Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22

general literature are to be found null
titudes of preachers sons-Swift, Ma.
caulay. Thackeray. Kingsley and Mat
thew Arnold-at the head of the list.
Of the eminent men Of the recent past
or still living are these sons of preach.
ers: Lord Chas. Beresford. Lord Cur.
zon. Cecil Rhodes, w. r. Stead. An
thony Hope. X. ID. Blackmore, Henry
james. Marcus Dods and Grant Allen.
Such names as these. supplemented as |
they are 10y uncounted thOusa nds less |
conspicuous but none the less useful, |
ought to he sufficient to rescue the rep. |
utation of the preachers boy.
Sufferers from headache. indigestion. |
insomnia, irritability or melancholy |
will do well to pay heed to the advice !
to guard against "eye strain" unless |
they already know where Is the real |
origin of their trouble. The eye Is a |
deceptive organ. When 1t Is most |
abused 1t may not cry out n warning |
through the nerves. but instead take a
toll of vengeance In some part Of the
body SO remote that the layman would
never think Of putting the two togeth.
er as cause and effect. Little defects
of the eye-not diseases, but simply
Embellishments of the delicate parts
may give 10 trouble at all II a mans
employments are so varied that he
does not hold his eyes steadily to one
task. hut II he must work all day
with books and papers. II he must
watch the same series Of movements
over and over In machine. II he must
work with bad light or for an excess
sive length of time In a day. then the
trouble begins. Herbert Spencer's
case. instanced by an Oculist. has been
a peculiarly unfortunate one. He
could never work for more than
few hours mt a stretch. and he has
suffered from insomnia and headaches
all his life long. The whole trouble Is
laid to his eyes. browning. Darwin.
Carlyle. Huxley and DE Quincy are
instanced as other sufferers. When n
man does not know what nlls him" he
will do well to consider his eyes. II
he finds there the source Of the trou.
bic he may get aid from spectacles, or
he may learn that a change Of en-.
ployment Is essential to his physical
well-being. Whether he can avail him.
self of the remedy or not, he will mt
least he able to save himself part of
the strain and perhaps quiet some fear
he may have as to the underlying
cause Of his sufYerIngs.
BY courtesy Of the authorities Ger.
tain club Of women recently question.
ed the six hundred children In a city
grammar-schoOl about the money
earned by them or given to them. and
the uses they make Of 1t. The children
were Of both sexes, represented
both native ana immigrant parentage.
ranged In age from nine to fifteen
years. and belonged to the class to
which the average citizen belongs.
that Of the comfortably poor" All
OF these children but one bOy-who
may have been a humOrist--nimitte
that they frequently had money to
spent or to save. Fewer than one.
third received m allowance. Five.
slxths earned more or less money.
Two.thirds said that they generally
got money In haphazard fashion.
whenever I nsk for IT," Easy come,
easy 20. The money thus carelessly
given was as carelessly spent. most
Of 1t for candy. Not half the children
were advised by their parents what
to do with their nickels and dimes.
In this respect American parents made
the worst showing Of all. Theirs Will
he the blame II. twenty years hence.
their children are living from hand
to mouth when children Of the I'm
migrants are buying real estate. To
give son Or daughter regular nj.
lOwnnce IL a wise measure. but that
Is only the beginning Of wisdom. He
or she should be taught to get the
worth Of money spent, ana eXhOrted.
too, not TO spend all. Most Ameri.
cans dislike to seem parslmOnlOus. and
therefore neglect to talk over financial
matters with their children. Their
German and Italian neighbOrs are not
80 afraid Of inculcatin thrift and fore.
thought. Would that the native could
grasp the truth they act upon. that
a spendthrift Is as foolish creature
as miser!
An
A trust company which does business
In one Of the New York hotels pur
, poses to give new meaning to the
, term. "banking hours" by keeping
. open until midnight. Here IL sug
gestive reminder Of the extent Il
which u city turns night into day
Shops and offices Of many kinds make
the electric light their sun. so tina,
In the metropolis at any hour one cal
consult a lawyer, employ dentist. OF
J. purchase almost any necessity or lux
3 ury without disturbing any ones rest
1t has been estimated that half a mil
: lion New Workers are awake and eithel
: at work or seeking diversion between
: midnight ana five In the morning, and
= every one, whether tOiler or idler
e 'makes business" for somebody else
0 But theirs Is mad manner Of life, and
the "sleepless city, some Of then
) vaunt IL, far as 1t really exists, a sub
!, ject for pity, not pride.
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