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The Ely miner., 1936-12-10
SYNOPSIS

Mary Avery, a widow who lives in the har-
Dor town of Satuit, Mass, with two negro
maids, Sarah Darbe and Bessie Williams,
writes a manuscript describing the famous
Second Head murder, which occurred on her
estate. Next to Mary live Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Stow who every year give a summer masquer-
ade party. One of the guests of this function
is murdered. Nearby live Dr. and Mrs. Geary
and their married daughter Edith and her hus-
band Alfred Bray; Doctor Myron Marden and
his step granddaughter, Caro- Prentiss, beau
tlful young girl who was born in France. Next
live Paul and Lora Eames and their daughter
Molly. Molly engaged to the murdered
man. Ace Blaikie. She had been engaged to
Walter Treadway, who had been the murdered
mans secretary, but the engagement was sud
denly broken and he had left town. Other
neighbors are the Fairweather sisters, Flora,
hopeless invalid and Margaret. All but the lat
ter two attended the masquerade. Mary's eight
year-old niece Sylvia Sard is visiting her for
the summer. The wooded part of Mary's estate
is called the Spinney. In it is tiny log cabin.
Near stone wall is tiny circular pond called
the Merry Mere. This is the day of the mas
querade and excitement is high. Mary decides
to take Sylvia, who is an unusually observant
child. Caro- Prentiss and Molly Eames drop in
during the afternoon. Soon Blaikie, Doctor
Marden and Bruce Hexson, a friend of Aces,
arrive. Molly is impatient to leave and they
all excuse themselves. At the party Sylvia
identities each of the masked guests as they
arrive. Ace comes garbed as Julius Caesar.
Molly Eames appears a Snow Queen, ac-
companied by a man in armor whom Sylvia
identifies as Walter Treadway. They dance
together continuously. Caro- Prentiss and Mar
den arrive dressed in Revolutionary costumes,
the doctor wearing jeweled shoe buckles. When
the guests unmask, Ace, Walter and Molly
have disappeared. When Mary Avery leaves
the party little after two, neither Molly and
Walter or Ace Blaikie had returned. Sarah
Darbe confides to Mary that someone ap-
parently had spent the night in the Little
House. Sylvia finds shoe buckle in the Spin
ney and Mary drops it into a jewel box and
forgets it. Sarah walks down to the Little
House and returns screaming She has found
Ace Blalkie stabbed to death in the Spinney
Mary summons Patrick O'Brien, chief of po-
lice, who had been schoolmate of hers and
Aces. Her manuscript recalls early impress
slons Of Ace-how he had been wealthy, the
most popular boy in town, how he had gone
to Paris to study medicine, became an aviator
IN the World war, returning to practice in
Satuit, how he was recklessly generous and the
principal in scores of love affairs Bruce Hexson
had come back from the war with Ace He
was lawyer, man of private means and
had got religion, become a virtual recluse
and was regarded as queer
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Colors and Health

1t is only within recent times that
scientists have begun to associate
colors with health. They know, for
instance, that blue is a soothing
color-so soothing, in fact, that too
much blue in the color scheme is
liable to cause melancholia. DR..
Ronald Laird, of Colgate university,
who has experimental widely in
this branch of science, says that a
red-papered bedroom is liable to
produce insomnia, and that men
working continuously under red
light become irritable and violent.
He insists, too. that the red flannel
petticoat of our grandmothers was
a wise choice, being far warmer
than a blue one of the same mate
rial. Many people are unable to
wear red next to the skin, as it acts
as a powerful irritant.-Tit-B -Bita
Magazine.
The Ely miner., 1936-12-10
NOT IN THE BOX SCORE:

