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New Britain herald., 1927-12-07

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
PARTICULAR WAYS
TO FOLD A SHIRT
When Correctly Done Gar
nent Retains Smoothness.

Do you know how to fold up a
shirt after you have ironed it? When
correctly folded the shirt will retain
its smooth, trim appearance after be-
ing put away with others in a drawer
or on a shelf, and it can be packed
for travel with equal certainty that
when taken out it will be fresh look
ing. Waists and dresses that are
simply made can be folded in much
the same way, but better plan is
to put them on hangers as soon as
they are irOned, and store them in a
closet that has central pole for the
purpose. All articles should be fold
ed as little as possible, but this de-
ponds, of course, on the space avail
able for storing them. In general, fold
pieces lengthwise in the direction of
the warp and then very lightly cross
wise until a convenient size is
reached.
To fold a shirt or blouse, button it
down the front and then lay it front
side down on a table or board, making
sure there are no wrinkles. This is
illustrated in diagram 1, which is from
Farmers Bulletin 1897, Home Laun-
dering," issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture. The first
folds are then made lengthwise, in
such a way that the whole center
front for about five inches each side
of the middle will be kept smooth.
The sleeves, by means Of diagonal
folds, are brought straight down the
back lengthwise. Parts Of the two
sleeves will overlap. In the case of
a shirt there will be an end or tail"
beyond the sleeves. This is. turned
back over the cuffs, and the shirt
is folded across once more, leaving
the front on the outside. A little
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
Preparing Chocolate or
Cocoa Is Not Difficult

Cocoa is easy to make. There are
two points to keep in mind. In the
first place, it Jumps quite easily, and
in the second, it should be boiled to
thicken it and develop a somewhat
better flavor. If the dry cocoa is
combined with sugar, the sugar sep
arates the particles and prevents
Jumping. To this may be added a
small amount of water or milk. Heat
to boiling until it thickens, boiling
two or three minutes. Then add all
remainder of the milk and heat to
serving temperature.
Chocolate may be prepared in the
same way, melting the amount of
chocolate required in small amount
of water or milk, with the added
sugar. 1t is not necessary to CRATE
the chocolate. When this is cooked
smooth, add the remainder of the
liquid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
Determine What Colors
Are Becoming for Dress

To determine what colors are most
becoming, drape materials of various
colors and textures about the Shout
ders while standing before mirror in
bright daylight. If the dress Is to be
worn in the evening, artificial light
should be used. AS each color is tried.
study the effect 1t has on the color of
your eyes, your hair and your skin. If
your skin tends to be sallow, you will
notice that lavenders and puppies make
it appear more sallew and that shades
of rose and reds are somewhat more
becoming because some of the color is
reflected in the skin. Some of the
greens, especially blue green's, will
bring out its complement, red, that Is
in the skin. Colors may also be chosen
that will emphasize the beauty of the
hair and the eyes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14

which contain some element of hui
NOR have more chance to persist
than others. An example is the word
''fivver" which was coined less than
fifteen years ago, but which seems TO
persist and to be gaining general &C
ceptance as a word in common usage
which leads to good usage and to
eventual Incorporation in the language
because it is intrinsically an amusing
word. The third motive for use of
slang, according to this scholar, is to
avoid clumsy words, and a short, one
syllable word, even though it is slangy,
becomes recognized synonym for a
longer, two or three-syllable word.
To many persons it is easier to say
"bean," "bone" or 'plunk," than to
say dollar" and to refer to a crazy
person as nut" rather than as
"lunatic."
But slang at it's best is exemplified
in the coming of a new word, or the
adaptation of an old one, to utter a
striking, picturesque characterization,
and the slang word often provides the
exact shade Of meaning which the more
proper word would utterly fail to do.
A pioneer expression for an inefficient
and useless person was, "he's a do
less fellow" Modern slang has i'm
proved upon that. Could there be any
more apt and to-the-point characteri-
zation Of an Intellectual individual than
to borrow two words from the realm
of motordom and say that he is
flat tire? Isn't that about the ulti-
mate in expressing the acme of USE
lessness?
1t is traditional that American slang
should be troublesome to England, the
home Of the mother tongue and with
the increasing interchange Of Ameri-
can and English literature and drama
the English have become more and
lean play in London has been fail
ure because there was so much
American slang in it, and in issuing
some Of our novels English publish
ers have found it necessary to print
glossary of American slang
phrases so that English readers can
understand them. This, however
leads to some amusing plumbers, as
witness the explanations given in the
English edition of Sinclair Lewis
Rabbit" Here the English reader
is informed that ''heck" in ''by heck"
Is the familiar for Hecuba, a New
England deity" a ''go-getter' is zone
who pursues business or information"
a "hoodlum" is a crank" a "once-
over" is trial." and a FRESHMAN
hop" is college dancing club"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
Water on the Knee

