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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17

The professor, who knew everything
and was gentleman, nevertheless be-
came only human under all the ham,
mering of the gay old things
''Why, yes, there is" he said, smil-
ing. "If exercise is supposed to re
duce fat, why do so many women have
double chins New York Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17
A Character Reader

How do you know that man Is .
statesman"
Because" replied Senator Scr
ghum, "he can wear silk hat and Q
frock coat without looking as il ht
were going to wedding Washing
ton Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17
Close-Grained Woods
Need No Crack Fl

such as maple, pine, birch and fir
need no filler. For a natural finish,
just apply clear floor lacquer after
the sanding is done, and later add two
coats of paste wax A lacquer wood
stain of any color may be used instead
and followed by waxing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17
wiz WHY
Hun1oD IN

MAYBE TRUE

Walter Damrosch was praising negro
,pirituals.
"Our negroes are wonderful" he
said Their talk is as good as their
music.
~ heard two colored porters quar-
,eling in a railroad station.
"'Ah knows wot Abs talkin' about.
said the first porter. Does yo' fink
All amt got no brains?
Brains, huh? said the second por-
ter. 'Niggah, if brains was dynamite
yo' couldn't blow off yore cap"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17
Found Out

Jack-When | called on Virginia
last night her father got me into 9
game of poker.
Floyd-What do you suppose hs
had up his sleeve?
Jack-Six aces and four kings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17
Stumped the Professor

The old maids were Fostering a pro-
fessor who resides in a quiet part of
town behind the protection of an un-
published telephone number.
But, professor" they persisted,
doesn't anything ever puzzle your
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17
So 1t Goes

Its a queer world"
"What now?"
"The doctor increases night rates
the telegraph company lowers EN-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17
independent Male

Black-DOes your wife kick about
ashes on the rugs?
White-No; | don't give her a
chance. do all my smoking on the
back porch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17
Girls

Whatever n le you accept thai
dentist?"
''Oh. l asket another dentist how
much it woulo cost to fi1 up my
mouth"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17

forgotten me, hasn't she?" johnny
Il guess not" George-"Why. does she
ever speak of me-" Johnny-"Sure.
Only dis mornin' she spoke Of how
fucky it was she shook you when she
did"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17
Correct

Donald, who mends the clothes
sews On buttons, looks after the odd
and ends of hOusekeeping!'
1.-The laundry. msam"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17
Simple

Billiken-How do you keep from
smashing your finger when hanging
pictures?
Killiken-I let my wife do it
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17
Why Is 1t

My radio works pe.fectly
When we are at home alone,
But If a skeptic happens in
The wave lengths moan and groan
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17
Touching a Tender Heart

Victim-But my watch isn't a good
one. Its value is only sentimental.
FoOtpad-That doesn't matter, guv'
uor-Tm sentimental.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17
CAME IN HANDY

did Donald take it very much to
neart because Marion gave back his
ring"
mo, he took it to a pawnshop."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-17

gable and porch roof treatment. The
effect of the surrounding shrubbery
can be seen quite plainly. Without it
much of the attractiveness and dignity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-17

