Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-12-23

Schools Of design have multiplied; 20.
cleties Of arts and crafts give annual
exhibitions; artisans aspire to be art
lists; shop.windows shine with fair
forms and pleasing colors: many things
that are cheap are also pretty; cornell.
ness and comfort meet In the furnish.
ing Of lowly homes and In the attire Of
common people. For helpful impulse
and practical suggestion We are deeply
Indebted to other lands. First, to
France. which was long foremost In all
the modes Of elegance and adornment
Next, to Japan. whose decoration OF
pottery, screens and kakemOnos, or
hanging pictures. has merits far be.
yond the charm Of novelty. Finally,
from England. where the writings Of
Ruskin. the fine touches Of Walter
Crane. and most Of all, the genius OF
william Morris. have worked perva.
slvely on the public mind. with nm In.
fluencc which Is powerfully felt In
America. especially along the many
branched lines Of household art. 1t Is
easy to make too much Of material en-
vlrOnment as a means Of improvement
and happiness. but the world can never
become too beautiful to match the pos
slble dignity Of Its Inhabitants; and the
things that are lovely may be the out.
ward signs Of inward grace. All hall,
therefore. to "the crusade against ug-
liness!''
The success Of the recent swindiing
schemes Of Gotham should. In the opin.
Ing Of the Chicago Times. Herald. check
the smile that rises to the lips OF the
end Of the century man as he reads OF
the gulllble fools Of the past. Human
cretlulity II apparently ay great as ever.
Nothing that Law conceived. no land
fraud such as those that were satir.
ICED by Dickens In "Martin Chuzzlc.
wit" sixty years ago could be a greater
atfrOnt to common sense than the pre-
pOsterous offers made by Miller ana his
tribe. Yet crowds jumped ut them
frantically. and, alas! the greatest
crowds were furnished By New York
herself. But II Ia the story Of something
self. Hut II IL tho story OF something
for nothing. which never has lost and
never will lose Its charm for city or
country. 1t Is the occasional success In
speculation that Is the invarlable bait
Of the tempter. ana Miller appears to
have used It judlciously. On no other
ground Gun we explain the willingness
even Of tho guileless Gothamites to
take chances with him. For 10 per
cent. q week Ii proof conclusive Of
fraud and humbug. II makes the
swintlle as clear rs though the meth.
ods Of the "syndicate' were fully en-
posed. Equally certain also IL the dc.
viOus intent Of the gentlemen who
promised to pay back three dollars for
every dollar given him. One would
think that no might about ~ well have
advertised himself as a confidence man
ana then asked for a contribution. but
this philanthrOpist decamped with
$3.50. 900. two other hnanciers OF the
same sort with $4,000 each. and the
trick was done In a few weeks.
The necessity for some change In
football rules may be seen when Il 10
noted that In proportion to men ell
gagged In action there were more casu-
aities reported last fall from the cam
paign on the gridiron than from the
war being waged In the Philippine
Islands. Twenty-Five men engage In
a football game and the contest wages
for an hour and half. The casual
ties In killed, wounded and disabled
will average 20 per cent. which, We
believe. 10 very much greater than have
marked the fierce and bloody battles
OF the worlds history. True. man Is
not killed In every game. but the death
list. nevertheless. Is far tso heavy
As for broken limbs ana noses and
ribs and cOllarbOnes, these ore but in
cidents to the sport.
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A writer In the Review Of Reviews
gives this advice: "If yen have a
farm, keep 1t; II not, get enc; for the
time may come when the peDulation
Of this country will DO largely divided
into monopollsts. dependents and farm
ers; and the farmer will bs Ne most
independent of all men, and will be tho
saving power Of our ihstilutisna" We
venture to say that It will ~ depend
SO much upon the farm a. Upsn the
farmer.
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1t will always DO puzzle y think
ers that II 500 shots are fired fsP every
person killed In war. why there 10 such
big percentage OF loss irsD acci-
dental sho0tinR In the huntinR naoGnn.