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

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acter of fiction. The readefsmay hate
the peculiarities. but he acknowledges
that the character who has them seems
a real woman. Beside her. the women
of well-proportioned virtues seem fiat
and vague. There Is. however, one
glorious exception to this rule. 1t IL
found. as we might expect. In the won
derful gallery of Shakespeare's crea.
tons. He mt least knew how to make
his good women observation-disclosures,
Beatrice. Rosalind, 1mogen, Miranda.
viola-each more enchanting than the
other, and each having her individual
grace. 1t Is perhaps subtle cOmpli-
ment to women that SO few of the
great imaginative writer's have sue
ceeded in depicting the ideal woman.
One may seek for her in vain among
the creations of many great novelists;
but when Il comes to looking for her
in real life. It is not hard to discover
that woman who Is good. gracious and
compassionate. and Mt the same time
amusing. intellectual and achieving.
| All Is well, Tor All is growing better.
have been round the world, and I
tell you there Is no place OH the sur.
face of this planet where you cannot
see that all Is growing better all the
time" That Is Mr.. Andrew Carnegie's
report from London on the state Of the
globe. A man worth hundreds of mil.
lions of dollars, who Is seeking enjoy.
ment In giving them away for the pur-
pose Of doing good, may naturally be
Expected 10 take q rosy view of things
in general, but allowing for that. and
for sore spots here and there. Mr.. Car.
negie Is right. The world Is growing
better all the time. There Is more
money ana the things that money will
buy than ever there was, and more
people get larger share Of both.
there Is more liberty than ever before.
The power and prestige Of kings and
mobiles, Of the privileged classes. Is
constantly declining. and the power Of
the people increasing. There are a
great many more republics than ex.
listed hundred years ago. An abso.
lutte monarch has become an anach.
ronism, and his solemn pretenslOns to
divine rlght-which once nobody
would have disputed-now excite ridi.
Guile.
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No provision of nature Is wiser or
more beneficient than that whereby
the terrOrs Of youth grow neutral or
amusing in the retrospect. The stone.
bruise. the bee.sting and the green.
apple collie are still tender memories
but not in the original sense. Speak
ing day" In school was one Of the
hardest of boyhood's crosses. II
caused our hearts to thump and our
knees to knock together, yet the
thought Of dropping 1t from the cal
endar would cause a pang to many
gray-haired boy whose son never
knew the fervor with which his father
used to address the Carthaglnians. The
solemn and time-hOnored occasion
seems to be in danger. Letters of pro.
test have appeared In the newspapers.
The men who write the letters doubt.
less had to take their turn as boys
at defamation. and II they were real
boys. hated It as cordially rs their
children hate 1t to-day. But-and II
Is a very large but-they know now
what the declarations were for. md
what they did. They see. II they
L r.x~ .,,n,, uc,, ,o,,an Ion a.,Wa ~ thai,
!, fellows. how useful Is the ability t.
get upon ones feet ana say what one
has to say simply ana effectively
They know, too. that the accomplish
ment IL rare. Speeches In town meet
ing. Mt alumni dinners. In fact. or
social and public occasions Of all kinds
how dull most Of them IRE. ana how
Ineffective! Yet the men who make
them. who drone along for drcary
half.hour because they do not know
how to stop. may be able ana interest
ling even racy and entertaining, talk
ers when off the platform and ut thell
ease. "Stage fright" Is all that all,
them. They have never been trained
} to face nm audience. Self.possessloI
leaves them when the need for 1t /,
J most urgent. and self-consciousnes,
!. takes It's place. 1t is just this train
Ing which speaking day helped to sup
, ply. The mimic 'Spartacus" learned
more than Roman history when h,
! harangued the imaginary gladlators
, patrick Henry" became familiar will
! more than American history when h,
, addressed his schOOlmates as tn,
I House Of Burgesses. "Beautifu
, SNOW" "BIngen on the Rhine" "Cur
! few" and all that lovely collection
, would any old boy or girl to-day spar,
> them from his memory? VIII an,
} permit such a good old custom a
. speaking day to pass unhOnOred ant
unwept? We hope not.
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The water.wheel seemed to be goln
!, out OF fashion twenty years ago. III
u steam engine could be set up an!
8 where. and that convenience NOR
:. than Offset the cost Of coal. Now
b marked revival In the use OF the water
II wheel Is everywhere observed. The IN
(. ventlOn Of devices for conveying cleo
Q. trical power considerable distance
II from the waterfalls which run the dy
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