The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-24

aRements too long to submit to such
restrictions. For instance. my father was a
small farmer and gardener, and l have near
relatives who are still in the same line. If
l could give them more Importance in this
vocation, even, and lift them up to
very gladly do so, and I would en-
joy living amon them a good por-
tion Of thet time, but | might as we'll try to
dry up the Mississippi river with a spong
as to make an effort in that direction. You
stances there Is no pleasure for me, even in
a visit, and I might say none of them
either. 1 have money and can afford to
enjoy life, but l can not have social inter
course above a gardener. They are poor,
work from morning till night, and wear
could not enjoy my money if ! was to heap
it on them. It is a good deal like one man
having money and another none. The one
who has not can not respond to the others
social expenditures, and by and by they be-
come distasteful to him. 1t ia the same
way at the theater. I might take my old
German aunt to a place of amusement. but
l would have to take seats where the social
standing of the family directed"
The Globe-Democrat representative here
asked if there were my cases where Ger
mans who had become wealthy and had re-
UuEACu " ullO oAu ~ lazy uAA AAAS
of one where the reasons for returning were
arbitrary and ~outweighed any discomfort.
| Then they thought of another, and only
one, where the return was from choice.
THAT was old man --, who got rich out
in st. Louis county. He was a cross grained
individual, never had any intercourse with
| his neighbors and never cared anything for
them. All he knew was to make money
and that was all he wanted. He went back
to the old country and established
a brewery, but he is the same there
that he was here. lie don't care
F.! son of a butcher. a baker, a gardener or u
mechanic. His world is his own, and he
lives rs ~eutirely within himself as it is pos
sible for any one to do. If | wanted to go
back, or If any Of us did, I might build a
castle instead Of a brewery, build a wall
around it and call in all my relatives, but
what pleasure would there be in that? A
man or woman who had ever enjoyed free
America would die under such restraint.
They would soon be consumed by ennui,
while the relatives who had never seen any
thing else would long for the company of
No. we can love the Fatherland az our ma
tive country; we can pity those who remain
behind and who do not know there is any
thing more in life than they see there, but
this is good enough for W."
1t ia the same with people born i'll almost
Ill OtneI European COuubiieS, anu WHO nave
come to this country and made fortunes.
The EnRlishman and tho Itishman find the
GLASS lines drawn almost as closely as the
German, and they find them just az unen-
durable. An American born in the same
station in life, and who has accumulated
wealth, can 60 to these countries and be-
come a social lion, but the native born
finds such II thing clearly impossible. And,
like the German, he ia not content to give
mp the privileges and advantages he
has enjoyed here. It is somewhat
different with the Frenchman. The
class lines are drawn around him closely,
but in many instances he is satisfied to take
his wealth and abide by them. His money
enables him to live without labor, and in a
measure lie becomes n little king with his
associates. But beyond this he cannot
have any hope to 60. The Italian IL COM
pletely satisfied to return to the old life
and social restrictions. relieved from the
necessity of daily work. He can live under
the sunny skiea of his native land. enjoy
all the society no wants, and add a few lux
uries to his daily fare. Free America ia but
little to him, as a iulc. Here he works and
saves. Ihere he idles and enjoys life.