The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-06-21

TERMS: M Six Months 30 20 cents. a.0'
tunes. To look back on it seems
more like dream of fairyland, or q
page out of the Arabian Nights.
Imagine thousand or two queens of
Sheba strolling over faultless lawn
under the brilliant southern sky; such
a kaleidoscope of beauty and splendor
would almost have contented Solomon,
and remains fixed in ones memory as
thing of beauty and a joy forever.
On the hill there is less splendor but
more lunch. The popping of corks is
like continuous fusillade; everything
goes, from champagne to ginger beer;
and it appears to be everybody's busi-
ness not only to quench his own
thirst, but everybody else's.
OF course between the races there
are games of all sorts; you can amuse
yourself by throwing stick at old
Aunt Sally's pipe, or you can guess
which thimble the nimble pea is under;
you can even bet trifle that you can
pick out the black card which the man
standing near you whispers in your
ear is the one with the corner turned
up. All is fun and jollity. "Eat,
drink and be merry-for tomorrow we
die" And the carter who drives down
with his donna in donkey cart is
just as happy as the millionaire on his
drag.
The theatres in Melbourne are not
so we'll patronized as they are in
American cities, nor is the talent so
good. ALI the celebrities are either
English or American, and what few
attempts have been made to introduce
high-class entertainments, have been
rather failure, while as for oratorios
or anything of that class, you could
:. not lnusCer up % corp poruf's guard, evon
if you gave them free tickets. Charles
Matthews once said that when he was
delivering a lecture in Berdigo, there
was one man in the audience, and that
during the intermission this man went
out to get drink-and forgot to come
back.
There is a good deal of license al
lowed in the gallery, and heaven help
the actor who doesn't suit the fancy
of the lads. I remember at one per-
formance when one of the characters
was an old maiden lady, with decidedly
sad views of human nature, whose
only lines consisted of "Lawd knows"
drawled out in very pathetic tones.
After she had worked that off three or
four times, youngster yelled: ("Oh,
blow your nose," and that settled her
for the rest of the evening.
Under all this merriment in Mel
bourne, there is, however, solid pros
|, perity. Business of every kind -four
ishes like green bay tree, only they
; don't sit up nights to watch it grow.
, Eight hours is the rule for every day
eight hours for work, eight hours for
sleep, and eight hours for play, and
that's right. Man does not live by
bread alone, and of what value is it to
!. work twenty hours out of the twenty
four and then have no time to spend
what you earn, besides something to
= wash down the bread is very essential,
. and that takes time.
Instead of the familiar sign you see
i, on American Offices, "Gone to lunch.
, back in five minutes" you will see.
: "Gone to dinner, back tomorrow
!. They don't lunch in Melbourne, they say
. it spoils their dinner and is an insult
= to their breakfast. They dine at their
. leisure which is something the Ameri.
; can hustler rarely does, until he goes tc
I Jail. You must not get the idea from
. anything have said that the Austral
= ians are an irreligious people,. fol
!. they are not. The churches in Mel
bourne are well filed, not only by tht
ir well-to-do, but. working people il
i Melbourne are not ashamed to go tt
church, nor are they made to fee
!. ashamed of themselves after they ar
! : there. have never seen the sabbath
: so we'll observed as it is in Melbourne
= !. and the clergy are of a very high order
: They do not form class apart as here
- :, but mingle freely with their people
= and may be seen with them in thei
:. outdoor pleasures as well as at thei
4 sides in distress or sorrow, and ar
1ox,od ond roenootod nv all who dWaI