Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-10-22

third Of n crop OF wheat and no corn
crop at all. These prophecies are not.
OF course. confined to the cereals. Who
ever lived through summer without
hearing that the frost had killed the
peaches and that there would he no
apples? In the early summer we are
warned that It Is II bad year for berries
and that the melons will be poor.
When the time comes there IL gcncr.
ally nm abundance Of everything. hut
no one recalls the fears that were In.
dulgcd and even cherished up to
Thanksgiving day. There Is nothing
10 good for Il mans health. prosperity
and happiness ~ an unalterable con.
viction that this In not a fatherlcss
world. that all the processes Of nature
and all the activities Of men are con.
trolled by an all-wise Being. who opens
his hand and supplies the wants Of ev.
cry living creature. II may be added
that nothing is so sure to lead to fail.
ure. suffering and poverty as settled
conviction that we are simply drifting
and are ut the mercy OF blind and cruel
second causes. During the civil war
there was u man who made u good
deal of money by specializing In gold.
and he made Il. he said, entirely In
consequence of his imnOvablc conf
dcnce In the United States govern.
ment. no matter how the battles went
and no matter what the market re.
ports said. he was always OH the bear
side Of the gold market because Of his
absolute patriotism. or, us he said. be.
cause he always "bet OH Uncle Sum-"
This IL In perfect analogy with the
grain market. The grain Spectator
will ever he the safest who banks on
the conviction that the Creator IL sure
to feed his creatures and to feed them
aburdan.ly.
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Ever since the world began some
wives have been the making Of their
husbands and some other wives the
ruin of theirs. Also there have been
some philosophers to see In the mar
riagc institution the highest good Of
life and some cynics to condemn all
marriage. 1t IL from a different point
Of view than these that ClOudesley
Brcrcton approaches the ever new
subject In the columns Of the London
Times. lie has convinced himself by
what he considers to be an inductive
process that marriage In the present
dry Is II serious handicap to men, and
ne draws the conclusion that II women
don't cease making It a handicap the
bankruptcy of marriage and the con.
scQuent end of all things social Ia In
immediate sight. To begin with. Mr..
Brcreton describes TO us 1.-THE increas.
ing exigencies Of the modern married
women" That means the wife IL en-.
larSlng her demands on her husbands
time. energy aud money. She spends
too much. because she wants to start
In life whore her parents left of. and
nothing we know can Withstand the
opportunities OF the woman with n
purpose" Then, seven II honest John
has been ull day between the shafts,
he must be brldled and saddlcd for the
evening. and often for the afternoon
as we'll" In otherwOrds. he must ~
to parties and balls. by and by he gets
pneumonia. land his wife's vanity and
sclhshncss were largely responsible 10;
the simple complaint carrying him
or" 1t would seem as though that
were the end of the husband. Yet Mr.
lsrereton In his next sentence an
nounces: "But the impOst that the
BENEDICT Of to-day must carry does
not end there" We expect to be taken
to the neither world, but We are wrong
Mr.. Rrereton simply moves onward to
the woes OF husbands In slower
social classes. We are shown how
hard It IL for the assistant secondary
master" or for the "shOp assistant
| tr get q Job IL he has wife, and how
impossible II II for a labOring man
with large family to find home
and livelihood. Clearly this Ia all the
wOman's fault. Even masculine dec,
laratiOn Of independence won't help
for that would only hasten the ruin OF
society. MIR. Brereton implies that he
knows the remedy, but he has not
space in his letter to tell. While we
are waiting for him 1t would be inter
esting to hear from Mrs. BreretOn-ii
there be One-Or, ut any rate, from Z
feminine C0ludesley.
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Two or three years ago bitter com
plants were heard throughout thii
country from men who were over 4,
years Of age. They said 1t was impOs
sible for them to get Jobs when out OF
work. The employers said they would
have none but young men. The loudesl
complaints were heard from bOokkeep
ers and clerks. To-day more restrict
ed employment line Is being drawn
and workingmen are the sufferers. The
Carnegie Steel Company gave notice
recently on reopening some Of iti
plants that In certain departments nc