Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15

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York firm. But one day, while making
a meal on frizzled bacon from such a
Jar, both the informant and his wife
noticed a peculiar burning sensation
In the throat and the canal connecting
1t with the nose.
"Some experimenting proved quickly
that the bacon was wholly responsible
for the unpleasant effect. The jar was
then examined and was found to have
been put up by one Of the best.known
and most widely advertised meat firms
in Chicago. 1t was concluded--and
properly. according to consulted author.
itles-that the observed sensation was
caused by the presence in the bacon
either Of some such preservatlve as
borlc acid or some coloring substance,
or BOTH"
Mrs. Mary " Oopnor Newell, n writet
by profession. declares in a magazine
article that the professional woman
has proved failure. Official data
show that woman has entered into com.
petition in practically all the callings
and occupations of men, and In indus.
try, at any rate, her emancipation"
Is now complete. Yet, according to,
Mrs. Newell. "she has not made good"
She has disappointed her champions.
1t seems that she cannot "stand alone,
successful unanxious, upon her own
work." Almost nowhere in high places
do we find women. and now, as in the
RECOMMENDATION era, "men are the
great financlers. cooks. teachers. man.
ayers" The Indictment is sweeping
and supported by few facts. What Is
the writer's test of success? Freedom
from anxiety? In that case few men
succeed. The occupation of high places?
There are few such places in any call.
Ing and only few can reach them.
The great majority Of men must needs
be satisfied with modest work and mod.
est measures Of success. Have women
failed as physicians and surgeons, as
managers OF hospitals and clinics and
sanitariums? Certainly not. In the
medical profession women stand very
high, though they have had nothing but
Indifference and opposition from most
men and most women. In teaching men
have almost been superseded by won.
en-. and the latter are not regarded rs
failures I'm education even by those
who would like to see an increase In
the number Of men In that profession.
In letters. In the fine arts, IN the thea
ter. on the opera and concert stage
women are succeeding marvelously. 1t
Is unnecessary to name the great wonl-
en- singers, the great actresses, the
planIsts and viollnists of the fair sex.
1t would he equally supernnOus to
make list Of women novelists, essay.
lists, poets, critics, etc. TO say that the
women have no Shakespeare or Bcetho.
ven or Michael Angelo among them Is
to repeat an Overworked and hack.
neyed argument that proves nothing.
| or too much. How many men of such
genius have there been In history 1?
Have women had sufficient time and
/ opportunity to demonstrate that first
rate work Is beyond their powers? Mrs.
Newell herself says that III brilliant
women got half the mental assistance
J from husbands and brothers that many
! men get from wives ana sisters" It Is
probable that she would be called upon
to dwell on their success. What, then,
becomes Of the assertion that the pro.
fessiOnal woman has failed to make
good?
Last year the American Bible So.
ciety distributed 100000 copies OF
Bibles, Testaments and Scripture por.
tlOns. The British Bible Society also
Is very active In distributing the Scrip.
lures, and the two organizations send
the Good Book" to every part Of the
world. The Bible has been translated
into about one hundred different Ian
guages, and the American and British
societies thus provide for oil races. II
IL stated that Mrs. Russell Sage has
offered to contribute 100000 toward
the permanent endowment fund Of tn,
American society. When II IL consid
cred that millions Of copies Of thu
Bible, or parts Of 1t. are printed ycarl,
for distribution from one end Of tn,
world to the other. 1t seems to be cleaI
that religion is not losing ground. II
IL said that rationalism il spreading
In continental Europe, and even In thu
United States there are those wht
profess to see decline In religion,