monopIane Columbia, plotted by Clar-
ence d. Chamberiin with Charles A.
Levine as his companion, ended at
Eisleben, Saxony, no miles south
west of Berlin, at five eek Monday
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

Messrs. Tilden and Johnson, respec-
lively, and "The Comet" for the bril-
liant Maurice Mclaughlin. But for
alluring ALTERATION In nickname no.
menclature has anyone ever yet In all
different realms of sport been able to
conjure up the equal of the Bounding
Basque of Biarritz' for Jean Borotra,
the French tennis champion?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10
Titles

Titles are but nicknames, and every
nickname is title. The thing is per-
fectly harmless in itself. but it marks
a sort Of foppery In the human char
acter, which degrades It. 1t reduces
man into the diminutive Of man In
things which are great, and the coun-
terfeit of woman in things which are
little. 1t talks about its fine blue rib
bon like girl, and shows its new gar
ter like q child. A certain writer, of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10
Electricity Runs PIous

Flowing by electric power is being
tried out in Italy. The pillow Is an
chored on opposite sides of the field.
The cost of equipment and operation
is high, and the method is successful
only in large and level fields that are
free from stumps and other obstacles.
Inventors are working on devices In
which storage batteries may be used.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10
Rhetorical Period

The Hundred Days" Is the name
given to the period which elapsed be-
tween the departure of Napoleon
Bonaparte from the island of Elba.
where he was in exile. and his crush
Ing and final defeat at Waterloo on
June Is, 1915.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10
Cotton on Throne

'Cotton Is King" is an expression
used by James II. Hammond, in the
senate in March, 1858. The figure of
speech means that so important is the
state of the cotton industry that its
condition rules the destiny of men
connected with 1t.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

later she flew down and left. An egg
was found where she had been. Every
day since then she repeats this stunt
and If the big door happens to be
closed she will stanL there waiting for
some one to open it.-Boston Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

been 50 bold as to refer to George
Washington with a shorter, even
though 1t were more affectionate
manner What headline writer (if they
had had headline writer's In those
days) would have had the temerity to
call President Adams "John" or even
to refer to that first Democrat, Thomas
Jefferson, as tom" or "Jeff"2
But when the Virginia and Massa-
chusetts aristocrats were succeeded
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10
Beautiful Rirds

Bird Of Paradise is the name of a
family of birds found in New Guinea
and in the neighboring islands of the
South Pacific. The male bird is noted
for the extraordinary beauty and lus-
ter OF It's plumage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

and further progress was impossible
The plane had travelled 120 miles from
Eisleben and, if headed in the right
direction, would have landed at Berlin.
The flyers failed to achieve their
goal, Berlin, but they established a
new long-distance sustained fight rec
ord, having covered about $500 miles
from Roosevelt field, New York, to
Eisleben.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

some antiquity. says: "when 1 was
child. I thought as child; but when
became man, put away childish
things" - Thomas Paine, In "Ths
Rights of Man."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

change our habits on this account, be.
cause the frightening of the day is
estimated to amount to one-tenth of
a second In a thousand years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10
Days Becoming Longer

The oft-expressed wish Of the busy
man that the day were longer is being
gratified, for the earth is steadily re-
ducing its rate of rotation. 1t will be
some time, however, before we need
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10
To Freshen Furniture

Dqua, parts Of olive oil and turpen-
Tine, Applied with a flannel cloth, form
an Ideal polish to keep the shine on
the furniture
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

Swedish experimenters are attempt
ing to heat soil by electricity in order
to produce crops out of season.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

Above is shown the winged Amer
lea" trophy. highest award Of the
Aerial League of America, which will
De presented to Captain Lipdbergh for
mis- distinctive achievement in having
made the first flight from New York to
Paris" The trophy shows winged
aviator's head mounted on a pedestal
% inches high.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

II !: !: !; :: :: ::
- II ERE is an "Ask Me Another I"
quiz In which nearly every
one can grade 100 per cent :
n Fl Who Is Babe" or "The
Bambino"r
III Who IL Little Poker
Face?
Who Is "The Galloping
Ghost?
Who IL "The Flying
Finn?
- Who Is "Trudy"7
If he can't, then he isn't able to
read the newspapers. For, whether
in Seattle, Wash, Portland, Maine,
Hibbing, Mimi, or Baton Rouge, La,
those names in print have met his eye
constantly and he rarely fails to rec
ognize them. George Herman Ruth
may have an unfamiliar sound, but
not Babe" Ruth, he of the home runs.
Harold Grange is not an especially
striking name In itself. but translate
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10

