Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-21
THE STORY OF TWO BRIDES.
One Came to Grief and the Other
Lived Happily.
Of THE PHRILS OF PROSPERITY
Nobody Questions Their Ability TO
Carry Gracefully Its Crushing
Weight.
Of THE PERILS OF PRoSPERIT

trnntg us face TO race, OlIeutlnles Win
heavy blow 1t embitters us with pow
.rtv. II contends with Us day by day.
and asserts itself our master. II even
sometimes cruelty i,roStrates, and we
continue to see exemplifled the saying
any sorrows are greater than l can
bearn Fate seems obdurate and Of
fers us no choice. and Scripture itself de-
oisres that in the world we shall have
tribulation. But how few in this gid
ed aye of extravaganza question their
ability to carry, and gracefully, too.
the crushing weight of prosperity?
The tendency to luxury is so nteural
ond easy to most Of us, and the daily
path is made SO smooth and ilowery'
that IT is not strange that even We who
have had the assurance to boast our
selves strong, slip into the shining
way and almost unconsciously close
with mammon at ruinuus price to
our higher. truer nature. But the bar-
cain Is made; our ideals at one swoop
have been recklessly thrown into the
balance, and we no Longer command
the situation. our purchaser, so SUIT
lie. has lngeniously concealed the can
rer lurking beneath the brave show
ing. and we glide aimlesslv along the
broad highway of life, defying, yes IN
yiting. the glare of publicity to our
dirplay of material success.
Ii is not to be denied that wealth IS
nm lnestlmable blessing; 1t eominends
Mt least outward respect, and gives US
an ostcnsible value above our Fellows,
and in strong hands Yields a power for
great good to humanity in general. as
well ms ourselves. But II is also u gift
for which much is required, and where
In one instance Its value is dinused
10 the world through our highest de-
yelOpment, are there not ten IN whlch
1t is only the means OF personal ener-
walton and decadencef
Who doesn't remember with admiral
ton Miss Alcott's Little Women"
conuuerns the odds against them2
The Ingenious contrlyances for making
both ends meet, the stretching OF one
glove FOR two hands, the pleclng and
Planning and turning, with fund Of
rheyrfuluess and sympathy and coop
Grafton. like mosaic setting for their
labOrs2 Do we think enViously, by
contrast, of the pair so recently ar
rayed for public scrutiny who have
but to stretch forth their hand for the
qualification Of their desires? What
could they know of the satisfaction
which tlngled to our deft finger tips
when ConnoissC urs. In spite Of search
ing and critical lJrgnettes, pronounced
our marvellous construction out OF
mere remn lnts the handsomest cos
tune In the ball room2 1t was wrought
with love for u background, which their
market seldom supplies. Like the prod
igal. they have wandered away from
their fatheg's house. and in n foreign
land have sold themselves as subjects
bf circumstance, which has become
their tyrant They have fed on husks
and sought nourishment only from
things rather than thoughts, and they
have proved but apples OF Sudom,
starving the one and debasing the
other.
Tho bird in the gildcd cage. even
Tarl1nded with flowers and decked in
brighter plumasc, may carol no strain
TO inspire us like the first bluehird Of
fpriug upon the naked apple tree; II
may not sing at ALL but NOPE behind
lts prison bars and die of splendid
misery
We have IN mlrd an example OF the
fact so often repeated, that one gener'
alton aecumulnte5 for another to
waste. In the present case the chill
j dren Of a weak mother have drifted
10 maturity with no more laudable OBJ
leet for the sons than the pampering
of their own selfish vanity and no
higher aim Tor the daughters than the
SECURING OF some modern Croesus with
4 whom TO contract an alliance but in
time of need their eagles have taken
4 70 TIT mselves wings and flown away,
and they are loft to fall helplessly
n upon any arm stronger than their own
\ and generous enough to come to their
4 support.
a few short years ago we were the
Il Fortunate wedding guests of two June
brides. At the first lavish display to
The mlnutcst detail reflected the wor-
Y ship OF the golden calf" After
u costly honeymoon the turtle doves
q euocd 10 each other for time in a
NJ fiNINf tl,,tssH.s, Tal11t. Tho h1Iu-
&hand. lacking stimulus for more
Hhoalthiul employment, relaxed into
#fportlug man. Soon his fortune
2showed signs Of Weakening from the
Ionormous drains demanded by his
#luNurious tastes, when he turned to
n.that or his wife, who again and again
Fame to the rescue, until now, In this
VI brlef interval, the grim giants, want
BIND dissipation. are crushing out not
.tnly the beauty of material things.
.but threatening the very essence OF
Fhelr personality which little later
.1@ill be tossed, a useless thing, upon the
ffhore OF time
81 The second married the only son Of
a country olerEyman-a talented young
|1hysiciun fresh from the hospitals OF
~ Europe. with his fortune yet to make.
numerous comparisons among mutual
1rtends at the time OF the nuptlals re-
"a quilted almost without exception in a
-
nor the more possible. Of the latter
..talunced but lightly against the GER
talnty OF gold. But the principle OF
+ ihe true value, coming from within,
Is already asserting Itself IN the rising
.<oung surgeon of leading city, the
.foales are rapidly shifting their weight.
tnd the possible Is already reversing
10 the side Of the real.
.H Do not be dazzled by the hooking
t,fhow Of things, girls. The roots OF
f3he tree are beneath the surface, ex-
.frtlng their silent energy with the
/ power Of endurance. BY and by the
WAVES clap their hands, and Il brings
,Wprth fruit TO the JOY of the whole
world. Does It say to itself, l will
I'm grow Then is It dead and 1T
4fnly 10 cast into the fire. The nature
.t life Is growth and expansion of the
It trength lying within us, which de-
Hoped may reach to that higher in
llgonee and touch the heart OF divln-
" Itself. II. w c.
WOMEN AND WATERLOO.