Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-17
Much Talked Of for Mayor,

by Il spOrtsman's bullet Is likely ia
stir In him feeling of pity which
turns pleasure-seeking into mournfpl
self-accusation.
The country as whole IL experience.
Ing wholesome reaction against the
free and easy divorce system which
mas brought 30 much reprouch on
America. states IRE modifying the
laws which In SO many instances have
practically invited the filing OF peti.
tons. Courts. responding to the yen.
eral Impulse. are being more careful
against abusing the discretion lodged
III them--are more vigilant against col.
lusiOii-mOre insistent that proof shall
be complete. In social life there Is a
tendency to go back to the old opinion
which regarded divorce as a disgrace
and visited OblOquy on the divorced.
The pendulum which 80 long swung
one way Is now swinging the other.
No medical work Will be watched
with more general interest than that
OF the commission on acute respiratory
diseases. just organized In New York.
The members are among the most
trustworthy and noted doctors I'm
America. and their purpose. which In
the discovery Of means Of preventing
pneumonia, is Of grave Importance to
every one. The concentration Of med
ical attention upon consumption has re.
suited In the gathering Of more knowl.
edge about 1t In the last ten years than
had been collected In the preceding
fifty, ana knowledge has led to better
methods Of prevention. better treat.
ment and more cures. Vital statistics
Of all the large cities show that pneu.
monia IA scOurge which must be re.
garded with equal dread and studied
with new persistence.
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The result of the tipping system is,
quite naturally and inevitably, that
those who pay fees get excellent sery.
Ice. while Others are neglected. It is,
indeed. hard to find any good defense
for the custom. however II il viewed.
1t Is undemOcratlc because =. draws n
line between the classes that can be
tipped ana those to whom a tip would
be an insult. 1t enables the rich. who
do not mind the change out of bill, TO
outbld the poor, who can not afford
more than an extra dime. 1t forces
the public to pay the employees of rail.
roads. hotels, steamships, ETC., as well
as servants In private families the
wages which should come from the
employer. 1t is a weil.known fact thar
wages are cut down In consideration
OF fees and the thrifty innkeeper mere.
~ lets his guests pay his servants.
We need line upon line and precept
upon precept rs to what constitutes
real success In life. Especially do we
need this In our dry when nearly
everything Is measured by dollars.
And we may start out by saying that
sOciety's standard IL wrOng-that the
meanest. least satisfacto
life Is the life devoted entirely to sue.
cessful money getting. Tho man whose
life Is given up to the small aims ami
small strivings Of accumula ting dollars
is to be pltied. He does not succeed
In life. He is the slave OF low ideals.
He makes himself hated through his
sclf-centered life. Such man Is NAL
because his neighbOr has more than
he. He works not because he needs
money, but to display that which mon.
~ buys. That is not life. II is Misery
spelled with big NJ. Yet the man
who devOtes himself entirely to such
n life Is called successful. 1t Is n lir
on the face Of 1t. Successful life ia
something full and wide and deep, no,
something narrow and shallow. 1t Is
within rather than outside.
10 really live one must know the story
OF humanity's strivings In the past;
must be In sympathetic touch with his
times; must be In harmony with self
ma God. One must have the wider
view. The successful man Is the man
VINO lives most, whose interests In life
are most vital. whose sympathies are
broadcast, whose charity Is widest,
who sees most, feels most, loves most,
enjoys most. Success along any other
line Is only successful failure. Any. |
hing less than this abundant, full life
nosts more than it comes to. Almost |
anyone can make living. Not every. |
me can make life. 1t is easy to pile
up dollars. 1t Is not so easy to keep
The dollars from becoming barrier to |
The glorious vision of real living.
Why should the law prescribe "the
Tuesday next after the first Monday |
n November" instead Of saying "the
irst Tuesday" Like many other
mail things. this provision introduces
IN interesting picture Of tho past. Al. |