The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-27

Of his moods. He frequently inspects
electrical plants, cotton mills, tex
tile factories, telephone Offices,
warehouses and shipyards, and he
knows every industrial section, ev-
cry slum, in Great Britain. These
have proved valuable post-gradu-
ate course to Cambridge, for there
he developed a real interest in the
problems of capital and labor. Hous-
ing, citizenship, property and state,
and welfare were other subjects
which were important among his
studies.
Elizabeth Follows Mary.
George VI is definitely of me-
chanieal bent. He served in the
forward turret of twelve-inch guns
on the battleship Collingswood in
the battle of Jutland. He can take
an automobile apart and put it back
together without having pieces left
over. He is a good airplane pilot.
He loves to operate model railroad
systems and motion picture cam
eras. He has even been known to
take the throttle of an actual rail-
road locomotive.
Queen Elizabeth should do equal
ly well in her task of filling the
shoes of Queen Mother Mary. She's
a gal after Mary's own heart. The
fact that she is the first commoner
to become queen in $50 years fur
Their endears her to the British mag
nation.
Elizabeth's family Is one of a type
that every commoner knows and
admires. Her brothers are not cap
tains of regiments, but captains of
industry, one of them chairman of
one of Durham's largest coal-min-
ing firms. Her family rates high
in Scotland, but no member of it
would think of approaching her at
any court function.
Just as she is the first commoner
queen since Henry VIII took Cath
crime Parr as his sixth wife in 1913,
she is the first woman of Scotland
to become queen since Henry mar
ried Matilda of Scotland in HOO.
Never a modern" Elizabeth
SHE'D away from most society, was
noted for her lack of interest in
fancy clothes. She was small in
stature and rather plump, with a
flashing smile and pleasant fresh
ness of manner; in short, she was
simple country girl. Since be-
coming queen she has been OBJ
served to become more particular
in her dress and more interested in
society.
Enjoys Boys Camp.
Like King George, she loves to
visit among the people, is frequent
ly seen at orphanages, hospitals
and the like. George is particularly
interested in institutions of this kind,
especially when they concern boys,
for he is still boy and an active
one at heart.
One of the chief pleasures of the
kings life is the annual summer
camp for public school boys and
working boys which he established
shortly after leaving Cambridge. He
likes to visit it himself and the year
1894 is the only one since establish
ment of the camp when he has failed
to accompany the youngsters.
Donning shirt and shorts irnme-
diately upon arrival, he mingles
with the crowd, swaps stories with
them and is a well-loved figure in
the campfire gatherings of an eve
ming.
These are not the only times when
he has become surprisingly human.
More than once, the story is told,
crowds waiting for him at rail-
road station have been shocked and
delighted to find him alighting from
the cab, grimy with grease and dirt,
rather than stepping clean and
white from a comfortable coach.
But these things will probably oc-
cur much less often now that he has
dedicated himself to becoming a
carbon copy of his father. That that
is certainly what he intends to do
is further proved by the latest re-
ports from London:
He is reported to be growing a
beard. The crown is safe!
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