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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25

was for our grandfathers and grand
mothers.
The waltz, sweet, graceful and
proper, was the popular dance of
two generations ago. But a faint
glimmer of light heralding the dawn
of new age was the faster, jerkier
variation called the Boston. The
dare-devils danced it.
Ragtime RevOluti0nizes Dancing.
The Spanish-American war, the
horseless carriage, the monograph
and other innovations speeded up
life, and the dance kept pace with
the one-step, and later the two
step. Things were perking up.
Came 1910, and the American
dance suddenly became a craze.
The Turkey Trot had been invented.
A guy could now dance a lot closer
to his gal than the waltz ever per-
mitted. The sanctimonious lifted
worried eyebrows, but the young
folks kept right on with their jerky
new step and even invented more
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25

I AM happy little tree. I stand
beside the front entrance of a
= white cottage on a quiet street.
Each Christmas time l bloom out
in beautiful colored lights, and all
who pass share my beauty and
catch something of the joy of Christ
mas.
But was not always happy like
this. Once l lived in a great forest,
surrounded by trees so tall I could
only catch glimpse of the blue sky
above me, and felt very small and
lonely. I, too, wanted to be tall; to
look out on the big world like the
others and feel the sun shining
through my branches. l would
stretch out my limbs as far as l
could, and send my roots deeper in
to the earth, but my progress was
so slow I grew discouraged.
One day I saw man and boy
coming through the forest. The man
carried something over his shoulder
and they seemed to be looking
for something. Then the boy saw
me and cried: ''Look, father, there
is just the tree we want" He ran
over to me and fairly Rugged me in
his eagerness. The man looked me
over. Fine" he said. But when
he began digging with the thing he
had carried on his shoulder I be-
gan to tremble. I felt my roots
snap one by one and soon 1 lay a
tumbled heap on the ground. Life
seemed over for me.
Next I was tied to funny looking
thing on wheels, that sputtered and
growled when the man and boy
climbed in and we started off down
a twisty little road that wound
through the forest, then out on a
big shining highway until we came
to wide driveway that led through
a sloping lawn to white cottage.
Here I was united and put into a
large earthen jar filled with sand
and carried into the house, and set
in a corner of a big room beside a
sunny window. Oh, the Joy of hav-
ing the sun on my branches. l be-
gan to feel less scared and to look
about me.
In a big mirror opposite I could
watch the man as he fastened me
upright. Then he ~put a string of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25

Piles to shine" Each couple, at a
nod from him, takes a turn in the
center of the circle while the others
thankfully drop to one knee, clap
in rhythm and cheer the ''shiners"
on" Couple after couple demon
strates the progress or the retro
gress of the modern dance-depend-
ing entirely upon the point of
view. There are dozens of varia-
tons, among them the Camel Walk,
Peckin' and Posin', the Flea Hop,
the Bunny Jump, the Sugar Foot
and (probably most violent of
alb the Indy Hop. When one
couple has performed everything it
knows or exhausted every last
ounce of strength, another is called
upon.
The music gets faster and faster,
the walls of the trumpet and clari-
net grow more and more weird, and
the means of the saxophone lower
and bluer. 1t builds up to an ex-
citing peak, and then at signal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25
Rare Book

There are estimated to be only
about As Gutenberg Bibles in the
world and in 1884 one sold for
$4,000. At that time, many of
the books were privately owned.
Today, with most of the Bibles
permanently retired to museums
ard thus off the market, the price
should be higher.
The Gutenberg Bible is valuable
not for its scarcity alone. 1t is a
curiosity because authorities
aren't even sure Johann Guten-
berg printed it. In fact, some ex-
perts claim the Fifteenth century
German wasn't a printer at ALL
Washington Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25
PRAISE ALLAHr' for the BIC APPLE"
Wild Urge Youth Finds Its Outlet in This Hectic Modern Adap
tation of the Old Virginia Reel to "Swing" Music.
BY WILLIAM c. UTLEY

