The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-02-14
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY.
AT THE PRISON.

rho chanel Tuesday morning in honor of Lin :
coins birthday. consisting of an address upon :
the life of Abraham Lincoln. delivered by Tie
chanlain Rev. j. III. Albert: songs and reel
tations by Mrs. Clara Gsh and the following Sc 7
lected pupils from her juvenile class OF eocutloh:
Misses Maggie Quincy. Ruth Hail. Lizzie quincy
Ada Norstrom and Master Ralph Reed also,
inmates Dwight and Grimes; although prac-
ticav no preparation had been made for the V
occasion. there was not dull line in the entire
program which occupied two hours i'll delivery.
Promptly at 9:15 Deputy Warden Lemon threw
omen the chapel door and the inmates filed III
to the march of "Dnorah" played by Mrs y
COnklin the prison organiSt and as all the inmates
attend these little diversions every chalr ana
available space was occupied by the 80 inmates. .
At $3.50 Warden WOlfer. accompanied oy
Mrs Wolfer. Frank. Charles and Gertle WoIer'
Mrs Lemon and daughter Gladys. Chaplain
Albert Mrs. Clara Gish and pupils Mrs. Brown
and son Walter of Chicago. entered and TOOK
seats upon the platform where the organlst ana
prison choir were. assembled. Warden Woher
in a few remarks opened the exercises. saying:
That although the day was not to be generally
observed as a legal holiday by the state at large
this year. he nevertheless at a late hour had de-
cided to give the inmates holiday: and not nav
ing time to arrange a more elaborate program.
arranged to nfct upon them a little local
talent. and felt assured they would appreciate
it, That the program us given. was no great
infection. the very hearty manner in which it
was received fully demonstrated Each part was
keenly enjoyed and heartily applauded and one
or two received an encore. Mrs Gish. LIZZIE
Quincy and Il. w. Dwight carrying Off the honors
of the day. After prayer by the chaplain Maggie
Quincy sang. Polly! the COWS are in the corn"
This young lady possesses a very sweet voice.
: and is prime favOrite among the musical pop
. ulatiop, who have frequently had the pleasure of
e listening to her in past entertainments. Chap
/. lain Albert then delivered tire Grafton OF the
d day; and while we have not the time or space,
this ISSUE to give the address in full. Will print
same in our next. as it was magnificent des-
II criptiOn of the martyr and patriot. Lincoln
e The chaplain was in his happest vein, prefacing
k his remarks with many witty and very Humorous
Il Sketches In the thirty mNutes devoted to the
$. address he enlightened us upon many points in
T. the life antecedents and character of the great
L. President He grouped Grant. Sherman. and
Sheridan together. paying glowing tributes to
each; all were men OF wonderful genius and
tx character but paled before the matcheSs Lin
coin He then traced the early life OF Lincoln;
w. his surroundings in childhood; his paternai and
. maternal stock; and Owhesprang from the peo-
ole; clearly showing that all the marvellous genius
6 of this GRAND man, was the development of his
> own personal character: that none of his great
) attributes the outcome of heredity that ift
sprang from the lowest to the highest positfol
attanable to man through his own sturdy quail
ties and fearless patriotism. His life wa
ed AN Inspiration; it taught that nothing wa
,rt unattanable to the poorest creature wh'
II. sought preferment honorably. The conmol
/ of bp
an as their ideal man. and they loved him for h
ne ever claimed to belong to them and he never b.
os word or deed betrayed the trust and confdenc
rly they placed in him. HOmely in person thoug
in he was he loving, kind and benevolent, an
re- his life was one of the grandest IN history
of Following the address Master Ralph Rec
ity brought down the house with The i5ewitche
ace Ceck'' and the entire audience fell when tn
hat the concealed lover fell with the clock, that l.
or they fell into fit of laughter that threatened
Gu rupture a blood vessel in the faces of some.
are little commencement story or "A Secon
ion Attempt" by Ruth Hail. beautiful
asst rendered by this very graceful young lady an
ay was well received. Mrs. Gish didn't do thin
ted to the eelored population with tsae WAITE
to meion-'' as one remarked later: ~Slos yo b@ra
rks / done think for a minute l was gwiBe get piet
hat of that ar melium. but when dat speaker lac
nan sed Pink t,at melium is green. done g
to crick in my neck de way dis ole face ob miA
ID" opened up" Watermelon. was a very humoros
7eet sketch, and Mrs. Gish was heartily called {
pom again giving with great feeling and strong dr
lese matte power SISTER and - 1t would be il
,me possible to have chosen two greater eXtrelm
title than Watermelon and ''Sister and T. to e
we're hbt the great versatility of Mrs. Gish's eloc
ang tionary powers, and it is not surprising that
With pupils shew so much talent with such an
lave structreSs.
e us The next number on the program was q
and song. Names upon the Sands by Miss Quinc
Dng. when the warden announced, that as the pr
cart gram was of a diversified character lie won
etly add to the medley another element not down
Dcy the bills, and would call on an Inmate OF |"
sad This being something unusual, seemed to hit t
lore right chord. and ii. r. Dwight responded by
atty, citing The Man with the large Mustache."
lien was q complete surprise, and the speaker III
ring demonstrated that. although there was nothl
Used humorous in his situation, he could forget
me the time his surroundings and add to the genel
that mirth and pleasures of the occasion. He Ike
veet his audience in continual roar of laughter frC
din beginning to end of this humorous sketch, a
,ung was forced to respond to an encore. AS ne n
Mas Threatened THE MIRROR with libel SUIT
stem we commented on the response, Are you wi
bout us Casey,'' and having natural aversion
very suits of any kind, Cat law we Comment not.
sure plead guilty OF being unable TO 90 justice,
lank this write up to Lizzie Quincy that pretty
kind exceedingly clever little coincidence for
fe is part she took in the days program. She il
beg wonderfully clever child and there is not a m
ng is in the institution who will not bank his goo