Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-06

called the technique Of manners. II
child Is rude or conrse In manner he
or she should be suitably ndmonishctl
ana Instructed. and made to feel that
such and such acts are below the level
OF conduct which 1t IL desirable to
maintain In the school. A simple ref.
erence to the golden rule will generally
suffice on such occasions; for the rud.
est person does not enjoy rudencss on
the part Of others. 1t IL vain. however,
to expect too much Of average human.
ity. Every one cannot walk In the
high places Of the earth; everyone can.
not gather the rarest flowers of bu.
man culture: everyone cannot be a
Damascus blade. There Is Just one
thing that Is open to all men for the
dignifying Of their lives ana the elc.
walton Of their characters. They can
look Into 1.-THE perfect law Of liberty"
and catch vision Of the equality Of
human rights. Here Is the one true
and practical foundation for manners
a sense Of our own rights and of the
rights Of our fellow men. Whit gives
the arlstOcrnt his easy manners Is the
enjoyment and practice Of equality In
the circle In which he moves. Where
social life Is intense social usages be-
come established anu thoroughly un.
derstood; hesitation ana mauvalse
honte are banished. That source of
good manners Ii not only restricted,
but II Is to-day dwindllng and much
perturbed one. A better aud wider
school Is wanted; and II Ii to be found
In the cultivation Of u sense Of human
worth and Of a consciousness Of the
essential equality Of all men. TlniidIty
and bashfulness. and mealy mouthed.
ness In NIL Its forms are fatal to good
manners; ana so. on the other hand,
are swagger ana self assertion.
1t In hardly an cxmggeration TO say
that boys the world over will regret
the death Of George Alfred Heaty.
whose books for years have been their
delight. Mr.. Henty's career admirably
fitted him for that special department
OF authorship. He was Of English
birth and was educated Mt Cambridge.
He served actively In the Crimcan war
for a time. but finally was invaded
home. A few years afterward. In the
capacity Of correspondent. he was In
tho field In the Austro.I Italian, tho
FrancO-German. and tho TurcO.Ser.
Wan wars, and was with tho Abyssin.
ian and Ashanti expeditions. as well
rs with Garibaldi In Italy. During
these years Of exciting. periious. and
picturesque adventures In various
parts Of the world. from the walls Of
Paris to the jungles Of central Africa,
this trained observer accumulated an
ample stock Of just that class Of ma.
terials adapted to stories which boys
most eagerly dev0ur. He told them
tales. as did Othello to Desdemona-
OF most disastrous chances,
or moving accident by Hood aud field,
Or hair breadth Escapes = tho imminent.
deadly breach.
ana. "this to hear" they not only, like
DesdemOna. "wOuld seriously Incline"
but eagerly and enthusiastically "ln.
cline" and with such practical results
that both author and publishers were
delighted. No other writer for boys of
the present period has had such vogue.
lie was remarkably Industrious and
wrote with the greatest facility. Two
or three books year was an easy
task, and one was just as Interesting
MS another. He never repeated him
self. though he has produced between
eighty and ninety stories for boys. and
mt the time of his death. In his seven
tieth year. was engaged upon more.
The interest OF his stories never
Tagged. and the sources of his adven-
lures seemed well nigh inexhaustible.
Shall the husband play second fiddle
10 the dog? Because Mr.. Long was
to eat with his wife's dog at
liable he has filed an action for divorce;
because Mr.. Talbert dlsapprOved of the
attentions to FidO he beat his
Wife into lnsensibllity." Love me, love
my dog. Is not true Of husbands, how
'ver forclbly II may he brought home
10 lovers. Hence the necessity of spe.
'ial homes for dogs. or special homes
Tor husbands. as fancy may direct. Or,
better still, II dog clause In the marriage
Yet there was undoubtedly
much Of truth IN the sigh of the Gallo
woman that the more see of my hus.
band the more prefer my dog--an I'm.
'rOvement on Nine. dc Stael's generali.
'ation.
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