Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-03-16
HARRISON

devotion. Hence the modern angel has
no wings. She does not fly. She STAYS
by. ready to assist. Perhaps the real
type of the modern angel is best seen in
the trained nurse. who ministers to the
sick with patience and intelligence. and
who fuliills her mission without tutter
or rustic.
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The retirement of President Charles
Il. Perkins, Of the Burlington" and the
advancement of George b. Harris to
the presidency Of the. largest indcpend.
ent railway system In this or any other
country are events of more than ordi-
nary interest to the business world.
They serve to call attention not only
TO the high order of executive and al.
ministrative ability now required to
manage the great transportation prop
critics Of the country, but also convey
to the people significant object lessons
In the application of the merit system"
of promotion-the only system that as
sures efficient and economic manage
mcnt in the interests of stockholders
and of the people. There can he no
finer excmplitication of the merit sys-
TEN" In public or quasl.publlc service
for the study Of the people than Is pre-.
scnted In the management of such great
railway systems as the Burlington"
ana the Northwestern The new
President of the Burlington" who Is
placed at the head Of a system EN-
brnclng S,O6I miles of line. with $4,000
stockholders. Is a railroad man." Mod
crn conditions in railroading in this cOun-
! try make 1t impossible that any other
sort Of man could be seriously consid-
cred for such a position. The time Is
gone by when unframed or ineXperl-
enccd relatives or fnvori;es OF inhuen.
tial stockholders can be advanced to
responsible managerial positions in the
great railway systems. Promotion In
all the big systems Is now based upon
absolute demonstrated knowledge of
every important detail Of the trans.
| pOrtatiOn business. Mr.. Harris, the
new President, ana General Manager
| William G. Brown are splendid types OF
"the twentieth century railroad man."
Each worked his way up from the bot
| tom. There Is no detail in the entire
range Of railroad management from
! track building to motive power ami
equipment with which they are not IA
mllar. The railway career of the new
President Of the Burlington began
at the age Of ~ as office boy for the
Hannibal ana st. Joseph Road. now a
part of the Burlington" From this
he gradually climbed to the top through
successive promotions embracing near.
ly every branch Of the operating de-
partment
As defenders of property against the
attacks of wOuld-be burglars woman
Is making Il record for herself In these
days that Is not to be despised. For
merly the impression prevailed that
the thief who was shrewd enough to
select Il house for his operations from
which the male members Of the family
were absent was pretty well assured
OF an easy job. A number of recent
events 20 to disprOve this theory. The
other day In Chicago the young cash
Ter OF restaurant pointed an old rusty
revolver ut the head OF highway
man who sought to snatch the money
drawer, ana the thief incOntlnently
fed. In New York Mrs. Louise Pryor
was robbed Of her diamonds and mon
ey after being knocked down with u
bludgeon. But the plucky woman
neither tainted nor remained helpless
from fright. At an OppOrtune moment
she kicked the burglar on the shins,
throwing him to the ground. Selling
his fallen weapon, she promptly chased
him into the arms Of policeman. The
moral of this new courage on the part
OF women Is one that should be taken
to heart by the adventurous highway
man, to the end that defenseless wom-
en- shall no longer be considered an
easy marks for his operations.
No less an authority than Justice
Brewer tells the Yale students that
the jury system as conducted in the
United States Is little better than Il
relic OF barbarism. 1T is not hard to
believe him.
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A persOniiicatiOn of perseverance Is
that man who has married the same
woman three times, having been di-
vOrced from her twice.
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Nicola Tesla declares that there Is no
limit to the distance messages may be
sent by wireless telegraph. Why
doesn't he stop declaring long enough
/, To send n faw9