YOU'D never believe it, but it
i all started in the House of
Peace. And it has caused more
excitement, noise and general
pandemonium in the giddy So
cial whirl than anything since
Gilda Gray and the thousands
who initiated her shimmy.
That's the "Big Apple" An UNI
tanned, exhausting thing that re-
leases all the wild urge of youth
in a modern, nervous age. To say
that it has taken the country by
storm is like saying Shirley Temple
has charm; you've got to add: "And
then somei"
A few months ago no one had ever
heard of this dance. Yet today you'll
find the big Apple" in places of
such widely divergent character as
Chicago's ''black and tan" belt and
New York's Rockefeller Center; al
most any crossroads Saturday night
dance hall and Hollywood's Brown
Derby.
The "Big Apple" is not a fruit
growers promotion gag, although
perhaps nothing has publicized the
apple so widely since the phrase,
"An apple a day keeps the doctor
away" was coined. 1t was named
for the negro night club where it
originated-the Big Apple club in
Columbia, S. c. In other days the
building had been a synagogue
called the House of Peace-an odd
enough birthplace for this frantic
frolc of the feet.
You've Got to Be Athletic.
Negroes invented it, young col
lege students saw it and introduced
it at their parties, and from there
it spread to the four points of the
compass faster than the latest Mae
. West joke.
Let's visit a party where the "Big
Apple" is in progress. 1t may be
at fraternity dance in one of the
large state universities, at fine
seashore hotel, at a Swanky coun-
try club or at a honky-tonk joint in
Harlem. The rigorous routine is
the same.
The band leader is the boss here,
and he can drive his slaves to
rhythm as hard as any slave driv-
er in an ancient galley. He throws
them waving their arms and kicking
their feet into the old familiar
Charleston" and with another call
he plunges them into the newer and
wilder "Suzi-Q." 'Swing high" sets
the circle shutting in a clockwise
direction; "swing low shifts it into
reverse. Couples 'cut the apple"
and "heel the apple" at the call.
Survival of the Fittest.
After this preliminary workout
the leader calls upon individual cou-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25

from the leader, all the couples who
have not by this time fallen by the
wayside duck their heads and stag
ger into the center crying 'Wahoo!"
What does all this represent? A
return to the savage and primitive?
Is civilization degenerating? Per-
haps. But is not "swing" music
itself merely technical refinement
of the primitive, elemental rhythm
of the tom-tom? Only sophisticated
overtones have been added. Most
folks would rather believe that the
big Apple" is good thing for
modern civilization, for civilized
though we may be there is wild
urge in the meekest among us, and
the dance gives that urge safe phys
ical expression.
Probably the "Big Apple" is no
wilder for us than the Virginia Reel
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25
GOOD TASTE
q TO-DAY y
by "A
kEMILY POSTD
ABC's in Manners:
Red Nails Are Tabu
Worlds Foremost Authority
on Etiquette
G. Emily Post.
eoooeOeo . o . . o . eeeoo

CHOULD schoolgirls ever use
y bright red finger nail polish Ell
Their in school or at parties after
school hours?
Answer: I think deep red finger
nail polish atrocious on any one,
but on schoolgirl quite as bad as
vivid makeup, or if anything,
worse. Nails neatly manicured are
of course proper as long as the color
of the polish is not too conspicu-
ous-especially while the girl is
very young.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25

daring variations of 1.-THE Bunny
Hug, the Grizzly Bear, the Gotham
Gobble and the Lovers Walk.
And then! Alexander Ragtime
Band!" The storm broke. This
was a brand-new kind of music.
Exciting. Stimulating. Hot. Rag
time! Dancing came out into the
open. The restaurants sacrificed a
few tables for floor space on which
to dance. Orchestra directors who
had led sweet, stringed dinner-mu-
sic numbers suddenly began to sway
their hips in the new rhythm of jazz!
From South America came the
Tango, about the same time that the
Turkey Trot made its bow. 1t was
good change of pace and it has
lived until this day.
Vernon and Irene Castle, the ia
nous dance team, were the idol of
youth in those days. Early in 1913
they bowled the country over with
their grace and invention; they
made a graceful, more pleasant
thing of the Turkey Trot. Thou
sands fiocked to see them in Louis
Martins Cafe de POpera.
Castle Killed in 1918.
The Castles probably did more
than any other professional dancers
to increase the popularity of public
dancing. Their most important con-
tribution was the invention of the
Fox Trot, which is the basis of
most dancing today. Originally, it
consisted of eight running steps and
turn; later it slowed down to four
slow and four quick steps.
All through the World war the
craze for the Fox Trot continued.
Vernon Castle was killed in 1918,
but not before the changes in dane
ing which he had helped to bring
about had become well established.
The soldier boys danced it with their
wives and sWeethearts before they
went overseas and after they came
back.
1t was upon their return that the
mad period we call the Jazz age be-
gan. Youth was finding new free
dom. The speakeasy had become
a national institution. The cry was
for more and faster and 'hotter"
music. And some weird and abor-
tive dance steps found their ways
to the public fancy.
Enter the Rhumba.
Probably we might have expected
ballroom dancing to wane in popu-
larity during the dark years of the
depression; but the opposite was the
actual case. The explanation may
be found in the fact that dancing
provided an escape from gloom and
in the added leisure which most
people had to endure.
The Rhumba came in during the
depression. Some tourists probably
picked it up in the West Indies and
started the country on the way to a
new craze. 1t will never become
as popular as the Fox Trot or waltz,
because it is too difficult, but it may
remain beside the Tango as a
stunt" number for the more &C
complished dancers.
Most important of the recent inno-
vations is "swing" music, which is
hardly more than rehash of old
time Jazz. With it came the lively
Shag, a dance which is the most inn
portant fundamental of the Big
Apple.
But in America more than any,
where else fame is a tickle crea-
ture, and who knows, perhaps next
year the Big Apple will have been
forgotten and some new and even
madden dance inspiration will fire
the country.
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25
Progress in Virtue

