Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-12-02

talked Of by Democrats as men worthy |
of Gubernatorial honors.
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Hon. Jas. A. Hogan, secretary and
general manager Of the Illinois stone |
Company. is being urged to run for
County Commissioner next year.
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The servant girl problem has become
distractIng by the diminution of sup
ply and the exorbitant wages demand.
ed. Young women who formerly were
engaged In domestic service are now
largely going into shops because of
higher wages. though they do not con.
slider the Offset of longer hours. In.
creased expenses, and physical wear
and tear. A partial solution Of the
problem in the East is suggested by
the appearance of men chambermaids
and men of all work, who are not only
quite as handy as chambermaids but
do their work even better, quicker,
and more reliably, thus justifying the
famous opinion which Bartle Massey
delivered to Mrs. Poyser as to the rela-
tive ability of man and woman. To
what extent men can be relied upon to
take the places of women In domestic
service Is an unknown quantity. but
In the meantime the United British
Womcn's Emigration Association has
hit upon plan for supplying com.
petent help In hOusewOrk In the colo.
MES which seems susceptible of wider
adoption. 1t Is the system of Com
panion helps" A circular has recently
been issued by the association In which
the system Is explained. companion
helps" are educated women who have
fitted themselves to undertake situa.
tons by actual domestic experience
In cooking and housework. In Canada
the demand for intelligence on the
part of applicants Is still more extend.
cd. They must have learned cooking.
baking, washing. milking. dairy work,
Bookkeeping. poultry raising. and cut.
ting and making simple dresses. These
conditions, however, apply to those
who IRE going out TO the colonies. But.
on the other hand, these companion
helps" have advantages and privileges
which no domestic servant Is allowed
to have. The circular asserts that
companion help" Is engaged where
no servant Is kept, and where the mis-.
tress undertakes some part Of the
work In the same way In which mar.
rIed woman ana her sister might di.
vide the household duties. Com.
pnnion helps" share In the family life,
and many women have been only too
glad to avail themselves Of the Oppor.
tunity TO become companions rather
than servants and to have life with
the family. The salaries are not large.
varying from 500 to $245 a year. but
the privileges are such as no servant
can have. Some such system as this
was the vogue In New England half q
century ago. when American girls
went into service ana became sharers
In the family life. 1t may he impos.
sible to revive II. because American
girls now look down upon domestic
service and prefer the slavery Of the
shops, but Il might bc adopted to u
certain extent. for there are many
competent women who would rejoice
to have home Of this kind and be.
come identified with family, even
as u helper. There does not seem TO
be my sufficient reason why this sys-
TEN should he confined TO colonies
Falling this, however. or some other
method Of recruiting female servants.
the day Of the man servant would
seem to be near ut hand. In some
parts Of the East he IL already com.
ing to the front.
When science uses technical speech
the uninitiatcd listen respectfully, but
are conscious Of IN aching void In their
apprehension. An everyday compari.
son, however, brings fact aud specula
ton within reach Of the average man.
Fossil remains described In plain Eng.
llsh can be seen with the minds eye.
A dinOsaur, for example. could DO pic.
tured In scientific terms and but little
more than vague sense Of vastness
would DO the unlearned hearers p0r.
ton. But when q scientist says Of a
monster discovered by him, that a
round steak taken from tho ham Of the
animal would have been at least twelve
feet In diameter. or more than thirty.
Ave feet In circumference. the ordinary
meat.eating individual has definite
and suggestive fact ready for use,
Speculation as to the number Of walters
and the slze Of the tip. In case preh's'
torlc man had ordered such steak, ID
inevitable II not important.
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The old legal question Of the liability
Of insurance companies where the pol
icyhOlder commits suicide has beer
ruled upon anew by the Federal C0ur
Of Appeals Mt st. Louis In the afiirma
tive. The decision takes new ground
1t does not assume that the man whit
kills himself IL necessarily insane. j
declares that the company is bound t
pay unless It can be shown that the de
cedent took out his policy with the In
tention of committing suicide--a fac
which II would be practically impossi
bic tO'prOye. The ruling seems to beal
heavily against the companies, but !
Ia more In appearance than In reality
Few men will commit suicide because
Of the knowledge that their heirs vii
get their insurance money. On thu
other hand, men will be induced to In
sure by the knowledge that there vii
be no quibbling and wrangling SHOULD
they die under circumstances whicl
| might fayOr the suicide theory, I'll,