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The mirror., 1921-04-21

Many parents discourage all unknow
ingly, this faculty of discrimination in
their growing children instead of en-
couraging it to the utmost, as they should
do.
II want to do so and So" says child
positively to his mother.
''You don't want to do anything of the
kind" answers his mother more positively,
''you want to do this, SO and so would
not be good for you." And so the child
does "this," confusion in his mind and
doubt in his heart as to what he really
wants. True he may be of such a posi-
tive makeup that he yields only on the
surface, inwardly becoming more fixed
in his purpose to do that thing he wanted
to do at his earliest opportunity. 1t is
most decidedly a time when mother and
child should "ckome and reason together"
for if in reality the child's desire would
lead to wrong results this fact should be
revealed to him so plainly then and there
that he would be in no danger of cling
ing longer to this wrong desire or encour-
aging similar one in the future.-Eliza-
beth Hepburn in Nautilus.
The mirror., 1921-04-21
NOTICE TO INMATES

Each inmate is accorded the privilege of
sending one paper home, to friends free of
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
the same manner as you receive it, placing it
lowing the day on which it is delivered to
your cell.
The mirror., 1921-04-21

force them into the same kind of edu-
cational mold that serves for other boys
and girls. Instead, they will be given a
chance to develop along the line for
which nature fitted them and encouraged
to take up the kind of work to which they
are naturally inclined.-Selected.
The mirror., 1921-04-21
PEOPLE CALLED EDISON A
"BAD BOY"

While it is not easy to say just where
the difference lies, it is patent to close OBJ
servers that true geniuses are different in
some respects from ordinary mortals. Edi-
son, the electrical wizard, insists that he
is not genius but an ordinary man who
labors hard and intensively and follows
out Systematically whatever line of re-
search he takes up, His wonderful sue
cess of course is to be attributed largely to
his method of working, as he says, but the
fact remains that he is a genius-a man
peculiarly different from the common run
and superior in number of RESPECTS.
Even in his boyhood this difference was
marked. Those about him noted it and
declared it resulted from his being "bad
boy" On one occasion he was even given
whipping in the public square for the
purpose of deterring other boys from fol-
lowing his "evil" example.
The inquiring disposition of mind, the
desire to get at the bottom of things,
asserted themselves early in his career.
When just little lad he set fire to barn
to see how the flames would lick up the
wood of the timbers, the hay and other
stuff in the barn. The barn was a total
loss but the boy learned great deal by
watching it burn. Once young Edison
gave boy playmate big dose of Seidlitz
powder, believing that the gas generated
in his stomach would enable him to fly.
HeSaccidentally chopped off one of his
fingers in the course of one of his youth
full experiments.
One day when he was only six years old
his parents missed him. They went to
look for him and finally, to their amuse-
ment and relief, found him sitting on some
goose eggs, of course expecting to hatch
them and learn all he could about the
process of incubation.
Edison followed his natural bent in
spite of the opposition of teachers and
well-meaning but ill-advised relatives and
friends Everyone knows what the result
has been, how he has made himself the
benefactor of all mankind and how an ad
miring world has beaten a path to his
door. Evidently it is impossible to keep
a real genius down or to prevent him
from developing into what nature intended
that he should be.
1t is not unlikely, however, that repres-
sive measures of paretns and teachers and
attempts to make different" boys and
girls conform to stereotyped standards in
home and school have discouraged many
geniuses and kept them from achieving all
that they might otherwise have achieved.
The time is coming when the road of
budding geniuses will be made easier.
Then no one will laugh at them ~orseek
to discourage them; no one will try to
The mirror., 1921-04-21
QUERIES
NOTICE TO INMATES

