The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-03-03
The King Of
Happyland
A Dream of the Duke of Oxford
Which May Become Reality
Some Day.

Once upon time in a country which
is unknown, except from hearsay, to
large percentage of the human Iace,
there was certain King whose power
was almost absolute and whose dOmin-
though restricted-infue iced the
affairs of all the adjoining states. Now,
this King realized the enormous in
fluence which his subjects had yielded
in the past and would yield in the
future to the nations at large. The
pity of it all was that the influence of
these subjects had heretofore been un-
favorable to those to whom they came
in contact with; for this reason the King
and his Government had been com.
PEELED to restrict their people within
the confines of their dominion. 1t was
only occasionally that resident of this
country-which shall, in contradistinc-
ton to the true name, lie called Happy
Iand-was given passport which en-
abled him to jour- ey among the a9ja-
cent countries and then only under
certain restrictions and this because
the King was determined tkat the
hitherto evil influence which 1t was
stated his subjects effected should
cease.
Now it has been stated that the King
determined the influence for evil should
j cease and it should also lie Leemphatically
stated that he desired to see his people
respected and loved as other people
were. For years aud years he had
pondered this matter and while many
thought he might have given, in the
years gone by, more liberty to the in.
dividual, yet he, with the experience of
, years and an insight into human na-
ture possessed by few-knew that such
was impossible until better hold was
obtained upon the character and ed
ucation of his subjects.
! "Uneasy lies the head that wears the
CROWN" says Shakespeare, and indeed
with the ruler over Happyland there
were many reasons which tended tt
\ make his authority task and burden
D and at times became almost unendur
1 ab,e. If it had not been that his hear
+ was large and that one hope was eve
}, present-that his ruling might lead tt
t the betterment of his peOple-then in
deed would he have abdicated year
y before and this story would probabl.
d, never have be en- written. Among hi
!, subjects were many who did not under
|! stand his administration and who il
= consequence had only hard words t.
l. say of him. Others, realizing tn
necessity for the sternness of disciplin
n called him martinez and yet Will
; !. doing this the majority knew, at hear
/, he was kind, just and even loving
y Those who were his bOdyservants an
saw his majesty am DIST his home sui
- roupdings-where a Fays the true chal
N acter is most evideng had only word
IF of praise for him ana pointed to man
III deeds of kindness and forethought as
.. shining example to his traducers. Sue
70 was the Kingl Now word regardin
his subjects and the reason Happylan
never became an independent colon
1t will be necessary to 60 back man
years to trace its beginning. Sufficier
it is for the present purpose, to SO
81 that there had existed for long perio
OF in all neighboring states some men, an
Ie even women, who had no respect fl
law or order. Some were drunkard
~ = debauchees and others altogether Vi
;s desirable citizens. Each state bei1
he desirous to rid itself of such people d
Id termined to found this colony an
20 20 transport these undesirables to Happ
of land. Work was to be provided, e
it ucation to be given, sanitation and b
at giene to be principle, but above 9
we prohibition in all those things whi'
r had previously tended to. the undOil
re- of these people was to be an essenti'
- according to the depth of depravity