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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-06

trivial reminders. felt slowly drawn into
a web the web OF husbandly and
fatherly duties He groaned aloud He
felt trapped Caught Shared A pris
oner forevermore The deadly monotony
OF 1t ALI The octopus of marital duties
and responsibilities was wriggling Its
tentacles toward him
What's the matter. Stephen Leila
run get Daddy some bicarbonate Of
soda. I"
Bicarbl Pivot teeth Tonsils Opera
tions Prosaic family monsters TO come
charging into mesh Of dreams: Lovely
Joyce Moonbeams. Stardust.
Leila Cressmore, ls. with the sweet
charm Of vibrant youth stood beside him.
The expression on her pert little face was
one Of concern.
Here's the bicarb, Daddy Take II
IN gulp Here's bit of nougat to make
YOU forget the taste"
Stephen felt her soft lips brush the
spot under his thinning hair on the top
of his head-just as Joyce's lips had
done He swallowed the mixture. not
knowing precisely what he was doing.
He was In despair. How could be go
away when his Leila's party was SO close
at hand? And Brenda's appendix opera
ton? He couldn't let her face that
alone. And Juniors tonsils Little
Stevie had made him promise. week
ago, that he would stand beside him
and hold his hands while the doctor
removed his tonsils And the tailor
And the butcher. the baker the candle
stick maker!
Well. blast them, they'd win again. Or
would they2 man simply could not
,e hound and go on living, glittering
dreams or no. 1t was one thing TO spin
dreams quite another to bring them to
fruition. particularly when 1t meant
breaking five loving hearts that belonged
TO him. But, on the other hand, did he
not owe something to himself : some
shred Of bliss before the gray years
set in?
He pushed back hts chair.
mot going out again tonight. Daddy2"
A wistful note in Brendas slightly queru-
tcus voice
Just for q few hours. Sorry Can't
you and Leila go to the theatre or a
concerto"
But on your birthday, Daddy!"
Il know 1T, but 1t can't be helped. I've
got to meet Rankin our Rochester sales
manager. at the Commodore" 1t was
out Another liei Lies. Lies. How he
oathed them He had spun many of
them since that fateful evening he had
met Joyce Sheriff.
CTEPHEN paused at his wife's chair
~ stopped and kissed her cheek. Don't
worry" he was at the point OF saying
about that little hospital siege. I'll
stand by, old girl" But he thought better
of 1t and was silent. How could he know
what would happen tonight at Joyce's
When he reached Joyce Sherrilfs
apartment In the theatrical Forties, 9
farewell party was in progress. Joyce
In the dark little foyer. had pressed hel
cheek against his and whispered:
mot word. darling-about tomorrow
Oh. OF course, know you'll be dis
Greet. but / wanted to be certain. tt
warn you that"
She led the way into the brightl,
lighted living room without finishing he
sentence.
Stephen Cressmore felt lost. lost In
desert of gay and bantering younl
strangers. He had never felt at eas
among Joyce's friends. They did every
thing in such casual manner. The
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-06

she really love him deepiyf She must
OF she would not be casting her lot with
him like this.
He looked around the big living room
for her, but she was nowhere In sight.
The party had become noisy. Little
groups were standing around harmon
izing platinum blonde sat humping
the piano. while semicircle OF guests
sang stormy Weather" The room was
thick with smoke and the odor Of dying
cigarettes and flowers and stale liquor.
The library was dim. lighted by soli-
tary floor lamp He walked over to
he French windows leading to the bal
cony The moon cast silvery light
over couple outlined against the sky
They were In each others arms. the
girls head resting against the dark coat
of the man. Suddenly she raised her
head, her companion lowered his. and
t, ey cllng together In a long kiss.
Cressnore stepped back behind the
velvet hangings. He was trembling
The girl was Joyce The man was Philip
Lowering. When his breath came less
jerkily he found chair, sat down and
stared off into the siadowy depths Of
the room. So that was thatl Joyce and
her leading man. They were in love,
that vas obvious. He was the inter-
loper.
Gradually, when the first shock wore
of, he grew analytical of himself He
was an old fool that was certain. he
decided Why not face facts? Flow IN
the world could he ever have imagined
that the beautiful and vivaeious Joyce
could Join her fate with that OF staid
old business man?
LIE PRESSED his hand to his fore
IL head. His head ached a little, but he
no longer felt feverish and worried. He
was emerging from his illness, he was
getting back to his sane and normal state.
Now his analysis centered about Joyce
and Lowering. Why had the girl led
him on? Was she simply an irresponsible
airt? He could not believe this was SO,
for Joyce had seemed so genuine to him.
He arose, walked slowly back to the ball
cony windows, but kept himself well
concealed by the draperies. He wanted
TO study Joyce's face unobserved
The pair we're no longer IN each others
arms, but stood, their backs toward him,
their hands clasped He could hear every
word that Lowering was saying. and
somehow had no feeling that he was an
eavesdropper. To the contrary. he felt
that he ought to be there.
But why. Joyce, my dearest, why die
you ever encourage firn2" asked Lover
ing, a note of suffering In his vibrant
young voice HE Is so old: he's mar
ried; what could you and he possibly
have in common?" Now the question
that had been puzzling him would bt
answered truthfully. thought Cressmore
and strained forward to hear Joycei
reply. She llesitated a while before an.
swering: then he heard her say:
aWelI, Phil, he was so persistent. fol
one thing that always carries woman
away, you know But above all, th'
quality liked best about him was hi
stability He seemed so stable to me
some one could lean On. some one solis
and worth while after all-forgive me TO
saying this Is after all the erratic
changeable men I'd met in our profes
sion''
She paused and Lowering spoke again
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-06

