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on the subject of the practical and theoreti
cal aspects of economics. This lecture
was, unhappily for our tale taken from
few notes and cannot therefore be dupli
Gated. And on that thin thread of cir
cumstance hangs, and breaks, the point of
my story. Be this as it may, from a con-
servative estimate of the value of such of
these notes as have come down to us, we
may conclude with fair accuracy that this
lecture was worthy of its subject.
At the conclusion of this talk a discus
sion took place among the members. A
learned engineer and naturalist known as
Mr.. J. M. G. explained the fallacy, which
had been avoided, of centering too much
attention upon the personal peculiarities
of the individuals who may become for a
time the popular focus of national move
ments, an error of attention which has
since come to be a sort of symbol for that
age. And to conclude the discussion Mr..
H. c. H. whom we have met before, ad-
dressed the Circle with a penetrating
analysis of land values as being basic
principle of all economic action.
There was silent and unobserved spec
tator to the remarks of MIR. H., and it may
be that in passing through the chambers
of this academy he had been overcome by
such a display of oratory and wisdom. AT
all events this witness, who was none
other than Captain Clapperton, was finally
observed in an attitude of profound alb
sorption, from which he was aroused only
by the atmosphere of quietness his presence
called forth And as he slowly Withdrew
a sense of perception entered the minds of
the Circle and it was SurreptitiOusly felt
that in him was to be found worthy
proselyte. So the President called for a
list of prospective members, among which
was recorded the name of their departed
visitor, and the meeting was adjourned.
A. r. NJ, Secretary.
The mirror., 1923-10-18
RESOLUTION
Be it Resolved: :

Be it Resolved:
That whereas THE MIRROR has and
is cooperating most effectively and kindly
with the Pierian Chautauqua Circle,
And that whereas the said MIRROR has
and is printing and publishing, accurately
and freely, the many notes, reports, and
articles which are from time to time sub
mitted to it by the aforesaid Circle,
And that whereas the above mentioned
cooperation is due to the sincere efforts
and liberalness of the Editor and Staff of
the said MIRROR, and the Superintendent
of Printing thereof
And that whereas spirit of friendli-
ness and good will does exist between the
Editor Staff, and Director of the above
named MIRROR and the officers and men,
bers of the said Circle,
Be it therefore Resolved,
That the said officers and members of
the Pierian Chautaqua Circle, both indi-
vidually and as body, do hereby offer
and present to the said Editor, Staff, and
Superintendent of Printing their most
hearty thanks for past cooperation and
favors received, and do hereby pub.
licly make known their good will towards
and their desire to continue in the future
in growing friendiness with the afore
named MIRROR and its workers.
And be it further Resolved:
That whereas the Editor, and Staff
of THE MIRROR, and the Superin-
tendent of Printing have printed and
distributed among the Pierian Chau
tauqua Circle members pamphlet en-
titled Simple Rules Of English, and have
thereby added to the knowledge of all
concerned, the officers and members of the
afore named Circle, in behalf of that
body and its individual constituents do
hereby make known their honest ap-
probation of the quality and their regard
for the good that has been done by the
several representatives of the Prison MIR
RoR in making up and distributing the
afore named pamphlet
THE P1ERIAN CHAUTAUoUA CIRCLE.
(Signed) o. NJ, President
F. T. p, Vice-President
A. R. NJ, Secretary
The mirror., 1923-10-18
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
Taper 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 the morning fol-
lowing the day on which it is delivered to
your cell.
The mirror., 1923-10-18

"The brain is like dense forest, and
our thoughts are backwoodsmen blazing
trail. When once certain thought has
passed through, it is easier for the same
thought to come again. That is habit. 1t
is easier to fold piece of paper again in
the same crease than in any other way.
That is habit. So, to create a habit of
cheerfulness, we must send cheerful
thoughts along again and again, until the
trail in our minds is thoroughly blazed.
Then It will be easy to be cheerful"
The mirror., 1923-10-18

