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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06
to thousands of men who to-day
enjoy a good education.

to thousands of men who to-day
enjoy a good education. s
Some one has said, 1T is no dis
grace to be poor; it is sometimes a
disgrace to be rich, but it is al
ways disgrace to be ignorant. "
Ignorance implies not lack of op-
portunities, but lack of ambition,
a good education is a guarantee Of
mans willingness to work and
his ability to accomplish. There
is no royal road to learning; every
step of the way must be won by
hard, sweaty labor. But an edu-
cation is worth every effort that it
takes for the mere dollars and
cents that it will bring. but for the
power that it gives a man to get
and enjoy the best things in life.
Furthermore, a good education
is something which we can never
lose. We may lose our money or
property and such like, but a good
education once gained, can never
be lost. And so every students 8
creed should be, regardless of
whether he goes to college or gets
his education through U. S. mail:
I will blot out of my life the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06

ard of the Forest Service demands
that the dispatcher in turn shall
not be longer than two minutes in
communicating with the ranger
nearest the fire, delivering instruc-
tions, and starting the fire suppress
sion force in motion.
This takes much practice on the
part of the lookout man particu-
larly, and in order to keep him up
to the mark and to test out his
speed and accuracy, forest inspect
ors occasionally set false fires or
smudges. The lookout's job is
said to be one of the loneliest in
the world, and is comparable to
that of the lighthouse keeper on a
rOckbound coast, with this differ
ence: The lookout man is under a
strain Is to 18 hours a day watch
ing for fires. He is hired for the
summer months only, and is usu-
ally homesteader, miner or pros
pector during the rest of the year.
The lookout houses are built on
peaks from 5000 to 10000 feet
high, usually miles from the near
est human habitation. They are
often exposed to the full force OF
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06

the winds and storms. Several
houses have been struck by light
ming during recent years. although
they are studded with lightning
rods. When Mt. Lassen first
broke into eruption few years
ago. the lookout house on the rim
of the crater was smashed to kind
ling wood.
The house is seldom more than
a one-room square box, its sides
largely of glass and its furnishings
so arranged that even while cook
ing and eating the occupant is able
to keep his eyes on the forest.
Supplies are packed in to the look
out weekly by the forest rangers.
Water and wood he must obtain
himself, and at night. Watch is
not kept for fires during the hours
of darkness. The lookout's means
of communication are the tele-
phone and heliograph, and travel
ers through the forest. attracted
by mirror like flashes of light on
some high peak, may be observing
a lookout man reporting fire by
''sun talk or receiving the latest
gossip of camp and range.
At the conclusion of the war it
is expected that the aeroplane
method of fire detection may be-
come common in the National For
ests of the state Of California.
Scientific American.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06
How Forest Fires Are Reported

11OW fO1CCt ruCO A1C> NCpOlt tCu
The comparatively little damage
done by the hundreds of fires that
have occurred so far this season
on the National Forests in Califor-
MIA is due largely to the fast work
in discovering and reporting them
by the lookout men, according to
forest officers.
The National Forests are con-
stantly under the eyes of trained
watchers stationed on high peaks
during the fire season. There are
IS lookouts in the National Forests
in California. Their work demands
ability to concentrate, keen eye
sight, and quick Judgment. No
lookout man is considered efficient
who does not discover, locate, and
size up fire within three minutes
from the time the smoke first ap-
pears above the tree tops. Two
minutes more are allowed him to
get the dispatcher on the telephone
and deliver his report. The stand
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06

failures that come from wasted
hours, and write into it the sue
cesses that come from life we'll
spent. and to keep life's page clean
and fill it with the records gained.
And work hard, hope high, and
live up to the best that is in me"
Then, and only then, can you
and [ write at the end: well DONE -
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06
JOIN THE RED CROSS
Inmates Invited to Become Members

There is an excellent chance for to become
members of the Washington County Chapter of the
American Red Cross. The chairman, Judge Frank
Wilson of Saltwater, will speak to us on the subject
in the near future
What the Red Cross wants Immediately is new
members. The cost of membership involves only
nominal fee.
The RED CROSS carries its mercy into every
part of Europe Its work is absolutely essential to
the welfare of battling nation Every dollar given
the Red Cross helps save human life Tomorrow
it may be the means of helping to yours. To
give freely is not only proof of patriotism but is
insuring the welfare of our soldiers Even the most
selfish man must be willing to give to aid work
that may some day be called upon to help him.
Japan with population of half ours has RED
CROSS membership of some five six millions even
in times of peace. We should have membership of
at least fifteen millions. And we SHALL have it if
every does his duty to his fighting brothers.
Let show the world that inside the
walls patriotic and decent-minded those out
side. Let us help this Christmas drive of the RED
CROSS by becoming full fedged members every
last one of us.
BY HELPING THE RED CROSS - -
WE HELP SAVE Ell HUMANITY .1,...I. s,.
sHNE
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06