Not only our knees. but all our
joints are lined with membranes like
little bags, which are filled with a
fluid which they give off as a sort of
lubricant to prevent friction, very
much as metal point has to be oiled.
In the ordinary way our knee-joint
bag, technically the 'synovial sac"
secretes just enough fluid to enable
the gristIe-ended bones to glide
smoothly over each other, but with
strain due to a twist or a blow an
Inflammation is set up and an excess
Of secretion follows.
This is the condition that is medi-
cally known as synovitis. its popular
name being water on the knee"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14


kH2E&J Some of them may sur
vive for few weeks or
few months before they disappear.
A still smaller number will persist for
year or more, then find their way
into new editions of our dictionaries.
But they will be labeled thus: (Slang)
or (colloq.), for the kings English is
as conservative as the English king,
referred to in that designation of our
language, and no upstart word need
apply for admission unless it can show
some kind of ancestry to justify it's
breaking into Word Society. Even
tually, of course, it may appear in
Diction's Blue Book without the stig-
ma of (Slang) or (Colloq.) attached
to it, but the period of probation is
usually long one. And thus are new
words born.
Who remembers the favorite slang
words or expressions Of ten years ago,
or five years ago, or even year ago?
How long has it been since you told
q friend to "skiddoo" or exclaimed
ooh, you kid!' or declared that your
plans has gone "blooey"? Or, for that
matter, how recently have you retort-
ed "So's your old man.? To say that
fashions in slang change as rapidly
as fashions in women's dress is an in
adequate statement of the speed with
which we Americans add to the bright
lexicon of youth and then discard the
new extravaganza as WORKOUT and
trite.
That applies, of course, to the ma
jority of the current slang phrases.
They are the ones which can offer no
genealogical ancestry to justify their
existence. But for such a word as
cootie, which the photographer la
bells: British soldiers slang) and
which can point back to the ancient
Sanskrit "kuti," meaning body" or
to the Urdu, an obscure eastern dia-
lect, "khuthi," meaning "scab," there
is good chance that it will become
an English word in good and regular
standing. The same is true of hootch,
a word of Alaskan origin which came
from hoochinoo, a spirituous drink
made by the Indians Of that territory,
and savvy, which has double ances-
try, the French savoir faire, meaning
ability or skill, and the Spanish sabe,
meaning understand.
Why do we use slang, anyway?
There are at least three good reasons,
according to one scholar who has
made special study of the subject.
The first is for relief from monotony,
and no matter how lacking in real
meaning the slang word or phrase is,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14

