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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-06
Musr KEEP CONTRACTS.

What with civic federations, industrial commits
sions, manufacturers associations and other means
to arbitration in labor disputes, there was some
hope that peace between labor and capital would
finally be reached.
Two or three indications Of the past few weeks
have shown that the labor unions must apply some
discipline in order to preserve an. unbroken force in
solving the many problems which have been
brought up for consideration. If labor is to be con-
sidered as an entity, to be handled as a corporation
and treated as an equal by employers, it must have
stability, reliability and responsibility.
In Chicago, the Walters Union failed to keep
agreements. Contracts were broken. To-day, the
miners organization in the Novinger district refuses
to abide by the contract made by its representative
at the Chicago conference. The operators stand
ready to carry out their part Of the agreement
Properly enough, John Mitchell, president Of the
National Board Of the United Mine Workers, has
threatened to expel the Novinger miners from the
national organization. If his representative falls to
bring the striking miners to their senses the action
win follow Immediately.
II appears that an agitator, who has already done
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HOME, SWEET HOME

Decidedly, the stay-at-homes have the joke on
the wives and daughters and sisters whom they
meet at Union Station in these days Of autumnal
returns. The satisfaction of the st. Louis summer
has been OF a sort to the tales which the wan
derers can tell.
Gardens, the river, Creve Occur and baseball
have beaten the STIFFNESS of Pullmans, cramped
summer hotels and the artifciality of the resorts.
AS for the weather, is there an impartial citizen, be
he ever so cosmopolitan, who has passed through a
more delightful succession of days? A fortnight
would embrace every uncomfortable day Of the
season.
And above all else, the left-behinds have been at
home. The bath has always been ready, the linen
has not been in some strange nook, the meals have
been Of that regularity which makes for popularity,
strangers and their ways have not grated, there
has been no readjustment to suit times and oc-
casions and life has been one long delight.
Can any tourist say as much? Where is the re-
turned one who will admit that his pleasures have
been unmarried by the uncongenial companionships
and the shortcomings of material surroundings?
After all is said and done, isn't st. Bouis just a lit
tie the best and aren't the gadabouts glad to get
back to the hitching posts?
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ST. LOUIS NJ

The matter of the increase or decrease in the
number of homes is interesting many cities at pres
ent. In Chicago 1t has been noted that the citizens
fewer. The same is true of San Francisco and a
majority of the large centers. In New York space
is limited and homes are scarce. Philadelphia offers
an exception. The number of its homes. already.
large. is slowly Increasing. st. Louis may be said
TO be second to Philadelphia in homes, though flats
are constantly building here and the percentage Of
them is rapidly gaining upon the homes.
The fat as a domicile is a necessity and has
come to stay. The reasons are apparent and are
summed up in the two words-convenience and
economy. The fat is only Objectionable when it
trespasses upon the home. This it does, not always
do. In 81. Louis 1t may be said that a majority Of
the flats are homes, almost as much so as if they
were separate houses.
The gist of the matter lies in the kind of fats.
In Chicago. for instance, a wild enthusiasm for
apartment buildings was created. The result is
buildings containing tier upon tier Of fats, cheap flats
mostly. where hundreds live in cubby-holes like
pigeons. These buildings are nothing more nor less
than high-class tenements, though their identity is
hidden under the more pretentious name. That
nezrly all the citizens Of st. Louis continue to live In
Individual residences, and that those who must
have fats prefer smaller buildings In which are
fewer families to the building, Is an encouraging
sign. Strength Of character is intimately associated
with the home, and the home, as a distinct factor in
American life, should be preserved as far as is posi-
bic under the conditions in modern cities.
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though II be certain that what wa say
and do must largely influence our ma
terial happiness, yet, in ultimate analysis.
1t is only by means Of the spiritual organs
that even material happiness can Be fully
n permanently enjoyed
Hencs the p~reponderating importance
Of thought. But Of supreme Importance.
from the point Of view of the reception
we shall offer to the joys and sorrows Of
life. is the character. the frame Of mind,
the moral condition, that the things we
nave said and done and thought will w
created within us.
Here there is evidence OF admirable JUS
tice; n the intimate happiness that our
moral being derives from the constant
striving Of the mind an6 heart for good
becomes the more comprehensive when
we realize that this happiness is only the
surface Of the goodiy thought, or feeling,
that Is shining within our heart.
Here may we indeed find that inteln-
gent, moral bond between cause and effect
that we v vainly sought in the exter-
nal world; here, in moral matters, reign
ing over the good and evil tina are war
ring In the depths OF our consciousness.
we in truth discover a justice exactly
similar to the one which we could desire
to recognize in physical matters.
But whence do we derive this desire IL
not from h justice within US? and is
1t not because this justice Is so mighty
and active in our heart that we are re-
luctant to believe in its nonexistence in
the universe?
Copyright. 1903. by W. R. Hearst. Great
rights reserved.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-06
SCHOOL TEACHERS SHOULD DEVELOP
NOBLE QUALITIES OF THEIR PUPILS.

