Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-09-20

from history the names and accom-.
pllshments Of all born in poverty and
multitudinous volumes would shrink to
a lean pamphlet. The brilliant galaxy
Of the worlds lumlnaries would be oh.
liberated. their reflected light would be
gone. and remaining would be only In.
distinct nebula Of small stars. All life
teaches that the child born healthy has 4,
no limit set upon It's opportunities.
None can foretell what strength and
precision Of grasp may be developed In
those tiny hands, what power may
grow In that eager brain, what stamp
may be slowly. surely pressed upon the
character. Poverty II no obstacle to
character building; 1t is a positive help.
Early toll becomes fixed habit and
deprivation teaches soul deep the dl.
vine lessons Of wholesale aspiration. OF
self.denial. Conditions which render
1t unlikely that they will become self.
supporting citizens" Is rot. Tho elder
Rothschlid. the elder Vanderbilt, Jay
Gould, Cyrus w. Field, John w. Mac.
kay and host of others, most eminent
~ capable Of sclf.support, were born
uuueT yuSt SuCu COuultiOuss IL tucEe uo
such. The unrestraIned breeding Of dis.
ease and vice Ii another question, and
one Of vital Importance. But poverty
Is not hereditary.
I'm this life, as rule. the Job that Is
easy to do IL not very well worth the
doing" Few more pertinent epigrams
than this have ever been voiced. The
I speaker was President Roosevelt,
whose life proves that he has followed
the axiom which lie voices. Along these
! same lines IRE the words Of George w.
Perkins, who IL right hand man to j.
PlerpOnt Morgan. and who said recent.
~: "TOO many young men In this c0un.
try don't want to work hard. They pre-
fer to take things easy-stay up late
at night and lie abed too long In tho
morning. They never can get ahead In
that way. Times and conditions may
change. but the old rule remains that
there IL no success without cverlast.
ingly keeping at It," The trouble with
the majority Of young men Is that they
get the swelled head. They achieve a
little success and then believe they can
neglect their duties and that things
will naturally gravitate their way. The
histories Of all successful men prove
that they are persons who have cOntin.
ued ut work. They watch little things
and big things, and they keep everlast.
ingly at 1t. Work Is the winning horse
In the great handicap Of life; idleness IL
In thu pNn hns th<S
are posted.
Horace WalpOle complained that o
caller ut Strawberry Hill broke OF the
bill Of a beautiful marble eagle, and
then to cover the accident carried the
piece away In Ills pocket. The modern
sightseer Is perhaps more prone to
leave something behind him. The gen.
erous citizen who opens his grounds to
the public Is too often repaid with In.
gratitude and orange peel" In public
grounds empty bottles are broken into
bits which are dangerous to other pic.
nickers and to animals; pieces Of paper
are strewn over lawns, flower beds aud
ornamental ponds; names are carved on
fences and inscriptions written on sum.
mer houses. To say don't" IL ever n
thankless task; but IL every tourist In
private or public grounds would make
point of gathering up with glove or
stick few banana skins, papers and
broken bottles, and hiding them under
the shrubbery, sentiment Of public
tidiness might be created which would
force reform upon the careless.
A Kansas paper notes that, of the
dozen carloads Of old Iron received CIV.
cry week ut the local junk yard, prob.
ably nine-tenths consists Of farming i'm.
plements ruined by rust. Many of the
implements look as IL they could still
be saved from the junk pile by a black.
smith; the farmers thought differently,
ana bought new Ones" Such are signs
OF that carelessness which sometimes
accompanies prosperity; but the same
thing precedes adversity-and then,
how ugly 1t looks! IL the mortgage also
could be left In the field to gather rust
and ultimately wear out, the condition
OF the plOw and mower and binder
would not SO much matter. Since that
Is imperviOus to moisture, even to tears,
1t would seem business.like to take care
of the machinery that may help to pay
1t.
1t is said that the Duke of MARI
borough has vowed never to set foot
on American soil again. Oh, we'll. he
can make that kind Of vow without
running any serious risk The Van
derbilts will no doubt be willing to
send the money to him regularly II no
seriously objects to coming after 1t.