drank casually Kissed casually, They
were SO casual with their "darlings" and
their edearests,' their sweets and all
their other pet names They drank and
smoked and jollied without cessation,
Half of the time he did not understand
their conversation. 1t was so studded with
current Broadway slang, with most OF
which he was unfamiliar.
Joyce brought him cocktail and
several silver sandwiches spread with
anchoyy paste. The salty taste was dis
agreeable to his palate.
"Sobersides!" chided Joyce, sitting
down beside him on the black-and silver
couch You're worried about something.
Fell JOY Family troubles? Did some
one make a fuss about you going away
tomorrow Does she knoW2 Have you
told herp"
Stephen Cressmore looked steadily into
the gray eyes OF Joyce, who looked like
daffodil tonight, all dressed In yellow
a faint Oriental perfume issuing from
the satin folds of her gown
d-blooded little devil-little dar-
ling" he thought. his objective analysis
of her clouded and confounded by the
fascination which she held for him And
yet he could not help but wonder how
beautiful young creature like this girl
who had everything youth, beauty. tai
ent, charm. popularity-co be SO
heartless about another womans prop.
erty.
LIE STARED across the room at Joyce,
for she had joined laughing group
at the cocktail table Was there hard
and calculating quality about the
dazzling. golden young creature. who
now turned fiower-like face up to tall
brown-haired brown-eyed young man
who held black olive tantalizing dis
tance from the reach OF her ripe lips?
Did the new show need hacker? Is
that why Joyce had agreed to join forces
with him, planned to sail with him to-
morrow night2 1t was true that she had
committed herself to nothing. She was
he felt. wholesome girl.
She had promised that she would marry
him as soon as he got his divorce: mean
while, they would be chums while In
Paris. But was she thinking. too, OF
money? His money? He wasn't mil
lionaire by long shot, but he was fairly
well supplied with this worlds goods.
It must be that--it could not be love.
That seemed too good to be truel
Stephen Cressmore shuddered He had
his passport: he had already made plans
for Joe Deacon to take over the business
during his absence; nothing remained to
be done but break the astounding news
to Brenda. and he planned to do that
by mail or cable, coward that he was!
What sort of nliddle-aged madness, or
fever. had irnpelled him to rush headlong
into this elopement. this prologue to a
smash-up of his home2 How had ii
happened that bit of girl had en-
meshed him In the coils Of her charm?
Was he In the dangerous period OF his
life? Did other men who made fools Of
themselves and messes of their lives de
it at 49, the approach to the half -centur,
mark? Was this the fatal turning poin
Of life?
girl with tight mass Of littl'
auburn curls at the nape of her necl
and attired In an orchid chiffon frocl
came and sat beside him on the couch.
Say, hasn't Joyce got what 1t takes?
she asked, enthusiastically. her greenisl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14
Peat Land Yields
Vegetable Crops.

