Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-02-28

how Fascinating the subject Is, that a
woman should know only how one man
makes lOve-Or. ut most. two, or three,
or six men? Can feminine nature en-.
dure that she should know how an,
even smaller number of men conduct
that most difficult of affairs. the offer
of MARRIAGE? Students of Shakespeare
are likely be surprised when they
find that according to that great di-
viner of human nature. the first word
about marriage fell from the lips of
Juliet and Miranda--not from those Of
Romeo and Ferdinand. Was Shak.
spcarc right? What part do women
really play In that critical and exciting
moment? Alas! the answer to that
question lies still deeper in the mac.
cessible land of unsatisficd curiosity.
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Isn't this young mans age" bust.
ness being a bit Overdone? You can't
pick up Il newspaper that doesn't con.
tain some allusion to the achievements
Of the modern youth. while Roosevelt
and Emperor William have furnished
enough inspiration for young-man cd.
itorials to float battlcship. We have
forgotten history. Every age since the
dawn Of civilization has been the
young mans age. II was SO In the be-
ginning, and It will always he 30. II
IL the part of youth TO do things. Over
century ago Charles James Fox. ut
90 was Lord of the English Admiral.
~. He was dissOlutc and tricky. but
keen and able. His rival. william
Pitt. managed the office of Chancellor
Of the Exchequer ut % and was a Pre-
mier Of England at "a. Prince Ed.
ward. mt the nge of 10. fought mt the
battle Of Crecy. In 1916, and led the
English army to great victory mt "a.
At ID Mozart WINS director Of the Arch
bishop Of Salzburg's orchestra. re-
member that. you who marvel Mt the
youth Of Hoffman and Kubelik. Da-
vid. the shepherd boy, was a king Mt
Is. and james Watt made possible the
steam engine while boy. Rafael had
finished his masterpiece ut 33 ana Cor
tez was master of Mexico mt 30. Pat.
rick Henry was a leader ut 20. and
Schubert, he Of the beautiful melodies,
was In his grave ut 81. Napoleon. a
sclf.madc man. swept the Austrians
from Italy before he was 20. He had
his foot on EurOpe's neck while he
was still n young man. Alexander con.
quered Persia mt %. and Keats. the
hOstler's son. was singing sweet songs
ut 20. Burns had done his work ut
81 and Byron died at the age of 30.
There isn't any end TO the list. II
should encourage the young man Of to.
day. Fame and greatness have been
for those who would win them In oil
times. To-day there are more opportu.
mites than mt any time In the worlds
history. We haven't so many great
warriors. but our Napoleons are great
In the fields Of industry and the arts
of peace. and none the less truly great
II history shall have no page for them
and coming generations forget their
names.
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Publications that sedulously report
the dOings Of society as represented by
the rich bring the cheerful tidings that
invalidism and idleness have gone gu,
Of fashion. 1t is not good form. they
shy, for woman to be delicate" or
for n man to be without occupation.
Therefore he has ceased to decorate
the club windows, and she. having
taken up some outside interest BETTING
her renewed vigor, no longer sleeps
late. but Is ready TO begin the business
of the day sensonabiy. My lndy's ath.
leticism seems TO be reflected In the
fashions for 1903, II 1t did not even
shape them. High collars. tight sleeves
ana trailing street gowns have ''gone
out" and loose gloves and shoes are
worn. Perhaps 1t Is because she has
learned to care for her body that the
milliOnaIre's wife has revised the fash.
lon sOf dinncr-glving also. No modern
hostess thinks Of Offering twelve or If.
teen courses or serving six or eight
wines. Indeed, It Is asserted that so.
ciety continually grows more temper.
ate, and In one sense mt least this Is
true. for the dinner-table IL no longer
overloaded with silver or banked high
with flowers. Simplicity Is the law.
and simplicity tends towards temper.
ance. All these new fashions are In the
direction Of Improvement. So, above all,
Is the increasing tendency, noted by
society reporters, to frown upon gossip
as not being good FORM" Probably the
truth IL that It never was. but that II
hOurished because people had nothing
to do. When society took a notion to
no busy there was no time to talk
about Other peoples affairs, nor was
there inclination so to do. In some
more degenerate age society may recede
from this position. as II has receded In
the past. But although that rule Of con.
duct, not to be idle and not to gossip,
may cease to be good form, 1t will
never be anything but good sense.
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Horace Greeley's advice to 'gO West"
has been followed until the West Is
merged In the far East, and the young
man still goes on. DR.. ID. X. Pearsons,
the benefactOr OF Western colleges, re-
peats the advice with added details.
Get Western land" he said to young