Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-01-23

day. can SO easily command have to IN
alarming extent baneful effect
They are q constant menace to the
highest mental and spiritual growth.
The best pleasures are those that re-
quire little or no money for their graft
fication. Tho love of nature, the ac-
quirement Of useful and entertaining
knowledge, the enjoy ment OF converse
tion with friends that is ennoblin& or
full of brightness and wit, the devel.
opment Of splendid character. all
of these and other things which, In
order to make ourselves worthy OF
honor and love, we should assiduoa Ny
cultivate, are seriously halnpered by
the materialistic tendencies OF the age.
The soul should not allow houses,
raiment and food to smother its nobler
impulses AS it is, many who go into
an ecstacy when they see room full
of pretty bric-a-brac take little or NO
delight in the beauties of nature. They
are really abject slaves to that which
their money has enabled them to pur-
chase. Their time is almost entirely
given up to epicurean repasts, dress
ing, decorating their houses. giving en-
tertainments that are costly but abhor-
rent to good Ia ste. etc. Such people
mako material things the end of their
ambition, not a means to a higher liv-
ing. and consequently they are sadly
belittlcd by their very possessions and
socalled great advantages"
BY the time the doctor had finished
sreaking Miss Chaworth was greatly
interested in him, and regarded him
with muck respect He stimulated her
mind; his courageous condemnation OF
the iollies of fashionable society, and
S<rIH
ideal, awakened her admiration; his
superiority to the city dudes to whose
society she was accustomed was vivid
" felt; she saw in him the beauty and
strength of true manhood; he aroused
the dormant possibilities OF good in
her, and overcame the competency
which she lad attained as 4 retted dar-
ling Of society. 1t was revealed 10 her
that as she lived her better seis was
being sacrificed. What until now hal
enchanted her began to appear tEno-
BILE. She for the first time Iclt desire
to free herself from the splendid mo-
terialism that had made her its willing
victim She realized that her new
friend, whose life had been one of plain
living and high thinking, could hearth.
ly congratulate himself that he was
not one of the four hundred. His aims
and his pleasures were far superior tc
theirs
During the evening the two talked,
now earnestly, now merrily, and Miss
Chaworth acknowledged to herself that
it was the most delightful conversation
in which she had ever participated.
The next morning DR.. Wardell depart.
ed and the young woman saw him &C
with much regret.
Our heroine spent portions OF the fol.
lowing summer and fall among the
Berkshire hills. and there again met
the eccentric but fascinating young man
who had dared in her presence to con-
denim the fashionable world with un-
fiinching sincerity. Miss Chaworth pos
sesscd a fine mind and a good heart,
and since the memorable conversation
she had longed for something better
than a butterfly existence. She en-.
couraged Dr. Wardell to cultivate her
society and they became great friends.
Finally Helen suspected that he loved
her. and she was glad. Soon, however,
she was Respondent. She became con-
WINGED that he was as proud as he was
poor, and that he would never seek the
hand of an heiress in marriage, espe-
ciaily after he had expressed SO much
contempt for the way rich people usu.
ally lived. But Just as she was yield.
ing to despair, her father, fortunately
for her. but much to his own grief, did
not succeed in gigantic attempt to
corner the corn market. and failed most
disastrously, being able to pay his cred
itors only ten cents on the dollar. The
loss of his wealth removed the only OBJ
stacle to the happiness of the lovers.
DR. Wardell sought Miss Chaworth as
soon as he had read an account of the
failure in a morning paper. He ex-
pressed his sympathy and proposed at
the same time. He was promptly &C.
cepted,
PLY together. They are in comfort
able circumstances. but probably will
never be wealthy. But they do not re-
pine, for they are content to lead an in
tellectual and simple life. Both of them
are now looking eagerly forward to the
time not distant when DR.. Wardell's
great philosophic book, "Materialistio
Influences in Modern Society" will be
issued by one of the leading publishing
houses of the country. In writing the
book the doctor was greatly assisted by
his clever wife, she giving him the
benefit of her intimate knowledge OF
New York's most fashionable society.
1t is said that several of the chapters
will be devoted to scathing criticism
of the well-known work of Ward Nc
Allister, and that worthy will no doub.
be compelled to enter the arena of con-
troversy in elf-deiense.-J. A. Bollcs,
in Boston Budget.
THE MAID OF RATiSBON.
Another Political Legend Proved Tn.