Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-11-29

channel had created. No doubt the
courts would have sustained the dis.
trict in Its rights.
~egA
The City Council is losing Its time
and humbugging the public with It's
silly twaddlc about recovering back
fees from City Sealers. 1t cannot en-.
force the order which 1t has passed on
this subject. and at least the more in
telligent members of the Council know
IL. If the Council really wants to 20
I'm for something in this line that IL
practicable It should try to recover the
salaries which u previous Council paid
to its own members some years ago
without due authority of law. True,
these salaries were paid to the Alder
men under the pretense that II was
going to the Aldermcns secretaries.
but everybody got on to that game
ut once. 1t IL wonderful to note how
well the city fathers have managed to
worry along without secretaries ever
since the Legislature made their own
salaries legal. Reform should begin ut
home, gentlemen.
49,
A correspondent of the Bookman
calls attention to the remarkable i'm.
provement In the mechanical anu arts.
tic makeup Of American books In the
last decade or two, especially in juve.
nile works. The Illustrations In the
chlldren's books Of twenty years ago
were indeed something fearful ana
wonderful to behold" as compared with
the average Juvenile volume Of the
present year. In spite Of the enormous
increase In the number and variety of
chlldrcn's books, the Illustrations In
most Of them are highly creditablc.
Many of the best artists In the country
are devoting their talents to this kind
Of work. The fact IL one Of happy an.
curry for the artistic sense Of the ris.
ing generation. Even the improvement
In Illustrations and binding. however.
Is not SO remarkable as the increase
In the number Of juvenile books annu.
ally put upon the market. An exam.
nation Of the publishers announce.
ments shows that the list Of now juvc.
nile books Is considerably larger than
that of new fiction for adults. Most OF
these volumes find profitable market,
for the publishing Of childrcn's books
has proved to be profitable branch Of
the trade. The next generation will
he a generation Of oinnivOrOus readers,
IL a multiplicity Of Juvenile books can
educate them Into that habit. Wheth.
or this Is desirable contamination Is
another question. 1t Is by no means
certain that the phenomenal Increase
In the amount Of juvenile fiction Is n
matter for congratulation. The aver.
dye story for boys or girls IL fully as
ephcmeral as the average adult novel.
Happily there Is every reason to be.
iievc that the boys and girls do not nc.
tually read rs much as the large sales
OF juvenile books would indicate. The
sales indicate the gift.givlng propensi.
ties of prosperous parents and friends
rather than the reading habits Of the
children. The latter as rule pay more
attention to the pictures than to the
text. except where the stories are read
TO them. For this reason he Increasing
excellence Of the illustrations IL most
fortunate.
Color rs well as cut has always Sa.
ried with the decree Of fashion In nie
seasons garments. The girls pore over
The fashion plates Of to-day. consider.
Ing the question Of electric blue or nu.
tOmOblle red, burnt orange or corona.
tiOn green. or some delicate scale Of
faint, misty hues melting one into an.
other. yet each shade with Its presc;ib.
cd and special name. Yet they do moi
realize that these novel tlnts are com.
monty but revlvals Of old cOlOrs under
new names. But old.time fashion was
much more fantastic In Its bestowal OF
names upon the more than rainbow
range Of hues employed by both men
and women In the gay ana cOurtly
days Of taffetas and brocade. powde,
and patches. rap,ers and red.hccled
shoes. A recent writer with fancy
for unearthing bygOne oddities has col
lected some of them. To mention q
few only. we have klss.0f.dawn. agitat
etl.nymph, dying.r0se. kitten's.tOngue
brldal.blush and Cupid's.feather. These
were all varying shades Of pink. Cap
tain's.gl0ry was vivid flame color
smOke.Of. Vesuvius, q dull red; fading
hope. a pallid violet.gray; fair.savage
a brOnxe-br0wn. Penitent.herrnit. dus
ty.traveler and evening.mist wer,
grays. and Acknowledgment. hlght.of
the-lark and dream-Of-th believe d.On,
were all blue. LOve's.arbOr, merry
hunter and Dread were greens; ca
nary's-tail and Midas'-jOy were. o.
course. yellow. We are less grOtesIu'
and less romantic nowadays, although
beauty goes no less beautifully dressed
than formerly. and no less variOusly. II
Iris. the goddess of the rainbow, cOull
but look over the shoulders Of a GROVE
OF modern ladies' she would surely
blush for the simplicity Of her vauntct
prismatic robe. Only seven colors. ant
no trimming!
~
Otto COppenhaver, OF indianapolis
has been found guilty Of killing his VIII,
and sentenced to be hanged. When frs
arrested he made no denial Of hi
crime and exclaimed to a reporter: III
] want to kill my wife It Ia nobody,
/ hua inacs 10 n ~ Dothoc OF pno nom