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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
Long, Long Thoughts
Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis
Somewhere on the ocean is
The boy who brought our groceries
Before the war began.
His name is Willie, and he took
The orders daily from the cook,
And wrote them in his little book,
And carried off the can
In which we kept our kerosene,
He wasn't very neat and clean.
But now so neat and clean he is,
The boy who brought our groceries.
And stands so straight,
You'd never know him for the same
Stoop- shouldered, careless boy who came
And often got lot of blame
For bringing thi ngs so late.
He was so shiftless, goodness knows
If he had ever brushed his clothes!
But now soldier man he is,
The boy who brought our groceries,
And gone to shoot Hun.
Sunday he called on Cook, to say
Goodbye before he went away;
And Pop shook hands with him that day
As proud as anyone.
He is so soldierly and trim,
We all are proud of knowing him.
atlantic Monthly.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
:. POE Ry :.
Selected
Temporary


Miranda's dropped her fancy work and
sailed across the Straits
As temporary ''lady of the lamps"
And James abandoned portraiture to wash
the cups and plates
Of the Tommies in temporary camp;
And Ethel-nervy Ethel!-is a motor-driv-
ing Waac,
And fairly saved her special Brigadier
The day that Fritz got busy and our line
came surging back
In temporary movement to the rear.
A temporary Major they've contrived to
make of Bob
(He was always pretty hefty at his drill).
While the rank of air mechanic-and he
hustles at his job
Is the temporary perquisite of Bill;
Old Joseph drives tractor most surprizlng
true and straight
(He's sixty, but temporary sport),
While Augustus sails the ocean as tenn
porary mate
When he isn't in a temporary port.
There's temporary shortage of the things
we eat and wear,
And the temporary pleadings of the
Tank,
Plus the temporary taxes that we're called
upon to bear,
Lead to temporary trouble at the bank;
The only things that haven't changed since
Wilhelm butted in
To show how Armageddon should be
Are the views of Thomas Atkins as to who
is going to win,
And his personal opinion of the Hun.
Punch
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
Discovery in Seaweed

Something has been heard lately of the
value of seaweed for food. 1t can also be
used, we now learn, says writer in the
Manchester Guardian, as a substitute for
cotton. An account of this new textile
was given recently by K. Hamada, vice
president of the Japanese Federation of
Marine Industrial associations.
The raw material may be obtained from
two kinds of seaweed, called in Japanese
segumo and gomoguma. These are boiled
together in water with wood ashes, and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19

then in water mixed with rice bran. After
bleaching, fibers are extracted which can be
utilized for manufacturing purposes.
The announcement of this discovery has
awakened no little interest on the Pacific
coast of America, where the supply of sea-
weed is almost inexhaustable. 1t is along
that coast, too, that some of the investiga-
tions were carried out few years ago by
japanese scientists, whose explanation that
their visit had as its. object the study of
seaweed was received with considerable
skepticism. Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
N ! R R 0 R E ES

The worn rubber mating in the main
corridor was replaced with new last week.
Last week party of three priests were
shown through the institution, one of them
being French priest with three years in
the service to his credit. When introduced
to our local doctor the French priest thought
the doctor was standing on box, he was
so tall. The Father was located in Rou-
mania where the men are mostly short OF
stature.
Mr.. Mike Gibbons, an old friend OF
Deputy Warden ]. ]. Sullivan, and Mrs..
Gibbons, accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Ryan, were conducted through the institu-
ton by the Deputy Warden last Friday.
The Gibbons boys, Mike and Tom, are
known throughout the world among lovers
of clean boxing. They are St. Paul boys,
and Mike, who has been instructing our
soldiers, at the camp where he was stationed,
in the art of boxing, is considered the cham
pion in bis class.
"A woman who was for many years a
housekeeper in the family of the late AL
fred B. Nobel, the Swedish founder of the
Nobel Prizes, was leaving to be married,
says The Ladies Home Journal. Mr.. No
bel wished to- reward her services and asked
what she would like for a wedding gift,
saying that he would be glad to give her
whatever she asked. After consulting with
her fance, the woman approached Mr.. No
bel and said she had decided what she
wanted, but doubted whether she would get
it. GO ahead said the rich dynamite
maker; 81 told you to ask for whatever you
wished" "Will you give me your in
come for one day, then, Mr.. Nobel?' 1t
took eleven men to figure it out, but the
housekeeper received for wedding present
the sum of $4,000.
Something to worry about-Frederick
William (ex-crown prince) says: 81 told
him (papa) the British would be agin us.
Our motion picture show Wednesday,
the 11th, was fve-reel Lasky production
entitled cat First Sight, with Mae Muir
ray as star. The song, I'm Sorry l Made
You Cry" by Mr.. B., was very good and
we'll received.
The musical program by the orchestra
follows:
March-Columbia- Ellis Brooks
Selection-The Little Millionaire Lampe
One Step-We Don't Want the Bacon
Havens
Song, by Mr.. B. I'm Sorry Made You
Waltzes-Tiger Rose -P. De Rose
Popular Fox Trot-Pick a Little Four
Leaf Clover --Olman
One Step-Sweet Cookie Mine, c. M. Jones
Serenade zo)-Bernice- -Haskins
March-The Thunder Cloud Afford
R. ]. Reichkitzer, Musical Director.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
A Cascade Mountain Forest

