The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-25

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the banquet. They call to her from
upholstered balcony; she will not lis
ten. Mark you, this is the failure OF
those who have had large accumulation
And then you must take into consid-
GRAFTON that the vast majority OF those
who make the dominant idea OF life
money-getting fall far short of affiu-
ence. 1t is estimated that only about
two out Of n hundred business men
have anything worthy the name OF sue
cess. A man who spends his life with
the one dominant idea of financial ac-
emulation spends life not worth liv-
ing.
So the idea Of worldly approval. II
that be dominant in mans life he Is
miserable. The two most unfortunate
men in this country for the six months
of the next presidential campaign will
be the two men nominated for the pres
idency. The reservoirs of abuse, and
diatribc, and malediction will grad
ually fill up, gallon upon gallon, hogs
head upon hogshead, and about autumn
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full, and hose will be attached to
each one, and it will play away on these
nominees, and they will have to stand
1t, and take The abuse, and the false
hood, and the caricaturc, an ,the ana
thema, and the caterwauling, and the
filth, and they will be rolled in it and
rolled over an d over in II until they
are cholicd, and submerged, and strangu-
lated, and at every sign of returning
consciousness they will be oa ked at by
all the hounds Of political parties from
ocean 10 ocean. And yet there are
hundred men to-day struggling for
that privilege, and there are thousands
of men who are helping them in the
struggle. Now, that is not life worth
living. You can got slandered and
abused cheaper than thatl Take it on
a smaller scale. Do not be so ambitious
to have n whole reservoir rolled over
on YOU. Bnt what you see in the, mat
ter cf hiGa political preferment you see
in every community in the struggle for
what is called social position.
Tens of thousands of people trying to
get into that realm, and they are under
terrific tension. What is social posi-
tion? 1t is difficult thing to define,
but we all know what it is. Good
morals and intelligence are not neces-
sary, but wealth, or the show Of wealth
is absolutely indispensable. There are
men to-day as notorious for their liber-
tinism as the night is famous for it's
darkness who move in what is called
high social position. There are hun
dreds of out-and-out rakes in American
society whose names are mentioned
among the distinguished guests at the
great levees. They have annexed all
the known vices, and are longing for
other worlds of diabolism to conquer
Good morals are not necessary in many
of the exalted circles of society.
Neither is intelligence necessary.
You find in that realm men who would
not know an adverb from an adjective
II they met il hundred times a day,
and who could not write letter of ac-
ccptance or regret without the aid of a
secretary. They buy their Libraries by
the square yard, only anxious to have
the binding Russian. Their ignorance
is positively sublime. Making English
grammar almost disreputable. And
yet the finest parlors open before them.
Good morals and intelligence are not
necessary, but wealth, or show of
wealth, is positively indispensable. 1t
does not make any difference how
you got your wealth, If you only got it.
The best way for you to get into social
position is for you to buy large
amount on credit, then put your prop
erty in your wife's name, have a few
preferred creditors, and then make an
assignment. Then disappear from the
community until tn c breeze is over, and
then come back and start in the same
business. Do you not see how beauti-
fully that will put out all the people
who are in competition with you and
trying to make an honest living? How
quickly it will get you into high social
position What is the use of forty OF
fifty years Of hard work when you can
by two or three bright strokes make a
great fortune? All! my friends, when
you really lose your money, how quick
they will drop and the higher you get
the harder you will drop.
There are thousands to-day in that
realm who are an Xious to keep in 1t
There are thousands in that realm whC
are nervous for fear they will fall out
of it, and there are changes going or
every year, and every month and every
hour which involve heartbreaks thai
are never reported. High social life il
constantly in hutter about the deli
cate question as to whom they shall lei
in and whom they shall push out, and
the battle is going on-pier mirror
against pier mirror, chandelier against
chandelier, wine cellar against wine
cellar, wardrobe against wardrobe
eauipage against equipage. Uncer
tainty and insecurity dominant in tina
realm, wretchedness enthroned, tor
ture at premium, and life not wortl
living.
A life Of sin, life Of pride, a life o
indulgence, life Of worldliness, lifC
devoted to the world, the flesh and tn,
devil is failure, dead ia lure, an in
finite failure. care not how many
presents you sent to that cradle, or how
many garlands you send to that grave
you need to put right under the nam,
on the tombstone this inscription
Better for that man II he had nevei
been born"
But shall show you life that Il
worth living A young man says g
am bara am not resnonsible for m,