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The mirror., 1921-01-20
A LAND OF NO SCHOOLS

Writing of his adventures among the
Paumotus Islands in the South Sea group,
James Norman. Hall pictures the people
of these little Islands, totally undisturbed
by civilization, with no schools and no
doctors.
"The more l saw of the life of those
happy people, the more desirable it seemed
that they might continue to escape any
serious encroachments of European or
American civilization. They have no doc
tors because illness is almost unknown in
their islands. Crime, insanity, feeble-mind
edness, evils all too common with us, are of
such rare occurrence that one may say
they do not exist. 1t may be said, too,
without overstatement, that their commun-
ity life very nearly approaches perfection.
Every atoll is little world to itself with
a population varying from twenty-five to
perhaps three hundred inhabitants. The
chief, who is chosen informally by the men,
serves for period of four years under
the sanction Of the French government.
He has very little to do in the exercise of
his authority, for the people govern them
selves, are law-abiding without law.
"When first learned that there are no
schools throughout the islands l thought
the French guilty of criminal neglect, but
later I reversed this opinion. After all,
why should they have schools' No edu-
cation of ours could make them more gen
erous, more kindly disposed to one another,
more hospitable and courteous toward
strangers, happier than they are now.
Certainly it could not make them less
selfish, covetous, rapacious, for most of
them are as innocent of those vices as
their own children. In few of the richer,
more accessible islands they are slowly
The mirror., 1921-01-20
WHAT AM I?

The mysterious power of words fails
day to express me.
The mind of the present day civiliza-
ton is scientific but fear not.
Inevitably, inconsistency, I am with
you, whether my antics are ridiculous or
my actions sublime, am the same.
Beginning with Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden shall remain with you
until the end of time.
Philosophy has failed to lessen my
ability.
/ am the most dreaded of all things.
demonstrate conclusively the futility of
professed perfection.
Not menace to man alone but to all
things created.
hurl the rock that changes the beauti-
full song bird into an inanimate mass of
nothingness.
l throw the switch that hurls thousands
of souls into eternity.
l profane God and His works.
l strike terror into the hearts OF his
little children and make victims of the
centenarian alike.
I de6le nature and its grandeur, my
destructive powers are incalculable lay
waste the sweetest of flowers and strike
down the mighty monarchs of the forest.
have no convictions or opinions. The
innocent and the guilty must suffer alike.
prey unjustly on all things.
have wrought chaos out of harmony,
I am a creation of extremes.
am cause of waste, sorrow and de-
struction.
What am I?
I am tried and convicted under many
aliases.
Criminologists call me Criminal.
Alienists call me Insanity.
Theologists call me Atheistic.
Humanists call me Brutal.
.Fatalsts call me Fate.
An iota in all the Worlds vocabulary
What am I? = .
"I AM THOUGHTFULNESS."
Rupert E. West in Royerott.
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changing in these respects, owing to the
example set them by men of our own
race. In another fifty years, perhaps, they
may have learned to believe that material
wealth is the only thing worth striving for.
Then will come pride in their possessions,
envy of those who have greater, contempt
and suspicion for those who have less,
and so an end to their happiness.
II had never before seen children grow
ing up in a state of nature and l made
full use of the rare opportunity. l spent
most of my time with them, played on
shore with them, went fishing and swim
ming with them, and found in the exper-
ience something better than renewal of
boyhood because of kneener sense of
beauty, a more conscious, mature appre-
citation of the happiness one has in the
simplest kind of pleasures. In the after
moons we went swimming in the lagoon.
There l saw them at their best and
happiest, in an element as necessary and
familiar to them as it is to their parents.
1t is always a pleasure to watch children
at play in the water, but those Paumotuan
Youngsters with their natural grace at
swimming and diving put one under an
enchantment Many of the boys had
water glasses and small spears of their
own and went far from shore, catching
fish. They lay face down on the surface
of the water, swimming easily, with
great economy of motion, turning their
heads now and then for breath of air,
and when they saw their prey they dived
after it as skillfully as their fathers do
and with nearly as much success. Seen
against the bright floor of the lagoon with
swarms of brilliantly colored fish scatter
ing before them, they seemed doubtfully
human, the children of some forsaken mer-
man rather than creatures who have need
of air to breathe and solid earth to stand
on. If education is the suitable prepara-
ton for life, the children of the atolls
have it at its best and happiest without
knowing that it is education. They are
skillful in the pursuits and learned in the
interests which touch their lives, and one
can wish them no better fortune than that
they may remain in ignorance of those
which do not."-Harber's Magazine.
The mirror., 1921-01-20
CHAUTAUOUA CIRCLE

