The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-05-21
The West Pointer

ties of purely civil nature. in addition IN wv
to their military duties they performed ~" ' ''
those functions in such successful,
smooth working manner. that it cha-
enged general admiration and in most we'll proved
revelation of improvement the old methods To
of the that for all this hard seek
In the where and have been called to exer
those functions the apent foresight of the founders of
famous military and naval academies including French and
Spanish in the curriculum of those Institutions has been fully
vndated in the light of past and events study of
those languages particularly Spanish is thorough much be-
You'd the superficial at the general of insu
tons where the teaching OF languages forms part of the tut
ton Naturally enough, territorial propnquity and per
mutually of with southern neighbours makes
that language of paramount Importance: The captain;
Plummer who presde and deals out Justice in the municipal
courts of Vera Cruz today correct Casan dction and
with thorough knowledge of the practices and code of laws
force amongst Them is but the second edition of the famous
Captain Prtchard at Havana who became byword among
Cubans and Spanard the we'll behaved we'll the unru
focked the where they derived huge
while witnessing the dispensing of justice to the usual oam
and m of the & ddeo dscas gathered m by the bs G
could be denied and nerminged with his adudicatons
there occurred ceaseless flow of witty saes in colOquia
Spanish only tickling the auditors but WELL
acting buffer whatever severity attached to the
culprt himself There popular ngling doggerel
current the popuace of Havana those days of
this, and it as follows:
''Diez dias dez dollars
Mister Prichard no come boa!"
Which translated literally means
Ten days ten dollars
You can't put it Mr. Pritchard"
Arising doubt from the fact that the officials avore and
nvarible sentence ended as above.
The new and advanced which the movies being
put nowadays but emphasize the possibilities of their
application to the practical demands of
everyday life Soon after the introduce
The Movies ton of the Panama Exemption Toll Re-
in a New Role peal bill, and the acrid attack upon
by the speaker and leader of the
house, certain managers OF leading
movies theates New York and Chicago threw their
animated of the President Speaker Clark and
Leader Underwood The first uproariousy cheered while
the latter received loud manifestations of dsfavor the
part of the audience This than aught ee be said to
have been reliable of the condition of the pubics mind
upon the question What better referendum could the nation
adopt order gauge the of the majority! Again. the
police of certain section of the country found themselves BAT
fled in their search for much wanted offender To bright
member of the force occurred the thought of enstng the
of the cnes within certain part of the country
where the alleged pr suspected of being hiding The
nights sandwched in between the regular programme the like
of the sought flashed the In few
he located through the information of the audi
who had witnessed the nightly programme and who
membered having met the person frequently the vicinity of
his residence But here's the rub the arrested proved
his of the oense charged and seeks redress
vndicaon the thousand dollars from the
aforesaid managers for publicly pcuring him before their
audiences criminal From all accounts he stands good
chance-as my FRIEND Counselor P, would say-of getting
his constitutional rights"
It Cicero who first of the expression, while
there's fe there's hope" I'VE the boat
in a letter written by Clement l., bishop 1
of Rome, to the church of Cornth in
the first century. Whatever is worth s., D.
doing at all is worth doing WE'LL" ~ ~
used by Lord Chesterfield in the famous
letters to his Mind your Ps and