If virtue promises happiness,
prosperity and peace, then progress
in virtue is progress in each of
these; for to whatever point the
perfection of anything brings us,
progress is always an approach to-
ward it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25
Escorial Work DELAYED

The building of Madrid's famous
Escorial in the Sixteenth century
was disturbed by strikes of the
workmen for more pay and more
wine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25

lights from my top to my toe,
whistling softly as he worked. Then
l heard a door open and a rush of
feet-a little boy and a girl dashed
into the room crying: Mamma,
come quick, and see our Christmas
tree" They clapped their hands
and danced about me. Soon the
mother came with box filed with
shining lovely things and my plain
green dress was covered with
sparkling jewels. 1 hardly dared
look in the mirror for I remem-
bered I was only humble tree
after all, and what I saw could not
be me at all; but the great silver
star on my topmost branch made
me feel very happy. I seemed to
draw courage from just looking at
it.
After time / was left to myself.
/ was glad, as / needed to rest up
a bit and get used to my strange
surroundings. 1t grew dark outside
and snow was falling; but inside
my star shone and a quiet peace
came over me.
Then once more the doors opened
and a merry group of people came
in. This time there were Father
and Grandfather and Grandmother,
too; and Mother leading the little
boy and girl. Everyone was saying
how lovely I was; but l did not want
them to look at me. I wanted them
to see two little faces outside
pressed against the window pane.
The boy saw them first. 'Look,
Daddy, Mammal" he shouted and
pointed to the window. ''There are
two children out there. Bring them
in, Daddy; give them some of our
Christmas" And the little girl
clapped her hands and cried: "Oh,
do, Daddy, it's cold out there!"
When they were brought in look
ing rather scared, but glad, was
so happy almost shook my baubles
off. Then Mother made music on
big box with shining keys and
everyone sang Christmas carols.
Then Father told the old story of
the Shepherds and the Star that led
to the Christ Child. Then a jolly
man with red coat and a pack on
his back gave everyone presents,
including the little strangers. There
were candies and nuts, plenty for
all, and such babble of happy
voices. felt the thrill of it myself
and the big star glowed in sympa-
thy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25

