The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-09-02


Pendennis.
Missouri has set apart September 1st., as
a day to be known as ''Fried Chicken Day
Which state can qualify as most fitted te
have Lobster Day?
Pendennis does not know who originated
the joke concerning the delinquent newspa
per subscriber. Since early youth he has seer
that ancient joke meandering with many
quip aud foible through the mazes of per
typed English. Even the poets have used TIT
in their lyrics and distorted it in convulsee
verses.
Pendennis hopes before loug to see tn,
name of the originator of this -honoret
joke discovered. He believes thata last
ing monument should be erected in honor
of the man who first wrote the joke abou
the delinquent subscriber. The joke has
earned some lasting emblem of recogniza
ton.
The ''better half was beaten in a con
test with common place two thirds dowr
in Alabama. The Alabama House of Dele
gates by vote of fifty-two against forty
two, defeated the authorization of a vote fol
constitutional amendment of woman suf-
frage Amendments to the Alsbama State
Constitution require the consent of two
thirds of the Delegates. With majority OF
| ten, it seems to an outsider that southern chi
valry could have let the ladies have the vote.
| The New York state constitutional con-
vention has had stormy session over the
gates contend that voters should de able to
read and write the English language, while
others claim that it is unnecessary for vo-
tiers to be proficient in their English lam
guage in order to vote intelligently.
| Just why man should be able to read
and write English before he is competent
to vote intelligently is question beyond
my power of conjecture. Men of foreign
berth who live in this country have ample
means of providing themselves with know
ledge of political affairs. There are news
papers and periodicals published in abun-
dance in foreign languages. Some of these
publications pay closer attention to ques-
tions of political Importance than publ
cations printed in the English language.
The English language with all its SUI
blme expansive incongruity, cannot
possibly be the only medium through
which, or by which, to receive current
ideas.
AS a first aid to the prison poets, prison
journalism is filling very highly appreciated
place in current literature.
Carranza evidently believes that the A.
B. c. idea of diplomacy is of Juvenile char
acter. Perhaps he thinks because of the
initials which represent the name of the
conference, that the primary department O
doing things is alone represented.
Maybe Carranza is not impressed with The
A. B. c. idea, because Villa has taken up
with it and Villa, you know, is an illiteratt
person who scarsely knows his a, b, c's
Carranza may not believe that the A. B
c. class can teach him any thing, he may
ignore it, but if he does, prehaps he will
find that the difficulty he has attached him.
self to can be overcome without his consent
There has been a great deal of conjectur,
as to the real cause of the continued revolu
ton in Mexico. Perhaps the real reason il
that the Mexican people are not capable o.
maintaining the form of government they
have embodied in thier national constitu
ton.
The Constitution of Mexico provides TO
the government of that country, fedora
union with governmental functions similar
to those provided by the Constitution of thu
United States.
i To maintain federal union within the
limits of the provisions of the Constitution
Vi the OulCcU OIdICS, REQUIRES IlC COuStdH
development of intelligent citizens. Nov
as matt er of fact, citizens cannot be de
veloped by revolution. There has been Incl
pient and sporadic revolution in Mexico
since the beginning of her constitutions
government.
Evidently the present Constitution O
Mexico Is not suited to the requirement o.
the Mexican people. This suggests the ide:
of either the Mexicans originating some
form of government suitable for their owl
needs, or of other nations intervening an6
substituting government founded upor
other principles than those now embodied
in the Mexican Constitution.