The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-05-03
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The world is trying very hard to take the mar
out of submarine.
Nothing is so ugly as the ugliness that
nothing but evil in others and only virtue in oneself.
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The joyous optlmist overdo things when he
asserts that folks, will be happier by eating less if
the high cost of living increases.
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Some believers in preparedness believe in blow
ing the bottle to fit the cork
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Some newspaper scare heads are like the hole
in the doughnut-a large hole surrounded by thin
crust of substance.
Perhaps an application of Shakespeare's
derful language and literary influence might reduce
the cost of living.
Uneasy lies the head that a crown can
not be applied to King Potatoe at his present value.
Among our visitors to the institution last Satur-
day, party of public officials, under the per-
sonal escort of State Agent Mr.. f. A. Whittier.
The party consisted of Messrs John Minor, Steward
State Hospital. accompanied by jack Roches-
ter; w. A. Richards Steward for Feeble Minded,
Faribault; r. H. Naylor. Steward, Public School,
Owatonna; n. E. Wehrle, Accountant. State Board
Of Control, ST. Paul, and T. F. Crane, of Crane &
Ordway, St. Paul
Nothing kills ambition or lowers the life stand
ard quicker than familiarity with inferiority-that
which is cheap, the Cheap john method of doing
things' says Grin SWEET Marden, in THE BETTER
CITIZEN, because: unconscously become like that
with which we are habitualy associated. 1t becomes
part of u.s. and the habit of doing things in infer
ior, sloveny way weaves it's fatal defects into the
very texture of the character.
I'VE so constituted that the quality which
we put into our lifework affects everything else in
our lives. and tends to bring our whole conduct to
the same level. The whole person takes on the
characteristics of ones usual ways of doing things.
The habit of precision and accuracy affects the en-
tire mentality, improves the whole character
On the contrary, doing things in loose joint
ed slp-sLod, careless manner deeriorates the whole
mentality demoralizes the entire mental processes
and brings down the whole life
Every half-done slovenly job that goes out
of your hands leaves it's of Decentralization be-
hind, takes bit from your self-respect. After
sllghtihg your WORK. AFTER dong poor Job you are
not quite the same man you before. You are
not so likely to try to keep up the quality of your
work, not so likely to regard your word as sacred
as before. You incapacitate yourself from doing
your best in proportion to the number of times you
allow yourself to do INFERIOR slipshod work.
The mental and moral effect of half-doing, or
carelessly doing things it's power to drag down. to
demoralize, can hardly be estimated, because the
processes gradual so subtle No one can re-
spect himself who habitually botches his work, and
when selfrespect drops, confidence goes with it, and
when confidence and self respect have gone, excel
lence is impossible.
1t is astonishing how completely a slovenly
habit will gradually, nsdiously fasten itself upon
the individual aud change his whole mental atti-
tude to thwart absolutely his lfe-purpose. even
when be may think he is doing his best to carry it
out.