The silence there was like power;
No bird nor beast, no zephyr stirred:
Through all the magic of the hour
No faintest whisper might be heard.
The air was dank, and leaves were drenched
With recent rains from western strands;
Each drop was as diamond clenched
In dainty virgin-forest hands.
Huge fallen cedars, once the pride
Of older forests days and nights,
Wrapt round with moss, but hale inside,
Lay slumbering midst their dream delights
And while they slept in stiffness blest,
Along their trunks in moses bright,
The mother hemlocks found a nest
Wherefrom their babes might seek the light.
Their lowland frs by limpid light,
In grandeur, and in lofty grace,
In calm, and measured peace, and might.
And silent beauty, blessed the place.
Ranged midway 'twixt the white barked
pines
And where the somber cedars grow,
Stood noble frs in pillared lines
To rampant back the mountain snow.
All silent dreamed the lovely frs,
Shielded by woods of white-barked pine,
Taking the first free breath that stirs
From snow-clad peaks beyond the line.
Oh! heirlooms of Golden Time,
By what enchantment were We planned
To rim your crystal lakes sublime,
The sentinels of fairylandl
M. G.. B., in Theosophical Magazine
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
ATTENTION n!

Inmates are hereby cautioned not to
use the margins of The MIRROR for adj
dresses of friends or other written
matter. If you wish The MIRROR sent
to your friends, you are required to
send in their addresses to the Deputy
Warden's Office through your officer.
In this way it will be attended to.
]. ]. SULLIVAN
Deputy Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
Lions Down With Chambers

Chambers is an ailment usually associated
with cattle. but an outbreak of this disease
among the lions and tigers of the Rome
Geological Garden is reported in the An
nall d'lgine. The disease is known to
have been transmitted from horses to lions,
tigers and leopards, and the domestic cat
was shown susceptible by laboratory inoc-
ulation.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
The Monk PauSeS in His
Labor

The Monk PauSeS in His
Labor
Follow, follow,
o swift-wing'd swallow,
The springtide call to a new delight.
River-rover,
Leap up and over
The rocks, o salmon silver bright!
In the garden close
Is the new-blown rose,
And the blossom white on the hawthorn
tree;
Where the rowing Dane
Will launch again
His well-mann' ships for the Irish shore.
Yet Danish sail
Is of no avail
'Gainst the killed kerns in the battle roar,
When host of men
From hill and glen
Sweeps down with the strength of curling
wave;
A flash of spears,
And women's tears
Are all that left for the fallen brave.
But the din of war,
Though loud, is far
From the peaceful toll of monkish cell,
The open book
In the garden nook
By the great gray house where the brothers
dwell.
Swallow, swallow,
Could but follow
The springtide call of a new delight,
Like the river-rover,
I'd up and over,
Across the wall, where the land is bright!
-Noreys Jephson, o. Common
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19

