Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-03-09

ceipt. He appealed to the welded pair
to make up their little quarrel and go
home and he would send them the re-
ccipt. They consented and left the
courtroom arm in arm. and peace has
prevailed in their home ever since the
arrival of the Judges pie prescription.
While the wisdom of the Judge Is to be
commended. it Is hardly correct for him
to assert that there are no good pies ex-
cept those made from the AIassachu-
sets receipt. The knowledge of sue
cessful pie-making has spread to other
States, and. while good pies are not yet
the rule. still they may he found I'm
many localities. Much of the obloquy
which has been visited upon pie has
grown out of the Indifference of cooks
who will not take the pains to make
good ones. When properly constructed
pies are not only toothsome but whole.
some and good not only for dessert at
the principal meal. but for three meals
a day or any one of them. Considering
the many virtues of pie. it Is surprising
that mothers do not more frequently in.
struct their daughters in the art of
making them. and that the womcns
clubs do not offer prizes for them in
stead of for paintings. and serve them
at their intellectual repnsts instead of
croquettcs and salads.
Athletics, like any other good thing,
may be overdone. If made a passion.
instead of pastimc. they may prove
detrimental. "A youth who makes the
development of his body life-study, to
the sacrifice of his mental growth, is
not popular in college or elsewhere; for
the chances are he will develop into a
professional. There Is. nevertheless, no
Drawer ambition of youth than to DOS.
sess a clean, strong body--to excel In
the healthy. ardent sports of men. You
never saw u sound. strong boy. able to
box, fence, race, and play football, who
was dishonest. You never knew n
STRAIGHTFORWARD steeplechascr. straining
to his last ounce of courage for the
honor of his college and class. who lied
or cheated or stole. Athletics breed
sincerity. For that reason. If for no
other, the clean-cut fellows who prac.
tice them can afford to take the risks.
In the Olympian games of old there
was no talk of shattered constitutions,
of hazarded failure of heart. The win.
ner of the wreath would not have cared.
anyway, II his heart had stopped beat.
ing the moment after he had been
crowned with the trophy. Men were
created to strive, to wrestle, to show
square fight In u square cause. Field
sports make u fine beginning of life's
battle. INDUCED In with discretion.
they are half boys education. Weak
hearts are made by fear. not by effort.
Hear the old fellows cheer the young
ones In the arena and believe II. That
Is why the crOakers who deprecate ath.
letics will never have a respectful audi.
ence. That Is why the strenuous games
Of the track and grdlrOn will flourish,
That Is why Beauty, sympathetic and
a-fiutter, will ever pay tribute of sigh
ana alteration to the noble bruises of
Drawn. The wisdom of athletics lies in
the athletes knowledge of his own limit
of endurance Most have the knowl.
edge and few abuse II.
~9A
America Is becoming more and more
accustomed to instances Of great
wealth, ana possibly Is also arriving ut
saner conclusions as to the limits of
money power and the desirable uses to
which 1t can be applied. The old say
ing that money Is power Is not true,
generally, in the sense In which II Is
commonly used. 1t does not need an
analytical mind to understand that
there are many very obvious limita-
lions TO the power of money. a million
aire can eat no more dinners per day
than the laborer mot so many, In facO
and, while he has the power ana gen,
| orally exercises II TO command cOstlier
foods, frequently they are no more pal.
atable ana no more nourlshing than the
palmer food ut the command of the Or
binary day laborer. while the latter will
probably be able to command the best
sauce In the wOrld-hunger-wh the
millionaire rarely possesses. The pos
session of money up to II certain extent.
varying with the individuals capacity
to use 1t. Is power. Beyond that 1t be-
comes an incumbrance rather. To use
great wealth as an end to enjoyment
| one must have great capacities. The
sailor who, when asked what he would
like to have II given his choice, wanted:
First, 'all the 'baccy' In the world"
second. "all the grOg In the world" The
third wish puzzled him. After thinking
1t over awhile, In despair he said: "a
little more 'baccy.'" The old anecdOte
Is good illustration of the way in
which many people would lind their
| power in using wealth clrcumscrlbed.
~6
The Zionist movement FOR the Jewish
colonization of Palestine meets seri-
Gus check in the Sultan's decree that
no jew who enters that land shall re-
| main more than three months, or be
permitted to acquire landed property.
The London Spectator refers this ac-
| ton of the Turk to Russian diplomacy,
| which scents in Zionism a movement
| of Germany to acquire n sphere Of
| influence" in southwestern Asia. "The
| voice Is the voice of Abdul.Iiamid, but
the hands are those Of the Russian for