or less standard forms of usage in Eng
lish. l refer to the approved methods of
grammarans in phrase, clause, sentence,
and paragraph structure, and the rules of
punctuation.
There are, further, certain symbols
which are used between the writer and the
printer. These symbols are used to show
what variations in type are to be made at
certain points in the article or story, much
as the comma indicates to the reader
brief hesitation or transition in the thought
of the writer; and these symbols, having
achieved their purpose at the hands of the
printer, do not appear on the printed page.
With all of these customs and rules and
signs and symbols at the disposal of
writer, it would appear that his article
should be the one to come out in type with
TO errors at all. And to offset the mis-
takes of the printer, proof-sheets are taken
from the type thus set up, and further er-
rCrs are corrected. 1t would be possible
to expect the final forms in which the type
of the article is set up to be free from all
mistakes if the proofs were read and cor
rected by the writer himself, as is often
done in instances where book is to be
published. But with magazines and news
papers there is no time for the author to
be consulted, and men are employed whose
work is the reading and correcting of
proofs. In the case of THE MIRROR
this responsibility falls upon the Editor.
And he has all of the other duties of his
position to perform during an allotted
space of time, for the weekly publication
of THE MIRROR is but part of the work
of the Printing Department.
The Editor and his Staff are, for the
purpose of this article, men whose work is
the assembling, printing, and publishing
of THE MIRROR each week. They are in
mates and as such must conform to the
policy of their paper, as any employee
must conform to the policy of whatever
paper or magazine he is connected with.
And the policy of THE MIRROR is as
liberal as are the policies of more perfodi-
Gals than l care to name. These men
are concerned with the presenting to other
men, both here and outside, of the thoughts
and ideas of as many contributors as have
anything of interest to say. They would
rather turn out piece of work well done
than butcher their copy And if any one
of my readers has had experience in pre-
senting a piece of writing to a city or
country paper, he will agree with me that
the columns of THE MIRROR are as ac-
curately set up as are those of any news
paper.
The purpose of all this discourse on my
part is to explain to future contributors to
THE MIRROR, both Circle members and
free-1ancers, the comparative standing of
the paper to which they will submit their
efforts, the technicalities of the printing
trade, and the attitude and methods of the
men who put these articles and stories in
to print. Perhaps l have merely written
an introduction to the pamphlet Simple
Rules in English which was distributed
by THE MIRROR a short time ago. But if
I done that, and have succeeded in di-
recting little attention to the information
contained in those pages, my efforts and
yours, o reader, have not been in vain.
In behalf of the Pierian Chautauqua
Circle; by the Secretary, A. R. M.
The mirror., 1923-10-18
Sernnonette

MUR whole aim in these Ser
" monettes is to bring out the
spiritual possibilities of the in
dividual. Individual effort to-
wards higher things! That is
what we aim to inspire; that
each may come to know him
self better, that there may be
spiritual "rounding-out" of the
character. and the life. If we
can see the individual rising in
the strength of his divine herit-
age, the power of his spiritual
rights, then comes a clearing of
the mind, a lifting of the veil
that hides the truth.
The mirror., 1923-10-18
QUERIES
NOTICE TO INMATES

For the benefit of any inmates who appre-
ciate and see the opportunity that their spare
hours give toward means of self education
through correspondence school courses, study OF
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 welcome
to send in any queries of serious interest to
yourself, THE MIRROR with the kind collabora.
tion of Miss Miriam E. Carey Supervisor of
Institutional Libraries, will gladly endeavor to
supply the requested information.
NOTICE-In 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 querist being used.-Editor.
O:-Will you kindly furnish the address
of South American Land Agency located
in the United States or Canada, also where
can l buy reading matter in regard to
stock raising and ranching in Argentina.
-R. M.
A:-For answer to this query see arti-
Gle, on page one, entitled South America.
Q-To settle an argument, please state
in Query Column of THE MIRROR if there
ever was man by the name of Randall
once Superintendent of the St. Cloud
Reformatory, Warden, or either Deputy,
of this Prison and oblige-H. S.
A:-Two different men: Warden j..
Randall. August 1st, 1889 to January End,
1891: Frank Lange Randall was Superin-
tendent at St. Cloud.
The mirror., 1923-10-18