Leaves From Our Poets.
When Private Mugrums Par
Lay Voos


l can count my francs an santeems-
If I've got basket near
An l speak wicked ssbon jour-
But the verbs are awful queer,
An lose lot O. pronouns
When l try to talk to you,
For your eyes are so bewitchin'
l forget to parlay VOC.
In your pretty little garden,
With the bench beside the wall,
An the sunshine on the asters,
An' the purple phlox so tall,
l would like to whisper secrets
But my language goes askew-
With the second person plural
For the more familiar "too."
In your pretty little garden,
| could always say ''juh tame,''
But it aims so very subtle,
An it amt not quite the same
As you've got some dandy earrings,''
Or "Your eyes are nice an brown
But my adjectives get manly
Right before lady noun.
Those ininitives perplex me;
l can say you're ''tray jolee."
But beyond that simple statement
All my lenses don't agree.
can make the Boche Competency
When meet 'em in a trench,
But the softer things escape me
When try to zap in French.
In your pretty little garden
Darn the idioms that dance
On your tongue so sweet and rapid.
All, they hold me in trance.
Though l stutter an stammer,
In your garden, on the bench.
Yet my heart is writin' poems
When talk to you in French,
Pot. Charles Divins, in Stars and Stripes
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19

Two Teutons, though tutored to shoot,
Were caught when they fingered to loot,
A Yank did his duty
Took charge of the booty,
And kept the two Tuetons to boot.
-Erchdnge
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
H j N 0 R

Edith-I'll back out and let you marry
the wretch.
Mare-Why do you do that?
Edith-He proposed to both of US and
want to see him punished.
He-Miss Wiles dropped me line yes
terday.
She-Lookout! That girl is trying to
hook you.
Stella-An officer has to know how to
handle men.
BeIla-Huh! know how to do that
myself.
Belle-Was that your brother saw you
with yesterday?
Beulah-Yes; don't you think we look
alikei
Belle-Not particle. Say, he's pretty
good looking, isn't he.
"Stand up! The orchestra is playing
The Star Spangled Banner
81 can't, have a sore foot
| Better stand up. A fellow offered that
excuse the other day and it wasn't long be-
fore he had sore head
Teacher in French school-Marie, what
is the national air of La Patriel
| Little Marie-s.La Marseillaise.
Teacher-Goodl Now. the national air
of Englandi
Little Marie-"God Save the King
Teacher-Very good, mon enfant! Now
the national air of the United Statesl
Little -Certainement! It,s"Hall,
Hail, the Gangs All Here
Corporal Daisy Carruthers, why did
you not inform Private Hilda Clarkson that
l wanted herr
now!''
Jack-You can't Judge a man by the
way he dresses.
Edith-Oh, don't know. 1 can tell
gentleman by his get-up-in the crowded
street car.
81 hear Madge is engaged to man who
! manufactures artificial optics.''
''Is that sol Well, guess she can give
him few points when it comes 10 making
those goo-goo eyes,
Her Husband-Seats in the Stock Ex-
change cost thousands of dollars.
Prima Donna-My! bur I'd like to sing
in that house.
woman lost her little curly poodle and
called on the police to find it. The next
day one of the force came with the dog very
wet and dirty. The lady was overjoyed,
and asked number of foolish questions.
among others:
"Where did you find my dear darlings''
"Why, ma'am,'' said the officer. ga
fellow had him on pole, and was washing
windows with him.
Il see where a man was arrested for
swearing in German
''It served him right
"What is your opinion of German, any,
howl"
II don't know of any other language
better adapted to showing that person has
a bad disposition and is extremely hard to
get along with
She-Will you love me as much in De-
cember as you do in Jupei
He More darling. There's one more
day in December.
ATTENTION.!
Inmates are hereby cautioned not to
use the margins of The MIRROR for adj
dreSaeS of frienda o&b..
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
Board of Parole

Board of Parole
c. E. Vasaly, Chairman
c. S. Reed, Sec'y for Prison
Rev. H. C. Swearingen
II. X. w. Scott, Sec'y for Reformatory
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
priantt WffiriaIs
Board of Control

Board of Control
Ralph w. Wbeelock, Minneapolis
c. E. vasaly, Little Falls
c. ]. Swendsen, ST. James
Downer Mullen. Secretary
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
Inn ates Attention.!

