The Washington times., 1904-04-10

the country TO advertise his vagaries,
but each goes where he can the more
easily reach the many. There also are
the constantly increasing crowds who
seek city life under the hope OF acQuir-
ing newspaper notoriety. position in life
or riches. They are the guIlible ones.
members of Barnum's humbugged
branch of the human family.
Chicago. in respect TO both classes.
has been conspicuous. Here were the
Free Love cranks. who would destroy
marriage and the home. and here came
the leader of the modern Zion.
Ancient and Modern Elijah.
The ANCIENT Elijah went out in the
solitudes by the brook, Cherith. and was
fed by winged couriers OF the air, but
the modern Elijah seeks the great city
there to be supported by blpeds clothed
in pantaloons and skirts, and having
every attribute OF men and women save
common sense.
Every swindling corporation, every
get-rich-Quick concern. makes its head
quarters in the city. What do they VINO
are engaged in such schemes. whether
as crank. fanatic, or swindler, care
about about the requirements Of the
law. and how Indifferent are the ones
guIible enough to be caught by such
schemes 10 the regulations which expert
ence has shown necessary TO protect the
uEwary against the wiles Of the de-
signing?
The Rapidity of Life.
Another thing which is also potential
Is the rapidity with which life is lived
in a city Its people are in hurry.
There is a constant pressure to do some
thing and to do it at once. Time with
them flies at marvellous speed, and in
their haste they feel that they cannot
stop TO obey the Ito them trivial regu-
lauons which are needed to preserve the
general peace and order.
Their measurement OF time Is Illus
trated by a story of a prominent Kan
sas politician. One March he sold a
horse to a farmer. wsrranting him to be
only five years old. The farmer after
ward ascertained that he was fourteen
years old. He failed to see the vendor
until the following July, and then up
braided him for selling a fourteen-year-
old horse as only five years old. The
politician. looking at him benignantly,
said, rs that so? Is that horse which
was five years old last March fourteen
years ole now? My! how time does fiy!'
Accompanying the rapidity Of living
is the changed manner Of life. The
ma rvelous inventions have revolution
lied all our ways. From striking fiints
to matches. from horseback TO autOmO-
bile from bus TO elevated railroad, from
messenger and letter to telephone and
telegraph with or without wire. New
curriculums have taken the place OF the
old-fashioned courses OF education. King
James version is superseded by the
Wonans Bible. St. Paul has given way
TO St. Anthony. Methods Of doing BUSH
ness are new. Mergers. combinations.
are in order. Strangely enough, in the
days of trusts we cannot trust ourselves
to hold our own railroad stocks and 50
organize a Northern Securities Com
pany to hold them for US.
New Literature Illustrated.
a new literature possesses Us. There
is a bigger man than Shakespeare
Everything must be up to date The
minister finding In the hymn book the
lines
Oh, may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp, Of solemn sound,
and believing the harp an out Of date
instrument. changed the lines to the fol-
lowing:
Oh may my heart be tuned within
Like David's sacred violin.
The chorister. not to be outdone, re-
wrote them thus;
Oh may my heart 90 diddle-diddle,
Like unto David's sacred fiddle
1 do not know who the chorister was
perhaps his name was Trigg.
Can you expect one so employed to
spend time in cleaning the snow off the
sidewalk. or worrying because the al
derman from his ward has for a few
hundred dollars Joined with others in
giving away a valuable franchise.
People of All Races.
Another cause is the heterogeneous
character of a city's population. No
one Of our large cities is filled with peo-
pie Of a single race. The world has
been pouring on 10 our shores multi
tudes from every race and cline, and
they gravitate towards our large cities
Even in staid old Boston there are more
Irishmen than Americans. Chicago is pre-
eminent In this respect Not only Is
your foreign population enormous, but
II is made uB not from a single race, but
from many. 1t is the most cosmopoli-
tan city on the continent There Is
scarcely a race on the face Of the globe
that is not here represented. and many
by multitudes. I remember hearing one
boast that Chicago had more Irish in
its midst than any cities IN Ireland save
Dublin and Cork; more Poles than any
city in Poland; more Germans than any
cities IN Germany other than Berlin and
Munich. and so he went on. until / felt
constrained TO interrupt him by saying
and doubtless more saints and sinners
than any place in the universe save
heaven and hell"
Now this gathering Of people from va
ried races and with different ideas Of
duty 10 the Government and the mean
ing Of liberty lead 70 frequent viola
uons OF law. To many of them govern
ment IS an enemy and law means
tyranny. Many find pleasures and prac-
tees they have been accustomed 10 at
home (and which having Deen accus-
toned 10 they feel are among their in
alienable rights taken away altogether
or restricted by municipal laws and
police regulations.
Is 1t strange that they fret at such
laws and regulations and disregard them
when possible. A German accustomed
70 spend his Sunday afternoons with his
family at some convenient garden where