Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23

sco,irge of civilization. Is now known
to he the result. not of exposure or
failure of nutrition. as was formerly
supposed. but of the exact opposite
too much pampcring. The successful
remedy Is the open air. The cOnsump.
tive Is taken from his warm corner
where for centuries he has hugged u
heater AMI shrunk from draughts. and
put out into the coolest weather of
winter. day and night. and Kept there
until cured. And the results have been
marvellous. Hardship Is not the hard.
ship we are apt to imagine. In Il thou.
sand ways of seeking comfort ana in
diligence we separate ourselves from
the life giving forces of nature.
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"Thc navy will always be very cost.
~ for lis 10y comparison with the na. O..
tions of Europe. and particularly those
on the continent" remarked Secretary
Moody TO II friend not long ago. Some
OF the reasons for this plain fact de
serve attention. TO get its soldiers ana
sailors the United States goes into the
L. bor market Offering wages and con-
ditions which are expected TO compete
with those of farm and factory. Every
great European power, except the
British Empire, makes service in either
army or navy for II certain number of
years compulsory upon its subjects
Not to consider the value of the dis
cipline thus acquired. the time Is so
much subtractcd from their individual
lives. The continental power. besides
getting its men for wages which may
be quite accurately described as pin
money" Is able to prescribe more fru.
gal rations than would be attractive
here. The American service. in short.
costs more because Il Is entered into
voluntarily ny persons who expect to
live In something like ordinary Amer
lean conditions. Similarly, the cont.
mental power usually gets It's officers
''at bargain" but upon q system
which would not accord with American
theories. 1t makes high positions In
the military and naval service an
honor which the young men of rich
families greatly covet. and In many
cases makes the official salary 50 small
that only persons of private means
| could afford 10 accept commissions,
Our army and navy are otlicered by
men drawn from all classes of society
| Most Congressman throw the West
Point ana Annapolis cadetships open
to competitive examination. In which
| family influence cannot count. When
poor boys rise to be majors and com
nanders. they can look only to the gov
| crnmcnt for compensation suitable tt
their rank and station, and the govern
ment grants II. The greater cost IL thus
distributed over the whole taX-payint
public.
One day early III March Il school
house In Brooklyn took fire. Through
halls filled with smoke two thousand
pupils passed out In order under the
discipline which they had learned from
| frequent flre-drills. In three minutes
| all were In place of safety. Childrci
are benefited by tire-drills In two ways
Even IL they never encounter the dan
gerw of fire. they have mt least beer
| subjected To valuable training; and II
when they grow up they are ever In 4
fire like that in the lrOquOis Theatel
at Chicago. they will find themselves
| In a majority with others who have
been to the public schools. Then 1t Il
not too much to hope that the early
training will show itself In such disci
| pline and steadlncss rs will diminish
If not wholly check, panic.
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| A few weeks ago dispatches from
New Zealand brought reports of til,
return of the British steamship Discov
cry from the prolonged exploration Ol
the Antarctic continent, on which 81
much of the attention of geographer'
has been centercd in recent years. This
interest Is very slightly shared by thu
world at large. Antarctic exploration
never has appealed to the popular in
aginatlon as have the search for thu
| Northwest Passage and the attempts
TO reach the North Pole. Theoretically
the location of the South Pole should
be as interesting as that of the othel
hypothetical Extremity of the earth''
axis, but the whole matter Is one OF alb
struct science merely. In the north W.
have always before us the original con
ceptlOn that some daring vOyager ma!
find way across from ocean to ocean
but an Antarctic expedition would leat
nowhither. This barren, frozen CONT
nent lies in nobOdy's way. You mus
sail far out of all beaten paths t
reach 1t. and all that can be done whel
you get there Is to make a few addi
tions TO the map as drawn by thos'
who were there before. Nevertheless
the present interest of scientific mel
in Antarctic exploration Is very genu
| ina and rontaiu Scott 0pnpo rs tO In Y,