The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03
UNDER THE Lash.
BY ANGLlcus.


none so ready as the insider to adj
nit. He may have certain le-
spect for the big fish in his illchosen
profession, but more usually she
uses their wrigglings as an argu-
ment in support of his everlasting
contention tn lie is one law for
the rich and another for the pocr.-
Whether. the contention 8 correct
or not is after all no great: matter,
for, supposing its accuracy, there
can be no excuse for John Jones
and his ilk's not recognizing the
need of'added caution. They.must
either break into the millionaire
class or accept the consequences.
The possession of money is not a
proof of wrongdoing but prima
"a lie: evidence of wo1thiness,
which, may or may not be thrown
out on further investigation. It
is not whether the. other fellow..got
3 square deal but whether you got
one, that is the, first consideration.
YOUNG STEADY certainly makes
a modest bow before the local puD-
lie as a regular contributor. We
knew him for an influential men,
Der oil Poets Union No. %, but
we had not suspected that be held
a journalistic pen-faber, I mean
up his sleeve. His poetry is
but did you ever know member of
that craft to speak reasonably of a
fellowcraftsman? To attempt the
impossible, his poetry has plenty
of ideas in it, and sense of rhyme
and meter. It's very young poetry
and has all kinds of growth coming
to it'll But his prose, SO far, has a
fine swing and snap and his intro
ductory paragraph is a gem. Since
I began to watch this paper
about 1860, it must have BEEN
there have been many such modest
salutations. But Young Steady is
the first to proclaim that he is
taking more than he is giving
Most of us had a private opinion
! when we started in to write that
the fact would be cabled to a,
listening world, eager to catch the.
honey dropping from the penpoint.
We could not see that our humble
efforts would represent but another
eyesore until we got little into
> the swing of it. Young Steady is
into the swing of it already. Long
may the poet. printer-pirate wavet
3 I don't like the heading of his col
umn but the chances are he recip-
!. rocates.
WE CONSTANTLY hear of ap-
propositions, Congressional an d
Legislative, for the purpose OF
erecting statues to public men.
They doubtless benefit the art
of sculpture, which is possibly more
!. in need of such assistance than any
. of the sister arts. But there is a
:. lack of originality in these proceed
" jngs (which has its ncon>- aient
side,'' as the Lord Chancellor in
J. Iolanthe remarks of the the legal
l, profession. A great mans memory
e could be as we'll enshrined In any
t. other art, with the possible excep-
k ton of music. If it is feasible to
s. present an idealized likeness OF a
lie dead man in stone, it is equally
It feasible to represent him on canvas,
Is or in print. In time to come, there
es may be, for instance, competitions
% for the best poem or essay on the
er hero to be commemorated, the win
ly ner's work to be published in the
al Congressional Record! 1t would
tn he a decided relief to the diligen1
re student of affairs, turning over the
oy monotonous pages to come upon 9
o. passage of Ruskinian prose, or
tn poem of Keats fire compact
'st Literature is a glorious pursuit
dc but a mighty poor trade. Will