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Talk Of q Third Party,

a MONG other things discussed at
[ \ the bankers meeting was a third
party-what Frank Munsey. who led
the 'scussion, called liberal con-
servative" party. Now, the whole
trouble with the party similarity in
America similarity which makes
part!sanship a ghastly joke-is that
both parties, the democrats and the
republicans. like to feel that they
are liberal conservatives. And neither
Is. Both are nothing. The liberal
forces and the conservative forces
divide the election into more or less
liberal and conservative 'blocs." The
liberal conservative party Of Mr..
Munsey's dream would not be a whit
different from the republican party
or the democratic party. What the
country really needs in the way OF a
third party-and once upon a time
the American Bankers Association
could have called such a party into
being-is a frankly intelligent con-
servative party. Given such a party.
under the leadership Of a man Ike
Gov. Miller of New York or Senator
Oscar Underwood of Alabama. and
tho opposing party would become
frankly and inteiligently liberal OF
course, in making faces and calling
names during . campaign the liberals
Evening star., 1922-10-15
Real French Cafe Concert
To Be Found Only in France

If somebody asked you to translate
vaudeville" into French. you might
unwarily think the man was trying
to spool you, as when the fellow
asked how to render esprit dc corps"
into the French language.
But that isn't the answer. When
a Frenchman uses the word "yaude-
ville' he means farce" and when
he says farce" he means practical
joke" and when he wants to say
what we call vaudeville in the United
States, he says "cafe-concert."
But still 1t Is not quite the same
thing. The real French cafe-concert
is something that does not exist out
side France. And unfortunately COM
paratively few Americans who visit
Paris get acquainted with it.
To begin with, one who attends
the cafe-concert performance should
get it out of his head that he is at
stage performance. 1t IS more like
college glee club entertainment.
There is an intimate atmosphere Of
cooperation between audience and
performers. and there Is certain
amateur spirit on the part of the
latter that can scarcely be likened to
anything we have. unless We COM
Evening star., 1922-10-15
Shrinking of the Banker.

