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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04

ment of commercialiSm that has be-
come associated with it, the idea
back of it has such a universal APP
peal that few holidays or special days
are more generally and sincerely OBJ
served by all Americans of all races
classes and creeds than is Mothers
day. The celebration of Mothers day
is now twenty years old. 1t was origi-
mated by Miss Anna Jarvis of Phila-
delphia in 1908 and given official
recognition in 1914 when President
Woodrow Wilson issued the first
Mothers day proclamation.
The glory and beauty of mother
love and the consequent love for
mother with all the joy that it brings
is as old as the human race. There
is an ancient Jewish saying that
God could not be everywhere and
therefore He made mothers" Some
of the greatest men of all ages, with
the true humility of the great and
with the breadth of vision which
recognizes the true values of life.
have acknowledged their great debt
10 the guiding force that made their
achievements possible. Such an ac-
acknowledgements has never found a
finer expression than that attributed
TO one of the greatest men of all
time. For it was Abraham Lincoln
who is said to have declared once:
'All that / am, or hope to be, owe
to my angel mother"
And last year on Mothers day a
splendid tribute was paid that moth
er when, to quote from news dis
patch sent throughout the United
States from Lincoln City, Ind:
Mothers day was commemorated
here today TO one of the nations
greatest mothers-Nancy Hanks Lin
coin.
Gathered at the grave of the moth
er of the Emancipation, the executive
committee of the Indiana Lincoln I'M
ion pledged itself to the task of build
ing a national shrine in honor of the
mother who, against all the him
ORANGES of a rude pioneer life, nodded
the character of Abraham Lincoln +"
"An aviator, looming low over the
grave and cabin site, dropped this
message:
To the Names of Nancy Hanks Lin
coin:
The men and women are here. beside
your grave,
Among the guarding trees. to make
their vow
"Your name shall never die: and to
their praise,
We add our tribute from the sky.
We are the artificers of the past,
Whose handicraft has gained the praise
of men.
With stone and clay. with brush and
pen,
We wrought, to leave expressions of
the truth we found.
But you-you dared to take living
child, a plastic infant mind,
To mold into a soul of love, an instru-
ment divine.
Your genius used an art that ours was
mean beside.
To you. then, Master Artist we send
our word of praise.
Through devious paths that masked the
way,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04
Christmas Cards

The earliest example of the art of
making Christmas cards is attributed
to J. G. Horsley, r. A, who in 1916
made designs of this character. Sub
sequently the demand for these to-
kens became enormous, and at present
Christmas cards are often of much
artistic merit in both design and
coloring.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04
The World Is Like That.

Why is it that any man who has
made fame and fortune in manufac-
turing something is interviewed and
quoted as an authority on metaphys-
les, transcendentalism and phelebot-
omy while the learned scholar is
never sought for his opinions on
manufacturing chewing gum or auto
mobiles.-Shoe and Leather Repor-
ter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04
Reckless. Anyway

Policeman-I'm pulling you in for
reckless driving, endangering the
lives of pedestrians.
MOtorist-Why, man, there isn't
pedestrian on the street.
Policeman-All right, then; I'll
make 1t attempted suicide.-Boston
Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04

freight cars, moving at the rate of
about two and a quarter miles an
hour, is broken every time a member
OF the chain espies a particularly
choice bit Of vegetable off the line of
march.
If treated to song toward the end
OF a weary days march a camel will
perk up and exhibit signs of COM
radeship. II 1t be one of those dron.
ing desert -chants, then the mystic
creature will turn its head and view
the singer with something like affec-
ton in its long, moist eyes.
AS a rule camel seldom RECEIVERS
from sick spell. He has very little
recuperative power. If one falls i'll
on the march the lucky charm that
hangs from his neck is removed and
the animal is left behind to the car.
rion crows and jackals. An ignoble
end, but the ways of the desert are
pitiless.
A baby camel has to be carried In
basket on its mothers back for a
number of days. If young camel
dies it's fleece is kept for the mother
to smell occasionally and so assuage
her sorrow.
At the age of the camel follows
the caravan and at is strong enough
to carry rider. 1t is fully matured
at 16 and often lives to he IN
A camel's teeth are sharp and snip.
per-like. A person, that attempts to
feed one out of hand may find him.
self lacking finger or two It takes
camel Is minutes to drink his fill
OF water.-The Mentor,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04
MOTHER O. MINE

