davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1941-08-22

@. What is the signifcance OF Indian
totem poles?-P. J. R.
A. They record the family and tribal
history describe significant events and
are monuments to the fame or Ill repute
of outstanding individuals. The origin
of the earth and creation OF certain ami
mails are depicted in the carvings and
paint. They were not objects Of religious
worship.
@. Was Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus'
ever published as serial'-M. C. T.
A. The work originally appeared
seriaIly in Fraser's Magazine m 1884.
@. Is there a place called New York
in England?-E. B.
A. New York is small village near
the town of Boston, in Lincolnshire.
@. Please give the titles of a few
Negro spirituals-E. r. L.
A. Go Down Moses" 'I Amt Gwins
Study War No More" Little David"
20 Mary, Don't You Weep; "Heav'n.
Heav'n"; Deep River" and Chilly
Water"
O. What Is a mesa?-M. H. z.
A. 1t is a Spanish word meaning
table commonly used in the South
western United States as the name for
a high, broad and fiat tableland bounded
at least on one side, and sometimes on
all sides, by steep cliff or declivity.
symbol of the Democratic party?-
L.C.R
A. 1t was originated by Thomas Mast
in a celebrated cartoon published in
1870.
Q. How many buildings are there 1,
London?-C. H. A.
A. Nearly a million.
@. What islands are In the Malay
Archipelago?-J. B. R.
A. This is said to be the largest group
Of islands in the world and includes
Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, New
Guinea, the Philippines and many small
er islands.
Q. When was the radio distress call
changed from COD to SOS?-M. K. C.
A. The distress call SOS was first Of
ficially adopted for international use at
the 1906 International Radio Conference
at Berlin
@. How large is the campus at Prince
ton University?-M. c. r.
A. 1t consists of over 300 acres.
@. What is the correct pronunciation
of BysShe, the middle name of Shelley7
"A. T. H
A. The poets middle name is pro-
nounced "bish."
@. What is included in an urban
area?-E. F. G.
A. The urban area, as defined by the
Bureau of Census includes all cities and
other incorporated places having pop
ulation of $500 or more.
@. What famous statue is mounted
on star-shaped walls?-D. G.. H.
A. The Statue of Liberty, on Bedloes
Island.
Evening star., 1941-08-22

DdScUd1 Sdiilc = I.
A. The first game was played on July
l, 1859, at Pittsfeld, Mass, between Will
liams and Amherst Colleges.
O. How many industrial workers in
the United States are eligible 10 union
membership?-M. M. NJ.
A. 1t is estimated that there are 28,-
900 900 employees in the United States
who would be eligible for union organ
izations. OF these about $500 900 belong
to the c. I. O., 100000 to the American
Federation of Labor, 100000 to the
railroad brotherhoods and probably
100000 to company unions.
@. Who discovered salvarsan? e.
A. B.
A. Salvarsan, commonly called sos
because it was the 606th compound ex-
perimented with, was discovered by DR..
Paul Ehrlich in 1910.
@. Can the Germans buy candy?-
T. j. D.
A. Each person is allowed 20 pieces
of candy a month.
@. Who invented the drive-in movie
theater?-N. G. H.
A. 1t is the invention of Richard
Milton Hollingshead, jr. There are now
50 of these theaters in the United States,
with so more under contract and num-
Der of others in process of construction.
Evening star., 1941-08-22
Huskin's S Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J, Hasktn.

A reader can get the anstCer to any
question of fact by Urittng The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric j. Hasktn, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1941-08-22

@. What is the correct pronunciation
of BysShe, the middle name of Shelley7
"A. T. H.
A. The poets middle name is pro-
nounced "biSh'
Evening star., 1941-08-22

@. What is the minimum height for
officers in the r. D. T. C?-J. F. n.
A. The War Department says that
the minimum height fof officers in the
Reserve officers Training Corps is "a
inches.
Evening star., 1941-08-22

@. When was the first intercollegiate
baseball game2-T. P. Z.
A. The first game was played on July
/, 1859, at Pittsfeld Mass, between Will
liams and Amherst Colleges.
Evening star., 1941-08-22
Anticipates Rebuilding
OF World We Have Made"
Ru Fnith RnJdIDin

This is the fifth of a series by
leading American writers on sle
theme of the Williamstown Institute
of Human Relations August "a to 29)
Evening star., 1941-08-22

@. How large is the campus at Prince
ton University?-M. c.. r.
A. 1t consists of over 300 acres.
Evening star., 1941-08-22