from Belfast and the special constahu-
larry was modified, their combined
forces restoring order. A head con-
stable of the district was slightly injured
when struck by flying bottle.
Orangemen and Republicans Satur-
day night We'd in hurting bottles and
stones and damaging business houses.
To the tune of Dolly Brae" and
"Derrys Walls" young men invaded
the recreation rooms of st. Catherine
Hall and poked out every window.
Four arrests were made in Armagh
City in similar encounters before order
was restored A shop was burned in
Lisburn, near here, and stones were
hurled into the parish house.
The violence was an outgrowth OF
incidents at Cootehill, Free State,
where the Irish Republican army"
prevented Orangemen from staging 2
meeting last week and at Armagh,
where Orangemen retaliated Saturday
against members of the ancient order
of Hibernians, who were holding an
assembly.
At the town of Drum Reilly in
County Leitrim last night unidentified
men surrounded building in which
farmers in the neighborhood were
having q dance. With shotguns and
rifles they fired volley through the
walls. The dancers threw themselves
on the floor. Edward Cannon was
taken to hospital in serious conol-
fiOn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-17
TEXAS IS SHAKEN
BY EARTH TREMOR
Mexico City Observatory
Says Quake Epicenter Prob
N ably in Nicaragua.
~ the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex, August 17.-Earth
tremors, described by the Rev. James
B. MacElwane, seisnologist at st. Louis
University, as strong enough to cause
destruction if originating in populated
regions, shook West and Central Texas
yesterday.
No loss Of life was reported through
out an area of which San Antonio was
the largest city to report the shock.
Origin in Mexico.
Father MacElwane said the schools
seismograph recorded the tremors as
$50 miles southwest of st. Louis. THIS
would place the origin in Mexico. Chi
huahua City, Mexico reported SHOCKS,
and several persons were reported IN
jured by trenors at Oaxaca Mexico.
l., A. Nelson, head of the Department
of Geology at Texas College of Mines
and Arts. said the shocks probably were
the tail end" of intense disturbances
IN Mexico.
The Weather Bureau at San Antonio
reported the tremors lasted II seconds.
Valentine, in the Southern Sierra
vieia Mountains, seemed TO bear the
brunt of the shock. Adobe houses were
wrecked. The towns brick school plant
was damaged badly and every chimney
fell.
Width, 500 Miles.
Corsicana was the farthest east city
TO report the tremors, giving the shock
zone a width of at least 500 miles in
Texas
Comanche Springs, flowing so, 900 900
gallons of water daily, spouted muddy
water for an hour after the tremors but
apparently the flow was not otherwise
affected.
The last previous quake reported in
Texas was July 30 1925. Nine West
Texas points at that time reported vio-
lent earth vibrations. Northwestern
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Kansas
points likewise reported tremors. There
was little damage to property, and no
lives were reported lost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-17
AGITATION CHARGED
ON MEXICAN FOODS
Protest Meeting Asks Leaders to
Seek Price-Fixing Body in
Piedras Negras.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
EAGLE PASS, Tex, August IT
Piedrss Negras officials today charged
msssed citizen protest against prevail
ing food prices was agitated by labor
leaders, who sought popular support
for approaching elections.
Hundreds of Mexican farmers and
iaborers gathered in Piedras Negras
Sunday and heard speeches against
subscriptions merchants" The meet
ing was called TO protest food prices
and leaders Of the protest were under
instructions to frame a memorial ask
ing city officials to appoint a Price
regulating Committee, composed Of
wholesale and retail merchants and
iaboring people, to fix normal prices
for nationally and American-produced
goods
Police and government troops stood
by during the meeting.
Merchants said they would shut their
doors II a Price regulating Committee
WIS appointed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-17
TWO NIGHTS RIOTS
MARK IRISH FEUD
Three Towns Mob Ridden
and Mary Windows
Are Smashed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BELFAST, Northern ireland, August
1.-Two nights of rioting in three
towns have marked the feud between
the Orange" and the Green"
mob collected from surrounding
districts marched around the town of
Portadown, County of Armagh, last
night and attempted to batter in the
gates of a convent using q handcar
for ram. Thwarted, they contented
themselves by smashing windows In
several shops.
Truckloads Of police were rushed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-17
Women Who Smoke
Getting Bloodhound
Faces, Says Expert
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 17.--Cigar-
cite smoking, according to Mrs.
M. B. McGavran of Kansas City,
president of the American As
ISOLATION of Cosmeticians, Is
giving American women a blood
hound facial droop."
Women smokers faces are
growing sharper" she told dele
gates today at the Cosmeticians'
convention. Lips are becoming
pallid. corners of the mouth sag,
lips commence to protrude and
develop switching habits, and the
eyes acquire a blank stare"
The feminine physiognomy is
becoming permanently altered by
cigarette smoking, Mrs. Nc
Gavran declared. THE face has
the habit of mirroring the re-
Elections of its homeliest mem
bers, and it will be the children
Of present day mothers who will
suffer most"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-17
SEVERAL INJURED.
Oaxaca Population in Panic as Earth
quake Occurs.

quake occurs.
MEXICO CITY. August II R).-
Several walls collapsed and few peo-
pie were slightly injured in a strong
temblor which shook Pinotepa, Oaxaca,
early yesterday
Press dispatches said the shock, which
occurred before dawn, threw the inhab-
itants into panic and that they aban-
doned their homes and spent the rest
of the night in the open.
The Tacubaya Observatory here esti-
mates that the epicenter of the earth
quake felt in Texas and Northern Mexico
early yesterday was in Central America,
probably in Nicaragua.
The quake was registered on the OBJ
eerVatory's instruments but was not
strong enough to be noticeable to the
public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-17
LD-TlMERS RIDE BIKES
One, 80. Among Group at Annual
Century Run at louisville.

