The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-05-08

years this present war has been
slowly forming itself; many things,
simple and easy in themselves,
might have been done to prevent it..
Not one, but a hundred injustices
and cruelties and evasion of respon-
sibility on the part of us all, who
were the winners" in 1918, helped
to bring about the condition in which
a great nation went homicidally in
sane.
Consider Happiness So Much
Velvet
1t will help us all if you learn to
live with your daily troubles, what
ever they are. 1t is only waste Of
time to spend your days planning
exactly how free and happy you
would be if just one obstacle-your
mother-in-law, or the mortgage, or
the job, or perhaps even your hus-
band himsef-were by some mira
Gle removed from the picture. Worse
than wasting time, to be a fretter,
to refuse to face the fact that gen.
erations of imperfect forefathers
have made us all poor weak, human
failures, is to hurt yourself. We
ought to regard the happiness and
serenity we get out of this life as
so much velvet" and accept the
difficulties as the normal condition.
Probably the most prevalent bur-
den upon the lives of American wom-
en- is money shortage. 1t doesn't
always mean that there isn't enough
money; for our average family
spends enough upon luxuries, car,
movies, cosmetics, gum, Christmas
wrappings, radio parts and ciga-
rettes to support three European
families in comfort But it means
bad budgeting, extravaganza, waste
and consequent worry.
This would be good time to get
rid of that bugbear once and for all.
Get Rid of Money Worries.
"Get rid of i'll" Indignantly echoes
some harrassed housekeeper, glanc-
ing toward the desk where bills for
sport shoes, private schools, beauty
parlor, green glass candlesticks,
wedding presents, flowers sent to
hospitalized friends, taxi fares,
dancing lessons, bridge lessons,
cleaner, dressmaker, milliner, club
dues and a hundred other nagging
obligations are piling up day after
day.
Yes, get rid of it all, and live in
the blessed freedom of peace Of
mind. Live under your income in
stead of above it. Well all have to
learn some lessons in simple living
in the next few years; why not be
among the smart women who are
going to lead the fashion?
For that misery of feeling poor
even while spending too much mon
ey is one of the troubles with which
we don't have to live. Nobody has
to live with it. That particular stu
alton is always durable. And only
the woman who cured herself of the
display and extravaganza, the waste
and responsibility of debt, who has
come down to bed rock and gotten
clear of bills, knows the real flavor
of life.
Live WITH Changed America.
So gear spirit and mind to live in
the changed conditions of soberer
and stronger America. Make these
days days of growth. Never doubt
that we shall emerge from them
thinking and acting on a wider
scale; more conscious of our re-
sponsibilities to each other and to
all the peoples of the world.
To go on, bearing disappointment
and temporary defeat, to feel your
hopes again delayed, and the future
darkened by the smoke from today's
guns, is still to go on. We are told
that the majority has spoken in our
great republic, and the majority
must rule. 1t is for the rest of us to
live with, not against, that pro-
nouncement.