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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-02-28
La Cia. del Cable
Frances inGugurG
un nueUO SlStemG

Nuestro particular amigo y excelen
te caballero don Alfredo Morales, di-
rector de la acreditada Compahia del
cable frances, ha tenido la cortesia de
remitirnos la siguiente earta que pu-
blicamos por considerable de interes ge-
neral para el pdblico:
San Juan, P. r., febrcro 27 do 1922.
ST.. Director de
Ell MUNDo,
San Juan. @
Muy ss1or mio
Comprendiendo la necesidad de un
ruavo sistema cablegrafco eatre Puer-
to Rico y demas paises, esta Compa-
ma no ha vacilado en- traer ¶tos
modcrnos, los cuales estan va funcio-
nando con regularidad, rapidcz y eff
ciencia.
Como este es de gran importancis
para el pals, deseo poner su disposi-
cion nuestras lineas tatblegr&fcas ell
dia l de MARIO pr6ximo de 2 a de
Ia tarde, con objeto de que ruedan
cambiarse algunos saludos entrc Ia prem
sa Puertorriquefia y Newyorquina y al
mismo tempo darle conocer dicho
nuevo sistema.
No dudando ser complacido al acep-
tar nuestra peticion, esperamos tenga
la amabilidad de darnos su c5nformi-
dad e indicarnoS e. colega De Nueva
York que deseare usted citar, para to-
mar oportunamente las disposiciones ne
cesarias.
Anticipandole las gracias, Gueda de
usted
Muy atentamente,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14

rent topics. Music and the arts, with
liberal allowance of entertaining features,
go to make up seasons activities.
Meetings are held every other Sunday
September oath. These meetings are
governed solely by the inmate member
ship, under the rules laid down in Cush
ing's Manual, presiding officers being
chosen by ballot New members are adj
mitted by vote of the members in good
standing, subject to the Deputy Warden's
endorsement.
A mistaken idea seems to be that the
Circle is composed of select set and that
a college education is required. Few of
the members have had more than high
school advantages, many only grade
school, just gathering of the average sort
with a willingness to use possessed know
ledge and a desire to obtain more. 1t
surely is a commendable trait to take ad-
vantage of opportunities for self-improve-
ment. Membership in the Circle enables
the studiously inclined to obtain a wider
range of literature and usually inculcates
desire for selective, rather than frivo-
lous, desultory reading.
A reference library belonging to the Cir
Gle is at the members disposal and extra
cards for drawing on the main library are
issued, thus affording means for study and
research during the eight months season.
The benefits to be derived from the meet
ings depends entirely upon each members
use of the privileges allowed. The success
of the season depends upon the members
collectively-it's just what they make it.
Inmates interested in further details
should get in touch with one of the present
members and talk things over.
F. T. P, Chautauqua Secy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14
SOAP
Continued from page y

NCV''""o~ !'"" P"So II
thoroughly consistent it is soap.
AT this stage any color, or perfume is
added if desired. Few of our laundry
soaps are perfumed or colored. While
the soap is still hot and soft it is run into
cooling tank cars"
Cooling tank cars are small cars having
four wheels, runs on a track, its body is
like fiat car; it measures two feet wide
by five feet long. 1t has groove in the
base one inch deep one-half inch wide,
running around the edge. There are four
sheet iron plates, two sides, two ends.
These plates are set into the groove and
a half inch rod bent in a rectangle shape
is fitted down around the top of these
plates forming tank. This is our COOL
ing tank car. These cars are filled with
the soap and run off to cooling room.
The cooling room is about fifty feet
wide by seventy feet long and cooled by
large typhoon fan. After the soap has
been cooled enough to be firm the car is
brought out and the rectangle iron taken
off, the plates removed and we have a
large block of soap. We must now decide
the size of our cake of soap. So we will
use an eight ounce cake for our model.
This cake is four inches long, two and
one-half inches wide by one inch thick,
a regular five cent seller. Due to drying
and waste the cake must be cut slightly
thicker. This block of soap now is brought
to the cutters, these cutters are, first, two
steel posts sitting about thirty inches apart,
the surface of the car is twelve inches
above the floor. So we will start two and
one-half inches above the surface of our
car, or fourteen and one-half inches above
the floor and draw our wire from one
steel post to the other at every two and
half inches. The car and the block of
soap is drawn through these wires and
the soap is cut into slabs two and a half
inches thick. Next these slabs are taken
one at time and put on the barring table.
We fix our wires at distance of four
inches apart and run our slab of soap
through these wires then we have what
we call sections. These sections are run
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14
NOTICE TO INMATES

