Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-06-20

have mentally calculated that II Is only
n matter of time when some precious
cherub will 20 hurtling down under
the merclless CIR wheels. and the un.
dertaker will do the rest. Women.
and men. too. worry much about
things that may happen. but seldom
do. AS far rs Is known, but two chill.
dren out Of the millions Of little trav.
elcrs ever fell out Of car windows,
previous to the New York episode. In
this case handy man, with presence
Of mind. happened along In time to
catch the child. which feat he neatly
performed. although the human meteor
weighed thirty pounds, and gave
Daniel Walsh, brlcklnyer, n strenuous
jolt. The child was uninjurcd. A
story that has been passed down from
early generations deals with boy who
had an intense love for chicken. and
his mother always saved the heart Of
the fowl for her loved one. One day
the heart slipped down his throat be-
fore his teeth could perform their du-
ty. and the boy choked to death. Ever
since mothers have been carefully
carving chicken hearts or warning chill.
dren to "chcw II flne." and worrying
most needlessly. There are men and
women by the score who will not visit
Europe because OF the perils Of the sen
voyage. They w0lild not hesitate to
20 round the world on a railway train.
Statistics show that ocean travel IL
safer than railway travel. The moral
Of II all Is that II we humans must
worry. why not endure mental distress
about things that are at least within
shooting distance. II possible.
J. Graham Phelps Stokes IL the son
and grandson Of New York million.
aire. He IL rich beyond the dream
Of avarice. More than that. Mr.. Stokes
is wise. He Is wise beyond his family.
which Is wealthy and aristocratic. Mr..
Stokes has learned that money is not
wealth. Young stokes left a luxurious.
~ furnished home and went to live In
u small. simply furnished room In the
heart of the Overcr0wded East Side In
order with his money ana knowledge
to aid and uplift the poor whose pov.
erty ana environment have made exist.
ence constant struggle against mis-.
fortune. Young Stokes. mind you. ID
no anaemic. hOllow.chested. sad-vis.
aged sort of person. He is man. He
IL thirty years of age, six feet four In
height and built like an athlete. He
works ten to eighteen hours a day and
thrives on It. And this is what he says
about his chosen work: "SOme Of my
friends tell me that have left be-
hind all fun, all pleasure. Even II that
was true. l would reply that fun Is not
the main purpose Of life. But 1t Is not
true. This Is the most interesting life
! have ever led. It is deep. whole
soulcd enjoyment from beginning to
end There's the old, old paradox:
lie that loseth his life shall find It. For.
ever ana forever do the votaries of
pleasure return empty-handed from the
quest for happiness. Forever is the
self-centered life doomed to disappoint-
ment Forever Is 1t true that happl-
ness comes only through self-renuncia-
tion and service. All the world knows
this is true, but only once In while
Is there Stokes who acts as II he be-
lieved it, Beside wealth of brain and
heart, money Is trash. Young Stokes
has chosen the better part.
~oA.
Many people who have been unfortu'
nate enough to have much to do with
doctors will join with President Draper
In bis lament over the passing Of the
family doctor" Many OF them will
also indorse his very candid and caus
tic criticism of the slovenly, rude and
discOurteOus members OF the pr0fes
sion. and no one will dissent from bill
statement that "the scientific knowl
edge and the mission of the doctor OF
medicine should combine to make hin
the best exemplar In society Of phys
ical. intellectual and moral cleanli
ness" What Dr. Draper said to thu
graduates of the College OF Physicianl
and Surgeons In Chicago concerning
the passing of the family doctor. how
ever, will attract widest attention be
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