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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-21
How About Letters?

There are many lovely gifts for the student who is away to school. If you want them to write home often, keep them well supplied with stationery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-21
DECEMBER 24. MOTHER NIGHT

Long before Christianity came to the Anglo -Saxons December 24, was called Modrenecht, or Mother Night"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
Murder Masquerade
n~ q mysshra BY lnez Haynes Irwin
BY Inez Haynes Irwin

He took off his helmet and put
the check inside-in the sweat
band"
"Was there anything else?"
''Nothing-so far as Ace was con-
cerned."
Ibid you see Tony Torriano 60
off into the BUSIEST"
"No."
"You say, 'Nothing-as Ear as
Ace was concerned Patrick
voice held an interrogative note.
GAS I went back over the path,
thought heard a stir in the
bushes"
''Not loud them"
'No, mere stir! A cat might
have made it."
Patrick's Irish gray eyes had
turned brilliant. He still rested his
head against his clasped hands.
For a moment he did not speak,
but his eyes never left Margaret.
She did not speak either.
Margaret" Patrick began, 'you
and 1 are old friends and we've
known each other for forty years
and perhaps longer. You know that
I've always been fond of you and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
Elevators

ELEVATORS are so common
II place to most of us that we sell
dom stop to realize what a tremen-
dously important part they play in
our modern life. Without elevators
no skyscraper, no tall Office build
ing or hotel could exist. Even ordi-
nary apartment houses over four
stories in height would be imprac-
teal.
AS a matter of fact, no tall build
ings did exist in America until about
1870, when the Singer building was
erected in New York. The inven-
ton of the elevator itself dates from
1850, when Henry Waterman built a
crude platform hoist ope, ating be-
tween two floors to move goods in
his warehouse. Soon after that Eli
sha Graves Otis began manufacture
ing lifts in Yonkers, N. Y. Largely
through his improvements, the first
passenger elevator was constructed
in 1857 and the first passenger ele-
vator in an office building in 1869.
Many important improvements
have been made since that time,
such as the electric elevator in 1889
and the automatic elevator in 1924.
These have all stepped up speed and
efficiency until today, modern types
can make 1000 feet per minute and
could go even faster if Necessary.
Engineers say that when speeds go
above 1000 feet minute, passen-
gers complain too much about "that
sinking feeling in the pits of their
StomachS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
Conservation Laws Old,
According to Authority

Definite mention of conservation
of both birds and trees is made in
the laws of Moses over $500 years
ago, cites writer in the Detroit
News. On trees we find this:
when thou shalt besiege a city
long time in making war against
it to take it, thou shalt not destroy
the trees thereof by forcing an ak
against them, for thou mayest eat
of them, and thou shalt not cut
them down (for the tree of the field
is mans life) to employ them in
the SIEGE" Deuteronomy 2O:19.
Then touching on birds we read:
eff birds nest chance to be be-
fore thee in the way in any tree or
on the ground, whether they be
young ones or eggs, and the dam
sitting upon the young, or upon The
eggs, thou shall. not take the dam
with the young" Deuteronomy 22:6,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
DinOsaur FOOTPRINTS.

pACK in 1858, a college professor
II discovered on sandstone ledge
in Massachusetts, whole batch of
imbedded tracks of the dinosaur-
Familiarity known to biologists as
dinah, just as among its scientific
friends the great winged lizard is
frequently referred to as big liz.
At the time, the discovery created
no extraordinarily slight
shock of surprise to the old families
upon learning there was something
historic in Massachusetts, antedat-
ing the Mayf1ower. For the natur-
alists figured those tracks had been
left more than $50, 900 years ago.
And they were suffered to remain
nearly eighty years more.
But here recently it develops that
parties unknown have been chisel-
ing Dinah's footprints out and toting
them off. This would seem to in
dictate either that America is get
ting dinosaur-conscious or that dino
saurleggers are operating, or both.
So if slinky gentleman should
come to the side door, offering a
prime specimen for the parlor
whatnot, don't trade with him, read
er-call the police. Next time he
may come back with a dornick off
of Plymouth Rock or the corner
stone of Harvard college or the
name plate from Cotton Mather's
coffin.
IRWIN 6 CORR
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
Where the Whangdoodles
Grow