@SCE upon a time the Bankers as
" sociatfon could have done this
thing-could have furnished the core
of a courageous and intelligent con-
seryatiye party-but not now The
banker is not the figure in our COM
munity life that he once was. He has
not grown smaller. But the COM
munity has grown up to him: Once
the bankers side whiskers. his iron
gray team, his shiny two-seated
buggy, his big house among the ever
green's. his Sunday plug hat and his
gold.headed cane set him above and
apart from his fellows. The town
ptemied beneath him. He walked in
rare and radiant atmosphere of power
and glory. He dictated his towns
politics because he owned the editors
mortgage, hired the lawyer by the
year and paid more to support the
preacher than ten strong men.
But the rise of the folks in thirty
years has been phenomenal. There is
not the difference between Fo-d car
and a Rolls Royce that once existed
between the man who rode in his
carriage and the man who had to
walk. The car salesman often makes
n much AZ tho banker; the editor has
paid OF his mortgage and has -
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from the hard, dirty jobs of the
world is fairly general in the circles
from which the members of the
American Bankers Association are
recruited. And 1t IS true-this feel
ing that our free schools are max
ing men and women who are socially
free and who will not go into economic
serfdona. And the trouble is prob
ably not with the schools, but rather
with the system Which condemns our
casual labor to Z bad system.
1t is not that we do not pay our
casual laborer enough per hour nor
enough per day. The trouble is that
we do not pay him enough per year.
The casual laborcr has casual Job,
sometimes it is good, sometimes it
is bad and sometimes it is no job at all.
We have thought out a lot of important
social and economic problems and have
made 'many inventions" Machinery
does everything but talk. and sometimes
its owners try to make it vota But
we have not invented way to make
wages, however high, as attractive
to our young people as a salary, how
ever low!
The salary presumes regular en-
ployment, stated income, a depend
able scale of living, possible credit
. and a fairly certain rise in life.
Wages presume uncertain employ
ment, dubious annual income, a
Eli tluS Scdle OF t!VlnE and only an
accidental rise in life. That does not
mean that all clerks always have
jobs and always get on in the world
and that all wageearners are always
afflicted with uncertainties OF work
But it is incontestable that as a class
clerks get on in the world and as
a class, common, casual labor, whose
hourly pay is more than that of
clerks. do not get on in the world.
And the orator at the bankers meet
ing should not put the blame on the
American public schools and ask for
more European immigrants to fill up
the labor market. But rather he
should ask the American bankers
who. he declares are the leaders of
our American constructive thinking,
to put their massive brains to work
upon the problems that arise out of
the differences between wages and
salary-social differences superb
cially, but at base economic. We
have done SO many wise and needfuI
things in America in a hundred and
fifty years that we should not stand
helpless before this problem. Yet.
when 1t is solved. when we have
found a way to make a good annual
wage. amounting toA a decent salary
and the ability to enjoy a decent liv-
ing, the American schools will not
he said to be "out of sympathy
with the ideals of hard, rough work.
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much money as the banker. The Law
yer has number OF clients that pa--
better than the banker. So the law
Yer has gone to the legislature and
passed I lot of regulatory laws con
trolling the banker and taking away
his power. About as mary banker
go to jail as merchants or preachers
and more than doctors.
So the banker has come down from
his high horse. He has cut off his
side-burns because people EigDle ~
them. and he is now just one Of tn.
folhs-a Woodworking man with 4
job that he has to take to bed with
HIM But he is no longer the town
boss. And in New York during his
convention he tanned his teethgapine
at the tall buildings just as the rest
of us do when we go to the big city
He went down TO Wall street and
| talked to the big fellows. But he got
no more thrill out OF it than the man
hero of the Yanks or the Giants rub
, bed elbows with the countryman in 1,
hotel lobby.
The only really persistent pluto
crat we hare left III America is th'
bankers wife-"mamma." 1t was =
great week for mamma" down il
New York The New York bankers
/, wives al. entertained mamma" ana
mamma" having read the society
columns of the papers for years, knew
that many of these bankers wives
were not in real society, not in the
inner circle; and mamma" who IL
the vortex of the inner circle at
!, home. showed the New Workers by IL
certain manner that mamma" can
assume when she feels like 1t that
she knew that her hostess was not
necessarily 80 much" because they
lived in New York. 1t was a great
day for mamma" and for once sh"
was glad that she Joined the Colonial
DANES. While father" was out sun
burning the roof OF his mouth,
mamma" was INDOORS at u tea o.:
reception or something given by the
ladies' reception committee, and
mamma" was putting on a certain
air which always knocks 'em stiff.
And SO in New York they knew that
while father came up from the
ranks and pulls on his shoes when
the company leaves. they knew also
that mamma" 10 Q ladyi -
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pare it to Frank Tinnev taking the
audience into his confidence.
The entertainment consists chiefly.
and sometimes wholly, in the render
ing of topical songs by their COM
posers. Accompanied by a tinny
piano (Which does little but "vamp"
the measure), one after another of