A meeting of the Pierian Chautauqua
Circle was held in the school room, Sun
day afternoon, January 10Th, with nine
teen members in attendance. One appli
cation for membership was received and
referred to the membership committee.
The usual routine of roll call, reading
and approving of minutes of the proceeding
meeting and the exchanging of library
books was promptly disposed of. To ex-
pediate the handling of library books
Pres. o. announced that arrangements
had been made to list them by number
and requested that all volumes be brought
in at the next regular meeting, February
18th, so that an inventory may be made
and books properly marked.
Thirty minutes were devoted to the
rehearsal of part of the program to be
given in the auditorium at the quarterly
netting and plans perfected to make the
entertainment an enjoyable affair.
Two papers were prepared and read
by members of Glass B. "The Mail Order
House VS.. The Country Merchant" by
Mr.. w. p, and Savings and Invest
ments" by Mr.. B. L. B. Both of these
papers brought out interesting and in
structive ideas and showed thoughtful
care in their preparation. The animated
discussions held after each reading proved
that the members are keenly interested in
live, up-to-date subjects.
The time usually allowed for the critics
report being somewhat encroached upon,
Mr.. w. J. o. gave brief, but able,
summary and adjournment was declared.
The Pierian Chautauqua Circle extends
a hearty invitation to friends and well
The mirror., 1921-01-20
HAVE YOU JOINED UNCLE SANS
NEW AR-A-WEEK-CLUB?

Have you joined the "Dollar-a-week
Club?"
Everybody's doing it.
1t doesn't hurt now and it makes you
happy later on.
Here is how it is done:
Uncle Sam placed on sale, January l..
new ST Treasury Savings stamp.
Twenty of these stamps, with little ad-
ditional change, may be exchanged for
one of the new $2s Treasury Savings Ger
tifcates, payable at full face value Jam
uary 1, 1926. The cost of these SIS Ger
ti6cates in January is $1,000 and they in
crease in value FIVE cents each month.
Join the "Dollar-a-week-club" now.
1t is the most universal organization in the
United States, having members from
Maine to California. Put your feeble dol
lars to work and watch them grow strong,
hustling for the SIS Treasury Savings
Certificate.
For your own good and the good of
your government, Uncle Sam hopes to
create million members of the DOLLAR
a-week-club." These stamps are on sale
together with the other government saw
ings securities-2s cent thrift stamps, your
old friend the S. War Savings stamp and
the $l0Q Treasury Savings Certificate.
Now don't just say that is good idea
and let it go at that but come in with
your dollar today, with the determination
to buy stamp regularly.
The mirror., 1921-01-20
NOTICE TO INMATES

Each inmate is accorded the privilege of
sending one paper home, or to friends free of
charge. To do this you should write your
own name and register number and the name
and address Of the person you wish to send
the paper to, and hand same to your officer.
If you desire to send more than one paper,
each additional copy will be charged for at
the rate Of SO cents year.
The paper delivered to your cell each week
must be kept clean and should be folded in
at the foot of your bed on the morning fol.
lowing the day on which it is delivered to
your cell.
The mirror., 1921-01-20

NOTICE-Contributions submitted to THE
MIRROR for publication must be absolutely
original; if not original, proper credit must
be given, if known; if writer's name is not
known, it should be SO specified by said con.
tributor. Should contributor fail to comply
with this request he will henceforth be dropped
from THE MIRRORS contributing staff
Approved by WARDEN. Editor
The mirror., 1921-01-20

/ could never draw the. line between
meanness and dishonesty. What is mean,
so far as I can see, slides by indistin-
guishable graduations into what is dis
honest.-G. Macdonald.
The mirror., 1921-01-20

1t is a profound mistake to think that
everything has been discovered; as welT
think the horizon the boundary of the
world.-Lemierrc.
The mirror., 1921-01-20

"Tact is getting what you want with
out letting others know you want it,"
The mirror., 1921-01-20
CHURCH NOTICE

CHURCH NOTICE
Services in the Prison Chapel at nine o'clock
every Sunday morning, Protestant and Catho
lie service every alternate Sunday. Rev. O. E.
Benson and Rev. FIR. Corcoran, Chaplains.
The mirror., 1921-01-20

