Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

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chat the election of q VIGOROUSLY ig-
norant. worthless or corrupt man to the
judicial bench, the Legislature. or the
municipal council. makes more i'm.
preston on n young mind than can be
counterbalanced by the study of any
manual OF government, or by any
course Of lectures on social reform de-
llvcred In high school or college.
One Sunday evening a rough.cast
man rose in the Reform Clum meeting,
and said: II believe In owning up.
When I get into trouble by making n
fool of myself, or by letting somebody
else lead me out Of the way. ain't
gOin' to shlrk the blame. I am gOin'
to take my own load on my own shout
ders. I shall Just speak up and say,
i, Bill Pike, did that." There's an
example, as well us Il rebuke. for sew
eral kinds of whlmpering sinners, In
high places and In low.
Two young people Of Jersey City, de-
string to marry and not having enough
money, entered into an agreement,
which was duly drawn up before jus.
ticc of the peace. to contribute weekly
to the raising Of u fund Of $500. II
In two years the sum has not been
achieved the idea of marriage Is to be
forever abandoned. This device has
many points of merit in the teaching OF
economy. the test of affection. and so
forth, but the most striking thing In tho
arrangement to the outsider Is that the
woman Is to contribute $40 week and
the man only s.. This Is not because
his incidental expenses will be greater
|, than those Of the woman during the
two years, but because though both
are stenOgraphers he Is making only
so week, while she makes $l4. At
this rate. before the end of the pres.
ent century, the man will not be cx-
pected to contribute at all.
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The American people are unique In
that they iiud IN endless fund of humor
In their own weaknesses, and nothing.
has produced more smiles than the d.
volce court. Preachers have talked,
judges have solennly protested against
the abuse of the law, Legislatures have
been memorallzed, but the matrimonial
separator continues grinding, while all
the world keeps It's humorous eyes on
the newspapers for "a good divorce
story" One element Of society believes
In universal law that would divorce
people whenever they tired of the
marital relation. That would remove
| from many divorce cases deceit, false
witness AMI stupendous lying. 1t would
obvlatc the necessity Of lawyers select
Ing IAN easy Judge" to hear their
doubtful cases. 1t would also do more
to wreck homes, make the word duty
meaningless and harm the children
than can be estimated. II Is too easy
now to break the marital bond. 1t Is
q subject of cOngratulatiOn that out OF
many thousand homes only one has any
need of the divorce court.
| AShSfsh SAW WIZ UTc
beginning to suffer from American
competition allege that, although the
British workman's daily wages are only
about half rs large us those of the
American operative, the labor cost"
of pair Of shoes Is fully 20 per cent
more in England than in the United
States. Most Of the responsibility for
this fact Is laid upon the British union
Of boot and shoe operatives, which, 1t
Is said, forblds Its members to turn
out more than certain amount OF
work. Possibly this union has found
the solution TO the labor problem; but
the manufacturers doubt 1t. and base
their doubt upon the experience of the
race-that men who are afraid of doing
too much eventually lind II hard to get
anything to do.
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What Booker Washington Is saying
to the men of his own race, another
clear voice Is saying to the white folks:
'What the South needs Is respect for
work. We must put on our overalls
and use our hands" There Is no sec.
tiOnalism In such lesson; 1t Is law and
gospel for all ATTITUDES and longitudes.
Industrial development offers both ba.
sis and security for all higher human
interests.
Eros, the tiny new planet. according
to Harvard astronomers, Is only about
twenty miles In diameter and comes
nearer to the earth than any other body
except the moon, Tesla should hail 1t
and, annex 1t. 1t would be Just about
large enough for an asylum for our err