NOTICE TO INMATES
For the benefit OF any inmates who appre.
ciate and see the opportunity that their spare
through correspondent school courses, study OF
good literature, acquiring an education in our
Night Schools, or, who need helpful informa'
tion in connection with their work in our var
ious departments, will herewith be privileged
to use the Query" column. You are well
come to send in any queries Of serious interest
to yourself, THE MIRROR with the kind col
laboration of Miss Miriam E. Cary, Super
visor of Institutional Libraries, will gladly
endeavor to supply the requested information.
NOTICE-1n order to regulate the conduct
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 querst being used.-Editor.
they are?-J. M.
time when the BARRIERS were also the sur
sents the brass basin which every barber
had. The pole represents the staff held
by persons during the operation of blood
letting The two spiral ribbons painted
around it represent two bandages, one for
twisting around the arm previous to the
operation and the other for binding-one
being red to indicate blood.
Q:-Hew many changes were there in
Roosevelts cabinet?- K. S..
A:-Eighteen. Root resigned as secre-
tary of war to become secretary of state.
Cortelyou resigned as postmaster general
to become secretary of treasury. Bona
parte resigned as secrearay of navy to be-
ccme attorney general. Root afterwards
resigned from cabinet to become U. S.
Senator from New York. Other changes
were designations from cabinet.
Q:-Why are elephants afraid of mice?
&C. R.
A:-Mice strongly resemble little ami
NAL known as the chacana, which feeds on
small berry especially liked by the ele
phant. Chacanas live in the ground after
the manner of prairie dogs, under the
bushes, and are often trampled upon by
the elephants In their fright the little
animals run up the tubes of the elephants
trunk, their long, sharp claws catch in the
flesh, and they cannot be elected. An
agonizing death is almost invariably the
consequence to the elephant.
NOTICE-An inmates using the Query Col
umn and desiring more detailed information to
their queries, are invited to use the splendid
reference books in library to be had on
request The International Text Books are
especially complete in their information on
techina subjects. Consult the Reference, Use
full Arts, Literature Chemistry, Biography and
Science divisions of our library catalogue for
The mirror., 1921-04-21

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.
trihutor. Should contributor fail to comply
with this request he will henceforth be dropped
from THE MIRRORS contributing staff.
Approved by WARDEN. Editor.
The mirror., 1921-04-21

"There may be nothing new under the
sun, still we only just begin to discover
that there. are things in earth and heaven
we have hardly dreamt Of"
The mirror., 1921-04-21

THE MIRROR is a weekly paper published in
the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
in 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and
managed by them. 1t aims to be home news.
paper; to encourage moral and intellectual i'm
provement among the prisoners: to acquaint
the public with the true status of the prisoner
to disseminate penological information and to
aid in dispelling that prejudice which has ever
been the bar sinister to a fallen mans self
REDEMPTION,
The mirror., 1921-04-21
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. @. E.
Benson and Rev. FIR. Corcoran, Chaplains.
The mirror., 1921-04-21

''He who appears the greatest is the SER
want of many, while the least serves but
one end"
The mirror., 1921-04-21
THE PIN INDUSTRY IN AMERICA

pins and hairpinS manufactured IN this
country every year, the task of the fair
sex in keeping up their "crowning glory"
and pinning their clothing together must
be something terrific.
Also according to the number of need
les manufactured each year, the Ameri-
can sewing must be some job
Fourteen billion toilet pins are produced
by American factories annually.
American mothers find it necessary to
purchase 720,O00,0OO safety pins every
year in order to keep the blessed little
kiddies properly harnessed.
The yearly crop of metal hairpins is a
billion and quarter.
Needles of all kinds aggregate 2350OO,-
600 every twelve months.
The value of this pin and needle crop
is $13,000,000 at the factories.
There 49 factories engaged in the max
ing of these articles, the total capitaliza
ton being $9,424,O0O.
Back in 1850 there were only four pin
factories in the United States. They had
a combined capital of $164,OoO. 1t will
thus be seen that the growth of this indus
try has been tremendous.
Thorns and fish bones were used as
means of fastening clothing long before
the discovery of pins and needles and
fhrooI tho of tho Lobe
dwellers of Central Europe have been
found great number of pins-some of
bone, others of bronze. Some of them are
quite fancy, having ornamental heads,
while others are very crude Some have
double stems, and few have been found
that were made exactly like the safety
pins of today. Among Egyptian and
Greek ruins have been found many speci-
mems of artiscally made pins. Ancient
Roman bronze pins and bone hairpins,
with fancy heads, have been found at
Pompeii.
Pins for the use of the toilet were first
made in England during the fifteenth CEN
fury. They were made of iron wire.
Brass wire pins were introduced from
France in 1910 by Catherine Howard,
Queen of Henry VIII. The foundation
for the manufacture of the present-day
pin commenced with the invention of the
process of drawing wire. For many years
all pin manufacturing was confined to
France and Germany where this process
was invented. Brass wire pins were first
made in England in 1926.
In the early days of pin making it was
most tedious process. They were made
by filing proper length of wire to
point and then twisting fine piece of
wire to the other end, thus forming
head. This required fourteen different
operations by as many workmen, all of
which was done by hand, as machinery
had not been invented.
In 1775 the American Congress, realiz-
ing the absolute necessity for pins in the
development of the cilization of the coun-
try, offered a bonus of 50 pounds for the
first IS dozen domestic pins equal to
those imported from England.
In 1877 Timothy Harris, of England,
devised the first solid-headed pin.
American inventive genius as usual,
continued on the job until the best idea
was hit upon. Lemuel Wellman Wright,
of this country, invented machine in
1924 which gave the industry much head
way. His machine made solid heads to
the pins by a process similar to the max
ing of nails, by driving a portion of the
pin itself into counter sunk hole. This
was done automatically.
The mirror., 1921-04-21

