Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-03


:ery for the Circuit Court.
declaration of Christ that the sabbath
was made for man, not man for Sab.
bath. has been given a latitudinarian
Interpretation that allows not only ur.
gent and necessary duties to be per.
formed OH that day but tolerutes open
saloons, thcnters. ball games and other
kinds Of sports and amusements.
Spain Is about to abolish bull.fght.
Ing. No country in the civilized world
has changed 30 much In the last six
years as Spain. The effect Of the
prompt and pnequivOcal defeat admin.
istered to her navy by the United
States has been highly beneficial to
the nation. Her people no longer stand
against wall and whine. The loss Of
their colonies has proved an incentive
to the development Of the resources of
the peninsula. The lowering Of the
traditional Spanish pride has. induced
Inhabitants Of city and country to
work as never before since the Roman
invasion.
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A magazine writer says the church
Is I'm crying need Of business clergy.
men," lie explains that cOngregat lions
of which he knows have grown from
almost nothing to great size because of
the business ability Of the pastors
chosen to lead them. He thinks the
Influence Of the church will wune and
dwindle unless men fitted to deal with
administrative ana financial problems
enter the ministry In large numbers.
We do not remember ever having seen
the commercial trend Of the present
age better illustrated than In this ar.
ticle. Probably the writer would con.
slider great poet, q great scholar or u
great statesman n failure unless his
success were attcstcd by the number
OF his disciples or the size Of his bank
account. Business ability IL a good
thing to have. whatever ones calling.
but the need Of the church Is more true
spirituality In Its leadership.
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1t may always have been so, but 1t
Is especially true to-day, that this cOun.
try is producing higher type Of WON.
anhOod than Of manhood. In all our
towns ana cities there are more young
women whom you would welcome to
your hOmesNa daughters.in.law than
young men whom you would welcome
as sons.in.law. There are reasons why
this Is so, but there IL no excuse that
1t is SO. There IL nothing in the world
SO well worth looking after as the boy,
and there Is no human being In the
world so neglected. We have pro
vided little place, scant room for him.
He il welcome to the home as a baby
and he Is welcome as a man, but there
IL little welcome for him as a boy,
We chaperOn our girls and carefully
guard them against unworthy boys
but we leave the boy to choose for him
self his associates and his achieve
ments. We give him much sage nd
vice. perhaps, but little sympathetic
guidance. The lOneliest. most unlOved
human creature Is the boy. Girls are
naturally winsOme. gentle, companion
able. They win their way In homes
and hearts. But the boy. noisy, awk
ward; miscellaneous, Is invited into few
: homes and feels none too much a
home In his own. About the only doc
that swings with sure welcome to TIN
boys, about the only chair that Il
showed near the fire especially for tn
, boy, about the only place where he Il
) sure of cordial greeting-is where III
\ ought not to go. 1t Is one of the hard
, est things In the world to get hold o
a boy--to get u sure grip on him. !
Is hard to win the companiOnshlp, tn
faith and confidence of your boy. IL
, has almost occult powers of Observa
, ton and conclusion. You think yOl
| know him through IN occasional
c glance, but the chances are he know
/. you far better than you know him. IL
D is hungry for cOmpanionshlp and h
G will have 1t. You can't chain hin
!. away from 1t. He wants the com
l partnership of boys, and nothing vii
!, take its place. If the rhine Of selfish
i ness has SO incased your heart tina
Q the joys and hopes Of your boy canno
( enter into 1t, the boy is to be ptiet
: but so are you. Few fathers and son
: are more than fairly intimate acquainI
: ances. 1t is always the fathers faul
!. Herbert Spencer's antipathy to tn
general adoption Of the metric amount
ed almost to a mania. Saying what b
could against the system while he wa
= living. he made provision In his Wi
!. for publishing from time to time al
4 guments against 1t that would tend t
b prevent its general use. Numerous Ell
!. forts have been made in this countr
0 to have Congress authorize. either pal
n TALLY or exclusively. the weights an
8 measures Of the metric system az tn
j. standard weights and measures in tn
Q United States. At the present time