Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-11-14

npuuent. NOISY. uZy scholar, WOulu
lot he among our problems If we were
flowed to revive the good old fashion
# spanking.
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The Car of Russia has written the
words to weird. melancholy song,
which. 1t is said. betray his unhap-
,iness. If he will now learn to preach.
o write plays. compose dirges. paint
pictures. model statues, design his
vife's dresses, furnish plans for war
ships. command armies, build Noah's
inks for the children. write history
md do few other little things that
IN emperor Is supposed to know all
,bout he will be right in Williams
lass.
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a manager has the right to make
my reasonable rule as to the conduct
Of those who putrOnize his playhouse.
There can he no doubt that u simple
regulation which Is designed to give
NIL who purchase seats an equal oppor-
tunity to see the show is reasonable"
anybody who makes fuss
and refuses to consider others Is Who'll.
~ unreasonable and should he prepar.
ed to leave the tlicatcr or give way to
reason. a woman who insists on wear.
ing n big hat in spite of protests Is
just as absurd as II she took II squat.
ing baby to Duse play.
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Eight schools In an Ohio county were
unable to secure teachers this fall be-
cause the young men qualified to teach
had gone TO Springfield to work for
better pay as mOtor.inen or conductors
on the street cars. A school superin.
tcndent In that county said, In dis
cussing the situation. that the poorest
workman on the streets received as
good wages as the average school,
teacher. These facts carry their own
comment. and make II SO clear that no
school trustee need be In doubt Of their
significance.
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The women Of Kansas have success.
fully ended q campaign In behalf of the
most sacred Of woman's rights--the
right to marry. 1t seems that the coun.
try school boards announced seycral
months ago that women teachers must
agree not to marry during the period
Of their contract, and that they must
not receive calls from admirers or en-.
courage the attentions Of men who
might desire to marry them. There
upon the women Of the State decided
that the men should not have all the
say In hiring teachers. They nominal.
I'd candidates for the school boards,
and have elected majority of mem.
bers on nearly every board In the
State. Now these women rulers arc
talking OF retallating upon the men
teachers by adopting a rule forbiddins
teachers to smoke.
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The pistol.carrying practice is nbom.
innble and cOwarlly. 1t il a constant
menace to a community. and IL largely
responsible for the crimes Of assault
and murder. The man who habitually
Tugs pistol In his hip pocket In n
peaceable community IL not only II dc.
liberate violntor Of law, but he IL a
threat against society. Conscious Of
his unfair advantage. lie In more inclIn.
ell To bc provocative ana ihsui',ny un.
der excitement or the stimulus Of
drink, and In Il difficulty. which IL
often encouraged by his reliance on his
concealed weapon, there IL more like.
lihOOd Of violence ana blOOdshed. The
pistol habit should be suppressed ~
far ~ possible by Il rigorous enforce.
ment of law. The law should he made
more effective In Its administration,
and II need be In Its provisions. But
the question. whether the making of
the punishment by imprisonment COM
pulsOry upon the courts. would accom-.
pllsh or promote the desired end,
should DC seriously considered.
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Expansion" IL to be credited with
one benefit which Is offset by no evil
The movement for the acquisition OF
the Danish West Indies by the Unite,
States was defeated. The failure OF
the treaty brought no disaster to thi,
country; 1t resulted greatly to the nd
vantage OF the Danish c0lOnlsts. The,
are to have two members Of the parlia
ment ut Copenhagen. A steamship
line connecting the islands with til,
mother country Is to he established
Their sugar Is to he admitted into Den
mark at u reduced rate OF duty. DOcl
and other improvements are to be mad,
at 1t. Thomas. Danish farmers hav,
taken up land In the islands. In short
the benefits resulting from the failur,
Of the treaty with the United State,
are perhaps rs great as annexation
would have brought to them.
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1t Is the general disposition to exal
material achievement to the dlsparage
ment of political leadership. This Il
doubtless due to the activity of polite,
in degrading itself. But consider wha
it means II we are to assert that an!
material structure, whether bridge
steamship or railroad, is greater thai
the social or national structure. 1t Il
mathematical inposslbility that tn,
whole should b. less than any of It,
parts. Yet is not that what it means
II we are to hold that the creator o.
the structure which serves the materia
life of the nation is greater than III,