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the days OF MS great
ness, may bring about a change IN
the positions of their two leading
rivals.
As Joe Mccarthy puts it, Teller is
doing for the Indians what Grove
used to do for the Red Sox but can
do no longer, apparently: step in
and halt their skidding with we'll
pitched game when the other pitch
ers are faItering. So far, of course,
the Red Sox have managed to do
all right without Old Nose In the
form he held through last year. But
what of the months ahead-the hot
months when the strain will be heav-
Ter on the other pitchers.
Grove Through at Last?
asked some of the Yanks If they
thought Old Nose was through-that
after Is years of hurting, during
which he slipped under the 500
mark only once, and that IN his first
year out of Baltimore-if the Iona
coming Limited really had lost his
stuff. I asked them that, remem-
boring that everybody thought he
was through as far back as 1884
when he won only eight games In
his first year in Boston.
They remembered that, t0o-and
remembered how he came back with
a rush-and what a pitcher he was
right up to the end of last season.
Only one of them answered.
''I don't know" he said, "but
that's what we heard when we were
in Boston. The dope we got was
that while he might come through
with a good game once In while
might get out there any afternoon
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
/ RON COT

stripes were painted on the new
wall. The neat and efficient cot
cover is cream chintz with pink
roses and green leaves. The sides
of the pad, the two end cushions
and the center cushion are green,
lighter than the floor. The cut
down table with the tin tray on
top is painted with the green floor
paint with some of the cream wall
color added. Next week Betsy's
mother solves another home dec
Grating problem.
NOTE: Betsy is now making a
hooked rug for her new sitting
room from directions IN the Sew
ing Book 5. 1t also contains d.
rections for streamlining an old
couch; rockers; dining room
chairs and other "attic magic"
Send name, address and 10 cents
in coin to cover cost and mailing.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
More of Our Friend
Betsy's Attic Magic
By RUTH wYETH SPEARS

HERE is Betsy again = that
II clever girl in Sewing Book 8,
who streamlined an old iron bed.
In her house there was an enor-
nous kitchen and her mother
hated big kitchens. So, a parti-
ton was used to divide it into two
rooms. The half with a door into
the front hall was for Betsy to en-
terrain her own special friends.
The old linoleum was painted
dark green. All the walls were
painted cream and then pink
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Under Stars and Stripes

Whether one traces his Ameri-
canism back to the Mayf1ower or
three years to the steerage IS not
half so important as whether his
Americanism of today is genuine.
No matter on what crafts we came
here, we are now all IN the same
boat.-Calvin Coolidge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
- ~1Ei
VAaAMzApH

The New York Yankees are look
ing closely at the Red Sox and the
Indians. Although holding every
club in the league dangerous on any
given occasion, they naturally ex-
pect the strongest resistance from
those two teams.
They are concerned with the pitch
ing in Boston and Cleveland. As
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27

10y 80 49, 10y
be aided by a contin-
uance of the ineffec-
tiveness of Old Nose
Grove and menaced
by the skill of Bob
Feller. They even
think-at least some
of them that I talked
to the other day
that these two pitch
ers, one near the end
of the string as a big
Lacquer and the 9TH
er just heading into
The l1-1 - bic r~oaf
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
His Choice

Judge-Do you challenge any of
the jury?
Defendant-WeI, I think I can
lick that little guy on the end.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Choice

Landlady-Ycu'u have to pay
your bill or leave!
Lodger-Thanks awfully. My last
landlady made me do both.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
FOREIGN SECRETS

Tangler - What are your ideas
about the European situation?
Neut-I haven't very many, and
what I have am keeping to myself.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Hopeless Youth

Daughter-But, daddy, why do
you object to my becoming engaged?
Is it because of my youth?
Daddy-Yes, he's hopeless.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Happiness Outlined

Urma-What is the height of hap
piness?
Christy-In my case he's about
FIVE feet 10 inches.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Hi ssu asI NERVES?