Each inmate is accorded the privilege of one
subscription to THE MIRROR, to be sent home
or to friend free of charge. In order to
obtain this privilege you must 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 wish to enter additional subscriptions, they
will be charged for at the rate of SO cents a
year for each subscription.
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
at the foot of your bed on the morning fol
lowing the day on which it is delivered to
your CELL
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14
PIERIAN CHAUTAUQUA CIRCLE

From May to September general re-
Taxation of studious and intellectual pur-
suits makes the Saturday afternoon ball
games and chats on current news the most
important of local events, but now that
September is half gone, with night school
well begun, inquiries as to desirable read
ing, and in reference to Chautauqua, are
becoming quite numerous. A few words
of explanation may be opportune especial
iy to new arrivals within the confines of
1.-THE Silent City of Constantly Changing
Population"
The Pierian Chautauqua Circle was
founded many years ago at the old prison
and the appellation, "Pierian" adopted as
a Distinguishing title. The regular course
of reading and study, as assigned by the
Chautaqua Scientific and Literary Society
of Chautauqua, N. Y, was followed for
while but. proved unsuitable owing to fire.
quent changes, an eight months season, re-
stricted hours, etc. Changed plans allowed
for a more general, if not as exhaustive
treatment of literary themes and for the
preparation of papers on the industries,
also the debating and discussing of cur
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14

has pail of salt water that he dips his
fingers into and throws some of the salt
water on the soap and shelf. This salt
water helps the soap to slide easy and
keeps it from sticking to the dies The
presser feeds the press with his right hand
and takes the soap from the press with his
left hand and lets it onto the belt that
conveys it down the table, Each of the
their blade.
The wrapper with the left hand takes
the inside wrapper and at the same time
with his right hand brings the soap in on
the wrappers. With the thumbs the near
side Of the wrappers are brought up and
the fingers bring the other side of the
wrappers over and the ends are folded in
The soap is placed into the box with the
right hand and so on. When the box is
full the foreman moves the box out
through the window and another box is
placed on the-benches. The box is nailed
up by naiers and stacked up as high as
one can pitch the boxes. Then they are
labeled and stamped with the date of
wrapping, most boxes contain one hundred
bars or cakes.
Now we will turn back to the toilet
soap. 1t is kettled the same way but the
coloring and perfume are added; it is cut
the same way and carried to the press.
This press not only presses the imprint
but shapes the soap also. The tables are
fiat and smooth. The soap has to be
touched up, rough edges removed and in
spected Each cake is saturated with per-
fume and wrapped, they are packed in
paper boxes and then into wood boxes and
so on, like the laundry soap.
Just one more word about washing
powder. When the soap is hot and soft
it is mixed with an equal part of soda-ash
in mixer. This mixer is like and about
the size of laundry washer, revolves back
and forth. This mixer turns till the soap
and soda-ash becomes a dry powder, it is
then dumped into a grinder. This
grinder is similar to a small coffee mill
only on a large scale. The powder is
ground and run into large drums. These
drums are raised and fitted on a pack
ing machines. These machines are fed
white card board. They cut the card
board, print, fold in one end fill with
powder, weigh each package, seal and
slide them out on little shelf where they
can be packed in boxes labeled, stamped
with date of packing and are then ready
for shipment.
This is how our toilet soap, laundry
soap and washing powders are made.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14

NOTICE-Inmates submitting contributions
to THE MIRROR for publication must sign their
preferred, if not original, proper credit must be
given to the writer II known; If writer's name
Is not known, it should be so specified by con-
tributor. Should contributor fail to comply
with this request he will be dropped from THE
MIRRORS contributing star.
Approved by Warden. Editor.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14
LETTERS TO BOARD OF CONTROL

