Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-26

but indifferently. or fails altogether.
The most recent example of failure is
the breakup of the Republic of CO.
lombia. which occurred when the peO.
pie in the department of Panama dc.
cided that they would submit no long
or TO neglect by the central govern
ment. a neglect Of which the rejection
of the canal treaty was only the cu,-
minating incident The struggle Is still
going on I'm Austria.1fungary, where
two nations. differing in race, are try.
ing to live under one government. The |
empcror.king is able to keep his EN-
pire together only by making frequent
concessions to the Magyars. His con.
sent to the larger use Of the Hungarian |
language in the army was forced from |
him as the price of breaking the dead
lock which had left Hungary without |
q ministry for several months. Ger. |
many has similar problem, although |
the issue there Is the proper relation of |
the various states to the central gov.
crnment Bavaria has resented the in. |
reference Of the emperor in its local
affairs with so much vigor that the i'm.
perial chancellor has thought Il wise
to announce that the Kaiser does not
desire greater Capitalization Of author.
ity. The British Empire Is vast ncb.
ular mass. which Is to be held together
until IL sOlidifies into homogeneous
unit. Mr.. Chamberlain fears that It is
in danger Of flying to pieces unless the
force Of gravity, operating through
self.interest. can he made to bind the
colonies to the mother country. When
the United States annexed the Philip.
pines 1t annexed, along with them, tie
problem of hnrmonizing conflicting in.
| tcrests--the same with which other ma.
tons are struggling. 1t will give to
the officers in Washington many IN
anxious night before It is solved.
~6A
a Boston expert has been making
exhaustive researches into the home
life of hundreds of families in all parts
of the country. He wanted to know
how the average family spent their
income. lie found folks who ate them.
selves into poverty; others who starv.
I'd In order to dress; people who wnst.
cd hard.carned dollars. and one fact
that seems bigger than all the rest. Ac-
cor,ling to his figures the average fam.
fly of moderate means pays from 70
to % per cent of their gross income
to- the landlord. In other words, the
brcadwinncr works nearly or quite
ono. fourth Of his time for the privilege
of u roof TO cover his head. 1t il n
wonder that more young married men
10 not buy homes. They Gun do Il IL
they will. 1t only takes a little pluck,
Il little daring and some self-dcnial.
Modern methods of easy payments
have actually made 1t possible to pay
Tor Il home rs you now pay rent. a
home IL an anchor. A rented apart
ment can never be anything more than
Il temporary place Of abode. The ques.
ton of moving comes up often. The
man who owns home wants to i'm.
prove II. He has flowers und vines
and well-kept lawn. The sense Of
possession and ownership makes his
chest stick out bit. lie is an actual
part Of the city In which he lives. ana
he ana his wife and children IRE all
Interested In making It the city beau.
tiful. There IL another side to It. The
purchase OF u home IL almost all profit.
The head Of the family saves money
because he must save money or lose
his home. He applies dollars to the
n ortgnge that would otherwise have
been frittered away In manner that
even he couldn't account for. Money
relts more easily than snow In July.
He makes payments by cutting down
on luXurics, cigars. thcater tickets,
drinks, street car rides. etc. There Is
} more economy in the house. for often
} the wife saves better than the man.
And saving for home often brings
; husband ana wife closer together. That
Is II fact. Where two persons are fol-
; lowing the same idea ana are imbued
, with the same ambition there has to be
community Of interest ana sympathy.
! II you will talk this over with your
wife she will say: "That Is just what
: have been saying for years. We
: can own q home II we will make up
. our minds to do It," And she Is right.
II Is predicted that II our present
tendency Is followed we will reach the
effOrtless age. Looks like 1t. We do
not do things for ourselves as our
fathers did. We press a button and
machinery does the rest. Every day
adds to the inventions for the simpll
ficatlOn Of life. Man has dominion. He
Ia using less ana less Of his physical
force ana that Of animals. He Is for
ever Harvesting new forces or old forces
In new way. And the end Of 1t? The
physical powers, by disuse, will finally
become practically useless. The body
will become mere brain pan. Man
will become like Mr.. Wells Martians-
simply directing will power. The
effect on character? Character il moral
fiber built up by resistance. Obstacles
are means Of grace. And upon hap.
piness? Satisfaction comes through
accomplishment. TO overcome is Joy
A dull, machine-made existence would
be jOyless. There can he no happiness
without stimulus. All of which Is pes
: simistic. And Overdrawn. Man will
never give up bodily exercise. He dare
not. lie can have Il sound mind only
in sound body. II there Is no physi
cal work to hand he must invent some
Besides, having overcome material
things so that drudgery il no longer