The mirror., 1922-05-04
Saltwater, Minnesota, Thursday, May 4, 1922.

ana numerous progeny. L ne house is cold ;
but to build the fires he pauses not. He
proceeds on his way to the nearby we'll
constructed, symmetrical and palatial sta
BILE wherein is housed his equally numer-
GUS well-bred cows,-animals chosen with
care, and not without reason, for the ami
mails he has chosen are without mixture
and will, therefore, never degenerate.
Thus, muses. Sir Michael as he contently
listens to the splash of the milk in his
modest but radiant vessel. His mind, how
ever, continues to wander and again he
sees his brother engaged in noble art of
agriculture. He sees him plodding along
from sun to sun. He thinks of an eight
hour day and to it adds ten, and still there
is an insuficiency of time to cover the
numerous fields, pens and stables of activ-
. ity Given so much time in which to
think, is it any wonder, concludes Sir
Michael, that this genius homo of the soil
becomes imbued with Populism, Agrarian-
ism Political Progressiveism, Co-Opera-
tive Leagues, Societies of Equity and Con-
gressional Blocs!
Str Michael, awakened by the harmon
ious songs of his feathered tenants, sys-
tematically goes about the performance of
his usual tasks. Eventually we again find
him on his rustic bench; again he is mus
ing. He is again tasting the fexibility of
his imagination. He pictures a venerable
pair of octogenarians on Palm Beach
gnsf course. One is noted dealer in oil
ahd petroleum, his companion in the fore
some noted physician. Sir Michael's
Imagination is indeed running riot when
rs tries to picture the noted physician ex-
Claiming: "Jack, old top, Pm afraid
you'll have to resort to your niblich!" For
no one cah imagine proceeding so lack
and derogatory to decorum in the presence
OF Mr.. John D. Rockefeller, no matter how
intimate the association, as to playfully
call him Jack.
Continuing along this line of musing Sir
Michael mentally sketches the lobby of the
new Willard Hotel. He sees therein a con-
course of distinguished statesmen and
others. His gaze rests upon dignifed
ccuntenance that is endeavoring to trans
form usually sedate expression into a
smile as he greets person whose outer
bearing proclaims him to be at least Bos-
tcAese leather merchant. Sir Michael's
imaginary ears hear the ejaculation of the
man of leather: Hank, old thing, how
goes the schedule on hides" That Sir
Michael hears this with imaginary ears
is very true; for no one, no matter how
honefully inclined, can ever expect to wit
ness the transformation of Mr.. Henry Ca
bot Lodge into "bon vivant" of sufficient
to be sportively referred to as
Hank.
At the recent nuptials of fame in which
the charming Princess Mary solemnly
vowed to love and honor, but not obey
the distinguished Viscount the invited
guests who were comprised of folks of
rank and the elect from ambassadorial cir
cles included our own representative at the
Court of St. James, Mr.. George Harvey,
Ambassador Extraordinary and bane of
Mr., Woodrow Wilson. Court etiquette
DEGREES that guests attending court func-
tion of this character appear in court cos
tune. The court costume which adorned
the noble figure of our distinguished
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