"Opportunity may make man-but gen.
orally speaking the man makes the oppor-
tunity."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-25
NO SINNERS 10 SAVE.

Berwick, Pa. has new idea" man. His name
Squire Frank Feastermacher. Fenstermacher is a
believer in blue laws. II seems, and, not satisfied
with the church it is, he proposes to build one
to conduct along lines which he believes win
be fitting.
The squire proposes to "hand-pick" his congrega-
tion. because he has announced that when his
church is built he will so restrict the congregation
that very small edifce will house Il. Fenster-
macher says that person who uses tobacco in any
form cannot belong to his church Nor can anyone
attend services there who any drink stronger
than water The person who reads the Sunday news
paper Is to be barred. And anybody who has at
tended a movie show Is to get the gate" before ne
reaches door dancers and players.
they eTe forever barred In fact. looks as If the
congregation will be rather exclusive crowd.
Squire Fenstermacher will take up no collection,
and of course with the restrictions laid down. It
would be hard to assemble choir 50 that will not
be attempted There will be minister. Squire
Frank will merely teach the Bible. While the rules
may bar many. the SPUR lays that well
will be given all who qualify.
It too much like carrying coal to Newcastle to
hoIe that church for the good only will long
dure. The very foundation stone Of a church should
be in saving the sinners, and how. pray a church
10 preach the gospel of a sinless life when sinners
to be barred from hearing the preacher?
A statistcian has figured it out that Americas
tobacco bill would spring d-summer-hat the
whole world of womenl
II that c. of l. keeps dropping we may find
the fve-cent piece of again in shopping expedi
lions
sec'y Hughes is going do all the talking for
the state department-also all the keeping silent.
You must admit that last years nickel nurser'
has the wherewithal for his this years income
II isn't every presidents father who lives long
enough to his son climb the highest peak
Have you noticed how hard it is to be pessnlistic
nice warm, sunny, spring morning
Wars between nations of the white not
worrying the color races
And, too. sometimes the sins of children are visit
ed upon the parents.
Old King Coal isn't such a merry old soul after
mild winter
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-25
A WELCOME. VISITOR.

America to sight. in a month or So
q real eclipse II Is to be the face OF woman. great
benefactor OF and kind, out OF whose
genius millions have been made though. as often
happens. without the discoverer being the benefci
airy. 1t Is be Marie Curie % years Old and the
worlds greatest scientist. she. with her husband
discovered radum, used in the treatment of cancer
and for researches in the higher sciences.
Although she was one Of the discoveries OF ra-
dunn. Madame Curfe has herself exEeri-
mental purposes. SO American women are going TO
present her with q gram. worth 100000. when she
arrives. 1t Will be contained in a tube the size OF
me lead OF a large pencil. about inch long.
Madame Curie is Polish. She teaches at the sor-
bonnie university Paris with nothing except her
salary as teacher to depend upon. for unselfshly
uae did not patent her discovery gave to hu-
mainly.
The things IN America that Madame Curie de-
sares most to see are the Grand Canyon and the
Psttsburg plant where radium Is manufactured
commercially
The Fattsburg plant produces radium by refining
ze from southeastern Colorado. output for the
entire year 1920 was about IS thImblefuls-but It
was worth $21SO.OOO..
largely this was used for medical work but you
can thank Madame Curie when you tell time at
night by a radium- Illuminated watch dial, when you
or when you snap on electric light by
OF the radum- Illuminated switch button that shines
IN the dark like a lighthouse lantern a black and
stormy night. Madame Curie. remarkable scientist,
the country welcomes you'll
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-25
MARCH Is. 1921