A WHANGDOODLE is an animal
\ that habitually associates with
pink elephants and orange-eyed al
ligators. 1t is most frequently seen
late at night seated complacently at
the foot of beds where bibulous gen.
tlemen are trying vainly to get to
sleep.
AS a matter of fact, no sober per-
son has ever seen whangdoodle.
So the descriptions of it naturally
vary according to what one has
had to drink and how much. In a
general way it can be described as
tremendous animal weighing at
least fifteen tons and having thir-
teen eyes, eleven ears and seven
noses. 1t has the head of a unicorn,
the shoulders of a rhinoceros, the
hips of a lion, and the whiskers of
a cat.
Only male whangdoodles ever
grow to maturity because the fe-
males are unable to stand the siren
uous night life. In the daytime,
whangdoodles live on steep noun
tain sides, and since their legs on the
right side are longer than those on
the left, they always climb and
descend mountains in a clockwise
direction.
Full grown whangdoodles come
equipped with slender, hairless tails
and a cast iron ball on the end. The
iron ball can be used either to swat
flies or to crack ice.
The origin of the whangdoodle is
lost in the smoky mists of genera
tons of morning after hangovers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21

damper and the chimney. When
it's open, it slows up the burning
speed of the fire; closed, it quick
ems the speed.
AShpit Damper-located below
the CRATES and controls the amount
of air supplied to the fire.
To produce the best results,
these hampers should work to-
gether-when one is open the other
should be closed, and vice versa.
In mild weather, when slow, last
ing fire is needed, the check damp
er should be wide open and the
ashpit damper closed. When more
heat is needed, the check damper
should be partly closed, the ashpit
damper partly open. For ex-
tremely cold weather, the check
damper should be closed tight, the
ashpit damper wide open.
The proper use of these two
hampers insures the proper degree
Of heat at all times on a minimum
amount of fuel.
Copyright.-wNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
Twas This Wdy
OO
By LYLE SPENCER
@ Western Newspaper Union.
The Cure for ricketts,
IN THE romantic days of Que

IN THE romantic days of Queen
Elizabeth, courtiers and wealthy
citizens went to church wearing
boots and long coats because they
were ashamed to show their crooked
bow legs. Their crooked legs and de-
formed bodies were caused by rick
cts.
We know now that ricketts, come
from lack of sunlight and good food,
but up until about 1900 its cause
was unknown. Most people thought
it was a visitation from the devil,
and doctors gave hot mud baths to
children to avoid it. Another Ttand-
ard remedy was to wrap babies in
swaddling clothes. Although over
half the children treated in this way
died in the first year of fancy, it
ricketts,. 1t malformed and contract
Women were especially hard hit by
ricketts,. 1t malformed and contrac-
ed their pelvic bones in way
which made it almost impossible
for them to have children. DR.. Ed
wards, an Englishman, was one of
the first to show the connection be-
tween lack of sunlight and ricketts,.
He noticed it's absence among even
the poorest Mexicans who lived re-
gularly out in the sun.
Later, scientists showed that the
actinic rays of the sun, the same
rays which cause sunburn, can pre-
vent ricketts,. This is one of the rea-
sons why children and adults alike
should keep out of doors as much
as possible. In the wintertime when
we can't get out, good substantial
food, especially when supplemented
by animal products like cod-liver
oil, serves much the same purpose.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
Pineapple Salad

Pineapple Salad
Place on lettuce leaf a slice of
Hawaiian pineapple; cover with
salad dressing; over this press
through a potato sieve cream
cheese; place a preserved cherry
on top.
Dressing for salad-Six table
spoonfuls of pineapple juice, 2
level tablespoonful of sugar, but
ter size of walnut. Heat in double
boiler, add 2 beaten eggs and
cook until it coats the spoon.
When cold add the whipped
cream.
Copyright-WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21