@. What is included in an urban
area?-E. F. G.
A. The urban area, as defined by the
Bureau of Census, includes all cities and
other incorporated places having pop
ulation of $500 or more.
Evening star., 1941-08-22

@. Please give the titles of a few
Negro spirituals.-E. R. L.
A. Go Down Moses" 'I Amt Gwins
Study War No More" Little David"
20 Mary, Don't You Weep; "Heav'n,
Heav'n"; Deep River" and Chilly
Water"
Evening star., 1941-08-22

@. When was the radio distress call
changed from COD to SOS?-M. K. C.
A. The distress call SOS was first Of
ficially adopted for international use at
the 1906 International Radio Conference
at Berlin.
Evening star., 1941-08-22

@. What famous statue is mounted
on star-shaped walls?-D. G.. H.
A. The Statue of Liberty, on Bedloes
Island.
Evening star., 1941-08-22

@. What islands are In the Malay
Archipelago?-J. B. r.
A. This is said to be the largest group
Of islands in the world and includes
Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, New
Guinea, the Philippines and many small
er islands.
Evening star., 1941-08-22
,. What Is a mesa?-M. H Z,

@. What Is a mesa?-M. II. Z.
A. 1t is Spanish word meaning
table commonly used in the South
western United States as the name for
a high, broad and fiat tableland bounded
at least on one side, and sometimes on
all sides, by a steep cliff or declivity.
Evening star., 1941-08-22

@. How many buildings are there IN
London?-C. H. A.
A. Nearly million.
Evening star., 1941-08-22

@. Is there a place called New York
in England?-E. B.
A New York is a small village near
the town of Boston, in Lincolnshire.
Evening star., 1941-08-22

@. Was Carlyles "Sartor Resartus'
ever published as serial?-M. C. T.
A. The work originally appeared
seriany In Fraser's Magazine m 1884.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
TIPS to
Gardeners
REGARDING HERBS

MANY home gardeners may be
W interested in growing herbs
this year because of the war,
and because they make everyday
dishes more appetizing and flavor
full.
Herbs may be grown in a plot
about four by six feet to supply
the average needs of a family.
They should have full sunlight and
be planted in good loamy soil.
Almost all popular herbs-balm,
basil, borage, fennel, marjoram,
rosemary, thyme, sage, anise, dill,
and caraway-may either be used
when young, and fresh, or pre-
pared for use dried. VIZ
Anise, basil, borage, dill and sa.
worry are ANIMALS; caraway, and
fennel are biennials, and balm,
marjoram, sage, rosemary, thyme
and chives are perennials, al.
though balm and marjoram are
best treated as ANIMALS.
ALI the herbs mentioned here will
probably produce enough growth
for use the first year, however, il
seeds are planted early, and eli.
mate is normally temperate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
PROGRESS
(Ben syndicate-wNU service.)

Life for ,Oomen of today is at least
80 per cent improved ouer that of so
years ago :. ice are closer to finding
the solution that shall forever end iodrs
-. children are healthier, smarter, and
happier ;. and our homes are cleaner,
more comfortable. Kathleen Norris re.
reals the remarkable progress OF life in
this nation, as she delues into the past.
Read her uiuid ,UOrd pictures in this
weeks feature.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
MERRY-GO-ROUND

When he was assistant secretary
of labor, brainy Edward F. Nc
Grady used to work Is hours a day
and he is now doing the same thing
as $l-a-year labor adviser to War
Secretary Stimson.
November is long way off, but
the Affiliated Young Democrats of
New York, leaders in the draft
Roosevelt movement, already have
booked Madison Square Garden for
a giant Draft LaGuardia" rally on
that night, the last Saturday before
the mayoralty election.
Maxwell Brandwen, longtime le-
gal lieutenant of Associate OPM Di-
rector Sidney Hillman, is rated one
of the best lawyers in the defense
organization.
To get an inside picture of how
government clerks live, read Gov
eminent Girls" by Florence Kiper
Frank in Household Magazine. In
private life, Mrs. Frank is the wife
of former SEC chairman Jerome
Frank.
If Gen. H. H. ("Hap") Arnold,
chief of the air corps, doesn't get
to bed by ten in the evening, he
thinks he's dissipating.
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Washington, ID. C.
MISS PERKINS ON THE COAL