If / were hanged on the highest hill
Mother O. Mine,
/ know whose love would follow me
still,
Mother o. Mine.
II / were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother o. Mine,
/ know whose tears would come down
to me,
Mother O. Mine, Mother o. Mine.
If / were damned of body and soul
l know whose prayers would make me
whole,
Mother O. Mine, Mother o. Mine.
Louis Untermeyer confessed for all
of us the inadequacy of mere words
to express our debt to the women
who gave us birth when he wrote
TO MY MOTHER
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04

ana away through the starlight we II
wander
Away through the mist to the beautiful
The Dreamland that's waiting out
yonder!
And of all the familiar poems"
what one is better known and strikes
a more responsive chord In the
hearts of all Of us than Mrs. Eliza
beth Akers Aliens
ROCK ME TO SLEEP, MOTHER
Backward, turn backward, o Time, in
your flight,
Make me a child again just for to-
nigftt
Mother, come back from the echoless
Take me again to yonr heart as Of
yore;
Kiss from my forehead the burrows of
care,
Smooth the few silver threads out of
my hair:
Over my slumbers your loving watch
Rock me to sleep mother-rock me to
sleep!
Backward, flow backward, o tide of
the years!
/ have grown weary of dust and de-
cay
Toll without recompense. tears all In
vain
Take them and give me my childhood
again!
1 have grown weary of dust and de-
Weary of finging my soul wealth
away;
Weary of sowing for others to reap
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to
sleep!
Tired of the hollow, the base. the un-
true,
Mother, mother. my heart calls for
Many a summer the grass has grown
Blossomed and faded our faces be-
tween,
Yet with strong yearning and pas
sionate pain
Long l tonight for your presence
again.
Comes from the silence so long and
so deep
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to
sleep!
over my heart, in the days that are
flown,
No love like mother love ever has
shone;
No other worship abides and endures-
Faithful, unselfish and patient like
yours;
None like a mother can charm away
pain
From the sick soul and the world
weary brain.
Slumber's soft calm DER my heavy
lids creep
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to
sleep!
with gold,
Fall on your shoulders again as of old
Let it drop over my forehead tonight;
Shading my faint eyes away from the
light;
For with its sunny lodged shadows once
more
HAPPY will throng the sweet visions
of yore;
Lovingly, softly its bright pillows
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to
sleep!
Mother, dear mother, the years have
been long
Since l last hushed to your lullaby
song;
Sing, then, and unto my soul 1t shall
seem
Womanhood's years have been only q
dream.
| Clasped to your heart In a loving en-
brace,
With your light lashes just sweeping
my face,
Never hereafter to wake or to weep
| Rock me to sleep. mother-rock me to
| sleep!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04
Just Woiti

"My play will be produced tomor-
row."
"HOw thrilling"
"Yes, the manager said he would
produce 1t for me tomorrow if l would
call for it."-Montreal Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04
Real Philosophers

The reason women have more
wrecks than men Is because seven men
In ten let their wives do the driving
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04
|NcWDrcSSeSfOr'
IheSChOOlGid|
~ MAE MARTIN

T h ou s a n d s Of
mothers with daugh-
tiers of high school
or college age, have
problems like this
Little Rock, Arkan-
sas, mother. She
says: 81 don't be-
lieve / could have
put my daughter
through the last two
years of high school
and college without
the help Of Dia-
mond Dyes. Dresses
long out Of style
and faded were
made new with a
package or so of
Diamond Dyes and
the addition of q
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04

antonym of professional. Often an
amateur is more skilled in his work
than Professionalism Maya
zine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04
Reason Enough

