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The mirror., 1919-11-13
The Hero

1t is not the deed but the danger
That tests the hero's soul;
And the songs of strength are not so are
As the sign of selt-control.
A torch, cheer and niche of fame
For the man who met the foe,
But here's to the man who fail or win
In stress, we did not know.
Some are cheered by nations honor
And some by steadfast friend;
And some by the light of woman's love
Till the strain and strife have end.
And after the story is writ and read
The heart of the world is stirred.
But here's to the man who toiled alone
And whose heart has never heard.
There is joy in fateful struggle
If the watchers understand.
There is JOY in the lift of another's load
By loyal heart or hand.
But some things fall to the lot of life
And ever it must be so,-
Some no others can understand,
And some no one can know.
In the long, long run we reckon
Each man at his social worth;
With partial glance at his circumstance
And the stars above his birth.
But under the breast that stands the test
The heart tides ebb and flow.
Then here's to the one whose duty's done
In stress we do not know.
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BY investing $84.40 in war savings GER
ti6cates during this month, it will earn for
you the sum of $4,000 payable Jan. ],
1924. A glance at the table on page2 will
show how any inmate, if so desirous, can
invest his savings to good advantage.
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Population,
Monday, November 10
k0 MI C kLIPS

An old lady, exceedingly hard of hearing
ship fired salute of ten guns. The
woman, alone in her little house, waited
until the booming ceased Then she
smoothed her dress, brushed her hair back
in a quaint manner, and said sweetly,
"Come in.''
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'For beautiful thought is beautiful
thing;
And out on the infinite tide
May meet. and touch. and tenderly bring
To the sick. and the weary and sorrowing
A solace so long denied -Selected
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tremendously in an aeroplane by an ardent
wooer and goes through maze of
forced experiences, out in some far western
forest region, at the hands of her wooei
who has the time of his life in breaking
her of her Unborn stubborness, but finally
succeeds and all ends we'll.
The play winds up eventually with a
reconciliation after a few exploits with
natives on the heath, some gun toting.
and Catherine is finally seen administering
to the needs and care of her desperate lover
who has been wounded in his efforts to
thwart an adversary who had sought to
force his attentions on the woman to whom
he had at any rate shown his manly devo-
tion to rescue her from an impending fate,
that after all, closes with their coming into
a closer bond of love and affection that
harmonized httingly in the rays of brill
liant sunset. The musical program was all
that could be desired. Following is the
program.
March-Virgin Islands Adams
Selection-The Girl Behind the Gun Caryll
Waltz-Estasy---------- -Baynes
Fox Trot-Cinderella Rosey
Novellette-Moon Glow -Barth
An Egyptian Serenade-My Cairo Love
-Zamecnik
Fox TrotLWhen Your Spencer
Waltz-Golden -Brockman
Fox Trot-Tulip Time -Stamper
(Follies of 1917
One Step-Mammy O'Mine -Pinkard
March-Our Sammies -Vandersloot
r. ]. Reichkitzer, Musical Director.
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Excitement is often the cause of strange
teiegrams. A merchant who had been one
of the passengers on a shipwrecked vessel
was rescued almost by miracle. On ar
rival at place from which he could Sc
telegram. he forwarded the following dis
patch to his partner in business: II am
saved. Try to break it gently to my wife,"
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"Robson, do you know why you are like
a donkeyf" the jester queried.
"Like donkeyf" echoed Robson, open
ing his eyes wide 81 DON'T
because your better half is stubborn
ness itself.''
The jest pleased Robson immensely, for
he at once saw the opportunity for a
glorious dig at his wife. So when he got
home he said: "Dear, do you know why
l am a donkeyi" He waited a moment,
expecting his wife to give it up. But she
didn't. She looked at him somewhat pity
ingly as she answered:
81 suppose it's because you were born
so.''
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The son of the family was home on his
first vacation since he had attained to the
dignity of college senior. He and his
father were discussing affairs of the day and
finally the boy remarked:
Say Dad, hope when l am as old as
you are III know more than you do
"I'H go one better, my boy" the father
replied. 81 hope that when you are that
old you will know as much as you think
you do now.''
