Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
CALENDARS

constitute one OF tne preIIleSI ways
by which you can constantly recall
yourself to a friends mind for the
coming year. In spite of all the ef-
forts to reform the calendar, our ir-
regular procession of months keeps
struggling across the year. 1t takes
a daily consultation of a calendar
to know where we are at. Whoever
devised our present arrangement of
months and weeks and days may
have been an astronomical genius,
but he did not understand how to or
ganize business life. Probably for
many years our home and office cal
endars will be as essential to daily
living as spectacles are to a near
sighted man.
So the artistic calendar you send
away will bring a thought of friend
ship every time the recipients has
to plan engagements or outings. And
if in addition, each day or week is
illustrated by some thought from
the worlds masters of wisdom, you
have sent a message of good cheer
into someone's daily life;
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A SHORT news item from Dover
states that the State Board of Par
dons has granted no pardons this
year. The body is to be commended
for it's careful scrutiny of applica-
tions for pardon which have come
before it. In the past it has been
entirely too easy for the criminal
to gain his freedom from imprison-
ment and just punishment Speak
ing editorially of the Pardon Boards
action the Wilmington Every Eve
ming says:
"It is satisfying to learn that our
Pardon Board has been going slow
during the year now passing in set
ting aside the sentences of our
courts by Tightening the terms of
Imprisonment. Mercy is always an
admirable element in the human
consciousness, but justice rests on
a surer, sounder basis.
"Penologists of long service and
wide observation frequently have
announced as their opinion that
pardons and paroles are too gener-
ously granted, and that the leniency
extended prisoners in responsible
for much of the increase in law
breaking.
"There are frequently circum-
stances which may come to light
after conviction that may mitigate
the seriousness of the offense-in a
greater or less degree-but it is safe
as a rule to let judge and jury de-
termine the guilt Of a prisoner and
decide upon the punishment.
ITO be sure it is regarded as the
humane and generous thing to pa
role or pardon a culprit, and the
men, before whom the matter
comes, doubtless have much difficult
ty in determining the worthy appli-
cations as well as the unworthy
ones. Their task is not pleasant.
"Our own board, we feel sure, has
weighed carefully every application
brought to its attention, but affirm
ed none-and has acted for the pro-
lection of the public as well as for
the proper and deserved punish
ment of criminals.
"In these days almost as soon as
an offender is convicted and sent to
Jail he begins plans for parole or
pardon, and loses sight of the fact
that the penalty imposed by the
courts is for the protection Of the
community, and at the same time to
impress the fact that while the old
law of ian eye for an eye" has
largely lost it's earlier application,
an offender must be made fully cog
nizant of the fact that fitting pun
ishment awaits him.
"The Jail doors have been too
readily opened by sympathetic keys
or bv some hidden influences, but
may congratulate
themselves that our Board of Par
dons permits nothing to sway them
fro mtheir understanding of justice"
We agree heartily with the views
expressed by the Every Evening. 1
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CHILDREN used to be confiding
and trusting little creatures, and 1
they accepted the authenticity of the .
Santa Claus myth for quite a time.
But the modern youngster becomes
at an early age. He
has discovered the true inwardness I
Of the old fable long before his par
ents realize it. It is pretty hard to
fool the modern kid.
The modern child, who does not
usually know much about any We
licles but automobiles, can hardly
picture old Santa Claus driving his I
-eindeers over the roofs, and des- (
,ending the sooty little chimney of 4
he modern house.
Yet children do keep on writing to
Santa for the things they want,
'hough they probably have some sus-