the "chansonniers" Is introduced. He
sings Cor generally talks) his four
or FIVE songs and then introduces the
next on the program.
The audience is mainly composed of
regular patrons. who know all the
chansonniers. and not only join in
the pefrains but also clamor for old
favorites. Sometimes there Is wit
In the audience who adds to the en-
tertainment by suggesting variations.
The "chansons" generally have not
much time. 1t Is the words and the
manner Of delivery that count. Yet
how explain their charm? Mostly the
composers have not memoriZed the
words, but pull out bits of paper from
their pockets to refresh their memo
ries. But the charm is there, and
loudly applauded.
Current events are nearly always
the subject. A chanson may have a
dozen verses, each about some public
character or happening. Often, 1t
must be confessed. the languaBe is
not such as would be used on an
American stage, despite the fact that
| most of the audience consists OF
French families.
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the psychic revelation. It was found
ed upon the rock Of actual personal
observation. Those who had not OBJ
served were like astronomers with
out telescopes; they had to accept
the conclusions of those who had the
necessary knowledge and instruments.
What were the tremendous facts
which we had learned-the greatest
addition to truth which had ever
been sent through from the center
Of all truth? That lay in the re-
ligious exposition which should form
my next lecture.
In the meantime I was content II I
had made it clear that there was a
case to be examined.
l wound up with such emotion as
might-though I would always give
reason the preference to emotion
thanks in my heart that this my first
meeting had at least laid the foun-
dations OF that spiritual and intel
lectual work which had crossed the
seas to accomplish. I have laid the
general line Of argument before the
not be repeated, and that it is for
the purpose Of outlining, once for all.
what the points were which rose up
in future lectures and discussions. /
can hardly recount an adventure with
out once at least making it clear
WNdI H. was l4AaI VIC "CA oLAASAh6
to do.
The most tiring part of the whole
evening was the crowd who flocked
into the dressing room before I could
escape. I was very hot and exhaust
ed. but could not get away from a
number Of good but rather incon-
siderate people who had psychic diff
culties which might have been de-
ferred to some later date. Others were
mere autograph hunters or people Of
that curious type who buzz up to you
with tremendous concentration Of
purpose and then find that they have
really nothing to say, to the mutual
embarrassment Of interviewer and in
terviewed. endeavored to be patient
and courteous. but I admit that it
was a strain. Finally my wife and
Mr., Keedick cleared a passage, we
pushed through to cab, and so end
ed an eventful evening.
Among the few whom I really well
coined was the famous ex-medium,
Mrs. Piper. a gentle. elderly woman
Of very normal aspect.
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would veil "reactionary" and "bour-
hon" at the conservatives, and. OF
course, all the moss-covered bour-
bons would go to the conservatiHe e
party; and the liberal party would
have it's '1unatic fringe" and so the
conservatives would try to brand the
liberals as radicals and bolsheTists.
But for all the persinage of politics.
We should have two parties with
ideals that really differed, with aims
that were wide apart and with IL party
membership repsenting the deeply dl-
yergent but always vital!y necessary
elements to human growth-con
servatism and progress. the centrl-
petal and centrifugal forces OF life.
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As | See 1t
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banker is never a red" But when he
displays, as he did this year at his
meeting, definite consciousness of
our duty toward Europe, a genuine
interest in our taking 4 position in
the leadership of the world. because
we owe 1t to the world to lead. be-
lief that the debts OF the world may
be somewhat Cancelled in an interna-
tlona1 clearing house; when he drops
all his foolish talk about the open
shop" and gets rid Of the notion that
ne Is going to smash the labor unions.
even II the American banker is never
a red. at least he is getting a pretty
shell-ptnk flush about the gills. And
it is significant. Last year the bank
ers were hard-boiled. At their meet
ing, they cheered the isolationists in
to clear up organized labor and there
was a real swashbuckling lingo SEN
timent manifest In their attitude to-
ward Europe and toward domestic
affairs. Last year they were bear
cats. This year the bankers are tame
cats They are coming to their milk.
stiI the Perfect Audience,
DUT at that they afford the per-
- feet audience for our most reac-
tionary orators. One speaker de-
clared that America produced NO
common labor because our public
schools are out Of sympathy with any
sort Of hard work. They do not make
tho man with the pick and shovel and
so, declared the orator, we must import
labor-men and women who will do the
hard rough work Of the world, and who,
Of course, will form a caste of labor
quite apart from American life-econ-
omic serfs who will accept a lower
standard Of living than the American
standard, who will have lower social
aspirations than the American aspir-
alton, and who viii be content to toll
and moil in the dirt and CRIME, living on
the crumbs from the rich mans table,
This feeling. that our American
schools are leading American children
into cleekshipS and Drofesstona aMny
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(To Be Continued in Tomorrow's Star.)
(Copyrieht, 1s22, By Sir Arthur Ceaan Doyle,
1oI tie Unite0 States a16 Qssot BE1taiR1
Evening star., 1922-10-15

