The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-08-09

he can have none of the finer feel
ings; that he is to be Stunned as
one degraded; that he is irredeem-
ably bad.
In order to appreciate the great
advancements made during the
past seven years, one must see the
first and subsequent issues OF THE
MIRROR and compare them with
the present; and every credit is
due, and given the different mana
gers through whose hands it's prog
ress has been aided. In every one
of it's issues today we find store
of information clean and fit to be
placed before the eyes of the pur-
est childhood. This cannot be said
of the average paper. Pick up one
of our weekly or monthly papers,
(some of them to their shame,
called religious) and side by side
with sermon we find chronicled
shocking deeds, brutal outrages,
or the unsavory slime Of a Brock
enridge scandal or bestial divorce
suit; intended no doubt to show
the wickedness of the world and
point out moral lesson thereby,
but too often fails Of it's purpose
and leads many innocent, but weak
minds, incapable Of resisting temp
tation, to their possessors ruin.
Such stuff should never be printed
and under no circumstances should
find place in any house where
the purity Of the child is valued.
It is the aim of The MIRROR to
eliminate all such filth from it's
columns, land this convinces me,
by the way, that pair Of shears
is not the least important thing on
an editors desk, nothing but the
purest thought is quoted from ex-
changes, and every jest, or witt
cism is pure in tone.
[ would like to quote many
: beautiful things that the press OF
the country says Of our MIRROR,
5 but space will not permit. The
e Waverly Tribune of April 18th
tells it all when, among other good
4 things, it says: "Perhaps no one
: can glance over the pages OF THE
n MIRROR without a feeling OF sad
f ness for those who have lost theil
: liberty. But mingling with this
+. is the hope that many OF them
d will in after years become usefu
It members Of society, putting into
j. practice the many excellent pre-
t cepts that so often find expression
d through it's columns" This is the
d kew note Of the entire mission O.
5. The MIRROR. It is to attract thu
h attention of that class of peopl
Y above referred to, the thinking
d class, who too frequently think WI
% are irredeemable; to convince then
le that we think; that our nature
Or are for good and better purposes
" that. while in moment of weak
S. ness we may have erred, we ar
re but human and liable to err Sti]
Id we possess the finer feelings O
}" those more fortunate. We desire t
a. be men among men, and all we as
III is fair chance to meet the wOrl
&c as such, and not as lshmaellte
is. with every mans hand against III
IS Therefore, every man in this pris
is on should contribute his mite tc
10 ward this end. Do not be afrai
at of criticism, be not afraid to writ
We your thoughts or your reflection
of upon the thoughts Of others. A
Oh the Reformatory Record, Of HUI
n tingdon, Pa, so truthfully say
ny there can be little originate
he without rubbing up against som'
it. body's ideas somewhere, SOM
nd time;" do not hesitate to quo
es, and quote freely if in that mannt
nd you can show the world that yo
ey are looking upward, that you a.
to thinking and thinking deeply OF
ow better and purer life. In contri
,ur uting our little efforts we a
on greatly assisting the editor in h
increasing labors, and who c;
ed predict the good that may resu
MS, It may gain us the good will
is those whose sympathy may be t!
os- means of tearing down that BARR
re- which now confronts the exec
md Wet, the cold shoulder Of the wor
in Reforms may result that will be
,ial lasting benefit, if not to us,
,an those who are unfortunate enou
of to follow. [ believe seventy-f
of per cent of the returned convl'
one are the direct result of the ostl
ose cism shown man who has be
we in prison, and simply because
av. one tries to picture the convict