Jimmy Johnston, the Garden
boxing promoter who returned from
abroad, brought along an English
bulldog for Jimmy Walker. May
be it's because he has the most
time, but John Sloan seems the
most enthusiastic of all racing COM
missiOners. He's giving Bowie his
very best personal attention right
now. Gossip persists that Buck
O'Neill, the very wealthy insurance
man, will again take over SYRIA
cuse's football troubles with Jack
Mcbride, the pro star, doing the
heavy coaching. E. Vic Hanson, the
rumor-mOngers say, will succeed
Wilder Tasker at Rutgers. Claire
Shillingt0n and Eddie O'Keefe,
members Of last years hockey Row
ers, were left on the dock when the
English team they had planned to
join Cancelled transportation be-
cause of faulty amateur registra-
ti0n.
Chick Meehan has done such a
grand football coaching job that
Manhattan, with a small student
body and only 1000 living alumni,
now draws crowds of 10000 on Sat-
urdays. Jockey Sammy Renick
is an accomplished singer. The
reason you do not hear him more
often is that when band leaders try
to hook him up as a guest star he
counters with the suggestion that
they lay some velvet on the line.
Sidat Singh, New York-reared
Hindu now s0ph at Syracuse, will
be one of the stars of the great bas-
ketball team which will perform at
the university this season.
Cappy Wells, who made West Point
one of the nations most popular
football teams, is assisting the Six
teenth Infantry and the First Engi-
neers in letting the public know
about the game they will play at
Ebbets Field on November 20. This
means the game will be a high class
one and deserves to be a sellOut.
McLarnin Gave Ambers
a Lesson in Boxing
The Ely miner., 1936-12-10

CEWING CIRCLE fans
y will get q ..'lift" out of
this weeks selection of
dapper designs for home
sewing. It's not a bit too
early to be anticipating
your first-of-the-year re-
quirements and each frock
The Ely miner., 1936-12-10
OF INTEREST TO
THE HOUSEWIFE

Tomato juice may be thickened
and highly seasoned and mixed
with milk for tomato soup.
Never sprinkle pongee. Roll it
up in towel while wet and iron
while still damp.
Cake icing will adhere better
and stay soft and glossy if a little
glycerin is added to the icing mix
ture.
Lace curtains before being
washed for the first time should
be soaked for an hour or two in
cold water to which two table
spoons of table salt have been add
ed. This removes dressing in cur
tains and makes them much cas-
ier to launder.
White woodwork in the home
can be kept clean by sponging
with lukewarm suds of pure,
mild soap, then wiping dry. This
does not harm the enameled sur
face.
q ASSOCIATED Newspapers.-WNU Service.
The Ely miner., 1936-12-10

BILE winner in it's individual class.
The cleverly cut slip, Pattern
1909, consists of just six simple
pieces including the shoulder
st1 ap and offers a choice of straps
or a built up shoulder. With a
combination of bust ease and a
fitted waist, this number will
prove a popular favorite in silk
crepe, crepe de chine, pongee, or
taffeta. An excellent gift for an
intimate friend, by the way, the
pattern is available in sizes IA, 16,
18, 20, 80, "a, SO, 38, 40, AZ, A,
and 46. Size 16 requires ga yards
of 80 inch material.
The slick princess frock, Pat
tern 1898, has everything it takes
for success and-you'll hardly be-
ieve it, but it's so-requires just
seven pieces for the pattern. Prin-
cess frocks are always tops for
home sewing, and whether for
campus, business, or general gad-
about wear this clever number,
with a choice of long or short
sleeves, simply compels admira-
ton and demands immediate at
tention. The sleeves are gay and
the pockets trig and
tricky. Your selection of fabrics
is almost as long as the counter!
crepe, flannel, broadcloth,
velveteen, silk crepe, satin, taf-
feta, linen, rough weaves, or cot
ton. Send today for Pattern 1898
designed for sizes IA, 16, 18, 20,
80, "a, SO, 38, 40, and AZ. Size 16
3A yds. Of 54 inch or SIS
yds. of 80 inch fabric.
The charming morning frock for
Pattern 1841, speaks for
itself. A one-piece model, five
pieces to the pattern, it too offers
a choice of long or short sleeves
and slides through your machine
The Ely miner., 1936-12-10

