The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-09-21
By "Optimo'

might, upon reading OF Mrs Waldo Pierce's
plans be made to feel that from the scenic heights
of poetic inspiration we had given utterance to a
sublime truth.
Mrs. Pierce was shown in recent illustration.
in appropriate aviation ATTIRE seated in an aero
plane. her hands graspng the steering wheel, npon
her face an expression of fixed determination that
inspired with the feeling that she will fulfill her
expressed intention of flying literally to the arms
of her husband, who is with the American ambu-
lance corp, somewhere in France" Dieu vous
garde!
One witnesses, and reads Of many foolish
performances; but that for which, because of it's
utter mbecility, would award the Grand Prx
is that of a person lying down beside railroad
track and piowing the head upon the rail,
And yet within the last two months we have
read of five such actions which have resulted in a
tragedy. the somnolent being in each case the
principal even though unconscious, performer,
In reading of these instances one is reminded
of the time academic problem as to what
would be the result if an understandable substance
should come in forcible contact with an immovable
object. In considering the case of the man. the
track and the speeding train. however, one has only
to determine the equation of solid steel vs. solid
ivory" assemble the fragments and turn the re-
mains" over to the coroner, and we have the an.
swer.
One sometimes hears-and with pleasure-a
person who, by the use of reason and logic, and
drawing from generous supply of knowledge, is
able to construct fawless argumentative super
structure.
Others being void of the necessary qualifica-
tons for successful argument. to wit, comprehen-
sve knowledge of both sides of the question at is
and sufficient mental ability to reason in logi:
cal manner only the ready weapons of
the unlearned and narrow minded -rilicule and
personal invective.
AS one listens to the interchange of mental
currency expressed in the open forum of CONVEX
sation he is at enlightened as to which class
the conversatonalists belong.
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Cacpthes Scribendi:
peculiar affection which causes it's victim to
seize pen and spread copious quantities of ink
realms of paper.
Sometimes the one afflicted is overcome with a
literary delirum, in the frenzy accompanying which
he will commit felonious assault upon the alpha
bet and with malice prepense aforethought will
scatter broadcast heterogeneous assortment of
nouns, verbs, adjectives split infintives-
the latter, with little regard for their rela-
tionshp to one another.
When the disease reaches particularly viru.
lent stage, it it's victim to crowd within the
compass of one word many letters as possible AL
So in cases. the less familiar the unfortunate
person is with given subject, the more prolific is
the output of his pen.
However much living costs may be oulrvalling
the performance of that famous bovine of moon.
jumping proclvities, the of election CAM
paign working in inverse ratio, has, in instance
at least, been reduced to a minimum.
From Kansas the news of an expendi-
ture of twenty.eght cents by A. w. (Farmer)
Smith, In his campaign for the position of Presi-
dental Elector. And although there were twelve
men in the field seeking the ten electoral Offices he
won. The twenty eight cents covered postage on
fourteen letters sent to influential friends which
constituted his stamping" efforts.
This rare example of prediction economy ia
worthy of extensive emulation by aspirants for
higher Offices. True, if this conservative method of
should become universal, the hotels.
the railroads and the press of the country would don
earb because of vanished treasures but
jones' 1.-THE public) who in the ultimate pays the
freight" would rejoice with Joy that would know
no ending.
This is one isolated instance of the efficacy of
a scrap of PAL err