Flora, that I respect you and that
l trust you. But I'm the police
chief here in this town. And it
doesn't make any difference what
think, or believe. My business
is to prove. I believe your story of
course. But Margaret, I must ask
you some questions. Maybe you
won't find them pleasant. I've got
to do it though"
"Ask any questions you want,
Patrick" Margaret said.
'Well, if I were jury, the first
thing I'd want to know would be
why you were willing to lend Ace
Blake so much money, especially
when you hated him.
81 did it to prolong my sisters
life. l made up my mind that Ace
should not enter our house again.
The last time he came, he said
that if I couldn't lend him the
money, perhaps Flora would. I
knew if he made up his mind to
see Flora, nothing on earth could
prevent him from getting to her.
And I was sure meeting with him
would kill her. I was in agony ev-
cry time he was there for fear
Flora would hear his voice."
Again silence. Margaret saved
Patrick from asking the question
that hung almost visibly on his
lips. She went on. "Ace Blaikie
made love to Flora when she was
slip of a girl. She fell in love
with MIN. She loved him with her
whole heart and mind and soul.
And when he transferred his af-
fections to a mere light-of-love in
Marshbanks, it nearly killed her.
She was never the same girl after
wards. She never recovered from
that. She has loved Ace Blaikie all
her life. She loves him still. She
can't help loving him. But she
hates him too"
No check was found on Aces
body" Patrick informed her.
81 know" Margaret arose to her
feet. 81 realize perfectly, Patrick,
that I am now under suspicion.
hope you won't have to arrest me
for while. It would kill Flora.
She doesn't know Ace is dead yet"
II shan't arrest you for the pres
ent, Margaret" Patrick assured
her. II will ask you not to leave
Satuit-not even for day."
It seemed to me that the entire
town turned out to Ace Blaikie's
funeral. 1t was held in the white
vine-covered church, the most spa
cious in town. The service was
brief. When the pall-bearers bore
the f1ower-wreathed coffin out of
the building, a sound of weeping,
like dreary wind, ran through the
church.
did not want to go to the grave,
but did. Somehow, most deeply
desired not to see what had been
the splendid body of Ace lowered
into the earth given over to
decay =. Yet I went. A large
group of his friends accompanied
Ace. Bruce Hexson was not there.
Mrs. Thelford told me that he was
so sick with bad cold that he
wouldn't be able to enter Aces will
for probate before Saturday. I saw
both Doctor Marden and Caro-.
II wish you hadn't felt obliged
to go to this funeral, Aunt Mary"
Hopestill greeted me, when I re-
turned.
II didn't feel Obliged" I an
swered, "but / wanted to go. Ace
was one of my oldest and dearest
friends"
"Was Caro- there?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
Great Falls of the Iguazu

The great falls of the Iguazu are
situated in primitive forest Dor
dering Argentina and Brazil. They
are made up of series of cascades
and cataracts, known by the Guar
ami name of "Iguazu," meaning
"big waters" In volume and extent
they are the largest in the world,
and in beauty and variety they are
unsurpassed. From innumerable
rocky lodges more than seventy cas-
cades pour down the river in roaring
torrents of foam. From the Bra
lillian to the Argentine side they ex-
tend more than 5000 feet, and in
that distance the water is dropped
more than 1000 feet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
A Resembling Knock
at Opportunities Door!

1t might be a good thing if those
people who wait so patiently for
opportunity to knock at their door
would give a good hard knock at
opportunity's door. This Micaw-
berlike attitude of always wait
ing for something to turn up has
its drawbacks. While these wait
ers are biding their time at home,
others are out carving their des-
tiny by virtue of their own hands
and talents. Like many other
proverbs, the saying that sop
portunity knocks once at every
mans door" has been abused. OPP
portunity is more often found by
those who go looking for it. -
Voice Writing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
Curing Temperament.

a JUDGE back east rules that
this so-called artistic temper
ament is not sufficient excuse for
so-called genius to beat up his
bride.
1 tried the stuff once-just once
but the presiding judge in my case
was a lady. For years I'd been
trudging as steadily as milkman's
horse, whereas being practitioner
of a creative profession, said to
myself I really ought to stage some
temperament just to make the FAM
lily appreciate me. So l rehearsed
my act and went downstairs one
morning and put it on. So my wife
looked at me across the breakfast
table, and said: 81 know what the
trouble with you is. You're bilious.
You'll take some calomel."
Well, what are you going to do
when a beautifully staged emotion
al outburst is diagnosed, not as the
promptings of a tortured soul, but
as liver complaint?
You guessed it. I took the Gallo
mel, and, I pledge you my word,
haven't had an attack since.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
Still Jail for Debt

There still is a place where a
man may be put in jail for debt.
1t happens on the Isle of Man.
At present, any person owing
money, who is believed to intend
leaving the island, may be ar
rested on a creditors petition and
lodged in the islands Jail until
he can produce satisfactory guar
antees that the debt will be paid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
IRWIN S. COBB
0-WNU Service.
Meaning of "H. nj. S." on Ship