All inmates desiring to write to the State
Board of Control will notify their officer. who
in turn is requested to send your notification
to the Duputy Warden's Office Friday noon in
be furnished you. Letters written regula.
ton size paper will not be permitted to 60.
J. J. SULLIVAN,
Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14

"He who despises women, despises his
own mother. When women are honored,
the Divinities are pleased; when they are
not honored, all undertakings fail"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14

EFF anyone speaks or acts with evil
thoughts, suffering will follow him, as
surely as the wheels follow him who draws
the carriage"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14

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 a 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 pathological information and to
aid in dispeHing that prejudice which has ever
been the bar sinister to fallen mans self
redemption.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14

GAS bee gathers nectar without injur-
ing the beauty or the fragrance of the
flower, so should wise man live in this
world"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14

Don't worry if you stumble-about the
only thing that can't fall down is worm"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14
QUERIES
NOTICE TO INMATES

For the benefit of any inmates who appre-
cciate and see the opportunity that their spare
hours give toward a means Of self education
through correspondence school courses study Of
good literature, acquiring an education in our
Night Schools, or, who need helpful informa.
ton in connection with their work in our var.
to use the query" column. You are wei.
come to send in any queries of serious interest
to yourself, THE MIRROR with the kind col.
liberation Of Miss Miriam E. Cary Super
endeavor to supply the requested information
NOTICE-1n order to regulate the conduct
OF this column inmates must sign their namo
register number and lock number to all queries
course, will not be published, only the initials
of each querist being used.-Editor.
Q:-Does a person born in the U. S.
lose his citizenship by joining the Cana
dian army, getting married to an English
girl and taking discharge in London, Eng
land Pr. Nice.
A:-No.
OIL would like to know the address of
the True Story and Western Story maya
zines if they are permitted.-M. NJ.
A:-These publications are not per-
mitted here.
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 our library to be had ON
request: The International Text Books are
especially complete in their Information to-: on
full Arts. Literature. Chemistry. Biography and
Science divisions Of our library catalogue for
diversified subjects
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-09-14
CHURCH NOTICE

Services in the Prison Chapel at nine o'clock
every Sunday morning Protestant and Catho-
lie service every alternate Sunday: Rev G. f..
Benson and Rev. FIR. Corcoran, Chaplains.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
TWO NATIONS CHALLENGE
AMERICA FOR DAVIS CUP
British Isles and Australia in Line
for Big Tourney

New York, Jan. 31.-Announcement
that the British Isles had challenged for
the Davis Cup adds n second nation to
the worlds tennis team championship
for 1922. Australia has already mailed
Il formal challenge. From eight TO ten
additional challenges are expected be-
fore the entries close on March II.
Officials of the United States Lawn
Tennis Association, as CustOdians of the
international trophy, said today they
looked for Il challenge from New Xca e
land. which for the first time in many
yCdrs will be in position to act in e
of Australia.
Until year ago the tennis asso
of the Antipodcs challenged un-
der one head and the team was dcsg-
mated as the Australasiuns. This agree =
ment was terminated some time ago and
it was then decided that New Zealand
and Australia should act separately in
entering for the Davis Cup and other
international competitions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
of O. Clancy
TWO INDOOR MEETS ON
X PENN LIST THIS WEEK
Only Three Local Boys
. on Penn Track Team

Only three Philadelphians arc
members Of the Penn track team,
the smallest number in many years.
Not so long ago Red and Blue Gin
der path teams had any number Of
local high and prep school graduates
listed, but this year a, trio of high
school youths compose the City of
Brotherly Love representation. Ed
McMullen, of Central High, half
miller and member of the two mile
relay team last year; Jack Friel.
who formerly sportcd the colors of
Catholic High, distance runner,
and George Powers. at West Phila.
dolphin High two years ago and a
hurdlcr, compose the Philadelphia
squad.
On the freshmen team McHugh,
OF West Catholic. and Mitchell, of
Northeast, and Cullmun, of Cen
tral High, arc the only local OK
schoolboys. Fred Chow. of Pekin.
China, Travelled the longest distance
TO represent Penn. johnny Thur
man, 212 pounds. is the heaviest
man on the squad, and Don Head
and Woodsidc, 130 pounds, tie for
lightweight honors. George Bron-
der is the tallcst, 6 feet ~ inches
and Lever, ) feet s inches. the
shortest. Fisher, freshman. from
Newark Central, is the lightest man
on the squad. lie tips the beam
at 11G,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
Scraps about Scrappers

