The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
:. SALMACUNDI :.
By Uncle Goshdingit : 1858


way, that will mean more to you
than it's superficial benefits. Make
on that day an unalterable resolve,
that the very first New Year in
which you are to enjoy blessed free
dom as an eliminate of this insti-
tuition, will be one from which you
can look backward to the New Year
you spent in durance, as one that
caused your alignment to the policy
Of clean and upright living. Tnis
New Year may be your last mile
stone as an inmate among us. May
be you will have many more mile
stones to pass before your journey
of atonement shall have marked its
end. Yet, again, 1t may be your
last as living unit. But whatever
prospects the Immediate or distant
future holds for you, DISCOUR-
AGE NOT. Rather ENCOUE-
AGE! Determine to make this
New Year mile stone that Will
point you to better life just be-
You'd.
Let not regretable past dlsheart-
en- you, or deter you from striving
for higher goal, and overcoming
with all your will, those traits that
combined to bring you to your
present plight. Desire. with a
a whole heart and fulfill it to
subdue those habits of temper, lust,
and avarice that eliminated into
your walking the way of the trans
gressOr.
Turn to opportunities that the pre-.
sent intra- mural life affords. Cul-
tivate cheerful spirit; read good
literature that will educate; be obe-
dient to present discipline which
will develope your self-control.
Get out of the rut of regret and
self-plty. Increase your resolves to
look forward to the next milestone
as one you can pass with upright
tread, without that moral tired
feeling" that caused the faltering
by the way, back yonder-one you
can pass rejuvenated with self
mastery and moral progress, toward
the rising sun of a brighter day,
oh, this talk about success is all
bosh, ye know" said Algy Doolittle
as he tentatively stretched string
of chewing gum from the lower CEN
ter of his facial confines and regard
ed ye Typo with rueful gaze.
This comment and picture was as
red rag to bull, to ye Typo. (con-
tanning himself-for he felt the
gorge of seven languages and Irish
ancestors rising wlthin) }, he relieved
himself thusly: Your moan is Only
appreciated, Alg', for l see your
head isn't shaped just right, but for
all that. you'd be a cheese and
bullseye medalist all by yourself
if you'd put the same fever into
wooing Success as you did in run
ming after the reluctant Miss Gosh.
whatagurl. If you'd command the
same amount of gumption striving
for the hand of Success as yon did in
trying to win the yes and mitt' of
Miss Gosh whata gurl-desplte her
yawning stare at the clock; and
sidetracking your romantic gush
about forget aud Kindred
flora, to one pertaining to the price
of gas and the size of papa's foot
wear,-you'd have Success asking
you to be her running mate for
life!
When the outlook is not good,
try the up-look." SO philosophical
the late Lord Tennyson. He for
tunalely hit upon one of life's most
needed tonics when he clothed those
thots with ords that breath a mes
sage of hope. and directs gloomy
outlook--whether in prison or in
the Great Outside-to a channel
which bouys the mind fraught with
tribulations to sheltering harbor
of hope. When in despair there is
always an up-look to which to turn
and seek new inspiration and
strength for the ever upward strug-
gle life has designed to test us. Try
the up-look!
What is to escape from Pau
dora's Box that the New Year will
set at the doors of Nineteen Fifteen?
Ills or blessings? Let us hope the
latter will outnumber the former,
and that universal peace be one
of the blessings.