Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-07-23


people of Russia are feeling n sense of
outrage ut the lnefiiciency and cor.
ruption of those In high office. It
may be that japan, by defeating the
Russians. will be the means of work.
ing great and much-needed reform
In the home administration. Surely
the wicked. corrupt and tyrannous
despotism cannot last forever. D..
Farmers In Bahia, Brazil, seem to
be long way behind the times. The
state Is the second in population In
the republic. and its people are de.
voted to agriculture. Yet. according
to the United States consul stationed
In its capital, cultivators. planters and
harrOws are unknown. and there are
few plows. The farms are worked
with hoe. a spade and a machete.
with now and then pick. Until the
people down there wake up they will
not send much to Europe in competi-
ton with the products of the farms
on this side Of the equator. They IRE
not yet able to raise even enough hay
for the support of their own cattle.
Parents ana teachers IN France have
voted on the question of changing the
time of the summer vacation in high
schools. At present the vacation GOV.
ers the months Of August and Septem.
Der. Ii was proposed. In order to avoid
two hot weeks of summer. to make the
vacation begin on July 18th and end
Sept. 10Th. The vote of the parents
was $4,000 in favor of the change and
$4,000 against 1t. The teachers. on the
other hand. voted against the change,
the figures being 1850 IN favor and g..
800 opposed. The voice of the teachers
has prevailed, and the vacation IL un.
changed. The pupils, doubtless. would
have voted In favor of un all.sumnier
vacation had the opportunity been Civ.
Ell them.
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Germany has a sunday opening
question which has recently been set.
tied by agreement between the parties
concerned. 1t seems that the people
from the country are IN the habit of
going to town on Sunday to attend
church. and then to do their shopping
for the week. The clerks objected to
working all day. 80 II has been ar.
ranged that from whitsuntide to Octo.
Der 1 the stores shall be open from
eleven to one o'clock. ana from OctO.
Der I to Whitsuntidc from eleven to
three o'clock. and that the grocery and
provision stores may be open from
eight to nine o'clock In the morning as
well. In Spain, OH the other hand.
Sunday has recently been made a day
of rest. on which only necessary work
may he done. The new Spanish law
also fOrbids the employment on that
day of women and Of other persons
under eighteen years old.
A distinguished minister. preaching
on the real or fancied decrease of fam.
lily life In this country, said that there
would be few couples indeed who
would continue to care for each other
after five years Of married life IL they
did not have either children or relig.
lon to hold them together. Whether
this statement Is true or not IL of small
consequence. The important truth that
the minister reached for and missed Is
that two married people will inevitably
drift apart unless they have some vital
interest common TO them both. There
are couples who have religion, yet do
not get OH well. There are couples
with children upstairs and down, and
all over the yard, yet without any low
ing. or even kindly, feeling each for
the other. But was there ever couple
that did not get on famously and love
each other the more and more II they
had In common that one paramount In.
terest-whether II was children or re.
liglon or keeping shop or what not
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In his address to the J27 graduates
Of Cornell University President Schur
man departed from the beaten track Of
commencement day advice long enough
to register an earnest protest against
bachelOrhOOd. He who deliberately
leads single life. whose social circle
Ia the club. and whose religion 10 q
refined aud fastidious eplcureanisn,. Ii
not a man." declared DR.. Schurman
In celebrating his idea as to the du
ties and obligations Of manhood Presi
dent schurman explained that while II
was the primary duty Of every young
man to earn living this could moi
fulfill the worlds reasonable expecta
ton Of him. He has a higher duty to
humanity ana the State, which re-
quires that he found home and pro
vide for wife and family. Ir DR.
Schurman had pronounced sweeping
and unqualified condemnation Of bach
elorhOod he doubtless would have laid
himself open to much criticism. But
II is to be noted that his protest was
aimed ut the college graduate who de
liberately elects bachelOrhOOd." Hi
purpose manifestly was to rebuke the
young man who carefully and design
edly avoids the responsibilities of oul
founding of home and the rearing OF
II family. In these times of rapidly
changing industrial ana social cOndi
lions, when so many thousands OF
young women are rushing into all line,
OF wage-earning emplOyments ant
making themselves independent of tho
young man who has Il matrimonial
proposition to present, it would be 4