by their wonderful tact and knowledge Of
human nature
They made 1t a point to study every
child and then apply what they consid-
cred the best method to inspire each one
with ambition and to instfl in them a
love of study. They first taught them
how to study and how to apply them
selves during study hours.
They entered with genuine relish into
their sports during recreation hours. They
won the love of every pupil, the most re-
fractory being sometimes the most de-
voted and the soonest to succumb to the
Establishments of diplomatic teachers.
L once asked a youth who had been a
bad boy, but who was reformed by a
faithful teacher, and who subsequently be-
came a brilliant scholar and a splendid
man, how it was h a he was so attached
and so much Influenced by his teacher.
He replied: she first loved me so much
that 1 could not be brute enough to be
Indifferent to her affection for me and her
goodness to me. so I made up my mind
that IL l could be what she insisted I
could I would be man enough TO try, and
1 viii love her next to my mother as long
as I live. / owe everything I am or can
wv ASPt ~ bO 81 1AA1S AZ LH z
loved teacher"
It should be the ambition Of every
teacher to occupy just such a place In the
hearts Of those for whom she Is RESPONSE
Bile in the tender years Of their lives.
Teachers in the primaries have as much
to do with the laying Of the foundation Of
the character as they lave IN the laying
OF the foundation Of the scholarship Of
their pupils, every one Of whom Is destined
to NIL some place in the world.
Each Of them has a HES work before II,
and it is OF the utmost Importance that
they are not mistaught or wrongly I'M
pressed as to Hfe's duties
A well-trained mind and a weil-cuiti-
waited heart viii accomplish most In the
sphere in which their lot Is cast. and
teachers have as much to do with the
fitting OF their pupils morally as they have
with tutoring them In the mysteries Of
technical education
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-06
BY MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN.
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Written for the Sunday Republic.
AS graduates of normal schools nan
teachers enter upon their duties without
realizing that to be efficient in all the
branches Of the public school curriculum
is not all that Is required OF them to ft
them for the responsible position of educa-
tors.
This Is, of course, a very important
requisite. but in addition they should pass
a course of moral training, for no matter
how well educated they are, If their hearts
are not right they are not properly pre-
pared to undertake the discipline OF chill
dren and young people.
So man parents wholly neglect the
moral training of their children that they
are as ignorant of morals as they are of
ext books. and IL teachers fail to discover
the needs of their pupils In this direction
they will be unable to impress them with
the Importance Of the acquisition of
knowledge, or to inspire them with am
bition or desire for advancement In life.
Unless their intellects are backed by
high purposes and pure motives they Will
surely fail to develop noble qualities in
those under their tutorage.
A heartless teacher will have little gym
pathy with the children of misfortune; nor
can she understand in the least the heart
aches of her tender charges.
Neither will she appreciate the mental
weakness produced by physical exhaustion
and insufficient food and nourtshment of
the poor and needy.
It is impossible for children to master a
lesson when the pangs Of hunger and the
pains Of physical suffering are uppermost
in their minds.
If they cannot forget their Ills or have
them appeased in some way they cannot
concentrate their thoughts upon the diff
cult problems of the text books.
If children are burdened with the troub-
les that exist in their home and have no
sympathy they are naturally morose and
dull.
If they feel that their eachers are their
best friends n that they sympathize
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-06
BY MAURICE MAnrERL1NcK.

