Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-22

SO the idea of worldly approval. II
that be dominant in mans life he is
Every four years the two
most unfortunate men i'm this country
are the two men nominated for the
presidency. The reservoirs of abuse,
and dlatribe, and malcdiction gradual
~ NIL up, gallon above gallon, hogs
mead above hogshcad, and about mid
summer these two reservoirs will be
Drumming full, and IA hose will bc at
tached To each one. and it will play
away on these nominees. and they
Will have To stand it and take the
abuse, and the falsehood. and the
caracature, and the anathema, and
the caterwauling, and the filth
and they will be rolled in it, and
rolled over and over in it until they
are chol<ed, and submerged, and
strangulatcd, and at every sign of re-
turning consciousness they will be
parked at by all the hounds of political
parties from ocean TO ocean. And vet
there are a hundred men to-day strug-
CLING 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 get
slandered and abused cheaper than
that! Take it on smaller scale. Do
not be SO ambitious TO have n whole
reservoir rolled over on you.
But what you see in the matter of
high political prcferment YOU see i'm
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 terrible
tension. What is social position? 1t
is difficult thing TO define. but we
all know what it is Good morals and
intelligence are not necessary. but
wealth, or show of wealth is abSo-
solutcly Indispensable. There are men
to-day as notorious for their libcrtin-
ism as the night is famous for its dark
ness who move in what is called hiph
social position. There are hundreds of
out-and-out ralScs in American society
whose names are mentioned among the
distinguished guests mt the great
lcvecs. 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 advcrb from an adjective
if they met it a hundred times in dav.
and who could not write letter of ac-
ceptancc or regrets without the aid of
secretary. They buy their libraries
10y the square yard. only anxious to
have the binding Russian. Their ig-
norancc is positively sublime. making
English grammar almost disreputablc.
And yet the finest parlorS open before
them. GooU morals and intelligence
are not necessary. hut 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 so
cial position Is for Won TO buy Il large
amount on credit, then put your prop
crty in your wifc's name. have n few
preferred creditors. and then make an
assignment Then disappear from the
community until the breeze is over.
and come back and start in the same
business. Do Won not see how bcauti-
fully that Will put out all the people
who are in competition with YOU and
trying To make an honest living? How
quickly il Will get YOU into high social
position. What Is thcuSe Of toiling IGOR
90 years of hard work when Won can by
two or three bright strokes make q
great fortune? Ah, my friends. when
You really lose vuurmoncv how quickly
they Will let you drop and the higher
you get the harder Won will drop.
There are thousands to-day i'm that
realm who are anxious to keep I'm II.
There are thousands i'm that realm who