Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-12

NeStiSe VI lreSu uIT lntO tnelT SieepIHE
apartments. Even on the question of
suitable clothing for protection against
the elements there Is no unnnimity of
opinion, some authorities saying that
wool is the proper material to keep
out the cold. while others contend
that the cold must not he kept
out, and that cotton admits just
the correct amount of fresh air.
Ernest Thompson Seton has settled the
fresh air question for his newborn
daughter In a way that compels one
to believe that an acquaintance with
wild animals ought to be one of the
requirements for child rearing. Ac-
cording to report. MIR. Seton Is to bring
up his child after the Indian fash
ion. In the open air. and Is to teach
her all the outdoor pursuits that lead
to hardness. The Indian ideal, Judged
from u physical standpoint. Is Il good
one. and II strong bodies are to he
obtained at the price of a little civiliza-
ton, who that has suffered from the
modern vice of coddling would not
pay what Is asked?
~
Little more than three years have
elapsed since Galveston was almost
wiped out by the terrible storm and
tidal wave of Sept 3. 1900. which de-
stroyed between five thousand and
seven thousand lives. and property
worth twenty-five million dollars. The
disaster was something which could
not have been fOreseen, and even II
forcsccn. could not have been nvcrted.
except so far as the loss of life IL con-
cerned. The trouble lay In I'll" sltua-
tiOn-the slight elevation of the city
above the SEA level and the absence Of
protection from gulf storms. 1mmedi-
ately after the catastrophe persons
who knew little of history predicted
that the city would never lie rebuilt:
that the survivors would seek place
on the neiglboring mainland ana there
found new Galveston. Instead of
that. they have been doing what peO.
pie In similar circumstances always do.
| They IRE restoring the old city AMI
| making II safe. The plun includes
the construction of Il great sen wall
seventeen feet high, to shut out the
waters Of the gulf even In the worst
| storms, and the raising Of the main
part Of the city--an area Of two square
miles--abOve the level Of the destroy.
Ing wave of 1000. While other cities
nre organizing golf and tennis and
whist clubs. Galveston Ia organizing
house. raising clubs" What this
Texas city IL doing IL only q new ex.
ample OF mans tenncity Of purpose In
| fighting nature when he finds her hos
| tile. Venice and much Of Holland
have been reclaimed from the seu. a
large part OF Boston Is made land"
London has wrested large tracts from
| the domination Of the Thames; New
Orleans has rescued many acres from
the cncrOachments of the Mississippi
and Lake IOntchnrtrnin. There II. IN.
deed, hardly a city In the world where
man has not had to fight some force
of nature In order to preserve the ad.
variages Of geographical position.
Such fight Is u character builder and
q developer.
Here's beautiful story Of 1.-THE
tribes of the wandering feet a band
OF weary Indians. driven by their foes
from place to place. finally crossed n
broad river and. setting up their tcpecs,
exclaimed: "Alabaamu." The mean.
Ing Of the word In the Indian tongue II
Here we rest" And thus state
was named. The sequel we know.
Where these aborigines expected to
find rest ana n home. they found only
enemies and the grave. SO Of us'all.
Humanity, driven hithcr ana you.
looks forward TO the day when 1t shall
cross the broad river of Trouble. ana,
setting up its pilgrim stan, say to 1t.
self Alabama! Here we rest" And
that day never comes. You say to
yourself, in the early days there must
be toll ana sacrifice until the foothOld
IL gained, until the business IL estub-
lishcd. until the income Is gained.
Later, you have passed that goal. Stili
you strive ana save. You discover
that the fOOthOld must be retained
the business doomed, the income In
creased to increasing needs. Place AMI
position secured, Il great effort must
be made to hold place and position.
There Is no Alabama In II strenuous
life. Or. you have said to yourself.
The children are small. There must bc
provision for them. Some day they will
grow up and leave the family, When
they are able to take care Of them
selves then u well-earned season of
rcposc shall be enjoyed. Well. The
children have grown up. You have
advanced the date of your day of rest.
The children must he educated. Toll
AMI economy Is necessary. When the
children are educated and married then
we Gan say to ourselves: Here we
rest Well. The children are cdu-
Gated. Now we must wait until they
are married. They are married. Then
they must he launched In business,
etc. etc. etc. Or, IL the children arc
taking care OF themselves there are
parents or dear friends, or the worthy
cause. And so we 20 on. shaving,
saving. walking the dusty highway,
bearing our burden upon us until some
day we drop 1t by the side of an open
grave. Is 1t not better so? We need
stimulus and incentive. Without some.
thing to live for ana work for AMI die
for, life would he an insipid ana dull