Evening star., 1864-04-30
THE EVENING STAR.
Ch,ldreu and w ealth

Many .ra-deterred from marriage for fear
of the expense of supporting iamhy' - -
great mistake. A single man spehus naoie ~
suppers aad cigars than would supper, "ise, an
Few men lay by much until tbey ha' a. 49,
object to lay by for, and thus IL coihs7 10 ~ 80
that FAMILY as now Is ann,eas aone ars 80 much
Of hostas es to fortune and nom OF. ~ ,ansas.
10 be trusted as those VINO nav ns sno 1850 ar
families Still as family increases aEouHo
maz ne rs very apt 70 desi iesi a. nnon his efforts At
Accumulation, and that children We're poverty
ir stead of wealth. But it is not so, at least in
every respect, or even on the largest and broad
est sort OF scale. Thus, for instance, in a ma
tIonal point of view, our first method Of esti-
mating the greatness OF States is by the number
child born IN the United States makes the La-
ton SO much the more respected abroad and
powerful At home, so much more weaitny ana
Intelligent, for on the average each citizen pro-
duces more wealth than he consumes, and in
some de partment or other adds TO the accumu-
ulatng ST Ock of human wisdom and experience
may be At learn what is good for a nation by
what . good for a family, so may we best test
our vi sws OF what lis best for family by what
Chi idren are weak and need support when
the p arents are strong 10 support them, in order
that they may be strong when parents are
mao ie up that bundle OF strength which a larg e
fan lily ever generates. Each wisely brought
up and well educated child is the best Of all
ar ection and @ or effort or Happy still is the man
II nat hath his culver full Of them. They are
!; IS arrows in the hands OF the mighty. -
cnly with those older than himself soon grows
old; but he who accustcms himself to mingle
largely and freely with those younger than
he as surprisingly retains his youth. 1t IS the
remark Of Bulwer, certainly enc OF the closest
and best observers OF human nature, that 1t is
good sign for young man te love the So
ciety Of men who are older than himself, and
for an old man to love the company Of those
younger. Itis thus that youth acquires the
experience and wisdom of age, and age retains
1he yigor, freshness and elasticity OF youth.
Children have in themselves fund of wealth
in the cverfiowing affections which God has
given them, which they impart TO all who come
near and have much to do with them. If they
call outthe energies OF a man and make him
work hard in the hours Of business, they relax
and refresh him with their warmth and geni-
aIity and absence of care in the hours of relax.
ation and OF throwing off. z4..i&
There is many father fearful he shall not
be able to give his son so good an education, or
so good a start in life as he had or as he could
desire, If there is large family to share mis-
savings. But there is the best OF all sorts OF
education in the attriton of a large family
Franklin bids young man who would marry
well to avoid only daughters, but select his
!. thousand rough edges Of temper that get rub.
led off by the natural action Of a number OF
5oupS people on each other. Each leans to
wealh. For they make man economical Just
to branch out in extravagance. From the full
possession of conscious powers, making money
very easily, he is apt to spend it as fast. If he
does this as his strength declines, poverty mus,
dance cloud his latter years but by pinching
when money is coming in fast, when his chill.
dren are grown, he has no retrenchments to
make, but Tathas Ro%eI hto 70 expand, and take
by protectors who love him, because he has
been their Observation-Disclosures Ledger