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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
FOR 4 GOOD COUNCIL.

In the coming spring election the
people will do we'll to bear in mind
that there are thlrty-fve aldermen To
be selected, and that in the hands of
the next council will be cOnfdcd bust
ness of the most vital Importance.
1t should be the care ana the duty of
every citizen Of Chicago TO scrutiniZc
carefully the list Of aIdcrmanic candl-
dates next spring and 10 20 to the
polls prepared to vote only for the very
best men.
While the election of a mayor will
he of paramount interest, the election
Of half of the city council, under pre-
yailing conditions Is of almost as
great Importance.
During the next two years the long
pending traction question, with all the
great interests which are involved In
IL, will have 10 be settled, the vast
subway scheme will probably be
launched, and must be conducted un-
der the supervision of the municipal
Legislators, the new charter with its
Increased powers ana new responsible
Ties will be in vogue; in word, the
fate of Greater Chicago will rest in
che hands OF the next council. None
but the best men should be put on
guard. To insure this the citizens Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
now CHICAGO DEALS WiTH CRIME.

Chicago Is receiving some criticism
because of her rigorous treatment of
robbers. The statute making highway
robbery punishable by life imprison.
ment has been rcsurrcctcd AMI in one
week nine hold-up men were sent over
the road for life. All right! 1t Is hu.
name and just to talk about reform
ing criminals. Every man who errs
and Is sorry, and wants to do better
should be given rs much opportunity
for reformation rs the welfare of so.
ciety can stand. But the man who
makes an assault for the purpose Of
gain Is ut heart detestable murderer.
He isn't an ordinary thug. lie Is pre-.
pared to Stay. Human life Is sacred.
1t Is a fact pretty well ground into
the brain Of every human being. The
man who waits In the dark armed with
Il bludgeOn ana Il revolver, keyed to
the point where he will kill In order
to gain your personal property, Is II
premcditated murderer. He knows
what he Is doing, and what he pro.
IpuStS W wv. Nv UiSO NIONS luVt
most cities II he can employ smart
attorney, one with II political pull pre-
ferred, and has enough money, or
friends who have money. he can either
escape entirely or get Off with short
sentence. That kind of man Is an
enemy of society. Decency fOrbids
electrocuting him unless he has taken
life, AMI so wisdom demands that he
disappear. not for a few months or Il
few years, but until he shall emerge
from behind the dark walls Of a prison
In his coffin. Reform him In his cell
II you will. Treat him humanely and
kindly. But keep him where he will
never again be tempted to raise his
murlerous hands against his kind
A look at the criminal statistics of
this country and perusal of the thou
sands of criminal tragedies reported In
the newspapers prove that the terror
Of the law does not appeal to those
who do wrong with the force II should
Certainly Chicago has done well.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
90 SLOW ON THIS.

\ proposition has been made to In
clude in the amendments to the new
charter one providing for change In
the method of electing the City Coun-
eli. 1t is proposed to reduce the num-
Der of Aldermen to twenty-five and
elect them from the city ut large.
There may he some merits In this prop
osltlon, but we are inclined to the
opinion that the objections will he
found to be more numerous and more
wcighty. For instance an Alderman
representing Il particular ward would
be more likely to know ana attend to
the wishes and needs of the people Of
that particular district than man
elected from the city ut large. There
are other arguments, we believe, which
could be advanced to show that the
charter reformcrs should go slow ON
this particular proposition.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
THE HOWE AS AN INSTITUTION,

Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman Is
again on the warpath. She is deter
mined, If possible, to realize the old
pat0nic form of socialism-to get the
women anl.chlldren out of the home
In her opinion there Is no place so bad
as home, be 1t ever SO humble or ever
so pretcntlOus. Mrs. Gilman both pit
les and blames women who work at
home. She pities them because they
are forced TO do fifty kinds of work at
home, whereas if they worked in some
shop or factory they would simply
have one thing to do from morning till
night. She blames them that they do
not get out of the home, better their
condition and do the one thing they
like to do best or for which they can
get the most money. Ii this brilliant
woman would know just how much
women prefer to work at home instead
of acting as employees outside let her
follow the returns from ~ advertise
mcnt in a daily newspaper Offering
women remuneratlye work that can be
done in their home. She would find n
hundred women to one in favor OF
this kind Of employment. Mrs. Gill
man would have no cooking done in
side the four walls Of the home Per-
haps she Is not fastidious. Perhaps
she has not lived at restaurants or fed
from bakeshops for any length Of time.
Those who have are truly grateful for
the simplest home cooking and prefer
it to the sloppy, greasy, ill-smelling
business" which Mrs. Gilman finds in
the home, but which others find in the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10

