The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-04
By Uncle GOshdi1tqit

hoods path,
On life's highway to fare.
And many, too, the beau
tied proof,
The hands in aging gave,
Tho little we, in fleeting
youth,
Then tarried, them to praise.
Now they've gone from NOR
tai ken,
Their touch we'll never feel,
They've done their lotted
task akin
To Gods designed veal.
Regretful memories beatty,
The hands great Love had
filled;
Hallowed are they, and sane
tilted
And miraged thro' Gods will.
Bend your conscience to whatever
angle to suit yourself, you choose;
discuss from whatever viewpoint
your ideas of justice may select,
and the flaming words of Truth will
not alter one title, the fact that
when God designed Charity, he
intended it to be the holy bearer of
succor and relief to the Lazarus of
mankind. But it has remained for
civilization to burden her arms
with food and raiment in one hand,
and munitions for bloodshed in the
other.
Nature, in one of her merry
moods designed the strutting roost-
er with raucous voice, and when it
comes to pinning a medal on any
thing that takes the place of an
larm clock, he gets the choice un-
der all handicaps. He has inherited
the conceited propensities thru all
the aged past; when there is a
chance to ring in lusty matutinal
cock-a-doodle-doo, he is there with
bells on. You see, he wants to
show the rest of his feathered tribe
that he isn't bit backward in let
ting the whole world know, that he
alone, is responsible for daylight
coming to work, with it's dinner
pail at the break of day, and that
he alone is the duly authorized call
boy for the neighborhood.
The rooster. however, belongs TO
the-also-ran' class when com
pared with his human prototype
They delight in the same proclivi-
ties the rooster displays. They are
always on the job with big crow
for themselves only oftener-for
fear just common mortals wont hear
or see what they're doing because
the aforesaid just common mortals'
are deaf and nearsighted. But
their Growing is more evident than
their accomplishments. They like
unto our squwking rooster, like to
risk getting husky from loud and
continuous crowing.--Moral:-If you
cant help being a rooster, wear a
silencer.
Modesty is often so pathetically
shy and self-repressant that it is
often SO modest that it fears to stay
out of the center of life's picture be-
cause the group wouldn't look so
we'll without it.
Our movies are source of cons
tant pleasure, and a refreshing re-
lief from our life of atonement. It
brings the wholesome laughter of
good will and cheer to the surface
of life full of regrets and broken
hope in many of US; especially Is
this true when we are treated to
a farce comedy picture, which wise
selection prompts. The romantic
drama pictures. on the other hand,
seldom fail in pointing out a heal
thy moral, and often has the writer
seen the furtive wipe of a tear from
the eyes, as some touching incident
of the pictures stirred the inner be-
ing. The pictures Keeling off the
worlds great events keep us alive
to the fact that all the Great Out
side has its joy and sorrows also.
In the immediate past, there
were few who saw the value of the
movies in the work of reformation
to the man that has transgressed.
But now, it is evident that the NOV
les are a great factor in promoting
spirit of confidence in the prison
err for society, that was often lacking
in the penal systems of not so long
ago. Edison builded stronger than
he knew, when he perfected the
movies for the world.