NOTICE-Inmates submitting contributions
to THE MIRROR for publication must sign their
preferred, if not original, proper credit must be
given to the writer if 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 staff.
Approved by Warden. Editor.
The mirror., 1923-10-18
EpILOCUE

The composition of any piece of writ
ing for publication is matter for serious
thought. For unlike verbal communica
ton, the words and ideas, once published,
cannot be retracted. So, unless one has
skin thicker than is ordinarily found to
envelop writers, it is conceivably best to
write only what is reasonable and logical,
lest ones readers form too brummagem
or comic picture of the author. This
principle is applicable to all forms of
writing, humorous, narrative, creative,
and critical. And in order to avoid be-
ing misunderstood it is we'll also to put
down each thought or idea in such way
as to reach most effectively the minds of
others. To this end certain rules and Gus
toms have come to be accepted as more
The mirror., 1923-10-18
LETTERS TO BOARD OF CONTROL

Ali 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 regula-
tion size paper will not be permitted to go.
J. J. SULLIVAN,
Warden
The mirror., 1923-10-18

"A wheel may be turned in two direc-
tons, forward or backward In either
case it moves according to one common
law. The cause of its moving is the same,
but as to the outcome of its being moved
remains for the effect to tell"
The mirror., 1923-10-18

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published III
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
raper; 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 dispelling that prejudice which has ever
been the bar sinister to a fallen mans self
redemption
The mirror., 1923-10-18
CHURCH NOTICE

Services in the Prison Chapel at nine o'clock
every Sunday morning Protestant and Catho-
lie service every alternate Sunday. Rev G. E.
Benson and Rev. FIR. Corcoran, Chaplains.
The mirror., 1923-10-18

"Like solid rock unshakened by the
wind, wise people are unfaltering amid
praise or blame"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15
GRIDIRON GOSSIP FROM
MANY DISTANT FIELDS

Williams showed a set of 10:
wards against Cornell that Open' d
everybody's eyes. The line was .
stonewall throughout the game
Colgate, leading. % to 10, a;
the start of the final period lost
Tryon and Sanford, halfbacks. and
Redinger, quarterback, all through
injuries, and Ohio State succeeded
in tying the score by brilliant for.
ward passing.
Football fans expect Eotrc
Dame to uncover some great for
ward passes against Princeton ne 1t
Saturday. The Hoosiers have the
best passing offense in the country.
at least this side OF the Pacific
Goa st.
by its 14-to-0 victory over Juniata,
meets Drexel Institute, of Phr.1-
delphia, at Central Stadium next
known. but Bill Quigley hopes 10
see his team win.
Eason, playing end for Randolph
Macon, is out Of the game for The
season. He suffered 81 fractured
leg in the Catholic University
game Saturday.
Seidelson, Pitts guard, was the
only man in Glenn Warmers tine
a BILE TO stop the rushing OF the
West Virginia backs.
Quarterback Flues, OF Pennsyl
vania weighs only 1870 pounds, >or
he took a prominent part In Sat-
urday's victory over SWarthmor,..
His forward pass to Captain Hamer
brought the first Quaker touch.
down
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15
MAIZE AND BLUE
ELEVEN DRAWS
BIC CROWDS
Advance Sale for Ohio State
Game Has Exceeded
All Others.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Oct. 15.-
Never before in the history of
Michigan football games has the
ticket sale been so heavy. This
year, with two more reserved seat
games added to the schedule, Mich
igan's ticket office has been flood
ed with applications and clerks
have been working day and night
to fill the orders.
The Ohio State game has at
tracted the most purchasers and
the alumni allotment of tickets
was sold out September 10, while
the student tickets were sold
shortly after the opening of school.
Disappointed in securing reserved
seats, patrons have been rushing
In their orders for standing room
until now there is only limited
tickets left. These tickets admit
the holder to the field where plat
forms are built on Which the spec
tators may stand.
Over $4,000 has been returned
to applicants who desire Ohio State
tickets and ii has been estimated
that 100000 seats could have been
sold were they available. Great
interest in the Ohio State Michi-
gan games was first aroused in
1921 when Ohio State last came
to Ann Arbor and a record break
ing crowd witnessed the dedication
of the rebuilt Michigan stadium.
In 1922 Ohio dedicated her mag
nificent new stadium before
crowd of $4,000 people. while this
Year approximately $4,000 will be
in attendance and fally $4,000 will
be disappointed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15
FACES
STRONG FOE
SATURDAY
Colgate May Break Gil Dobie's
Winning String in Com
ing Contest.

