Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-08-13

ten much Of his work. On the other
hand. to have hindered Pope from his
painstaking correction and revision
would have been to cheat the world Of
many of its household words. So II IL
the wise mother and the patient
daughter who accept the great funda-'
mental fact that In character and abll.
ity there are diversitles Of gifts. Tho
hen. the sOng.sparrOw and the eagle
each has It's place In the economy Of
nature. hut any one of them would he
a sad failure In the role of the others.
\ college graduate writes com.
plant Of the public taste and bewails
his fate because Of 1t. He says he has
spent eight years In preparation since
he left the public schools but 10 one
Is seeking his services. His only chance
Is to begin as a day laborer or us II
clerk. At the same time he knows n
young man who quit the common
schools In the sixth grade who makes
so day by diving twice daily from
the top of sixty foot ladder into u
tank. Sure. The public is not inter.
ested In the cOlleglan's plant. A pOr.
ton of tits quite willing to pay Its mon.
ey to see high diver risk his neck
1t seeks to be thrilled and pays accord.
ingly. The college man ought to learn
from the diver this lesson: The world
Of to-day Is asking young men not.
what do you know! but. what can you
do? The diver can do something. He
does his stunt and gets his $40. The
collegian cannot. do 1t and therefore
cannot get the $40. Moreover, this
diver can do his job better than any.
one else And the world requires that
Of the successful man. And just here
Is where the college training comes In.
Presumably It sharpens mans mind
so that he can do things better than the
man whose mind Is not sharpened. Let
this college graduate begin at the bot.
tom where all must begln-day labor
or clerking. or what not. His 80 a
day will come to him when he can do
something better than any other. When
he learns to manage better or write
better or speak better than his fellows
he will get his price. But II he scOrns
to begin ut the bottom he will never
catch up with the diver and his $40 q
day.
An economic condition that compeis
a single child to toll for Its daily bread
liz deplorable. Human sensibility II
touched by the thought Of children OF
tender years being consigned to indus
trial bondage In land Of plenty. II
the sivht OF few score children toll
Ing In q factory ar0uses the humane
impulse and evOkes vigorous protest
what shall we say Of an army Of l.,
75O. l7S juvenile toilers, all compelled
to work for a living. This In the mum
Der Of children now working for theil
daily bread In the United States. &C
cOrding to q special report OF the cen
sus bureau. They form more than
per cent Of the total number Of work
ers In this country. the boys outnum
herring the girls three to one. Whe'
1t IL remembered that children ar
} largely employed In the more menia
, forms Of unskilled labor 1t will he seeI
that they are much more apt to be eX
, posed to unsanitary and unhealthf,l
, conditions than are the adults. The.
. are also less able to enforce demand
for more favorable conditions In tn
few instances where they are intelli
{ gent enough to see the necessity 70
I them. They constitute a helpless ant
pltiful army OF tOilers, poorly paid
: robbed of childhood and stunted Il
: physical, mental and moral develop
o ment--a reprOach to our civilization
: The figures showing wOmen's invasion
i of the business world. while dishearl
ening to those who are most familia
with the conditions that make bread
winners of them, may be contemplate
with more patience. According to tn
report IS per cent of all divorced won
en-, 30 per cent of the widowed ana
' per cent of the "s1ngle women" ar
pursuing gainful occupations. Tia
American married women are cOntr
= ing their energies to the management
of homes Is shown by the fact tina
= only q per cent of them are In the gall
y full pursuits.
J. Il have applied for position In
t dozen newspaper offices and half tina
d many stores" said the young man VIII
$ was standing at the desk. mo on
+ will listen to me. can't get heat
t ing. need work very badly. The hes
] have been able to get Is: We hav
Q nothing for you; gOod-mOrning.' II
Q discouraged" And here Is what tn
n man behind the desk said. 1t was no