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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-01


A REMARKABLE article in the cur
sent issue of Harper's Weekly,
rigned by William Hemingway.
tells of the way in which the dead
are defrauded of the few feet of
earth to which they are entitled as "a
last resting place. Frequently bod
les are Left in receiving-vaults for
months or years before they are
finally committed to t he ground.
One gruesome story tells how wo-
man had her mothers body exhumed
and placed beside her fathers in a
receiving-vault, delaying to choose
plot for them for several years.
Finally the company sent an agent
to urge the young woman to have
the bodies buried. He could not
find her. She had sold the plot in
which her mothers body had been
buried and disappeared with the
proceeds. Her father and mother
now lie among the nameless dead.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-01

tain matter of a questionable char
acter, most of it was fit only to be
read by those who make no preten-
tions toward morality. Some OF
this rot was launched forth in the
guise of Healthful Hints etc.,
brazingly stating things which should
only be spoken of in strict conf
dence between physician and pa
tient, or between those who have a
moral right to hear them.
The law, of course. places limit
beyond which no writer can 90
without mourning punishment. Con-
sequently these filthy writings reveal
just enough to make the uninitiated
curious, thus creating morbid de-
sire to delve deeper into life's mys-
teries, and when an attempt is made
to satisfy this desire it nearly always
spells trouble in large letters for the
deliver.
Nature never intended that hu-
mainly at large should come into
common possession of its secrets and
mysteries, for they were only to be
revealed under certain alrcumeton
ces, and even then only that part Of
them WHICH became necessary. The
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-01
EDITORIAL.

IT is deplorable fact that such
large number of our popular pc
riodicals are devoting so much space
to matter which is decidedly i'm
moral, and in some instances, even
obscene. The effect of this class of
literature upon the youthful and
also upon the adult mind is obvious,
insomuch as it tends to greatly re-
duce the moral standard of the ma
jority of those who absorb it, satu-
rating their conversation with lewd
and vulgar phrases and rendering
them practically destitute of moral
perception. Numerous instances
are known where this rot has worked
such havoc upon weak minds as to
eventually land its devourer in the
mad house, orr has led them into
committing some vicious and repug-
nant crime, thereby making them a
prey for an armed and infuriated
mob, or placing them behind prison
bars for long term of years.
During the last month, we selected
at random. thirty-two different pub
LEGATIONS, monthly and weekly, and
with three exceptions, each and ev-
cry one of them were found to con-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-01
"0kIahonna"
By f. d. J.

loved cadan tween the forks of the old Canadian,
Where the Cherokees and Chckasaws the
Where the Cnnarou roaring
Where the eagle soaring,
Down in Sunny Okahoma-just plain home.
Whereof rbas bold relations the different nations
In Tepee" near the Arkansaw, Kowa maidens owns
With the beads-"heap plenty" wampum"
With the ponies, and tom-tom,''
Down in Sunny Okahoma-just plain home.
Where the always ready, where the gait
good but steady
Where the villages growing fast upon the fertile loam
In the growing fields of cotton
Filling upland, river bottom,
Down in Sunny Oklahoma-jus plain home.
Where progress of the people, forgetting
steeple
In the mighty hum of business overlooking every DOME
Where the workers good and thrifty, !
Where the trade is never shifty"
Down in Sunny Oklahoma-just plain home.
Where the always shining, and the aged repnng
Where the well old rejoice and
In the winter, in the
In the sprngtime-She's comer!'
That Sunny Oklahoma-just plain home.
*The maiden the "Tepeeo
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-01


