The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-05
THE "ONLOOKER"
Brief Comments and Reflections Anent Timely and Topical
Events Succnctly Told from Viewpoint
BIZ Ham

MATTER WoRDs.-In speaking of products of the SOIL
towering plant lie TOPICS
eschew expressions unparoc For example, is
order inhrescence epigenesis preference
termination
LIFE DnArH-Brnard Shaw, after visiting the battle
says Life very 'front.'
DEATH" \ comfortable philosophy
GENEROUS vEsuvus-We told that city Naples
built and the with it, That's nothing; the
of Pompeii literally covered with it.
Steele recently days of
off Havana naval warfare accompanied with useless
display Bands playing colors streaming and ships brilliantly
Illuminated while OF active service
In letter written his family, the late Richard Harding
popular of describes
typical board the flagship of the American squadron
bockading Havana, Cuba: We drift
the moonlight and when light, chase after it, There
day. like luxurious
yacht, with of the ennu of yacht The other night when
heading off and firing six Founders her
the band playing the from the
struck the fin du secle idea
that 1 had heard Of"
different is the naval warfare of the day.
in eliminated lights screened, beaying sounds
mtted Naval warfare with brother service land
has be glamorous silent In
the surface and
constantly listening
character and distance of Gone the days of the thin
the unbroken square" charge light
gade dozen modern machine guns would
line; high explosive
nifty the style square, and cavalry could advance thou
sand feet shell torn fields.
Enthusiasm and youth still play their parts,
they merely follow up work Of the "a
BELATED of the southern
planning deserving his southern
migrating northern and the Southern
editors pointing that the industrial and climatic of
for the coored The
ginning to feel the scarcity of coored labor
Northern and economists, on the other hand claim
the make good anywhere and point the evident
that would the
accorded decent The Wall Journal evidently
the the head when If the south negro
why not make worth his while to stay.
PATHETIC SroRY.-'Dar she go" hungry he
heard the whistle blow the
forth with tin pals their hands, ar she go Dinner
for okses-but twelve o'clock for Country
FooD THoueHr.-The value of reading in
that accept what you truth big that it
makes think for the
conclusions and form ideas mind.-8arstow.
MATTER QUA1IrY-"The of house is the
friends who frequent it, Holmes Some of the Friends
frequent some houses are not even ornamental
PRINCIPLE DEMocRAcY.'No beautiful thought was
embodied in the of republic than this That
powers that one power should
be able swallow absorb destroy others"Jmes
Now Jenkins going to give you very
responsible job Under advanced trench
there goes up you to blow this
whistle. Now do you clearly underestimate
Private Jenkins We'll, there's thing Pm certain Of
sir When dol blow the wbiste-gong coming downp"-
SUsPcoUs.-Denst (to patient opening his purse)-
No, don't bother pay in advance"
Patient-lm not only counting money before you
give IN gas"-Chicago Herald.
The MEAT EATERs-We Americans have called gour-
mand everything do working eating Some recent
statistics showing the
pies although they
The French the consumers per capita of wheat
before the list in
of and BEER the the
thirty gallons The in
Spain the highest consumption
Ireland four pounds potatoes in
habtan and her husky bear evidence
of the earth" produces strength.
Il is only in the that America heads the