The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-22
The Dance of Wealth.
Toe Howard

] ue 0an&e ot Wealtn.
 Joe Howard.
 Walk up Fifth avenue and senon asrsr Madison avenue What do you see Houses? Nonsense-paiaces- Uniqus in design. unlike anything seen or heart of in all ,he'world, arc these huge piles O granite and of brick, Well. what of il \ great deal First of all. believe VI are living in age of exceptional pros periy. Every one Is making money el losing il. Everybody in trade Is doins well. Professional men are especlall, fortunate Stock gamblers and railtoad sharks coin fortunes yearly. The men we mee, in office and park. the men we eu- counter professionally or socially. the men we sec in the theatre or church, are easy m their finances All things tend upward. and with ,his upward tendency % our pecuniar rockets far up ,ou ards the Nery zenith of prosperity. They touch handle and rctaln ennunous possessions They become careless of others They ere selfish. inoonSidcIaie. brutal To them the golden dollar s the index Q, power. Thelr fast horses are stabbed m luNarl. and ,heir stables ouishlne phy slcally the houses of ,heir fellows. The great stables of NIT. Vanderbilt. erected with marvellous impudence and utter dis regard ofneighborhood's preferences on Madison avenue. are manels oi comfort and pictures of elegance. The eheape>, horse owned by the son i> better cared for than his father or his mother were a, his :ime of hie. The tiatboat ot the old commodore and the bar-room ot his faithful helpmee, would form Il curious background for a picture of what these stcnchful stables on Madison avenue would be the forefront Little hy h,ilc these rich men ooales,e and become COZ porate. Banded together they arc akin te omnlpo,cncc.
 Meantime. while the, are becoming akin te omnlpotence. what atc the other people dolng Wha, other pco- pie: The "eommou people" Oh, bless em. they are SlnkIaE ff>, Ne afc all >o prosperous tha, N hen pr5c> "a up NC don't eaie. oal lneoue> increase Il the same tune. So l.s III ush,. Bat saiarIes dort Eo up t',' sht--v,,ittts,is <. n n4nN cases they are reduse cd Maze atoaat sr TT, Neitl,-i ,i,.e9= sae i..., ias :, day work
 Look a, our illustrated papers. Wha subject so T7palAi Il the udisule ei t,ouid, andeibIl. and then oo-woikctS. The daliS Gy4fh.. h.,> made andcfhit'> '> mui,un-ehops as t,.m5bau to New ! ork readers as iWeed's were remember Tweed saNng ence: II don't c.ttc what they >ay. hai do wi,h they wouldn't print those pictures. Everybody se..> the pieiure>. Even the poor desli> who can, atierd L. bay ., penny paper J.m read he eloquent Ines u the lztaf f5s. m Fa and H /Ais la>; .,s certain as fate these P. tufes ale the >isns of he nlne>. There i> a growing feeling here that undei the pfesen; system the IT, | .ltc getting rleher iast tnd the pooi .tfe get tlng pnalci f.tsi. II euf wealthy men eould be induced te do good Ni,h lheii money this iccttng .; ht,-f,itt> =it44eat- -Ae .llertcd. pe. haps Ku; what do they dot One spenGs fortEaes m ttsl 6pises aatt son>o3'> all h.s tlic tune. hours dulN. wl;h stable men. hostlcrs and lo key !. races on the fo..d. every afternoon and exhibits every day of hls life Another etsatiisstes h'N example. -pthel> seek .hc dlssolute of both scNeS No; one oi them has done or k dorng one foifar,s wor,h for the people CT the city Added to ,hls are the ouitages pcrpeirlied daily some the result of ofmlnal negligence. some the normal outcome oi dIsregard at the rish;, of others and all the natural re- suit of the feeling of sec urily born m re- lance on the potency ofs wealth
 Nill trouble come
 No, to-day, but i Nill ome 1h,s isn't the hIs' year et ihe human iaec. Men of to-day aro ycry much hkc 'hc men of yesterday Fortunately nature has a little something to ao with us yc, Death steps III now and then .,si,l remove, an ifri,anl. Iha; make 'hlngs easy for d while, cspcclally iii aeounalations dl- lided up and scattered. Wlac men noie these signs of the iimcs. They are sik- mn an, and should no. be dlsiesarlcd That those more interested will are don; believe cur California ffiends found It convenient to pack their I.arcS and ienates and bnnK them from adil Francisco To New otk. Why: Betaase they have s,rained the pa,ieflte of theii fellows r. the very last We have hosts uf lust Surh hue. Our coroners lurie, are becoming bolder Heretofore "cfim. inal negligence was Al eac, of Dlyine Providence" have no ldea tha, an. derbilt viii be tried for manslAugiitcr Tgs' ye'. Nevertheless, the eoroner's Iury Tn. putes to the management of hls road criminal negligence" The water bo, and the telegraph operator, cNpeei to per. form the delicate and oncrous duucs o four men. are also prosecuted, and dare say they will be tned in due course
 
 \ coal of fire IS grate comfort, but ] nutmeg often suggests # gr.,er. fte'