The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-07-22
UNDER THE LASH.
SWORD AND PLOWSHARE.
BY ANGLICUS.

There is an unassuming Ger
nan in England who is worth his
salt to civilization. He writes let
ters to the London Daily Mail
(which is a kind Of modified Hearst
paper) which aim to explain Ger
many to the English. 1t is hard
task to explain anything to the
English because they know it all,
but it is certainly worth while to
try. Not content with this most
practical work, he writes to
the German papers, giving his OBJ
servation on English manners and
customs. The one direction in
which the press is most certain OF
it's influence is this one Of stirring
up wars. Before the newspaper
developed war was the private con-
Germ of kings and parliaments.
Now the process is different. One
million Mr.. Joneses read in one
million Daily Scares that war with
Transgraustarkania is inevitable
and will prove in the Long run
blessing. Well, these one million
Mr.. Joneses cant 60 out and de-
clare war, can they? Not SO,
brother; but they can boost for it.
They can write to the papers, they
can worry their representative IN
Parliament or Congress, they can
shape from.their individual cloud
ed opinions vast, fog of hysteria.
They can, be they never SO dull
witted, claim the undivided atten-
ton of those who know better. All
wars are mistakes, and in the pres
ent condition of the world, war
between two frst.class powers
should be forcibly prevented. This
is no longer an age in which an
| Alexander can conquer half the
world without the other half hear
| ING of it. Our fortunes in this
center of the United States are
bound up with those of Russian
peasants, German manufacturers.
Chinese silk-growers. Let the
Malta be stamped out of Naples,
New York economies her police
department. Is there famine in
India? Up goes the price of bread
If England adopts protection thou
sands Of American manufacturers
must change their methods, thei1
prices or their trade. And the un
failing index Of these changes il
the money market, wherein sneez'
is good for drop of ten points ane
a rumor for panic.
THE POETIC VAUDEVILLE.
, One of the headliners in thu
| great vaudeville of poetry is biliet
, as The Nightingale and the Rose
These two clever performers hav'
appeared on every poetical stag
in the world and also IN Already
, The Nightingale does a straigh
singing stunt, while the Rose is
glori6ed show. girl, who does poses
"like nymph to the bath addrest,
for instance. poetic bill is com
|plete without them. The Lar
on the other hand is an acrobat
whose chief speciality is circline
though he also does ascensions i
summer parks. The fact that the1
: are no larks in America does ne
7 prohibit his appearance on the pr
etc vaudeville stage. Anothe
celebrated performer is the Grape
Is The average producer of poet
d shows is lucky if he gets a glass
beer every other Friday, but al
the marvellous inspiration OF tt
(. Grape! II wonder what the deut
70 the winners buy one half 6
scrumptious as the junk they sell
or words to that effect. "Je1
i. down mugiof Lesbian booze"
Byron sang livery nearly. II
Moon is straight comedian WI
at leads up to the eccentric work
the author of the act, while tt
Stars-they surely are stars. Fhe
N speciality is being cold and pa
and kind of distant-like, heaven
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