Cranky? Restless? Can't sleep7 Tire easilyg
Worried due to female functional disorders3
Then try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound famous for over so years in
helping such weak, rundown, nervous
women. Start todayi
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27

and blow that curve ball of his
around the plate and then let go
with fast one now and then just
to remind the hitters he still has it
he isn't going to be much real help
to the club any more.
eff that's SO, those other Boston
pitchers had better be hot all sea-
SON. Check back and you'll find that
the Is games Grove won last year
meant the difference between Sec
ond place and fourth-at least"
The Yanks Admire Them
Incidentally, Grove and Teller,
who may in one way or the other
have such an effect not only on the
fate of their own clubs but on the
fate of the Yankees as well, are two
of the Yauks' favorite athletes.
Naturally, they like to beat the two
Bobs every time they hook up with
them. But they admire Grove for
his year-in and year-out perform
ances, the courage he showed in
beating his way back when every
body had him tagged for the clean
ers and the skill with which he has
made over his pitching style.
They Don't Like .Sho,Uboats'
They admire Feller not only for
the natural stuff he has but for the
way he has taken his fame in stride.
There are no swelled-heads or show
offs among the Yankees and they
freely hand it to the kid from Van
Meter for having already touched
greatness without making any fuss
about it.
The Yanks, might say, are criti-
cal of ball players they call 'show-
boats" Not understanding Dizzy
Dean, they took an almost violent
dislike to him and got a terrific
kick out of his crack-up in the all
star game In Washington in 1897 and
the defeat they slapped ON him in
the World Series of 1888.
But Dir got them on his side after
the final game of the 1888 series
when he walked into their clubhouse
at the Stadium and said he hated
to lose but getting beaten by great
ball club took some of the sting out
of the defeat.
Keller and Williams
The sophomore race in the Arneri-
can league between Charlie Keller
and Ted Williams is interesting to
watch. Last year, as freshman out
fielders, they were tops and finished
close together, with Keller having
the batting edge-.334 to .327. This
year Williams broke fast and was
off flying while Keller, along with
the rest Of the Yankees, found it
difficult to get away from the post.
They are an interesting study,
these two, especially as they are so
unlike IN temperament.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27

Search for Good
No good book or good thing of
any sort shows its best face at
irst.-Carlyle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27

Friendship of Children
Better to be driven out from
among men than to be disIiked of
children.-Dana.
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n. HoTs2 ;:s {: : $500; :;;::::;

Save leftover toast for use as
bread crumbs. Run it once
through the food chopper or roll it
out with the rolling pin. Store in
a covered glass jar.
Brass will need less cleaning if,
after being polished in the usual
way, it is rubbed with a cloth
slightly moistened with furniture
polish or cream.
Cooling Oven.-SometimeS an
oven that always overheats can
be cooled by putting open pans of
water in it during baking. Water
absorbs considerable heat and
may reduce the oven temperature
as much as so degrees.
For Summer Comfort. - Use
awnings on all windows exposed
directly to the sun for they re-
duce, by as much as one-third,
the amount of heat entering. AVN
ings are far superior to blinds in
this respect unless the latter are
outside the windows.
Excellent pads for the stair.
carpet can be made by covering
a fairly thick pad of newspaper
with hessian, felt or cloth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11
lettings From Crowded Convention Notebook

G Political convention feet differ
from Worlds fair feet, an expert
reported. cat a Worlds fair" he
said, "your feet get tired. At con-
vention they just wear out up to the
garter line
G. Philadelphia's ancient Mummer's
parade, ordinarily held on New
Years day, was staged during the
convention. An all-male affair, it
was a colorful spectacle.
G. Mrs. William Howard Taft, wild
ow of the late President and mother
of the senator, was among the celeb
rites at Philadelphia as guests of the
National Committee. Active phys
ically and mentally acute despite
her advancing years she has been
one of her sons's shrewdest political
advisers.
q The gavel welded at the conven-
ton by Permanent Chairman Joe
Martin, was made of plexiglas, a
new material. 1t was the gift of
Francis Abbott, 21-year-old student
at Philadelphia vocational school.
The gavel was crystal clear.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11

