Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11

cheer. Others. fully as brave, wait for
1t. long for 1t and die without II. Cheer!
Cheer! Cheer! It costs little effort.
It is the. natural impulse of the heart
when the heart Is rid Of seIfishness and
jealousies and cnvyings. You may not
be able to win a single Victory In life
for yourself, but you can win hun.
dred victories by proxy II you will
cheer. when you have an opportunity,
hundred stirring souls. Blessings
on the head of him who heartily cheers
another on his way. When he gets to
the portals of heaven and st. Peter
asks what he has done he need not
hang his head when he says: II
cheered."
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julia Chambers, of st. Paul, was
awarded first piize for continuous do.
nestle service Mt the recent Minnesota
STATE fair. She has been domestic
for thirty.one years. For twenty.one
years Miss Chambers has been In the
employ of Mrs. W. Il. Kent, of st.
Paul. Twenty-one years In one place.
Fortunate domestic. Fortunate mis-.
trcss. Miss Chambers very sensibly
says: II believe people should do the
work they are best fitted for. Now
housewOrk was always easy for me,
and so I kept at 1t, for I'd rather be n
good servant than n poor clerk or
dressmaker." And she Is not mt all
ashamed Of her position In life. She
dignifias 1t. II don't know why so
many girls should object to homework
and think It disgrace. It seems to me
people are pretty much alike. don't
think any more Of people because they
have money or high positions" That's
1t. Ruskin couldn't have put the sa.
cred character Of honest work any bet.
ter. All work Is God.like. MY father
workcth hitherto and I work." There
cnn be 10 disgrace In labor, however
humble. The world must have the
contrary notion hammered out OF It.
one thing. however. this able domes.
tic calls particular attention. She says:
II think girls often make their work
more labOrlous than 1t need be; they
don't know how to manage things. I
mean they don't understand their bust.
ness, for housekeeping needs to be
learned just us much as sewing or
teaching" That IL where many do.
mestics make mistake. They do their
work In q slipshod way. They have no
pride In their labors. They do not
seek to excel. The servant problem"
presents many difficulties. Frequently
tho mistress Ii to blame. She expects
too much. She does not accord enough
courtcsies. She wants the domestic to
keep her place" The domestic IL on
her guard lest she suffer n slight. And
there you are. There are lot of won.
on who would like half days Talk
with Mrs. Bent Of st. Paul on how to
retain domestic for twenty. lone years.
Yesterday my boy was 10 years Of
age. What Gun l shy to him, and the
boys like him. through this printed
page? First. can urge him to be q
boy us long us lie can be. And he can
be u boy long time. In many things
| would like TO have him be boy
always. In some respects want nj.
ways to be boy myself. Never get
too old to kiss your mother. my boy,
nor to salute your dad with affection.
DO not take care to have your clothes
correct and your heart impure. Many
men do that way. DO not put dam.
per on your hearty laugh because some
one says 1t IL bad breeding. An ounce
OF laugh IL worth pound of dignity.
God Almighty's way IL better than 80.
! clety's way. Smile and laugh your
way through life. II you Gun. 1t IL easi.
est. 1t doesn't harm. but helps the
other fellow. want to be patient
with you, my son, for l am dealing
with soul.stuff. ! cannot tell you how
much | respect what Is good In YOU
the God In you. cannot tell you how
much lOye you ut all. No father can.
| don't know what you may be. I take
of my hat to what you may become.
Abraham Lincoln, mt your age, was
freckled, barefOOted. lank ana lean,
The COrsIcan boy who stopped the
grOwl of Europe With lash ut 90, was
not 80 tall as you Mt III. Tho band did
not play all the time for these men,
remember, my son. Destiny waits for
you around the corner. I wish I could
rule Destiny. then could guide you
correctly. But l cannot do that. I
cannot even bequeath my experience
to you. You and Destiny must fight
the thing out. But bear this In mind:
Whoever you become. whatever you
may be, you will always be. you must
needs always be. to me-my boy!
%eGA
Librarians are now busily engaged
In "weeding out" the works of Oliver
Optic and all that class of juvenile
books, ana are substituting others of
higher literary finish. Probably the
reform deserves all the adult enthusl.
asm and praise with which 1t Is accom-.
panied, but the librarians are liable to
err II they reckon without the boy In
this matter. There are worse books
than the Oliver Optic kind, and 1t may
be well to consider the danger that too
high literary standard may drive
boys to reading behind the barn rather
than In the library. The point In ques-
ton appears In the statement Of a /
Pittsburg boy of - who said: II like
Conan Doyle, but he comes high; You
can get lot of this for nickel'-