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Sammy was not prone to overexertion in
the classroom; therefore his mother was
both surprised and delighted when he came
home one noon with the announcement, 81
got one hundred this morning.
"That's lovely. Sammv" exclaimed his
proud mother, and she kissed him tenderly.
'What was it inl''
"Fifty in reading and fifty in 'rithmetic. -
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ATE ENTlo NJ!

Inmates are hereby cautioned not to
use the margins of The MIRROR for ad-
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.
]. j. SULLIVAN
Deputy Warden.
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GHaprl 4rngran1
Sunday. November 9

The following is the proersm rendered
in the Auditorium last Sunday, Rev.
C. E. Benson officiating.
March-American Conquest Orchestra
Holy. Holy, Holy
Invocation Chaplain
Gloria -------------------C Congregation
Scripture reading Chaplain
Hymn-Come Holy Spirit Congregation
Aiayei------------ --------Snaptaln
Observation-Disclosures Orchestra
Vocal Solo each Me to Love--
---------------------- MI. Enquist
Sermon Chaplain
Vocal Solo-The Ninety and Nine
------------ ------ ------MI. CuqulSt
Hymn-God be With You-- Congregation
Benediction------ ------ Chaplain
March-Imperial Teteques Orchestra
K. ]. Reichkitzer. Musical Director.
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ght by Well-to-D Impostors Hungry for Lterar

ghost" write their novels or plays for
them for a small monetary remunera-
ton, and they would take what OF
fame and financial reward resulted
with consciences perfectly free from
remorse. The thing is done whole
safely and every day, and custom
should make it legitimate. AS long as
the poor ghosts get their pay why
isn't the transaction honest?
A remarkable instance which shows
that the would-be author seldom sees
literary dishonesty in it's true light
occurred when the late Henry James
was arriving in New York from Eng
land to renew his studies of his fellow
countrymen. At the very steamer he
received a Geographic message from
lady known in New York society
and with important English connec-
tons, but personally a stranger to
himself. She apologized for this. but
added the names of mutual friends and
begged him to come at once to see her
on matter Of vital Importance"
The famous novelist saw no way
out of it but to make the visit, and at
once she told him why she had insisted
on his presence. The fact was that
she had "jotted down notes of a really
good novel" that she wished to call by
the name of the heroine, Gwendoline
and 1t was her idea that Mr.. James
would take these notes and fill them
out, afterward returning to her the
completed manuscript" which she
would publish under her own name.
Iauaa XV-ato Is
Henry James made a story OF this
interesting episode, which appears in
his collected works. 1t has been criti-
cised as an example OF his fiction
where he left real life behind and has
failed in presenting his customary
varisemblance.
To return to our newspaper man
and the opportunities he has rejected
to play ghost" A year or so after
he had been knocked out by the lady
! IN tet herness who had Thoughts he
wee called ~ the tAlenhone about din
ner time by the wife Of a wen known
railroad director. She invited him tC
dine with her family that evening. I,
would be very informal and he needn't
dress: only her husband and herself
would be at home. and the former had
a plan to discuss with him. or course
the newspaper man accepted this in
formal invitation and of course the
railroad man and lady were In dinner
toilet. But the dinner was good and
the surroundings were rich and agree
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and write it and then come back. She
never came back.
These are airy anecdotes of at
tempted calls for ghostly aid and they
leave only pleasant memories; but the
pompous manner of a would he au-
thor of History of Wall Street" as
he unfolded his malodorous PROPOSE
ton is irritating even In retrospect,
and at the time II was made, distinctly
so. After arranging for a private in
tervlew he said:
II have invited you to come to see
me because | have little work in
your line that will be very pleasant to
perform and will at the same time
bring you in the needful. I suppose,
like all writing men, that you are hard
up? Well, we need not go into that,
and I will only add that I believe in
encouraging young men. am a
young man still myself. OF course, l
never do anything for nothing and 1
always pay literally for whatever any
body does for me-"
He continued to paraphrase and cir
cumlocute as II hesitating to reveal
his purpose. His political and business
affairs took up all his time. OF all
the we'll known men Of New York he
had least opportunity to indulge his
personal tastes. He was vice presi-
dent of many important societies. Sec
rotary of others.. I'm fact" he mar
rated under such conditions it is out
of the question for me to devote my
self TO literature, or TO give TO my
conception the ideal form of my dream
For am a writer, born writer. and
circumstances only have kept me from
displaying my talent to the world. Ny
friends are kind enough TO say that I
speak well in public. However that
may be. can tell you in private that I
write much better than l speak.
