The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-10
UNDER THE Lash.
Y ANGLicuS.


perfectly fashioned, as indeed 10
the habit Of these degenerate times.
It is their supreme craftsmanship
which carries them and makes
them the envy of vers 6ers who
possibly have, greater fund of ex-
perience to draw from, or more of
what w. M. Reedy politely calls
"guts.' It's always pleasure to
pass critically on an editors work
always pleasure and sometimes a
revenge. The pleasure is further
enhanced when one feels reason
ably certain that the editor will not
see the criticism.
AMERICAN football has seen it's
best. pitts worst, days. Further
revision Of the rules is now in
evitable. Whether either Of the
English games will eventually take
it's place may be questioned, but
there is no doubt whatever that the
mass play must go. Of the En-
glish games, Association, familiar
ly abbreviated Soccer, is the best
to watch, Rugby the bese to play
The peculiarly of the first is that
with the exception Of the man who
stands between the goal-posts, no
player is allowed to use his hands
either on an opponent or on the
ball, which is round. A player
may charge an opponent from the
side butimay not tackle or throw
him. The effect of these regula-
tons is to make the game open
and. it is this feature which draws
the enormous crowds which are
present at the Saturday professional
; games-crowds which run up to-
seventy, eighty and eyer hundred
thousand. The Rugby game ap-
proximates closer the American
pastime; the scoring is very SINH
lar and the ball is similarly 81 aped.
The English game is in the hands
, of few amateurs and is not work
ed out SO scientifically as the
American. Soccer is as scientific
: as billiards or baseball but Rugby
bears marks of its haphazard origin
at the famous school of that name.
The ORIGINATOR of the antimeat
campaign was man of genius, for
he planned his attack during Lent,
!, when so many devoted Catholics
8 form a nucleus for the boycott.
What the effect will be remains to
be seen. Success would certainly
bring. limitations. One of the best
= trades to boycott, not only for
. thirty days but also for all time, is
the loan business. If only the
gentle lambs that the loan shark
preys upon would put their heads
together and refuse 10 pay exorbi-
tant interest, the gent might be
induced to climb down from his
l. position, secure as it is from legal
70 or criminal process of any kind.
s. But to act wisely means publicity,
Y and the borrower dare not face the
J. revelation of the fact that he is
u short of money. A trade which
he can undoubtedly laugh in its sleeve
N at the boycott movement is the
y clothing trade. Nobody will sign
g a pledge to do without overcoata
s. or furs in the winter, to say moth
We ing of even more necessary gar
r ments. One can eat something
%. else but one must wear what there
of is.. The panic brought a tempo
- rary boycott of diamonds in Its
10 train, and Injuries as whole can
ne be easily dispensed with, as the
d. New York theatre managers have
is discovered in season of over-pro.
i. duction and too many playhouses
!. But the demand for luxuries is de.
= pendent on the prosperity of 9
IF. small proportion of the community
ng while the demand for necessities
rs is obviously universal. Herein
,ot lies the strength of the movement
it's weakness may be deduced from
oen axnerianca Artific iaI intarferancI