''H. M. S." preceding the name OF
a vessel stands for His Tor Her)
Majesty's ship. The letters are used
in connection only with vessels in
the British service. Popularity 'H.
M. S." is supposed to be the abbre-
Walton of His Majesty's steamer,
but the letters were used in the
names of British ships long before
the commercial development of the
steamboat. s'H. M. S." is also the
abbreviation of His Majesty's Serv-
ice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21

v o X e I o T c e, % u I
didn't.
When Russia poked
her snoot into the
Spanish mess, there
was going to be
armed action by 9TH
er pow e r S, but
wasn't.
When Japan began
to nibble again at
China, there was go
ing to be interview
ton but all that hap
@~I 4- %L@t xHo
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
Missouri Suffrage Cradle

Missouri claims the honor of the
first woman suffrage association,
founded May 6, 1867, to have for its
sole object the political emancipa-
ton of women; other organizations
included it among other reforms.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
Local Color in Story

Local color in a story denotes
the inclusion of details concerning
place and its people which dis
tinguish it from any other place and
give the story the stamp of au-
thenticity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21

League of Nations chirped despair
ingly and then put its head back
under its wing.
Somehow, I'm thinking of the two
fellows who started fighting and,
when bystanders rushed in to sep
arate them, the one who was get
ting the worst of it yelled:
'Five or six of you hang on to
that big brute. Anybody can hold
mel"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
White Oak WOrshiped

The white oak of Europe, very
similar to the American species, is
the oak of myth and poetry. Celts
and Britons worshiped it, and the
Druids built their sacred fire under
its branches.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
uJiMt O
g Y~ -
NuvvbD about
International Fourflushing.

CANTA MONICA, CALF
~ When the German troops
marched into the Rhineland,
France was going to fight about
it, but didn't.
When the Italians moved against
Ethiopia, Britain was going to in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
First Tunnel in u. S.

The first tunnel in the Unlteu
States was the Schuylkill Navigation
canal. above Auburn, Pa. 1t was
commenced in 1918 and was opened
to traffic in 1921. 1t is no longer in
use.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
Diversity of Interests

No one who is deeply interested
in a large variety of subjects can
remain unhappy. The real pessi-
mist is the person who has lost
interest.-W. Lyon Phelps.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
Home Heating
HsnAc By John Barclay
EeEEEeS Heating Expert

IT'S easy to regulate furnace
fire to meet the requirements of
daily temperature changes. All
you need to do is to understand the
functioning of the check and ashpit
hampers.
Check Damper-a fap-like damp
er, which should be located in the
chimney pipe between the turn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
The Laws Delays.

nee a Massachusetts, Supreme
" court reversed a felony convic-
ton because the prosecution, in filing
the record, stated that the crime was
committed "on the fifteenth day of
June, 1855" but failed to state
whether the year was 1855 A. D..
or 1855 B. C.
And ever since then on bubbles
almost equally foolish-such as a
misplaced comma or an upside
down period-other high courts
have been defeating the ends of
justice and setting at naught the de-
cisions of honest juries.
Science has gone ahead, medicine
has taken enormous steps forward,
but law still rides in stage coach
and hunts with a fiintlock musket.
Has it ever occurred to anyone that
one reason for the laws delays is
a lack of the thing called common
sense?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are an
effective laxative. Sugar coated.
Children like them. Buy now!-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
YOU CAN THROW CARDS
IN HIS FACE
ONCE TOO Often

WHEN you have those awful
w cramps: when your nerves
are all on edge-don't take it out
on the man you love.
Your husband can't possibly
know how you feel for the simple
reason that he is man.
A three-quarter wife may be
no wife at all if she nags her hus-
band seven days out Of every
month.
For three generations one woman
has told another how to go "smil-
ing through" with Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t
helps Nature tone up the system.
thus lessening the discomforts from
the functional disorders which
women must endure in the three
ordeals Of life: 1. Turning from
girlhood to womanhood. 2. Pre-
pairing for motherhood. 8. APP
preaching middle age"
Don't be a three-quarter wife,
take LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND and
Go Smiling Through"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
To AIkaIize
Acid Indigestion
Away Fast

