The Ely miner., 1930-02-21
NATIONAL NEWS RESUME

couee or meat.
Alcohol has today become so closely
allied with the subject of prohibition
that the mere mention of it either pro-
vokes knowing leers or choleric denun-
citation as the greatest enemy of man.
kind. It is so closely allied in the
public mind with alcoholic beverages
prohibited by law as to deceive the
casual observer as to its vitality import
ant place in life.
The absence of denatured alcohol
which is used for industrial purposes
would in short time plunge civiliza-
ton into a state of chaos.
If he were to analyse few facts
concerning what industry has done for
civilization, the average man would not
so readily take for granted the good
things of modern civilization and
would have more wholesome respecp
for the industries which have lifted
him out of his earlier crude state.
With denatured alcohol unavailable,
communication between peoples, edu-
cation, entertainment, transaction or
business and our very health and well
fare would be seriously affected. The
modern printing presses of the country
would stop and there would be no
newspapers, magazines or books. The
taking of pictures would become an
extinct industry Business would be
hard hit and we would enjoy much OF
the status of ancient peoples.
The radio and the movies, two of
our most generally accepted marks of
civilization, would pass out of exist
ence. Without expensive and fire.
quently harmful substitutes for alcohol
automobiles in large section of the
country could not operate, because of
the danger of frozen radiators. Motor
cars would be crippled until some new
kind Of finish could be discovered, be-
cause colors on cars have their basis
in lacquer paints, made with denatured
alcohol, which with allied products, re-
quire about 100000 gallons annually.
Womens' dress would be affected
since 100000 gallons of denatured
alcohol goes into the making of ex-
tensively used used artificial silk an
ually. Furniture in the office and the
home would be crude and unattractive
since this branch of industry uses
10000 gallons of this basic product
each year. Feminine beauty would
suffer because hundreds of products
that affect it could not be produced
Push Button Housekeeping.
One of the interesting results of the
International Heating and Ventilating
Exposition, recently held in Philade1-
phia, it is said, was a boom in local
real estate Brides and brides-to-be
who hesitated about setting up their
own household establishments for fear
of scorching the biscuits or letting the
furnace go out, were reaSsured by the
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ence has done to liberate the house
keeper from manual labor.
Old King Coal and young Mrs. New
lywed it seems, are no longer on
speaking terms. The latter finds her
heating problems amply taken care Of
by the automatically controlled oil
burner which operates without de-
manding any attention except an ade-
quate supply of fuel When the house
need heating the automatic burner
start usp by itself, and when the house
is sufficiently warm 1t shuts down by
itself. The modern furnace man" Is
thermoStat.
Automatic control Of cook stoves has
developed to the point where food can
be placed in the oven and thermos-
tat will do the rest Automatic refrig-
Grafton keeps the food clean and pure.
Automatic machines do the washing.
Automatic ironers do the pressing.
Automatic ventilators keep the house
supplied with clean, fresh air and con-
tribute greatly toward keeping the
draperies and rugs spotleSS. Mechani-
cal sweeping and cleaning devices do
the rest without raising dust.
In short, housekeeping is fast becom-
ing fool-proof.
Chief Justice Hughes.
Washington seldom gets excited but
it's nerves were in tingle when the
Senate program was under way to
keep Charles Evans Hughes from dom
ming the judicial ermine and wearing
it as Chief Justice of the United States
Supreme Court. Mr.. Hughes has been
acknowledged to be a great man" so
long that the Capital and the country
were amazed when the regular group
of disSenterS in the Senate started to
shake him down off his pedestal. He
is a great man and the opposition by
few availed nought.
A New Era of Bantam Cars.
We have had a period of big dow
ager-like cars, veritable battleShipS of
the road, to congest our streets and
motor highways. We have family cars,
made grander, bigger and cheaper ev-
cry year. We have small cars that get
us there and take us back.
But in $780, we are promised the
bantam car-an entirely new unit of
transportation. The American Austin
is a bantam car, that will be manu-
factured and sold in this country. 1t
comes to us after eight years record
of service by leading nations of the
world Judging from the instant deal
er acceptance accorded the models
exhibited to the trade on the occasion
of the New York and Chicago Auto
mobile Shows, we are in for. an era
that will mark the automobile indus
try's achievement of its greatest aim
the utmost flexibility in transportation.
Certainly there Is something very
significant in the motor winds when
85,575 bantam cars of an approximate
retail value of 81 million dollars, are
sold in the two single weeks of the
New York and Chicago auto shows.
Do Your Rugs Slip?
There are undoubtedly certain rugs
in your home that you have learned
by experience to avoid or walk over
cautiously They slip and skid, creep
and crawl all over your floor. They
form a real danger.
You can now hold these rugs firmly
in place without injuring either floor
or rug. You merely lay your rugs over
piece of specially prepared fabric
known as rug anchor. 1t is cut just
trifle smaller than the rug and is out
of sight. No fasteners are required
and the rug will always lie smoothly
and will not bulge even when being
vacuum cleaned. The fabric of which
the anchor is made also protects and
preserves the rugs by acting as res
ilient waterproof lining that lessons
wear and prevents dust and moisture
from reaching the rugs from the floor.