But the English are valiantly trying
| to understand us. An English society,
the rs. p. E." (Society for Preservation
of English or Society for Purity of
English, perhaps), has secured the
| services of an American professor TO
help them "get hep to our lingo"
Prof. Fred Newton Scott of the Uni
versity of Michigan, an authority on
rhetoric, has compiled dictionary of
American slang phrases which has
been published as IS. p. e. Tract No.
XIV" to aid English readers who are
struggling with American novels.
Here are the first 33 of the express
sions. There are approximately 200
more, but these will give us some
idea of the sort of ''slanguage" which
has our British cousins puzzled:
All in-exhausted
Applesauce-(noun or interjection)
One of the latest pieces of slang in
this country. 1t has two quite dis
tinct meanings "a nonsense! and (2)
fiattery. 1t is commonly used as
term of jocular contempt in reply to
ELUSIVE but unjustifable fiattery.
Attaboy (from babytalk for that's
boy")-fne! bravo!
Balled up-stalled; confused, and SO
unable to go on.
Bat-spree, good time.
Bat round-have a good time. go
from place to place Gin quest of pleas
ure).
Baw1 QUITO rebuke sharply. scold
violently (transitive VERDI.
Bean-head.
Bean-to hit on the head.
Beat it-go, get outi
Beat the living tar out of-give a
good drubbing to.
Believe me (sometimes EXPANDED to
believe you me")-take my word for 1t.
Bellhop-a page in a hotel
That's the berries-thats Just right
Blaa. (blah)-blunder, foolish talk.
Observation-Disclosures loquacious
person.
Blowhard-boaster (not unknown).
Blow in-spend.
Blow to dinner-give a dinner to.
Blurb Ca noun) is a term applied to
any publishers announcement espe-
cially to passages of fulsome laudation
on the Jackets of newly-published
books The word is now used broadly
to cover the Lrief summaries. analyses
and appropriations usually in smaller
type) that often precede magazine
stories and articles. Admirable word
indispensable.
Bo (from hobo)-friend, pal.
Bone-dOllar.
Bonehead-stupid person
Boob-dunce, one easily misled.
Boost-to promote to push. to land
Booster-indefatiga promoter.
Bootlegger-one who smuggles
strong drink. Now well known.
Booze fighter-drunkard
Booze MISUNDERSTANDING LIQUOR
Bring home the bacon-secure re-
suits
Buck-oppose.
Buck-dollar.
Bulldoze-to compel by a show of
force, to bully.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14

The rapid growth of the castor oil
plant has become proverbial. Some
commentators have declared that the
plant known as Jonas gourd was the
castor Oil plant. There are vast plains
in Bengal covered with the oil-produc-
ing vegetable.
Immediately after the monsoon,
when the water has receded, the peas
ant rakes the mire and puts the oil
plant seeds In the ground, two by two.
The plants rapidly develop their great
leaves and produce their fruit, which
grows in groups Of capsules, acquir-
ing a coppery- green color notified with
purple and rich carmine. When the
hot sun has dried the pods they burst.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
Exercised His Pigeons

Commuters were hurrying from the
Grand Central station at New York
when one Of them noticed a fellow
traveller stop and balance a cratelike
suitcase against news stand. Some
thing about his methodical actions
caused her to stop and look. One by
one the man took twelve pigeons out
Of the crate and liberated them. Gu
riosity prompted the woman to ask
where the man was sending the pig
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14

Notwithstanding word for "sweIled
head" A third, 'The highbrow is a
highly developed specimen of the ge-
nus homo, species sapiens. He IS
more sapiens than homo. He remem-
bers Mark Twain's definition of canli.
flower as cabbage with a college edu-
cation and considers himself a cau,i.
hover In the human cabbage patch.'
None of which is as clever def.
milton as the old and oft-repeated one
"A highbrow is person educated no.
yond his intellect" - Boston Tran.
script.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14

started by filling up the holes In her
walls and floor, with putty or plaster
Of paris. Then she painted the walls
and vanished the floor. She under
took to make over the dilapidated fire.
place, replacing broken bricks at the
back and making a new cement hearth
with very little assistance from her
brother. She renovated the old-fash-
Toned furniture Of the room, and made
cretonne curtains in brown and orange
to harmonic with the sunset tint Of
her walls. She replaced a broken
frame Of glass, made three rag rugs,
and counterpart of unbleached mus
lin for her bed. This she embroidered
in black and orange. Many other lit
tie touches completed very comfort
able and charming room which is the
admiration of all joys young friends.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture
In own Your Own Room" club
girls learn how to plan a simple, at
tractive room, how to eliminate unde-
sirable furnishings, how to select and
arrange to best advantage what
they already have, how to spend
money wisely for new materials or
furnishings, and how to care for their
rooms. Very often it happens that
when a girl has succeeded, with the
help and advice Of the extension
agent, in making her own room attrac-
tive, the family becomes interested
and soon the whole house is trans
formed. .- -
The room shown in the illustration
belongs to Joy Gam, a girl living on
a farm in Albemarle county, Va. She
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
Popular Way of Folding Shirt.