The way to gain almost incredibly
quick relief, from stomach condition
arising from overacidity, is to aka
lie the stomach quickly with Phil
lips Milk of Magnesia.
You take either two teaspoons of
the liquid Phillips after meals; or
two Phillips Milk of MagneSia Tab
lets. Almost instantly 'acid indiges-
ton" goes, gas from hyperacidity,
"acid headaches"-from over-in-
diligence in food or smoking = and
nausea are relieved. You feel made
over; forget you have a stomach.
Try this Phillips way if you have
any acid stomach upsets. Get either
the liquid phillips" or the remark
able, new Phillips Milk of Magnesia
Tablets. Only 25f for a big box of
tablets at DRUG stores
Evening star., 1937-06-30
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

South, that player bid three no-trump,
but West, afraid that the contract
would be made, overcalled with four
hearts At this point Mr.. Becker bid
five clubs and, following two passes,
West staunchly defended at five
hearts. Mr.. Becker passed, and East
returned to five spades, which South
doubled.
When West passed, Mr.. Becker
considered the situation. In view of
his partners jump raise in clubs. he
knew it was impossible to win a club
trick against spades. Hence, all he
held defensively was the ace Of diA-
monds. 1t, therefore, seemed to him
that the opponents would not be down
more than one trick and quite pos
sibly might even make their contract
He then considered the other angle
While most players would have either
passed the double or bid six clubs,
Mr.. Becker was sure the latter con-
tract was hopeless. However, in no
trump he could count eight club tricks
and his ace of diamonds. His part
AiCA D tAucc IlO-tl ulIlp Olu 4hu cIlOWu
a spade stopper for the tenth trick,
and II, in addition, he held either
the ace, or a heart stopper and the
king of diamonds. five no-trump could
be made. (Remember, West had bid
four hearts over three no-trump.
Hence, he could not hold a solid
suit) In addition. Mr.. Becker was
certain his partner would not play
the dangerous contract of five no.
trump with hearts unstopped.
On this reason, all OF which con-
sumed no little time, Mr.. Becker bid
five no-trump, and when West dou-
bled, that became the final contract.
AS Mr.. Becker had foreseen, there
were exactly IL tricks to be made,
and the score of five trump dou-
bled, plus game and rubber which
accrued to his side, was well deserved
(ronvr{oht 1oorN
Evening star., 1937-06-30
A, U, GIVES COURSE
ON PAN-AMERICA
Summer School Study to Open
Tonight-Lecturers
Announced.

A group OF students at the American
University Summer School will devote
six weeks to a study Of relations be-
tween the Americas, beginning to-
night, according to Arthur S. Flem-
ming, director Of the Summer school,
who made public today the list Of
experts who will participate in the
university's Institute on Inter -Amert-
can Relations.
The list Of those who will lecture
follows:
DR.. A. Curtis Wilgus. visiting pro-
fessor of Hispanic-American history;
Samuel Guy Inman, executive secre-
tary Of the Committee on Co-opera-
ton in Latin America, Miss Doris
Stevens, chairman of the nter-Ameri-
can Commission of Women; Ricardo
j. Alfaro, ex-president OF Panama;
Castor Nerval, Latin-American jour
nalist; James M. Callahan, University
of West Virginia; William Sanders,
Pan-American Union; Raul d'Eca,
former member of the editorial staff
of the Pan-American Union; William
Manger, counselor of the Pan-Ameri-
can Union; William Reid, former
trade adviser Of the Pan-American
Union: Glen L. Swigget, chairman OF
the Organizing Committee Of the
Inter- American Federation OF Educa-
ton; George Wythe Of the Commerce
Department; Concha Romero James.
Beatrice Newhall, Guillermo A. Suro.
Charles E. Babcock and Jose Tercero,
all of the Pan-American Union; James
A. Robertson, editor of the Hispar1ic-
American Historical Review; William
E. Dunn, Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce; Herminio Por-
tell-Vila, Black Mountain College,
and Louis Martin Sears, Purdue UNI
versity.
Evening star., 1937-06-30
Brain Twiizzlers
BY PROF. ]. d. FLINT.

Now is the time for all good Twiz-
Elers to dive into the stock market.
We provide the wherewithal to have
fun figuring out investments.
Joe, Jim and Jake bought shares of
stock. Their wives, June, Jean and
Joan (not respectively also bought
shares. Each paid the same number
Of dollars per share as the number of
shares purchased. Joe paid s11 per
share more than Jane did and Jim
paid $23 more per share than Jean
did. Each husband paid 500 more
than his wife.
How many shares did each buy and
who was married to whom?
(Answer on Page C-10.)