Inmates will observe the following
rules to insure prompt mail service.
Place register number and page num-
her in upper right hand corner of
envelope in space to be covered by
stamp.
Your future page number will be same as
shown on all incoming letters.
Do not write between lines.
Sign your full name to all letters.
j.. SULLIVAN. Deputy Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
Chapel Brngraiis
Sunday, December Is

The following is the program rendered
in the Auditorium, Reverend Father Barry
officiating.
March Connecticut Orchestra
Hymn-Rock of Ages Congregation
Scripture Father Barry
Vocal Solo-God Be with Our Boys
Tonight Member of Choir
Frayer-- ------------------Fa Father Barry
Gospel Reading Father Barry
Sermon ------------F Father Barry
Hymn-The Banner of the Cross
4-------- ------------ Congregation
March-Dixie Queen --. Orchestra
r. j. Reichkitzer. Musical Director.
Population
Monday, December Is
Number of Inmates at Prison...... 832
Number in First Grade..... ,7O8
Number in Second Grade. Ill
Number in Third rade......................13
Received During Week. ........
discharged .......................... ..........
Last Serial Number ...................5 1884
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19
A Blinded "Poilu" To His
Nurse

l knew you only by your tears >.
l felt them falling on my face.
had wakened on hush of dark, -.
And lay knew not in what place.
0 lady, not dream was mine!
Despair had told the truth to me,
And was fearful of life's call,
And bitter with my destiny.
But the warm touches of your soul
Guided me to the darkened years.
Sweet reconciler of my days,
l knew you only by your tears.
-Asnss Leo.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19

II hear Madge is engaged to man who
manufactures artificial optics.''
''Is that sol Well, guess she can give
him few points when it comes 10 making
those goo-goo eyes,"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19

Her Husband-Seats in the Stock Ex-
change cost thousands of dollars.
Prima Donna-My! but I'd like to sing
in that house.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19

"Stand up! The orchestra is playing
The Star Spangled Banner
81 can't, have a sore foot
Better stand up. A fellow offered that
excuse the other day and it wasn't long be-
fore he had sore head"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19

Jack-You can't Judge a man by the
way he dresses.
Edith-Oh, don't know. / can tell
gentleman by his get-up-in the crowded
street car.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-02-07

III These Cola INNS VIII i
Of Articles Describing
most Unbelievable CrN
The Truth pf These Az
Established b& the U. S. GS

WAoo ukCd6
which not q %
destruction had
cur, In which th(
touched upon the
saw other wide al
one stone had beer
another; where the
aged; where the md
been shot in squads; y
able survivors had beeI
holes, like wild beasts"
Even Soldiers H
Some HERMAN soldiel
TO see, showed their nc
deeds committed in Bel
The Inhabitants hav
'lage. 1t was horrible.
ted blood on all the bet
faces one saw, terrible Z.
dead, 60 In all, were at
Among them were many
some old men, and half-dl
woman, awful to see; three ca
had clasped each other, and died 3
The altar and the vaults Of the CHI
are shattered. They had q ted
there to communicate with thu
This morning, September 2, al
vivors were expelled, and I
little boys carrying a .
baby five or six montl,
two sticks. All thia
see. Shot after {,
after thunde nl
killed. I saw
two children
on the head
(From the dig
Paul Spielmap
gade of Infan
In
of Liege beca
sons were sf
ished. 10 sold
make you crJ
"On the q
quiet. The
given in. Set
200 kept prfN
turning to Liege.
august "a. At noon
sentry duty. Sentry duty
allocated to me. Our occt
from bathing, Is eating
We live like God in Bele
the diary of Joh. van del
servist of the Tenth comp
ninth reserve infantry req
enth reserve army corps.)
"Behaved Like vanJ
august II. In the afteI
a look at the little chatei
to one of the kings secret
home9. Our men had
regular vandals. They hi
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-02-07

cellar first, d
their attentid
thrown things
They had eve
to smash the
was topsy-tui
ture, silk, and d
happens when
requisition for !
they must have
useless stuff sim
looting."
August 9Th crd
itants on border
give us many thiI
ference noticeable
august 23rd. 81
mar and Dinant. y
At IL o'clock the
vance after the arti
up prepared the a
Pioneers and Infa,
were marching In
a small village the
by the inhabitants
itants were shot
burnt-artillery I'd
ing-the village u
Just now, six o'cfo
the crossing Of tn,
Dinant All
and houses are bur
night. 1t was O bead
the fires all round us 81
august 24.--In eve
finds only heaps Of ri
dead" From the diary
Fourth company, Elevent
fnlinn Mnrhrr,~ .,
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-02-07