Mrs. Icee during the dance)-Why
do you hold me so close?
The Man-Because you're so dis
tant.-Boston Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04

You led with kindly hand
child into the light of truth
And made an honest man.
Mother love and love for mother
have been the inspiration for some
of our best-known poets and have re-
suited in the writing of some of our
best-known and bestowed poems.
Rudyard Kipling was writing for all
of us and expressing a belief which
all of us hold when he wrote
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04

The five cities having the highest
suicide rate are all along the West
coast.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04
Accommodating

She-'I don't like to be paved over
and kissed" He-"All right-I'll kiss
you first."-Life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04

Between IS and 60 per cent Of auto.
mobile sales are on the installmeDf
plan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04

Revised version: To the victor be-
longs the -Asheville Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04

The greatest world figures are not
preceded by dollar signs.-Boston
Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04

Too many other after-dinner speak.
ers brooklyn Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04
Reasonable Request

do you mind If l smoke a cigarT
Boarder-I'll tell you when you
have lit it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04
Playmate

Channing-I hear yon have a new
baby at your house.
Martin-Yes my wife thought the
dog ought to have somebody to play
with.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

n SUNDAY, May 13, mil
lions of Americans will be
wearing carnations as a
symbol of love and re-
membrance for their moth
ers and sending loving
greetings of one sort or
another to them. For the
second Sunday in May of
each year has been set
aside as Mothers day and
despite an unfortunate ele-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-04
cARMAN SHOWED SPIRIT

A master virtue Is thrift.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-13

usual if let alone So for weeks they have been
trying to defeat the election law pending in the
native congress, to throw monkey wrench into the
American plans.
Obviously the Helm resolution, calling for the
immediate withdrawal of the Marines would have
played into the hands Of the small coterie of con-
servatives now running the show at Managua It's
defeat was imperative.
We bundered into intervention in the first place
At least we committed it under false pretenses But
we can help now, just little, by guaranteeing an
honest presidential election, and the only way in
which Go this is by holding it under marine
supervision.
Once the election is held and the duly elected
president has taken his seat must hasten COM
plete the second job we have undertaken down there
namely that Of creating nonpolitica national guard
composed of Nicaraguans.
Once these trained, and can keep upstairs from
overthrowng presidents who have been elected fairly
and prevent presidents from perpetuating themselves
in power by employing personal soldiers to bully the
opposition away from the polls our marines can and
should be brought home by the first boat
First however, there are these duties to perform.
Having began it all by rocking the boat and splitting
the Nicaraguan lady into the lake, we must linger
long enough to pull her out not only for the sake Of
our own prestige throughout Latin America but for
the sake of the lady herself
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-13
Mr.. Willis Pronounces JUDGMENT

Newspapers that do not support Senator Frank B.
Willis of Ohio for the Republican nomination for Pres
den and most of all any newspaper that circulates
within the boundaries of the Buckeye State is guilty
Of treason, or worse. Take it from Senator Willis,
straight In terrific blast of patriotic fervor he in
diets the Scripps- Howard chain of newspapers, in a
lump and severally. Long before Mr.. Hoover became
avowed candidate long before Mr.. Willis was
mentioned claimant for his psrty'5 favor by
any but himself this Grant newspaper organiza-
ton announced as a matter Of editorial policy its
preference for the secretary Of commerce all other
Republican possibilities.
1t was reckleSsly frank in proclaiming both its
choice and its for fixing its affections Mr.
Hoover For it soense it must pay the price of the
Ohio Senator's deep displeasure.
There is rule in Ohio politics this year to which
all newspapers must yield unquestioning obedience
All that decent, honorable upright and deserving
of public respect must stand first anG last for Willis
Any that may venture to look doubt lily him as
the heayen-sent leader or show a We kness for any
other Republican false at heart, bags in spirit and
plotters of mischief against the republic.
There is middle course. independence of
judgment is to be permitted freedom OF action. 1t
is Willis or nothing That's that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-13
Rrookhart's Question

