The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-08-19
The world is full of pessimists and

knockers" There is a bright side
and dark side to every proposition
but some of us are so afflicted with
mental staphyloma that we are only
able to see the dark side of every
thing with which we have to do
We seem to be affected with the nat
nral perversity of that long cared
quad ruped of Missouri fame and al
ways have kick coming. | main
tain that there is room for the exer.
else of optimism, even Amid the
encircling gloom" of prison life.
There are people who are even
worse off than we are. We are not
living in Shiny trenches which have
become foul and nauseating from
many causes; fearing to raise our
head to peer over the breast. works
at the enemy. lest hurting shot or
screaming shell, increase our range
of vision into another world. Meth
err are we troubled with the vexing
problem of the high cost of living.
What do we care forsexpenses? Sup
pose sugar has increased in price, we
will, in our unstinted extravaganza
put just as many spoonsfull in our
tea and coffee as we did before Big
Business with more greed than
cause, placed an unwarranted War
tax" on that article of merchandise.
along with many others. Verify.
Adversely is sweet" as saith our
fellow Scribe.
Neither does the clothing prob
lem trouble us as it does the Beau
Brummels'' of the outside world
We are free from the tyrannical rule
of that bug bear of society; Fash
ion Diabolo." We entertain no
narrow minded ideas of striving for
supremacy in fashionable attire, in
fact there is SC little difference in
our attire, that we present a uni
form" appearance. Even our sister
citizens,-or cltizenesses, are not
given to valnglorious elaborateness
of personal adornment; notwithstan-
ing the fact that you can now pur-
chase an Ostrich, on the hoof' gor-
geous plumage and all, for what
one plume formerly. cost, they, our
sister suffer- er-ah, | mean citizen
esses adhere to commendable mod
esty in the matter of wearing appar-
ell; in fact they seem to have imbibed
the spirit of the day and are, there
fore observing a strictly neutral
attitude In the matter of dress. All
of these things tend to reduce our
tailor's bills; they are indeed, re-
duced to Nil.
Another benefit that accrues to
us because of our present situation,
is the absence of fear of midnight
marauders, or burglarious depreda-
tons. The fact is. so confidently do
| trust the outward morality of our
citizenry, that I have never yet lock-
ed my room" door at night; and
even if in the Silly watches of the
night, / am awakened by the barely
distinct sound of stealthy footsteps
just outside my chamber door," |
do not reach under my pillow for
my trusty Automatic, instead, |
merely turn over for another forty
winks," knowing, as | do, that it is
but one from among the vast retinue
of servants of mine host" keeping
his weary night vigil. 50 that he may
make his hourly report of All is
well".
Our kitchen presents a spotless-
ness that would do credit to the
dusky Twins of nation wide fame.
Our pastry cook has rather an easy
Office, inasmuch as the pi (pie) is
made in the printing department.
Our Chef is not troubled because of
finical guests returning their var
ious portions of Porterhouse or Sir
loin for further attention; for this
we accord him full credit for his
culinary skill. Each order of plank