in a jiffy. A perfect number for
comfort combined with a pleasing
appearance, this delightful pat
tern is available in sizes "a, SO,
38, 40, AZ, A and 46. Size SO,
with short sleeves, requires 3s4
yards of 80 inch material - per-
Gale, rayon, poplin, gingham, tub
silk, or seersucker.
Send for the Barbara Bell Fall
and Winter Pattern Book contain
ing 100 well-planned, easy-to-make
patterns. Exclusive fashions for
children, young women, and ma
irons. Send fifteen cents in coins
for your copy.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, 367 w.
Adams ST., Chicago, Ill. Price of
patterns, Is cents Tin coins) each.
@ Bell Syndicate-WNU Service
The Ely miner., 1936-12-10

mas AiOiludy AOA
the United States. :.
Arthur Rothenburg,
pro m o t er of the
Schmeling st e v e
III a m a S b out at
Hamburg, now con-
trolls Deutschland
Hall in Berlin. :.
1t has a seating ca
pacity of $4,000. Ar
t h ur b u e | o w,
Schmeling's former
manager, has an
other heavyweight
in Leo MarOhn and
The Ely miner., 1936-12-10
Globe Trotter Buck
Comes Home With
Lots of Chit-Chat
WHAT you get for chit-chatting
w with that celebrated boxing
writer and recently returned glove
trOtter Axf0rd Claa veIaud Ruck.
g New York Post.-wNU Service.


w with that celebrated boxing
writer and recently returned glove
trotter, AFFORD Cleaveland Buck:
Andy Niederriter and Lou Burston
now in Europe, are attempting to
interest jeff Dickson in promot-
ing boxing next summer at Ebbets
Field. Dickson, rumor to the con-
trary, still hangs on at the Palais
des Sports, Paris, where his next
big fistic attraction will be the Mar
eel Thil-Lou Brouillard battle in
January for the European version
of the worlds middleweight cham
pionship. Cleto Locatelli, the Ital-
ian welterweight, is now in Paris.
Andre ROutis, former feather
weight champion, has cafe in Par
is, not unlike Mickey Walkers, on
corner opposite the Palais des
Sports. Georges Carpenter, the
old Orchid Man, owns and operates
cocktail bar in the French cap
ital. Boxing in Paris, as else
where, is suffering from lack of
talent.
According to Dickson, his old
love, Sonia Henie will skate back to
him in January. The two hockey
teams, representing the Palais des
Sports, have been transferred to
London. Dickson was paying for
the Canadian players in Ameri-
can dollars and the devaluation of
the franc made it too expensive.
:. =. Still they call it amateur hook
ey. His next venture will be in
dog racing, sport popular at both
Wembley and Earls Court, Lon
don.
Dickson quit promoting boxing in
Albert Hall, London, because of the
1880 free seat holders, who though
earls and dukes, frequently let their
tickets get in the bands of spec
ulatOrs. The specs, picking the
free ducats up for a song, then un-
dersell the box office. Born in Mis-
sissippi, Dickson remains the most
cOl0rful promoter on the other side
of the Atlantic. AT the moment,
Arthur J.. Elvin of Wembly Pool is
the most successful. Elvin is now
negotiating for worlds flyweight
championship battle between Benny
Lynch, the English claimant, and
Small Montana, the Filipino.
You can dine while watching the
international Hockey League teams
play at Wembley. -. The same is
true when the dogs run, or when
boxing is the attraction. Wrest-
ling is popular now, both in Lon
don and Paris.
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@@@% @NNSS - -
C e n t y. Owe r.
matched and con-
C e d i n G McLarnin
eight poun d S in
weight as well as
years of experience
and a tremendous
punching advantage
the game little fight
er from Herkimer,
N. Y, took as deci-
sive a beating in the
Madison S q u a e
Garden ring as the
The Ely miner., 1936-12-10
SUNDAY

