Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

III We pInlToWl'TI WHICH size nitu
brought with her for pickup work"
was of far greater concern to her than
all the miracles of June. But one
morning. seeing Him eagerly searching
the ground under her window. she
leaned out and asked curiously: what
d6 you lind so absorbing down tlcrc?'
Come out and sea-" he called. In reply.
My she did 1t she could not tell. Per-
hups. after all. the call of the day was
too great tn he resisted. She threw
aside her embroidery and went out
That embroidery was never finished.
for the world of delight she discovered
that day changed her whole life. She
bought books and microscope. and be-
gan to Investigate for herself, then
with her children. then with other peO.
pie. After while she began to write
and the writing brought her new
friends and the introduction to scicn-
title clubs and societies. \ score of
fresh interests filled her days, inter-
ests which she met easily with the re-.
ncwed health won from the long Out.Of-
doors hours. She lived. in short, u new
life In the midst OF the new heaven
AMI earth to which her eyes had been
opened. There are thousands of them
who need to release tired eyes from
their petty, cyncting, needless tasks. to
straightcn tired backs. and to let the
fresh air In upon their lives. The high.
est city walls cannot wholly bar out
nature. She visits city roofs and streets
and yards rs freely as the country
hedgerows. All that she asks Is an
opportunity to reveal her treasures of
health and joy: her constant cry is,
Come out and scc"
When You are asked what part the
women of the rising generation are to
play in the affairs OF the nation, you
can point to Vnssnr College rs II type.
Vassnr needs more room. The crowd
ing IL so dense that In the class where
1W girls can he accommodated there
are 45O applicants, ana more coming.
And other colleges that make u special.
~ of training the female mind are also
prOspcring. The girl is determined to
secure an education. She has discOv-
cred that while her lot In life may.
ana probably will. be to become the
wife of some good man, and that she
will need to know more of nursing bot
ties and what to do when the baby has
collie than about Greek verbs. education
Is capital, for the man In his office and
the woman in her home. There was a
time when married woman was not
expected To know the things found in
books. II was scarcely deemed worth
while Ia teach her TO read. She was
either an ornament or Il slave. Now,
even the man of few attainmcnts and
rough manners Is proud of the intel,
lcct of his wife. Beauty Is no longer
her sole recommendation. She can talk
knowingly, She had read books and
the world She Is better mother for
the learning she has secured and Il hap
pier woman. The man who would dis
courage the educating of women would
he deemed IN enemy to civilization. In
the United States there are about 40
colleges for women. Not one too many
The ambition that fills them with
eager young women Is laudublc. There
Is much in the higher education. and
the country that makes most of the
brains of its women can never he Il bad
country. 1t is II hopeful sign that thou
sands of young women are anXiously
willing To devote the butterfly period of
their lives to the securing OF knowl-
edge.
~SA
After years of contradictory ana con.
tllctlng decisions by State and United
States courts, the Supreme Court OF
the United States has finally decided
the question of the common carriers
liability for damages on account of in
jury or death in cases where the pas
senger is riding on free transpOrta-
ton. The court, in the case of the
heirs Of Jay Ii. Adams, formerly an
attorney at Spokane, Wash, who was
killed by the Northern Pacific while
he was riding on pass, holds that
the contract which the deceased signed
releasing the company from liability
Is a valid one. Justice Brewer declares
hn ., In,