LOUISVILLE, KY, August II E).-
Three old-tine bicycle riders, one Of
them So took part in the annual bicycle
century run here yesterday They are
j. w Scott, 80: Howard Jeffries, IS,
and Clifton Mock, IS.
Scott, Jeffries and Mock have taken
part in the events for more than eight
years and expressed their intention of
being in future contests as long as they
are able to pedal bicycle.
OF the more than 2. 634 900 unemploy-
ed in Great Britain, 5s4 900 are women,
81 900 boys and so, $50 girls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-17

Since the recent failure of a large in
Vestment house IN Manila the credit sit
uatlon has been especially tight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
H00Sie7" Helps
Plan for Ne10
York Luncheon

Mrs. Charles Arthur Carlisle,
South Bend, is a member of the
committee of arrangements for the
tenth annual luncheon Of the Wom-
EMS National Republican Club,
which will take place at the Hotel
Commodore, New York, Jan. TO-
Mrs. Guy w. Renyx, New York, is
chairman of the committee.
More than 1000 women will at
tend the luncheon, not only to hear
the nationally known men speakers,
but to honor the four former preSi-
dents of the club, Mrs. Arthur l..
Livermore, Mrs. Charles H. Sabin,
Miss Alice Hill Chittenden and Miss
Maude K. Wetmore. Mrs. Liver
more, founder and first president,
is serving as president this year on
the clubs tenth anniversary.
The Women's National Republic
an Club has membership of 5000
women, from forty-four states in
the Union.
The club will have as speakers
Ogden L. Mills, under secretary of
the treasury, who will speak on
Ten Years of the Republican
Party and Colonel Arthur Woods,
chairman of the Presidents emery
ency committee for employment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
FIower Mission
P0StbOneS Its
annual Dinner

Annual luncheon of the Indianap-
oils Flower Mission, held each jan
uary for many years, has been
postponed at least until next spring,
due to the stress of the unenlploy-
ment situation, according to let
ter sent to members of the board of
directors by Mrs. David Ross, presi-
dent, and Mrs. James D. Ernlston,
corresponding secretary. t..
TN formulating plans for this
meeting" the letter says, ''the COM
mittee appointed to arrange for a
dinner or luncheon feels that dur
ing this period of unemployment,
with its heavy demands upon social
agencies and social workers, it is
inadvisable to hold such a meet
ing" ~
The regular monthly business
meeting will be held next Thursday
at the Board of Trade building.
The annual luncheon has been for
more than fifty years the one social
event of the year and has been a
guest affair. M
Members of the Flower Mission,
which specializes in assistance to
tubercular patients and heir fam
lilies, have been looking after pa
tients in their homes in widely
scattered parts of the city, as they
have been without a central hos
pital since October. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
Your Child
Child Coddled After Illness
Ruined by Misguided Mother

not improve. He leased and whined
and on occasion was impudent. In
fact his conduct was decidedly
"babyish" in. every way.
Now if ever there was fine lit
tie chap on earth two years ago it
was this same small boy He is
smart, good looking, straight as an
arrow, naturally kind and sympa-
tlletically thoughtful.
Then he had an illness, long
one, and he suffered a great deal.
His mother carries the scar of that
struggle. She saved her baby. To
her he always will be the pitiful suf-
fering little soul that a merciful
Providence spared to her.
And she is repaying the ProVi-
dence by this. I wish l could do
something. He was born for indie
pendence and courage and leader
sllip-I am sure of that.
But unless. a miracle happens his
mind ever more will be turned in
on himself as a helpless, weak
baby" to be pampered, waited on,
coddled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
Party
to Be Held BY
Miss BiegIer

Miss Kathleen Blegler will en-
tertain with a bridge party at her
home, $3.50 Broadway, this after
noon in honor of Miss Esther Hager,
South Bend, who is the guest of Mrs.
Dwight Ritter. A color scheme of
yellow will be used in the decora-
tons and appointments. The host
ess viii be assisted by her mother,
Mrs. George Biegler.
Guests with Miss Hager will be
Misses Martha Jane Miller, Delight
Basker, Majorie De Vaney, Mar
jorie Ann Lilly, Marion Powers and
Annette Harris.
Mrs. Ritter and her sons, Cor
don and Wayne Ritter, will entertain
with bridge party tonight for Miss
Hager at their home, AIS Broad
Way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
Pan-HeHe71iC
Society VIII
Hold Dinner.