tons which shall lead to the box Of
flee and to the stage switchboard. Di-
agrams of all exits shall be printed in
programs. All exits shall have a sep.
arate lighting system. showing red
lights over the doors. inside. and bright
electrical lights to illuminate the exit
stair outside. Automatic fire alarm
systems shall communicate with the
fire department, and the automatic
sprlnklers. behind the curtain line.
shall also communicate automatically
with the department. Each theatcr
shall employ two or more firemen. de.
tailed by the department. who shall be
on duty during all performances. The
fircmen shall require a fire drill of the
house attaches at least twice week.
and no one fireman shall be detailed
Mt any thcatcr for more than two
weeks. Each theatcr license shall
state the exact seating capacity. and
no one shall be admitted TO the theatcr
nftpr these seats have been sold. All
theater lights shall he controlled by n
shutoif in the lobby. The building com
missioner. fire commissioner and chief
of police shall be in absolute control
of all thcaters. with inspections al
lowed at any time, and upon their roc.
concentration the mayor shall revoke
any license and close any thcatcr.
AislCs shall all lead directly to an
exit. without any turns or angles.
81 al 70 nxtt hal
be opened for every fifteen banks of
seats on the ground floor. and be-
tween every nine banks Of seats In
balcony or gallery. There shall be no
rise greater than eighteen inches be.
tween rows Of seats. and each row Of
seats shall have space Of two feet
ten inches from back to back. There
shall be no more than ten seats In
each row between aisles. No aisle
shall be less than two feet eight inches
wide at the stage end and three feet mt
the other, and there shall be no steps,
sudden rises or other distractions In
any aisle. All doors must swing out.
ward, all stairways must be always
lighted during performances, and the
floors shall be designated as main
Floor" First Gallery" and "SecOnd
Gallery" All exit stairs shall lead
directly to open spaces or inclosed pas.
sageways. protected by flreproOf walls
six inches thick. Existing buildings
may have these fireprOof passa geways
constructed within the walls Of the
audience rooms, but In future construc'
ton Of theaters all audience rooms
must adjoin ut least two public thor
oughfares, shall be surrounded on -four
sides by open passages or Enclosed fire.
proof passageways leading direct to
the streets. No audience room now ex'
listing shall have its lowest bank OF
seats more than twelve feet above the
street level. unless the building shall be
freproof, and In all future construction
the lower floor shall be on the street
level. Furthermore. all theaters to be
constructed in future shall be absolute
ly fireproof in every particular OF 1T
construction.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
OLIVER n. HORTON,
Famous Judge and Popular Lawyer,

every ward should take an active part
In the selection of Aldermanic candi-
dates next spring. A good deal of
the blame for the bad City Councils
which did 50 much to injure Chicago
In the old days was due to the care
lcssness and Indifference of the citi-
zcns themselves. They did not go to
the primaries. and then they complain
cd of Chicago's hard lot when worth
less Aldcrmanic timber wat presented
to them to select from on election day!
II the people take Il hand in the SO.
lection of Alicrmanic candidates next
spring. and then vote on election day
for the best men. irrespective of party
Chicago will have II good City Council
at great crisis in its history.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
ENFORCE HE THEATER LAW.

How many theaters in Chicago are
living up to the law?
Just look over the ordinance and
then over the theaters and see what a
difference there Is.
Stripped OF its verbiage and le-
gal details, the new ordinance, in its
twenty-siX sections, provides: That
all theaters must be equipped with an
automatic water sprinkling system
over the stage, supplied from tank
not less than twenty feet higher than
the building; the sprinklcrs to be in
stalled over the stage, under the stage,
in the paint and property rooms, and
other locations back of the curtain,
Stand pipes, for hose connection, sup
piled with water from the tank above
the building; pumps, cNtlngulshers, fire
hoops and axes, and other fire fight
ing appliances shall be installed upon
the stage, subject to approx Il the
fire marshal, There shall be n solid
brick proscenium wall separating the
stage from the auditorium. and all
prOscenium openings shall be covered
by steel curtain, which shall be in
use during the performances as act
drops or scene curtains, Iron doors
shall be used for all passages from
the auditorium to the stage. All stage
framing, fly lofts, stage galleries, etc,
shall be Of iron. All woodwork and
scenery must be coated with some Are.
proof solution. Outer doors leading
to the stage must be vestibuled to pre-.
vent direct draughts. Adequate vents,
70 carry off smoke or fire, shall be con-
structed In the roof above the stage,
to be operated by electrical connec.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
GOOD MOVE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD

The Chicago Board Of Education has
made good move in appointing II
committee on school legislation in the
new charter, TO check possible uslrpa-
ton of the powers and duties OF the
board ana to work for needed school
legislation. The committee Is com
posed of President Mark and Trustees
StolZ, Thorp, FetZer, Organ and
White and Superintendent Cooley.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10

times. There Is too freqpent repetl.
ton of names In different States,
which causes great Inconvenience
aside from the wearisOme mOnOtOny.
There II the disposition for elegant.
h.sOunding names regardless Of
their fitness. and In some cases there
IL the tendency to return to more anti
Iuatcd forms. "ltOnd" now Is aristO.
cratic where formerly "street" and
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10

dents, senators and members of the
counties and towns. The tie with the
old world was severed. or rather
America was asserting herself AMI her
individuality as worthy of rccogni-
ton.
Doubtless without being conscious
Of It names are given to localities to-.
day which Indicate the spirit of the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10

deceivlng. they refuse to 20. They
still remain to reveal the former pre-
tension. tastes and characteristics OF
the people who gave them. The city
or town or street hOnOred with u real
ly good name, appropriate In all re-
spects. reflects great credit on the hon
est persons who gave It, Good names
are about rs hard to find as they are
hard to earn.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10

then avenue" were the distinguished
terms. Terrace" is affected even
where the word has not the slightest
application. II carries evidence of ig-
norance AMI pretension and is well
adapted to the kind of insinccrity NOW
In vogue. Names tell fearful truths
which they were not intended to con-
vey, and. easy as it would seem to
change them when found ill-htting or
New-York tribune., 1904-08-07
NAT GOODWIN'S HUMANE WAY

NNTHEN Nat Goodwin, the actor, was III
Wv St Louis last spring he found himself
hungry one morning after the performance
IL was too late and too early To get anything
To eat from the hotel lardcr, and the clerk
directed him to an Ohve-st., all-nght res
tauTant.
Goodwin, in the face of a more prosperous
diet. has retained a passion for apple-pie.
and when he had climbed upon stoo. IN the
refcctorv he asked for a slab OF his favorlte
pastry and proceeded to devour IL
His content was great ne put the luIcy
CONNECTION away; but OF Il sudden hs express
SION turned to one of startled dismay. lie
stopped chewing and his features were con-
vulsed for a moment as he put his fingers to
his hps and removed bullet.
Sternlv he summoned the waiter, and IN
tone OF delicate sarcasm addressed hIm thus:
All, see that YOU shoot your pies IN
st Louis. | consider that particularly
brutal way to Kill pie.
The startled waiter summoned the man.
ager
Now. the humane way - kill pie
continued Goodwin. rs first To Chloroiorm
IT, then sever its lugular VEN have
4 friend who Is head plc-kncr IN Arnours
pAchlng-housc IN Chicago He advocates the
Ak Other authorities contend that the
proper way to kill PIE is 70 hang 1t up by
the heels. cut ITS throat and let the luce run
out Never let me hear of Your killing an
auul,-uie with bullets again That's the way
t. XIII ducks. Not pies
That's not bullet s,il the manager.
1T, ID piece ot solder that dropped INTO the
can We make our pies of canned fruit
Wurs, still sad Goodwin Its not
union PIE and as "a member Of the Am1lga-
mated pic-B,tcrs protest against anything
lcluu canned
New-York tribune., 1904-08-07
A ChEss-PLAYNG A6 RAJ

A DNIRAL CHARLES T. t-.-. IS, now !
N command of the Naval ..rus HON
IN Philadelphia, but known p. -le wor
IS the man who brought the n aroun,
the Horn and INTO action at sem go, IS sad
10 have received that APPOINT wh<
his fame now ~,sts because ss a good
chess-playeT THIS IS how i- ned:
Clark then a Captain, w.- ~an Fran
cisco IN command I'd the sunt, uningtonL
HIS f4vorItc rendezvous when bore wa
the social room oi the Nsr. Librarl
Club where he used 20 meet lest Of thl
chess-plavers san Franci~-a TO show
usually beating them badly. re neya
was q penny IT stake. but thc IN plavei
Is # he stood % WIN or lose -sne Hi
whole mind and soul went Int play
When the time came o. ~... a man q
guide the Oregon On that hu-~ md mos
important homeward run. CHAR name VIC
rut forward Y e. TREND in t.e -Jment
Washington. who had seen -..e of thos
struggle over the chess l,a- and ha'
noted ta4t t-4t N clark o.: j, thoroughll
wL4tever he ~ct out 70 4ycowI
You should see that ~.u LAY chess
sad he. and ac went On to de~cr. his intens,
aruE,~t1or and determination. .'!Ing IN,
that's wlv ! t1-uk he can tr,r the battl'
ship ground safely Il anyone can.
Three hours later CIar5 had re. -d order
70 take command q The Ores,a nd brini
her ~ once 20 Cuban waters
New-York tribune., 1904-08-07

