The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-26
THE "ONLOOKER"
Brief Comments and Reflections Anent Timely and Topical
Events SuccinctIy Told from our Viewpoint
By ''Hans''

adopt efforts defects of her husband She
has written the department follows Get husband for
army He'll probably claim exemption
But he good and doesn't In the they'll make
Of him."
The gentle wife neglects which of the results
would please her most
the truth"
Nothing but the truth your
Precisely"
Then judge with upon me- might as we'll
that Pm have y"BUENos
HERALD
The Cosr growing used to spea king
OF money in terms of billions Yet when the total of
expended by the begeren
feeling of awe at the tremendous aggregate.
In two Great Britain $4,000 100000 her
and France a47 100000 in the period
Italy debied with the comparatively small
The estimate for Russia placed Belgium
Serbia and Roumana Germany
s2l3OoOOOOOO and Austria Hungary $25O00O0OOO Turkeys
expenditure financed by Germany
The grand total for years 900 100000.
estimated that the will spend altogether
100000 day this And this
human life!
OFFENSIVE SLANG.-European newspapers especially those
published London supposed the pure
aed English Slang popular English
ropoian daes For they
to orcefu phrases that sometimes bor
der on the vulgar.
Yet London paper. weekly, Births"
and Deaths following erotesqn styles
patchesIn London last week 1912 births deaths
istered.
We the opinion that American copy reader who
could phrase elegant uphonious would
quickly lose his job
ONE AMONG MANY.-"No" said the honest man. Il was
strong my life not tell you
wrote Gray's Elegy'."-N. Y. TINES
BoAsrs-The agency informs that
ada rejoices the the
world being placed position the Canadian Oberva
which nearing completion Little Sandwich m outside
Victoria. B. G.
Just the other day read dispatch from
agency announcing the particulars
made for observaores the This
emphatic that the lens the largest
Wonder getting of taking unto
ourselves the credit for doing all of the biggest things
sphere of action?
of the Arkansas walked from end
end of his native times and who claimed the pedestrian
championship of the because he couldn't
could be possible for walk than he. Needless
the Arkansan had never heard of Payson.
CHANCE For TOBACCO TRUsrs-Mitary authorities have
declared tobacco for soldiers the trenches Most
include comforting
ratons
Owing to of provision soldiers will have to depend
kindness of friends and welwshers for their smokes
would that the Government should fix prices for
and smoking tobacco the soldiers Otherwise the
price will be prohibve We should he able supply
with tobacco the English do. London papers
advertising combination packages make appear
For example: Order No. 1-25O Woodbne
ees postpaid, hings" Order United Service
tobacco Woodbine Brian postpaid shl
lings'
it is possible for raising country to furnish
troops smoking materials such low prices
who probably other
country EARTH should able sell export
much less
is opportunity advertised
captains industry really effective bit of patriotism.
though such selling would destroy profits
would be the effective advertising campaign launched
War condition prices would apply only the front
THE BeorRY OF PREuD1cE-The "sngle-r mind-the
which has for of subject
along lines favorable
natural but refuse the right those entertaining views
Numerically opposed ourselves bigots Because
make right And
viewpoint finally conceded be but
credit the opposition with the sincerity that claim for