The mirror., 1915-11-11

am neither preacher nor pub
lie moralist yet am going to talk to
each man present. straight from the
shoulder, not of scientific ingenuity,
mathematical exactness or with
historical tabulation of past ages.
out / am going to introduce to you
my now living companions, the
friends who each night give me
strength to meet the coming day
unafraid and with my face to the
front. am going to speak of but
one thot, yet, as clothed in but one
garb, he might not be recognized as
personal friend by all, he will
change his apparel several times so
that he will be retained as a perma-
nent guest in the mental home of
each man.
1t was that intricately misconcep-
ted power, in common language
called Satan, but to the poetic
known as Mephistopholes, with his
marvellous, supernatural and analyt-
ical understanding of the human
mind and it's blind following cf sur
face wisdom, who. through an un-
conscious mortal Intermediary, gave
birth to the words: Yesterday is
gone. Today is here, Tomorrow
never comes" OF the 1864 resi-
dents of this City of Silence" l
think l can safely say that, strug-
Cling behind a flaming banner bear.
ing such words, with brains atroph-
led, all were led here, then sudden
ly, with the metallic clang of the
doors of steel. the dormant facul-
ties were aroused to full realiza-
tion of Satan's cunning. The op-
portunity was that night and is now
given, to mediate over the past
years of idiocy, and to plan to spend
the coming life outside in state of
self-respect and sanity.
In life, too many forget the stern
lessons of yesterday; too many laugh
in insolent self-confidence at the
coming Tomorrow, and in absolute
Abandonment, in gloating and
brain maudling joy, they clasp
Mona Lisaic" Today in sensual
mental arms. Men, keep glowing
in livid colors before your living
mind this one fact, Tomorrow will
soon be Today, and Today join the
ranks of Yesterday. Yesterday, the
world almost deified Marconi for
his seemingly supreme understand
ing of calling ether waves into play
as a transmitter of sound. Today
the fact has just become known by
the return of an exploration party
sent into Africa by scientific So
ciety, that the principles of wireless
transmission were used in darkest
Africa long before this county pre-
sumed to call itself civilized. The
party when one day approaching
an unknown cluster of huts was
met by the Chleftain in receptive
semi clothed glory and led to a pre-
pared and waiting feast. In won-
der he was asked by what means he
had been informed of the parties
coming. Imagine the astonishment
when told that the message of the
drum had spoken. questioned fur
ther, they were shown a drum
shaped object, fashioned from log
and covered with faulty drawn
skin. Still uncomprehending, the
explorer asked how that old drum
could talk, and was told that as they
left the last village, some miles back
man had struck another drum
somewhat similarly made, and the
stroke was echoed from the mach
inc in front of him. / speak of
this but recently made public scien-
tific incident for but one reason,
that may make vital to you the sa-
lient fact that everything of Today
is but changing form Of Yesterday.
Mind is the master power that