Princeton-As iron ore is mined in
northern Minnesota, vegetable wealth
may be mined from soil in the local
farming district for this year 7O-acre
plot of peat land yielded $4,000 bushels
of onions. Energy, pluck, and a little
backbone have been three important
factors in turning waste tract of land
in what was known as the Big Bog,
nine miles northeast of Princeton, into
a fertile farming area which produces
large crops of vegetables each year.
During the last four weeks the ST, 5000
buShel crop of Yellow Globe onions has
been harvested, the project giving en-
ployment to large number of men
during the season. The entire crop was
pulled by 100 men in seven days, graded
in the field and then trucked to
Princeton from where the onions are
shipped to twin city warehouses for
storage until put on the market. The
crop was not raised without considerable
expense, but forgetting all financial
consideration, seeing those level fields
dotted with onion sacks, a group of men
busy on a September morning, grading
and loading became an inspiring sight.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14
Woman Hurt in an
Unusual Accident.

HutchinSon-The bombing of a
Chinese city from the sky would hold
little terrors for Mrs. Hans G. Hanson
of this city who is suffering from scalp
decorations sustained when she walked
along main street in peaceful Hutchin-
hurting off a store roof, hit Mrs. Han
sons head, fairly running her hat and
causing decorations of the scalp. Aside
from painful injury and shock Mrs
Hanson is not much the worse for her
misfortune. She was taken Immediately
to local physicians office to have the
wound dressed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14

Large Ely Delegation Attend
Meeting and Banquet at
District Conclave.

Mrs. William Burley, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. T. Nankervis, Mrs Sam Swanson,
Mrs. Anna Williams, Mrs. Dorothy Beel,
Mrs. Rudolph Halamik, Mrs. Oscar
Anderson, Mrs. Ernest Dunstan, Mrs.
Richard Hodge, Mrs. William Richards
and Mrs Edward Strom, represented
Vermilion Rebekah Lodge No. 8 of this
city at the annual district convention
of the Rebekahs held at Eveleth on
Saturday afternoon and evening.
At a banquet served in the evening,
following the business sessions, more
than 800 people were present Follow
ing the banquet, secret work of the
order was exemplified to the members
of the Eveleth lodge and their guests
at the district meeting.
The evening session opened with the
introduction of visiting members
Questions were answered by Mrs. Minnie
Alexander of Minneapolis, Assembly
president. Degree work was eXempli-
fled by Banner Rebekah Lodge No. los
of Coleraine. The meeting was closed
with the Rebekah degree by Silver
Moon Lodge of Eveleth. Lunch was
served by the hostesses.
what is Life's Mission" was the SUBJ
jet of the address by the Rev. Craw-
ford Grays, special deputy grand sire
Mrs. Rose Cook of Grand Rapids spoke
on Our Three Links" A school OF
instruction was directed by Mrs. Alex
ander and the Virginia lodge was in
charge of the memorial services.
Entertainment during the banquet at
$50 o'clock included a vocal solo by
Miss GRANGE Woods, accompanied al
the piano by Miss Mary Morrison; tap
dance by AFRO Aho and Dolores Dish
neau; reading by Sally Shea, and 6
piano solo by Mabel Mccarthy.
The Eveleth lodge presented flowers
to Mrs. Alexander, assembly president;
Helen Smith, Hibbing, past assembly
president; Clara Kuhn Carlson, Hibbing
present assembly president; Pearl
Stuart, Coleraine, district president;
Edna Lee, Chisholm, district vice presi-
dent; Myrtle Larson, Eveleth, district
secretary and treasurer. Flowers were
also presented to Fac Trimble, Virginia;
Ina Carlson, Tower; Rhoda Yarick
Aurora; Elsie johnson, Coleraine; Bessie
Burley of this city, and Jessie Bannar
and Helen Smith, Hibbing, all district
past presidents.
Gifts were presented to Mrs. Eliza
Polkinghorne, Hibbing; Mrs. Edna Lee,
Chisholm Mrs. Pearl Stuart, Coleraine
Mrs. Myrtle Larson and Mrs. Grace
Northey of Eveleth.
Delegates were present from Ely,
Coleraine, Chisholm, Hibbing, Eveleth
Virginia, Rochester, Biwabik, Aurora,
Tower, Calumet and Duluth.
The Ely delegates report a most
pleasant session and spoke in the
highest terms of the reception rendered
them by the EVeleth members
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14
Fatigue is Friend;
Do Not Ignore 1T.