haven't published much so far, a few
trifies for my friends Nothing worth
your attention nor equal to what is in
my mind For have ideas, multitu-
dlnous ideas. and all ! need TO give
them TO my countrymen is the collab-
grafton OF a girte1 young writer to put
these Ideas down on paper"
In plain language his man wanted
to figure as the author OF a book. n
serious work, historical and economic,
entering fully into the psychology OF
THE Street" He knew just how II
should be written and already had oh
tanned o, promise from an ex-President
of the United States to write the fore
word. "Thus you see, my dear fellow,
what fame this book will bring u.s."
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Then slowly and gravely he uttered
solemn sounds, which were supposed
to outline the scheme of the book. AS
merely repeated what he already had
said.
Nobody except professionals would
pick a mans pocket of small change,
and in questions that have to do with
money probably most persons are COM
paratively honest. but II il surprising
how vaguely meum and tuum are held
by amateurs in the world of letters.
Nearly everybody will appropriate a
good anecdote he has read and apply
1t verbally as being his own expert
ence and the number of clubmen in
New York who will read n serious
article in a serious journal and repeat
It as their own thought is legion.
After all, why not? 1t pleases them
and does not hurt the author.
But the literary kleptomaniacs go
even further than merely to appropri-
ate a few ideas. They will absolutely
copy n bit of descriptive prose, or a
poem that they mistakenly think has
been forgotten and show it to one of
the craft as d little thing Of their own.
A young woman laboriously copied out
the short story that is incorporated in
Hawthorne's House OF Seven Gables"
and read it to an admiring audience as
her own composition. She was no
more chagrined when charged with
this theft than Queen Elizabeth used
to be over the exposure OF her nu-
merous lies. Indeed, tho young KEEP
tomaniac laughed at the discovery as
II II were the best joke OF the day.
Whence comes this lax treatment of
literary property? 1t may arise from
certain contempt of such property
hs being comparatively valueiess Tin a
money sense), or, as the fact generally
is, from such eXtravagant vanity that
honesty is swamped beneath IT. Under
these conditions the individual who
sees no harm in employing a literary
ghost does not stop at letters. He
wishes to be distinguished in all
branches of art, He will sign n pic
ture by another hard. lie vail buy an
invention OF a poor devil and push II
through as the offspring OF his own
mechanical genius. He would build a
house and take the credit for arohitec-
tural knowledge except that house
building has to be done in the open
aud there are apt to be too many Wit
nesses The ghost" as tho name i'm
his employer sets him TO work in
darkness because the deeds OF both
are evil
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Odd Propositions Made to Practical
Writers by Persons Who Would
Pose as Authors

able. After the three had adjourned
to a library for coffee and cigarettes
the plan was exposed.
please make yourself perfectly
comfortable" said his hostess, a pretty
woman who adored her stalwart,
handsome, money making husband.
Take a cigarette and listen while my
husband reads something he has writ
ten."
Husband meanwhile had seated him
self at carved desk, from which he
drew an ominous bulk of manuscript.
"Tittle-Tattle OF the Town" he an
nounced with a complacent smile, was
the title.
Il mind me of the days long gone,
In winter and in summer sun,
And thus my poem was begun.
And thus by memory II was done"
Poetry! The unhappy guest squirmed
In the padded cell. But there was no
help in sight, and he resigned himself
to pay for his dinner like an honest
guest. For an hour the sloppy, sludgy
tittle-tattle Of a small country town,
where the great railroad promoter had
eSiaN ~ thC HOilOT W De DORM una TdlSeu
droned on. Some distant Inspiration
to abuse that unfortunate word-from
the Spoon River Anthology had start
ed these muddy waters to ooze out.
