The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-13
DRIFTING rSTo rwo CLASSES.
wealth. OF Brains and Wealth Of Doodle
The Domestic Class.

New Yo-k Press.
We are drifting into two classes II Is as
certain as fate. In the garden Of Eden
there we're humanity and the serpent, and
IN al time aown 20 the present there have
been in all wellregala.ed communities
laws potent. omEipotent indeed. which de-
termine the status ultimate Of every human
being The fact that Tommy Jones father,
starting as . grocer boy, worked his way
sy diligence and industry and honesty OF
Application 10 the miElionaireistic point.
preserving always his rugged simplicity
knowing knothing beyond the realms OF
his occupation, dying at last. ieayifl 70
Tommy Jones four or five millions ~ dol
lars. does unfortunately grant Tommy
Jones an admission to the giided circle :
but does that enable Mr.. Tommy Jones 10
hold hrs Own with men OF brains Is he
looked to for support in any moral enter
rrlseP Is he regarded in any sense one OF
the forces OF the city and the time simply
because he has inherited four or i've niil-
lions Of dollars
On the other hand, being a millionaire
does pgi him in th al class of wealth.
II there could have been added Ia his in
heritance his father brains and his fatb-
ers sturdy morale. how differently he
wo1ld loom before his fellow citizens. lie
wonldn { then be known as an aniseSeed-
bag chaser. nor as a poio-pony rider nor a
disEeputable debauchee. He would then not
only have the privilege Of standing with
the elect, 50 far as money IL concerned,
bu, he wcnld find himself among men con
sldered whose ideas would he no; only
sought, but respected, whose suggestions
would be carefully weighed and whose ex-
ample would be followed
Wealth is great factor.
Bat If wealth's great utility Is frittered
away in hands of careless, thoughtless, sell
fish ignoraususes. of what good is il TO the
community Obviously We have this rich
class, and the rich class have the power to
be the greatest possible benefactors to the
human race while enjoying themselves. as
is their due. with everything that heart
can wish for or mind suggest.
Thank heaven, we also have a domestic
class.
There are thousands upon thouands of
families in this city where domestic happi-
ness absolutely reigns. where. in comforta-
bic circumstances, the father and the
mother and the children are undisturbed
by the lightning flashes of wealth with all
entertainment that characterize the ongo-
iBgs Of the McAllister set. They read.
they study, they have their home attrac-
tons. they 60 to church. they listen to lee
lures, now and then they go to the thea =
ter. Fond of music they have ample OPP
portunity for that chief enjoyment. and
they know absolutely nothing of the silly,
fiapdoodle high life" OF which newspa-
peFs talk so much. They know no more Of
that than they do OF the class of people who
are everlastingly paraded as being present
at this entertainment, or among the nota-
bes of that occasion
And there IS another class. the strug-
glers.
Struggling is tough occupation. There
has been laid. by some mysterious inilu-
ense, upon thousands and thousands, aye
hundreds of thousands, of men and
women in this city, the heavy burden OF
struggle. II Is a daily thought and a
nightly wonder how to pay the rent how
10 meet the bills, how TO ciothe The chill
dren. how 10 arrange for education, how,
oitcntimes, TO live.