Fatigue is a friend to be welcomed
not an enemy to be resented and fought
against.
Members of the public health educa-
ton committee of the Minnesota State
Medical association urge tired people
not to whip themselves to extra effort
longer hours, attendance at exhausting
parties.
For the healthy, fatigue is sure
sign that rest, relaxation and sleep are
the things that are important and
really needed, not the trifling extra
piece of work or the extra appearance
at a party-eXcellent as parties may be
for the fresh and unfatigued. For the
diseased, it is a sign that expert assist
ance, not will power is needed.
In the end that unheeded fatigue may
exact months of inactivity and pain for
both, while work or the party that
should have been put off to another day
will mean nothing to the fatigue VIC
tim, employers, family or friends.
To take drugs for the express pur-
pose of overcoming fatigue is little
short of criminal, according to the doc
tors. In that case, the poor overworked
body is driven beyond its fatigue level
while the drug or, in some cases, al
cohol provides temporary and utterly
false sense Of well being. The net re-
suit is simply violently mistreated
body mechanism and a mechanism
whose life capacity is definitely di-
miniShed and shortened.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14
Fire Call DeceiUes
Many Olivia Persons.

Somebody had better set
their watch" was the remark passed
along the street here one afternoon at
$50, when a long blast of the village
siren seemed to indicate an error in
time, but turned out to be fire alarm.
While several short blasts of the siren
represent a regular fire alarm, the
change of signal to indicate the fire was
out of the village limits caused con-
fusion because it sounded so near store
closing time. The incident was all the
more puzzling when the church sexton
began to ring the church bell in a
manner customary for years at the hour
of six o'clock. Although business was
about to suspend for the day, closing
time was not expected as soon as siren
and bell ringers had business men to
believe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14
COLUMBUS day
| EvELETH FETE
Over 100 From Ely, Besides
Drum Corps, Attend Event
of Area Italians.

The Ely Drum and Bugle Corps, &C
companied by delegation numbering
over 100, were in Eveleth Sunday where
the Northern Minnesota Italians staged
Columbus Day celebration.
The celebration opened with a parade
at one o'clock in the afternoon. Over
1000 were in line which included the Ely
Drum Corps, the Chisholm Drum Corps,
the Virginia, NaShwauk, Keewatin, BIZ
wabik and Eveleth municipal bands and
the Eveleth school band, as well as
representatives from Italian lodges from
this city, Virginia, Hibbing, Duluth,
Mountain Iron, Biwabik, Aurora, Gil
bert, Chisholm and Hibbing, as well as
range Knights of Columbus and Colum-
bian Squire organizations.
A banquet, attended by over 500, was
held in the evening at which the Rev.
DR.. Norbert C. Hoff, head of the de-
partment of philosophy at Notre Dame
University, was the principal speaker.
Other talks were made by Judge Mar
tin Hughes of Hibbing, Aldo F'rillici
president of the state federation, and
Paul Cesaretti, president of the host
club at Eveleth.
At the afternoon meeting it was de-
cided to send six delegates from each
of the Minnesota Federation of Ameri-
can-Italian clubs to Virginia on Sun
day, November 81, at which time plans
will be made for next years celebration
and the place for next years event will
be selected
Ben P Constantine, formerly of this
city, was the POSTMASTER at the ban
quet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14
"NOONANISMS"
(From the Baudette Region)

The noble, rough-house college past
time football, is back on the menu and
Minnesota again looks to have enough
lettered assassins to win the national
championship.
Governor Benson hasn't bitten his
initials in anybody's neck as yet, but
he is certainly mad at the business men
of the state, although nobody can figure
out reason.
About the only workers not yelling
for a shorter day are the night-watch-
men.
It looks as if the man who named
this the Rainy River district knew what
he was doing when he named it what
he named it.
Beware of the handkerchief-leSS
sneezer. 1t may be flu Sneeze that
he is sneezing.
With food prices going up, it costs
] almost as much TO get an attack OF
acute indigestion as it does to get rid
of it.
Minnesota is to have deer hunting
season, and undertakes are Tapping
their ears.
A woman tourist recently got hel
name in the papers when she said that
a big muskie jumped into the boat anC
bit her in the cheek. If that isn't lyins
it will do until real liar comes along
Many remarks you hear are catty
says writer. And many others yol
hear are pole-catty.
A western woman has been divorced
nine times. The path from counting t.
the court house is familiar one to her
Presidents come and Presidents go
but President Roosevelt does both.
Cigarette smoking is on the increase
while cigar smoking is decreasing. May
be it is because of the present five-cen
cigar, which has an enduring fragrance
like an onion.
A Chicago woman was fined for tell
ing a judge to go you know where
Women will have to learn that the,
can't talk to other men the way the.
do to their husbands.
There is provincial election on owe
in Ontario, and the candidates are toss
ing mud bouquets at each other tina
would land them in jail in this country
U. S. politicians are amateurs compare,
to the lads across the boundary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14
National Forest Timber for Sale

