The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-04-19

That original compositions which are printed in
The MIRROR are appreciated by Twin City papers
is evidenced by the reprintng of An Easter Medi-
tation" from the pen of our brilliant contributor
"Optimo.'
The article referred to appeared in issue of
April 5th and was reprinted last week in of the
largest Twin City papers. Thus does merit and
ability find appreciation. Even though the present
day press teens with the turbulent, and gives the
public much which is sometimes more sensational
than porant to the critical hour it still pauses for
a moment to give courteous space to merit.
Rev. Charles Cochran and the Rev. G. E.
Benson chaplains of this institution to discuss
the moral and religious side of prison life at quar-
tery conference of executive officers of nstitu
tons with the board of control May, 8, at the
Faribault state school for the deaf. DR.. A. j. Todd
of the University of Minnesota will outline the pro-
posed training for social workers in connec-
ton with his department The conference discus
sions will be open to the public.
Pa "A
That the boys at the State Reformatory have
large sense of justice and insight in matters pertain
ing to the policy of one for ALL and all for one" is
amply evidenced by the following which
print for the benefit of our older boys:''
Privileges are not given to bride, nor as
incentive to obedience of discipline, but the nat
ural consequent of our endeaver conduct ourselves
in manner becoming men. Our conduct IS, the
means by which character is gagged. There
fore, if we would be judged rightly, we must act
right We the gamers by such action; doubly
So for he who acts right will soon think right. On
the other hand, he who acts wrong will soon think
wrong. If you have any doubt about the best pol
icy of the two. we advice you to oil up your mental
machinery and exercise it.
If you are not in harmony with the best inter-
ess of the inmate body, you have weak spot in your
makeup and it is up to you to repair it. Remember
this. the wrong done another reacts most heavily
against ones SELF Right adjust the balance sooner
or later Think it easier to pass the camel through
the eye of needle than think for you to benefit
yourself by committing acts that injure others. And
what you doing, but njuring your fellow inmates,
when you commence to act in an unreasonable man.
ner?
Mans moral mercury, rising or fall ing, regis
ters his fitness to be regarded proper recipient
of mutual privileges. This is a community of men
and if there is dscord the whole community suffers
along with the offenders We are here and it is our
part to make the best of t-not the worst of it. If
want better conditions must improve ourselves
and conditions will grow better in proportion to
our fitness to appreciate them. We make things
better by looking at them in the right spirit. 1t is
easy to find fault. That is the why there are
80 many fault-tinders. There a Away whose
whose conceit twist every fact TO suit them
selves. Their creed teaches belief in nothing the
whole universe revolves in their heads and they
situte themselves as judges of what is what. This
is the class of inmates that hold the others back
Shoes have been invented from which the uppers
and heels can be removed to enable them to be worn
slippers.