WRITTEN FOR Il SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
An image of that invisible and incor-
ruptible justice, which we have vainly
sought in the sky or the universe. reposes
in the depths of the moral life Of every
man..
And though its method of action be such
as to cause it to pass unperceived Of most
of our fellows, often indeed Of our own
consciousness, though all that It does be
hidden and intangible, 1t is none the less
profoundly human and profoundly real.
1t would seem to hear, to examine, al
that we say, n think, and strive for in
our exterior life; and II 1t find a little
sincerity beneath, a little earnest desire
for good. it viii transform these into NOR
al forces that shall extend and iIlumine
our inner life and help rs to better
thoughts, to better speech and sndeavor
in the time to come
II will not add to or take from our
wealth, it viii bring no immunity from
disease or from lightning, 1t will not pro-
long by one hour the life of the being we
but IL we a learned to reflect
and to love; #, in other words, heart n
brain have both done their duty, It will
establish in heart and brain a contentment
that, though perhaps stripped Of Illusion.
shall still b i~Hexhaustible and noble: it
will confer a dignity of existence, an in
telligence that shall suffice to sustain our
life after the loss Of our wealth. after the
stroke of disease or lightning has fallen.
the loved one has forever quilted our
arms.
A good thought or decd brings a reward
to our heart that it cannot. in the absence
OF a universal judge of nature. extend to
the things around. 1t endeayors to create
US the happiness it Is unable to
produce in our material life. Denied all
outlet, it fills our soul the more.
1t prepares the space that soon shall be
by u developing intellect, our
expanding peace and love. Helpless
against the laws OF nature, It Is all-power-
full over those that govern the happy
OF human consciousness. And
hat il true Of every stage of thought, Of
every class OF action.
A vast advance might seem 70 divide
the iaborer, who brings up. his children
honorably. lives his humble life and hon |
does the work that falls to his
from the man who ~steedfastIy per-
severes .n moral heroism: but each Of
these is acting and living on the same
plane as the other. and the sams loyal, |
,onsoifng region receives them both. And
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-06
HELP YOURSELF.

81 Sir Thomas Upton has ascertained the practical
adaptation OF Emerson's theory that ~self-help is the
best help. He has discovered a new significance In
the popular idea-which was correct until the Re
publican party inaugurated Imperialism, militarism
and trustism-that this is a Stree" country. The In
depreciation Of freedom forced upon the hospitable
and good-natured owner of the Shamrock accords
literally with the trust conception of making your.
self at home"
Report has 1t that Sir Thomas entertained several
parties royalty on the Erin and Instructed his
guests that they must feel as If the yacht was
theirs. They took him at his word. They not only
felt as If the Erin was theirs, but they behaved as
If they owned it; and not only as If they owned the
yacht, but as IL they held title to the chatteIs on
board, which the host did not say were theirs. A
statement has been circulated that. following the
departure of some guests valuable silverware was
missed.
Surely it is not stealth to aleh costly sflverware
ksr TO carry Off works of art or to port away under
coats and hidden in wraps articles of intrinsic or
Esxtrinsic value. That is neither q violation OF
morals, nor an onense against the code Of honor
z nor an infraction of the. law nor an act of ingrati-
Guide or discourtesy. 1t is one Of the noblest Of
: virtues, inasmuch as Sir Thomas was thereby con-
WINGED that he was not considered a host, but a phi
II all of his guests would help them
selves to treasures within arms reach, Sir Thomas
would obtain a more elevated opinion OF the high
Integrity Of a few OF the pretentious gentlemen and
3adies OF New York.
The more costly and the more cherished the ar
<ficles taken from the Erin the more elated Sir
sThomas should be. It shows that his guests thor
koughly and effectively appreciated his generosity,
although he may regret that they did not also take
Ahe yacht, which he had said was theirs. They
could have taken his neckties, watches, chains. pins,
rings and jswelry as souvenirs, md, Of course, he
would not have complained; not at 81. he would
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with them, they are eager to go to school
and will rise above their woes through
the kindness and cheering words of their
teachers.
A tactful teacher can often divert some
Of the good things of the fortunate to the
unfortunate among her pupils and there
by relieve their necessities.
She can anticipate the desires Of the
diffident md lead them out of their I'M
happy moods into cheerfulness and bright
ness without b%etraying her knowledge Of
the u~nhappiness of the helpless pupil.
Unfortunately for youth. teachers are
taken from the ranks of all kinds of peo-
pie.
In their selection more attention is paid
to their qualifications from a technical
standpoint than to their natural gifts of
head and heart.
Many of them, like their pupils, have
inherited ~propensities that 1t is hard for
them to overcome.
Some are nervous and inpatient; some
are selfish and ill-tempered. and only fol-
low the vocation of teacher because they
are obliged to do something for a living,
and are probably unable to secure more
ccngeniaI employment.
They do their work grudgingly and no
more Of it than they are obliged to do
in order to retain their situations.
They never think Of the despised duties
Of teacher from Friday night till Monday
morning. They do nothing to interest
their pupils nor maxi any effort to un-
derstand them individually, but apply the
same methods to every case.
They never try TO gain the affections of
the children confided to their care for six
or seven hours out Of the twenty-four.
nne are sometimes rude and
impatient. thereby in~timidating the timid
and irritating the proud-spirited-
Much of the friction in the schools Is
brought about by the clashing Of the dis
positions of the teachers and pupils.
On the other hand. some teacners are to
born. They have drifted into
their proper vocations. We nave seen men
and women who could get the very best
put Of every child under their tutorship
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RECENT COMMENT
Democracy and Fine Art.

