The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-15
Odds And Ends
Miscellaneous Items Developed Into Human
Interest Tales by Ambitious Writers


Interest Tales by AMBITIOUS writers
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Rex Beach, Chicago novelist president Authors league
and the league has decided grips with Uncle Sam the
Royalties from books short Stories plays and other literary work
dividends, the writers have decided
major promise the Authors league has reached the
conclusion that struggling and otherwise subject the
burdnsome normal provisions of the federal income and they
1900 members file their accordingly
they sustained by the commissioner of internal they
dividends oang
$5OOO
leagues fight INEQUALITIES heavily
artist meeting of the executive
mttee composed Gett Burgess George C Owen Davis
Parker Fillmore, James Forbes, and Others.
Uncle Sans soldiers grew fat during war; gaining average
pounds rehabilitation according Dr.
William Darra dean of the faculty of medicine Columbia university
points health strides in the
made spite of unavoab conditions and credited the achieve
the marvellous development of the of medicine and hygiene
in years.
Whe may expect attain perfect health certainly
headed direction Doctor Darrach said 1--WE longer merely
checking disease curing aeviatng the ills of mankind We
preventing Preventive medicine making tremendous strides
has made smallpox rarity incubation has brought typhoid
under possible con dthera and hookwom taking e
nation the louise has trench fever and phus destruction of
the checks malaria and virtually all other contagious infectious
diseases being stamped out.
Public hygiene has made strides also especially the larger
cities The decrease infant mortality statistics where parental clinics
and milk have established startling the cradle
through the public schools children watched carefully their health
safeguarded by the community.
"The example of the progress made surgery the med
cal profession with the For the first history
grew The American soldiers averaged gain pounds
weight from the time of mobilization until the dbnded All
other armies in history have lost weight"
These men, army 100000 men, participated
the home abroad will make healthier
Persons who along by Four OneHa Missouri
Washington D. c. morning recently mfed
Edward Keatng of the congressional commission assfca
a cigar
"Keatng job passerby
distinguished looking wama said who did know
that the watcman Secretary Heating the big that
hard work the job making salary schedules for fed
eral employees in the national capital.
But Heating neither had job Waterman of kind.
To sit in the wahman box does Waterman Mr..
Heating has viewed life from the halls congress-
the reclascaon headquarters life watchnans
little guardhouse offered particular novelty.
But what Secretary Heating doing the gudhoue smoking
long, black cigar?
The whole simply Secretary Heating
wanted smoke ALL while work his Office had outdoors
do There big sign the stairway that reads: Smoking
strictly prohibited this building The order signed by General
why Keang secretary the
commission takes smoke of his long, black cigars he has
go outside the building do it,
Mrs John Dickinson Sherman chairman of the conservation depart
of the General Federation of Women clubs pushing study
the public sho with the of Dr. Phander Cxton United
States of education and the support of the 100000 feder
thrift
natural scenery and parks other her de-
partmen forth that the boys girls particularly need
those that will individuality strength
human sympathy. She says:
Ou boys and girls need comprehensive practical of
quite upon
textbooks The soil and the life
history animals valuable both
and Interest the basis application Nature study holds
chd uizes This study should
have dependent the grades and should rank with reading
writing and arithmetic in credits
with this beginning natural the future citizen
likely apprecate consideration of the natural of his