q For the first time in the history
of the Republican party, woman
was named as assistant sergeant at
arms at the Philadelphia conven-
ton. She was Mary Berkmeier
Quinn, Chicago attorney, who has
been active in the party's work in
Illinois.
q The Taft headquarters had the
biggest telephone set-up at the con-
vention with 120 trunk lines.
q A statistically minded historian
pointed out that in the "a years of
the Republican party's history, only
four of its presidential candidates
failed to enter the White House.
These were John c. Fremont, stand
ard bearer in 1856, James G. Blaine
in 1884, Charles Evan Hughes in
1916 and ALI M. Landon in 1886.
G. Liberty bells peals were heard
from coast to coast on a radio
broadcast in connection with the
convention program. The bell ring
er was Margaret Sergeant Duane
II, a direct descendant of Benjamin
Franklin.
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have been the Negroes were not in
evidence as they have been at pre-
vious Republican gatherings.
Another difference was the discus
sion in committees of every plank
in the platform, and every incident
concerned with party policy. This
year each delegate who had an opin-
ion on any subject insisted on the
right and privilege of expressing
and fighting for that opinion before
the committee. The whole show was
more like big town meeting than
an old time Republican convention.
It had no bosses who made the rules
and defined the policies.
Aside from the balloting for candi-
dates, the long roll call of the states,
and the reading of the plank in the
platform defining Republican policy
as regards Americas attitude to-
ward the war in Europe, the two
outstanding events were the keynote
address of Gov. Harold E. Stassen
of Minnesota and the address of
Former President Herbert Hoover.
Governor Stassen was emphatic
and fiery in his denunciation of the
present national administration and
of all things connected with the New
Deal. He aroused tremendous en-
thusiasm as keynoter is expected
to do, and gave the delegates the
ammunitions they wanted for use
during the campaign. He was COM
pensated for his efforts by thunder
GUS applause and demonstrations.
Hoover Stirs Delegates.
Former President Hoover. with
his analysis of what he termed New
Deal falacies, carried the conven-
ton by storm as he did at Cleve-
land four years ago and received an
ovation that was unusual in any Re-
publican gathering. He might have
been the choice of the convention as
it's presidential candidate had he
not withdrawn his name. He could
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11
By HAROLD E. KENYON

Three months ago he was virtual
ly unknown to the American public.
Today he is the presidential noml-
nee of the Republican party and
sage political prophets are predict
ing that on January /, 1941, he will
be in the White House.
That is the saga of Wendell l..
Willkie. His feat of sweeping into
the Philadelphia convention without
political sponsors and taking the
prize away from seasoned political
rivals is unprecedented.
Who is this man Willkie? What is
he like? What has he done?
Briefly, his story is the tale of a
small town boy who made good
who was never afraid to try his
wings on a new flight.
In the 48 years of his life Willkie
has had a wide training in the Amer
lean way of life. He knows every
section of the country.
He did farm work as lad in In
diana and later sold newspapers. A
few years later he harvested wheat
III NllIlllcSOLd. Lie WO1hCA IA Vic o14
fields of Texas. He ran a cement
block machine in Wyoming and op-
Grated little hotel in Colorado. He
was a vegetable picker in Califor-
MIA. He taught school in Kansas and
is remembered there.
During all his experience in labor
ing at various jobs, he found time
to attend Indiana university and to
graduate with high honors.
Wendell Willkie was born in Ell
wood, Ind, in 1892, the son of Her.
man Francis Willkie, a lawyer. His
paternal grandfather was an emil
grant from Prussia who spelled his
name Willcke. He came to America
to escape the oppression of the Ho-
henzollerns. Wendell's mother, like
his father, was lawyer. Both par
ents believed in education for their
children. At home as well as in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11
HOW q SEW
M- Ruth Wyeth Spears oSp

ike pompous old dowager with
a pompadour" And the little
bride said, Eyes, but l think its
personality could be changed; I
can see it as jolly little old lady
sitting in the corner with ging-
ham apron" Sure enough. the
next time / went to see the Bride,
there was the chair sitting in a
corner painted a cheerful green
and with white gingham cushions.
The legs had been shortened, as
shown here, and the pompous top
heavy back had been cut down.
That was all, but the change was
complete. If you are interested
in adventures in homemaking be
sure to send for Book 5. It has
80 pages of money saving ideas
that you can put to use at once.
Send order to:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11

