, 1884-02-07
Pity the Po1r Rich.

- E''., E."'-lf
Our bo0qnzl kings are a queer
crowd. We are no. sure that we
would not rather he Willard, suddenly
Talon from his high estate than
Fair. Sharon. Flood or Mackay, ele
waited. bv the lever Of the "lateiy cap
frred Collar" from the pjckaXe and
the shovel. the beer bar and the
'ruch counter. TO unhoun led wealth,
Willard. ut least knows how to con
luct. and probably enjoy. himself in
liz poverty. The others have the
n ost m.hill kind Of work to keep
themselves from being made fun of.
not only hv their new associates. hilt
hv their very servants, such Is their
II ter untituoSS for the social position
20 which. unfortunately. riches can
elevate anv man. Tho GrUcteries Cf
'ho l,o,u.eu,isc riches (We d mt know
what this means. but presume it,
-cmcthing good to pnt.-EDs. ARGrs.N
have hcc'r. in al ages. fair game for
the satiri~t; and the Californian mil
'i,nairps are no eXceutiOn to tne ruIe
We forget. at this mo ment. which Q
them it IS of whom II Is related that
m n Rembrandt which he he'd order
el. bnin" brought homn, he sail
Why. ifs n nirtur', Hun" me. If ]
Iidr't Il ink It was sOmH kind Of "
t,erriige II must he very hard for
hose men, and their wives. too, tC
unlearn the manners and habits, rude
simple and untutore1 1-save by the
DrnmntingS Of n semi SAVAGE natUrN
and the primitive / ahits of life, which
.hev contracted in the very cru'e so
rintv of the mining districts Of tho
West. We question very much r.
wen JOauuin Miller. genius though
he be, and one of natures nOblemnn
Is he undoubtedly " Is. can move with
qnvthing like ease IN the gildrd
salons into which his gifts have given
MIN the enfTPe, as his millions have
"iven Mackay. At least they must.
all of them, he like fish ont of water.
md we are not ut all surprised TO herr
If the poet or the Siprras bmlding. III
he capital. a facsimile of the log
cabin where. in the far West. th,
wuse first wooed him and paid him
repeated visits. such as he will never
receive from her amid the CAV and
oiddy whirl of the fashionable life ir
the metropolis. His endeavors in
This way, by the aid of such accessor-
les as the log cabin and its trophies
of savage life. ar. not. we suspect
he result of any affectation on hi
part. as some have not scrupled tC
say, but rather the ind0mitahle crav
ing of the poetic soul for the realiza
lion of the memories of the davs
when his life was filled with the sub
tle glamour of this first love.
The milliOnaires have nothing o.
this sort to fall back on The mem
0ries os their early days are not re
lieved by anv CLEAN of rom ance. but
on the contrary, whom they emDloy.a-
Dne way of spending their superfu
1us wealth, the best painters OF th,
lge, as Mrs. Mackay did MeissonitI
recently, to immortalize their com
monplace features in oils, the same
must occur to them which Bret Hart
outs in the mind, and expresses il
he words of the writer of He
Letter."
az yo1 saw prpl's pi,ture a tlt,n
FRA ", 1Il inEel u titt
You'll never su~pact he sold bacon
And flour at Poverty Flat"
We are not. therefore. in the leas
surprised that. with the heritage of
past. barren of everything else bu'
noney-making memories, and hay
nothing to look forward to but lif,
IF ennui in expending the wealth the.
nave acquire I, some of them hav.
aunched out, like Jim Fair an
senator Sharon, in directions whicl
have brought them more scandal thaI
,re,iit. 1t is on the other hand, no
l little to the honor of such men ii
Mackay anil Flood that they hav,
employed their wealth to b ,ttpr pur
pose, and done something for tn
public good and in the interest
humanity; but. when all that is said
paradoxical as it may appear. thos,
rich men are more to Ee pitied
their present positions than when
ike the rest of US, poor toilers fol
daily bread. they had to render theil
tale of bricFs each day to tina mex
orable taskmaster of life under th,
penalty, in case of failure, of goin.
cold, naked and hungry. To Il,
above the necessity of work is not, b,