Uncle sam receives a variety Of things from peo-
pie more or less humorous and more or less penuri
Is blessed with many sideHghts on the tempera
nents OF mankind from some who take themselves
seriously and some who not
You read about numerous PEOPLE sending Uncle
Sam one cent as first quarterly payment their
income taxes One stenographer mailed a money or
Ger for a quarter. with it a basket of stamps
she'd paid for on perfume silk stockings theater
the like These stamps represented taxes
already paid and II you kept receipt could be de-
Quoted from income which tax paid, the
principle Of not paying taxes on taxes.
The income tax has been blessing, II for no
other than that It has taught people to keep
books. william II. Edwards. collector OF internal
revenue for Manhattan. PUTS it this wayJ
TITS interesting to hear people discussing.
trying 20 refresh their memories to the
amount OF luxury taxes they paid-for instance,
the theater tickets. In corner Of the
corridors came across man and woman de-
batting how much luxury tax they paid diff
ferent things in furnishing their home"
People. like corporations are developing a genius
for keeping track Of items they deduct in pay
scientific thrift Every Individual every family.
should go on a budget basis II you keep track of all
your expenditures. at the end OF a few months you
your eyes over the list and the items that
can be pared down viii be obvious that they fair
~ slap you IN the face.
Them knowing what TO cut, you install
oudget-appropriate much out .of every pay
elope for food, much for clothing. much for
amusement and the Ike-and make it a point to
bank or invest the balance.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-25

ing stories Of Ibanez. the passionate truth in the
art Of Italy, France and spain, and the match
less melody OF Mexican music.
But 10 n wise 20 moderate our excuses IN
the use Of this valuable food and safeguard the
health and stability Of our people"
Indeed. perhaps the doctor is right we nay
never know how much Of the existing ratte-headed-
ness the ease with which people Jump at conclu-
sions and permit the emotions of seIfshness and de-
sire. to over-top their intelligence and dull their
judgments. In Of reaction such Amer
lea has been undergoing since the armistice. repu-
dating everything for which IT stood while the
was on. emotionalism, whether superinduced by
sweets whatnot. may have played a very active
part.
1t Is a subject worthy Of serious consideration.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-25
SWEET EMOTIONALISM.

DR.. J. 3. Landlord. writing the American NTedi-
cal Journal, offers US a tip; to young men, old
men. and middIe-aged men. and old. young and
middle-aged women too. that may well have our
serious as wen our humorous consideration.
Rapid increase Of the consumption of sugar, It is
declared Is running American health. and not only
that but ursettiug stability OF character ana
powers q seIf-possesson.
Or. Landlord says that the average American con-
games SIS pounds of sugar year an increase Of 81
pounds 80 years. He believes that unchecked
use OF sugar in addition undermining various or
gans OF the body, ultimately viii AFFECT our emo
tions and tend 20 make rs unstable a people. The
emotionausm OF the Latin races and tropical peo-
pies is due TO their excessive indulgence in sugar.
either in the refined state or by chewing ribbon
cane according to DR.. Landlord.
Two Thousand years ago the Romans had no
people sugar was not introduced into the AIedter.
nnean Basin until the Saracens brought It N tie
eighth century. 1t never became abundant until it
was transplantsd to- the West Indies and late- 70
the American southern states. DR. Landlord con
unues;
sugar has been pouring in a stream down
the Threats OF The Mediterranean peoples for
hundreds ~ years not only from the table. but
in candy and drinks. To has made them increas-
ingly emotional History VIII show that the
French have undergone similar change and
perhaps the Spanish.
Perhaps increased emotionalism has enrich
Cd the world iu romance poetry, art and music
u were better that the human race suffer some
deterioration than 90 have been without the
neh romance OF French literature, the entrane-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-25
More Truth
Than Poetry
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE NEW
u. NJ. G..