"The man who speaks often gives his
hearers the measure of his mind, but the
silent man has 'em guessing"
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wishers to the quarterly meeting to be
held in the prison auditorium at 2 o'clock,
Sunday afternoon, January 30th.
F. 7. P, Secy.
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NOTICE-All inmates using the Query Col.
umn and desiring more detailed information to
their queries are invited to use the splendid
reference books in our library to be had on
request The International Text Books are
especially complete in their information on
techinal subjects. Consult the Reference. Use.
Science divisions Of our library catalogue for
diversified subjects.
The mirror., 1921-01-20

of this column inmates must sign their name
register number and lock number to all queries
submitted for publication. Inmates names, Of
course, will not be published, only the initials
of each querist being used.-Editor.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
European Cyclists
To Arrive Tuesday
For Garden Grind
Brocco, Deruyter, Belloni,
Cirardengo and Alavoine
Among Riders on Way

Constant Girardengo, who is teamed
with Francisco Verri in the six-day
race at Madison Square Garden the
week of December 4, crowned his years
efforts on November 10, when he won
the Tour of Lombardy Italy, distance
OF 2b6 kllometers, or 159 miles, in the
wonderful time of hours 80 minutes
30 seconds. He defeated Gaetano Bel
loni by half a wheel. Gay was third by
one wheel over John Brunero.
Girardengo and Brunero were tied
with SO points for the road champion
ship of Italy, but the formers victory
got him the 1920 title by three points.
Belloni was fourth, with 81 points.
Glrardengo won the championship last
year, and Belloni held the title in 1915
and 1918. In the coming grind Belloni's
teammate is Orlando Piani, the Italian
sprinter.
Announcement was made yesterday
that the twelve European athletes en-
tered in the six-day race will arrive in
New York Tuesday. Immediately upon
their arrival they will go to Newark
to 40 some training. Beside Girardengo
and Belloni, the other ten men on ship
board are Maurice Brocco, Charles De-
ruytcr, Joe Peyrode, Jean Alavoine,
Louis Billiard, Marcel Buysse, Jules
Van Hevel, Piani, A. Stefani, Belloni,
Verri.
Brocco is chaperoning the party. His
partner will be Alf Goullet. Gira rdengo
and Belloni rode for the first time last
year in America. Brocco is reported
to be in great shape.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Defeats at Golf Were Most
Surprising Reverses Suf-
fered by English Teams
BY Arthur S. Draper

LONDON, Nov. 26. - Looking back
over the records of sporting achieve
ments in 1921, this country cannot find
much satisfaction in its meager list Of
international successes, but viewing the
situation in a broader way the year
has been a notable one. No nation con-
tains more sporting enthusiasts, though
the average Briton is the least demon
strative in expressing his appreciation
Of athletic merit, whether it is dis
played on the running track, the
cricket field or the lawn tennis court.
Great as is the throng which fills
the Polo Grounds during the world
series, or the Yale Bowl for the match
with Harvard, neither is half so large
as the crowd at one of the international
football games between England and
Scotle I'd. For every ten who back q
fancy" at the races at Belmont Park
there are q thousand who try to pick
the winner at Ascot or Newmarket or
Liverpool. 1t is a sport-loving if not
sport-mad country.
Britain is not radical country, not
| even in sports. It is not deeply de-
pressed by defeat. John Bull does not
suffer from swell-headedness after sue
cess. There are those who might say
, that after the past year he has no
need Of larger hat. From the young
est schoolboy who plays for his class
team to the oldest veteran who re-
places the divot, though his back is a
BIT stiff, the English approach sports
in what to an American must always
seem an unem otional manner, but that
apparent frigidity should not be inter
| preted as either "swank" or indiffer-
ence. 1t is a national characteristic.
A people who greet their King as he
passes by in state by waving their
| handkerchiefs also are satisfied by
clapping their hands. The average
Englishman is as much pleased by q
! single clever play as he is by the VIC
! tory Of the team he, supports. The per-
| feet stylist is as interesting as the
slogging winner.
Cricket Team Badly Beaten
From the international angle it has
been bad year for England. The
cricket team which went to Australia
returned without winning single
championship match, and then the Aus-
tralians paid return visit this sum-
mer and won every match of the series
| SUCH sltuaClon WAS unPIeCeoenteu'
These international matches gave
cricket a much needed boost, and the
sport is now reviving strongly, with
every prospect Of lively season in
| 1922
Tho American team which played
here was good but not of the same
standard as the average English eleven
1t ranked little higher than the Ameri-
can women hockey players, but as
neither made any pretensions to be
classed as real rival the trips die
much good.
In no sport did the British suffer 8
greater surprise than in golf. The
/ American amateurs and professional.
were not taken as serious competitors
chiefly because other Americans hat
challenged many times before and o.
the lot only Walter J. Travis was sue
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
$65O,0OO in Purses !.
10 Be Distributed
At Tijuana Track
Many Rich Stakes Will Be
Rum on the Picturesque
Mexican Race Course