Butler Pan-hellenic Association
will sponsor the first annual Grecian
banquet for members Of Butler uni
versity sororities in the Crystal
dining room at the Msrott WedneS-
day night.
Miss Rosemary Bretzman. asso-
citation president, is in charge, as
sisted by a student committee, and
Mrs, Edna M. Christian, social di-
rector. Fourteen Butler faculty
members who will be special guests
are:
Mesdames Christian. Guy Shadinger.
Alice Bidweli. wesenherg; Misses Sarah
Cotton. Allena Grafton. Katherine jour
nay. Florence Morrison, Evelyn Butler. Ida
white. Louise Schulmeyer. Marths Kin
caid. Juns NJ. Lutz, Janet MCDONALD and
Corrine yelling.
All guests will wear Grecian cos
tunes, and decorations will carry
out the Greek motif. The complete
program, as announced by Miss
BretZman, is as follows:
Professional with harp accompaniment
led by the president, ioloWcd oy SoioIt-
ties in order of their founding At Butter.
Piato's WELCOME Address" Miss Gretchen
Kemp; Debate Between Plato and So
crates Misses Kemp. and Gwendolyli
Schort: Egyptian slave dance, members OF
gym class, directed by MISS LOUISE
Schulemeyer; vocal solo, shepherds
Song Miss Sarah Sisson, soprano; Phoe-
nician dance, members. OF gym class
directed by Miss Schulemeyer: gymnasium
performances: Plato's BLESSINGS OF the
Libations," Miss Kemp 1.-The Oracle, an
exhibition of sorcery. Elder .Blackridge.
and Butler gallery Of memories, by the
quests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02

.EUey
Sense
Day.
BIZ MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

+ BELIEVE it is perfectly possible
Z to. find numbers of well-in-
tentioned men filling the office of
justice of the peace. Nevertheless,
after one has seen, as 1 did,
boy and a girl staggering half
drunk out of the Office of one Of
these worthless, who just had mar
ried them, it seems amazing
that we do not rise up and abolish
the entire lot.
It's altogether too easy a thing
to get married nowadays. And
before I started this subject, L
consulted my lawyer about the
legal authority held by the. JUS
tees in this matter.
The law, at least in. our. state,
presumeS that the person who
pronounces the ceremony is able
to discriminate as to the fitness
of the persons being married.
The attorney explained;
"A man is not permitted to
marry any insane person or one
who appears in an unfit state to
be married. and common sense
should tell him that an intox-
icated person, is at least, tenn
porarily insane
That's true. But whenever did
common sense and the law go
hand-in-hand, or common sense
and an itching palm?
n
A T any rate, these marriages of
"A drunk 10 drunk are becoming
much too numerous. Youngsters
can run out and get married on
bet or lark or as a hilarious ter
limitation of q cocktail party. The
thing is being done every day. in
every community in this land.
And if it's not disgrace to- our
social system it's at least a good
sign that the intelligence of our
license clerks and of our justice
of the peace departments is at a
very low ebb. The old-fashioned
church wedding may be a relic of
paganiSn, but there's this to be
said for it: It can not be APP
preached in a spirit of levity.
elimination of the formal we'd
ding may be the divorce court,
but that of one of these intoxi-
Gated. courthouse farces is GER
tain to be.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
PARTY STAGED FOR
COLLEGE STUDENTS