MISS PERKINS ON THE COAL
Inner circle clamor for replace
ment of Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins is an old story, but it's hot
ter now than ever before.
Actually, Roosevelt did move last
year to get new labor secretary,
offering the post to Mayor LaGuar-
dia. But he declined, insisting on
the war department or nothing.
But with labor a key problem,
White House advisers had been urg-
ing that the President renew the Of
fer to LaGuardia.
Miss Perkins was criticized sharp
ly for the delay in certifying the pro-
tracted Allis-Chalmers strike to the
National Defense Mediation board
until rioting broke out, also the coal
negotiations before they deadlocked
and John L. Lewis shut down the
mines. Both the President and other
cabinet members bluntly called Miss
Perkins attention to the fact that the
purpose of the board was not only
to settle strikes but to avert them.
With some feeling it was demand
ed of her why the board, set up ex-
pressly to handle ''hot potatoes, 4"
was not used in these two major
cases.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
ASK ME
ANOTHER
The Questions

/. What is touchstone used to
test?
2. What does the figure atop the
National Capitol at Washington,
D. c., depict?
8. Which of the United States
fighting forces has a hymn start
ing From the halls of Montezuma
to the shores of Tripoi"?
4. With what weapon did Sam
son fight?
5. From what is aluminium COM
monty obtained?
6. What is a Waiting mouse?
z. What part of the eye deter
mines its color?
8. Mount Everest is part OF
what mountain range?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
|0I!I||'|I|2

THE TOMORROWS
OF AMERICA
THE TOMORROWS OF AMERI-
CA will be radically different as
compared with the $50 years OF yes
terdays.
We have changed our philosophy
Of living, our way of life. Whether
for better or for worse, only time
will tell. We are sailing socialistic
sea, but what specific form OF So
cialism is not yet apparent.
That the tomorrows of America
will produce another Henry Ford is
improbable. Individual initiative
will not be encouraged as it was
during the yesterdays. The effect
such course may have on our con-
tinued increase in national wealth is
today unknown.
During the $50 years OF yester-
days, government was supported by
the people, it was the servant OF the
people. For the tomorrows, the peo-
pie expect support from the govern
ment; they are willing that govern
ment shall be the master.
Will it work? Only time will tell.
Within another year America will
have a national debt of 500, 900, 000,-
900 or more. That is approximately
one-third of the total Of our national
wealth. 1t is much more than the
total of national income for one
year.
To what extent can government
continue to support the people of
America? To what limit can such a
system be financed?
Can, and will, government create
wealth as the American profit sys-
tenn has created it during the $50
years of yesterdays?
The change from the yesterdays
we have known, and under which
we have prospered, to the question
able tomorrows has come to us
through revolution which we asked
for and insisted upon, but which we
did not recognize. By classes-vo-
cations-we have demanded special
consideration. We have asked for
and received class legislation to
benefit one minority after another.
Those of each class or vocation have
considered only themselves, not the
American people as whole, and
have been given what they asked
for.
We can look forward to the path Of
the tomorrows with trepidation, but
with hope, at least, that it may
lead us to a desirable destination.
It is a path we are to follow regard
less.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
A Quiz With Answers
Offering information
on Various Subjects

4. The jawbone of an ass.
5. Bauxite.
6. A rodent found in China has
earned this name because of its
strange antics, apparently while
trying to catch its own tail.
Z. The iris.
8. Himalayas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
The Answers

1. The purity of gold and silver
(by the streak left on the stone
when rubbed by the metal).
2. Freedom. It was designed in
Rome by Thomas Crawford in
1855, and the model shipped here,
where the statue was cast. Miss
Freedom is 1917 feet tall and
weighs $4,000 pounds.
3. The marines-''The Marines
Hymn"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17

YOU must have a button-to-the-
hem frock this season. This
thoroughly American classic
blooms in the spring with peren-
NAL but ever varied smartness.
Here's a new design (No. 1338-B)
that gives you a new slant on an
all-important style - specifically,
the rakish angle of the buttoned
pockets, stressed by rows of stitch
ing. The notched collar is made
with the new longer points. Easy
to make, to put on and to wear, it
will fit so beautifully and prove so
useful that you'll repeat the design
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
{ AITERNS
SEWING CIRCLE X

time after time, and on into sum-
mer.
This classic style makes up
smartly in practically every run
about fabric-fiat crepe, thin wool,
spun rayon and silk print. Pattern
provides for short sleeves, or long
sleeves in the popular bishop
style. Detailed sew chart in
cluded.
Pattern No. 1888 is designed for sizes
II, IA. 16. 10 and 20. Corresponding bust
measurements 30. 80. "a, So and 80. Size
IA 1922 requires. with short sleeves. 4
yards of 39-inch material: long sleeves. 4ss
yards. Send order to:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
By KATHLEEN NORRIS

