Chicago eagle., 1904-04-30

ccllencc In cooking. sewing and laun.
dcring. As the contest was open to all
comers. mistress and maid competed
side by side. AMI there were success
ful competitors In both CLASSES. An
other pleasing event was the award
ing of certificates to all servants who
had worked for the same mistress from
three to five years. and medals to all
those who had held the same situation
for ten years.
~6A
There Is something almost cruel In
the avidity with which the public de-
mnnds novel amusement and then In
differently gives the sign for the
amuscr TO be decapitated. Let fresh
story teller or grinner through Il horse
collar arise anywhere and instantly the
givers Of public dinners In New York
swoOp down upon him. They fete and
fiatter him for u season or so, but II Is
not long before he discovers that he
has simply been making sport for the
Philistines. Seen too oft. familiar with
his face. they first applaud. then yawn.
then flee. From setting the tables In
a roar he soon passes to being II vert.
table deaths head mt the feast.
~SA
Facts bearing upon the durability Of
steel frame buildings and upon fire.
resisting construction are always Of
interest. Professor Norton of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
has made public some results of five
years Of study ana experiment. The
chief danger, he believes. Is In corrO.
sion rather than from vibration. In
exposed steel this Is rapid. There Is,
therefore, need Of study to find the
best material for coating exposed sur.
faces ana care In applying 1t, so that
no spot may remain open to cOrrOsiOn.
In regard to the fire.resisting qualities
OF building material, Professor Norton
finds stone and terrn-cOtta ineffective.
and says that concrete II by far the
best protection for structural steel
against fire.
No country In the world has ever
yet existed In such an atmosphere of
publicity as this republic. Nowhere
else. 1t Is certain, Is there so minute.
50 tircless. so relentless u searching
for ana grabbing up of national weak
ness, political corruption ana indlvidu-
nj sinfuness rs In these American
States. An Illustration Of the differ.
ence In this respect of England and
| America comes to mind. When the
| Jameson raid was investigated by u
parliamentary committee the inquiry
at critical point was smothcred, and
the world has since had the impress,
sion that the stiiiing was done to pro-
tcct some one in high station. 1t Is
no eNnggcratlon to say that such an
act is impossible in the United States
to-day because no government and no
party could face the attacks of n press
that stands in awe of no power. social
or political.
@eA
When the Berlin conference ud,
journed the highest hope was present.
ed that Christian civilization would
adopt the Christian civilized method of
dealing with benighted and weak pao.
pie of savage regions. 1t Is true that
this interval of humane enlightenment
was short-llved. Only year or two
elapsed before England, France and
Germany We're grabbing African terri
tory right and left. But it was sup.
posed until recently that the Congo
Free State was preserved TO humanity.
Now the evidences are accommodating
that the savageries of civilization along
the Congo valley are more horrible
than any of the other manifestations
of civilized oppression.
~SA
4 generation ago the sword cant
was more fashionable than it Is to-day
One of the reasons for the change Il
the existence of laws against carrying
concealed weapons. II the government
can bring il about, the fashion In Co
lombia will follow that of the United
States, for the new Colombian tariff
la ln il,n pf,t in,, .i