Can Cornell win all its games
this year," d gridiron fan asked
last evening. 1t probably can if it
gets by the Colgate game, which
will be played next Saturday. Nam
ing the winner of this fuss Is not
a simple assignment. This game
will be a battle between two high
powered machines that will provide
plenty of excitement and entertain
ment for all lovers OF football. The
contest should be one of the best
OF what promises to be very
thrilling season.
Colgate and Princeton, by the
way. need apologize TO none for soft
schedules. The Maroon has only to
face Ohio State. Cornell, NAVY. and
Syracuse among others this season,
while the Tigers meet Georgetown
Notre Dame, Navy, Harvard. and
Yale. Pretty soft. Syrac use and
Notre Dame also deserve medal Is
for their bravery
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15
VICTOR ASCHER
MATR|CULATES
At HILLTOP
Chicago Youngster Counted
Upon to Fill Vacancy Left
by Connolly.

The formidable string of athletes
that. will wear the colors of George
town University during the coming
pre-Olympic campaign has been
augmented by the natriculation of
Victor Ascher, of Chicago, Junior
national quarter-mil champion, and
generally regarded as one of the
most promising men at his distance
in the United States.
Ascher, whose smart running at
the recent Wilco A A. carnival
in the Yankee Stadium last month
was one of the outstanding fea-
lures of that memorable meeting
passed the entrance tests TO George
town last month and is now a full
fledged college student.
Ascher will fill a big gap at
Georgetown, caused by the gradua-
ton of Jimmy Connolly. the former
intercollegiate A. A. A. A. mile
champion, who during his college
days was the Maize and Blues
high scorer on the track.
The Chicago youngster outfootsd
the fastest junior ouble-furlongers
in the country at the national
August 81 last, and followed up
luIS pSTAOEuuAuCS ny Oeled LlnS an
aH-star field, including Jake Dris-
coll, of Boston, former national
"440" champion, in the 400-meter
special at the Wilco meeting
Ascher's running in the Wilco
event was par excellence. He led
from pistol to tape on muddy
track, coming home in the great
time OF forty-nine seconds flat,
which, all things considered, was
one OF the best performances al
the distance done on the cindors
this year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15

bury to play a 6-to-6 tie with the
nightly Harvard eleven.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15
Lamar Led Circuit,

Bill Lamar, of Rockville. Md
won the batting championship in
the American Associa ton this sea
son with mark Of $50. His team
mate. the veteran Bill Terry. gave
him hard fight all the way. hut
was passed in the concluding weeks
of the campaign
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15
Our Greatest Anniversary Event for Boys

Two-pants Corduroy Suits, COM
prise one of the best grades of
corduroy made. Every suit guar
anteed. Coats are lined with
khaki twill; both trousers lined.
Coats are in the box-pleat model.
Sizes z to Is. Corduroy suits Of
this quality are sold regularly at
s1O.95 to $12.5O. Anniversary Sale
price, $9.46.
The Mackinaws strictly all wool,
heavy and warm, comprise the
very best grades in our regular
stock; made with full convertible
collars; deep patch or flap pockets;
all-around belts. Sizes to 1S.
Anniversary Sale price. $9.46.
PalaiS ROya-Main Floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15

The New York Times said:
"After the disappointing showing
against Johns Hopkins a week
ago. followers here had antici-
pated a stiff tuSsIe this week,
but Georgetown failed to show
any offensive power and was
equally weak when on the de-
fensive."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15
Many Fans To Go.

