The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

from wearing polo shirts along with
those long silken robes. And they'll
insist in a preview for each decl-
sion.
Domestic Pets.
A BROOKLYN judge has decid.
"A ed that for a couple to keep
eighty-two various animal pets in
one apartment is too many-maybe
not for the couple, but for the neigh
bors-yeS!
That reminds me that once, in
hotel in the Middle West-not such
a large hotel either-I found fully
that many pets in my bed. They
weren't assorted enough; they all
belonged to one standard variety.
I shall not name the hotel, but it
was the worst hotel in the world, as
of that year. If bad hotels go where
bad folks do, it's now the worst hotel
in Hades.
But the point I'm getting at is
that, though eighty-two animals
may make a surplus in city fiat,
they couldn't possibly upset home
so much as one overstuffed husband
who's puny and has had to go on a
strict diet such as would be suitable
for a canary-if the canary wasn't
very hungry.
Literary Legerdemain.
CULTURAL circles along sun
~ kissed coast of California are
still all excited over the achieve
ment of a local literary figure who,
after years of concentrated effort,
turned out a 500, 000-word novel with
out once using a word containing
the letter "E." If the fashion
spreads to the point where the cap
ital ''I'' also should be stricken out,
it's going to leave a lot of actors
and statesmen practically mute.
But that's 1ot what l started out
to say when began this squib. What
started out to say was that know
of much longer novels which have
been produced without single idea
in them. Sold pretty well, too, some
of 'em did.
Holding Worlds Fairs.
IT'S customary, before launching
a worlds fair or an exposition
or whatever they may call it, to
hang the excuse for same on some
great event in history and then
promptly forget all about the thing
that the show is supposed to COM
memorate in the excitement of
fiocking to see Sally Rand unveiled
as the real main attraction.
F'rinstance, the big celebration in
New York in 1889 ostensibly will
mark George Washington's inaugu-
ration as President $50 years be-
fore, and it may be, just as a mat
ter of form, that Washington will be
mentioned in the opening ceremoni-
ais. But the real interest will CEN
ter in whether Billy Rose or Earl
Carroll or the Minsky brothers sue
coed in thinking up some new form
of peach-peeling art to entertain the
customers, or have to fall back once
more on such reliable standbys as
fan dancers and strip-teaserS.
Coronation Souvenirs.
ONCE previous engagements pre-
- vented me from going over to
the coronation, trust some friend
will bring me back a specimen of
that new variety of pygmy fish
which some patriotic and enterpris-
ing Englishman has imported from
Africa as an appropriate living SOU
venir of the occasion. It's a fish
having red tail, white stomach,
and a blue back, thus effectively
combining the colors of the Union
Jack. And it's selling like hot
cakes, the dispatches say.
Now if only this engaging little
creature could be trained to stand
on it's tail when the band plays
God Save the King what an ad-
dition it would make for any house
hold in the British domain! Mote
Households in the south of Ireland
excepted.)