Habit is q stubborn thing when pos
sessed by a stubborn person.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-06-10
Would Linger Awhile

" O3ssS ~sEs6 -
Landlord-rm sorry, but your bill
is due. My motto is PAY as you CO."
Lodger-Quite right; but I've no In
tention of going yet.
Evening star., 1927-10-30
Shakespeare to the Rescue.

THE rising generation of playgoers
must he made acquainted with
the higher forms of the drama II the
future of the American theater Is to
he safeguarded. SO, at least, thinks
Fritz Leiber, the Shakespearean star
who is soon to visit Washington.
The Shakespeare Association Of
America, under the management of
George Ford. which will open a season
of Shakespearean dramas and come
dies at the Washington Auditorium in
November, will present the noted
actor Fritz Leiber in a selected roper
toire. opening the engagement with
Hamlet" role in which Mr.. Leiber
has been highly commended by the
critics.
The dispatch with which the plays
are presented, eliminating long waits,
is an outstanding factor. as it enables
the audience to readily follow the
thread of the story and causes the
action of the play to move with as
tonishing swiftness, without in any
way reducing its effectiveness, but
greatly increasing it's enjoyment.
The plays to be presented during
the engagement will be Hamlet, "
The Merchant of Venice" Romeo
and Juliet" Julius Caesar" 1.-The
Tanning Of the Shrew," Twelfth
Night Macbeth" and "Othello."
Evening star., 1927-10-30
The Merry Wives Of
Windsor"

TWO famous stars, Mrs. Fiske and
Otis Skinner, come to the National
for one week beginning Monday, No
vember 81, in a revival of Shake
speare's comedy The Merry Wives
of Windsor" declared to be one Of the
rare events of the dramatic year.
In honor of Shakespeare, this per-
formance has been planned and per-
fected by Mrs. Fiske and Otis Skinner,
who have united in paying such trib-
ute as lies in their power as artists of
the stage to the master dramatist of
the ages. They also bring to the
young generation of theatergoers of
this country a comedy that is imper-
ishably young and joy inspiring.
Mrs. Fiske will appear as Mistress
Page, a part in which her gifts for
high comedy should have full scope:
Mr.. Skinner will embody the role of
Falstaff, the fat knight whose amor
Gus pursuit of the merry wives pro-
vides the richest humor. and Henri
eta Crosman will play Mistress Ford,
role in which she has already
achieved success. The play is said to
be richly costumed and handsomely
mounted
Evening star., 1927-10-30
LENA DALEY
Geyefy

method. Such delightful and feet
ing revelations as The Bcggar S
Opera" and so To Bed threaten
to create a formidable London vogue
in the very Capital Of the L. S. A.
Mr.. Blinn brings dashing re-
minder that the American actor may
be relied on for all the qualities
needful to interpret even the most
subtle material in the worlds dra-
matte literature.
It takes ali kinds of persons to
make a stage world as we'll as a
world outside. No player could be
more in contrast to Mr.. Blinn than
O. ?. Heggie. Blinn is the cleo
tricity of the passing storm and
Heggie is the rainbow after the
shower. 1t is remarkable that a
man by the mildest of methods,
methods which preserve restraint
amounting almost to selfefface-
ment, should have been able to SO
endear himself that his public en-
joys seeing him and being with him
even at times when he says and
does almost nothing at all Sin
cerity and good taste, which the
public likes to discover for itself, are
in danger OF being overwhelmed by
self-ostentation, and many a good
actor who might have had career
has been bumped into oblivion by
his own billboard.
In spite of great industry among
the New York playwrights and pro-
ducers there will be much old Eng
lish in our theater. Gilbert and
Sullivan are coming across with en-
phasis. Their work harks back not
merely to their oWn day, but far
beyond. Gilbert makes it frankly
evident that he has been a student
OF rhymings through many previous
generations and that he has not
neglected John Gay. Both Gay and
Gilbert display the very general in
clination among British humorists
to satirize the underworld. They
cultivate a comical show Of genial
tolerance for the most bloodcurdling
characters, Mr.. Gays frolc with
crime in The Beggar's Opera" is
scarcely more astounding than Mr..
Gilbert's story of Gentle Alice Brown
in Bah Ballads" America has not
yet learned the art OF ridiculing the
social life of the criminal, however
relentless may be the attitude Of the
public authorities. Perhaps few
years more discipline at the hands
OF London humor may convince
America that there is danger OF TAX
ing criminals too seriously instead
of making them, as the Mikado sug-
gests, "a source of innocent merri-
ment."
Evening star., 1927-10-30

