The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-03-22

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Ancient n m 8
taking you back to
school days are scattered through
Greek civil war reports. Venizelos,
true Greek patriot, supporting the
revolution, dwells on the little island
of Crete, where the Minotaur, half hui
man, half bull, used to live and de-
YOUR youths and maidens from Athens.
In this world of trouble, something
must explode somewhere.
Ramsay Macdonald tells the COM
mons that Germany's military activity
compels Britain to extend her boun-
diaries of imperial air protection" to
the banks of the Rhine. Armies of
men mean nothing. Floating ships
mean little. A while ago Lord Rother-
mere, warning his country usefully, as
his brother, Lord Northcliffe, did In
the big war, was telling the British
that they must have at least 5000
fighting planes. His advice, at first
ridiculed, is now taken seriously and
Britain will have the planes.
Old American methods that have
built up this country, such as it is, are
called out of date by leading minds in
Washington.
Mr.. Richberg, supposed to be closest
to the President in thought, tells a
Miami audience "the World war
marked the passing of civilization"
What kind of civilization will take its
place?
With all possible respect for pro-
fessors and reformers, you wonder
if they can, offhand, manufacture a
better one.
The death at seventy eight of Free
mont Older, for more than fifty years a
courageous, fighting newspaper man in
California, recalls Victor Hugo's words:
''The death of the just man is like the
end of beautiful day."
Fremont Older's life, character and
work were worthy of his impressive
stature and benign expression. 1t may
be said of him, as was said of Glad
stone, that "his heart was ever with
the weak and miserable poor" Every
good cause found a defender in him;
the most miserable convict, released
from prison, might find a friend in him.
There is heaven, of course, and Ere
mont Older is there. If there were
no heaven, his character and merit
would 'make it necessary to invent
one"
Alabama voted dry, stands with Kan
sas, one of the two dry states of the
Union. Northern racketeers and boot
leggers must not hastily conclude that
Alabama offers paradise of profit.
First, Alabama knows how to make
corn whisky at price per gallon that
would discourage any bootlegger; Sec
ond, the men of Alabama are not as
long suffering as men of New York.
Racketeers would find Alabama is bad
climate for their health.
Paris and American dressmakers tell
woman that she must now dress In a
fashion revealing the outlines and
curves of the human FORM" To know
exactly what the outlines of the human
form are, take a walk through the
streets of Miami near public or private
bathing beaches. You will see stroll
ing to their homes, as free from care
or self-consciousness as little birds,
hundreds of ladies, some tall and thin,
a majority short and fat, with literally
nothing on from the waist up that
could not be replaced by two half coco
nut shells fastened to the chest with
string around the back of the neck,
and below the waist wisp of material
that would make Ewes skirt of leaves
look like ball dress.
Such costumes are unwise "sales-
manship." The old-fashioned muslin
dress down to the ankle. up to the
neck, aroused romantic interest and
uncertainty. The two half coconut
shell costumes cause the eligible young
man to say, IF that is all there Is to
1t, shall postpone matrimony."
On an island in the Pearl river, in
habitants of Chinese fishing village
dreaded and disliked small settle
ment where "a lepers lived nearby. A
dispatch from Hongkong says the viii
layers have solved their problem by a
massacre of the "a lepers, followed by
the destruction and burning of their
settlement.
That shocks US now, but such bar
barity was once the rule. The old were
killed and sometimes eaten in primi-
tive days.
British medical men declare positive
" that drinking milk within two hours
after eating meat is highly detrimental
to the digestive system" Moses could
have told them that long ago.
G. King Features Syndicate, Inc.
WNU Service.
Nicotine in Tobacco
The quantity of nicotine In tobacco
varies from to 8 per cent, the coarser
kinds containing the larger quantity,
while the best Havana cigars seldom
contain more than 2 per cent and