practice soon makes one adept at fold
ing shirts so that they will all be
the same size when finished and fit in
the same drawer or box. Laundries
usually lay an oblong of cardboard Of
the desired width down the back be-
fore folding is begun, and fit the folds
over that. If few of these laundry
cardboards are saved the home laun-
dress can do the same thing. This
extra protection from wrinkles is
chiefly desirable If shirts are to be
packed for travelling.
Manufacturers have slightly diff
ferent way of folding shirts, and some
laundries use It. 1t is shown in di-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
inexpensive Art

Children should grow up familiar
with the great art paintings of the
world, yet one cannot often have fire.
quent contract with the art insti-
tutes. The pictures will become more
a part of the child life if they are
seen every day about the home. Fine
art pictures can often be cut out of
magazines or prints can be purchased
at very small price and framed in
artistic frames from the 10-cent store.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14

agram 2. Two diagonal folds are
made in each sleeve, bringing the cuffs
to the neck instead of straight down.
They are usually pinned in place. The
sides of the shirt are then turned in
lengthwise. and the same two folds
across are made as in the other
method. The short fold is tucked be-
tween the upturned cuffs and the back
Of the shirt and pinned. This method
makes a firm package for the retail
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

A clean chimney will give more heat
to each ton Of coal.
Try baking some apples with the
next ham you bake. IT'S said that
both are improved.
Too much beating makes cakes
crack on top when they are baking.
after all Of the ingredients are in, one
minute Of beating Is about right.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
Blood in Human BODY

Experiments have shown that the
total blood volume of a series Of
healthy men averaged 40 per cent or
approximately one-twentieth of the
body weight. There were individual
variations OF from AZ per cent to SO
per cent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
Increasing Use Made of Castor Oil Plant

they are ready to catch the precious
seeds within.
When the seeds have dried q few
days the natives toast them, crush
them in a mortar, and plunge them
in boiling water, when the oil rises to
the surface.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
Huge Shadow

MRS. Brown has got so that she
starts at her own shadow"
"Nervous?"
mo, 1t brings home to her how ter
ribly fat she is getting"
The women and children watch the
pods and when the first crack appears
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
Sheep's Long Fast

Seventeen days after being missed
by an Osswestry (Eng) farmer, a
sheep was found inside large wa
ter pipe near the Liverpool water
works. The animal was quite frisky,
In spite Of the long fast.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14

This is good substitute for the gaudy
calendar and meaningless pictures that
are too often seen in the children's
room. The children will learn to love
these pictures and to appreciate the
originals when they have the oppor-
tunity Of seeing them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14

Scraps of soap can be put through
a food chopper and used as soap chips.
Don't make the sewing-room shears
do kitchen duty; it spoils them for
delicate work. A pair Of shears for
the kitchen can easily be given full.
time job.
When babies shoes are new, they
should be at least three-fourths of an
inch longer than their feet, and they
should be replaced by larger ones be-
fore they at tightly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
This Changing World

The adage has it: "He laughs best
who laughs last" But too frequently
In this day and generation, he laughs
last who probably intended to tell the
same funny story little later. How
the world changes Crit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
~Hot Dogs" in England

Englishmen are learning the Ameri-
can language. They no longer ask for
sausage and a roll with mustard
when they want a hot dog.-Boston
Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14

cons. "Oh," he replied, "eyerv dav
wnen come In from New Haven /
bring my pigeons and send them back
Tor exercise In an hour they are back
home again."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
What Is a HiqhbrouD?