shameful, malicious manner in which
they are being flung broadcast over
the land, is a gross violation Of all
natural laws, and the people who
tolerate this violation will awake
some day to the fact that they are
q degenerate, sterile race; curse
to the land where they dwell; OBJ
jects OF scorn and detestation to
other peoples who have retainedtheir
individual and national morals by
crushing and obliterating such evils
as this; deserted by prosperity; vic
Tins Of disease and disaster and hate
full to the sight of the Almighty.
Other stuff which was found in
the before mentioned publications,
was in the form of verse, popularity
called Poems of Passion" Still
others, undoubtedly the worst of
all, were just the common, ordinary
filthy fiction, which is SO suggestive
and which is written in such a man
ner as to allow the most ignorant
to read that between the lines, which
the writer dared not put into words.
No one can CLEAN good and last
ing lesson by reading and studying
those Poems of Passion % for while
they may contain a moral, it is
greatly overshadowed by its immor-
ais and these spoil the good effect.
if any such thing were intended by
the author. The reading of them
serves only to arouse dormant an
imal passions, which are only over
come with difficulty.
Was that filthy. rotten fiction ev-
er known to bring about good? No,
of course not, because there is no
thing good contained in it. 1t is
merely the recounting of some wo-
mans shame and degradation, some
times based on fact, but more often
not. Some abominable scandle; the
immoral and mighty trimuphing
over the chast, but weak. A vile
conglomeration of filth which should
be showed down the authors throat,
Theoretically sealing his windpipe.
Were one to look for child of
fifteen, or even younger, who had
to learn of natures Sc
crets, the task would prove almost
as hopeless as if one were looking
for the proverbial needle. Let
few youngsters get together and
their conversation will invariably
drift along immoral lines. and stay
there unless interrupted. They will
use language which is the common
of saloons and such places,
and exhibit such knowledge of
natures secrets as might cause even
a physician to sit up and take notice.
How did they become possessed
of this forbidden knowledge at such
an early age, you ask. Surely such
things were not taught them at
home nor at school.
The answer is easy, they know
these things, these sacred secrets Of
nature, because they have become
the common property of all, and
these growing, curious little brains
have eagerly Slapped them up. and
stored them away at an age when
such things should be farthest re-
moved from them.
When the children grow older,
the fond parents will wonder WHY
heir little Johnnie and Bessie are
not lady and gentleman like their
leighbor's children who have al
ways been tied to their mothers
apron strings.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-01

Last spring Governor Baderson and other old ceeba
ed Memorial day in Roosevelt They muslin flag big as flap
Shirt from Heaven knows where Roosevelt
they hoid this flag the highest Salmon River
Mountains There elaborate the miners and
gamblers and keepers of wildcat assembled
aiderson told of the and
demanded know who memorable day Once
more ne admitted the little Corporal of Company
before you 1t took three drinks him
get finished but there applause the
climax At the fall Justice Of the peace
purely honorary man his own court and constable
and jury and judge but Bderson proud official distinction
and levied mild tribute from INDUCED oous living
compelling themo buy drink checks
Word came Roosevelt this outfit thirty miles away
at the head Of Profile Creek starving dangerous
trip to the rescue for snowsdes booming
sde Death would literally play with
trail for Profile Baderson moment but filed his pack
with loaded dice in his pocke
CHEEKY goodby as he struck ont over the
logs that bridge Mule Greek. He in warm
COATS and his Hot Foot Higgins coming Profile
Badeson to have given Higgins his
slide hit them It killed them BOTH instantly but Bal
derson have lived hours the body
melted and in his pocket they found Hot Foots
They buried him the trail where they
candle the heap of above him.
the desolaon the rag that was once
flag And they call the hill which sleeps Look
From "A Pilgrim in the Wilderness
Hunnewe Kans has elected dispatches give lit
tie information about It's Wilson, That's All
Speaking Of Wilson's reminds people preparing to
spring Waterman Whiskey Well They might add
doubt that after drinking enough few gulps
their cause the seeker after
knowledge hmsefn and glide
T. printed one Of which he sent
each applicant back up his request with
tangible The
In those daysthere scriptures
Thou shalt pass '-NuMBERs XX:18. Suffer not
man to pass'-JuDGEs III2S THE
pass'-N ATHUM I15. one sha pass ISAIAH XXXIV
10 This generation shall ."MARK XIII:3O
Beware that thou not "--2nd KNes VI9 There
shall be AMOS Hill Neither any
of pass No man NAV pass
through because the nEzEKIFL XIVI5
Though they they pass .e-JEREaI
VIZ SO be paid the fare thereof went" JONAH 49,
Steele Bard
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-01

Cain hated Abel, Gaze he didn't know why,
En- he said he wa mt a-keekin' no brotheth
En- Cain killed Abel, until Abel done die.
En- de Debbil laugh fit to smotheh.
De Lohd tux Cain an He bran him fob life
Dat his race die out in dishoneh.
En- day wosn any woman in de worp fob wife.
So de Debbil foun' him one out yonneh.
DE Lohd mex Abel en- He mex him good
Like de Lohd mex you en- me.
De Lohd mex Cain en- he done de bes' He could.
But why he mex de Debbil-Ah DON see
More Cooke
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-01
TO SUBCRIBERS

Blue in the otherwise blank signifies that subscription
expired
marked will be fill the accompanying subscription blank
aty You surely afford
a our
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-01
TO INMATES.