nEN was q uttle gin,
w living in the mountains,
w we had to fill lamps, and
push down the wicks, and wipe
off the chimneys, every day of
the year.
We cooked on an immense
iron range that had to be cleaned
about every ten days. This
meant putting newspapers all
over the kitchen floor and tying
up the head of every woman in
the family with a rag.
When we had soup or baked
beans or mince pies or layer
cake each one meant hours of
work. Except in emergencies
we never had bakery bread"
We had one bathroom in a family
of 10. We had two fireplaces in
12-room house; the rooms without
them were iceboxes from November
to March, and the rush to bed at
night was an arctic adventure. We
children used to struggle out and
dress by the sitting-room fire in win
ter mornings, say our prayers in
circle around it at night, and fill our
.hot-water bags as part of the eve
ming ritual.
Many Children's Ailments.
Diphtheria was death in those
days. Children had brain-fever, hip
disease, fits, spasms; possibly be-
cause the diet of quite small chill
dren included sausages, bananas
and hot breads, often at the same
meal. Cali my babies are bilious"
said the wife of prominent San
Francisco judge to my mother. My
gentle southern grandmother told
me that when she was a girl, young
mothers expected to lose the first
baby or two. A house servant was
paid eight or ten dollars a month;
she washed sheets, petticoats, mems
shirts, table-cloths for a large fam
lily before breakfast Monday morn
ing, was given Sunday afternoons
off, usually with a child or two for
company, and was forbidden callers.
Lizzie, who was that with you
in the kitchen?"
''That was Mollie from next door,
Num-"
"Well, you tell Mollie not to daw-
die when she comes over here with
a message"
Sons were supposed to "sow wild
oats" in those palmy days, and the
struggle to keep brothers safe in
the family circle evenings was one
sisters were destined to remember
all their lives. Girls had only what
money they could cajole out of the
males of the family. Wives asked
meekly for few dollars when the
head of the house had finished his
coffee.
Sewing-Part of Life.
Sewing was done by meek, quiet
women who arrived at eight, had a
lunch tray in the hot disordered sew
ing room, and were paid a dollar
day, with carfare if the trip home
was long. They ripped, lined and
interlined garments, washed them in
Spanish bark, debated for hours with
the woman of the house, her moth
er, her two oldest daughters and
her three sisters as to the choice
between making it up into school
dress for Missy or using the blue
velvet and putting in panniers for
Miss Mary. Children sat on the
floor and carefully ripped away the
buttons and passementerie on
dresses which, being beyond all use,
were to be sent to the poor.
Every woman had ragbag hang
ing in some inconspicuous closet or
corner; every little girl had button
box and played buttons with her
chums after school. If her mother
filched back a special crystal or Chi
ma button, she felt aggrieved.
Teaspoons went on the table
standing up in a spooncup; soda
crackers were always in evidence,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

MoguiS OF the powerful American
Farm Bureau federation are ready
to say uncle" and make peace with
the administration.
Up to year ago the farm bureau
was the fair-haired boy on farm
policy, largely due to the suave as
tuteness of Ed O'Neal, federation
president, and his personal friend
ship with Roosevelt.
But at heart most of the fedora
tons generalissimos never were
very hot about the New Deal, and
last year they began demanding
greater local control aimed at run
ming the program themselves. And
in a showdown over domination of
the Federal Land Banks, Wallace
raped them over the knuckles and
the battle was on.
Soon it spilled over into the polit-
ical arena when cornbelt Farm bu-
reau leaders, led by ambitious Earl
Smith of Illinois, dumped the Roose-
velt-Wallace ticket and put in some
heavy ticks for Willkie.
Wilkes defeat knocked the props
from under the boys.
So, reverting to the old realistic
axiom, eff you can't lick 'em, join
EN-" the boys have propositioned
Clifford Townsend, defense agricul-
tural advisor and former New Deal
Governor of Indiana, on being their
peacemaker.
Townsend was one of the organ
izers and first leaders of the farm
bureau in the Midwest. Yet when
he stumped that area for Roosevelt
and Wallace last fall he bumped up
against the bitter opposition of many
of his old associates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
HITLER HOLDING OFF U. S.

