The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-02-14

the PURPOSEFUL PERSISTENCE with which s.
you do it. The fact that you have done some hard u
work in your life under compuson, and deserted Il
at the first possible minute. does not change things
in the least the intelligent and chosen and pur
poseful hard work that has constructive value in
growing you up
1T is not what you do but HOW you do it that "
is the secret of success"
Remember the Red Cross if you wish it to re- g
member you in your times of hurt.
Cultivation of music need not include excessive
culture for the of cash register. Ii
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In shooting: If you wish to hit far distant Il
mark be to aim high"
Our movie entertainment of last week consisted v
Of three reels of Pahe travelogues showing scenes
in many foreign lands Also animated cartoons that
touched the risbilites of the audience The M. s. T.
orchestra offered exceptionally fine program OF
popular waltzes marches, fox-trots and mazurkas p
which the orchestra instrumentasts rendered with o
artistic perfection. solo by Mr.. B..ented Over II
There" was enthusiastically encored were the mu-
steal numbers by the NJ S. P musicians. i
The program follows II
PROGRAM
March-Klown Kapers .--- Ernest R. Ball k
Selecion-A Modern Holaender v
-Sep-Au Revor Good Bye Soldier Boy-----
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --------Albert Won Tilzer
Song-Over There-Mr. Geo. M. Cohan
Watz-Dream of the Walter A. Phillips
Fox Trot-I'm Real Kind Mama 80 Marco Pnkard
of the Past----Theo Bendix
March-Giddy Giddap 10 Go On! We're On Our Way
------------Jack Frost
R. ]. REcHKITzER, Musical Director.
Sterling worth is not always measured by ser-
ling silver.
The hand that is soied from toll is cleaner than
the hand that fltches, though 1t all the manicure
appliance devised.
If your ideal of sacrifice squares with your
science you will find easier sacrifice easy
ey" than hard earned honor.
A singular notion that anyone per-
manenty deceive others in respect to his real char
acter. The notion is both common and persistent"
says writer in the BETTER CITIZEN. Youth is
inclined to believe it, Age is entirely free from
the false Judgment The gnorent accept it easily,
and the wise need to remind themselves of the self
revealing qualities of genuine character
One may act part but 1t is part only, and
not the whole of oneself. The mask cannot be worn
all the time. Counterfeit coins pass for
WHILE but they finally the scales Of the mint
and are cast out. The lying witness dscloses his
lying in ways of which he knows not The fraud
ulent practitioner cannot long hold out.
1T is also important to learn that any attempt
be other than oneself is only useless deception
but it also weakness ones character and in
| effectiveness in achievement. One is too
strong himself, but try to be other than himself
results in declenson indeed. 1t stands the minus
and points on toward the minimum.
Nature never designed to be other than he
| s If she had designed, she would have made
him that other in the first place! Nature is the great
| creative, we'll as the most conserving force.
Thetrue philosophy lies in accepting oneself
| as Byron with his lameness; Lamb with his
| stuer; Faucet with his sudden gun-made blindness.
| Let each make the of himself under the con-
ditions Let cotton threads remain cotton threads.
| Most useful they. Let them not attempt any
unsuccessful imitation of silk strands. If conditions
inevitable, to seek to them is waste. If
| conditions changeabe. and ought to be changed
removed the removing may be part of lifes duty.
" I have done the best l could with the stuff
| which nature gave me- said Jean Paul Richter.
| That is all that is required of the poorest and the
weakest, and that is required of the richly endowed
| u. IL.