I remembered hearing the clock
strike four before I fell asleep that
night. But once asleep I lay like
a log for perhaps an hour. After
ward remembered that early in
the morning, just after dawn, l
awoke with soaring thirst. Grad
ually, pulled myself up out of
bed and staggered to the bathroom.
On my way back to bed I paused
to look out the window. A gray
ish fog covered the landscape.
Trees blurred shadowy through it
like foliage in a faded photo
graphic film. Yet motion caught
my dead eyes. Down below, emerg-
ing from the Spinney, / saw But
must not anticipate here; for
what l saw made but a fieeting
impression on my sleep-clogged
consciousness.
Still bemused, I fell into bed and
into another deep slumber. for
got entirely what I saw. 1t was
Sylvia's little voice which next
awakened me.
Come, get in bed with me, nv
pet!" 1 invited. She snuggled down
close beside me, putting Dorinda
Belle between us on the pillow.
did you have a nice time with
Aunt Matter" I asked.
"Oh yes, Aunt Mary. Aunt Mat
tie put little pitcher of cream in
front of my plate-just for me-"
"What time did Aunt Matte and
Uncle Peter get home last night?"
Il don't know. Caddie put me
and Dorinda Belle to bed before
they came"
"And so you did not see Aunt
Matte and Uncle Peter until this
moring?"
mo. They came into my room
and they hugged me and kissed
me. OIL almost forgot. Aunt
Matte told me to tell you that she
wanted to come over to see you
after breakfast-as soon as possi-
ble."
1 reached out and touched the
bell. Sylvia" I said, putting my
arm about her and drawing her
closer, "do you remember how you
danced with Doctor Ace at the
masquerade"
Sparkles gathered in Sylvia's
eyes. "Oh yes, 1 remember! He
couldn't guess who was. He tried
and he tried and he tried, but he
couldn't"
Doctor Ace has gone away"
said to her. Hes gone away for
a long, long time. But I want you
to remember, as long as you live,
how he looked and how kind he
has always been to you. Promise
me you won't forget him."
"Oh, I'll never forget Doctor
Ace" Sylvia vowed easily enough.
She did not ask me where Ace had
gone.
Sarah came in with my tray.
"Now run downstairs to the piaz-
"a" I bade Sylvia. "And don't
leave it without asking me-"
Sarah did not seem herself. The
deep umber of her flesh still
showed tallowy quality.
81 hope you feel better this morn
ming, Mrs. Avery" she said.
81 feel rested, Sarah, but you
don't seem so very spry.'
81 feel that we're all under sus-
picion!" Sarah commented somber-
ly. Everybody on this Head-we
women as well as the men"
/ made myself smile. "We don't
have to worry, Sarah," l treasured
her. Nobody in this household
has to worry. Doctor Geary says
that Doctor Blaikie was murdered
somewhere about midnight-prob-
ably before. We all have alibis.
And then, Sarah, it seems to me
very unlikely that a woman could
have committed this crime. How
could woman have stabbed a
man so tall and big as. Ace Blai-
ke?"
The Ely miner., 1936-12-10
Schmeling to Visit U. S.
After Christmas HOLIDAYS

According to Fred Kirsch boxing
will boom in Germany. Max
Schmeling leaves after the Christ
The Ely miner., 1936-12-10

Lou Ambers, the current king Of
the 135-pounders, went the way of
,oooct pf hic olocc ra
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
NEW JOBS AWAIT
 TRAINED FEMALES
Average American Woman Drifting Far From Place
 in Kitchen

Pittsburgh --(UP)-- The average American woman is drifting further from her traditional place in the kitchen, according to survey made by Quax, an honorary scientific fra- ternity for women at the University of Pittsburgh.
 The scientific co-eds came to their conclusions while studying problems encountered in Q quest of employ ment. Their detailed survey repre- scented an effort to clarity and clas- sify the many-sided difhculties in job-seeking and their relationship with the university graduate.
 Interviews, letters and phone calls to and from 6 thousand personnel directors of business organizations and public institutions revealed that many positions are waiting for the trained woman.
 Opportunities are available, it was found, in e wide variety of business educational and scientific spheres Almost every branch of city, stats and federal departments indicated that women, especially those trained in science, are needed.
 The many possibilities included almost every phase of activity ex- sept that centered by the kitchen. The fate of the family's mealk. it was strongly indicated, Is facing highly uncertain times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
This
 Weeks Books
Try Light Reading During Vacation
 RY RRIICE CATION