Lew Tender Is the predomlnatinC roatur.
u, ne Sp.olai set or scraps tomorrow night
l"tt-hander VIII be Mel Coogan New YErE
iirrTSn,t,weight George Erne will entertain Joe
ton to mset Harry OKidJ Brown and a nos n"ir
OF local southpaws, Bobby Burman P"'T nnI
Danny Kramer wiz show In the opener.
Al Wagner. matchmaker OF the National
\: A.. VII make no changes In his program m
night until this week. The same bouts orig
inaly scheduled will be held. as follows;
Jackson vs.. Jimmy Gibbons. Al Wagner 20" W"
Kid Wagner. Young Mahoney vs. Younc
George Chip. and Ty Cobb vs.. Johnny Mayo
Willie Allen recently made big hit a,
scranton IN a bout with KID Willis. on
saturday night Allen will meet Mickey Moo,
nan at Brooklyn.
Chick Kansas. brother Of Willie Allen. is
Scranton Thursday night Bobby Dillon
handles both Allen and Kansas.
frankie Kilburn has been booked for tvo
will meet Steve Conin at Altoona Frida =
nigh and frankie Gancro in New York
February II.
Jimmy Gibbons is the best woterweigh, in
Philadelphia, !s the opinion Of Ray McCar-
night when he tackles Joe Jackson" states
Ray. After the Jackson set-to. Mccartney
plans to send Gibbons against the leading
welterweishts of the country.
NIatty Barrett, = Grays Ferry feather.
weight Is training daily with Ray AIuIliCan
lyweight and Mickey Connors, Junior light.
weight. Barrett scored L hfteen-second
knockout several months ago.
The Junior .tthletic Club. OF SchuylkI. Is
being represented in the ring by Tommy
O'COnnor. lightweight who Is about TO
start a pref, sslonN career. O'Connur has
competed iu about twenty amateur matches,
Including three with Dan Gartin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
BILLY BLACK TO LEAVE
WITH GIANTS ON FEB. IS
Local Basketball Star VIII Have
Hard Time Sticking With Champs

Hard Time Sticking With Champs
Billy Black. the uptown boy. who
is well known both as baseball and
basketball player, will leave with the
New York Giants about February -,
when the worlds champions start on
their 1922 training camp trip.
Black, an inticldcr. is not expected
to displacc George Kelly. Dave Ban
croft, frankie Frisch or IIcinie Groh,
any of the Giant regulars, but his
friends have every confidence in his
ability to make such an impression On
John McGraw that will result in his
being kept with the team as n utility
player.
Black. who is only youngstcr.
started playing with the A. J. Reach
club in 1916, covering second base. In
1918 he managed the Buttcrwortb club.
of the Manufacturers League. but fin :
shcd the season with IIarrowGatc. lie
was with Earl Mack at Merchant Shin
in the spring Of 1919 and on June
10 joined Suffolk, where he also played
the following season.
He started last year with Suffolk and
few months later was sold along with
Teddy Kcarns to Portsmouth, of the
same league. lie was acquired by the
Giants after four other clubs. Detroit,
Cardinals, Brooklyn and Washington,
had bid for his services.
Black led the ShOrtstOps last season
in the Virginia League. His record
follows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
CARLSON UPSET BY
CLANCY IN THE 9TH
George Spills the Beans for
Bostonian With Left to
the Jaw
HARRY BEATEN UP BADLY
EUening Ledger Decisions
Of Ring Bouts Last Night