The Forums prize definitions of a
"highbrow" are rather disappointing.
"a 'highbrow, one competitor says, sis
chap who has evoluted and knows
about It." Another says it is the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14

1t offers a welcome change
from the stale, customary
words of our everyday
speech. The second mo-
tive Is usually humorous
intent, and bits of slang
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14

merchant to handle, but the sleeves
are more wrinkled when the shirt is
opened up than when it has been fold
ed the other way.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-14
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

are IIIU SIdIS
words of yesterday?
Gone, most of them,
back into the vacuity
from which they came,
and then into oblivion.
Some Of them may sur
x,;o Co. &C., ol
Putnam patriot., 1927-07-15
THOMPSON

Miss Lewis entertained at auction Wednesday afternoon.
 Mir. and Mrs. Armand Deniae are spending a week at Cape Cod.
 Miss Elliott and Bobby spent a few days at Watch Hill last week.
 Mrs. Charles Masten gave tea at the Russian Bear last Saturday For Miss Brown.
 Miss Elizabeth Crowder of Toledo. Ohio, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Warren Nichols.
 Mir. and Mrs. Clarence Jacobs of Boston are expected at the Vernon Stiles on Saturday.
 Madame Miller Is spending the summer with her daughter, Mrs. Gard ner Miller as usual.
 Miss Granska has returned from Moosup, where she has been visiting her niece and nephew.
 Marshall Tourtellotte is visiting his grandparents. Mir and Mrs. Irwin Tourtellotte. in Putnam.
 Mir. James Phetteplace was in town for the day Wednesday, Mrs. Phette- place returning Co Providence with him
 Mrs. Brott entertained ths Bridge Club Tuesday. There were four tables and number of extra guests asked for tea.
 n,aa.;uar of tha committee af Wlndham House was held at Miss Ros- amond DanielsCn's last week. Miss Marot presided.
 Mrs Eleanor Winterbotham and Miss Louise Winterbotham of York Harbor are to be weekend guests of Mrs Vonsiatsky.
 Mrs. Frank Tourtellotte and her young son spent the night this week with Mrs Tourtellotte parents, MT. and Mrs. Ericsson.
 Mrs. Frank Decker. Miss Faith Decker. and Miss sheldon attended the annual tennis tournament at he Aga wam Club Thursday. q.
 Mrs. James Phetteplace gave a small dinner at the Russian Bear Monday evening. During her stay in town she has frequently had dinner guests there.
 Mrs. Haskell of Shrewsbury enter tained sixteen members of the Wom- ems Club from Worcester at luncheon and bridge at the Russian Bear on Wednesday.
 Two evenings last week Mir Von- siatsky showed movies of local people in the little theatre at Quinnatisset Farm. The pictures were greatly en- joyed, SO everyone is glad to hear we are to have the pleasure of seeing others in the near future.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ephraim Smith, Mir. and Mrs. Walter Jacques, Charles and Marion Jacques and Marshall Tour tellotte m0tored to Union. N H., where they spent the Fourth with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ramsey. Mrs. Ramsey is q daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Smith.
Putnam patriot., 1927-07-15
SOUTH WOODSTOCK

Miss Barlesen Is the guest ef Miss Alice RrudEg H Eustford this week
 Carl Pleknell and wife of Nllliman- tie were ut the Buriesons Sunday af- ternnon.
 Harmon French and Harvey Tour tellotte, with their families. were at Crescent Park. k L. Sunday
 Mrs. Lowe and family entertained Mf and Mrs. Oliver II. Lowe. son Merrill. and Mrs. Q. H. Loves moth CT. Mrs. Foster. on Sunday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Harry F. Wells re- turned from their wedding trip Tues day They are living in the Center district at the home of Mrs. Wells fla ther.
 The good old summer time seems to have reached us, and while fl is very warm. all are glad to have good growing weather" come and the udi- cations now are that 1927 will have q summer.
 The many friends of Mrs. ]. E. Kent were shocked and saddeacd to learn Of her death this week The Baptist work iu the state has lost tn the past Two weeks two who have been actively identified with Baptist interests for many years Mrs Kent. who was state secretary of the Women Amer lean Baptist Foreign Mission Society for nearly thirty years. and Charles Edward Prior of Hartford. who had been treasurer of the Baptist State Convention for a number of years. and who was Fl pioneer worker among the Italians m Hartford, by whom he was much loved