Miss Delight Morrison entertained
this afternoon with a bridge party
a. her home, 1888 North Meridian
street, in honor of Miss Barbara
Barrett, a student at Earlfam COL
lege, and Miss Betty Ann Williams,
who attends De Paw, who are
spending the holidays with their
parents.
Holiday decorations were used in
the house and on the tables at
serving time. Guests were:
Misses PHYLLIS Sharpe. Martha Jane
McMastcrs. Betty Dobbs. Mary stierwalt.
Margaret Lewis. Martha Jane Banister.
Mary Elizabeth Ikerd and Dorothy Jane
Hun. The hostess was assisted BY her
mother. Mrs. Raul 3. Morrison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
Y. W. C. A..
Glasses VIII
Open Jan. II

Spring term of classes at the
Y. w. C. A. will open Jan. Il, with
the exception of Mrs. Leo K. Fes-
ler's class in expression, which viii
be enrolled Jan. 5.
Besides continuation Of fall
terms, several entirely new ones are
beginning, as well as new ones III
established subjects.
With Mrs. w. G. Gardeners class
in stars and birds as a forerunner,
a class in nature study for young
women preparing to be councillors
in girls camps next summer, Will
be held from 1890 to II each Sat-
urday, and is open to Girl Reserves,
Camp Fire Girls and Girl Scouts,
whose summers call for elementary
knowledge of birds, flowers and trees.
Mrs. Hoover in Charge
Another class is a course in pub
licity for women's clubs, to be di-
rected by Mrs. Donald Hoover, pub
licity director of the Y. w. G. A.
Ostensibly for publicity secretaries
of women's- clubs, the course VIII
be arranged to meet the needs OF
others who have such duties in their
organizations. This methods class
will meet from 1890 to 1880 Mon
day mornings.
Most of the courses range from
eight to fourteen weeks, although
there are several six weeks courses,
including the auction and contract
bridge classes taught by Mrs. A. w.
Noling on Mondays. Parliamentary
usage, directed by Mrs. John Down.
ing Johnson parliamentarian for
the Indiana Federation Of Women'S
Clubs, will meet from to 8 Tues
day nights, and from 10 to II
Wednesday mornings.
English Is Offered
Mrs. John Hays Bailey will dis
continue her class in short story
writing for the term, but will con-
duct an informal class in CONVEX
sational English for women. The
class meets from $3.50 to II Tuesday.
In addition to this class for home
and club women, there is offered a
class in business English for bust
ness women whose educational
training has sighted that phase.
Mrs. Reeta Clark of Shortridge high
school faculty will conduct the
course.
Mrs. Glen .Diddel and Mrs. Inez
Sampler will continue their classes
in beginning and advanced Span
ish, and Mile. Marie Cousin, for
nerly of Butler university. will give
lessons in elementary and advanced
French.
Mrs. Ruth o. Katzenbergers
class in speech reading for children
and adults will meet Monday and
Tuesday afternoons and nights.
The music department, directed by
Mrs. Ida SEEKER Broe, has plans
for stringed orchestra and a
chorus. Mrs. Broo has class in
ukulele Monday nights and class
in piano instruction for Juniors
Saturday mornings.
Lecture to Continue
Self-expression classes, led by
Mrs. Fesler, are offerde on Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday nights ano
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings
to beginners, Intermediates, or adj
vanced pupils who have had some
experience with audiences.
Bible study, taught by Miss Flor
ence Lanhan1, is given members oil
the Miriam and Loyalty clubs Tues
day and Wednesday nights, and or
Wednesday mornings to the Associa-
tor of Women Bible Teachers.
Wednesday noon lectures by DR.
James H. Feeling of Teachers col
lege Of Butler university will con-
tinue. These luncheon lectures
deal with digest of current affairs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
Is
Held by Club
II Chiefs, Wives

Mrs. George S. Olive was in charge
OF the annual reception given by
officers and directors of the Me-
ridian Hills Country club and their
wives, at the club, on New Years
day. Mrs. Alex r. Holiday. wife
of the president. and Mrs. Harold
L. Sutherlin poured.
Holiday greenery, garlands of
smilax, poinsettias and bows of red
tulle were used in decorating. The
tea table was conferred with red
roses, and lighted with REQ tapers.
Miss Edna Phinnery. harpist, played
and sang between and 6. Mrs.
Julie G. Williams gave a musical
monologue, AN Old-Fashioned
Album" using old-faSllioned cos
tunes.
Members of the younger set at the
club held a skating party.