AN OPEN LETTER To THE NEW
p. VI. G.
Dear Mr.. Hays: The fifth of last
July
wrote and mailed a very urgent
letter.
Whose most important purpose was
to pry
Ten dollars from a rather slippery
debtoS
Your predecessor mus have let it
go astray,
Because. as yet I have not had an
answer
I wish that you'd get busy right away
And see that its delivered, If you
can, sir.
A letter that I wrote on August 8.
Appealing for a loan I sorely need
ed.
think has been mis-sent, for up TO
date
Ny application has been quite I'M
needed.
The mails. as you may know, are in
a mess,
But still I really hope that you'n
endeavor
To send this letter to the right ad-
dress.
Because I need that loan as much
as ever.
I also wish shat you would take a
look
To find another note in which I
tried TO
Secure a maids consent to be our
cook,
Which note. alasl has never been
replied to.
l know 1t wasn't held for postage due
ct cost u cents, sent "speciaID,
and I paid it,
And posted It about September two.
I guess that Mr.. Burleson mislaid
it.
But as to sundry mail addressed to
me.
Containing duns from various col
leCtOrs,
hope youU not consent to let them
be
A bother TO your overworked IN
speCtors.
For though you've undertaken to
clean out
Your new department clear from
top 10 bottom,
These letters you won't need 10 fret
about,
Because. sir. assure you that
got 'emi
Copyright. 1920
Try NEWS-TIAfES Want Ads
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-25
Ignorant Essays
BY J. P. McEVOY

EXAMINATION FOR p. o. APP
POINTNIENT.
What's your name?
George Kafoosh.
What's your w:fe's name?
l haven't any wife.
What would her name be if you
had one?
Mrs. Kafoosh.
What was your grandfather's
maiden name?
Alexander Squbbs.
Who did you vote for in the last
election?
Harding.
who are you going to vote for
In the next election?
Harding.
Who are the Democrats?
The Democrats are our enemies
Who are the Republicans?
Gods noblemen.
How much is a two cent stamp
worth?
Two cents.
Good-what color Is it?
Red.
Excellent-Iow would you dis
tinguish a two cent stamp from a
one cent stamp?
A one cent stamp is green.
Now for a few technical questions.
At which end of the train is the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-25


You can't keep a good man
down-loOk at that there fell
Ter. Jonah. The coffin manufac-
turers probably hain't going TO
reduce prices so long as the
holdup men and bootleggers
keep up the demand.
Deceiving a customer, Ike rails
ing a mustache. is ticklish business
-HINKLE'S BULLETIN.
Ford shut down his factories but
the darn things kept right on breed
ing just the same. it Is said.
The more one reflects on the mat
ter. the stronger his conviction that
heaven is place where everybody
minds his own business.
SIGN OF NOTHING LEFT.
"a short story-3 figures-S words)
Crazy man--2 Cinnamon
Flivver
Smashupi
Lost nut and 2 Washers.
HANK YOU SHOULDN'T KICK
THE WAY YOU'RE UPHOLS-
TERED.
Dear Bill:
II the blue laws against motor
ing on Sunday get across it
should help Bro. Hinkle. as Il is
no pleasure to ride in a Ford any
day. HANK" HARPER,
"Olve OIL King"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-25
WHEN PA Is SICK.

When Pa IS sick, he's scared 70
death,
An Ma an US Just holds our breath.
He crawls an bed, an puffs and
grunts,
And does all kinds OF crazy stunts.
He wants Doc Brown. an mighty
quick.
For when Pas I'll he's awful sick.
He gasps and groans. an sort .
signs,
He talks so queer an rolls his eyes.
Ma jumps an runs. an all Of us,
An all the house is in a fuss,
An peace and Joy Is mighty skeerce,
When Pa is sick, it's something
fierce.