The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-05-24
i Sensible Fashion.

A story good enough 10 De
II told of IA young EngiIshman'
who lad been giving voice to the
time.worn complaint OF snoooish
beople about American society:
1T is quite impossible, sou know
10 have a. high-toned society
where there is no arlstocracs."
"3vhat do you mean by arlstoc'
racyg'. IA lady asked.
"Why aw-you know, l mean
ten thousand people who live any
where and have nothing to DO"
castor that" replied the lady
1--WE have snch II class too, out
we cal! ,hem tramps.'
The answer was something
more than polite chdt1ilns. Tnere
is a worl,i of difference, on the
score of comfort and cleanliness,
betseen living anywhere with
nothing to do, backed by. a for>
time sufficient to make life a pas
time. aud doing the same with a
beegar's wallet, still, in spite Of
the superficial contrast, the NOR
ii difference is not so very great.
The man whose only claim to con-
sideration rests upon the clrcum-
stance that the chance of inheri-
lance has made him able to
yratify his selfish desires without
personally making any return to
the world for what he enjoys. is
not intrinsically nobler. nor does
lie really play IA much nobler part
in life, than he who lazily sponges
a preCarious existence from those
who have enough to do to pro
vide for themselves. The world
owes neither a living, ana the
fortune of the richer only adds TO
his mo. al obligation TO do some
thing useful with the superior
means at his command.
The idea that Il map's merit is in
prouortion 10 the cost OF his keep
ing and the unproductiveneSs Of
his lite has never tlriven i'll this
country; and it has always been
common for young men of inheri-
ted wealth to take iii tctive part
in the worlds real work. In thu
industrial, as well as in tn" pro
.fessional world, honorable sue
scess has been won through man
" exertion by many a young
man who might have sqnandered
his time anu fortune in 'dlenrss
or worse. And it the tendency
of fnsh times had been 10 culti>
waite a different spirit at;iong the
;sons of the suddenly rich, the
financial overt,irnings Of the past
five wears have shown far ZOO
plainly the risk attending ay"ath
of dainty idleness 70 give the vi
,cious tendency much encourage
.laent. Indeed The popular cur
rent seems rather 20 be strongly
setting in the opposite direction,
and it is quite the fashion now
for young men Of wealth to strike
ont for themselves, particularly
irnew AND ncn-rrofesSlonai fields.
From Maine to Oregon, from
Michigan to Texas, young mel of
wealth and culture, men who
might be idlers-mere society
men and nothing more-are to
be found among the ranks of the
doors, using their fortunes only
ITO help them to larger and more
productive iaborj than the empty
handed could undertake. A
Newport correspondent names Il
number of the son of the wealthy
residents and summer visitors OF
that fashionable Watering place,
who are thus employed. Agr!
cultural pursuits attract the
NEST of thtm. Several are man
aging farms. Two have gone in
to the market gardening aud
milk business, and are making it
pay. Two are de>oting their
time to the raising Of ponltry on
large scale. Such undertakings
in the vicinity OF centers of pop
.ulation, wealth, and culture are
more likely to result satistactor
lily and protitahly than sheep or
cattle br. eding i'll the south OF
West, hitherto the more popular
Occupations OF adventurous and
active Young men cf wealth, since
they do not n%ecessitate the aban-
document. OF the e'joyments and
advantages OF society and f:lenls.
The east is full of emporium
ties for men Of energy and means
70 make money by outdoor oper-
.ations, and at the Same time, to
improve immensely the ccndi-
lions and character of country
life. The drift OF young men OF
spirit aud education has too long
been toward the cities. 1t lies in
the power of the leaders of the
new fashion to set the current in
the opposite direction, vastly to
the benefit Of both CITY and conn.