Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-25

TO present uSnS Us pIeuSUreS,
rather than in the light of du.
ties which must be accomplished.
Now the objection IL raised that this
method, desirable as It seems. really
tends to weaken the child's will and to
enervate the moral fiber. A recent
critic states the case thus: ~ do not
want to 70 back to the days of the New
England primer and embroidered sam.
piers; but do say that the fact of their
being obliged to do whit was then con.
sidcred an essential part Of education,
mistaken though It was, whether they
liked Il or not, had a certain fOrtify.
Ing and strengthening effect on the
chlld's character, and did an important
service that we IRE In great danger Of
disregartling Mt present. A klndergnr.
ten child IL full of resource and rendy
ut devising amusement for himself.
but when put into school lie is apt to
lick concentration and application. IL
It not possible to gain both? Could not
the children play their games and mod.
cl their clay without thinking quite so
much about whether they like what
they are doing or not? The primeval
curse Mt the root Of all society and In.
stitutions is that men and women think
30 much about what they do like or dis
like. and 10 little about what they ought
TO like or dislike"
Chicago Times. Herald There Is Mrs.
lletty Green. She Is a woman Of one
sort. Perhaps II would be more cxact
to shy that she Ii woman Of her own
kind. 10 lie reputed to he the richest
woman In America-that's one OF her
distinctions. And this enormous wealth
has undoubtedly given to her certain
corresponding advantages. One might
fancy her to be one Of the happiest
women to be found. Maybe she IL. But
she doesn't appear to he 80. In fact,
she has made the impression of being
one Of the least cOntented and most
anxious Of mOrtals. TO pay her taxes
In a torture. To escape Il she Ii said
to live In her satchel and board around.
1f she has ever tasted the sweetness Of
u purely unselfish net she has never
made much ado about II. Possibly,
let us hope II. she Is preparing for some
regular clOudburst Of generosity In the
use Of her millions. Then there Is Mrs.
Mary A. LivcrmOre. She IL perhaps
ns widely known rs Mrs. Hetty Green.
She and her husband have Just celc.
brated their golden wedding. She II
not rich; she II only good. BY her phi.
lnnthrOpies during the war. and since
the war, by her force Of character, her
clOqucnce and her earnestness In all
good causes, she has made her name
TO he revercd ana loved throughout the
nation. She has hosts Of friends. while
Hetty clings tightly to her millions;
our Saint Mary--we coll her ours be.
cause 1t WINS In Chicago years ago that
she really began her large and beauti.
full career Of trying to make It harder
for NIL sorts Of people to do wrong and
ensicr for them to do rlght-has kept
right on into old age Frightening the
lives Of all about her.
In submitting to Russia and relin.
gushing the Lao Tung peninsula and
Port Arthur. japan has merely done
what the defenseless traveller does
when he throws up his hands ut It'll.
demand Of nm armed highwayman
Tie fact Of Japan's submission IL In
no wise Justification Of the act Of the
bullying cmpirU which II would have
been folly to oppose. This net Of injus
tice committed by Russia. aided and
abetted by France. cannot fail to awak
en- Indignation in the minds Of fair
play.lOving Americans. Not only Ind
Japan earned In fair and open war tllt
Aslatic territory which China gave III
by the treaty OF ShimOnoseki. but the
Japanese possession OF Port Arthur
and the neighbOrlng country was q
promise Of civilization. The forced
withdrawal OF Japan from the main
land IL a step backward. Japan !.
more civilized than Russia. 1t Is vast
~ more civilized than the ignoran,
Cinnamon who are thus buttressed II
their corrupt paganism by IN allegct
Christian power. by this net Of three
European powers Manchuria has be
come the Turkey Of the fur east ant
civilization II deliberately shut out b,
wall Of ubiquitous self.interest. Thu
Eastern question has one more Grim.
added to Its shameful category. II
the meantime come the official an
nouncement Of Chlna's ratification Of
the treaty, thus securing to America
commercial opportunities Of almOs
b0undless scope. From this day fOrtl
American merchantmen have the vas
Empire OF China open to them to bu,
and sell whatever they can find Gus
toners for. Japan. though wrOnget
itself. has made the whole world It,
debtor.
The Cotton States and Internationa
Exposition. which will open Mt Atlanta
Ga. next September. and continue tn,
rest of the year. will be an affair o
greater magnitude and Importance thai
most people have begun to realize
Coming, us 1t does. 80 soon after tn
Columbian Exposition, It IL natural!
dwarfed In the popular Imagination b.!
comparison with It; hut though Of les
ser scope and more limited In its MI
dertakings, 1t will present much thu
could not be seen ut the Worlds Fair
and It promises to give entertainment
and instruction of no inferior order
Twelve principal buildings win he AZ
ranged In the midst Of Piedmont Park
fronting upon beautiful lake. tn
Clare Mer. More than $3OO,OOO has nj
ready been extended In Frightening TIL