Wedding Requires stalls"
n EAR Mrs. Post: 1t is the custom
- here in the deep South to give
evening weddings. In our cOmmu-
nifty many of these take place at
home. In the case l am specifically
referring to the bride wants to,make
the wedding at home as formal as
possible, and the groom insists that
because the wedding will take place
at home the men should be allowed
to wear tuxedos instead of "tails."
Will you give us your opinion?
Answer: Correctly, the men
should wear "tails'' - absolutely.
Tuxedos are proper in small COM
munities where few of the men have
formal evening clothes. 1t is true
that house wedding may seem to
have less solemnity because we
know it is not taking place on con-
secrated ground, but apart from
this consciousness of the fact a
house wedding can be just as cere-
monious and beautiful as a church
wedding.
Meet Miss Sally
n EAR Mrs. Post: Isn't the form,
~ "To meet Miss Sally Brown"
in bad taste when most people al
ready know her? I am giving
large tea for Sally, who is young
friend of mine whose engagement
was just announced, and the invita-
tions are for the most part going to
SaIIy's own friends whom l have
never met. In other words, I am
the stranger and not Sally. Will
you explain this?
Answer: '"To meet" is merely
phrase used to indicate a guest of
honor. The fact that she may be
known to a guest personally is not
considered.
Light Euening Dress
MAY light cOlOred evening
4VI dresses be worn in the winter
time? don't mean velvets or any
of the heavier winter materials,
but am referring to chiffon and taf-
feta?
Answer: I think this is a question
of fashion. At present dresses of
light colored thin materials are be-
ing worn everywhere, and such be-
ing the case they are particularly
suitable for young people. Clothes
in winter are somewhat more elab-
crate in design and less skinny in
their use of material.
Father Comes First.
n EAR Mrs. Post: Pm in a pre-
- dicament and am finding it
very hard to decide the best way out
of it. I have father, stepfather,
grandfather and a brother, all of
whom have been very good to me
always and of whom 1 am equally
fond. Whom shall 1 choose to walk
with me up the aisle at my we'd
ding?
Answer: Your father, of course.
If you choose anyone but him you
would announce to everyone that
you care very little for him.
Note of Sympathy
NHEN a school friends grand
w parent dies, and one has often
stayed in this school friends house
and therefore knows the family,
would it be nice to write letter
to her mother when it is the fathers
parent who has died?
Answer: Under most circum-
stances you would write to the
mother, but if you know the father
equally well, then it would be equal
ly proper to write to him direct.
Mixed StrOllers
NXIHEN two boys walk home with
w girl from school, is she sup
posed 10 walk on the inside or be-
tween them?
Answer: She walks between them
but man should never walk be,
tween two girls.
Or Needs a Hint
rs 1T ever considered proper for
girl to assist a boy with his
coat?
Answer: No, not unless he has
broken arm or is otherwise dis
abled.
WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25
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Decking a Fir Tree

Ancient Teutons celebrated theil
winter festival by decking a fir tree,
because they thought of the sun,
riding higher and higher in the
heavens, as the spreading and
poisoning of great tree.
Christmas points
Around Cape Horn and up the
coast of Chile are located Christmas
sound, Christmas harbor and
Christmas anchorage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25
Should Diuorcee Haze
Shower Second Time?

III EAR Mrs. Post: Is 1t in ques-
- tionable taste to give shower
party for friend who is still young
but who is divorced and marrying
for the second time?
Answer: 1t certainly should not
be expected, but if some of her
friends want very much to give a
shower for her there is no reason
against it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-25
Or Needs a Hint

rs 1T ever considered proper for
girl to assist a boy with his
coat?
Answer: No, not unless he has a
broken arm or is otherwise dis
abled.
WNU Service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-07
Hazel Leary Is Shower Guest

Mrs, Herbert RAwley IT., and Miss 0enevieve Leary were hoatesses at Q currency shower held recently in honor of Mss Hazel Leary of Fourth street, whose marriage to Edward ]. Walsh will take place September lith. 4
 Those present were Mrs. James walsh, Mrs. John Powers, Mrs. James Leary, Mrs, Arthur MraE Mrs. Charles Loyot, Mrs. Elmer Deegan Mrs. Edmund Eoyot, Mrs. George Bailey, Mrs. John A. Dils lon, Mrs. George Mcclure, Mrs. Joseph Schmidt, Mrs. John .Flta- maurice, Mrs. Nora Morrison, Mrs. Margaret Connors, Mrs. Gertrude Hildreth, Mrs. James Barrett, Mrs. James Brady, Mrs. George Grimes, Mrs. Raymond Walsh, Mrs. Frank Walsh, Mrs. Frank Leary, Mrs, Thomas Morrison, Mrs. Herbert
 The Misses Marion Powers, Mar lorie Powers, Mary E. RiordAn, Katherine O. Riordan, Alice Mras, Mary Calvin, Amy Dunn, Rita Deegan, Ruth Leary, Veronica Phe. Ian, Katherine Doolan, Mary Stokes, Gertrude Keena, Evelyn Rowley, Esther Smith, Margaret Brennan, Margaret Taylor, Phyllis Phelan Dora Phelan, Catherine Collins, Mary Iacovino, Mary FitHmaurice, Margaret Hickey, Kathleen Hrod- erick Tillie Schmidt, Frances Leary, and Oenevieve Leary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-07
Personal
MeLicent StelUart Becomes
 Bride OF James HalIoran