To make cut glass sparkle, dip
a small brush in lemon juice and
scrub the glass with it.
Lime marks on bath tub, caused
by hard water, can be removed
by rubbing with peroxide of n.y.
drogen.
If bread has gone stale, hold the
loaf over steam from the kettle
for few moments, then place in
hot oven for 10 minutes. Dry
on wire tray.
Keeping COOl.-If your home is
heated by warm air ducts, get
the furnace man to install prop
er fan in the basement which will
drive the cool cellar air up into
the house through the ducts.
Meat lOaves will cook quicker
and more evenly if baked in a
tube cake pan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11

have named the candidate by indi-
eating a choice, but refused to do so.
Each one of the 1000 delegates
took a hand in the platform build
ing, and especially the plank COW
ering war and preparedness. The
battle between the Flight Hitler
Now" forces and the extreme Henry
Ford type of isolationist was fast,
furious, and seemingly never end
ing. In the end the fight did not
get to the floor of the convention.
Compromise was effected and the
plank as finally adopted can be in
terpreted to mean anything each
voter may want it to mean.
Compact Platform.
Other platform planks followed
very closely the findings of the
Glenn Frank committee, but ex-
pressed in about 5000 words instead
of the $1,000 DR.. Frank and his as
sociates needed.
On one subject there was no dis
greement-''There shall be no third
term"
All in all the Republican conven-
ton of 1910 was a colorful and in
teresting show-and very, very, diff
ferent. The old leadership was gone,
the game was being played by a
new team and umpires had not been
named. The result, for a time,
was confusion with each delegate
his own boss, taking orders from no
one, and fully convinced that he had
the solution of all the nations prob
lens.
Out of it all in the end came har-
mony, everybody satisfied, includ-
ing the defeated candidates for the
nomination. All of the noisily con-
tending forces climbed onto the Will
kie bandwagon and returned home
with the usual assurance of victory
| in November. How well that assur-
ance may be justified will not be
known until the votes are counted
in November.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11
Small Town Boy Makes Good
Tells Story of Wilkes Life

the school room he absorbed learn
ing. BY the time he was Is years
old he had finished high school and
was able to matriculate at Indiana
university. While there he earned
most of the funds that kept him.
Sometimes jobs around the univer-
sity were scarce and young Willkie
had tough shedding. His parents
were never able to give him much
financial backing and there were
times when he had to leave college
and work elsewhere.
Back again in college, Willkie was
able to attend long enough to get
his degree.
College days over, he returned to
Elwood and entered into law prac-
tice with his father. Then America
entered the World war. Within a
week Willkie enlisted in the army.
He spent % months in service, II
of which were in France. Before he
sailed on January IA, 1918, he mar
ried his Hoosier sweetheart, Miss
Edith Wilk. They have one son.
Back in America in 1919, Willkie
resumed his law practice. He moved
to Akron, Ohio, and practiced there
for nearly decade. His unusual
legal talents gained steady recog-
milton. In 1929 he became legal adj
wiser of the Commonwealth & South
ern Utility company and by 1888 its
president.
Wilkes debates with government
spokesman established him as an
articulate and able spokesman for
business. He began to be in demand
as a speaker. Some of his intimates
began to say he might be presi-
Dental timber. Several newspaper
columnists took up the idea. Then
a few weeks ago a small group in
New York began sending out itera-
ture about him. He received thou
sands of requests to speak. Willkie
clubs sprang up from coast to coast.
The boom caught on.
Physically Willkie is impressive.
He is 6 feet l inch tall and weighs
over 200 pounds. He is friendly
man who has the ability to make
people in all stations of life like him.
Blue eyed, with dark hair he has a
commanding presence. He likes a
fight when a principle is involved.
But this does not mean he is pugna-
cious. Some of those who know him
compare him to the late Will Rogers
who "never met man he didn't
like" And he has the quality of
making the people like him, regard
less of what station in life they oc.
cupy.
The presidential aspirant con-
fesses that his favorite food is chick
en-. In reading, his preference is for
history, although he is a well-round-
ed reader. He proved that recently
when as a guest on the radio pro-
gram Information Please" he an
swered number of questions that
stumped other experts. Wilkes
training and experience in his youth
instilled in him an abiding love of
the land. He is keen and practi-
cal farmer. He owns /, 400 acres in
Rush county, Indiana, and keeps
closely in touch with the develop
ments on his farms.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11
I CHAR PAINTED DARK
GREEN WITH GREEN
AND WHITE CUSHIONS

