Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18


One of the items that counts against
Russia and other half civilized ma.
tons IL the small part that human af.
lection is allowed to play In the rcla.
tons of husbands and wives. The
higher CLASSES who have received the
benefits Of education love and WOO
much as do Americans. The mating
of the rest IL barbarc In u Russian
marriage market, all the girls who
want husbands are mustered In u
long row on the principal street of a
town during the week of epiphany.
They are dccked ont In their pitiful
ilncry and make the best appearance
they can There they are scrutlnlzed
by the young men, perhaps for hours.
Next comes n trip to church to per.
form ut shrine of some saint. The
young men are permitted to talk to
tn" women. but sentiment IL not con.
sldered. The questions deal with
their dOwcrics. their parents posses.
sions and their ability to labor. When
selections IRE made. the intended
grooms make formal visits to tho
PARENTS. the business end of matri.
mOny IL discussed. every item of tho
girls possessions IL scanned ana val.
ucd, and. finally. the match Is made
and marriage follows. The young cou.
pies are said TO get along very well.
and many of them make devoted hus.
bands and wives. II IL only a step
ahead of the Australian method where
the native bats his lady over the head
with II club and then carries her to his
hut. With the love of lovers practl.
cn!ly left out of human affairs In Rus
sla. one wonders that despair does not
seize the nation. Take love ont of the
lives of Americans and Joy would bc.
come u forgotten word. Here the nv
cragc woman IL II queen. Men have
made her so. and delight In doing her
honor. In Europe. taken rs II whole.
she Is still u chattel. u necessary crcn.
ture; endured. but not loved. US she
deserves to be.
Cables now unite distant peoples so
closely and bonds between different
nations are 80 sensitive that war ut
talns Il vital and imminent character
in countries which once would have
been only remotely Interested. The
engerncss with which Americans fol-
lowed every incident of the war In
South Africa and the war just ended
In the East are cases In point. Tho
scrutiny of all the world thus quickly
focused upon given point must, In
time. become sort OF Flnsen treat
ment for the little canccrous outbreaks
| sucl, rs the race riots and massacrcs
Nt Baku. How common these race or
religious outbreaks are ami how mucl,
they need the attention of civilization
make u list of them. The difficulty IL
In knowing where to begin. Shall
one take the prosecutions of the early
Christians ana pass thence to the cru
sades and the wars between tho En-.
llsh ana the Scotch ana Irish? Shall
one include the Reformation ana the
SepOy rebellion! Merely to consider
those of modern date IL to recall the
massacrcs In Macedonia by the Turks.
the Boxer outbreak In China, the con-
slant state of volcanic unrest In Aus
trial Hungary, the more recent murder.
Gus disturbances In the Caucasus, the
persecution of the Jews all over the
world. and many of the lyncbings of
negroes In the United States. Differ
ent races of the same religion and
members of the same race who differ
in religious belief may live amicably
together. but when different races of
different religions are placed side by
side the result may be like bringing
fire and powder into contact. The
| United States contains representatives
| of more races ana followers of more
religions than any other counery In the
world. yet it is freer than any other
from race AMI religious outbreaks. One
of the main reasons lies In the abso,
lutte separation of church ana state
and In the consequent liberty of con,
sicence ana of action which results.
As well rs we can Judge 1t Is
about once In every six months that Il
II proposed In this country to put to
death by painless methods people who
are hOpelessly III and who are In terri
bic agony. The proposal generally
emanotes from the medical faculty
but Its latest appearance is In the con
vention of the American Humane AS
ISOLATION, where Its advocates Were
women, ana the physicians opposed it.
One of the speakers having by way OF
illustration described the sufferings OF
the victims of recent railroad acci
dent, Mrs. Totten rose and said pas
siOnately: III had been In that wreck
aud had seen cases such as have been
described and had pistol ! would
certainly have shot the sufferers to
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