Finally came proposition.
Now, l am we'll aware" said the
poet, that the form of many of my
musings falls far below the idea. I
fiatter myself that the latter is in
variably fine. But l am a busy man;
| have jotted down my poems hur-
riedly and lack time to revise. What
would you say to taking them home
with you ana working them over into
better shape? There is. as you per-
ceive, very little to be done; the
change OF word here and there, the
strengthening up of lipb now and
then, so to speak. But all this would
take time and your time is worth
something. will pay for the work. "
He named a liberal sum.
The guest departed leaving behind
him a reputation of positive rudeness.
He declined to mix up In this title
tattle. Unsoftened by the delicate
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w HEN some newspaper men re-
M ceive a bona fide invitation to
a society "swarry" they put
aside every engagement of business or
pleasure to accept 1t, and one Of the
guild last winter had serious en-
counter because of this propensity. He
feels that only by fiuke he came of
unscathed.
His hostess was a pronounced lion
hunter and had the reprehensible
habit OF ticketing each OF her guests
as they came in behind the back OF
her hand. AS: she sings!" in q
stage whisper. as an inoffensive young
woman in an evening gown greeted
her and mingled with the crowd. The
newspaper mans sibilant appellation
was "Autaor!"
An elderly woman, harnessed in
jingling jet, caught this word and fas-
tened her eyes on the specimen. Pres
entity she had him backed UP in a
corner where. gazing at him violently,
You writer"
well, not more than have to,
icpliC0 bhS yOuNiI W a
harmless joke OF 1t.
Don't Jest! recognize that this
is an epoch In both our lives. All OF
mine 1 have had THOUGHTS. Fur
Their, have put them down in large
note book 1 have filled four OF these
large books with my thoughts. But
l recognize that these thoughts belong
TO the realm Of poetry. and nature, in
endowtng me with many rich gifts
did not give me poetic facility. My
proposition is that you take these
four large books and turn my
thoughts into poetry. 1t will be sim
pie. The THOUGHTS are therel
But. for your aid 1 will willingly pay
you $40 per volume"
She stared at her victim. He
stared back with open mouth. but nC
words came. who separated them 81
+, nov i.e got away Il Z blank. He .sper,
the evening in a semi-comatose state
punctuated at intervals by bursts Of
abrupt laughter. Those THOUGHTS!
1t is said that everybody who hai
learned TO write his name considers
himself competent to write book oil
play. One that his fellows who have
never done him any harm ought to b.
made to read or see. This may or may
not be true, but what is certain is thai
there are a large number Of persons In
New York who would like TO have q
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entire. the chicken en- casserole and
the home made ice, he bade the giver
OF these good things shoulder his own
mistakes and bring out the book as
he had written 1t. 1t never has ven
tured forth into a merciless world.
one morning very early last spring
lady was announced at the news
paper mans apartment. Her name
was repeated over the telephone, but
he did not recognize it. No, she would
not, came back the explanation, be-
cause she had come all the way from
Cincinnati to consult him. II she
didn't mind consulting him in bath
robe she might come up.
Her business was 80 urgent that she
would have consulted him out of a
bath robe. She wanted to write a
play!
Yes, that was her dream, and had
been all her life. 1t was true she had
never written anything but letters to
her friends but she aspired to become
known through a dramatic triumph,
and after rejecting innumerable ideas
she finally had settled on one. or rather
1t had settled on her. The scheme OF
1t obsessed her.
"The" Triumph ATS.
The Cincinnati person did not look
the part She was So. rather full in
the face, with a pathetic expression
despite her comfortable appearance.
In dress she was distinctly frowsy.
But where was her play?
"I do some play doctoring nov and
then" said the newspaper writer,
"and It is perfectly possible that 1
may be able TO help you. Suppose
you leave your aanuscrtp: with me;
I will read It ana you misnl sssl back
to- morrow evening"
YES" said she doubtfully. But
you see"- she hesitated.
at will be perfectly safe with me"
said he, laughing. II assure you I
won't steal the idea"
such a thought never occurred to
me-" she protested. "but there is no
manuscript I only have the play In
my head"
The doctor advised her to go home
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Arc de Trionnphe
and Oh m p S.