Halloran attended his brother as best man.
 The bride wore a LeLong model gown of aqua lace in Redingote style trimmed with corded frogs from neckline to the hem, the long- fitted skirt terminating in Q short train, She wore Q Queen Anne style hat from which her shoulder length veil of tulle fell gracefully in folds. Her arm bouquet con- sisted of pink Talsiman roses, gar- denias and swansonia. The frock of the matron of honor was peach lace fashioned ia1 Ler.ong style and she wore lace mitts and Q hat and veil of peach tulle fashioned siIai- lar to that of the bride. She carried 0 bouquet of Briarcli1 roses and delphinium. The dress of the bride- groom's mother was windsor blue imported lace and she wore Q French blue felt hat and Q corsage of orchids.
 About fifty guests attended the reception which was held at Hal- lorans Grill following the cere. mony. out-of-town guests were in attendance from New York and Boston.
 The couple left on . wedding trip to Bangor, Maine, the bride wear ing c black. wool traveling suit trimmed with black krimmer fur and she wore black accessories, Upon their return they will reside at 74 Oak street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-07
SOCIAL CT7V77ZES :
Future Bride Is
 GiOen Shower

Miss Helen Vitkus was guest of honor at a personal shower given on Tuesday evening at the home of her sister, Mrs. Joseph F. Evans of Chipman Street, Extension. The rooms were prettily decorated in a color scheme of blue and pink and Q miniature wedding cake formed the centerpiece for the table. The bride to be was the recipient of many beautiful gifts.
 Those present were: Mrs. Frank Razauskas, Ms. Vincent Vitkus, Mrs. Joseph Evans, Mrs. Steffie Massi- cote, Mrs. Mary Conway, Mrs. Doris Synnott, Mrs. Ethyle Vitkus, and Misses Bette Barker, Frances Guer- rera, Peg Howard, Aldona Focus, Lerlore Jenkins, Eleanor Evans, Con- nie Zeber, Helen Vitkus and Mrs. Joseph F. Evans Jr.
 Miss Vitkus was also honored at a green back shower given Thursday evening by Misses Lenore Jenkins and Aldona Focus. Her marriage to Joseph Merenko takes place Sep- tember II.
 The following guests were in at- tendance: Mrs. Thomas Gruzas, Mrs. Francis Synott, Mrs. Charles Cur sky, Mrs. JoSenh Vitkus, Mrs. Irene Bannett, Mrs. Mabel Ottinger, Mrs. Jerry Adomaitis, Mrs. Morenko, Mrs. P. Banulis, Mrs. John Focus, Mrs, Charles Shakinis, Mrs. Vincent Vit- kus, Mrs. Anna Slekaitis, Mrs. Mary Shortell, Mrs. Joseph F. Evans, Jr, and Misses Helen Morenko, Dorothea Synott, Frances and Lillian Mazul- aitis, Mildred Eastwood, Adele Se- wich, Elmira Ploplis, Eldora 5raE- ones, Josephine Muraska, Evelyn Mitchell, Mary Verbickas, Nellie Vaitkas, Evelyn White, Veronica zukauskas, Jennie Grevich, Alede Unikas Blanche Sakalos, Helen Yon- kas, Stephanie Focus, Midge and Vera Staus, Mary Gedraitis, Beatrice Rose, Helen Vasilauskas, Frances zurlis, Lucille Diamond, Stacia and Betty Valaitis, Ann Rudzionis, Val- erie Slogeris, Alice and Pauline Krisavage, Lillian Dimas, Jean, Mary Ann and Ann Lazdauskas, Nellie Snoikas, Nellie Aldona, Helen Leaug- monas, Adele StasuinaS, Olga Provil- aitis, Bernice Galgot, Aldona Focus, Lenore Jenkins and Helen Vitkus.
 Mrs. Rose draZiosa of East Lih- erty street, announces the marriage of her daughter, Jane Graziosa to John Cosmo, son of MT. and Mrs. John Cosmo, ST., of Congress ave- nue. The ceremony took place last Saturday morning ct the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes. MT. and Mrs. James Pirole attended the bridal couple.
 Miss Jane Teresa Brice has re- turned to her home on Chestnut avenue following two weeks visit to Rhine Cliff, N. Y.