Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-21

to woman the golden hoop that marks
the Joining of her life to that Of hus-
band means more thnn romance. more
than the giving up of girlhood free
dom. 1t means love. the tender, sweet
passion Of the early days Of matri.
mOny. 1t Is Il message to the world.
and says: See. am fulfilling Dps.
tiny. l am loved and welded. No long.
or am l alone. I have given all that
I have to the human being who con.
que: Il my heart. Here IL the hoop
that symbolizes the life complete" And |
how woman cllcrishes her weddln.
ring! She sees Il and remembers hun.
piness, and fOrgets sorrow. She wears
1t often when .,c who gave Il has bro.
ken her heart and degraded her life.
Only u few weeks ago n woman who
was starving was discovered by the
authorities In New York. Bit by bit
she had parted with her small belong.
ings. Furniture. pitlful trinkets. cloth.
Ing. all went to the pawnbroker TO
buy bread. ana ut the end came want.
why didn't you sell thatY" asked an
officer. pointing TO hand of plain gold
on her finger. II couldn't" she sobbcd.
II just couldn't. lie gave II to me when
we were married. lie put It Oh that
finger. and I'd rather starve than sell
II. He's dead" she added. simply. And
30 do good women reverence the sentI.
mcnt ana love the memory associated
with the badge Of happiness.
They are figuring on the property loss
inflicted by that Martinique mountain
that v0mIts fire. smoke. mud ana
steam. The bill will be tremendous.
The world reads Of blocks Of fine build.
ings. cathedrals. hotels. all In ruins:
crops burned. granarles ana ware
houses destroyed. and. In awe. muir
murs, millions" The human mind
only assImilates big figures when nc.
cOmpanied by some great shOck--sOmc
thing out of the ordinary. In II hnan.
cinl way Pelce was pigmy, compared
with some OF natures silent forces.
There IL u little insect called the chinch
lug. For what purpose Nature warmed
It Into life even the scientists cannot
explain. In 1871 the chlnch bugs ute
up crops worth $3O.OOO.OOO. Their up.
pctites grew, and In 1874 their board
bill. which the farmers had to pay. was
500, 100000. enough to build several
cities like st. Pierre. The grasshOp.
pcrs appeared In Kansas, Missouri.
Iowa and Nebraska In 1874. and caused
n ~ IN Hsv,
In round numbers. but they are con.
sentative and from estimates prepared
by authorities. The fly weevil. Il little
pest that seems particularly ut home In
the South. and feeds largely on stored
grain. has an annual food capacity OF
$i0.OOO,OOO. ana the cOddlIng moth eats
up from $3O.OOO,OOO to $4O.OOO.OOO
worth Of fruit every year. And the to.
tai IL frlghtful. The destructive power
or these Insect pests OF the field and
orchard Is so great that 1t IL hard to
digest the figures. Il. Dwight Sander
son. an entomOlOgist OF renOwn. as
serts the annual loss Is over $3OO.OOO..
600. almost n million dollars every
twenty-four hours. And yet there IL
little complaint, little amazement. Re-
cause these things are part of every
day life. They were and they will be.
and the public. II 1t stops to think
about 1t at all Is philosophical. 1t Is
the unexpected ana unforeseen that
shocks. Pelee with Its steamlng era
ter, Is no more wonderful than the in
sect army that eats up $l,OOO,OO0 q
day, and all the volcanoes that are
known to man have not compared In
property destructiveness to the insect
enemies Of mankind.
~SA
There Is a brutal old prOverb, "Young
folks think old folks are fools, but old
folks know young folks are" The fam
lily where that Is true Is a wretched
one, full Of friction. misunderstanding
and heartburnlng, and always in dan
ger of complete disruption. Education
to-day lays great stress on the knowl-
edge of human nature as the founda-
tiOn of usefulness. Psychology, sOclol |
ogy and pedagogy alike declare that
We must know people before we cnn
serve them. Are parents to be left out
OF this category? Is there any good
reason that the girl who is deeply In
terested In the motives and desires OF
some poor creature from the slums
should make no effort to comprehend
her own mother? Does enthusiasm for
explaining the contradictions In the
character of Mary Queen of Scots pre-
clude a loving study of the peculari-
ties of an aunt or grandmother? Her
elders began to try to understand the
baby girl when she was born. They
have been. probably, but partially sue.
cessful In mastering the problem; but !