Chicago eagle., 1900-09-22

tune. and the American people as a
whole are too nervous and mercurlal in
temperament ever to 60 back to the
slow and dignlfied measures to which
our grandfathers walked through the
figures Of the stately mluuct.
A writer In London magazine main
talns that women admire In men, not
wit or wisdom, or learning, but flesh
and blood. "Cleverness and dullness," ("
says this writer, ''are qualities in which
we all may he deceived, but a healthy
animal admits Of no doubt" This IL
what Is called "a bold generaliza ton, {"
like that which announces summer on
the appearance Of one swallow. A
woman admlres man because she sees
embodied In him her notiOn--conscious
ly or unconsciously held-Of manhood
and manllness. admire Is the word
remember-not love-. II a woman's no.
ton of manhood and manliness Is real.
lied In the person Of healthy ani.
NAL" she admires him. This accounts
for the extravagant admiration paid by
his wife to a celebrated pugilist. But,
II the idea requires to complete It,
strength of will, energy Of intelligence,
deXterity Of wit and readiness Of speech
lin short, all those qualities which.
with good health, tend to soclalize and
humanize. she will pay regard to the
man who possesses them. Society would
be better ordered. perhaps, IL admira.
tlon and love went hand In hand. But,
In fact. they are rarely found together.
Why this Is SO Is one Of the hidden se.
crets which nature chooses not to re.
veal. Maybe 1t Is because two admir-.
able persons yoked together find 1t din.
cult to determine which IL number one.
And everybody knows that. until that
question Is settled. there can be no
peace in matrimony.
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Steven O'Menra, the brilliant editor
Of the Boston journal. believes that
there Is too much worship Of precedent
and too much depreciation OF the pres
ent In comparison with the past. ''the
earlier and better days Of the repub-
lic." In speech he questions the bet.
ter days of "the Fathers" To estab.
lish his point Mr.. O'Meara makes mum.
erOus citations from history. Wash.
ington heads his list Of the sayings Of
illustrlOus men with his declaration
that speculation, peculation, and an
Unsuitable thirst for riches seem to
have got the better Of every other con.
sideratiOn." Patrick Henry had little
hope that "a people possessing so small
share Of virtue and public spirit"
would accomplish much. Alexander
Hamilton characterized the cOnstitu.
ton us "a frail and worthless fabric"
Reformers are constantly bewailing
the existing corruption In politics, but
Mr.. O'Meara believes with McMasters
that IN flibustering ana gerrymander.
Ing, In stealing gOvernOrships and leg.
islatures, In using force at the polls,
In colOnlzIng and In distributing pat.
ronage to whom patronage is due, In
all the frauds and tricks that 60 to
make up the worst form Of practical
politics, the men who founded our
State and national governments were
always our equals and often our mas.
ters." though they lived at time when
''univcrsal suffrage did not exist and
when the franchise was everywhere
guarded by property and religious quail.
IfcatiOns of the strictest kind" Mr..
OMenra cites the fact that great diff.
Guilty was experienced In obtaining an
escort at the funeral OF Samuel Ad.
ans, owing to political enmities, in
view or which he Is led to say: "Flnd
In the last thirty years single word
or personal contempt or bitterness hurl.
cd by one candidate for President at
another. There Is none such, and II II
had been uttered the guilty man would
have fallen low in the esteem even Of
MS own party" Yet such expressions
were common In the days of "the Faith.
ers' In some respects the politics
or our day Is better than that of a
hundred years ago. In some respects
II Is worse. There are more tempta.
tions In modern politics. ana, human
nature remaining about the same, there
Is more corruption OF certain kind
than In the earlier days. Nevertheless,
the world of politics Is growing better.
American city statistics show a note.
worthy increase of cardiac derange-
ment attributed largely to two novel.
ties of our urban organization. One 10
the now all but universal elevator. The
elevator heart" has come to be recOs.
nized among practitioners as distinctly
as the telephone ear" Deafness Ia
nrelicted aa the consenuenca of usinQ