. OLyMPIA-=-tieorgc Chnney. stopped Harry
knocked out Joe Dorsey. NTH; Joe Charey
won from Joe Richie; Chick Kansas defeated
Jackson.
HARRIsBURG- Peter Rustic won from
Artie McCanni Billy Cannon shaded Harry
0chs: Ivory Eshelmnn won from johnny
MONTREAL Red Cap Wilson defeated
Oscar DesCamDs.
NEW yORK--iim Cooney won from Joe
Kid Norris knocked out Ben Walsh. tenthi
Billy March defcrted BILLY Prince; Happy
Malloney whippcd Nick Foley.
PITTSBURGIi--Jack Burke knocked out
Joe Downey.
,DETROTT-4sid Barbarian won from Pete
Choke.
NEW BEDFoRD-JImmy Grsndc stopped
Al Perry: second.
Elkins.
..LYNN.-Paddy Owens outfouEht johnny
Sheppard.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
BOUT PLEASES DEMPSEY
Match With Bill Brennan on March
II Satisfactory to Jark

Los Angeles, Calf, Jan. 31..-.Jock
Dempsey. heavyweight champion. comIJ
not be reached TO inform him of the
match reported practically arranged for
nm in New York. March Il. with BiII
brennan, Of Chicago.
Friends and sport writers. however.
declared Dempsey always was sotis-
fed with whateycr ring plans were
made for. him by Jack Kearns. his
manager" '''
The, Los Angeles Examiner today
printed the statement that Dempsey
plans to quit the ring within two Years.
THE champion wants to take on Mi
comcrs, prove his superiority and ro-
tire to private life an undefcated cham
pion,' the newspaper stated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
Aquinas to PLAY Railway

The Aquinas basketball team Will min v
American Railway Express. leaders OF tho
Philadelphla Manufacturers League tonight
az IN" formers hall at Eighteenth and Nor.
rs s'r"cis. On Thursday Aquinas will play
Immaculate Conception, also al their home
haI. Last week the downtowncrs took
broadway Cycle, leaders Of the American
League. into camp.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
FIGHT MOVIES ARREST
"""aukee Man Plnched for Trans.
porting Carpenter. Dempsey
Pictures

"adlsOn. Wis. Jan. 3l,-FcdcrNl
S," '''erS today arrested William Cooke,
nnWaNkec advertising man, charged
Nv" W." transporting pictures of the
IOnmpsey Carpenter prize fight at
SvrISey SvI city, July >, into Wisconsin
t,iaht nJ showing them at Baraboo Sunday
the uis Hs, IS the first time that pictures of
eorsinsht U ihsht had been displayed in Wis
aias iIahsih, Officers are seeking Cooke
tran,nwas was with him is charged with
uss usss"ssportting ~ the films from Chicago for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
Paul to Join Braves

Springhill. \. -, Jan. 81 Charles Paul.
left handed pitcher Of the Dominion No. /
team, Of the Capo Breton I,asur. viii jrIn
the Boston National League team ON its
Southern tour. according 10 reports.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
u. S. HAS PROMISING
WOMAN STARS FOR 20
Misses HouinS Stirling and Collet in Coli, Mrs. Mallory
in Tennis and Others to Uphold National
in Sports Field
By GRANTLAND RICE

all this combination needs is cxperi-
Cncc.
In fact, even at the age of eighteen,
with very little tournament experience.
heights.
Both must get up and move along
If they expect to get there before she
arrives
CoDyri0ht, 1893 An Rights deserved
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
A. 0. H. REORGANIzED

VIII Play First Game Tonight With
New Lineup
The \. O. II. basketball team, Of
North Philadelphia, will play its first
game. after the recent shake-up in the
personnel Of the team, tonight. Fox
Chase 4 \. will be entertained in the
hail at Thirteenth and Spring Car
den streets.
Last week 4. o. II. defeated the
speedy Adonis club, 36 TO -. How
ever. the manager was not pleased with
the work Of his players, and decided to
get n new team. Ills quintet will be
Watched closely tonight by the followers
of tue club. and if it wins he will be
viudiratcd for his action.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
NO BANS AT WISCONSIN
Madison Athletes Not Involved in
Professionalism

Madison. WIS. Jan. 3l.--Thc am.
lctir council at the University Of Wis
consin has barred no athletes from COM
petition on teams of the school. Coach
r. +. Jones, director of athIctirs. de.
clurCd today.
So far Us the authorities have any
evidence, no players have engaged in
professionalism, the coach said.