The winter meeting Of the Tia Juana
Jockey Club, which was set in motion
auspiciously on Thanksgiving, will con-
elnue l20 days or more under the gen
eral direction of James W.. Coffroth
with Francis Nelson, Of Toronto, chief
steward Of the Canadian Racing Asso-
citation In tho stand.
The total distribution Of money
among the participating horsemen will
be upward OF $650,000, if the meeting
runs no longer than 12O days. If it is
protracted there will be an additional
$4,000 for each added day. A $4,000 a
day distribution through winter m eet-
ing Of upward of 100 days is unusual.
There will be two $4,000 handicaps
at one mile and a sixteenth and one
mile and furlong, respectively, the
United States Grant Hotel and Baja
California, Tia Juana derby for three
year-olds exclusively, at one mile and q
furlong; San Diego Business Mems
handicap at one mile and sixteenth; /;
n Tijuana Cup for three-year-olds and
over at two miles, and Tia Juana Fu-
turity, for two-year-olds exclusively, at
four furlongs and half.
The Tia Juana meeting opened with
600 horses, of various ages, ready for
the colors. This colony is, made UP
mainly of thoroughbreds that have
been campaigning through the sum-
mer and fall on the courses of east
ern and western Canada and over the
Rocky Mountain circuit. There will
be reinforcements coming on from
Kentucky and Maryland throughout
the month, and big shipment from
New Orleans after the finish of the
meeting at Jefferson Park, which will
be the first of the Louisiana winter ses-
sions.
Well conducted racing at Tia Juana
has attracted the attention of, tour
lists Of all parts to San Diego, and the
hotels and other places of public en-
tertainment here have made prepara-
ton to entertain big winter crowd.
Tia Juana lies just over the Mexican
border in Lower California. The race
course is fifteen minutes ride by troll
ley from the heart Of San Diego.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

cessful and his victory almost gcrt-
Grafton ago was attributed to his un-
canny skill with an unorthodox putter,
to give it mild English description.
Consequently 1t was decided shock
to British equanimity when the team Of
American amateurs soundly trounced
the British stars on the eve of tho
championship at Hoylake. 1t was the
first time on record that a British golf
team had been beaten in an interna-
tional match. Then came the hectie
week at Hoylake and the fight to elimis-
mate the Americans-Jones, Ouimee,
Evans, Fownes and the others. There
were many anxious moments until the
last American collapsed and William
Hunter, the postoffice clerk, was
crowned amateur champion.
Golf Climax at st. Andrews
The climax came at historic st. An
drews, when Jock Hutchison defeated
Roger Wethered, an amateur, in tho
play-off for the open championship.
American professional golf came into
its own with bang that could be felt
from Lands End to John o'Groat's.
With Tommy Kerrigan just behind the
two leaders and half dozen Americans
in the first fifteen, the impossible had
happened.
Golf can be played twelve months in
| the year here. 1t is. An English team
| is expected to 20 to America in 1922,
but the plans are not yet completed.
| Another invasion by American ANA
teurs and pros is expected next season.
There is a healthy respect for Amer
lean golf, but there Is also quiet con-
fdence in Britain's ability to repel tho
invaders Wethered is the outstanding
figure of the past season and he will
be hard player to beat in medal play
next year.
| The tall amateur is every bit as much
hero as Willie Hunter, though the
Oxford player has no championship of
which to boast. Wethered is not as
fine a match player as Cyril Tolley.
who is now considering whether to
ruin a plus golfer to become a me-
diocre tennis player. The amateur
field is strong, with at least dozen
men Of championship caliber.
Miss Cecil Leitch is almost as we'll
known in America as she is here, and
nothing need be said of her gallant
effort to win the crown Of four coun-
tries in a single season. There is
| only one Cecil Leitch, but the$e is a
Joyce Wethered, sister of the famous
Roger. ard many expect her t. chal-
lenge the champion successfully in
1922. The British women players are a
highly skilled band of defenders and
! will take deal of beating.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Williams Students Show
Great Interest in SporI

