Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-12
EA0LETS.

Again comes the old question, "What
Is the good of money II 1t will not buy
the things that one desiresI" A
wealthy lady of Chicago has more
money than she can possibly use. She
can draw big check as easily as most
persons Gun spend a nickel. But the
thing she wanted was a child, a laugh.
ing. rOsy.checkcd cherub. to put both
| arms around her necksand make her
realize the real. deep meaning of love;
to round out her life and make her
happy. So she looked around and
found bit of boy. who had cap.
turcd sunshine tangled In his hair and
love In his blue eyes, a brave mouth
ana a sturdy little figure. He was
one Of seven children. and he didn't
know that his mother, u widow. was
wearing out her life to provide food
for the seven The rich lady borrowed
the hoy for "a time and carried him
away to fairyland. She bought fine
clothing for him, toys enough to stock
u store, and loved him. too. She had
u great artist paint the chllds por.
tiait, and she discovered that 1t was
going to he very hard to return this
human blossom. one day she called
on his mother and offered $1,000 for
him. "l'il adopt him. love him.
You have so many, and ! have none
she vcntured. And the widow looked
over her flock and said: IL can't spare
)ne; no. not for million dollars" and
| al. h,,I, IN, hnt h.,u o.
good wife of New York garment
trimmer presented him with triplets
II raised his family census to nine. Al
the very best the father can earn Sl2
week. That is u situation that would
drive some men to suicide. But he
said: I'm glad they came. God has
blessed me with them, and we Will gel
along somehow. haven't one toe
: many" Chlld.lOve dwarfs every 9th
or human passion. 1t makes men and
, women carry heavy burdens without 4
4, murmur; II makes them accept self
denial patiently. and glOrihes lives
There Is scarcely u home In the land
: no matter how great Its poverty
> where for mere money, a man d
woman would part with even one OF ,
little flock, and the reason Is human
love for Its own blood.
In such a commercial and industrial
age as this It Is natural that discussion
Of the old question as to "the value OF
college or academic education In bus
: ness" should he revived with intens
: fled earnestness. Instead of resting con
: tent with the generally accepted fac
that the college education embellishe
our common life with the refinement
Of a liberal culture, the public now al
pears to be seriously demanding an M
swer to the question as to whether
). really has any bearing upon indlvidu
!. success or upon the industrial ana con
!. mercial progress of the race. Preslden
! q. Stanley Hall Of Clark University In
!, said that ut depends largely upon wha
kind of an academic course Is taken.
On such scale, he fancied, the oil
;, classical course would mark very low
!, while 'sOme Of the modern technics
and commercial courses and many Q
those In the sciences would mark Yer
high" In his recent inaugural addres
President Remsen OF Johns Hopklll
University calls attention to the fac
that the connection between the pra'
:. teal work of the world and the work ca
ried on In the laboratories OF the unive
o stiles Is more intimate than is genera
lly known. The most striking eXamp
4 of the practical value OF education
IS the material development Of u natiO
" has been seen in the growth OF &c
n many during the last twenty year
+. The German universities, through the
.. great investigators and the faclliti'
= they have afforded for original +
n | search, President Remsen believe
N have done more for Germany's indu
4. trial advancement than any other 81
. Lyle agency. President Remsen !
h. stanced the wonderful development
"a the coal tar industry as an example
!, the contributions made to the world
-, industrial progress by the universe
" laboratory. The university, thrOui
patient research and experiment, U
locked from this apparently useless b
~ product elements that have not on
:, been a blessing to humanity but whi'
y. have been the source OF great wealt
p' 1t is doubtless fact that very many
III the great advances Of recent years
rs manufacture ana commerce may
- traced to the patient investigation Of
university professor In a universe
We workshop. We are now entering up'
he the greatest Industrial age In all hum,
in history, when all the civilized natiO
be are coming into free competition In Il
ne worlds markets, In this world-wi'
ii. industrial contest the nation will be S