The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-04-15
THE MOVIES AND FOOD

The mOtlEO AND FLUID
Several picture companies an
nounced they will ban or greatly
tone down scenes of feasts, BAN
quets or elaborate dinners for the
duration. The idea is that they are
resented by the public in times like
these.
"Nonsense!" exclaimed Elmer
Twitchell today. "For the past
year I have lived largely on
cinema meals. Hungry and
weak, I have gone to a movie
and found my appetite appeased
in no time.
"There was one spell when / had
lost ten pounds. went to a Cecille
DeMille picture and put on fifteen in
the first reel!
with new ration rules coming
every day and with the people hav-
ing troubles galore getting food, the
one source of relief has been those
Hollywood feasts. Even a breakfast
as shown by most directors was
enough to make you unbutton your
vest.
"LaSt week / went to my
butcher to beg for small chuck
steak. 1 couldn't get it. Well,
Invent over to the nearest movie
theater and ran right into 'Phila-
delphia Story'-a return engage
ment of cOurSe-and enjoyed
two of the finest meals 1 ever
had, one indoors and one out
doors, with whole sides of beef
in them. They showed closeups
of the gravies-yum, yum! And
there were flashes of the thick
soups from eleven angles!
"The wife came home exhausted
the other day from a losing fight
for few cans of food She was
terribly depressed. I took her to
picture palace and it had a break
fast that would have done anybody
else for six course dinner.
"Such grapefruit-big as water
melons! Such sausagesl They
showed them sizzling in the frying
pan! Such wheat cakes! I think
four authors, three directors, two
producers, four composers and six
artists got credit lines for 'eml
"Then they served ham and eggs,
too. They showed these eggs-sunny
side up-photographed from above,
kelow and from east and west.
''Mrs. Twitchell was a new
woman at once. And I never
saw her so happy as when they
poured the coffee. The pot was
as big as stove and everybody
had two or three cups.
"Then came the finest hot rolls
the movie world has ever produced.
I understand it took twenty-four
weeks, 1872 people and 100000, 900
to get just the right touch to 'em.
And that $100,000,00O didn't include
the butter!"
Elmer was licking his lips. 81
can't believe Hollywood is serious
about abolishing these things" he
added. Lower morale my eye!
They raise morale. Picture fans of
America arise! We must not stand
meekly by and see the movies as
short of food as our own homes are.
On with the baronial manor feastsl
We want more groaning boards.
Where else will we get butter?"
VANISHING AMERICANISMS
Mommer sent me over to see if
you could lend her some butter?
Bring me a sharper knife; this
steak is quite thick.
Tickets to the annual beefsteak
dinner will be ST each.
Send down about $50 worth of sup
plies; we're going on weekend
cruise.
The food shortage in some
restaurants has reached a point
where some places are adver-
Using for chefs who can bring
their own cattle.
Frankly" writes Merrill Chill
cote, "I'm surprised at these food
shortages. I'd formed an opinion
that if we ever ran short of any,
thing Henry Ford could make it from
soybeans."
President Roosevelt is now drink
ing milk instead of coffee with his
breakfast. The blame for this, it
seems to us, must be shared about
equally by Mrs. Roosevelt and
Mayor LaGuardia.
WPB is allowing a resumption in
the manufacture of electric iceboxes.
The theory is that they will presently
be ideal places in which to keep
books or old clothing.
Life is so funny. 1 had my sum-
mer all planned. I was going to be