Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-05-21

Chicago. He is affable In his manners.
square in his dealings and punctual In
his appointments. He has repeatedly
declined political honOrs. being content
with his rapidly growing business.
Lange Brothers. 40 Dearborn street.
supply the very best line Of goods In
gentlemen's shoes. The material IL ex.
cellent and the price charged reason.
able.
"Nhen Adam delved and Eve span,"
runs the old line. Now the conditions
are reversed. The son OF Adam
learns In school to sew ana darn. ana
the daughter Of Eve has adopted dig.
ging as u profession. Some exceed.
ingly interesting and important arch.
Biological discoveries have lately been
made In Crete by n young Boston wO.
man. a graduate OF Smith College,
who has been working for the Ameri.
can Exploration Society. Her prin.
cipal achievement IL the discovery Of
the town OF Gourmed. which consists
OF a small palace, with its surround.
ing courts and numerous houses. Au.
thorities fix the date rs about sixteen
hundred years before Christ. ana pro.
nOunce II the best preserved town
known to psychologists Of the present
day.
"'rhe small number Of words actu.
ally necessary for ordinary purposes IN
our everyday life IL surprising. AMI
nothing illustrates this better than the
limited vocabulary of u little child"
Dr. NJ. Harris said. II have q daugh.
ter, q years old. She Is able to make
all her wants known. TO talk freely
and easily. II an adult knew just
the number Of words In u foreign
tongue that she knows In her own
he would be able TO get along nicely
IN II conversational way with people
who spoke nothing but that language
What the child's vocabulary comprises,
how many words ana of what classes
! recently made II my business to as.
certain In n series of Investigations
extending over u considerable period
of time. ! found that the total mum,
her of words she knew and used was
Just 81, emitting proper names, and
that ~ per cent of these We're nouns
Is per cent verbs and II per cent ad
jectives, the remainder being made NJ
of cOnjunctions, propositions and pro
nouns"
There Is good news that there Is to
be a reform in sleeping cars. Here
after instead of panels of pressed
carving and heavy draperies ana pad
ded plush seats and II general cheaI
plush photograph album appearance
there is to be plain or inlaid panels
light curtains ana as little uphOlster
ing as possible. All this will make
the ears more sanitary and more com
Portable as well as cultivating a better
taste. 1t Is said that had taste Ia,
been spread by the decorations of thu
Pullman ears. People of no natura
taste, seeing these, have adopted then
as n standard, and the result is tina
thousands of homes have been mad,
ugly by the copying of these abOmina
tions. The Pullman Company are 4
he congratulated In taking one stel
from their baZar OrnamentatiOns to
ward better taste and higher civiliza
tion. They could go another ana ;
longer step by not charging S2 or 500
for shelf in car, when very gOo'
hotel will furnish whole room ant
better accommodation for 30 cents O
81 for the night. Also they might rc
form their perfectly devilish rule q
charging SO extra for air II the uppa
berth was not occupied. There Ougil
to be a law compelling them to d
this much for their patrons. Now the