Ny Cousin Reggie what Was born d
Same wear aS me ne SAYS
Tn citv's lest tn place I live,
But when tn summer DAYS
Come round YOU bet he's glad L pack
His httlc trunk with clothes.
IN come down ON tn farm an stay
Awhile with me an Nose
There never was city dog
What's half aS smart d> Nose.
lest mention >wimmin' hole him,
An up ne gifts an goes
An city dogs kin do Is ride
y kcrrdgc round tn park,
An ~it up ON tn ladies laps,
An vag their tails, an bark
But Mosc KIN fetch tn cows. an dig
y grounding out, an shake
Tn hghtin out of him, an dive
Fer stones, an Kill a snake
TIL only thing that Nose can't do
lie $ lest Sc smart an strong
Is bear / see me start away,
An HIM not come along.
An Reggie says they have a church.
Oh icrgit how high
But wat'l he sees our poplar trees.
A-suckin IN tn sky
Church stccplcs don't have blossoms ON
Nor leavcs-thcy wouldn't smt
y fcllcr with an appetite
Fer robin eggs an fruit.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-07
CUT IT DOWN TO A SICK

CONGRESSMAN STEPHENSON toll tins
- one
Willie Ntn-on while editor 81 paper 1T
Ashland WISCONSIN, tel u love with the
pretty stcpdaughter oi the publisher The
old man tired in vain a. get ud ot St'n-en,
and finally discharged HIM NtInson went To
Milwaukee and worked there for about three
months The Young woman explained to al
friends that the engagement WIS dissolved.
Finally Sun>on went back To Ashland 10y
country road on horseback He drove 20 the
Congregational Church. where the pretty step
daughter Of the publisher met hun. She was
surrounded by numerous gIrl friends Ntnson
had been recognized by several people as he
rode to the church, and he w4s hurry 10
have the ceremony performed
Do You want the complete service IN
Oulrcd the minister
cut IT down 70 a stick rcphc,I Sun>on
in printers English. The preacher was
amazed; but he understood, and soon the
knot was tied.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-07
THE BEAUTY QUEST
By Marie Rue

Tn ,1nnv all gggle when Mildred Goodnight
Tins, that be hours She hight;
For ardent beauty culture IS MiIlrcds present fad,
md very Jealous She drives her parents mad
cache evening rather early up her she hes
And oor securely fear of
Her hair She brushes brads and scents
And then proceeds doctor her fatiless Ineanents,
Into her pretty eyes she mops some mystic lotion
down her lovely throat she pours beauty potion
And then, DER boiling her face proceeds To steam
And on her fine complexion she rub gooey cream
Next come her caistrenics which take about an hour
These rd and wild gyraions supposedly have power
small smaller, and plump her plump throat
For fairness for thnness they are the antl tc.
Then brush her eyebrows and coespiniz her
thinks she has all Of beauty
These stunts done, thankful her bed creep,
Forgetting absolutely the need IF beauty sleep
New-York tribune., 1904-08-07
My Cousin From the City
By Coll
By Aloysius Coll

An Reggie always talkIu hu't
TIL crowds what's ON IN street
I'll take him down III marshes where
Tn rcd-wingcd blackbirds mc,c.
When they GIT scared, an rise above
Ills head, Jest like cloud
I'll het he'll change his mind about
Tn city an the crowd,
He told me bout the fountains there
Why. YOU can't drop a hook
Without some big policeman comes
An gives You ScCh a look
No wonder Cousin Reggie don't
Know how [ kctch a fish
TIL only time he ever sees
y trout ITS ON III dish,
don't STE why he always SAYS
TIL city Is III best.
He never gits [ hunt fer nuts,
Or tind a robins nest
lest think He never gifts Z build
y liam across Il brook,
Or lig fer wrigglin' auglewormS,
An string EN- ON a hook
| ,lo believe he's lust too proud
T. say what he'd do
If he could STAY IN town. ur come
An live with me-jon't vou'
Cause now he's mighty glad t pack
His little trunk with clothes.
An come down ON tn farm, an stay
Awhile with me an Nose.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-07
STRANGE THINGS IN THE MAILS

\hJE find some strange things in the mas -
w SAID railway mail clerk who WAS
visiting a friend in the cloak-room.
This morning found Il tramp IN my ear,
and delivered HIM 10 policeman, he had
no tag other address, and no postage had
been paid on him. We throwing out
mail at the Pennsy depot when | grabbed a
canvas bag too heavy to yank out.
On second view It proved To be tramp
who had hidden under the bags al Charlie
town expecting To steal "a ride to Ncw-Nork
IN that way
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oere @etriebseinitcIlun9en.
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