Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-01-21


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sum Is constantly on tine increase.
General Diaz has especial reasons for
being pleased with the relations eX.
listing between his country and It's
northern nelghbor.
The cOrcless apple has mt last mr.
rived. 1t is called the worlds great.
est discovery In horticulture AMI the
wonder Of the age. In color II is red.
dotted with yellow. 1t Is without
seeds and resembles the seedless
orange in that slightly hardened
substance makes Its appearance ut the
navel end" but this can he Obliter.
nted by culture. COreless apples have
been known before but the present
specimen Is the first that can be prop.
ngated In any soil ana climate where
the ordinary apple will grow. There
are now 1000 cOreless apple trees In
existo"ee. They have been obtained
nom Ave trees which bore the seed.
less fruit. 1t IL estimated that by
1905 there will be 2.5OO.OOO Of these
trees bearing fruit In the orchards of
the world. The coreless apple Is
stern rebuke to those blind partisans
Of nature who maintain that there Gun
be- no improvement upon her policy of
administering affairs In this world. 1t
~ u triumph OF radicalism over con.
servatisn,. For untold centuries M
tnre has chung to the primitive way
Of producing apples with cores inside
of them. The core has always been
looked upon as an essential accOmpani-
incnt of the apple. 1t has been n
source Of annoyance and often Of cruel
disappointment. But Il was natures
way" and was acce0ted along with
original sin NJ necessary barrier I've.
tween mankind and perfection. Poets
might have dreamed Of cOreless up.
pies. but nobody ever expected to meet
them In the world of reality. The
cOreless apple will he a gistrOnOmlc
delight, but 1t should serve II higher
purpose. 1t bids the dreamers dream
again ana encourages the pcrseverlng
to pcrsevcrc.
Mr.. Ferris advice that woman
should not marry until she IL able to
support a husband Is not to he pissed
of with smile. There IL sound com.
mon sense In 1t. The time was when
1t was said u girl ought not to marry
until sne understood how to care for
household. Times are changed now
ana It IL not necessary for a woman
10 brew ana bake. wash and iron and
attend to the hundred and one things
that were once done exclusively by
women. But she must be competent In
other directions. More and more WON.
en- IRE coming to have the same pay
as men for doing similar work. More
and moro women are dlkplacing
men and securing the places con.
sldered most desirable. Emergen.
cies may come that will compel the
woman to be the bread winner. 1t IL
fortunate for her and her family II
she has made ana kept herself COM
petemt TO meet adversely when It mp
pears. 1t seems like reversing the
normal order Of things to have the wife
the mainstay. The instructive chlvalry
of the American husband rebels Mt 1t
He Would ana In the main does bear
the burden Of providing for the family
but that family IL on the safest fOunda
tiOn where In case of need the wife u
able to meet the requirements ana keel
her children ana her husband. II nee
essury, from depending on charity OF
the grudging assistance of relatives
4 woman Is none the less wOmanly fol
the consciousness of latent strength
for the thought that she can be relied
on In times Of trouble ana disaster
Her peculiar sphere may be the home
but when the home itself IL dependen
on the success of ner efforts outside
the home she Is TO be counted happ!
that she has the energy ana fitness
To come to the rescue.
>~earyAA
Few people will take seriously an,
literally the remarks made by w. y
Ferris In an address before the Ma
tional Commercial Teachers Assocla
ton, in which he asserted that N
woman should marry unless she wa
able TO support Il husband. Befor
he got through he admitted that wha
he meant was that the wife should b
prepared to support the family in cas-
the husband should be disabled, an,
even that was unreasonable and chi
merical. Underneath and back of Mr.
Ferris somewhat qniyotic suggestion
are truths ana explanations OF first
class importance. The wonderful de
velOpment of manufactures In our da.
has almost destroyed .Ae Old-fashiOn
cd home and the Old-fashiOned statu
of woman. Fifty years ago the farm
ers were small manufacturers. The.
made not only everything they use'
but a great deal that they sold In tn
nearest town. In the cities the cas-
j was nearly the same. Many thing