The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-21
Tha writer of Thinkbinks is do

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philosophy is double A Ole the
very best
The leading magazines have
been carrying lot Of rubbish
about prisons of late. In the
whole lot of mush there is scarcely
any truth whatever. Writers go
from one extreme TO the other
They pick out and emphasize the
worst features Of prison existence
or they indulge in whole lot OF
fulsome and f1attering praise OF
individuals. Anyway, the stuff is
all pure rot as rule.
"Ain't it ABBOTT time for de Who
Who's TO have another annual ses-
STOMP inquired Prof. Webb some.
time ago. "Dat first annual ses-
sion of de Who Who's has been
lingerin' In my Uranium eveh since
last yean, sab, yassah. 1t certa!n-
" was a corker. Don't you think
you can git up banquet next
time? But I suppose we'll have
to take the absent treatment on
the banquet-for while -bu:, If
I live to a certain time there Will
be a home coming festival which
for warmth will put the equator
out of business, yassah."
.We never Ii a d any Summer
weather like this up in North Da.
kot7,' said Old Hutch recently.
I'VE used to could fry Buffalo
chips throwing them up in the air
four feet. When they came down
thew were fried better'n you can
frv EN- on ope Of these newfang-
led ranges. And the Winter wealth
er-that was the stuff. 1t got so
cold we could fry Buffalo chips by
freezin' 'em. But | hear things
have changed in North Dakoty.
There are no Buffalo chips to try
or freeze, so it don't amount u
nawthing, anymore.
There is an old German proverb
which mothers are fond OF quot
ing to their children: "When you
walk, lift your feet. When you
stand. b erect" Feet SHUTTERS
were never brought up-they were
dragged up. Imagine the Empress
Josephine ascending staircase
shnffling her t e ct. Or picture
Mrs. Taft kicking her slippered
Tribes over an oiled floor. Shut.
fling of feet is not only an lndlca'
ton of lack OF training bu Is
shocking bad form. A man who
. shuffies his feet ascending a stair
way is either lazy or he does moi
know any better. Generally 1t II
due 10 both reasons. Anothel
very bad habit is addressing an
other as, "Say, y"u!' No gentle
man ever does it. That kind o
. talk is all RIG hit for uncouth labor
ers on road job and yet iron
among common Italian laborer
, have come some Of the CREATES
! and most polite, polished ant
3 wonderful singers Of the world
Politeness permeates-a S rule
: Sometimes it does not. In ad
S dressing another it is always bes
to be on the safe side. 1t does II
y harm to call a man by his nam
f anywhere. Napoleon called II
e soldiers. ''my children. / h
s fought for him like demons. 1t
S always best Ito rub the fur til
/ right way with the humblest IN
J. fdividual on earth. The late Pres7
i dent Mckinley never hesitated t
# shake hands with the man Ill tn
5. ditch. AS public official 1t re
It Aected credit upon him. He wa
the servant Of all the people-rlc
and poor-high aud low. But N,
poleon and Mckinley who cam
:, from the bottom up never shrff1e
their feet or willingly made o.hel
nervous by being Objectionable
their manners. The etiquette I
the Napoleonic Empire. lncludil
! the French language, Was sad"p't
- II IL, lo.Jin.r conitOtS nf fl