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address o b
All this
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-01

Life is sheet of paper white
Whereon each Of 8 may write
His word two; comes night
Greatly begin-Tho thou hast
But for q line--Be that line sublime;
Not failure but low m cri
-Dontno
Corn Flakes
First Dafhdl-Where did Shoplifky get new fiddle?
Second Dadi-Why, he medicine AID
store where ne purchased tonic The
(Sic him. Tghe, he's a Democrat
No. Cecil is not the Foles Bgorry no Irish con-
nected with the number of gentlemen
foreaher the Saint The Fol
lies KIND OF French saloon between
room 10 take the show, bird costs
about thirty dollars STILL told Beree is doing
big business but informant adds be western Amos
phere about of the patrons"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-01


public disseminate pathological
fallen public
will be expended in the library.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-05
NO WOMAN'S SMILE
EQUALS MONA LISA'S
LeonardO's Portrayal ofW Wom-
ans Smile Incompatible.

It is said that before Leonardo's time
no artist had ever tried to portray a
woman's smile, and since then no artist
q smile to equal in beauty or haunting
charm the half sad. subtle. slightly mock
ing smile Of the Mona Lisa, expressed
not by direct lines or curves, but sug-
gested throughout the whole face.
Walter Pater writes Of LeoEardo'c
sketches as full of curious beauty, tina
remote beauty apprehended only by those
who have sought II carefully, who, start
ing with acknowledged types Of beauty.
have refined as far upon these as these
refined upon the world of common
FORMS
Mona Lisa UnfOrgettable.
Mona Lisa's beauty is auch a. this. Of
her. George Sand said:
WHO is this woman without eyebrows.
with Jaws heavy under their soft round
ness. with tresses extremely fine or very
scanty. with forehead very bald or very
powerful. with eyes without luster, but
superhumanly luminous7 This celebrated
beauty presents in her expression such q
problem that no ons ev.r regards her
without emotion, and no one having seen
her for an instant has ever forgotten
her"
Gautier pays a brief but forceful tribute
to Leonardo's great painting. TT Don
Juan" he wrote, had met Mona Lisa he
would have saved himself the trouble Of
writing on his list 5000 names of women.
He would have traced there only one, and
the wings of desire would have refused
to bear him further"
The Washington herald., 1911-06-05
PUZZLE PUBLISHED
AGAIN TO-DAY FOR
Benefit of Those Who Missed
1t Yesterday.

For the benefit Of readers who may
have missed the contest subjest yes
terday. I am giving the puzzle again to-
day. Conditions Of the contest are pub
lished above. and shall expect fully
800 new members to the Puzzle Circle
this week. for their is nothing so en-
ticing as a trip around the world. Here
is the list OF questions each Of which
is TO be answered with the name Of a
city:
A Tour of the World.
IA kind of table or desk.
2-Twenty-four hours and a weight
"a kind of carpet.
Mot tight enough.
5A President who was in office in 1872
"a binding for books
7-Cattle and house
STo wander.
e-A kind Of cardboard.
10-A CAP.
ia Wit, organ OF the body and a body
12-Wild animals.
l3-How she answered that her mother
was going aLfoad.
1.-THE body of a ship.
IA bell that is well tried.
N-Measures Of paper.
T-Found on nv laiys toilet table.
1S-The work OF a surgeon.
1s-A stagnant pool.
9-Midday.
2I-What ,he small boy likes to do when
callers come.
2-The nest of bird of prey.
23eThe bookworm's favorite pastime.
"a table Of weights.
2-A vital organ of the body and a
crossing.
F-Harmony.
2T-What We need daily
The Washington herald., 1911-06-05
NOTHING DISCOURAGING
TOEITHER BIGORLITTLE
PUZZLERS IN CONTEST

them now If they cannot entirely solve
the puzzle. for they will not be COM
peting with their mothers and big Sis
tiers. but just with other little boys and
girls.
or course, it isn't necessary. but !
shall be Just as glad Of 1t as I can
be when they bring their list Of answers
to me in person, and tell me all about 1t.
One dollar will be awarded the most
nearly correct solution of the Touring
the World" puzzle that comes from a
child not more than fifteen years old.
Two Priaes for Grown-ups.
The other two prizes OF So and 81 will
be awarded the grown folk. as usual.
The children must write their ages on
solutions. otherwise I will not know they
are to be entered in the children's class
Of answers. and will place them with
the solutions of the grown-ups.
Touring the World is an easy puz-
zle, the answer to each question being
the name Of a well-known city. 1t takes
us all over the world, to visit many lands
and view many scenes.
All solutions must reach me before
noon on Friday. and all lists must be
signed with the correct name and ad-
dress OF their senders.
Prize winners will be announced as
usual on Sunday, and for the sake of
every worker. little or big. I want to add
that there is nothing discouraging to
them in yesterdays mails.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-05
FASHION FANCIES
OF THE MOMENT
Seen Here and There in
Washington Shops.

