Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27

has no foolish and expensive fads about
wnistcoats to crafty. 1t costs nothing
to have his trousers creased. He lives
on the bounty of nature, unless he hap.
pen to be in the famine district. But
why should the Social Economics Club
discuss such question in America,
where the ambition is always to i'm.
prove the standard of living? IL may
be there are young men and young
women working their way through our
colleges and universities who are try.
ing to live on $3.50 per week. If they
are, they are obtaining an education
at fearful cost. Society Is not In need
of highly developed mentalities in
starved bodies. The kind of "educa.
ton" that is obtained at the expense of
the physical powers can be Of little ben
eft in the long run. Happily we are
approaching an era of hygienic sanity
when the habit of starving the body to
nourlsh the brain Is being vigorously
discouraged. Young men and women
are being impressed with the fact that
they are better off without the "cduca.
ton" that must be obtained by depriv.
ing the body of needed nourishment.
The highest mental attainment, in fact.
Is only possible through properly
nourlshed body. The Social Economics
Club should discuss the question, How
not to live on $3.50 a week."
You who live tranquil lives. free from
fear and strife. can scarcely realize the
unhappy condition of Nicholas H., the
present Car of Russia. who. with his
millions of soldiers, millions of acres
and millions of gold. Is unable TO find a
single moment of peace and lives i'm q
continual fear of his life. a short time
ago he fled from st. Petersburg when
warned Of a plot, and now It has been
| discovered that he fed from danger to
danger, and when he took refuge I'm the
| famous old palace at Tsarkoe- Selo he
| did just what the plotters wanted him
to do. There was big mine under the
palace, but 1t was found before the
plan could he carried out, and the Car
Is now confident that his trusted Off.
cials told him Of a fake plot at st.
Petersburg and advised him to go to
Tsnrkoc-Scloc because II was their part
| Of the scheme to send the Car to the
mined palace. Like his predecessors,
he now fears to partake Of food that IL
not prepared in his presence lest 1t
contains poison. He fears to remain In
rooms that are not so arranged that his
enemies could not gain access. And.
worst of all, he Is never sure who to
trust. Frequently those who have pre-
| tended to be his warmest friends and
councillors have proved themselves
traitors and conspirators. Threatened
with war. with revolt of his country.
men, and with his own assassination,
1t Is no wonder that he Is a "trife
nervous" Uneasy lies the head that
wears crown" could find no better
eXempliiication than In the case of
this great king. Now, really. wouldn't
you rather be just rs you are than TO
be the ruler Of all the Russias? You can
be contented ana happy; he cannot.
| When your hopeless friend tells you
TINT there are no more opportunities
open to the young man. point to the
case of \. II. Smith, assistant general
manager Of the Lake Shore Railroad.
Smiths case IL taken for two reasons:
/. Sentiment doesn't find a place in
railroad affairs. The man from the
ranks who gets a good job earns II, OF
he wouldn't get 1t. 2. Smith IL q young
man. He has years Of usefulness
ahead of him. His isn't an old.age vie.
tory. Smith was an office boy fifteen
years ago. He didn't tell the engineers
how to run their machines or invent n
CIR coupler. lie wasn't smart or impu.
dent lie was simply good office boy,
full Of days works and always on time
ut his post. Then he was made clerk.
ana he was good clerk, efficient and
prompt. He didn't have to tell about
missing his car" or the alarm clock
that failed to go off," but managed
to strike the Office ut the appointed
time six days week. But that alone
didn't give him his present fat position.
lie worked and he had brains. That Is
n combination that will win so often
that the losers are not worth counting.
He was promoted ana sent to Youngs
town for division work. He kept on
using his brains, and was made divi.
sion superintendent at Toledo. More re-
Gently he jumped into seat just he.
hind the general manager of one Of the
best railroads In the world. And all In
fifteen years. Mr.. Smiths history IL u
good thing to put In the scrapbook to
he read on blue days.
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The evils charged up 10 cigarettes
range from petty larceny and divorce to
Insanity and death. The combination
wrapped up In rice paper, which ap.
peals SO strongly to children ana Is so
earnestly damned by parents and the
medical profession, may be wiped out
one OF these days. Eleven States have
laws prohibiting the sale OF cigarettes,
and the law makers of thirteen States
are considering drastic anti.cigarette
measures, and the women and school
trustees OF Tennessee, Maine, Utah,
Oregon and Washington are agitating
ana using all their responsiveness to
stop the sales of cigarettes. There can
be no particular objection to the prohi.
btion except on the part of the manu-
facturers and the people who are ad-
dicted TO the use of them. There is lit.
tie profit for the retailer In the business.