WILLIAMSTOWN. Mass, Nov. 26.-
Nearly fve-sixths of the entire student
body at Williams College have partici-
pated in sports of one sort of another
this fall. according to statistics COM
piled here. The first three months of
the year have seen an unusual interest
in athletics, which speaks we'll Of the
success which has greeted the recent
policy of encouraging more general ac-
tivity in sports here.
Football leads the list with total of
120 men out for the varsity and under
class teams during the year, while
basketball claimed the attention of
80 more. Tennis has attracted 100 and
track and 'cross-country rs. Soccer
football was taken up by 60 undergrad
yates in the annual fall series and
golf has been played by rs.
With the fall season now completed
basketball, hockey, swimming and relay
will occupy the chief attention, and
large squads are expected In all these
branches Of sport.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Lehigh Announces
Basketball Schedule

BETHLEHEM. Pa, Nov. 26.-With
turning Of the final pages in the book
Of football at Lehigh, thoughts this
week were turned to basketball. Fifty
two men responded to Coach Jimmy
Murphy's call for candidates.
The freshman team basketball men
also got under way this week under
Coach Fay Bartlett. Manager H. P.
Palmer is arranging schedule.
The varsity schedule follows:
December 1e-Moravian College. at
home.
Deceuber l4-Princeton, away.
January 7--Muhienbers. at home.
January 11-Franklin and Marshall, at
home.
January 14--Navy. away.
January a7--University Of Pennsylvania,
away.
January s21-Dicknson. at home.
February 4--Carnegic Tech. at homo.
February 8--Bucknell, at home.
February l1-Lafayette. at home.
February 16--Washington and Jefferson,
at home.
February 1s--Rutgcrs, away.
February 22--Seton Hall, at home.
February 25-Swarthmore, at home.
March 4--Catholic University. at homo.
March 11--Lafayette. away.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Cuilford Opens New
Pinehurst Golf Course

PINEHURST, N. c., Nov. ga long
hook into the woods, with the mighty
shoulders of Jesse Guilford back of it.
last week was the first ball ever driven
on the new 1S-hole course Of the Mid
Pines Country Club, just outside of
Pinehurst, and marked the opening Of
the course for play.
The inaugural ceremonies took the
form OF joyous single club tourney,
in which the national champion and
several other amateurs started out in
company with Pat Doyle, Cyril Walker,
Bobby Cruikshank, George Mclean
and several other professionals, but
which shortly came to an untimely end,
owing to downpour Of rain. 1t costs
$4,000 to become member of the club.
The membership is to be strictly linn
tied. and it is hoped that everybody
will not speak at once.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
British athletes Fured Badly
In International Tests in 1921
Drury School EIeuen
Makes Unique Record


NORTH ADAMS, Mass, Nov. &c.
Y Playing ten hard games without
the necessity of once having time
out for its players because Of in
juries. is the unusual record of
the Drnry High IootbaIl eleven of
this city for the present season.
The local school won the Berkshire
League pennant, going through the
entire schedule without being sccred
upon.
No high school eleven in the coun-
try surpassed Drury in the matter
of physical condition, and much
praise is due Coach Bill Sullivan,
the former Dean Academy and Seton
Hall College athlete. who also served
as trainer for his charges, keeping
them in tip top shape throughout
the year.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Benny Leonard to Box Ward
In Benefit Bout at Garden
Bouts Hereabouts

MONDAY
Star S. C.--Abe Goldstein VS.. Harry
London, IL rounds.
l:rondway Il. A.-Johnny Dundee VS..
Eddie Wallace, IL rounds.
FreepDrt AuditOrlum--SOnny Smith
vs. Larry Goldberg, 10 rounds.
TUESDAY
Madison Square Garden-Benny
Leonard vs. Georgia Ward: Willie
jackson vs.. Jimmy Hanlon; Enrl
Bnird vs.. Joe German; Pete Hartley
VS.. Joe benjamin.
bouts at I'd Field Artillery Armory.
FRIDAY
Brooklyn College CIub--Amateur
bouts Cinals) at Cd Field Artillery
Arnao-y.
Rink $. C.-Johnny Green vs.. Phil
Franchini, 12 rounds.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Mclean to Race Tomorrow

Bobbie Mclean, Americas premier
speed skater, will be seen in action
tomorrow evening at the 1S1st Street
Ice Palace, when he will race Don
Baker in series of three races-the
220-yard dash, quarter mile and half
mile. Mclean is the recognized pro-
fessional champion of the United
States, and was beaten by Oscar Math-
ieson at Christiana, Norway, for the
worlds championship.