Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09

The Chicago fire escape law IL only /
intended to benefit grafters having
an interest in fire escape factories.
a Methodist minister IN q neighbor-
ing State who gets salary of 5000 Il |
year was presented triplets by his
wife and declared himself TO be COLI
tented and thankful. Talk about
man being dead game.
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"A new field for the bicycle seems to |
have opened in South Africa. A cor.
respondent of the London Globe says |
that the loss of so many horses In the
Boer War has made the price OF
horses high. and that therefore many
Beers and no small number of Kaf-
frs have taken to the bicycle. Among
the kaffirs who ride barefoOted the
''rat.trap" pedal is not favorite.
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In this glorious and liberty loving
land. where the opportunities are un.
limited, where education Is general
and intelligence the rule, why Is 1t
that men who are trusted are dis.
honest! 1t Is n fair question. No
one fOrgets the millions who are toll.
ing honestly. who would wish their
hands to wither before they touched
a dishonest dollar. Hut there are SO
many bandits I'm high places! st.
Louis has been In the hands of boob
lers. Chicago. Philadelphia Grand
Rapids. New York and q dozen more
have the same story to tell. Men
have held up their right hands and
sworn to deal Justly in all things.
They have taken oaths before the
very people they have plundered.
| They have cast u reflection against
official integrity In this country that
1t will take years to wipe out. And
they were trusted! That hurts more
than anything else. You expect the
thug to be dishonest. The burglar Is
a criminal, and no one believes that
he will be anything else. You bar
your doors and guard your vaults. For
him you keep the gun and the dog.
He Is the enemy of society, and plans
can he made to defeat his enterprise
and punish his wrongdoing. But how
can you guard against the man who
looks honest, who has been honest.
who Is selected from among his fel.
lows for honor, who makes every
promise that the law and the public
could ask to demand. and who steals
from his friends-the people-because
lie has the opportunity? DO you won-
der that there are men who insist that
"every man has his priceY DO you
wonder that the simple integrity that
once surrounded men no longer con-
vinces? The robbers In high places
have done more than pilfer few
thousands of the public TREASURES.
They have shaken confidence IN nat.
ural integrity-the honesty that ex.
lists for honesty's saks. The remedy 7
Who shall name It? Punish crooks
whenever and wherever possible. but
the most will be done with the young.
err generation. America will have
to defeat scandals and boodlcrs In the
homes. Preach honesty to the boys.
Keep at 1t. Never lose an opportu.
nifty to make clear the necessity Of
moral cleanliness. Make the rising
generation hate a thief rs they would
a poisonous snake. Set an example.
Cut deceit out of your own life Breed
n race Of men who will be honest
because they want to be honest. Can
the story Of future generations be
made cleaner than Is the record Of
to-day In any other way?
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I'm seven-tenths Of the three thou.
sand cases Of insanity among women
which have come under my notice
was traced directly to the ma.
lign influences Of childhood y
So says the superintendent OF
an insane asylum. What this
! specialist means Is that these wo'
men We're reared under II false system,
Il system which did not lit them fol
their proper place In life. Is he right
study the girls Of to-day. Look into
, the school rooms. You will lind pretty
faces aglow with intellect, but YOU
will also lind STOPPING shoulders, weak
spines. undeveloped forms, sunken
chests. blanched faces. Where are
the girls who are to be the spartan
mothers Of the race? And where are
the mBOys"--thOse blithe and
agile creatures with broad. deeI
chests. sparkling eyes, cheeks ruddy
with corpuscles Of red blood, waists
that show vigor and strength? Where
are those dashing. leaping. climbing
laughing, whistling girls of the older
time, full ana running over with vi
talty? You may ind some Of then
In the country districts and In til,
athletic town girls. What the girls
5 OF today need most Of all Is more
exercise and less OF sofa, more basle
ball ana less Of piano, more sunlight
and fresh air and less chocolate ant
. cosmetics. Ask the doctors. Fol
goodness sake. don't restrain tina
! romping. lively girl of yours. Il,
I thankful for her superintendent vital
: lty. She will need 1t all some day
D Let her run. Let the winds make
streamers of her flowing hair ana TIN
sun tan her cheeks. Let the prem
Uses ring with her happy laughter
, Let the girl run. 1t Is better tina,
!. over.stufied head, over-wrough
nerves. over-poliShed manners. 1t Il
better than weak back and a hec
tic cheek-better than doctors bills