The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-02-19

|say the article Performers above criticism but
they evidently of the opinion that it does not
rant the harsh and somewhat childish, criticism
melted out to it by our Faribault friend And in
truth it statement of facts such as most
Ischooboys familiar with today, and it's interest
lay in the original treatment of the subject
MORE than century has passed since the
mortal remains of the great soldier, statesman and
patriot laid away in the tomb at Mount Vernon
but the influence of his heroic life still lives and
shines like beacon light to guide his country safely
onward. Great men have come since his time and
left their impress upon American thought and
craftsmanship, but not has indelibly stamped
his personality upon the scroll of fame Washing
ton. recent writer asserts that America has pro-
duced but two great men, Washington and Lincoln.
Both we're first good, then great Had they been
inferior statesmen, they would still have been re-
membered for the Clean wholesome lives they lived.
s'That transcendent criminal Napoleon" as
Herbert Spencer calls the brilliant emperor was not
wholly bad, and no doubt the world is better today
for the part he took in it's affairs But Napoeons
ambition was to govern and rule men; Washington
gave his efforts and the fruits Of his genius that men
might govern themselves. Napoleon made mon
SUBJECTS Washington desired each one to be al
sovereign.
In one Of the public parks of Boston there is
statue Of Washington and around it on Sunday
afternoon group of foreigners usually be found
For the most part these aliens speak little or no
English but they understand the significance Of the
statue. They heard of the great Washington and
his deeds long before they came to the haven his
genius created for them. Dead hundred years, his
name is still the watchword of the oppressed.
THE failure of the e. j. Arnold Company of
ST. Louis, closes another chapter in the monotonous
but pitable tale of get-rch- quick swindlers. It's
methods of trimming the suckers essentially
the same those employed by the Willis Syndicate
and the others that have gone before: its patrons
we're promised from two to four per cent week for
the use of their money and SO we'll did the scheme
work that something over $2,5OOOOO was collected
from the public. AS is almost always the case the
great majority of those interested working
and women who could i'll afford to lose their savings
i While the methods employed by the Arnold
gang did not differ materially from the methods of
it's predecessors, its effect good morals
deleterious. Most of the other concerns have pre-
tended to be engaged in legitimate business, but
the Arnold Company huge bookmaking scheme
in which it played against the public, and those who
purchased shares in it voluntarily became partners
in gambling concern-a company whose ostensible
purpose was to get something for nothing.
j MILD form of hazing has broken out again in
the naval academy at Annapolis, and because the
third class has not fit to Internationally prom
Use that it will cease the class is being disciplined
by the superintendent. That officer asserts that haz
ing in all its forms must STOP and as the midshipmen
are reasonable beings they will doubtless accede to
the just demands of their superior officers particular
lily if they lose their half holidays for few weeks.
Hazing is recommended to the schoolboy by its
antiquity. not because of the pleasure he derives
from it. He argues that other classes have thazed
and his class must go in for it suffer the loss Of
one of it's prerogatives It is generally harmless
and futile enough form Of recreation, but and
then it is carried TOO far feels that he has
been injured the opposition newspapers which, like
the poor. are always with US take It up and LOT
of exaggerated statements and gossip results Il il
La game that isn't worth the candle, particularly in
( our government schools. The pleasure to be de-
. rived from basting classmate with bed Stat q
lsoaking him in horse trough il keen but momen'
tary while the results may be lasting and Disagree
able. Most Of tho colleges have given up the pas
time and the csdets should suit with good
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