MANY football fans from Washing.
Ton VIII be at Charlottesville next
saturday to watch Virginia battle
the powerful V. NJ. I. eleven. There
is great rivalry between these two
eienehS ana the game should b.
well worth seeing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15

WASHINGTON TIMES SPORTS -
VIRGINIA TECHS BATTLE
MARYLAND ELEVEN
HERE SATURDAY
By LOUIS A. DOUGHER.-

The Virginia with the of Maryland at the
Griffith Stadium Saturday afternoon what may easily
offered Washington
surpassed by coming Corps contest
v P l., the Capital
end having the oah
the soldiers whistle sounded giving the
the Techs
play, though the Third Corps offered suc
Ham, Dodd and knght ana
Moves brilliant back the Naval Academy eleven Few years
strong which washington
will be the which humbled Pennsyyanla' a
all
composed largely of District lads coached by Curly BYRD former
star rhacka at Washn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15

nightly Harvard eleven.
Dave MOrey, former Dartmouth
halfback, coaches the VeImOnters,
and his pupils play real Hanover
Ian football. They pick no easy
schedule. either. Last year, open.
ing with Harvard, they battIed
Williams, Dartmouth. Penn State,
Norwich, Tufts, Columbia and Yer
mont. That's rather a full meal.
Harvard scored it's lone touchdown
Saturday after Middlebury had fun
bled three times in row. That was
in the second period. In the third
KIevenow booted two field goals
tying the score. which was quite
enough to suit little Middlebury and
to startle Harvard's deepest think.
ers.
Pittsburgh's defeat is only a bit
surprising, as West Virginia clawed
the Panthers, 9 to 6, a year ago for
the first time in twenty years. Next
Saturday. Pitt will be given another
tough assignment, facing Syracuse,
conqueror of Alabama, % to 0.
Pennsylvania hard fight with
Swarthmore was not exactly ex-
pected. though the Little Quakcrs
are never easy to beat on Franklin
Field. Quarterback Evans, recover
ing a fumbIed ball on his own goal
line. ran 100 yards tor Swarthmore' 3
touchdown in the opening period,
putting his team ahead. However.
Penn came to life later and scored
two touchdowns, offsetting one
touchdown and field goal.
Editor Ed Duffy, former Cen
trail High School tackle, got into his
varsity game Saturday, replacing
Ellis at center for Dartmouth
against Boston University
Buckley, another Washington
product, played part Of the game in
the Penn State backfield against
Gettysburg, while Dick Newly faced
Georgetown at Princeton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15

Same Identical Overcoats and
Two Trousers Suits will be
priced in our stock at $3.50 to
$4,000 right after this sale, and
are worth up to $4,000.
This supreme event is made
possible only through co-opera-
ton by our regular makers of
high-grade clothes and planned
for over six months in advance.
The very newest patterns and
models skillfully manufactured
in every essential detail and
equal to custom tailored cost
ing more than double this price!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15

us HeTeIoH Know What 1t MeansThe
Mems Bond-VeW FoH and Winter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15

The overcoats comprise fine all
wool fabrics in chinchilla, cheviots
and meltons and clearinghouse, the
coats for the smaller boys from 2
to 10 have excellent all-wool lin
ings. Every coat is in the con-
vertible collar style, made with
muff and patch pockets. Sizes to
II, Anniversary Sale price, $9.46.
The Two-pants Wooden and All
wool Suits are splendid in quality,
neat patterns, excellently tailored
Coats are alpaca lined, cut full
and both trousers full lined. Sizes
to 10. Usual $3.50 to $14.50
grades. Anniversary Sale price,
$9.46.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15
Tickets Are On Sale
For Saturdays
Grid Contest

Virginia Polytechnic 1nsti-
tute, with one of the strongest
elevens it has had in years,
meets the University of Mary
land Saturday at the Clark
Griffith Stadium and reserved
seat tickets were placed on sale
today at Spalding's. While the
choice seats are expected to go
fast, nevertheless so large is the
stadium that there should be
plenty of seats for all wishing
to see the contest.
V. P. l. won the Virginia
State title last year, conquer
ing V. M. l., Z to 8. and Wash
ington and Lee, Al to 6. 1t
defeated Maryland, 81 to 0.
Another State championship is
expected and the Gobblers are
confident of winning here on
Saturday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15

New patterns In ovepaids checks pencil stripes
solid coors fine unfinished worsed blue herrngbone
Extra good quality sprof blue plenty of the long
wearing staple smooth worsteds.
literally stock
during the Anniversary had
least
Royal