Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-06

and indefinable something In the wa,
Of an affectatiOn which we may put OF
with our best clothes for weddings
parties and other such affairs, but moi
to be carried about with us on ortiin
ary occasions. We have cut It out Of
business hours. We have come to re-
gard common courtesy ms a time.con
sumer and a waste. Rapid communal
cations have corrupted good man
ners. for the speed with which W.
can travel or transmit news has
aroused nervous impatience Of della,
which Is fatal to courtesy and manner,
both In spirit and form. We no longer
write the good. long. warm. soul.satis
Tying letters that were written In thu
old days. Formerly letters were dIgni
fled and Interesting. but now they art
neither. We imagine we have no timt
to write elegantly and In a spirit OF
impatience we scribble n few lines t.
some friend when there IL no cscapt
from the painful necessity. And the
letters Of to-day show that their writ
Ing In task. not a pleasure. Once
upon time It was good manners "a
hold old age In reverence. but Il Is no,
NO any more. Whatever we may actu
ally feel In the heart. our attitude to-
ward the old indicates that instead nj
regarding them with reverence we con.
slider agc a synonym for incapacIty md
boredom. Maybe We mean all right
but our manners are such that we mus,
often cause bitter hcartache In the old
who. bred In different school, can In.
terpret our thOughtlcss innttcntIons
only rs downright disrespcct. II Ia
IN age OF ill-mnnners In both men and
women.
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Roland II. MOlineux. who was nd.
judged guilty Of murder nearly four
years ago. has been acquitted by Il jury
Of his peers. The second trial presented
marked differences from the first. Judge
Lambert. a country judge. who presld.
cd, displayed singular fairness, good
judgment. and patience, In sharp con.
trast to Recorder Con. whose attitude
toward the defense In the first trial was
the subject Of criticism, sharp. II not
harsh. Evidence damaging to Mol.
neux, chiolly In the form Of letters
which the Recorder admitted, was de.
clared by the Court Of Appeals to have
been improperly admitted. In the first
trial the prosecuting attorney had ev.
crything his own way. All the testi.
m0ny he wished to introduce was let In.
The State Is often ut disadvantage
In second trial. Some Of Its witnesses
cannot be found, as was the case In the
second trial Of MOlineux. His long I'm.
prisonment and suffering must have In.
fiuenced the jury a little. All Of these
influences. Of course, operated to secure
an acquittal for him. The court found
II necessary to reprOve Mr.. Osborne, the
prosecuting attorney, whose eagerness
to secure conviction exceeded all rea.
sOnable bounds. 1t Is possible for u
States Attorney to show too much zeal
In his efforts to send man to the gal.
lows. The trial was conducted with an
Orderliness ana dispatch which were
creditable to the country judge who was
taken to New York to preside over this
important trial. The courts summing
up Of the evidence was admirable. No
one can review the whole case with sat.
isfaction, 1t has been at once a farce
and a tragedy. Murder was done, and.
In spite of great efforts on the part of
the State. the murderer Is still at large.
M0llneuX has been acquitted. but only
after four years In prison ana after his
family has been nearly bankrupted. IL
he had been a poor man he would have
been hanged. His acquittal Is the result
Of the unwaverlng courage of his faith.
or. who throughout the struggle retain.
ed the best counsel In New York. There
Is much room for Improvement when II
costs a father his fortune to establish
his sons innocence, or when a prOsecut.
Ing attorney suggests that u rich man
be convicted of murder.
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Amongst the duties which public
opinion in the present day Is disposed
to require of public school teachers Is
the training OF the rising generation In
manners. The schools are more and
more expected TO be the source OF all
good things to those who receive In.
struction In them; but there seems to
be danger lest, In making such large
demands OF the schools. parents may
be divesting themselves of some of
their own Responsibilities. Manners
should, In the first place, be taught ut
the home: ana the atmosphere of the
school ought to be favorable to the es.
adjustment of proper social habits;
but we doubt whether 1t Is desirable
to impose on the teachers any direct