The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-24

them and they know it. George is
the all-important head of the house;
he comes home to warmth, light,
welcome, comfort. If there is good
news, Ann loves to tell it. She has
a pleasant little custom of bringing
him cup of hot soup as he reads
before dinner.
If there's worriSome news, either
from his end of the partnership or
hers, Ann has a great way of mini
MIXING it. A sick child is either al
ways better, or "just reaching the
peak, George, it's got to go up to
go DOWN." Ann has dozen amusing
anecdotes of her day to relate; if
she is tired, it is just being "com-
fortably tired" Dishes take about
ten minutes in the Brown house aft
er supper; Davy clears the table and
Nancy brushes the floor. George
comes into the kitchen to help not
because she exacts it, but because
he likes to share so much pleasant
activity and chatter. Sometimes he
and Davy work out arithmetical
problems with beans on the kitchen
table.
Domestic Cooperation.
The Browns go to the movies once
a week and look forward to it as a
treat. On Sundays they always pic
mic, in bad weather taking their
sandwiches to a big museum or gal
lery and buying hot drinks in the
cafeteria.
Because with all the pleasure of
their lives the Browns are solvent
and are saving. Seven years ago
Georges father died leaving him
debts totalling more than $4,000,
and AIMS mother, helpless
cripple, came to live with them.
They had an eight-room house in the
suburbs then.
When he realized that their house
of cards was coming down around
his ears, George hated to go home
and tell Ann. Her mother needed
medical care and nursing, new
baby was coming, and he was over
whelmed with a debt that represent
ed his entire income for a year and
a half.
Ann went over to him, where he
sat despondently finishing his story
and knelt down and put her arms
about him and said, why, George,
shame on you! Well move right into
the city, I'll have my baby for MOTH
ing, in ward, We'll cut out fur
mace and communication and taxi ex-
penses and live right near the office,
and We'll pay that all off in FIVE
years. We have each other and the
babies, and I CAN take care of
Mother and that's the great bless
ing, so you and I'll go househunting
tomorrow, and start all over again!"
Typical American Success Story.
Well, you know the rest. 1t is
the story of SO out of every 100 Amer
lean stories of success. AIMS moth
er was the only one who minded,
and George and Ann, strong in con-
fidence and laughter and their mu-
tual love, stood that heroically for
the remaining few years of her life.
The debts were paid off in less than
four years, for saving became a
sort of game, and an unexpected
commission swept away the last
third of them in one glorious wave.
Now Ann and George are buying a
set of four six-room flats in pleas
ant, quiet Brooklyn suburb. They
had chance to make the first pay
ment on a ridiculous bargain, and in
IL months more the place will be
clear of mortgage and the incoming
rents enough to keep Ann and the
children in comfort if anything hap
pens to George.
Do you wonder that while Tom
Smith is reluctantly opening door
into darkness, discomfort and the
sound of complaints, George Brown
is opening another door with heart
brimful of content?