Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-05

is a strenuous cxertion. but the intel.
lectunl eXcrtion of getting away from
an established custom is more strcnu.
Gus still. at Is less trouble 20 do what
the others do as the Hindu said when
he started to make Il pilgrimage of
1000 miles on ibis hands and knees to
the temple of Gunga In Bcnares. 1t il
less trouble to take more trouble when
you are used to 1t. Sunday dinner Is
more trouble. but the change to an.
other routine would involve Il mental
operation, and perhaps n moral cxcr-
ton. SO ST. Sunday Dinner must sit
in his shrine full and hcavy.eyed for
many generations to come.
1t would be uiihcuit Tor the Tsar to
draft u law which would do so much
for the internal peace of Russia as has
been done by the birth of his son. The
direct line of succession is now as
surcd. and the iniirgues for favor with
the collateral heirs to the throne are
no longer attractive. The effect of the
removal of their obstructive plans from
the path of the Tsar ought soon to be
manifest in Il more harmonious govern.
mcnt. The need of an heir to the
throne was not so great in Italy MS IL
was In Russia. The problems of the
Italian government are simple In com.
parison with the Russian problems.
Yet the birth of u son to the Italian
king and queen makes government
more stable In the peninsula by accus-
toming the people to the thought of
rule by the infant Prince of Piedmont
as the successor of his father. In Italy
and In Russia the mothers Joy that
Il man Is born" is shared by the whole
people. Indeed. the birth of the man
child In the royal families of those
countries has increased the stability of
two thrones. and thereby made more
brilliant the prospect for continued Eu-
ropenn peace. The Tsaritsa and the
Queen each had daughters. but neither
IN Russia nor In Italy does II woman
succeed to the throne. The decree OF
1907. which still regulates the success
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erence to male over female heirs. Italy
Is still virtually under the Sandman
constitution Of 1913. which excludes fe
males from the throne.
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A grcnt deal Is said these days In
favor Of simplicity Of living. as II II
were one of the easiest matters when
IN fact. It Is exceedingly difficult. M.
loss one takes u negative view Of the
,,iuation. A person could live after
the Tolstoian pattern. deny himself
the decencics of modern civilization
and call this total abstinence from
comforts and convcniences simplicity
o: living. but 1t would he libel on
the phrase. Charles Wagner has sanrl
views on the subject and Is careful t.
say that "simple Is not synonym oi
ugly" Pastor Wagner has many char
acteristics of ThOreau. especially the
disposition to give up the less for what
seems to be the greater. the dlspos.
ton to get down to first principles, Il
give up fictitious needs and sto gel
hold of that which really makes lift
worth living. lie differs from Tho
reau In that his habits and enthusl
asms are sympathetic. broad ana In
elusive. What NJ. Wagner especial!
urges IL that one should get the hes
out of life, to secure the substance
| rather than the shadow of things. to re-
gard the home as of more Importance
| than society. to develop character ant
make man himself the object Of exist
| cncc instead Of Il fortune. The latte'
may be all right rs a means. but no
az an end TO nll this most pcopl'
would assent. hut the difficulty IL Il
get at simplicity In n positive way. l
Is a fact. as Emerson says, tina
things are In the saddle and rid
mankind hut to overthrow the ride
and be free IL not so easy as 1t seems
Yet the very completely and perplex
ity of life under present conditions
press on almost every individual! tn,
necessity of devislng some way o
escape from the tyranny Of things
The innumerable "convenlences of life
have become so oppressive and mol
crn invention has put so much within
easy reach of all mankind that
whether one will or not, the question
Is forced upon him how to be rid o
superhuitics. What are the things o
real value? What are essential Il
happiness and what are cumbersome
and In the way? Despite appearance
to the contrary. there Is the beginning
of n return to greater simplicity. Use
less decoration has not the hold In tn
parlOr II had ten years ago. Things 70
| things sake are not as much sOugh
after as formerly. Good taste Is ban
ishing the loud. the excessive, tn
meaningless. There is plenty Of room
for Improvement yet, but there ar
many hopeful signs Of better stat
of things when cumbersome baggage
useless impedimenta ana ugly decora
ton shall give place to the utility ant
beauty Of simplicity.
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Soldiers of The disappearing army,
rs the veterans of the Civil War hav
been termed. are dying at the rate q
100 every day, from sunrise to sun
rise. This pathetic showing Is mad
nv tho ana ut A rlv stn tonant nf tho DO,