The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-10-15
...keene's korner.
A. TRIBUTE

BAKER Eddy Maude BalngOn Booth IOlstOy
for the owy of sleeping Russia and Fnnd what
great Lincoln did for the slaves what Booker T. Washington
doing for the bettermen of his what Myra Kelly and
Jacob Rs have done locally the side district
III New York. what Jane Adams has done in her settlement
work famous Hull House in Chcago what Ebert Hubbard
has accomplished in East has that
from the east Maude BaIngon Booth, the Little Mother
the inspired been doing these past twenty for
her boys"
Omes have casually perused her quaint sayings; read
of her untrng energy behalf of the within the wallis of
her versatility in dealing with the most hardened of here
and aboad also have heard mention of her wonderful book
After Prison What2 But before have had the
pleasure of hearing God-nspred speak
Possessing rich and wonderful voice she is most fluent
and finished speaker Her English ancestry itself
and with her magnetic personally and charming grace
you her great which she has devoted
her life to.
Having those good qualities which seldom the attri
butte of public speakers and with countenance that fairly
radaed hope and good cheer Little Mother into
midst Sunday, October A. after declining divers invitations
speak elsewhere and administered heart heart talk
which for depth of feeng-for mothery appeal if WILL
who have fallen seldom ever has been equaed
simple, yet real and truly wonderful.
1t seemed if her had charged the very
shere AS that divine speak, still with that
gentle smile her face seemed to live in another world
Truly it the psychological moment. An old warden with
national and international reputation his vaedctory
after years of ncessan toll and labor leaving behind him
enviabe record and his interchangeable energy
industry and modern ideas the greatest prison modern times
Beside him younger man-who take up the
ren and guide the desnes of this institution where the
-four square, left off, Yet notable setting in
deed, and the Little Mother in the midst of them Mem
bers of the Board of Control present. also chap
lain, and besides former colleague of Mr. Woersa gentle
who the head of the Connecticut refor
matory.
AS the Little Mother preached unto her gospeIas
gently touched upon bes and weaknesses urged
knde that better spark manhood which abouns be
found all mankind who had grown gray the SER
thirteen hundred The writer has listened to the
greatest reformers and the public eye speak,
has he heard such soul inspiring such uplifting talk
such eloquent appeal that rendered by Mrs Maude Ball
ngton Booth We fancy experienced transformation
in life and the Little Mother Warden Woer Chap
lain Benson urged all in future Sunday service
regularly and put their trust Him who safely
guide and direct u.s. We then and there firmly resolved that
it far better and that henceorh would begin while
within the walls make ourselves and better more
in the do right think right right SO
that eventually when shall be permitted take proper
place society will be better fitted and able cope with
the struggles that confront daily lives and be stronger
for, the speaker emphasized is the little" weakness
that ultimately caused be incarceted herein other
words: too much Of the wlshbOne and enough of the
backbone
Harken back few years and you recall that the
gentle folk OF Sing Sing on he-udson, waxed weary and
wrath rainy September when they awoke be-
decked themselves to be cognn OF the amentab fact that
their pure and undeed become like the proverba
mushroom famous infamous because of the obvious
eading anu nghy respected
of harboring penitentary where high and mighty in
crime and politics were soouning temporarily by the
When of the citys shining lights travelling bent
asked whittier thou from! the question made quite
embarrassing it did to the the that
made beer famous Wherefore your Sing Singer would
off It had waited its the desert air. died
gnomnous DEATH but Chicago again. Sing Sing was no
more. Ossning it became and Ossining u.s.
Which reflection leads gently to suggest that mayhap
like the saints and sinners of the former Sing Sing cy)
might be the orgnators local modern to em
the word convict vocabulary more espec
ally from the columns of the Mirror Like the of
peaceful Ossning would of it. The word convict
belongs that of the despcabe ball and chain gang
dungeon and the dark dirty and unsanitay prs
of Siberia and countless other regimes It doesn't fit we'll
in these enlightened days of humane treatment and industrial
prisons if you please 1t doesn't fit we'll where
muneratvely employed and work diligently from till
night and become proficient mechanics and sku workmen;
where being taught and teaching the three RS also
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