Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-08-18
but everything Of others. Miss Gould
seems to be unostentatiously practicing
this human art.

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Hitherto the ingenuity Of man has
made much greater progress In fighting
the cold Of winter than In contending
against the extreme heat Of summer,
II we have warm garments, good fires
and well.built houses, cold weather
gives us comparatively little discom.
fort. From the blistering sun of sum.
mer even the millionaire can buy i'm.
muni,y only by running away from II.
The electric fan has been introduced
quite commonly In the offices and shops
Of the large towns. The movement Of
the electric car gives passengers a cool
breeze, even when there IL no air stir.
ring. In neither case Is the tempera.
ture Of the air lowered; the movement
Of air simply dries the persplratlo
from the skin and so cOOls the body.
Certain devices for artificial refrlgera.
ton, such rs are employed In the manu-.
facture Of Ice. would, II introduced into
houses and shops. actually lower the
temperature. This Is not practicable,
even II II were economical. Summer
air usually contains SO much moisture
that wee Its temperature to be sud.
denly lowered by artificial means, a
moist "clamminess" would result, and
that is decidedly unpleasant. Even In
the United States Senate chamber. into
which In summer air artidcially cooled
IL pumped, the process employed Ia very
roundabout. The air Is forced to low.
err temperature than Is needed, to wiring
out the moisture, ana then passed over
hot.water pipes to raise 1t to about the
warmth desired. This system IL too
elaborate and costly for ordinary uses.
Nevertheless 1t cannot be doubted that
one OF the achievements Of the twenti.
eth century will be the conquest Of the
sun. Some way will be found to cool
the interior Of buildings by method
not too expensive for persons Of mOder.
ate means. Out.of.doors, Of course, the
King Of Day will rule as he does now.
Once more the dark shadow Of trag.
edy rests upon the Italian peninsula, as
II so often has rested In It's great past.
The assassination of King Humbert of
Italy ut MOnza, the ancient capital of
the Lombard kings, comes with great.
err shock Of surprise now to the civil.
lied world than 1t would have done
eight or ten years ago, when his coun-
try was staggering under the enormous
burden Of taxation necessary to keep
Italy In line with the other members of
Europe's famous "league Of peace" the
triple appliance. Had 1t occurred even
so late as the Abyssinian war. when NIL
Italy turned to its king and despairlng'
~ asked, "Where are the legiOns we
sent to AdOwa?" II would. In either OF
these cases ut least, have been explain
able, even though unjust and foolish
Coming now when Italy, though still
under heavy burdens, has reached a
condition In striking contrast to that OF
eight or ten years ago, when time has
healed. partially Mt least, the wounds
Of Adowa. the dastardly crime which
has shocked the world lacks any ex.
PLANTATION except the obvious and char,
table one Of insanity. 1t Is true the
socialists and anarchists as late as 1895
succeeded In raising riots which mt one
time seemed to threaten the perpetulty
OF the government. but the people us a
mass did not sympathize with these
foes TO order and settled progress. The
peasantry have been gradually gaining
In comfort, education and self-respect
the country Is at peace; the son of Vic
tor Emmanuel was recognized as the
loyal king" the ruler who always
kept his word; as the gentleman king,
the monarch always courteous to his
humblest subjects; and as the "sOldlel
king" whose valOr was never Ques
toned. Under these circumstances 1t Ii
charitable to believe that the assassin
who has plunged Italy In mourning Ii
insane. should II prove otherwise the
terrible crime would make the friends
OF progress and order throughout the
world less optimistic In their hope and
belief.
The action Of the officials Of the Rocl
Island Road In placing ban on cigar
cite smoking on the part Of employees
following similar action by the Burling
ton road, will not fail to impress thu
public mind with the fact that thu
movement against the cigarette 10 ont
OF business and not Of sentiment Dis
cussion Of the cigarette habit has beer
confined largely to the domain OF eth
les, although We are treated to occa
sional disQuisiti0ns from the medica