Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-07-09

and sturdy, ashamed to say, Mother,
I love you" Why does he choke and
stumble over the words that IN the
presence of his sweetheart come so
gibly to his tongue? Husband, only
this day Is yours. Say to the wife, II
love you" Wife, but this hour can
you call your own. Breathe TO the
husband, 81 love you" Daughter. son,
but this fleeting moment belongs to
YOU. Say to the father, who Is tot
tering, to the mother, whose hair Is
gray, to the sister who was your child
hoods companion, to the brother who
fished with You, who climbed with you,
and who Is now growing old with
you-say to him. to them all. II love
your Speak the words now while the
ears are listening. now while the eyes
can smile back their gladness, now
while the heart can throb its joy.
Loaf and grow fat Is the trite ex-
preston an old tr,ilsm supposed to
have the backing Of physiological re.
search and medical experience. The
farmer who wishes to fattcn stoc' for
the market does not permit 1t to roam
the fields. lie puts the stock In n pen.
where 1t can get little exercise. and
feeds It fattening material. But 1t has
never been supposed that loatirg made
| person healthy or strong. 1t favors
an Increase of adipose tissue. but no
one ever contended that IL made mus.
cular tissue or improved the circulation
or strengthened any of the organs Of
| the body. But now come certain men,
bers of the American Medical Associa.
ton with the declaration that hard
work Is deadly, that the strenuous
life" Is making the young men of the
United States as decrepit as their
grandfathers were at the age of 20
years. The Introduction Of the cinder-
path. football and other forms of out
door athletics into college life. 1t Is
claimed, has resulted In the alarming
| growth Of an incurable disease that Is
sapping the vitality Of the young men.
This disease. which the doctors have
named "arteriosclerosis." IL a stiffen.
Ing and deterioration of the arteries,
causing them to age prematurely ana
bringing about n serious Affection OF
the heart. 1t should not require the
admOnition of the learned doctors to
impress young men with the danger
and fOOlishness of strenuous" athlet.
les, or with the benefits to be derived
from rational outdoor exercise. The
loafing that permits an excessive ac'
emulation of fat Is dangerous. The
work or the athletic exercise that does
not respond to the rational needs of d
particular body Is also dangerous EN-
perlence and common sense teach Us
this without the testimony Of the doc
tors. LOafing does not bring health
Nor does strenuous" exercise neces
sarily bring strength.
So the Hawaiians are to die out ~
a nation. The figures prove 1t. ana tn,
civilization OF the white man seem,
only to hasten the end. In 1853 ther,
ans. and at that time the number be
gan to dwindle until, according to til,
census figures of 1900. the number o
pure-bloOd and mixed blood Hawaii
ans had dropped to 37,G35. LucIan c
Warner, an authority, says In the Out
look. that the health of the natives 4
for from satisfactory. The race seem
to be dying out. There are few larg
families. and many children die In In
fancy. vitality has been lowered ant
tuberculosis Is Oh the increase. On tn
; other hand, the number Of part Ha
walians Is increasing. and the mike,
bloOds are sturdy race. There ar
Caucasian Hawaiians ana Chinese LII
waiians. ana they rear large familie
/. and are but little troubled by disease
, The increase Of the mixed bloOds
best shown by the school statistics. /
1902 there were 4,0O3 full-blOOded liz
waiian children to a population Of 20
, 1877, and 1850 part Hawaiian childre
to a population OF 7.SIS. The prOpOl
; ton Of children Is twice as grea
|, among the part Hawaiian as anon
!, those of pure blood Except on til
grounds OF sentiment there Is nOthn
, to deplOre In the situation. Races dl
because their work Is done. and az
, supplanted by stronger races. 1t Is til
, survival of the fittest. Humanity cal
not stand still. 1t must grow or di
= and every nation that Is not on the NJ
, grade must eventually perish. Hawa
Is simply a demonstration Of the IN
n mutable law of nature.
3 ~6
i LaXity and diversity VI the laws r
J. lating to marriage In the various STATE
Of the Union are justly blamed for Il
growth Of what may almost be Gale
the divorce habit In America. Y
. there are few general tendenci'
70 which do not derive their origin IN
force from individual lives. Person
" reforms are often needed before legl
:. lative reforms can be effective.
v may fairly be asked whether the co
y fusion of pleasure and happiness
! many minds Is not responsible for
, great deal of trouble. The two thin
Il differ IN that one Is transitory ana Il
, other abiding. Now. II there Is m
, one quality Of matrimony which shou
!" distinguish it from other conditions
" life, It is the quality Of permanent
~ Happiness rather than pleasure shou
be the token of its success. 1t Is
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