Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-22


the scrimmage. the punishment would
be twice as heavy. If 1t should become
the custom for the able-bodied women
of house to tackle all burglars, IL
might so dishearten the knights of the
jimmy as to cause great decrease In
the number of burglaries.
Although Paris sets the fashions for
women, London exerts important infu-
ence upon women's habits. A society
has been organized ut London whose
members take novel pledge. 1t is, II
promise not 10 serve as crossing sweep.
er without salary" The object Is to
mitigate the evils of long skirts in the
thorOughfares. The pledge Is being
taken with more or less reluctance, but
as soon as 1t becomes conventional to
belong to the association the doom Of
the unpaid crossing sweeper will be
sealed. Crossing-sweeping Is a regu-
larry paid vocation In European cities.
Gentility has been slow In reaching
the conclusion that the people who
earn a plttance In this should be per.
mitted to earn 1t. American women,
first In intelligence In the world, long
ago quit the business of carrying or.
dure into their homes. The universal
presumption In this country Is now
among fashionable women that wOm-
an who appears In the streets long Of
skirt Is short Of gowns.
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The American belief that every man
who has vote shall be given an OPP
portunity to cast 1t according to law
sometimes leads to curious Incidents.
There Is Il young man In Flushing, Long
Island. who has lost the use of his legs,
ana therefore drives about In n little
wagon drawn by a goat. He Is a reg.
istered voter, and at the late election
went to the polling place-a fire.engine
hOuse-in his wagon. The entrance In
use was too narrow to admit the car
rage, SO the great double doors were
thrown open and he drove In. Having
received ballot, he drove to one Of the
booths, but this also was too narrow.
The election inspectors moved can
vas booth to his side, folded 1t about
him and left him to mark his ballot In
secret, rs the law requires. When this
was done the cripple drove to the bal.
lot.boX, deposited his vote, and then
drove out.
The recent automobile show In New
York contained two exhibits, each OF
which gained In interest by the pres
ence OF the other. One was a practical
automobile made In this country forty
years ago. still serviceable and In use
Us a pleasure vehicle. 1t was built by
Richard Dudgeon Of Locust Valley,
Long Island. and Is really steam 10.
connective for Use Oh ordinary roads. 1t
weighs two ana three-quarters tons. yet
it develops eight horsepower and has
frequently attained speed Of forty
miles an n0ur. Beside this classic au-
tOmObile was shown the electric by.
drant" or ''electrant," designed to stand
ON u street corner or by country roads,
from which the owner of a modern cleo
trio vehicle can draw u certain amount
Of electric Juice by dropping quar-
ter In the slot.
or course we regard the cat-O'-niue-
tails rs being efiicacious chiefly In the
case Of those brutal rufiians who beat
their wives and other helpless depen-
dents as q regular Saturday or Sunday
night diversion and to whom a brief
period of comfortable Imprisonment.
with warmth, medical attention and
abundant food, is merely an episode of
luxury. Every rational observer in
this direction knows that for such mon.
steers there Is no deterrent save plain
and simple physical suffering. The So
called humane and civilized methods
have been tried and found wanting.
The brute goes to Jail, fares sumptu-
ously every day. while his wretched
family suffer cold and hunger, ana in
almost every instance returns with un.
abated energy to the practice Of his
favorte cruelty.
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When a man gets the spending of
vast sums Of money and has no object
in life except to spend, he Is likely to
drift into what may be called a bric-a-
brac existence. What this means Is
shown by the doings of Count Boni do
Castellane who has dropped nearly ST.
100000, largely in bric-a-brac. At one
shop in Paris he spent more than $780,.
600 for bric-a-brac; at another he pur-
chased knick-knacks costing $685., 900.
A great deal of this crockery and toys
he sold soon after buying It, at sac.
ridce, glad to get rid Of 1t, apparently,
after having had a good look at 1t. The
brlc-a-brac fad has its uses. 1t helps
to scatter large fortunes that have fall.