Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-01-16
CASHDON'T MAKEC CONTENT
HERE IS THE AUTHORITY OF ONE
VERY RICH MAN TO PROVE 1T.

II believe that am commonly referred to
as a surprisingly fortunate and successful
man. Everything has gone well with me IN
life have accumulated considerable posses
sions, my wife and daughter, not TO men-
ton my horses and carriages, are much nd
mired in society. My health is excellent. and
whatever money can buy Ia this world, with
in reason, Is at my command. Ousat | not,
then, to be happyip
The millionaire sighed as be asked the ques-
tion Encouraged nthe humor by q response
Of emphatic assent from the friend in the arm
chair on the other side of the little table-the
two were convorsing at the club--he added.
1t all depends on how you lock at things,
suppose For the sake Of argument | am
assuming a purely selfish standpoint The
question is, What do get out Of all thisi 1t
seems to me that get very little. When ]
was young man, without penny, / used to
think Of all that money would DO and buy.
and IL seemed 20 me that should be perfectly
happy If | could accumulate 100000 But
now that spend pretty nearly that amount
every year can't see that get SO very much
more out Of life than did whom was poor
Ia reality only have the use Of triing
part Of what ! nominally own
"And pray, how do you make that outT
Its simple enough. No man cnn actually
make use for himself Of so very much money
after all Take the case Of jay Gould, who
is probably worth SiO0,00OOOO lie only owns
that amount in the sense that he controls II
for the use Of others; he can use but a small
fraction Of il for himself Host of il he never
saw, and scarce any Of it does be ever see,
except when he goes on laborious tours Of in
spection to find out what employment the
public is making of tho railways and tele
graph lines he has created for their conve
nience. He works for bis board and clothes
and mighty little else The Astors own $4,000
houses in New York city; they cannot use
more than half dozen of them. who uses the
restl Why, the people. A small part Of their
incomes from rents the Astors can utilize for
making themselves comfortable and happy,
while the bulk Of the money is put into more
real estate for other peoples use. all that they
spend over and above their wants going to
help support tradesmen and workers. These
are only illustrations Of general proposition,
Of which find my own case an exemplilca.
ton. As / have often pat the question 10
myself What do got out Of all my supposed
blessings"
Everything that ought to make human
being comfortable, should think
1T should be so, but is iti Let us see how
far these blessings have any usefulness for me
personally. To begin with, have a flne house,
keep horses and carriages, and am in posi-.
ton to give entertainments on a very hand
some scale. | should rather say, however,
that my wife gives these entertainments; my
own part In them is not conspicuous. For
some days before one is TO come of my home
is pretty well torn TO pieces ia preparation
for the event; the domestic circle IS tempo
rarily demoralized aud rendered uncomforta
bic, and the ladies' OF the family are rendered
so upset in temper by their anxieties regard
ing the approaching festivity that am glad
TO get away TO the club in the eyenings-in
fact, that's the reason I'm here at this min.
ute. When the night for the party has ar
rived, where am II Not IN demand. certainly
The guests, particularly the young people
don't come to see me; ! find that | am con
sidered TO be most appropriately disposed Of
IN an out-of- the-way corner Of my own II
brary And this arrangement is altogether
agreeable 20 myself, inasmuch as q man Of my
age-although, as you are well aware, am
socially inclined-can hardly be expected to
mingle congenially in a company chiefly com.
posed Of gigglmg girls and young nincom-
poops in dress coats. Where ] come IN is ia
paying for their fun.n
"You don't 80 out much, do your
"Io other peoples entertainments No
Why should IL They are nothing but the
same sort Of thing-more nincompoops, more
giggling girls, dancing, Irritation, gobhling
ices and SO ON. It is fun for them, but an
awful bore for me- However, this sort OF
thing represents the only object worth living
for TO my wife and daughters, apparently; it
pretty much ahsorbs all the attention which
otherwise might hope for from them. When
come home in the afternoon, after my days
work is done, find my wife dressing for din
ner il she has returned from her usual cali
ing tour. and after dinner am either drag
ged Off to some party or place Of amusement
mot because l am wanted, but TO serve as
an escort-or ! am left at home alone 10 my
own devices. do not see the ladies Of my
family at breakfast, because they don't get
out Of bed until noon. 1t is only ON Sundays
that get any chance at all 90 make their &C.
quaintance as you might say Once ia a
while venture 10 address a mild protest e
my wife ON the subject, but she always says
My dear, we have daughters Of marriagea.
bic age and il is necessary that ] should take
them out into society; if you suppose that
find the performance of my duties as chaperor
amusing, you are very much mistaken.'n
"You are In luck not TO be asked to serve
in that capacity"
"No; that is not my line My part is that
Of a cash distributor. / am regarded as
sort Of money bagato dip INTO for coin wher
anything IS wanted M dufy-Deirs,s, to sefv,
in that capacity no gratitude is felt foi'Wha
! beStow; l am merely considered an III
Oh 4 a
ally ask for q small accounting. One Of N,
daughters would not speak TO me at she din
ner table last night because refused to Civ,
her a separate allowance for pin money II
addition 10 the 500 a month already appro
priated for her clothes and ct ceteras. Sh,
said that the other girls all had distinct al
iowances for pin money, outside OF clothes
and she diant see why she should not also
| MY son doesn't make decent pretense o
keeping within his allowance; he runs up bi,
bulls, on the strength Of my credit at tn
tailors, the florists, the hotels and elsewhere
and when they are sent TO me, because h.
fails to pay them, and ] express annoyance
be turns sulky and talks about tie necessiti
OF living like gentleman.
| :, AS Wen as l can make out his notion o
| living Ike a gentleman consists chiefly il
foolish dissipation. Nevertheless. nv son
considered an eligible party, matrimonial
speaking, by other girls mnmmas. owing {,
his expectations Of inheriting money when
go OF the hooks, and likewise 1 Is with m,
daughters, OF whom the Young men saw
90, they'll have money when the Old puife
| dies Meantime, when my children marry
shall be expected TO supply each OF them will
a comfortable sum IN cash. They lool for
ward TO it as a matter OF course and II Is mo
70 be expected that they will be undnl,
thankful In short, l am simply an animate,