The record-union., 1897-02-07

{
CAME all the way out West to pay his
| nephew visit. and at the same time
see for himself the much talked about
young lady. Not being in love with her
himself. and having the young mans
interest very much al heart. he was not
the least bit dazzled by her manifold
charms and saw readily through her
numerous artifices. He frankly told
his nephew her faults as seen through
disinteVeSted eyes, and like all impet-
uous youths from time ingnemorial the
young fellow flew into a violent pas
sion and refused 10 even listen. Ha
considered his divinity little short of an
unwinged angel and his uncle a heart
less brute for presuming TO find fauIe
with her and was not slow about ex-
pressing his sentiments. That was the
beginning of the quarrel. The rich un-
Gle returned to his home. Vowing to dis
inherit his ungrateful nephew the min
ute he got there, but what young man
very much in love ever cared a rap for
filthy lucre when love and cottages
were plenty? And so they were mar
ried.
For time all was serenely beautiful:
then came the awakening. The young
man found that instead of being mated
TO an unwinged angel. his Wife was
selfish, vain and frivolous. They never
had amy children because all children
demand certain amount of self-sacri-
flee from the mother. which she was
unwilling 10 give. Her highest ambi-
tions We're dress and admiration, and
she would so to the EXTREMIST limits
TO get either one or the other
Newly Rich's income was not great,
Yet 1t would have enabled q less ex-
tpavaSant woman to live very COM
fortabiy; yet, somehow, it always
seemed Inadequate to meet Mrs. Newly
Rich'S desires. This was one of her
greatest trials, that 1t would not ena-
Bile her to dress like q fashion plate,
and at the same time entertain eXtraV-
agantly. One or the other had TO bo
| sacrificed, SO she gave up all idea of
entertaining and not being used to the
making of sacrifices and being too mar
row minded 10 look upon the bright
side of things, she brooded over the
matter until she became almost unbear-
ably peevish.
But through it all never once did
Newly Rich complain. If he recognized
the fact that he had made a mistake.
as he could not help but do, he never
spoke of it. but worked harder than
ever TO crafty her every whim and
caprice.
When the news came Of his uncle's
death and of the fortune left him Mrs.
Newly Rich began at once to lay plans
how the money could be spent in order
to give her the greatest enjoyment.
When her husband suggested that they
lay a little aside in the event of a rainy
day his wife would not listen. No.
they would save none of it; they would
travel instead. was her edict. Newly
Rich then asked where she would like
to go To Europe Of COures where
else did you think?" Poor Newly Rich
meekly suggested that he had been
thinking that it would be a good thing
If they saw their own country first.
Thereupon. in tones of suspicious calm
ness, his wife asked him what he
ahought he would see in his own coun-
try, and when she was told of the
beauties of the Pacific Coast, of the
grandeur of the scenery in the North
west and of the lovely eQuable climate
to be found anywhere between Califor-
MIA and Florida, Mrs. Newly Rich
laughed in derision. She had made up
her mind to take that European trip,
and nothing could alter her decision.
So, being a wise man, fond of peace,
her husband ceased his opportunities
and listened patiently while she dilat-
ed in turn of the grandeur Of the Alps.
the beauties of the Rhine and of the
aristocratic civilization to be found in
the Old World
It's bad enough for our moneyed peo-
pie to neglect their own country and
take a foreign tour but it's infinitely
worse when the people who do this sort
of thing are shallow. brainless women
on the border Of Mrs. Newly Rich, who
take the trip not for the sake of the
sights and scenes and the priceless
works Of art, but simply to have the
satisfaction of saying to their less for
tunate friends that they have been to-
Europe ASK any woman of this stamp
what she saw on this trip and ten to-
one she will give vent to a series of
ecstatic Obs and Abs, and exclain,
"Oh, now, really. my dear. don't ask
me; just couldn't begin to tell 1t all!'
which is all the satisfaction you can get
out of her.
| don't believe the average American
half appreciates his own country. It's
the same old story over again of the
prophet who had to seek honor and
glory in another country. It's human
nature not to appreciate that which is
around us and which we see every day.
If we travel we never think of our OWN
country, oh no, that is too common
place: we needs must go to foreign
lands where we are quite willing TO be
robbed and cheated by the majority of
foreigners who find good pickings i'm
the inexperienced Americans who cross
the pond, rich in money but wofully
poor in experience.
What our people need most of all IS
a feeling of patriotism; they need to be
enthused every day in the year with a
Fourth of July feeling for their coun-
try. And, talking of enthusiasm, re-
minds me that it is the enthusiastic
people who make the greatest success
in life: IT'S the men and women who
do what they have to do with their
whole heart and soul You never saw
a man or woman yet who didn't love
their chosen profession or whatever
line of work they We're engaged in that
didn't make it a success in the end.
Don't be phlegmatic; don't wait for
things to come your way, but make an
effort and they will come your way
every time. BESELENA.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
ralra Jaxa+iva Promo Ouinine Tablets