Petticoats of net and marquisette are
now very smart.
Still veiIed are the various parts of
miladys costume.
Silk and satin are introduced on many
Of the new coats.
The clinging skirt with straight lines
is still favorite.
Skirts for girls are short and only
moderate in width.
Detachable trains are features of this
years bridal gowns.
On hats there is a decided use of
striped ribbon or silks.
The short evening skirt has had its
day except for young girls.
White parasols. of silk or satin, Dor
dered with a six or eight inch band Of
black velvet, are very handsome.
Printed lace effects over brilliant COL
ored grounds are in high favor.
One of the most useful hats for travel
ing or country wear is Of suede.
Fichus and sashes and scarfs are the
n.
Voies are in great demand and are
seen in plain and printed or fancy effects.
Bordered cottons made UP crosswise do
not set as we'll as when made up length
wise.
In embroideries a special tendency has
been noticed in the direction of Egyptian
styles.
Shocking is one of the most artistic
and effective decorations for children's
frocks
The latest novelty in wells is a rust
shade veil. which is exactly the color of
rusted iron.
There are lovely bags of white velvet
decorated with narrow stripes done in
black beads.
Patent-leather belts in black, blue, red
or white are to be a stylish finish for
linen frocks.
White dresses are to be very stylish in
cotton voile. linen, pongee, lawn, Swiss
and organdie.
White hosiery and shoes can only be
worn with the all-white or floral and
white fabrics.
A style that is deserving Of continua-
tion. and which is accepted gladly by all
women, is the tunic.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-05
BY RUTH CAMERON.

To show that you are eager to have a
guest depart is objectionable rudeness
Everybody knows that.
To insistently urge a guest to pro-
long his stay when 1t Is evident that
staying would he inconvenient and against
his will is almost as great a discour-
tesy.
And by no means everybody seems to
know that.
There are homes where I actually dread
to go-and I know every one has much
the same OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES my going
away Is made so difficult.
/ ought to be pleased to know that
am so much wanted, you say?
i am-very much so-having quite the
common share OF vanity.
But I am also made very uncomfort-
able by the insistence which have to
fight before I am allowed to depart
/ am often made to feel almost rude
in going when they urge me SO en-
phatically to stay.
Now to put another In a position where
he feels that he is appearing rude
surely that is as ill-bred as to be rude
yourself.
From one point of view. more SO.
At least 1t seems so to me.
Mans Friendship MEASURE of Worth.
Il often find myself going back to
Darwin's saying about the duration Of a
mans friendship being one Of the best
measures of his worth."-Anna Thack-
cray Ritchie.
A few weeks ago I wrote upon the
subject suggeted by that quotation,
out that it would be an interest
ing experiment for all Of us to apply
that test to ourselves, and expressing my
The Washington herald., 1911-06-05
By JULIA CHANDLER MANI.

Washington children came to me last
week in goodly numbers offering for my
consideration their work on the Penny
Puzzle. Their calls made the week to me
a singulariy interesting one. filled With
both gladness and sadness: gladness when
they told me that they W. re not expecting
a prize, and tugging at my heart strings
and making the water brim over my
eyes suspiciously when they expressed
their belief not so much in their efforts
as In me.
II am little. and I did ii myself" said
q ten-year-old miss to me, implicitly be-
lieving that this fact cutie justified my
giving her a prize.
She was little" and she looked at
me through such trusting eyes that II
It hadn't been the money Of The Wash
ington Herald I was giving away, I am
sure 1 would have handed her out the
first prize on the spot. and told you
about how I had robbed you afterward
for truly there was but one correct an
swer in this confiding little girls list
Children Settled Matter.
The children settled the matter for
themselves with their sweet, quaint visits
last week, for before they We're done
had promised to take one Of the prizes
for them this week right out of the
Herald's Page for Every Woman and
hand il over to them next Sunday.
1t will not make so much difference to
The Washington herald., 1911-06-05
PITHY PARAGRAPHS
OFFEMININE FOIBLES
See Ourselves as Others See
Us.

