Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-04-16
EA0LETS.

Navy Journal calls attention Of the ad-
vocates Of disarmament to the annual
peaceful slaughter by fire and murder
and railroad accidents, In mines and
factories and tenement houses. The
majority Of the latter horrors are un.
necessary, because preventable. The
shocked, waivers of the war Is he'll"
flag, who blindly wade through the hor.
rors of peace, might with advantage
to the race, take the criticism Of the
Journal to heart, says the New York
Press.
According to the former authority,
during 1907 there were 1,449 persons
killed and 1884 injured by confasra.
lions. In the cities Of the United
States there are AS fires to 1000 pop.
ulation, against O.S OF one Are in the
European cities. Here Is a chance to
do some good reform work in the anti.
horror line. or every 1000 men EN-.
ployed In our coal mines we kill 3.59,
while France is killing 90 Of one min.
err, and Great Britain 1.25. Another
opportunity to work for the decrease
of an unnecessary because preventa.
BILE peaceful horror"
In the matter Of murders we enjoy
a similarly striking prominence.
Chicago averages 11S a year, Paris IL,
and London 20. Our murderers dis.
pose of about 10000 persons per an.
NUN. Some 200 Of these murderers
are convicted and punished. In Ger.
many, where standing armies are
around under foot everywhere, "95
per cent OF the murderers are brought
to Justice" We enjoy forty.three times
as many murders per million Of in
habitants as Canada. Still another
opportunity appears for crusade
against a peaceful horror--our crimi.
nal laws.
The annual railroad and street car
slaughter offers an equally attractive
field for the man In search OF horrors
to eliminate. The abolition OF prevent.
able disease, which takes toll by the
million, where the victims Of all the
other horrors combined total only thou.
sands In comparison, might. one should
imagine, attract the burning zeal Of
the horror" remover.
The logic OF this sort OF argument
put forward In support Of armies Is
not impeccable. In fact. the armies
rest on quite other support In their
Justification. Nevertheless, there Is
much food for thought In the figures
set forth above.
Everywhere In japan the gala sea.
son OF the year Is when the cherry
blooms. Everything leads up to. waits
upon and dates from the time Of the
cherry blossom far more than from
the time OF the chrysanthemums,"
writes Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore in the
Century. "ln that month the whole
empire Is wreathed In rose color from
Kiusiu to the furthest north.
Every one goes to see the cherry
blossoms as matter OF course. No
one foregoes sight Of the charming
sakura' OF his neighborhood. and the
very poorest will trudge to some ia.
NOUS place to see some historic tree
when they cannot pay the low rates ut
which all railroads run the many spe.
cial cherry blossom excursion trains.
prince Ito took as much pride In
the avenue OF cherry trees and tho
perfect specimens Of rare trees bloom.
Ing among the evergreens OF his O!so
villa down on the brocade coast 40 In
the realization OF his greatest dreams
OF empire. Admiral Togo has planted
cherry trees to commemorate his lis.
Its here and there. as has Gen. Nogi.
and both have written poems TO
knighthood's flower.
In the April sunshine, better still by
moonlight ind best OF all by the poets
pale. pure light OF dawn, the blooming
cherry tree Is the most ideally wonder.
full beautiful tree that nature has to
show. and its shortlived glory makes
the enjoyment the keener and more
poignant.
Light radiates from It. There Ia a
soft pink electric glare overhead. b..
meath and all around when one stands
under branches laden with masses cf
flowers even more compact than any
green foliage that grows. Wind and
rain make havoc with buds and petals
and rain Is the April rule In Japan.
with Its Towering its mission IL
accomplished. for the Japanese cherry
tree Ia not cherry tree In our practical,
material sense. 1t does not have 70
work for a living and produce crop
for the market When Its burst of
beauty Is over nothing more Is expect.
ed of It. Its whole strength Is we'll
and wisely spent In Towering and II
rests In peace until the season rolls
around again."
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The tourist cannot truthfully say he
is acquainted with the home life OF the
Chinese until he penetrates their
kitchens. and this privilege Is accord.
ed to few foreign men, for the simple
reason that the women of the house
are usually to be found there.
You would not, however, know II
they were mistresses or servants. Rich
Chinese are more or less polygamous.
The real or number one wife ceases to
be ornamental and might sometimes
be mistaken for the charwoman. Your
host will not enlighten you. naturally.
Anyhow. by the etiquette Of the Ian.
guage. he would introduce even his