Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-09-06

stituted authority. 1t will never do for
the husbands of this land to submit
tamely, and without q construction Of
the statutes by our judicial officers, to
an alleged and newly discovered prin.
ciple Of law which reduces them to the
level Of chattel, and which gives
them no more to say AZ to their future
than that which we accord to horse,
dog, family portrait or mahog.
any bedstead. The issue may he await.
ed by man with calmness. for It Ii
hardly likely with the machinery Of
the law In the hands Of men the deci.
sion will In any way affect his rights.
Nevertheless, an authoritative decision
should be rendered with all due
promptness. and we trust that the
marital legacy Immediately involved
will not delay In subjecting the pr!nci.
pie involved to the severest tests the
courts will permit.
Whether one takes the practical or
the artistic point of view, the modern
revivals Of Old.time handlcrafts and
the restoration Of "villagc industries
In different parts Of the country IRE
interesting matters. Tho old town Of
Deertleld, Mass. may be said to have
begun the revival. A few years ag0
n number Of women OF that town made
the experiment Of reproducing by
hand the olu.fasliioned blue.nnd. white
to1 hn.0 Ia Nn1s La
The materials were dyed at home with
the old.time vegetable dyes. the goods
were woven by hand. ana when offered
for sale commanded a market ana
price which plainly indicated the 60.
Establishment Of an industry by which
housekeeping women could earn re.
spectacle income. In two widely
separated towns In Maine summer Wis
itors from New York discovered pos.
sibilities In "Villed rugs" A few sus-
gestions and q little wise cooperation
with the village women In the matter
Of design led TO the production Of rugs
which sell for prices equal to those
asked for fine Oriental rugs. The bus.
iness has now extended to the manu-.
facture-by hand, Of cOurse-of draper.
les for pOrtieres. couch covers, and
even OF hOmespun dress.gOods. Nor
Ia. II the women alone who are engaged
In these modern handicrafts. The
manufacture Of baskets. rustic furni.
ture and articles In brass and iron has
been undertaken by men Of mechanical
skill touched with artistic sentiment,
and their work also has found ready
sale. The beauty Of these simple In
dustries Is two-fold. They are occu-
patlOns In which the worker can take
pleasure. and In which he can expires
his own individuality; and they are
carried on Mt home. without the OK.
pense Of rent or middlemen's profits.
History does not afford a parallel In
stance OF II people who, In losing all In
the hazard OF war. gained 80 much as
has the Boer race In this late terrible
ana prOtracted conflict. At the begin
ming OF their contention with England
the Beers We're the most obscure ana
disregarded race Of European stock ON
the face Of the earth. In the very na-
ture Of things, II they had been let alone
the race would have been Overwhelm-
ed and absorbed In course Of time. But
the war which wasted their country,
destroyed their homes. broke their pO-
litical independence and nearly deci-
mated their numbers, has given to the
race new ana probably u permanent
lease Of life. 1t has emphasized their
nationality ana established them as u
special people In the worlds respect,
secured for them under the strongest
guarantees self-gOvernment with the
perpetuatiOn OF conditions calculated
to preserve their laws and language.
with such provision In ready money for
the restoration OF their homes and
farms as will enable them to replace
an antiquated ana OutwOrn system
with one better suited to this age and
to the progress Of their country. No
other country ever found itself pos
sessed through defeat Of such striking
advantages. No race ever 80 establish
ell Its character and secured u fixed
and honorable status In the world
through the process Of losing Its indie
pendent national existence.
When the new ships now building or
contracted for arc completed. twenty
eight States will be represented In the
new navy by namesakes. The armOrcd
cruiser Pennsylvania, which Ii soon to
be launched. will be the third naval
vessel to bear the name of tho Key
stone State. The first was q wooden
three-decker Of 3.40O tons, built In
1887. The latest Ia steel lighting una
chine of $4,000 tons.