It Is noticeable that the woman who
prates Of the holiness Of motherhood
can box little Johnnies ears with great
asperity, too.
The average man doesn't object to q
woman voting after he discovers that she
will take just as much interest in his
meals then as when she Is a nonvoter.
Why always tell the unpleasant truths,
to your friends Confne them to your
enemies.
We are continually taking the next
best thing-even in husbands; but, for
tunately. husbands are like patent meat--
cines-they are all 'Just as good"
A very good reason for q girl to be
Just devoted to a man Is for him not
to be worth It
1t doesn't cost anything to talk about
going abroad. and you can always change
your mind.
The best thing about the future Is that
you can nope II will be better than the
present.
Ono Of the charms Of love is its
ickleness-monotony never enthralls.
A sense Of humor will prevent you
making yourself ridiculous by q display
Of too great conceit.
The only difficult thing about fat
tering people Is that you never know
whether they would prefer to hear that
they have more beauty or brains
The Washington herald., 1911-06-05
IT is RUDE TO INSIST ON
GUEST PROLONGING HER
:; STAYAGAINST HER WILL

fear that many would be found sadly
wanting IL tried by that standard.
In answer I received this interesting lit
tie note, which 1 thought quite interest,"
ing enough to pass on:
Perhaps 1t may interest the Woman
Philosopher to be told that one Of her
readers is in frequent correspondence
with a friend of seventy-five years.
standing. with two other Of seventy
three years standing. and two more OF
sixty years standing. and two more Of
fifty years standing. Perhaps seven such
permenent friendships may be rather an
unusual bit Of fortune for one man to
be grateful for. He ventures therefore
to mention 1t to Miss Cameron"
Cheap Familiarity objectionable.
In making purchases in some Of the
larger stores Of this city as well as the
smaller ones. find 1t quite the custom
for salesladies to address the patrons
in this fashion: Now. dearie, don't
you think that lovelyr or Dear1e, take
this one,' or Grille. this and that
such familiar terms as these to a
total stranger are certainly disgusting
and wholly out of keeping under the cir
i'aiiaoS seeh anotnef
saleslady or walk out Of the shop. I have
heard other women complain in the same
way. Would you kindly say something
about this in your columns?'
To quote our unforgettable friend, 'De>.
lighted"
Only / think the lady's clever little
Characterization Of this Irritating habit
Of cheap familiarity has left little for
me to say except 'Them's my senti-
ments, too"
The Washington herald., 1911-06-05
Daily Fashion Talk for Herald Readers
While Stripes Are Popular,
They Are Not Attractive
in Developing Surplice
Design.

1t is assured fact that the principal designs of
the hour worked in stripe effects These stripes
there. Sometimes find very pretty floral patterns
ranged in stripe effect; again we find shadow effect,
visible only in certain lights while at other times seems
that the material is of one solid color.
This holds for nearly all fabrics but there is at least
one exception, and this found in organde. Here de-
seems to require it. The sheerness of the fabric allows
the use of stripe under it. and this is both novel and
stylish
The Washington herald., 1911-06-05
WHOLE FAMILY HAS DAILY
SCRAMBLE FOR THE HERALD

With clever suggestion for a contest, Mrs. G. l.
Martini Of 1901 Fourth street northeast sends the follow.
ing letter: .<
"Dear Mrs. Manz: The Heralds Page for Every Woman
is certainly entertaining and instructive.
II save all these pages and joining them together
make magazine for future reference and help
"The Herald has become favorte paper in our family
which is quite large and all scramble zee who can
get first in the mornings Your puzzles Of the last two
weeks have certainly been catchy and interesting have
enjoyed them immensely and really think after ALL that
puzzles the most entertaining matter ou could publish
women.
II am sending you with this letter to your
puzzle Penny for Your Though with idea Of it being
entirely correct but just to show you that enjoy it and have
been studying it.
Thanking you for the womans page am yours truly,
MRS G. L MARTIN"
The Washington herald., 1911-06-05
BEADS AND BUTTONS
FOR BABY'S SLEEVE

Most mothers tie up their baby's
sleeves with ribbon. 4 prettier way
(and one that saves the trouble of IRON
ing out the ribbons) is to purchase two
small strings Of white or gilt beads and
two medi lm-sized pearl buttons.
Fasten one button on each sleeve, slip
a string Of beads over 1t, and fasten
at the shoulder with baby pin The
effect is charming-and 1t costs about %
cents, altogether
The Washington herald., 1911-06-05

Aigrettes-but Of the manufactures
type-are popular ~ trimming.