Those who are steering U. S. for
eign policy on its present difficult
course privately offer four impor-
tant reasons for not anticipating a
break in diplomatic relations with
Germany for some time.
One is the memory of the German
people regarding American entrance
into the last war. For years Ger
mans have contended that they won
the last War-until the United States
entered; so the psychological effect
of American entrance now is the last
thing Hitler wants.
Two is the effect upon American
morale. At present, U. S. draftees
can't get enthusiastic about their
service while industry and labor
could be much more patriotic about
production. But once Hitler precipi-
tated a declaration of war, sentiment
here would be far different-and he
knows it.
Three is the large amount of Ger
man property in the United States
which would be seized in case of
war.
Four is the fact that Germany is
now about to receive a certain
amount of goods from the U. S. A.,
sent via Russia and Japan, which
she could not get in case of war.
Therefore, U. S. diplomatic ex-
perts are convinced that Hitler will
do nothing rash toward the United
States until after June or July, by
which time he should pretty much
know whether he is going to take
England or not.
Nazi policy after that will be guild
ed by intervening events.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
A Fellows Got To Eat!

But acid indigestion, heartburn and
sour stomach can sure take the joy out
OF meal. If you're bothered this way
ask your druggist for ADA Tablets
-Bismuth and Carbonates for quick
relief.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
TOOK BALLYHOO TO SELL
LIBERTY BONDS

The UNITED STATES Will offer
us war savings stamps, 'baby"
bonds, and regular government
bonds, the sale of which will at least
partially pay for our own prepared
ness and our aid to England.
viii the American people buy in
any considerable quantity without an
accompanying sales ballyhoo?
The first World war was financed
largely by the sale of government
bonds, but that sale was effected
only by vigorous and spectacular
sales campaign. The effort was to
sell to the people, not to the banks.
The government wished the people
the Toms, Dicks and Harrys-to
have a direct financial interest in
the war, to have them feel it was
actually their war and that they
were the fellows who wanted to see
the Kaiser properly licked.
With spectacular showmanship the
government put it over in the large
cities for the first loan. It did not
work so well in the country, where
big parades, scores of minute
men," speeches and other spectacu-
lar methods could not be applied.
For the second and future loans,
the government appealed for sup
port to the country press. 1t pro-
posed to publishers that they sell I'M
derwritten advertising to local mer-
chants, banks, churches, lodges and
70 a1c ofry
publishers did that to the extent Of
more than 100000 pages from the
second to the Victory loan. In re-
Spouse to that advertising, people Of
rural America bought Liberty bonds.
The national treasury can sell gov
eminent bonds by telling the banks
how much each must take. But can
it sell them to the extent of several
billions to people of America with
out arousing through some method
an enthusiasm for preparedness and
for aid to England? That is ques-
ton to be answered. My guess would
be mo"
We would all like to see the Euro
pean dictators licked. We do not
approve of them, but we should like
to have some idea as to what the
result of such licking would be.
Will it result in a better world for
all concerned, or will it be but a
prelude to more rivalry, more self
ishness, more greed, and in the end,
more war?
What are we paying for, and posi-
bly, fighting for?
HAWAII is AMERICAN
A DISTINGUISHED California Of
fetal in recent speech told of the
import from foreign lands" of the
pineapple juice now consumed in
America. We have spent half a
billion and more dollars in fortify-
ing that foreign land" that it might
protect California and the rest of
continental United States from a
possible enemy. The foreign land"
referred to is the United States ter
ritory of Hawaii. We do not elm
port" from Hawaii any more than
from California or Iowa.
HE GETS RESULTS
IF YOU WANT INFORMATION
about the influence in its home coun-
ty of the local newspaper, just ask
Frank G. Arnold, president of the
Nebraska Taxpayers league, what
he does when obstreperous county
officials deny his organization ac-
cess to expenditure records. The
local newspapers solve the problem
for him very quickly by simply re-
porting the fact that there was such
a refusal 1t is illustrative of the
influence of the hometown paper in
its field.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
Barking at Eminence

It is the practice of the multi
tude to bark at eminent men, as
little dogs do at strangers.-Sen-
eca.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-04-17
Sl-A-YEAR PROBE

Sen. Harry Truman is a friendly,
mild-mannered Missourian, but to
certain defense brasshats and One
Dollar Men he's an ogre with horns.
Truman is author and chairman of
the special senate committee to
probe defense contracts, and he is
determined that what happened in
France won't happen here. He al
ready has some interesting data.