NlhakkNA1lU l. OO OO GS4 III q VI lO1
H$S%WHlH paper is one which [
0SENMyYSkN believe will be of great
lNAD interest to all of us.
The correspondence school was
fOuDded and based upon the prin-
ciples that every man is entitled to
good education, and that if he
cannot 90 to school, the school
should 60 to him. 1t encourages
every man to make the most of his
opportunities by improving his
spare time. And show him in a
practical way how to do it. The
correspondence school of to-day
draws its students from both sexes.
from all ages, and from every sta
tion in life. 1t has on its rplls
college and technical school gradu-
ates. It has boys and girls in their
middle teens, and men fifty and
sixty years old. A man values a
thing according to what it costs
him. 1t is said repeatedly, and
with considerable truth, that the
man who works his way through
college gets more real good out of
his college course than the man
who merely has to ask for what
money he wants. And when we
consider the fact, the correspond
ence school students are, if not
all, an overwhelming majority
that have to pay their own ex-
penses, either by working little
harder or by living a little closer.
And have to make sacrifices in or
der to get time for their studies.
When we consider their enthusi-
asm, the odds that they have over
come, the great things that they
have accomplished, and the ever
increasing number of students, we
must believe that the correspond
enec school of to-day occupies a
useful and honorable place in the
educational world.
A few years ago the writer had
the privilege of going through the
magnificent buildings occupied by
the American School of Cores
pondence, located at 58th street
and Drexel avenue, Chicago.
This school was founded in Bos-
ton in 1897 as an institution of
learning, under a charter from the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In the year of 1902 the school be-
came associated with the Armour
Institute and remained so until
1907, when it moved to its present
location.
In the early days this school
offered only six courses, but en-
rolled over seven thousand stu
dents the first year. To-day, this
great school offers hundred diff
fereut courses and gives instruc-
tion in every part of the English
speaking world. 1t numbers its
students by the tens of thousands.
And this is only one of the many
great schools.
Over in Scranton, Pa, we find
the international School; the lar
gest school of its kind to-day,
which has successfully taught and
counts it's graduates by the hun
dreds of thousands in all parts of
the world.
Now, what is the difference be-
tween the correspondence and
resident school, you may ask2
Both resident and correspondent
school exist for the same reason
and for one purpose only: to edu-
cate men and women who wish to
be better prepared for their life
work. The only difference in the
method followed is due to the diff
ference in kind and degree of
training desired by the two classes.
1t is some time argued that in
struction by mail can not be as
efficient as resident instruction be-
cause it can not give laboratory
practice in subjects such as en-
gineering or chemistry courses.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

had no sort of claim gave his whole
mind to us during that hour. One
would have supposed that he had end
less leisure and that no other occupa-
ton could be quite so congenial as
vas that of entertaining chance
strangers. We told u experience to
the friend who had asked us to make
the call. THAT house." said he, has
been for years the most popular home
in the city. Other people think they
are clever if they can entertain you
well but his guests believe that they
are entertaining him" A writer in a
recent magazine so finely told us of a
lady who said 81 like a hostess to
seem glad to see me, even if she mere
ly says, my dear Mrs. So-and-So, l
am delighted! Just sit right down on
this bent pin" Now what of the host
or hostess who puts you on such good
terms with yourself that you never
feel the pin at all? Can you do it?
Do you live in a home or in a house?
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

until l saw yours. L unheSltatlng-
ly endorse both"
Nine. C. j. Walker, Indianap-
Olis.-"While in New Orleans l saw
your "Troopes of Troop X" and it
was most il spring as we'll as the
most realistic photo-play l have
ever SEEN"
Secy. e. Scott, Tuskegee.-"Per-
sonally all of us here were very
pleased and gratified. / feel quite
sure that our Institute shall be
most anxious to have the same
two pictures shown next year to
our student body"
F. B. Ransom, Atty, Madam C.
]. Walker Mfg. Co., Ind.-"T IN
writing to advise that Nine.
Walker has been deeply impressed
by your p~hoto-plays and she has
authorized me to make out the
enclosed check"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
HOMES o HOUSES.


