Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-05-12


their purses nowadays imposes an un.
necessary burden upon the police. al.
though their carelcssness IL no excuse
for theft" The subject Of . woman's
pocket and the carrying Of her purse
| IN hand Is not a new one. No adequate
solution seems to have been suggested.
II she carries her purse In her hand 1t
Is likely to be snatched. Usually she
has no pocket. and II she had ono and
made use Of It the purse might cause
the pocket to bulge, which would spoil
the tit Of the gown. II the Philadel.
phia Judge would devote his energy
and talents to devisIng some solution
Of this question Of feminine purses hc
would be u benefactOr to half the
human race. II he cannot do 30 his
criticisms are not likely to be needed.
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II women IRE not to be reached ON
the bird millinery question ON moral or
esthetic grounds, II they refuse to see
the cruelty or tho ugliness Of museum
millinery. there Ii still tho financial
ground upon which they may be met.
OF course. this Is putting the matter
into the hands Of man, for, NO doubt.
he still pays the majority Of the MILL.
merry bills, AMI II tradition be true he
will welcome any new cause for CON-
plant. Let him refuse to pay for the
bird Int or to be seen In company with
Its wcarcr. There have been societies
OF women banded together for the pur.
pose Of boycotting the smoker. and why
should not men thus protect themselves
against worse evil? Or course. some
women 70 30 far as to believe that
fOrr.and.twcnty blackblrls gathered
, into u pie for masculine consumption
IL as great sin against bird nature as
tho placing OF this same feathered tribe
upon hat for the qualification Of re
, male vanity" And deep In the femin
Inc heart lies the conviction that II TO-
bacco plants were live things there
would never he any protest against the
sin of taking life for personal gratitica
ton. But mans opportunities FOL
ACCOMPLISHMENT arc rare and though
he himself IL an imperfect being, le
him not throw away this chance to ex
hibit his disapproval and hurl mascu
line maledictiOns ut this wantOn dis
play Ut female vanity"
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A Louisiana correspondent Of til,
New York Sun notes IN Interesting In
0 lustrial change that Ii rapidly taking
( place In certain sections Of tho South
The advent Of Belgian, German, Dutcl
q aud French immigrants Is changing tn
Y agricultural status, especially In LOulsl
= una. These newcomers are thrifty ant
: practical farmers and truck gardeners
v accustomed to make the most Of ever,
square foot Of their ground. Tho grca
plantations OF other days arc beinI
broken up Into small farms averaging
/. thirty acres. for which the Belgian !
e willing TO pay $40 an acre. Under til
= old One-crOp system tho planter wa
u content II he got q gross income Of "a
j. or $40 year per acre from his cOttOl
or corn. The Belgian thinks himself III
used II he does not get 800 year. AM
he often gets 500. This lie does by
, constant rotation of crops OF every sort
: The sun correspondent says these new
. inhabitants are prospecting so well an'
y are increasing 50 rapidly that they ar
: changing the whole economic aspect o
Southern agricultural interests. The
: are producing the early vegetables
! strawberries. fruits. ana melons tina
q now come In increasing quantities frOu
J. the South, and ut the same time the
Q are crOwsling out the negro. Their In
T. tense, patient. ana ceaseless industr
@ has nothing In common with the easy
3 going ways of the cOlored population
j. IL they hire help they want men drllle,
y In the hard European school, who ar
o willing to work from daylight to darl
: every day In the week and to live a
n frugally us themselves. In such sys
= tenn the negro cannot hold his own an,
a Is being crowded back upon the plan
0 tatiOns where the old and shiftles
4 methods stlll prevail. Apparently til
+ blacks of the South are IN immediat
contact with an Important phase Of til
immigration movement.
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r At every meeting Of secondary teach
= ers addresses are made urging the I'm
a pOrtance Of thorough instruction Il
!. English. This Ia not only proof tina
n English II now insufticlently taught Il
0 most schools. but 1t also shows al
n awakened interest which cannot fail t
Q be Of effect The time may come whel
0 English Ia studied as thoroughly Il
t English schools a. French IL In th
Q French school or German IL In those 0