II ERE comes the Bride again!
- Many of you have met her in
Sewing Book 5. She is the same
resourceful young lady whose ad-
ventures with an old dresser, a
fish bowl and a piano stool are
described in that book; and who
remodeled one of the old rockers
in Book 5. Today's sketch shows
another of her slight O. hand tricks
with a chair.
There it was in a junk shop win
dow. "Did you ever see anything
so impossible?" I said, ''It looks
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11
- ~ 81
|6oi19!i4iQ

THE subject matter of "head lift
= ing" in golf may not seem to be
as dramatic as a pennant race or
heavyweight fight, but it is far
more important to some 100000 or
100000 suffering human beings, not
overlooking the stars.
You hear the cry, ''Heads up" in
baseball. But this cry is connected
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11

entirely with mo-
rale, not with any
physical attitude.
And a golf ball isn't
flying waist high or
shoulder high as a
baseball flies.
81 didn't raise my
head to be a golf
err" should still be
the games theme
song.
A certain well-re-
spected instructor
writes me that l
have Overplaved the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11
Do the Good Now

I expect to pass through this
world but once. Any good, there.
fore, that I can do, or any kind.
ness that I can show to any fellow
creature, let me do it now. Let
me not defer nor neglect it, fol
I shall not pass this way again.
Author unknown.
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importance of keeping the head still
or down, or the chin back, through
the swing.
eff you do this" he comments,
"you Immediately stiffen up. Just
think of looking at the ball."
The fact remains, however, that
If you notice the slow motion strokes
Of all star golfers you will find the
head is still unified, the chin slight
ly back, well after the ball has been
hit.
How can duffer get by with
something the star golfer can't af.
ford to do?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11

Nature the Teacher
Go forth under the open sky and
list to natures teaching.-W. c.
Bryant.
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Merry-GO-Round.

Jesse Jones, Federal Loan admin
istrator, is playing much greater
part in the national defense picture
than most people realize. He is
discussing with Roosevelt plans to
put federal money behind factories
which need to expand for munitions
production.
Though preoccupied with the war
in Europe, John @. Public has not
forgotten that China is fighting for
her existence. The Chinese embas-
sy receives many small contribu-
tons for the cause.
Not on the subject of war but of
age was one letter lady sent to
Ambassador HUI Shin, who is 49
years old, but looks 80. She said.
81 have heard that all Chinese look
10 years younger than they are. How
do you do it?"
HUI Shih is still rejecting on his
answer.
Scrappy Rep. Melvin Mas, Min
nesota's World war aviator, has won
his battle with navy brass hats on
differentiating between regular and
reserve officers in flying instruction.
Hereafter both classes of student Of
ficers will receive the new training
course.
A veteran newsman covering the
state department ikens Secretary
Hull's press conference to a strip
tease act. HE takes off one thing
after another, and then, just as you
think you're going to get something,
bang, out go the lights"