When the banking experts, congressional and
otherwise, foregather with the Senate banking and
currency committee, they regard Senator Brookhart
of Iowa with an attitude of condescending liberation
When he speaks, the experts smile smugly and ex
change covert glances, which say He'd probably win
prize at husking bee but the poor fellow just
simply doesn't understand the delcately attuned
chinery of banking"
. And when he speaks Brookhart generally has a
single question in mind 1t something like this
st want to know why bankers in iowa tell farmers
who have excellent security that they can't possibly
lend them money for less than per cent, and then
turn around and ship millions of dollars of surplus
funds to New York to loan on the Stock Exchange at
IL per cent"
He never gets an answer to the question
Perhaps that's because the experts feel that he is
so submerged in darkness about the working of our
credit system that he could not possibly understand.
Or perhaps it's because Brookhart asks question
that doesn't lend itself to particularly graceful dis
cusson.
Whatever the reason, we'd like it if the banking ex-
perts forget to high hat Senator Brookhart long
enough to give him the rest of the advantage
of an expert answer to his interesting question.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-13
NJ. e. =.
TRACY
SAYS:
"Herbert Hoover Has Not
Groom Up In an AtnaOs-
phere of Hide6oul1d Par
tiSanShjp and Has Not
Contracted Obligations
That Make Him q CreG-
tire of the Bosses.

Senator Frank Willis Of Ohio,
takes the Scripps- Howard news
papers severely to task. They are
trying to control the Republican
Presidential nomination, he de-
clares, though they have "habit-
ually supported Democratic can
didateS;" they have issued IAN
ukase to the Republican party
directing it whom to nominate" and
have announced that unless this
were done their influence would be
thrown to Governor Al Smith"
"Since when" he wants to know,
has the Republican party come to
the place where its candidates are
to be dictated by a chain of news
papers that have never supported
the Republican ticket" and upon
what theory shall any combination
Of newspapers be permitted to say,
with effect. to the Republican party
that it must nominate one par
ticular candidate?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-13
Willis Views Wrong

. A good case, Senator. except that
it does not have any foundation in
fact
The Scripps- Howard newspapers
are not trying to control the Repub-
lican presidential nomination. Their
concern is not with the party but
the country. They went to see good
candidates nominated to insure the
election Of a good President and
that is all.
From a partisan standpoint the
Scripps- Howard newspapers do not
care who the Republicans nominate.
They are supporting Hoover not be-
cause he is a Republican, but in
spite of it.
Whom they have or have not
supported in the past has no bear
ing on the situation, except as it
provides their independence.
AS a matter of record, they have
not "habitually supported Demo-
cratic candidates as Senator Willis
readily can see if he looks back only
to the last presidential election.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-13
Our Job in Nicaragua
comes up
acting I'D again.

Nicaragua is acting up again.
THE State Department we are told, views the stu
etion as of extreme gravity and unless there is
a quick change of tactics the part of conservative
obstructonists at Managua certain steps may have
to be taken Minister Eberhardt it is understood has
been instructed to talk President Diaz in this vein
Which brings us to still another turn in the fast
revolving Ncaraguan wheel. Nor would this
side be without its element of humor were the whole
adventure less OF a tragedy. For the very people
whom the State Department about a year ago was
denouncing as Boshevsts. today are our real friends
and unqualified supporters, while those whom 1t then
described as our friends now are stirring up trouble
To make it a bit more understandable, year ago
the Liberals under General Jose Moncada, were Wag-
ing successful war against the conservative pres-
dent, Adolfo Dlaz who previously had been maneuv-
cred into power by the State Department at Wash
ington
Y aMoncada and his men, the State Department
charged were reds, bent upon setting up Boshevst
heeemony between the United States and the Panama
Canal Furthermore, they aimed to kill our project
for an ocean to- ocean canal across Nicaragua.
Not lot of which true, OF course, as this news
paper pointed out at the time, after sending an in
vestigaor to Central America to study the question
on the spot Nevertheless interviewed against the
liberals in behalf of puppet Daz hastringing the
one and aiding the other mitarily in every way we
could with warships and marines.
And still the liberals went from victory to victory
until they reached the very gates OF the capital
whereupon events another of their sudden turns
President Coolidge sent Col Henry L. Stimson to
see what could be done to the situation. fair
election was decided on under marine supervision to
remedy the situation.
Now the conservatives aren't very anxious for
fair election They are in minority, party, and
they know it, fair election will spell their defeat
What they want is supervise the elections them
selves.
Being in power and therefore in control of the
baIlog boxes. they could and would win. hands down
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-13
DiCtation of Bosses