DtmOCFMCy HHu N n
The Architectural Record.
Tho economic difficulties which under existing condi-
tons seem to forbid the popular acceptance of any but
extremely simple and stereotyped forms Of industrial
art, does not. as we have observed. stand in the way
of the popular appreciation of objects of fine art. OF
course. particular paintings of the rarest beauty may
be bought for private use, and may be enjoyed by no.
body but a few selected people for hundreds of years;
yet in the end, If Its beauty is distinguished and COM
pelling, it almost always reaches some museum, public
or private. wherein anybody who has the wish may
also have the chance to enjoy it. II most people prefer
bad painting to good painting, it is not because they
have been denied access to the latter. True, the good
painting is generally offered to them amid the bleak
and bald surroundings of a museum-in an emotional
atmosphere that is positively ascetic compared to the
lively and impressive associations witt which a Four
teenth Century altar piece in its original position was
charged; but the difficulty in this case at any rate is
not economic.
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OF vital Monens.

Society in New York is perturbed. disturbed and
generally unsettled over the question of dressing for
the opera-not opera In general, but the opera of "Par-
sifal," which Herr Conried Is to produce this season and
the performance Of which. because of its length, is to
begin at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. What is the cor
rect dress to wear at such a performance?
Fashion dictates that full dress only shall be worn
at the performance Of any opera; but fashion also die
tates that full dress cannot sbeaworn gbefors 8 p. m
Fashion has never had occasion to- provide for an opera
be made. ~
According to established rules. the correct dress
would be a Prince Albert costume to wear to the opera,
to be succeeded by a full dress suit as soon as the
vious reasons. One costume only can be worn. and
what shall that costume befr.
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You couldn't persuade her b she
couldn't reform a drunkard or inspire q
lazy man to work any more than you
could convince q lunatic that he couldn't
fly or jump over the Brooklyn bridge.
These are common forms Of mental alb
GRAFTON. as is also the suicidal manis
that many of h poor things have who
get possessed with the idea that they can
live on love alone.
In the milder cases the girl moons
around the house. and lets the bread burn
when she undertakes to learn how to
cook while she thinks about the adored
one; she gathers up all his cigar stubs.
as il they were sacred relics, u ties
blue ribbons upon them, and hangs them
around her dressing table and she wakes
her father up In the middle Of the night
to ask him II he thinks that a big, six
foot golf player could have gotten lost
and persisted on his way home.
In view Of all these idosyncrasieu, it Is
not perhaps remarkable that a girl In
love, particularly one that was In love
with the wrong man. should have been
accused Of being crazy; but IL love
among women Is insanity, who could wish
them sane?
1t is the hallucination that the man
she loves is the handsomest. the wisest,
the wittiest thing that ever happened, and
that she has simply snatched him away
from every other woman, that n this
dull old world into an Eden for every
girl who is in love-
1t Is the illusion that her husband In
the greatest hnancier, the most brilliant
writer, the most alented artist hat ever
hat keeps the wife satisfied with
her lot. happy In the harmless delusion
that she has married the King and Is Q
Queen.
Love a madness7 Yes; but IL women in
love are insane. may they never recover
their reason.
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-06
BY DOROTHY DIX.