. HE following is a brief summary of the
most important news of the world for
the seven days ended October II:
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;reek General Defiant.

There can be little comfort in the
situation when viewed impartially by
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Praises American War Work.
We are too apt to forget. however.
IN Europe some Of the unselfish work
which the Americans did during the
war. Few people realizea for exam
ple, that there were either one or
Two meatioss days every week during
which NO butcher could open his
shop. Butter and sugar were strictly
rationed that there might be more more
Vas reduced and white bread could
-ot be got in New York. Petrol was
strictly rationed and there were days
when no motor car might run. These
things were done at the crisis of
The submarine danger, and If We got
through that very dangerous time 1t
was partly from the friendly help
thus giyea-
:. AS to the debt question. It is very
easy to say that there should be COM
plets remission all around. and no
doubt there will be no general recov-
cry until there is, but 1t should not
be forgotten that all other mai Ions
1hish remit have also large balaI cling
Evening star., 1922-10-15
By OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

//IT takes more than one swal-
low to make q summer" runs
an old saw. and it may be
The mirror., 1922-01-05
TO TRAVEL HEAVENWARD

To be strong and true; to be generous
in praise and appreciation of others; to
impute worthy motives even to enemies; to
give without expectation of return; to
practice humility, tolerance and self-re-
straint; to make the best use of time and
opportunity; to keep the mind pure and
the judgment charitable; to extend intelli-
gent sympathy to those in distress; to cul-
tivate quietness and non-resistance; to
speak little and listen much; to adhere
always to high standard of thought, pur-
pose and conduct; to grow in grace, good
ness and gratitude; to seek truth and
righteousness; to work, love, pray and
serve daily; to aspire greatly, labor cheer
fully and take God at His word-this is
to travel heavenward.-G. Klsiser in Y.
M. C.. C.. Central.
The mirror., 1922-01-05
STARTING POINTS

Go where we will there are stories of
those who dug or blasted their way to
diplomas and degrees. The factory boy,
the servant girl, the newly landed immi-
grant who attended night school, took
correspondence course, or gave the even
ings- to the public library is in evidence.
Mental athletes craved history, or science,
or foreign languages and they who hun
gered and thirsted were filled.
Many of these triumphs are put down
to happy combination of bodily strength
and mental tenacity; but third element
of importance is that genuine student
understands that all subjects rest on few
foundations. While nobody will deny this
few really know how much it means to ap-
prehend it. There is recognition of the
starting points, and without that no in
telligence and no industry will accomplish
anything of real value.
Now and then we hear of youth who
would like to become lawyer or to enter
Congress- and who is startled at his ignor-
ance of our history. He may be less
ignorant than he thinks. If he knows that
an Italian navigator under the patronage
of the Spanish crown discovered the New
The mirror., 1922-01-05

He who has not suffered has not lived.
1t is only through suffering that ones
eyes are opened to the full realization of
life. Stagnation and death is the future
of all that vegetate without change. And
how can there be any change without pro-
portionate suffering during the preceding
stage? Is it not those only who have
. learned the deceptive value of earthly
hopes and the Elusive allurements of ex-
ternal nature who are destined to solve the
great problems of life, pain and death?
The mirror., 1922-01-05

"HE good ship "Columbia," courngeously putting
forth from the port of Precious Privilege under the
T. guiding hand of the Master Mariner of the Ulimit-
able Sea- has poured the oil of peace ON the turbulent
7vaers of the qOorld.
Whe-robed Hope cordially beckons to earths peoples
orsake the base level of 4Va and hatred and conspiracy
and enUy and jealousy and intrigue and dsu and avarice
and neglect and foloqc her height for changed
perspective of the future She stands at confident poise and
points those characters clad garments of and
enthusiasm 7Oho qcU administer the affairs of the cord
Tolerance, Courage, Trust, Sacrifice, Good Will In the
background eager advance and occupy the dVeng places
of all mankind stand Life and LoOe Prosperity and Happi
ness
Il people the total of its unipolitical religious,
commercial social and indvidua Upon the attitude Of in
dvdua toqvard indivdual the units qUhch encompass
all the activities of the qOhole people, The kind of attitude
governs the kind Of unit and its kind Of action and influence
Like begets like. Good influences cumulative. Good
thoughts and good intentions and good deeds and good qVW
encourage the groh and Development Of good thoughts and
good intentions and good deeds and good qciH
The Publishers AuxHmy.
The mirror., 1922-01-05

