Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-11-21

ity was coming fast ami free the thea.
ter burned down. 1t might have been
the same II she had kissed the leading
man. but somehow or other 1t looks
rs II unkind fate had struck u match.
~SA
What IL the difference between n
politician and Il statesman! The late
Speaker Reeds definition Is well
known. Here is another. n recent one.
which IL also good: a politician
wishes the people to do something for
him: u statesman does something TO.
the people.
Whether you knock u man down and
go through his garments or whether
you work or on him an issue Of wat.
cred stock. the result is much the same.
You get his dough.
~e~
Father llagcrty advises every young
woman to drop her lover II he doesn't
hold II union card. Might not u mar.
riagc license bc literally construed as
filling the bin?
Science has been at pains to pro.
claim that cow treated with kindness
gives more milk than one Of equal "a.
paclty neglected or treated with harsh.
ness. Science sometimes does the I'M
necessary. II IL not left to this late
day to demonstrate that kindness IL
the touch OF nature which makes the
whole world kin.
~~
No amount of study nor the careful
est anticipation of conditions that sci.
cnce can figure ont take the place Of
the hereditary instinct that enables the
bird to maintain it's equilibrium ut first
flight. This Is the principal reason
why progress IN aerona utics IL so slow.
Practically all the mechanical prob.
lens have been worked out over and
over again. and the solutions tested In
every way that science knows. hut
one equation remains to he solved,
ana that IL the human equation. by
short and hazardous expcrimentary
flights the inventors must learn what
Is lacking to complete their labors.
The ultimate upon which all rests Ia
the average This fixes the place Of a
nation--rather than sporadic genius.
Average intellect, average virtues
these make national character. While
this Is sound. the nation piUspers
when It decays the nation dies and l,
multitude of geniuscs cannot save II
from destruction. 1t Is unwlse to dwell
too much upon cases Of great wrong,
doing. They are so exceptional that
they prove nothing. Numerous as they
are, they are too few to Justify u gen
eralization. The average Is sound
That IL the important fact which
should control all thinking on the sub
jcct of national condition.
~G0
One of the precious few gifts whose
Givcrs will forever remain unknown
is the S25O,OO0 which a gentleman hand
ed 10 the late Mr.. Hewitt ore day
telling him TO give IL TO the Cooper
Union ana never reveal the name OF
the giyer. Mr., Hewitt accepted thu
gift with the conditions attached and
he died without revealing the secret
At The annual meeting of the Union
the other day 1t came out that none OF
the present trustees knows or suspects
the name of the donor. And they will
not Try to find out.
.~G~
The trusting widow who gives tho
savings OF her industry to II man
whom she expects to marry In order
that he may get well established In
business before that joyous event will
probably continue to report to the DO.
lice In various cities of the country
indefinitely. Along with aged parents
who sign away their property to chill,
dren in consideration of a verbal prom,
lie to take care OF them as long as
they live" the credulous widow who
turns over her purse to her suit0r ID
entitled to such pity as Is due to the
credulous and the simple minded whose
ears are dull to the voice OF warning.
The number OF women now employ,
~ in business aud confidential posi-