The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-24
IT endennis' Chat.


Lend Hand says alcohol responsible for three
fOurths of the crime committed
Pendenns does believe that that assertion is true He
hnks there IS another side to the question 1t is the man and
not what he drinks that responsible for violations of the law
Most men who commit crime drink liquors they do not commit
because they drink, simply they
KIND OF men who commit crimes
There millions of drink and some of them get
drunk and yet they do not violate the penal statutes There
difference between criminals and drunkards only small
portion of all the drunkards criminals face the
issue fairly and square and not and hide behind whskey
barrel.
Pendenn has been very plain about this matter He be-
eves that the question should be stated in that by
criminal who has had experience with both crime and BOOZE
for the paiate the faults of the law volator and
make of him an object for sympathy and compassion.
Let remember that easier give for
being prison than it tell the truth about the Of
our downfall Let not forget that and should
abide by the consequences of our acts
The soldier that for victory the man who can
march all day. sleep the ground night and and fight
The weakling be he brave does materially
ss in winning victory.
The rapid advance Germans the beginning of the
due to the splendid physical condition of their army
AS the war continues the wireless does awful things
defeated times that neutral observer like Pendenn
often wonders how they to keep the fighting
Lord Roberts English people of the seriousness
Of their present position nation Every in Great
Britain that loves his country should heed the warming THE
Hun at the gate knocking loudly with sword ht and
ket butt. Woe to England if he breaks the gate.
The American cowboy has invaded the sacred pre-
cncts of that grand dame of observation-disclosures magazine
He the hero OF story written most of that magazines
stories by woman But the invader is not punche
just mild herder of nice and all that
lady ictionst wishes cowboy to be.
When the sit the lid the alarmss get busy and
fake large assorted lot of newsess warke presentations
Most of the stuff printed news is misleading and
coored to suit the ognaOrs Some of the scrbes will have
their copy when history writes the after the of
Changing the name of St. Petersburg to Petrograd will
probably efficiency army but the
experiment is dangerous onePetrograd very
rhyming retrograde Perhaps the car did not think of
Kipings song, recently published, has several fine
ne and there is the usual bold swing the composition that
The title For All We Have and Are" makes poor head
ing for the The line in the first The Hun is
gat would have been better title. That the thought
which inspired the poem.
An excellent idea has been produced by
rying the possibility of large shortage in customs
ceipts 1t is proposed to tax soft drinks
Hard drinks-beer, wines and liquors-are taxed
much that the booze fighter gets Just small sample for his
BY all make the soft drink smaller of it
is worse than booze.
college education the old college student brought
home from college different brand of learning than the
modern college man collects at his varsity
Our opinions of other usually the result Of pre-
JUDGES We often than right and the fault is
not matter to over for the other fellows opinion OF us
is the thing that is most valuable.
If the market prices of food sus continue the pro-
ducers will become arsocratc putOcracy and be able
buy and to sell Wall street to the highest bidder.
Even in the safe and times of peace the headner
makes occasional bunde Let therefore be consdeate
and forgive him for his decisions in time of war.
moraistic pessimist says "A should not pity him
self" Why not? Who going to do the plying when fell
low sympathy coming if he himself does feel
wee sorry for his ego Pity the that pity
himself; intensified type of pessmstc egosm
that exists.
The long drawn struggle between Huerta con-
sttuonaists made good impression the minds of
Mexican people, That imprint has brought forth good results
No military be candidate for the presidency the