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

we Spcnu our lives eating Ut the luHcn
counter instead of dining at the club.
We're all folks" playing the same
kind of a game. only playing 1t on diff.
ferent scales. Now. how's your nerve?
Wealth. some one has said. Is like
salt water-.the more you drink the
more you want. The desire for the un
due accumulation of wealth may be
said to be an acquired appetite. Or,
to give Il still better definition, inor-
dinate craving and striving for money
is disease. a desire to make money
when money IL 10 longer necessary is
fever in the veins of Il man which
burns up all normal longings and legit-
innate ambitions and in the end de-
stroys its victims. Why should Il man
desire to gather together fifty millions.
or ten millions. or one million! Why
should he long for money he cannot use
any more than he should long for Il
| hundred loaves of bread or an entire
beef for Il single meal? Because his
taste has become Initiated. His desire
is abnormal and artificial. The habit
| of making money has become Il disease
and the man really needs treatment.
why not? The day will come when
| the money debauchcc will be treated
| for his ailmcnt. Not soon. II may be
thousand years before society can see
the necessity. But the day will come
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a New York woman who answered
Il get rich advertisement In Il family
| journal has complained to the postal
authorities that she was dcfrauded.
and requests that criminal proceed
ings be brought against the man whom
she alleges dcfraudcd her. The ques-
ton IL. Did the man offer any false
promises or Inducements. and did the
woman receive value received for her
money? 1t would appear as IL the an
swer must inevitably he in favor of
the man. The advertisement stated
that for twenty-siX cents, to defray the
cost of clerk hire, postage and neces-
sary expenses, certain manner in
which to get rich would be disclosed
to the patron. The New York woman
RENTED her twenty-six cents. by re.
turn of mail she received n cOmmuni.
cation advising her to earn money In
any legitimate manner and to save
money; riches were then guaranteed.
That was all there was to 1t, but the
woman was dissatisfied. She may pos
sibly admit she had two cents worth,
but the remaining twenty-four she de.
MES. The advice which was given,
however. Is surely worth twcnty.six
cents. If everyone who was Oh the
market for advice secured as sound
admonition as this there would be lit.
tie cause for complaint. Some people
are professional ambassadors and are
never satisfied. There may be other
ana possibly quicker manners of oh.
tanning riches. but there can surely
he no better advice for retaining them
We have known lawyers to charge $40
or more for advice not nearly rs good
as this, which costs only twenty six
cents.
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Has n tramp any rights? The Su
prcme Court of Iowa says he has. Il
says in effect that when this nOmadi,
individual IL unccremoniOusly tossed
from II moving train by an inconsidcr
ate conductor and injured he may re
cover damages from the railway cor
pOrntion. II seems that Joseph John
son. Il gentleman of leisure and of per
! ipatctic habit. was forcibly elected
from Il moving train for insisting upol
riding without paying his fare. IL,
sustained injuries ana brought sui
against the road for damages. I'll,
lower court of POttawattumic Count,
held that Il tramp had no rights an,
that the tralnman was justified II
throwing him from the train. no mat
ter what the results might he. a new
trial was granted and Il favorable dc
cision rendered. and upon taking tn
case to the Supreme Court this las
decision was sustained, giving tn
tramp complainant judgment for IN
, jurics sustained. 1t has been popularl.
: supposed that Il tramp, belonging as h
/ does to the lilly" classification whicl
originated with King Solomon, has N
, rights which anyone Is bound to re-
, spect. The admOnitiOn conveyed In tn
! Iowa decision is that the tramp mus
be handled gently. II you toss hin
from II moving train you must do II II
such n way as not to injure him. II h
! comes to the back door to make In
roads upon the family larder the bull
dog must be tightly chained. Aroun'
; his precious. gOOd.for.nOthing person 1
! the protecting arm of the court. Tn
. decision opens up great field Of OF
. pOrtunity for sagacious tramps.
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a big national bank In Chicago Ina
served notice that "employes Of thi
bank receiving salary Of less thai
81, 600 year must not marry withou
first consulting the bank officials ant
: obtaining their approval" officials O
the institution explain with the state
}. ment that It is foolish for man (
attempt In Chicago to support wife
to say nothing Of u family of children
OH less than the income named. Tn
soulful interest here shown by IN
bank officials In the welfare of thel
4 employees Is touchingly beautiful! Ye
q 1t might be pertinent-Or maybe impel
. tinent-to inquire as to what propOl
ton of Chicago families actually d
live on less than 81 OOO n voor In IN