A house may be ever so humble and
its furnishings poor and yet there is
in it the atmosphere and spirit of
what we call home. There are some
homes into which we like to go. And
we are apt to drop into one of these
places and finish the evening chat for
which we needed no promptings of
duty. What is the charm? The
beauty of the house, the forms of en-
Gertainment offered having nothing
TO do with the matter. We like to go
to certain houses because we reCog-
nize something honey the moment
we get into their atmosphere. The
real thing that makes Q house a home
is something that money cant buy. A
home is made of mutual love and SER
vice, of kindness and ge%ntleness and
truthfulness. And this making a home,
we are urging. should be the most
earnest and constant endeavor and
holy ambition of every Negro. We
once called upon a gentleman who
was a perfect stranger to Us whom
a friend wished us to meet. Our ar
rival was inOpportune Our host had
just returned from a long visit and
had not had time TO renew his toll
cite. But we stayed in that house
an hour and would have stayed all
the rest of the day had any decent
sense of courtesy permitted. Why is
it? AS nearly as we can tell il is be-
cause this stranger upon whom we
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
Music Baseball Gym Theatre. Boxing

The first Separate Battalion, Dis
trict National Guards, under command
of Major James L. Walker, is still do
ing guard duty in o highly acceptable
and about the national cap
ital. The State, War and Navy Build
ing, the filtration plant near Howard
University and points about the bridg-
es of the city are being carefully
looked afer by these gallant soldier
boys. New recruits are coming in
daily and there is a hope that the
battalion will be expanded into a regi-
ment. The four companies will fur
nish two men each, or eight all told,
for the officers training camp at Fort
Des Moines, Iowa.-Washington Bee.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

in securing showings of three. days at
the popular Vine Street Theater, two
of which were re-bookings; four show
ings at the beautiful new race house,
The Dunbar. in Kansas City, Kans.,
two of these being re-bookings also;
and one day on each play at the Ma
tional Theatre on independence Ave.
This popular playhouse owned by Nor
ris Spicer (White) and catering to
Colored patronage was compelled for
the first time to run a matinee to
the crowds.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
MONEY TO LOAN.

Short time money to loan to ROOM
%inghouse keepers--must have refer
ence. Property owners a obtain a
loan thru our agency and pay 1t back
by weekly instalIments. If your house
needs %papering, painting or repairing,
get a loan and put in its necessary re-
pairs.
Our business is strictly confidential.
Bell phone, Grand 4204W.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
KANSAS CITY ADMIRES LINCOLN
PHOTO-PLAYS.

Noted Race Photo Plays Make Record
Run.
The wonderful ace p~hotoplays pro-
duCed by the Lincoln Picture Co., Inc,
a race firm of Los Angeles and which
have for the past month been featured
in the local houses, have made a most
lasting impression upon the race
movie fans of this city. Their repre-
sentative, Joseph LaCour, succeeded
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

Lincoln High School under the di-
rection of its splendid principal, Prof.
]. T. HEREFORD, gave a delightful rem
dition of a Cantata "a Trip to Europe"
in the auditorium of Allen Chapel
Thursday afternoon. A large crowd
thoroughly enjoyed the affair.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

tional Negro Business League"
Chicago Defender.--"The de-
mand for "The Realization" and
the "Trooper of Troop X" has
grown to such an extent that there
are now ten copies working daily
and the company is adding re-
prints as fast as they can be pro-
duced. The third release is now
on its way"
Tuskegee Student.-""The Insti-
tute Chapel was filled to capacity.
The two pictures, both of which
present the better side of life
among the Colored people, make
= very strong appeal, in contrast
with the ~burlesque type we are C
customed to see in plays presented
by other companies.
! Dallas Express.@"Greatest Ne
gro production ever shown on
screen"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
WHAT THE NATION SAYS OF THE
LINCOLN PRODUCTIONS

Prime. Motion, Tuskegee,
-"You do not know how
much pleasure and salts
faction our Institute COM
munity received from the
showing of your two pro-
ductions."
Hon. r. r. Church, Jr.,
NJ e m s.-"Yonr two
pictures shown at my
Theatre week of March
26, are the best Negro
pictures / have ever seen.
l have been Disguised
with most Negro pictures
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

Fifty thousand Colored men will be
conscripted and sen to the farms in
Texas, Alabama, Arkansas and Okla
hOma, to till the soil and raise grain
and provisions for the government to
send to England TO teeed the Allies, on
the large farms that have already been
donated to the government by large
land owners-Chicago (Ill) Idea.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

Hon. Herbert +. Wright, who has
been the American consul at Puerto
.Cabello, Venezuela, for eleven years,
arrived in New York recently. Twice
he rendered his resignation to the
State Department before it was &C
cepted.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
ACCOMPLISHMENT

