Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-09-13

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things gets IN the habit Of fighting for
what he thinks are his rights. whether
he Ia justified In the assumption or not.
There are some children who are
brought up on the principle that 1t Is
equally heinous to tell lie. to come
Into the house without wiping ones
feet, and to fail In a lesson. Such chill.
drcn are apt to develop somewhat
crooked moral perspective. which does
not not always get Strengthened out
In years to come. The hoy who flg.
ures In the above story had read Of
runaways. and formed not very def.
mite idea Of the freedom and peace
which such course entails. He had
not thought about the other aspect Of
It Mt all. His mother brought him face
to face with the realities and let him
choose for himself. ut the same time in.
dicating clearly what she thought Il
WINS best for him to do. 1t did not take
long for him to discover that she was
wiser than he.
Modern philanthropy Is teaching us
many lessons. and none more important
than greater facility In putting our.
selves In the place Of another. The
likeness Of one man to another IL oven
more remarkable than his unllkeness-
although that IL one Of the most ex.
traordinnry facts In this wonderful
world. In fact, many an apparent diff.
ference becomes similarity when
viewed more closely. For example. we
have long been accustomed to think
that the poor and ignorant love q
crowd. and hate that solitude which
10 the choicest pleasure and indeed the
necessity Of the cultivated man. The
clever boy Of the slum cannot be In.
duccd to enjoy the modern bathroom.
with It's big. white tub full Of clean
water, because ITS awful lonesome"
Shut the shrewd child up to a quiet
hour with book and his own thoughts.
and he becomes a wretched. hOmesick
prisoner. But IL he 40 different from
his more fortunate ncighbor. who loves
"just thinking?" "What do you lind
to talk about all day?" said an Amer.
lean lady to her Indian servant In BON.
bay. II simply can't bear such chat.
ter outside my door from morning till
night" II am sorry to disturb the
mem-sahib." replied the handsome. In.
telligent fellow. "but II l did not talk.
I should never know anything. The
mem.sahib reads books and writes let.
tiers and looks ut pictures. can only
talk, and 1t Ia needful not to be ign0-
rant" So with the uneducated man
the world over: books. letters. pictures.
reflection
That inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude
all these are comprised for him In hu'
man c0mpanlonshlp. 1t would be exile
for n cultivated man to be cut of from
them. No wonder that to the ignorant
terror worse than that of cold or hun,
ger Is the dread Of "being lonesome
A poet once wrote. although not In
verse. II wonder II 1t Is on the surface
that we all differ. and whether II We
get In among the intricacles Of the
mind We are all the same. As IL VIC
all lived around mountain, and We
take each other In through labyrinthine
passages, dim vaults. hollow spaces OF
shadow; and suddenly the open heart
of the mountain. lighted up and full OF
music! This Is my heart! why. this
too. il mine" for the center was com
mon to ALL"
For months laughing boy has beer
the bone Of contention In famous
New York law suit. A husband and
wife had parted. They viewed each
other as strangers across trial table
in court room. There was no doub,
about their love for the boy. 1t wal
pure gold. 1t should have made wo
man more tolerant. man more f0rglv
ing. Happy married folks can't un
derstand how the mothers and faith
ers Of children can ever separate ant
learn to hate. In this case there was q
great deal of money on one side. Il
meant fine clothing for baby. ant
nurses, rich food, carriage drives ant
costly toys. Some day 1t would meaI
yacht, a valet, a private car-all Of
the things that can be had for money
On the other side-the mother's-thert
was much love and very little money
1t was possible that her son w0ult
be compelled to work some day. ant
that he would be denied all sorts Of
comforts and luxuIies that 60 will
great incomes. What problem f0l
the Judge! This Judge, whose nam,
is Hickey, has some strange ideas. H,
thinks that when married folks ar,
foolish enough to, break up a relation
that should mean peace and content
ment, 1t Is the business Of the courl