The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-09
THE "ONLOOKER"
Brief Comments and Reflections Anent Timely and Topical
Events Succincty Told from Our Viewpoint
By Ham


By "Ham'
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE Observation-Disclosures have the
happy knack each article they
book paper and In addition they possess an
perception. They students OF life An hours
conversation a distinct pleasure; it acts as men
cocktail We different viewpoints and acquire information
subjects foreign more restricted mental horizon.
Other delve deeply into subjects of no interest to the
general and the in particular lnee are
the specialists in dead world They
can hope gain positive of their subjects the worlds
they explore belonged to bygone
To acquire working knowledge of men and history OF the
last centuries; study particular the developments of our own
couny of benefit all because they furnish us
with comparisons and precedents
Milton sums up idea in the following lines:-
mot to at large of things remote
From use obscure and subtle, but to know
That which before us lies In daily life,
Is the prime wisdom. What is more Is tame,
Emptiness fond mpertnence
And renders N things that most
Impractical unprepared and still to SEEK
DOUBLE rNrrNDRr-w what Secretary Daniels had in
this remarks Victory for the United
her allies will forever end the fiction OF divine right
THE IMMurAp111rY OF HUMAN NArURE.-A recently pub
shed book Aspects Infinite Mystery by g. Cor
don, contains the following:
Play learning working, love- marriage parenthood bus-
citizenship whole earthly life must come for nerpreta
ton the infinite perecug grace of our
human world
There is well authenticated history mankind for period
of fifteen hundred years. nothing this history tend
towards the attainment of an ideal
The truth that become materialsc
every phase increases humanity be-
and less dependent ideals The average man
the Of ideal state belonging IN the
that will day dlsarm lie
while remains as has been for thousands
years. will continue they always
The millennium of humanity will not be physical change and
involving the elimination inherited traits OF count
affected by the happenings Of day. year,
decade
REPEA ITSELF
the day but echo OF similar
happenings centuries? One would think after
the Literary Dgess review OF Coben Inc New Arch
Biological Discoveries
To quote the reviewer I'VE that pre-
paredness slogan that puocrats
lodged exactly like psentday monalres
CONSUMPTION vital issue in Ners that wmens rights
orcby before the birth of Christ that the problem
help" diff cult then as now'
Is nothing endless of events? Are vi
questions affecting the welfare of humanity settled for all
a around which travel dropping off
humanity look forward higher ideals
earth? these ideals unaanabe because inherent
have they been
through the struggles the because OF increasingly
maerstic teudency life merely testing station in which
capacity and the quality future
No these questions to the satisfaction OF ALL
replies satisfactory the few. There
only phases of physical exence-he only form we are cog
phases birth and death We have beee trying
ages the truths about and the for creation
dissolution than did the ancien and
probably will if past accomplishment is criterion
OUR NATION ANTHEM-There considerable talk in the
about proposed national anthem And there
pears little division Of opinion whether lyric
importance. In discussing this subject the Literary
Digest First catch poet The doctor
the lyric the anthem ridicuous puee 10
first words oh, say is laughabe He cannot imagine
poem starting this fashion. Bombs bursting in air" and rock
cts red glare" according to is cheap imagery
Damroschs that ideal patriotism is than
physical should consequently be of the stuff that
appeals intelligence The difficulty of memorizing
the composition That
that the lyric does not fit
in with the national idea of popularity.
GEMs.The grand jury of Laurens County recently
reported