The mirror., 1922-08-17

private family or boarding house until
such time as Mrs. Hood and the children
could join Walter,-we repaired to our
rooms to remove the stains of travel and
to prepare against our assault" on the en-
terprise of this charming little city.
Considerably refreshed from our ablu-
tions at the hotel we called at the office of
the "St. Andrew Herald" where we both
received genuine shock of pleasure that
sent our spirits bounding skyward and
gave our future prospects a rosy hue in
deed. Instead of run down, ramshackle,
haphazard printing establishment that is
typical of the small country town, here
was a plant that actually beggared
description. Without going into lengthy
details l can state with great accuracy
that the plant could hardly be improved
upon. AS brief illustrative point let me
compare it to the MIRROR office and plant,
which to readers of the "Silent City" is
observable every day. Save for two limo
type machines, more roomy quarters, and
others additions that the Herald contained,
the contrast with THE M1RK.. y,-s -
markable, and likewise efficient. A special
ty of job work was made and what artis-
tic pieces the skilled corps of the Herald
turned out!
After perfunctory greetings and ex-
changes of pleasantries with those tenn
porarily in charge of the "Herald,"-a
scholarly looking man who was very
pedantic in his speech, and, redolent, as it
were, with the smell and association of
books; who also impressed me as being
Puritanical in thought; narrow and pro-
vincial in his attitude towards life, which
was later corroborated; and, strange to
say, kindled the desire in me to throw
open the windows for air and then deliver
a lecture on broadmindedness (perish the
thought) for his sole benefit With him
was young lady, of unprepossessing ap-
pearance who served in the capacity of
bookkeeper, stenographer and sort of
unofficial supervisor. Deep and sincere
respect for the weaker" (?) sex causes me
to stop here, both in description and COM
ment on the young lady, ,---- (my!
what long time between m dashesD
Walter assumed his new responsibilities as
while began my new duties as
previously set down.
The reader should know that this ideal
newspaper and modern printing establish
ment was owned and operated by group
of "town fathers" merchants and pillars
of the community, as an incorporated syn
dicate; the several members of which
constituted board that met at intervals
to dispose of questions of policy, disburse-
ments, new improvements and so on, much
like similar boards everywhere. Strict
business ethics did not guide these gentle
men, however, as later events proved.
The distasteful and ruinous religious in
tolerance referred to in the opening para
graphs was the moving spirit of this fanat-
ical body of otherwise sound and success
full farmers and business men.
After several days of unbroken har-
mony and vigorous efforts on the part of
Walter and myself supported by the entire
technical staff of the Herald" excepting
only, the disloyal and deceitful machina-
tions of the scholarly individual and the
young lady referred to, whose resentment
at our "intrusion" was manifested in un-
derhanded ways, particularly by secret
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