Sealed bids will be received by the
Forest Supervisor, Duluth, Minnesota,
up to and including November l, 1887,
for all the merchantable dead timber
standing or down, and all the live tim
Der marked or designated for cutting on
an area embracing about 169 acres with
in Section 81, T. 81 NJ R II w, and Sec
ton 6, T 81 N, R II w, 4th P M,
KawishiWi Working Circle, st. Louis
County, Superior National Forest, Min
neSota, estimated to be IS NJ bd. #. of
jack pine and Is M bd. fit. Of aspen saw
timber, % cords of green jack pine and
7 cords of green aspen fuelWood or
tagging, and rs cords of dead jack pine
and % cords Of dead aspen fuelWood,
more or less. No bid of less than 81 Is
per M I'D. #. for the jack pine saw
timber, 81 90 per M BID. #. for the aspen
sawtimber, $025 per cord for the green
and dead aspen fuelWood or tagging,
will be considered. In addition to the
prices bid for Stumpage, the purchaser
will be required to make a cooperative
deposit of S1.25 per NJ BID. #. for all
jack pine saWtimber cut, the fund to
be used for stand improvement work.
Under no condition will refund be made
from the cooperative deposit. $500
must be deposited with each bid, to be
applied on the purchase price, refunded,
or retained in part as nquidated
damages, according to conditions of
sale. The right to reject any and all
bids Is reserved. Before bids are sub
mitted, full information concerning the
timber, the condition Of sale and the
submission Of bids should be obtained
from the Forest Supervisor, Duluth,
Minnesota, or the District Ranger, Ely,
Minnesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14
Pickle Lodges in
Youngsters Lung.

Fergus Falls-A four-year girl at
Dent, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Reinhold Harthun, swallowed a pickle
last week while coughing and the pickle
lodged in her lung. Within short time
she began to wheeze as though she had
asthma and she was rushed to a
physician at Perham. An examination
revealed the pickle in the lung, but ii
was necessary to take the youngster to
a city hospital to have it removed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14

country, that the season for skunk's
being mad, is the year around.
But for you folks who have been
lucky enough to have been in Arizona,
and hear some of the big stuff they
tell down there, will say that this
hydrophobia business, it maybe was
started by some duck who had been
drinkin' from the Hassayampa River.
And the story about the HasSayampa is,
that whoever drinks there, he never
again tells the truth.
But to get back to the agitators who
are all the time frothin' at the mouth,
I reckon Arizona is maybe not so bad
off,
But to get back to -gagitator t,
Yours, with the low down,
10 SIERRA.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14

A Kentucky man of 80 at
tributes his perfect health to
an occasional meal of sand.
An exchange thinks this is an
idea, but don't let them adul-
terate it with spinach, it says.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14
RETURN FROM WEDDING TRIP.

Mr.. and Mrs John Salminen, who
were married in Superior two weeks
ago, arrived home Saturday after a
wedding trip which took them to Chi
cago, st. Louis and cities in Wisconsin
and Minnesota. They are at home in
their residence on James Street, former
ly owned by Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Gibson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14
ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the st. Louis
County Agricultural Fair Association
will be held at the village hall at Hib-
bling on Monday, October 18, at
o'clock A. M. A call for the meeting
has been issued by George G. Pauley
secretary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14
The Conway CahaI

The Conway Cabal was an intrigue
In 1777-8 headed by Horatio Gates,
Charles Lee, Thomas Mif1in and
James Lowell, with Thomas Con-
way as tool. It's purpose was to
replace Washington with Gates. The
scheme failed and Conway left the
country and went to France.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14

e a tin g something
that kinda Soured
on their stomach.
And I guess it is
normal for 'em to
be that way, just
like it is normal at
certain times of the
year for the hydro
phobia skunks down
in Arizona, to be
mad. And they tell
you, down in that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14

The suggestion has been
made in good faith that the ad-
ministration permit the farmer
as we'll as everyone else
to run his own business. The
idea of telling the farmer how
many acres he should plant to
wheat, oats, rye, potatoes, etc.,
and how much he shall get for
them seems to be out of order
and his own business and not
the business of the president or
congress. No, we have no die
tator-yet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-14

"Meat prices are said to have
doubled during the past year
and now three steers will buy a
car. Lots of others buy cars"
says the Saltwater Gazette.