Elysees Wonder
full Setting for
Memorial to the
Dead Spirit of
Nation Fittingly
Shown

palms Of victory, the columns and bas
reliefs ornamented by emblems OF war,
lance, casque, fourragerc) to be re-
gardcd directly through the four OPEN
ings. When seen from an angle they
are distorted For this reason the
designers would have wished that in
its displacement the monument might
have been Immediately covered, a
night lamp to be eXtinguished with
the night. But such was not the idea
of the powers that be, who consented,
however. to an almost immediate de-
struct!on. Hence the reported Spleen
of Monsieur Clemenceau had nothing
to do with the matter
on July 3 the rails were laid under
the Arc de Triomphc and a skeleton
of wood begun upon the portable
wheeled foundation. Fifty worl,men.
all of whom, like the designers, were
demobilized soldiers from active
armies, replaced each other in con-
tinuous shifts, day and night. until
| the evening Of Sunday, July -, at
O'Clock, when the motors of the great
projectors surrounding the Arc lie
Triomphe were sent in motion A few
minutes later firemen mounted the
ladders to the huge urns and lit the
fires that enveloped the cenotaph with
pale mauve colored smoke.
crowds That Pay Tribute.
splendidly beautiful it was, Worthy
of that pilgrimage Of thousands OK
people from the world over moving past
until midnight in massod lines Co pay
! their tribute to Frances dead before
taking place in the throug awaiting
the dawn and the victorious troops
On the stroke of II Sue and his
retainers emerged from the crowd
followed by twenty soldier stcycdores,
and the $4,000 kilos of iron. wood and
plaster composing the monument be-
gan to prepare for the voyage OF
ninety meters to the corner of the Ave-
nues Wagram and Champs Ilssccs.
At l o'clock the gigantic golden en-
blem, eighteen meters high thirteen
in diameter, had left It's place in the
arch; slowly. inch by inch. it struggled
forward in the light of the phares.
Four o'clock, five o'clocll down the
Champs Elysees with the day came
glints Of the monuments golden
lines.
Heads began to crane irum Gen.
Harris headquarters, scanning above
the already impcuo,rablC human fringe
around Napoleon's 6JoiIc. About the
bright mass, rejecting the new light
like a lately cast Oft world the tail
figure of it's architect moved among
his little army unNiuus but not
troubled. American uniforms mulH-
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plans. needless TO say, was the
cenotaph.
The first suggestion, emanating
from Clemenceau. was for the cree
ton of a cenotaph in the Rond Point OF
the Champs Elysees, but the decision
almost Immediately after arrived at
was that the dead heroes must be the
first honored at the Arc de Triomphe.
The initial plan sketched was for a
monument which would be placed on a
gigantic gun carriage under the Arc
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and drawn away by six horses, before
the procession, as far as the Rond
Point, a distance Of about mile
This was rejected as less practical
than the plan finally decided upon.
The question of mobility was at all
times the difficult one. Here archi-
tectural training was brought into
play; a railroad truck as sub basement
to the real foundation--a substantial
four wheeled truck-were the rudi-
ments upon which the artistic scheme
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was elaborated Two great ateliers,
those of the Federation of Modified
Artists and of the sculptor Sartorio,
were requisitioned before evening
June 29-as we'll as two groups of
sculptors. one set each for the
decorative motives and one for the
figures-thirty in all.
The intention OF the cenotaph was
to be that of an incense blu 10Y the
fires OF which would light the "N elee"
might watch for the dead-thus to
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81 z7z8:3R5Ez5:5g4NG2:zzzz
rs E@GE
/LOOklNG UP Tie CHAMPS
ELYSEES TO TIE ARC
de -TRlOMPHE IN WHICH
The OUTLINE OF TIE
MONUMENT Is VISIBLE.
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By WILLIS STEEL.

w 7 HEN some newspaper men re-
M ceive bona fide invitation to
a society "sWarry" they nut