Somewhere toward the end of the nerye-racking job of packing for a vacation, one has to face that botE- ersome little question, "Am going to take any books with me this time-and, if so, which ones7"
 The wise man will probably an- swer the question with Q blunt "NoI" and get on with the job. A summer vacation is a bad time for literature, even at the circulating library level.
 If you take something too weighty you find that your lazy mind sir1- ply will not make the effort to di- gest 1t; if you take something light and frothy, you are apt to lind yourself reading 1t automatically, soaking page after page without having the faintest idea what you are reading.
 But if you must have a book or two along when you take of for the mountains, the seashore, the big town, or wFat-not, reporter of the book trade can do no less than offer Q suggestion or two.
 The first book that comes to mind is Gone With the Wind" Marga- ret Mitchell's 1000-page novel of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
SOCIALISTS LABEL
 COP PARTY DEAD

The socialist program of Consti- tutlonal amendments was outlined last night in Workmen's Circle hall on Spencer avenue by B. 0. Fisher of this city. The gathering was sponsored by the local socialist 0r- ganization and officially marked the opening of the party campaign here. Jerry Dwyer presided. Those pres- cnt also .listened in" on the radio to the address of Norman Thomas, socialist candidate for president.
 Mir. Elsher charged that the re- publican is dead. As for the demo- cratic party. he said it win be re- turned for -four more years of dig- ging It's own grave. The Union party. he declared. ili infinitely worse than either the republican or democratic party because it has within its framework thc seed of Eascism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
YOUTHS INSPECT .SHEPAUC TUNNEL
Campers Go Visiting When Heat Causes Postpone
 ment of Sports

About .thirty-five boys had e no- veh time ct the Y. M. o. A. Camp yesterday when they explored the shepaug Tunnel 1 which runs url- der Smiths pond. The tunnel Q dried up, urusued water conduit, is about three miles long, and can Iie entered from Q point Q little be- yond the camp baseball diamond.
 The boys who went on the subs terraneaIl hike were: Raymond Wills, Herbert Johnson, John Eng stroni, Robert Northway, James Mc- Donald, Richard Roman, William Kenausis, Alfred Trayers; Robert Day, Thomas Reyes, Daniel 0rish, Thomas Eccles, Derek Peters, Tru- man Dayton, Robert Smith, John Knabenshuh, Philip Clark, Jack Platt, Willis Machin, Allan Bennett Douglas Dunbar, John Holmes, Ken Reardon, Theodore Perry, Donald French, John Babcock, Otto Wag- ner, Robert Reardon, Fred Brown, Robert 6chwartzinan, George ecl1o- field, Delmar Green and John Riley.
 The underground excursion was part of the camps special program for the heat spell. The temperature underground was Q good many de- grees cooler, and the boys were en- abled to have good time without running the risk of overexertion. All athletic periods are being cut out except swimming, which is being made the principal activity of the day.
 < Preparations are being made now to receive over fifty new boys into camp on next Wednesday, for the second two-week camp period of the season. It is one of the most popu- lar periods with the campers ordin- arily, and the great number of spec cial events which are being added to the program should make boys re- member 1t for Q long time.
 There is to be Q mock trial, by which some camper will be examin- ed for stealing water out of the lake, or some similar offense, . care nival, a barbecue, several nights of boxing, and several carnp-flres.
 Robert Winchester, George Scho. field, Nathan Pierpont and Herbert Johnson passed their beginners swimming tests today, and Robert Emith, Andrew Hill and Robert Lewis passed their beginniners swimming tests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
Playground ActiDities
CHASE PARK

