Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-28
Is5 HIM RICH 9

A stranger comes int, town and takes up hts
residence,
Naturally enough people talk over the ciroum-
stance aud inquire concernlu2 the personal
attributes of the young man.
Is he rich ? THIS - the all important question.
II Is a chance if anybody inquiries concerning
his character. Characters belong only to scr
vanls. What does rich young man want with
O character
Society do IS aot care whether he gaubes, and
drink, and deccives women OF not. Oh. that has
nothing 10 do with It, Don't be old-fUlyish.
Ouly ossis Of the last century trouble themselves
about sach little things. Young men viii DO
young men. Wild oats must LIE sowu. Is lie
Iichl
Pretty, pure young girls ask the question; and
when the affirmative response comes, visions of
stately mansions, and costly furniture, AID gilded
carriages dit before their imag nations, not to
mention Paris bOnnets, and Lyons veivets, and
diamonds like the Kohinor And these innocent
little daillngs are quite ready TO sacrifice Charles
or Sam. or Thomas, for the sake OF the naw conner
| who is rich.
| Old ladies ask the momentous question, and
wipe their gold-rimme1 spetacles in ecstacy when
they learn that he Is rich. They glance affection
ately at the murriagesble daughters, and at onco
set themselves to work 10 get up party Tor the
young man. :" who must feel so lonely uinong i
| community of entire strangers"
Bless their tender and charitable OLD hellti. 1t
is beautiful to think of so much goodness embod I'd
| III tueSe put ~ occin' !lttit
strange that they never got up parties Tor any OF
the hundreds OF poor young men who wander
lonely and forlorn the streets oi our great cities
| Porty papas ask the 4uestlon. aud twiil THEN
gaudy watch seel', ami ask Brown to introduce
them, because, iorooih, young men used en-
courageInent aud =" it Is lusrd unpleasant not tl
know anybody!
And while they lool over their bank a., cunts
they think how Convenient would be n ,eh son
: ln-law in case OF a breaking down OF cont
"corner." ur financial crisis. Is he rich2
The door Of society IL nung open at once IL
HIM ii he is rich. Gold is the "opan sesame " Il
1.-THE gilded portals OF Upper Tendon. who's
aristocratic curtains never unfold TO the man whS
counts his dollars by the score. The silken robe
OF wealth do not care 10 touch the floating rag
ofpoverty.
: The rich Young man is race we'd without ques
, tiou. No matter though his lands be red will
the crime OF extortion though he may hay
taken bread from the mouth OF the tatherlsss, an,
= crushed the heart Of the widow In the dust-if h
, has s.akcd his gold at the gaming table, bias
( phemed the name of God who created him
hardened his brain by the tool stuff called acoho
and betrayed the woman who loved him it is n
hinderancs to his success in what we call fashion
able society.
Out upon such standard OF morality
, Shame upon people who, born and bred ,+
we Americans hsve been1 in an atlnospher
whose every esssnce is freedom. pass by the maj
I whose heart Is pure, whose hands are clean, who
record is chaste, but whose purse is empty G
gold, and bow down TO worship the besotted ant
: beastly libertine, simply because he is rich
, Lift your standard Of nobility hig lei. Dsman
of yonr friends that they shall be honorable ant
just, that they shall havs good characters. tha
they shall bs abls to raise their faces to God. VIII
: watches them, and declare in all sincerity, ~
nave led life OF which no man need be ashamed
KATE THORN.