Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-11

and try to make home as pleasant as
possible. q sensible judgc 1t would
have been easy for this magistrate to
unite the nuptial knot, relieve the hus-
band of marital responsibilities and let
the wife and children drift as best
they might. Most judges with plain
case like this would have granted the
decree. This judge saw chance to
save the family. He told the husband
he would give him a chance to be a
manly. self.sacrificing husband and
father. He showed the wife how she
might improve. But will the husband
follow the good advice? II lie Is a
real man-yes. If he Is not made of
the right stun he will fret and fume
IN the matrimonial harness until n cri.
sis Of some sort is again precipitated.
And the wife? II she Is a real woman
she will meet the efforts of the hus-
band to restore the harmony of the
home more than half way. II she Is
weak she will speedily discourage his
efforts. The Judge was right I'm think.
Ing the experiment was worth the ef.
fort.
Andrew Carnegie has denied with
great Indignation any insinuation in
London that he is a member of the
"smart set of New York and New.
port. Carnegie has been accused Of
almost everything in his time. but he
never before protested with such heat.
ed vigor And. as usual when he talks
warmly, he had something to say of
substantial good sense. "In America.
more than anywhere else" he said, ut
Is three generations from shlrtsleeves
to shirts)eeves.' There Is no single
fortune I'm America that Is
not being split up. Aristocracy cannot
exist without primogeniture and en-.
tail, and our laws know neither" This
earnest statement has all the more
force because Of the fact that Carne.
gle himself Is one of the finest exam.
pies the world has of the man who be.
gins In his shirtsleeves and ends with
more money than he knows what to
do with. Few Of our rich and really
fOrceful men began otherwise. The
whole list Of Americas multi.mlllion.
aires contains scarcely the name Of a
single man who did not start In life
comparatively poor. They began work
In their shirtsleeves, and 1t was the
work. with the strength Of aspiration
and the quickncss of intellect that
work promotes. which made them
masters. And there IL an even longer
list Of men who began life rich and
are ending It poor. 1t IL unwritten
but almost infallible law that the boy
pampered In wealth has poor chance
In the contest with the poor boy
whose mind and muscles have been
trained to toll. We talk about "class-
cs' In this country without knowing
the words meaning. We have social
grades. educational levels and ranks
of riches, but fixed classes, In society,
learning or wealth are absolutely i'm.
possible. The way up Is open to all.
and new men are constantly climb.
ing upward. while others. Weakened by
wealth, sink back to common service.
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II the world persists III Its persecu.
ton Of the jew he will eventually and
surely rule the world. PersecutiOn--as
In other cases-instead of crushing the
Hebrew race has raised 1t. In the
early years Of the Christian propagan.
ia Its votaries suffered bloody and
cruel persecution. And yet In 800
years that religion was enthroned trl.
umphant In the Roman government.
The blood of the martyrs became the
seed Of the church. You cannot kill
a great cause or great people by Op-
position. Under the persecution Of
more than 1900 years the Jew has
kept his racial vigor In a wonderful
way. The autonomy Of the race Is
one Of the marvels Of history. Sub.
iected to prescription ana injustice the
Jew has cultivated endurance and ten
acity. Discipline has but made him
strong. Like the oak tree he has
leaned against the storm and sent his
roots down deeper. No other people
has thus held its own. Nations and
tribes and tongues have been swal
lowed up by the stronger and tho
filter. Race after race has lost 1T
identity. merged into other types. Thu
Jew lives on, magnificent In his indl
viduality. To-day the scattered but vir
lie children of Israel are everywhere
In every nation the Jew Is poten
remnant. From Greenland's Icy noun
tains to midas coral strand you vii
find them-resourceful, strenuous, pow
erful. He has made every river hi
Jordan, every mountain top his Zion
every city his Jerusalem. More ant
more are the resources Of the wOrl'
coming into his hand. More and NOR
are the forces of civilization controlled
by him. His are already the marts
And slowly but surely will he gathe
the agencies that make and mold tn
worlds public sentiment. Foolish per
secutors! If you will but keep up You
racial hatred and remorseless perse
cutlon long enough the Jew will b
master Of the world.
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my dear Alphonse" and my dea
CASTOR" the polite Frenchmen of til
comic press, have recently become M
tional figures in America. The ma
who bows and steps aside to allo,
his friend to precede him is sure t
mantion nnn of thnm and thu frian