Play will begin this afternoon in the Chase Park girls tennis tourna. ment, with three first round matches scheduled today and the balance to be carried over to. Mon- day.
 Activity will begin at o'clock this afternoon when two matches will be played. Doris Nelson will meet Marguerite Wiedorn and Eleanor Baltrush will face Francis 0iIlson in the opening contests, with Catherine Kakauskas and Helen Shukis battling 1t put at { o'clock.
 Monday night will see the con. clusion of the first round when Fran Wiedorn opposes Eleanor Kane and Rosemond Carserino matches strokes with Yolanda Calabrese, both tits getting underway at 2 o'clock.
 The pre.tourney fayorite, Dora Eurell drew @ first round bye and will not seen action until next week when the field has been narrowed for second round play.
 When a doll show is scheduled for Chase park, not even 102 degrees temperature can keep the kiddies away and hence Q prize with Q war; fed assortment of dolls. Six prizes were awarded and each entrant was given Q lollipop.
 The judges for the, show were Victoria Reynolds, Loretta Walsh, and Eleanor Kirchberger. Miss Eleanor Culhane was in charge of the show assisted by Misses Mar garet Devine and Peggy Carlson.
 Prizes and honorable mentions were as follows: Pretties, Mania Siemienuk; Rital Mary Crlhane. honorable mention; biggest, Betty Mulhall; smallest, Frances SPene- vich; most original, Margaret Kil- born; Patty Cooke, honorable men, ton: cutest, Barbara Foell; Joan Squires: honorable mention: fun- niest, Biruta Balciunas.
 Girls who entered dolls were: Marion Shukis, Mildred Lepord, Shirley Asplund E;stelle Mclean, Betty Mulhail, Gertrude Mclean, Eleonanor Walsh, Rosemary Dona- hue, Rita Mary Culhanc, Gene- vieve Benavich, Lucy Venutis, Mary McGrath, Mary Lipps, Ruth Mul- lard, Elvira Braeulis, Dolores Ri- naidi, Grace Caruso, Colette Shukis, Jean Vacca, Maureen Quiyk, Audrey Desantis, Jane Rosa, Hehny Wiloy, Betty Kilner, Judith Mulhall.
 :Also, Tykie Beck, Shirley Beck, Barbara Tyker, Jean Travel, Doris Wolfe. Betty Conway, Connie Beck, Margaret Kilborn, Christine link ley, Dolores Beck, Elizabeth 5tan- kus, Genevieve Cesario. Juanita Wolfe, Lillian Cesario, Biruta Bal- ciunas, Geraldine Mclean, Louise Palomba, Mania Siemienuk, Ruth Kilborn, Patricia Hayes, Barbara Fcell, Bernadette Bertrand, Mar guerite Yanavich. Jacqueline Pooler, Joan squires, Patty Cooke, Francis Daiy, Gertrude Brundage, Dorothy Muilard, Mona Kirschakoff, Betty Theler, Helen Ramanauskas, Dor cthy Grady and Eleanor Viega.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11

vacation reader IS at all nkely to give 1t.
 Less ponderous, and perhaps bet- ter adapted to the exigencies of the vacation, are such novels as James McConnaughey's "Village Chron- icle": this Gun for Hire," by Gra- ham Greene; Summer Will Show, by Sylvia Townsend Warner; "The Second Key" by Mrs. Belloc-Lown- des; James Layers Picnic Among Puritans"; "So Fair @ House." by Welbourn Kelley; waterloo" by Manuel Komroff; and-best of the whole summer crop, for spine tingling interest-"Strange Houses, !" by Cora Jarrett.
 Then, of course, there are the mystery stories. The latest crop is not anything to write home about, but there are a few that the con- flrmed addict might find worth his while.
 For Eilery Queen fans there is that masters latest opus, Halfway House." Advantage: q swift-moving, ingeniously complicated plot: dis- advanage: @ general air of other worldly, 1t never-happened-here irn- probability.
 Clyde Clason offers a readable yarn about an aged college profess sor turned detective, in 'The Death Angel" and Alfred Belts Caldwell describes the staying of 6 gigolo's lady in Turquoise Hazard"
 My own hunch on detective stories is this: Find out if there are any books by Earl Stanley Gardner, Dashiell Hammett, or Mignon c. Eberhart which you have not read. If there are, buy 'em and. be done with 1t.
 The publishing trade seems to be refiecting rising prosperity, or some- thing. Putnam's reports sales rival nthose of the 1929 pre-crash days.