The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-09

or unicorn rampant on tbs eaErisge
door. when, if they had the appropriate
cost Of arms, it would have been but
ter frkin or shoe last or a plow or a
troEel. Instead Of being like all the
rest Of US, made out Of dust, they would
have you think that they were trickled
out Of heaven on lump Of loaf sugar.
The first thing you know Of them, the
father will fail in business, and the
daughter will run OF with French
dancing N master. A woman spoiled by
8 finer house is bad enough, but map
so upset is si,kening. The lavendered
fool goes around 80 dainty and so pre-
else and so Affected in the roll OF his
eyes or the whirl Of his cane or the
clicking Of the ivory handle his from;
.ee.n or his efeminate ianguor, ana
his conversation so interlarded WITH
"oh's" and ''sh's" that he is to me a
dose Of inecacuanhs. Now, my friends,
# Won move into larger house, thank
Cod for more room-for more room to
hang YOUR pictures, for more room in
which to gather your friends, for more
room in which to let your children
romp and play, for more room for great
bookcases filed with good reading OF
wealth of brio a-brac. Have as large
and as fine house as you can afford to
have, but do not sacrifice your humili-
ty snd your common sense; do pot lose
your balance; do not be spoiled By your
successes.
Years sgo we were the guests in an
Eoglish manor. The ststuary, the
ferneries, the botanical snd horticul-
tural genius Of the place had done all
they could do to make the place attrac-
tive. For generations there mad been
an amassing Of plate and costly sur
roundings. At half past 9 o'clock in
the morning the proprietor Of the
estate had the bell rung, and some 20
or 80 manservsnts and maidseryants
came in to prayers. The proprietor
of the estate read the Scriptures, gave
out the hymn, his daughter st the
organ started the music, and then, the
music over, the proprietor of the estate
kneeled down and commended al his
guests, all isfauily, all his employees,
to the Lord Almighty. God can trust
such man as that with large estate.
He knows how to abound. He trusted
God, and God trusted him. And |
could call off the roll Of so merchant
princes as mighty fo1 God ss they are
mighty in worldly successes. All, my
friends, do not puSed up by any Of the
successes of this life, do not be spoiled
by the number Of liveried ooachmen
that may stop at yourdoor or the sweep
of the long trail across the imported
tapestry. Many of those who come to
your house are fawning parasites. They
are not so much in love with you as
they are in love with your house and
your successes. You move down next
yesr to 320 Low Water Marx street aud
see how many Of their carriages will
halt at your door.
Tinon of Athens was q wealthy
lord, and all the mighty men and Wo-
men Of the land came and sat at his
banquet, proud to sit there, and they
drank deep to his health. They sent
him costly presents. he sent costlier
presents back again, and there was no
man in all the land so admired as
Timon of Athens. the wealthy lord.
But after awhile, through lavish hos
pitality or through betrayal, be lost
everything. Then he sent for help to
those lords whom he had banqueted
and to whom he had given large sums
of money. Lucullus, Lucius, Sem
pronius and Ventidias. Did those
lords send any help to him? Oh, no.
Lucullus said when he was applied TO-,
We'll, I thought that Tmon would
come down; he was too lavish; let him
safer for his recklessness." Lucius
said, II would be very glad to help
Timon, but ! have made large purchases,
and my means are all absorbed" And
one lord sent one excuse and smother
lord sent another excuse. But, to the
astonishnent ofeverybody, after awhile
Timon proclaimed another feast. Those
lords said to themselves, Why, either
Timoa has had good turn Of fortune
or be has been deceiving US, testing our
love-" And SC they all focked to the
banquet apologetic for seeming luke
yarmness. The guests were all seated
at the table, and Tinon ordered the
covers lifted. The covers lifted, there
was nothing under them but smoking
hot water. Then Tinon said to his
guests, Dogs, lap, lap, dogs" and un-
der the terrific irony they fed the room,
while Timon pursued them with his
anathema, calling them fools offortune,
destroyors Of happiness under mask,
hurting at the same time the pitchers
and the chalices after them. Oh, my
friends, l would not want to make you
oyersuspicious in the day Of your sue
cess, but l want you to understand
right we'll there is vast difference be-
tween the popularity Of Tinon the pros
porous and Timon the unfortunate. I
want you to know there is vast differ
ence in the number Of people who ad-
mire man when he is going up and
the number Of people who admire him
when he is going down.
But l must have word with those
who move out Of larger residences into
smaller. Sometimes the pathetic res-
son is that the family has dWindled in
size and so much room is not required,
so they move out into smaller apart
ments. I know there are such cases.
Marriage has taken some Of the mem
bers Of the family, death has taken
other members of the family, and af-
ter awhile father and mother wake up
to find their family just the size it was
when they started, and they would be
lonesome and lost in a large house,
hence they move out Of it. Moving
lay is great sadness to such if they