a bank account, and small acquisition of
knowledge may be the first step towards a
bounteous stock.
49, Every person of normal intelligence
recognizes that language may be COM
mercial or social asset; but many whom
we meet cannot tell us why such a study
quickens and broadens the mind. jeff
has said great deal in one sentence:
"Translations may tell us what other ma
tions thought, but only their own language
can tell us how they thought" One has
found out something if he knows that
Spaniard naturally puts an adjective after
noun, and that German is prone to
put verb at the end of sentence. Such
discovery as that may open the way to
the observation of national taste in archi-
lecture, in music, in art The myths of
tropical countries abound with tall grass
and richly laden trees while those of
Scandinavia tell of heroic mountaineers
and daring fishers.
If we have enjoyed the outdoor life
around us, if we have grown attached to
our own summer and winter views we can
find pleasure in reading of wanderings in
darkest Africa or in the frigid zones. The
starting point is long way towards the
goal.-Seleeted.
The mirror., 1922-01-05
NOTICE TO INMATES

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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
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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 .n, M Xo% tH
lowing the day on which it is delivered to
your cell.
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The above. portrays a farmer giving
serious thought to some of the strong fea-
lures of Minnesota products as outlined in
the advertising matter sent out by the
Farm Machinery Sales Department. The
cut was made from drawing conceived
and executed by Mr.. ]. ], who shows
marked ability in conveying his impress
sions by the use of either pen or brush.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 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
tributor. Should contributor fail to comply
with this request he will henceforth be dropped
from THE MIRRORS contributing staff.
Approved by Warden. Editor.
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World, that Portugal claimed half of
South America, that England and Holland
soon craved land and commerce beyond
the Atlantic he can learn anything that he
wishes to learn of recorded American his
tory between 1892 and the landing at
Jamestown in 1907. Then he must know
that intense hostility prevailed between
the French in Canada and the Puritans
below the St. Lawrence, that for decades
it was a question whether France or Eng
land should rule the continent, that each
nation now fought and now bribed the
powerful tribes of red men. Provided he
knows this as bank clerk knows per-
centage or as navigator knows his
reckoning he can enjoy the finest narra-
tives in Parkman. He can soon see why
with Canada won from the French the
colonists felt emboldened to strike out on
their own account and how the conquest
of 1863 really fostered the spirit of '76.
Should there be any strong reason for
learning foreign language the beginner
should consider what he knows of his
own. Does he see that, as human body
must have bones and sinews, a language
must have nouns to denote persons, places,
things or qualities; that it must have verbs
(time-words the Germans call them) to
show whether an act has been performed,
'or is being performed or will be per-
formed; that it must in some way qualify
objects, telling whether they are heavy or
light, old or new that it must. have some
way of joining words? These facts must
be perfectly clear to him; If they are he
can learn a great deal, if they are not the
chances are that he will not learn anything.
Flammarion based his Popular Astrono-
my" on the assumption that anyone who
has common school training in arithme-
tic can understand the laws of celestial
measurement and motion. There are a
thousand details known only to the profess
sional astronomer, but the reader who can
buy and sell, who knows the difference be-
tween fifteen cents and fifteen per cent,
who has grappled with vulgar fractions
and decimals can find in the study of the
heavens enough pleasure to brighten every
evening of his life. 1t must have been with
slender stock of mathematics that Fer
guson the shepherd boy began his gazing
into "yon blue heaven above us bent" and
the patient Herschel said: "You must not
expect to see at sight" A dollar may start
The mirror., 1922-01-05
LETTERS TO BOARD OF CONTROL

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 Deputy Wardens Office Friday noon in
order that special paper for that purpose may
be furnished you. Letters written ON regula.
ton size paper will not be permitted to 60.
J. j. SULLIVAN,
Warden.