Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-14

nuke men better; moreover. the ordl.
nary man need not he afraid Of being
missed by the wOlnnn who aims high.
for woman Is known sometimes to hit
what she does not aim Mt.
When sartorial master like Ed.
ward Of England turns his Imagination
loose. we get results. Beside the royal
blue what becomes Of the Quaker gray?
Two Chicago boys who amused them.
selves by shooting ut lanterns on rail.
way trains. thus cntlangering the lives
Of passengers. have been sentenced not
to touch firearms for two years. This
awful punishment will no doubt cause
all other young owners Of revOlvers to
throw away their weapons and resolve
to lead blnmelcss lives.
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For some time past tradition has
been overset In the British navy by the
substitution of buylc calls for the boat.
swain's whistle. The admiralty has dc.
cldcd to restore the pipe. This will bc
Il great boon to writer's Of sea ballads
and nautical comic operas. to which
the "bosun's" pipe Is rs necessary Us
the rose to lyric poets.
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TIN, 1ntnrpn innu1 srL.. ,e.. .nn,,,n..,,
one of the greatest nll.star bills ever
offered 10 Chicago vaudeville patrons.
Beginning Monday. April III. II gala
Easter week program will be- lnnugur.
ntcd ut this popular playhouse. W. y.
Clcveland's original greater vaudeville
show has many special features. Hal
Davis AMI Incz Macaulcy. supported by
their own clever company Of players.
will be seen IN their great n,clo,lrann.
tic success entitled "Pals." Another
star net will bc furnished by Barney
Pagan and Henrietta Byron. who will
Offer remarkable singing AMI dancing
spcclaltics which have made them IA.
nous. The following stars will com.
plctc the most expensive show ever
presented at popular prices In Chicago:
Daisy Hnrcourt. Walter lIawley. M.
thallc Olcott. Cnrrolton and Hodges.
Four Dancing lIarrises. Nniadin and
Company. ana the Three Great Cir.
dellas.
"lisrepresentcd Men, might be the
title Of II volume OF sad biographies
Whenever university professor says
something which may be reasonable
enough In the way no puts II ana In Its
relation to his whole discourse. but
which Il capable Of sensational dlstor.
ton, It Is next to impossible to put
him right with the public. DR.. Ira
l,enlsen, president OF Johns Hopkins
University, said ut meeting Of grad,
yates that he did not dare tell what
Doctor Osler really said that has given
rise to the absurd "Osler theory I" II
he did he might become notorious and
have to travel incOgnltiO. like Doctor
Osler himself. who hns several times
taken refuge In IN assumed name In
order to journey In peace.
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Japan Is feeling Its oats when the
Minister Of War tel,s the Diet that ut
some convenient date In tho future the
japanese government will urge the
British government to reform Its army
organization. 1t will throw John Bull
into II c0ntemplatlve state Of mind to
be ndmOnlshed about his domestic con-
Germs by this suddenly developed naval
power In the vicinity Of Hong Kong
and Singapore and sydney and Cal
cutta.
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In Ohio a law has been passed I'M
posing severe penalties upon "hazlng :
Any one acquainted with college life
Is aware Of the difficulty In convincing
juries of genuine crlminality In haz'
ing. except In such cases rs would evil
IDENTIFY warrant action under existing
criminal law. Hence the Ohio leglsla'
ton Is not likely to prove effective NJ
such, but II Is significant of an irrltat.
ell state of public feeling toward cur
rent manifestations OF "college life"
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For good many years 1t has been
the habit of some Representatives In
Congress to grid at the brutality" OF
the wicked boys ut West Point and An
napolls. The young satraps haze ana
are hazed. They even fight. upon Oc.
caslon; a crime objectionable In youths
bred to fight. II necessity arrives. here.
after. Besides, the rascals wear but.
tons and things and are much more
brilliant In eXternals than the civilian.
AMI yet what are they. after all, but
Uncle Sans charity boys, as their
statesmanlllie critics tell them to en-.
courage them? Most of them come to
the academies by the democratic route
of competitive examination, but some.