Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19

income: and this process Is constantly |
going on so that the ratio of a man to q |
dollar Is growing every year, provided |
always that the man is a trained man.
Unskilled and unspecialized labor
stands u poor chance In the present
competition. 1t Is true that In the com.
ing era of centralized production and
distribution the proportion Of men on
salaries will increase. but the salaries
will also increase IN proportion as the
worth of u trained man. who can do
some one thing that nobody else can do
so well, grows with the increasing ex-
actions of business. DR.. Shaw does not
regard this increase of the salaried
class as misfortune to American man.
hood. but rather the reverse; for, other
things being equal. that man has the
largest opportunity for personal devel-
opincnt aud public service whose living
comes to him without anxiety on his
pnrt. through the faithful performance
Of duties to which he has been trained
leaving some of his time and some of
his energies free to think Of other
things than money and to seek some of
tup uIRueT euuS VI hiS w htOuey-
getting Is unquestionably an obstacle.
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Success Is n pyramid. Towering up.
| ward its form narrOws. Scattered
along its sides are the men who have
achieved partial success. At Its apex
are the few men who have achieved
successful success, their towering
forms lit up by the pure sunshine Of
merlted fame. That Is the idealistlc
and true picture Of success. But Is It
the real picture of the success Of our
day? Is the common view Of success
a narrow or a broad one? Decidedly
narrow. Aside from the President, per.
haps. rierpont Morgan and J. J. Hin
are more important In the public mind
Of to-day than any American states.
man, In other countries men Of mere
wealth are the acknowledged interiors
OF the statesmen, writer's, scholars,
scientists and philnnthropists. In this
country the men OF great wealth look
somewhat contemptuously down upon
those outside their class. We need o
new definition of success. Failure In
the worlds material eye may be sue
cess. Ignoble success Is successful
success" We must quit our estimates
OF success by the score Of a mans bank
account Until we come to respect the
achievements Of Americans In morals,
In literature, In science. In art, and to
honor the men who have made these
achievements. We shall have no great
reformers and philnntbropists. llttera.
tours, scientists and artists. The ten.
, denotes OF our times toward money.
} getting give the young men Of to-day
n false view Of the purposes Of life.
!. He finds no satisfaction In great
r book. In the glorlcs Of art or In the phil.
osophy Of things. His satisfaction ID
!. In plling up dollars. Who can blame
him? He has his exemplars NIL about
him. Here Is work for the colleges and
the churches and all the ethical forces
Of the day. They must plant and water
the ideals of the race.
G ~9A
Papa. sharpen my pencil. pleasef'
Tho child waited and then repeated
the request. "Don't bother me-" finally
replied the father. The little one walk
! cd over to corner and looked out Q
!. window, while tear gllstened In bill
!. eye. The father had not intended t
t be cross. He was worried. Stocks hat
!. taken slump late In the afternoon ant
/ his broker had called for further mar
!. gins. So, thinking only OF his losses
3 he had pushed his son from him. A
G school that afternoon the boy had beef
( taught his first example" In multipll
y | cation. He had waited until evening
4 when his father should arrive, that h
d might illustrate to his parents tn
!. knowledge no had gained. 1t was to d.
:. this that he had asked that a point b.
q given his pencil. What surpris
Is would 1t prove to the father should h
- propose some new plan, a product
:. his brain, to those above him In tn
h business world, and DO met with til
- rebuff, Don't bother me" But til
|. wound to his pride would be no NOR
=. severe than that inflicted OH the boys
:. And II the father had been wOrric
h during the day by the fall OF stocks
r. so had been the boy by the breaking Q
"a Il slate, the loss Of prize marble or
10 top. What seem to us mole hills !
y retrospect were Mt one time mountains
II and the distractions OF childhood day
=. are every whit as difficult to climb a
!. those encountered later In life. DO nc
70 push the boy from you. II you do ther
n. will come day when he will no lOnge
A. seek you for advice and comfort, an
n then you will bitterly regret the n
n. fusal to sharpen his pencil.
is 40
" II am glad my children are all boy
Y, for l do not have to be so partlcula
Dr. with them as l should have to be II the
In were girls" II should hate to hay
h. one of my girls marry one of yor
rs boys" The above conversation Occu
III red on street car. between a coup
H. of ladies, who were returning from IL
n meeting Of club, of which both wei
rd members. Volumes have been write
H. Oh Causes OF Crime" but one OF Il
Of largest factors responsible for crime
IN represented by the mothers who do m
1t think 1t necessary to be 80 particular
H. with their boys as they are with the
to girls. 1t is this double standard OF m
r. rality, which is held up by so mar
or women, that is wrecking homes, d