.-r Oh OlA
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
h are we coming to when a young
woman is actually arrested and tried for
lunacy simply because she is in lover
Yet such has been the sad experience Of
a Cincinnati girl who became enamored Of
a man. and instead of letting concealment
prey upon her damask cheek, after the
manner Of the lackadaisical maidens OF
the past, boldly went to the object Of her
affections nj told her love.
Unfortunately he did not reciprocate her
tender sentiments. and when she eontin-
ued to pursue him with burning love mis-
sives be a her arrested on a writ OF
lunacy. Happily, q romano was justified,
for the Judge, sitting in Cupid's court, as
well as the court of law, upheld the sanity
of love, and declared that while It might
be indiscreet for q woman to make love
to a man, It was no sign Of mental aber-
ration.
The question thus raised as to whether
love is a sign of insanity In women Is a
most interesting one, for no n can deny
that when a mi is in love h acts
crazy:
How else. except On the theory that she
is temporarily non compos mentis. can
you explain the fact that an intelligent
girl, who has taken a college education,
can spend hours at a stretch asking a
husky fellow. ZOOS ducky is oo?' and lis
ten to driveling idiocy from a man who
is old enough to know betterf
What else. pray, except being possessed
Of q monomania that clouds her percep-
lions at the time. makes q woman see a
hero Of romance and an Apollo Belvidere
in a perfectly commonplace man with q
runty figure and a bald head?
A gentleman who travels relates that
not long ago he could not avoid overhear-
ing a cooling conversation that issued from
the d~rawing-room Of the Pullman, and
which was apparently occupied by a
bridal couple,
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IF TRUE LOVE IS MADNESS, Then
1T is BEST FOR US TO BE MAD.

/ Ever n anon, as the train stopped at
sued, a high-pitched feminine voice would
he heard saying: "Oo's too handsome to
live. I believe I'll till 90. 90 has no
wight to be SO handsome"
Expectation and desire to see this mar
vel of manly beauty became rife through
out the car. and at last the paragon came
strutting down the aisle-a little sawed
OF. pale-eyed creature with rudimentary
eyebrows and carroty hair, with no
claim to good ook except in q woman's
partial eyes.
Probably IL q jury had been impaneled
h and there to Try that woman she
would have been clapped into the incura-
BILE ward forthwith. but she wasn't in
sane. She was only In love.
What else. either, except that they have
taken leave Of their senses, makes girls
write the fool love letters they do?
One would think that after spending six
or seven solid hours discussing with q
man the strange phenomenon that they
two were the only people who had ever
really, truly, unaiterably loved since the
beginning OF the world, a girl would be
glad &c forget 1t for awhile and rest her
mind by thinking of something else. But
not SO.
No sooner does the front door close on
Augustus Adolphus than she thinks of
something real sweet and soft and mushy
that she didn't say to him, and that
she has an imperative need of saying
worse luck-on paper.
This takes about twenty-four sheets. and
by the time she is through she has used
up thes whole visible supply Of epithets
OF endearment and Invented a few new
ones: n she ought to be In a strait
jacket. If she isn't.
Nor is this all. A girl who Is In love
really-who is hard hit for keeps-no mat
ter how rational and practical she may
be on other subjects. is simply dany on
that.