Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-12-12


and engage his whole attention, and
he will not have time to whine. Get
the whine out of your voice or II will
stop the development and growth of
your body. Ii will narrow and shrink
your mind. 1t will drive away your
friends. 1t will make you unpopular.
There is nothing the matter with you.
Just quit your whining and go 10
work.
The human race Is u brave race. II
is proven by the fact that 1t continues
TO live. While 1t requires bravery to
die II requires more bravery to live.
And humanity Is so stout-heartcd 1t
fights the battle of life so long as II
can fight Occasionally a tired sick.
hearted one surrcndcrs. but he Is the
exception. Humanity Is brave. Men
and women daily face conflicts that
might well daunt the intrepid gods.
Think you because they go about with
smiling faces there are no tasks that
test all their fortitudc. 10 sorrows
that must he coura gcously borne? Hu-
manity Is grave. This woman faces
poverty and limitations. or anxiety. or
pain. strain on nerve or sympathy.
An archangel might well shuddcr TO
undertake the whole gamut of suffer.
ing that. comes with wifchood and
motherhood. And there Is no shrink.
ing. Woman dies and gives no sign.
Woman lives and smiles In the front Of
Fate! Humanity is brave. In this
strenuous life of ours the real men
and women sleep each night as the
soldier slceps---on the battlefield. And
rcvcille wakes cach martial mortal TO
daily battle. Some TO fight the good
fight with hands and some with brains
and some with hearts. Look about you.
Is 1t not true? You may even see
some who are fighting with broken
sword Yes. humanity is brave. But
1t needs to repeat daily the prayer of
Robert Louis Stevenson: "rhe day
returns and brings us the round of ir-
ritating concerns and duties. Help us
to play the man; help us to perform
them with laughter and kind faces:
let cheerfulness abound with industry.
Give us to go blithly on our business
all this day. bring Ms to our resting.
place weary and content and undis.
honored. and grant us In the end, the
spirit Of slccp-Amen."
THE groom was attlrcd I'm cOnvcn.
tional black."-News item. Same old
story. Black-conventional black. En-.
tire paragraphs are lit up with dcscrip.
tions of the color of the decorations.
the dresses of brides and bridesmaids.
bouquets. etc. The groom gets a line.
That's because mt this ana every other
wedding the groom Is a "mere man."
For weeks and days there has been
talk Of the brides trousseau. the man.
nor In which her hair shall be dress.
cd. lingerie. veil, bouquet and all the
etcetera. Who gives u thought to the
toilet Of the groom? His hair Will be
combed rs he combs II every day. The
collar he wears will be the same style
put on every morning. His trousers
Will have the same old crease. \ little
more expanse Of shirt bosom. No
color, mind you. A groom who would
dare to carry bouquet would be In.
cOntinently mobbed. lie Ii u study In
black and white. Aside from his
clothes all lie Is permitted to wear
Is a meek disposition and a doubtful
smile. And thus he IL led like Il sheep
to the slaughter and as u lamb before
his shearers he Is dumb. Nobody pays
any attention to him. Everybody nd.
mircs the bride. 1t IL necessary for
the wedding that he should he present.
He IL u supernumerary In that the
show cannot proceed without him.
He IL In the east but receives 10 ap.
plnuse. All. my brethren Here's
where many benedict has made his
mistake. He has been suppressed on
the very threshold of his matrimonial
career. Why wonder at the sequel?
~S\
Itisa commonly accepted saying that
unless man IL well along toward sue
cess before he Is forty years of age
he will never succeed. The statement
Is untrue. II Is too broad. The facts
are against it. A study Of the lives
of successful men will show that sue
cess comes to most men after rather
than before forty. Is 1t financial sue
cess? Who has made II great fortune
before he was forty? Or politics? Few
men get started In politics before
forty. The man who goes to the Uni.
ted States Senate ut the age of fifty
Is classed as II young senator" Or
merchandising? Or literature? Or
art? Or war? The facts are most
men ut the age of forty are just ready
for successful endeavor. They have
made mistakes. In that way they have
learned experience. They have dis
covered their limitations. They have
found where they belong. 1t Is not
necessary to quote instances. Life and
literature are full of them. Men have
distinguished themselves mt 4O 30. 60,
20 ana even at so years-seldOm be-
fore 10. Fortunate indeed Is he who
Is well on the way to success at 40.
Fully as fortunate he, though unsuc-
cessful, who mt forty has learned the
world and himself and has not lost
courage. Courage. That's the main
thing You can't keep brave man
down no matter what his age. He
may fall but he will rise. And some
day he will have his charmed circle