Herbert Hoover irnpresSes the
Scripps- Howard newspapers as be-
ing the best presidential candidate
that either party can put forward,
not only because Of his training.
ability and character, but because
he has not grown up in an atnos-
phere of hide-bound partisanship
and has not contracted obligations
which would make him a creature
OF the bosses.
In this respect, he represents the
antithesiS of Senator Willis.
No matter how ardently a man
like Willis might want to do the
right thing, and no matter how
clearly he might see it, his straight
ticket creed would prevent him If
the crowd in charge decided other
wise.
The fact that he permits himself
to be trotted forth as a stalking
horse, or as a possible eleventh
hour choice by some caucus at 3
O'Clock in the morning, offers a vivid
illustration of his conception OF
what public Office means.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-13

last syllogism might conclude with
the stake.
MO wonder all the students of
~ Europe in the twelfth century
puzzled over it: "One never gets
away from the question" wrote
John of Salibury; from whatever
point discussion starts, it is always
led back and attached to that.
1t is the madness of Rufus about
Naevia. He thinks Of nothing else;
talks of nothing else; and if Naevia
did not exist, Rufus would be dumb.
Rcscellin had begun the fury
towards the end of the proceeding
century, in some lectures at Besan-
con. The class, he said, has no exist
ence apart from the several items
that compose it; the universal. or
class word is only a breath Of the
mouth; only Individual things exist,
and everything else is a name
CHence this theory was called nom
inalism).
At once he was accused of heresy;
for was not God, as the universal
Of Universals, present really and
completely in each person OF the
blessed Trinity?
Roscellin replied that he could
only conceive OF the three persons
as three Gods. At once the church
censured him; ano the council Of
Scissors, in 1892. babe him either
retract or die. He did not choose
to die.
n
VXTILLIAM of .ChampeauX seized
w the other horn of the great
dilemma. and proclaimed that the
universal is the eminently real;
that the class is logically prior to
its individuals, and constitutes them
by entering them; that humanity
makes Peter, James and John.
So man was real in addition to all
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-13
ABELARD

ABELARD
IT'S real name was Pierre, or
4 lPeter, du Pallet; no one knows
how he came by the name of Abe
lard, or Abailard, or Abeillard, or
Esbaillart. or Beylard; names were
but wise mems counters in the
medieval age, and one might spell
them as one would.
He had a passion for the new
discovered sport of dialectic, which
defined as the science of reasoning.
the art of distinguishing right
judgment from wrong; he preferred
argument to war. and for a while
to love; and wnen other youths
went crusading he joined instead
the tournament of thought, and
cast a lance at William.
For to him TINS matter of real
ISM and "nomnalism' and uni
versals" was OF transcendent inter-
est; and to his age it seemed that
the basic dognas of the Church
above all the Trinity-were involved
in dispute.
Even the existence OF God hung
in the balance, some thought; for
had not the theologians described
all things as belonging to some
species, all species as belonging to
genus, all genra as belonging to
some still larger class, and all
classes as being parts of God? And
if the universal, or class name or
species name. was only, as Abelard
held, a conception of the mind,
what became OF the greatest uni
versal of all-the Supreme Being?
Was He, too, but a thought in the
brain Of man, having no real or OBJ
jective existence apart from the
particulars of the world?
Yes, it was becoming a very seri-
Gus matter, this game of logic; and
those who pursued it knew that the