Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-26

Il question which Bernard Shaw. tn.
writer. has brought into interesting
discussion. Shaw says that the idea |
that man is the cOnquering woOer Is
one of the absurd ideas that have
come down to us from the centuries.
Men believe 1t because It ministers to |
their vanity. They think themselves |
believe II because 1t helps them 10
carry on the pretty game. Shaw says
when u woman makes ~: her mind to |
marry a certain man that mans doom
Is sealed. Permitted to think he Is tn,
pursuer. he Is being pursued so ingeni-
Ously that he does not realize the fact
until he II In the tolls. And I'm most
cnses he never finds out the fact
While woman Is dragging her captive
at her chariot wheels the captive
thinks of himself as conqueror. lie II
shared In his own cOnceit. Rafford
Iykc In nn article in u recent maya
zine agrees with Shaw. and says the
picturing man rs the successful pur-
sucr. Men and brethren. are these
things true? Is It true that woman
spreads her net so cunningly that we
never know we are trapped? Are we
| invclgled. charmed. captured and do.
mcsticatcd under the impression that
we. Lords of Creation, have done this
thing? You that know, please tell us.
II would be more to the point. how
ever. II some bright woman. expert
cnced In Cupld's way, would tell III
| the truth. 1t II noted that the cham.
pions Of this new sex philosophy, thus
far. are men. Tell us the secret, y
woman.
~
| I'D like to preach u sermon on re-
spOnslve children" said the man who
makes chums of his dear ones. eve
always had a notion that pretty nearly
all the mean streaks In a boy were
caused by something his dad had or
had not done. and l don't believe In
original cnssedness any more than !
believe In infant damnatiOn. IL a boy
grows mp mean and selfish and snarly
/
to know all about his parents before ]
pass Judgment. When my boy hit the
piano such thump that he broke two
hammers do you suppose that came
home to find him hiding In the cellar.
scared to death Of the licking that was
coming his way? Not a bit Of It. He
looked me In the eyes like little man
ind confessed his fault ana promised
to try to think In future. He under.
stood me just as ! understand him,
and Wen be partners as long as God
let's us live. went over to buy his
winter outfit. His mother generally
does that, and You would have thought
we We're going to circus. he was 30
tickled to be with me. He skipped
along the street and whistled ana frOl.
licked and told me about what he
would do when he got big and went
to the store with his little boy; ana
sort Of swelled up as looked at his
brave young face. ana hoped that PEG.
pie would know that he was my boy.
He picked out his clothes. He knew
what he wanted. ana when the clerk
had him logged out In u blue coat with
big buttons ana stood up In front Of
the mirror he grinned 30 You could
almost see that smile from the rear
And then there were other fiXings and
II pair of nobby shoes, and while We
were waiting for my change boy snug
gled up to me and said, You're awful
good to me, papa. There amt u boy
on our street fixed up for winter SC
good rs me. Thank you for being s,
good And he meant it. That came
) right from the mans heart in the boys
body. And ! couldn't talk because
sort of choked up ahd thought of thu
many homes that might contain Joy
: ana happiness II parents only tried
} harder to understand their children
: I've had some pretty good times II
, my life, but ! never got more enjoy
ment for small expenditure than OF
e that store trip with my chum."
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There have been many scientists o
late who have called crime n diseas
ana said the guilty party should hi
sent to n physician or asylum and no
, TO Il Jail or prison. They held that {
. person whose bodily organs We're II
normal condition would not deviat
! from the right way and that 1t Is
shift there are any sins--tO punisl
. a person for a physical condition
which he could not help. Now, ther
: are those who go still farther and sa,
!, love Is a disease. The London Lancet
II conservative medical journal, has s
far admitted the possibility of 1t tina
. 1t has permitted the discussion of tn
y subject In its columns. 1t would seer
= as II there could be no question on tn
matter-that II there was ever any
thing normal, healthy and most d.
r sirable 1t Is love. Love is not only q
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