Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-27


lost much respect II It gives the city
purchasing agents department what
Is coming to II.
The Jury Commissioners and the
County Commissioners continue to
gain in popularity with people out Of
town who never hear Of them.
The editor Of one Of the leading mag.
azines Of New York has O viewpoint
which often cheers his friends. His
social affairs are such that on some
occasions he and his wife dine In the
homes Of sumptuous wealth. while on
other occasions they partake OF chat.
Ing dish spreads In the candle-lighted
studios Of artists more or less strug.
Cling.
Not long since they dined with q
family where the evidences Of wealth
were numerous. Among them was a
platter Of rare and costly porcelain.
Mrs. Editor was enthusiastic over tho
beauty Of II and It's priceless antiquity.
and the hostess called attention to the
fact that II had been broken many
times and that the pieces were riveted
together with gold. In fact. she had
servant pass It around for examination
to show how badly It had. on different
occasions. been shattered, and how. on
the back. It showed mass Of gold riv.
cts.
The next morning. when the editor
came to his own breakfast table. he
appeared to be In q chastened. not to
say. depressed. frame Of mind. Mrs.
Editor inquired the cause.
YES" he unused. renectively. looking
around on the dainty table and at the
neat little apartment. "Yes. It 10 q
comfortable and well.kept little homo.
but 90 -ah = my dear - 20 sort Of
unriveted."
The 200.year-old lawsuit concerning
Sir Robert Geffry's almshouses. In
Shoreditch. which u about to be re-
vived. quite puts into the shade our
old friend Jarndyce and Jarndyce, for
the famous Jennens litigation, which
Dickens had In mind. dated back only
to 1898. II was. however. q we'll e.
tablished case when the novelist was
q solicitors clerk in Gray's Inn. lit
tie In rank above the ONCE boys he
describes as clubbing together" for
saveloys and porter on their way
howe. His frequent visits to Lincoln's
Inn hall. where the lord chancellor
sat. gave him an indelible impression
Of the sleepy old court and Its tor.
tuous proceedings. which he afterward
reproduced in the wonderful opening
chapter OF BLEAK House." says the
London Chronicle.
Not only Ia the court In the same
condition as when Jarndyce and Jarn'
dyce dragged Its weary length, but II
one strolls round the corner to Chi
chester rents. where Krook, the rag
and bone merchant. met his death by
spontaneous combustion. and where
crazy Miss Elite lived. one can see
any day a line of unattached copyists,
known to the trade as "wallers," be-
cause they prop up the high wall OF
LincOln's Inn. They are patiently
waiting for modern Mr.. Snagsby Of
T0ok's court to come along and en-
gage them. when they will work like
Mr.. Memo. regardless of time. meals
or sleep, until the tale of folios Il
finished. For the law II very conserv
alive and type writing Is very mod
ern.
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| Many women. and men 40 well. are
disturbed II they feel that the clothes
they wear are In the slightest particu
! lar obsolete. They cannot buy pocket
handkerchief without the anxious In
quiry whether Il 10 what everybod!
else ID wearing. or purchase shoe
string without critical scrutiny ono
comparison. Mo- merely In clothes Il
the fashion followed. but In social d
versions. One game gives place 4
another. one popular ballad with {
whistlsabls refrain Gusts IL fovsruu
. nsr completely: no sooner ID . tun
learned than II ID zone Nike the snow
q yesterday. Books suIer The sam