The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-27

sCdie OF everything. all luxuries have in
creased enormously in cost, though neces-
sarieS have not, and at the END of the
yeaE she viii begin to- think whether this
or tAat outlay could not be economical
ms Is true, even if, in addition 10 his
$1,000 a year. he inherits the plant of
a lu@urious life, but if he is a new man
or Tor any other reason has to start
aIresh, his plight is d much worse one
The noVeliSts who write about fortunes
go VIZ Always forget lnat tnere are
HIty-IWo sundays IN a year, usually for
get also what that plant costs. Suppose
MI Semi-Croesus has made or inherited
WndL used to be the magnificent sum of
&5tS,OOe, he wiz find it very difficult at
I per cent, for, though Americans OBJ
tam Z, they do IL by trusting Industrial
speculations. which the average English
man once out of the city thinks tee un-
certain for his children's future.
We will, however, allow him 4 per cent,
which, on &5O0,600, is &19,OJ0 q gssr-
that is, 10000 with the shilling income
reaches him, taken of He has to buy a
town house, which will cost him e20OOO,
and a country house and estate in pleas
ant country which, with the necessary re-
building to suit his special taste. Will run
away with eSo,O00 or $4,000 more.
There is the income of the estate. to De
sure, to come to him. but he viii find
that when he has paid for repairs and
scOlded his bailif for the losses on the
home farm-indispensable, you know, for
supplies - satisfied his tenants COM
plants, and paid MS rates and his utheS,
and hired the extra shootings his keep
erS are anxious for, and provided 70"
the uDkeeD of mis- PARK, with its lodges
and gates and. above all. roads that
income is almost negligible quantity.
Then there are two great houses to be
well furnished on a scheme in keeping
with his new position, which implies p
few good pictures and some marbles and
many books, all new and paid for at
prices which bear 20 resemblance TO
those they Will fetch one day at auc-
ton. He viii be fortunate if the bills
leave much of 100000; that is, he viii
nave spent in setting Installing
himself $50 GOO. or in other words. re-
dGced his free income 10 $4,000 a year
be further reduced by allowances to his
sons. pensions. and other claims which
have grown upon him to-. say. el0oJ0
year. which IS too little for the scheme
of life he has adopted lie Will be fed,
well lodged and well horSed. according
to the IDEAS of men OF his type. but he
ton of money as the really rich man is.
but viii worry about the position Of his
shsmefaced way that mis- sons should not
seek pOrtiOniess brides.
To perhaps three-fouTths of our read
ers the words written above Will seem
preteutious nonsense chapter by
Ouida-but the other fourth viii know
that they are true. and. moreover. that
their truth is not based on any wasteftii-
ness or luxuriOusness peculiar to the
present day There was as much luxury
and waste when $1,000 a year was a
splendid fortune as there is noW-Der-
haps more. because there was if the
historians of society viii allow Us TO say
it, more ostentauonr though 1t was, not
intended to haUnt wealth so much IS TO
keep up rank. Nobody now drives
with outriders. The change has arisen
naturally from increased prosperity,
from great enlargement OF the POSSE
bilities of enjoyment and from an eluat
enlargement of men perceptions as ot-
rected TO that enc 4here arc - Ht2gs
more rich men that everything thef
seek for. especially fire houses nne luf-
niture and opportunities OF sport, ms
~fG in ro~ira leans and nOLEfsSs. LtAts
10 a single eXample, the SNORING -l.d
fshing OF a rich man here and IN Scot
land and Norway VIII cost nm ltV-h
$1,000 to $1,000 a year.
The scale has altered. and TO keen
among the first few requires means
which to our grandfathers would nave
appeared immense We see no proof
fhat vice has reased-certainly that
of gambling has not though IL Is tar 0oo
prevalent-and We are not sure ahout the
Of it because there = more none
wasted, but IS the proportion greater
We think not. the number of the @ensi-
BILE ard thrifty having increased - much
as that OF the sDendthrifts. while the
proportion Of the philanthropic has heen
indefinitely enlarged. our granCfa theirs
Gid not chronicle everything as VIC DO
and much OF the appearance of mad lux
ury which now DISTINGUISHES European
society everywhere is due to the excess
sive desire for advertisement. which
makes smart society positively histFiCnic.
and to the eagerness OF newspapers to
supply 10 mllhons OF quiet readers
what helps. we must suppose to give AN
impression of color to gray and mohot-
OnOuS lives
What strikes US rather as the special
evil OF the generation il an Increase Of
the force OF whim-of the inclination.
that is. TO crafty imnulSc without ref
erence to old restraints ana of = eertain
reaction against goodness. because the
value placed on it Is seen to be gather
ing strength, 1t IS very difficult to de-