"Behaved Like vanS
august II. In the afteS
a look at the little chatea
to one Of the kings secret
home9. Our men had
regular vandals. They hi
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-02-07


"A sh9ll burst near th
company, and wounded q
three very severely. At Ave
were ordered by the ofHc(
mand Of the regiment 70 -
male inhabitants OF N
the population was fod
ing to stay the advance
troops by force of arms.
the houses, and seized all
N order to execute them
martial law. The houses \
not been already destroyed
French artillery and our own
on fire by US, SO that nearly /
town was reduced. to ashes. j
rible sight when helpless wa
children, utterly destitute. Z,
together and driven into
(From the diary OF Privata
Eighth Bavarian regiment ~
Thirty-third resolve dis
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-29
There Was Something Doing.

One afternoon recently a United
States ship manned by a crew OF boys
recently from a naval training station
dropped anchor In the harbor Of
Southport, 8. G. The boys were long
ing for shore leave, but there ap-
peared to be little opportunity for en-
tertainment In the small town that
stretched along the water front At
one of the wharves was a patrol boat.
One of the bluejackets waved his sig
nal flags A sailor on the patrol boat
answered. The following CONVERSE
ton was wigwagged back and forth:
Anything doing in the town.
Sure"
ANY chance for any funr"
Yes We've an Army and Navy
Club"
Then we are coming ashore"
A little later every man who could
get shore leave was headed for the
Army and Navy Club of the War Camp
Community Service. There they sure
iy did have fun, afternoon and eve
ming; not only fun but an opportunity
for shower baths and letter writing.
For two days the Army and Navy Club
was home to these boys. without 1t
there would have been nothing for
them to do but wander In the streets
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-29

to some War Camp Community Serv-
ice hospitality center. There they can
get a bed and bath for Is cents,
breakfast for from 10 cents to 30
cents, free bus rides on Sunday morn
ing, free vaudeville show on Sunday
afternoon and a free performance at
a Broadway theater on Sunday night
There are dances and home dinners
and dozens of other entertainments.
at all Of which his uniform Is his pasA
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-29
EGRO LOAN MEET
TANNED FOR OCT. 3

Bryan Dunwody, chairman Escam-
A Council OF Defense, has organized
workers for the Liberty Loan
i've at various points In the county
,4d city and anticipates good re-
salts.
Mr.. Dunwody said yesterday, a
mod proportion of this organization Is
,rking direct with Mr.. Muldon, the
,ggirn1an of the Liberty Loan COM
htee With the assistance Of Gus
E.tzen, We have organized the COL
ed citizens for patriotic service and
meeting held Saturday morning
II nine o'clock the following commit
IS were appointed: ]. II. Hall, chair
.ln; II. Z. Jones, vice chairman;
aron Brown. Som Charles, c. F.
a-roh, Rev. p. H. Nay.
II is planned to have thorough or
anization of the colored race. and
mass meeting has been called for
hursday, October Bird, at I o'clock,
s.. Big Zion Tabernacle, when they
i'll be addressed by County Chair
an Muldon and others.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-29

ounce OF dried or powdered vegetables
to one cup of water This will make
pint of soup. To this may be added
III teaspoonful OF flour. or one to four
teaspoonfuls Of whole grain, also salt,
pepper, celery salt, chill pepper, cat
sup. The flavor vegetables are onion.
celery, carrot. okra and turnip. Body
vegetables are beans OF all kinds.
potatoes, corn, tomatoes and peas.
And good soup recipe may be used for
the ground or powdered vegetables
Just as the whole vegetables
The amount Of waterN desired Is
added to the soup flour, and then al
lowed to come to boil. A rich, nour-
ishing soup is then ready. There is no
patent on food invention, and any