WASHINGTON Is ''home' to Billie
Burke. 1t was in Washington
that she was born and it has been
to Washington that she has come to
appear in most Of her plays before
their presentation on Broadway. In
spite of these facts. it was in Wash
ington. before friendly audience,
that Miss Burke suffered the only
real attack of stage-fright she has
experienced. That was on the open
ing night Of "The Intimate Strangers"
five years ago.
All through the period of rehearsals
Miss Burke had been worried by her
mothers health. Since the day she
went on the stage in THE School
girls" in London, there had been few
performances in which her mother
had not been standing by" and
since the beginning Of her stage ca
reer there had been no flrst-night
ordeal which she had faced alone.
Now she realized suddenly that she
was alone, and she became panic
stricken. The applause of her en-
trance increased her fright instead
of allaying 1t, curious circumstance,
since with most stage-frightened play
ers nervousness disappears with the
applause. which indicates that those
out front are friends.
Well memorized lines darted in and
out Of her mind. Literally she FUN.
bled her way through the entire per-
formance, Inundated and almost hys.
terical.
Miss Burke says that her years
upon the stage have taught her that
Evening star., 1927-10-30
GAYETY-"Bare Facts"

Bare Facts" headed by Lena Da-
ley, is this weeks attraction at the
Gayety Theater.
Comedy is the basic element in this
entertainment, with novel costuming,
stage effects, pretty girls and tuneful
melodies.
Lena Daley, Tessie Sherman, SOU
brette: Princess Wantura, pure-bl
ed Indian prima donna; Gladys Dale.
leading lady, and Gertrude O'Berion
head the feminine assemblage. while
Jack Smoke" Gray is the principal
comedian, with Joe Yule, Harry Field
man, Bluey Morey. Ollie Nelson and
Frank McCOnville assisting.
A chorus of "A girls is featured in
several special scenes, including Fine
Feathers" with feather costumes and
colorful effects; Java" in which Ruth
Rosen does a special dance. and wis
taria Time" the finale of the show.
Evening star., 1927-10-30

Margie Barron, 1.-THE IIick and the
Chick" in a novel skit; Sandy and
Douglas" in "Gawf, Gawf." a two
scene travesty of the Scotch national
game, introducing comedy, dancing
and specialties: Carr Brothers and
Betty, in Demonstrating" and
Charlie DOOM and Jim McCool, in His
Last Night Out" a comedy playlet.
The photoplay attraction is Cecil De
Miles production of a Harp in
Hook" with Rudolph Schildkraut and
Junior Coghlan, teamed as an elderly
ghetto pawnbroker of New York and
young Irish lad. whom strange circum-
stances bring together. The support
ing cast includes May Robson, Bessie
Love, Charles Mack, Joseph Striker,
Clarence Burton and Bobby Mack.
Added features include Hal Roach's
Love and Hisses," with Jimmy Fin.
layson and Stan Laurel: new kino-
grams and orchestral and organ num-
hers
Evening star., 1927-10-30
Lew Cody in Vaudeville.

7 EW Cody, who headlines at B. f.
Keith's this week, has returned to
the spoken stage.
Mr.. Cody, while new to vaudeville.
is an experienced dramatic actor.
Long before he bid for fame on the
screen he was a very successful lead
ing man, so much so that he had en-
joyed distinction in many plays pro-
duced by the more important manag-
ers.
Although in the movies his speciality
is "heavies," Mr.. Cody is naturally a
comedian. He has a decided sense of
humor and a fluent wit. Few men
can tell a story better than he does.
He is recognized as one Of the best
toastmasters and after-dinner speak
ers In America. He has put these fac.
ulties into play for vaudeville,