The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-15

clean cut about this newspaper for
when you turn the first page you do
not find an illustration of five gal
lon demijohn of cheap whiskey
marked 1926, express prepaid. star
| ing. you in the face, or large adj
vertisement stating that Pookick
Worm Killer" is mans best friend
or the easiest way to prevent the
grip and catarrh from taking hold
of you is take a half quart bottle of
Eureka Wizard Oil'' at s1.5O per
or some other oily scheme to relieve
you of the grave responsibility you
have in taking care of your hard
earned cash.
Ones admires a newspaper or
magazine that prints good clean
wholesome copy, but these periodi-
calsare few and far between. There
are more newspapers today robbipg
the public than all the hold up men
in the prisons of this great nation
and in the past week / have read
several w hich have advertised
schemes to rob little crippled and
deformed children and their parents
of the few dollars which they need
to keep body and soul together,
These quacks that advertise claim to
cure club feet, Potts disease Ca tu-
bercular condition of the yerterbre
of the spinal column an incurable
disease, spinal curvature, hip disease,
infantile paralysis, deformed knees
or joints, nearly all of which the
greatest scientists of the world have
been unable to cure-only relieve.
Such ads, are only answersed by
one class of people and that is the
working class, or people of wealth
generally engage the best specialists
in the country for their little ones
SO affected and In most cases these
men are unable to cure them.
In one paper were illustrations of
little children in various deformed
conditions, and this ad., stated that
they absolutely cure these diseases by
their scientific treatment. These IL
lustrations were published so as to
appeal to the God-given love of the
mother of these little unfortunates.
It seems to me that public sentiment
should assert itself and do something
to prevent such detestable outrages.
To take advantage of the love of
woman's heart for her little one
who in most of these cases when in
any of these conditions is practically
iucurable, to put hope into her heart,
inspiration into her soul, as s h
grasps this thread thinking perhaps
her dreams of the physical perfec-
ton of her little one will be realized,
only to have this thread snap, send
ing her back again over the preci-
pice of Hope into the valley of de-
spair. Why you and / deep down
in the innermost recesses of our
souls, we men who are classed as
criminals, outcasts among society
ana the world at large, our remain
ing spark of manhood is famed into
flame. which asserts itself, stirring
the dying embers of sentiment which
have been lying dormant so long,
and our hearts go out in sympathy
to these little unfortunates.
Perhaps this feeling is stimulated
by the faint far off memory of our
own silvered hair mother. we see
through the yelling mists Of boyhood
days, but nevertheless it is there and
we feel better for it. i.
Should not the Lawmakers of this
great nation do something toward
protecting women and children from
these scheming shylocks who take
advantage Of the love of mothers
heart for few filthy dollars?
These men who advertise and those
who allow such advertisements to
/ he, tod Ii, thair nonars may ha