Our two productions are now being exhibited to record breaking
crowds in nearly every State; playing weeks engagements at such
noted play houses as Washington Theatre, Chicago; Regent Theatre,
Baltimore; Churchs Theatre, Memphis; Dunbar Theatre, Oakland;
and New Angeles Theatre, Los Angeles. They are booked through
our own exchanges at Omaha, st. Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, At
lanta, Philadelphia and New York. They have met with universal
approval everywhere from the exhibitors, public pulpit and press.
Why? Because we have what the people want. They are disguised
in seeing themselves being buresqued and made the goat" Listen!
Reader. We are not telling you what we propose to do. We are
telling you what we are doing. You who have witnessed these pro-
auctions know these statements to be facts, not promises.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
OUR VAST FIELD

Furthermore, Lincoln Productions are not confined to our Race
alone n to America, for quite recently we gave a private showing
of our productions in the Film Building, New York City before
Representatives of the worlds leading export film companies, who
desire Lincoln productions for export to Spain, Europe, Africa, Cuba,
Hayti, Hawaii, Australia, South America and Australia.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
WHITMAN SISTERS LOSE HOME

WHITMAN SISTERS LOSE HOME.
A wire received the other day an
nounced that the Whitman Sisters are
among those who lost their homes
and belongings in the recent fire at
Atlanta, Ga. They are expected to re-
turn to Asbury Park, n. j., to spend
the Summer months and will most
likely play Il Ceturn date in this city
in the les future.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
School Bonds Carry by Big
Majority.

VOTE 3,94S TO S03
Securities Amounting to 100000
Will Be Sold as Needed.
For the bonds. $3,94S
Against the bonds. .......... S03
Majority for the bonds ...... $3,145
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
WE OFFER

You a chance to invest in a producing Film Company now earn
offering a chance to invest in the stock of a Company that is oper-
ating, earning profits and that has S much business ahead that eX-
pansion is absolutely necessary. We have done all the preliminary
work. We have grown in less than one year over 1000 per cent
In the next year we should more than triple our growth. We have in
sight thousands of dollars worth of business for the coming year.
To handle this enormous demand we MUST HAVE MORE CAPITAL
for faster productions, factory development and operating expenses.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

Motion Picture News.
1.-The Lincoln organiza-
ton is the only enc in the
world making Negro sub
jects, and they have found
a good market for their
releases"
Los Angeles New Age.
-"Hundreds of people
witnessed the initial exhi-
bition and scores were
turned away"
Kansas City Sum-
Successful Race Photo
NAV q feature at Ma
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

1t is said that there are 200, 900
Afro-American Catholics.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
WE HAVE WHAT TEN MILLION PEOPLE WANT

-, The Lincoln Motion Picture Company, Inc, Of Los Angeles, is the
ONLY producing company at present that is actually producing high
grade motion pictures featuring the Race in photoplays Of merit minus all
humihahng burlesque. WE HAVE PRODUCED and shown throughout
the entire United States, the two foremost Race productions ever filmed,
The Realization of a Negroes Ambition" in two parts; and the Trooper
of Troop K" in three parts. The only Negro pictures that have received
the endorsement of Pres. Motion and Secy. Scott, Educators of Tuskegee;
Hon. Robt. R. Church, Race capitalist of Memphis; DR.. Dogan, Educator,
Wiley University; Nine. C. j. Walker, richest Negro woman in America;
United States.
WATCH FOR OUR NEW FEATURE, "LAW OF NATURE"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
e Secret Of Getting Rich!

RUSSELL SAGE, THE NOTED CAPITALIST, WAS ONCE ASKED
THE QUESTION:: chow TO GET RIGHT" HIS REPLY WAS: GET
SOMETHING THE PUBLIC WANTS AND SELL IT TO THEM" IF
THIS is TRUE, THEN A FEW MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR RACE
HAVE AN EXCEEDINGLY BRIGHT FUTURE IF THEY READ THIS
CAREFULLY AND ACT QUICKLY.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-04-17
Nentlde eccIcntc internirt.

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5c15e6n oeilti9e Srieesgefangene,
Die na6 grflSrung oes ariees5uItan-
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-04-17
0Sdere Wlildpreilc aeplamt.

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nMorplanO Stote 0oirpmen's glIio-
ciotion" cine Sibung a6baIten, in
pel6er iiber cine @rb0bung oes
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-04-17
Ser SeutIdje 2erid)t.

9erlin, 16. 9lpril (pia 9onOon).
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gcnOen @ortlallt:
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SAad gebolten uno einen Shlrm.
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Elm @orItoB itorfer britiider Srlp-
penmaiien ourb unier mirfiomes
6euer gum Shaitono gebrocbt; Der
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gI0rOlih BON ser 9lrras-Sam6rai-
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6eino aui 2ognicourt imO 9orriies
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litten in oieien a1mpfen ie6r iHmere
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ten 10 Moi6incngepe6re, oie berein-
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broibbar gemadt iuuroen.
sSn Ser g3dbe BON ct. Nuentin bat
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SSn Dem @e6iet bon Soiiions bis
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