The sun., 1901-03-11

ute than the Governor knows in seven
years and ten months"
"Will he know any more as he grows
older?"
"Indeed he will"
"Will it do him any goodg
"If he is built right it will"
"And if he isn't?'
"He will continue to think he is the very |
greatest that ever happened, and spend all
his fathers hard-earned savings on the mo-
nopoly."
"Do many sons of their fathers do that
way?"
',Take look around and see for your
self"
GLOW will he do if he is built right?"
"He will try to overcome his handicap of
wealth, and be Real Man"
"Will he ever be great?
"The chances are he will not"
"Why not?"
because his father is rich"
"Is that such handicap"
"Well, only genius Of boy can over
come it,"
"And if he is not a genius?"
"Then he will be only fair average"
even with all the money to help him."
"It doesn't help him, tell you"
"But it ought to be help to him."
"Ought is one thing, and is is another"
"I don't quite see"
"Without exercise there is no strength,
and boy who gets money without work
ing for it, isn't strong enough to handle it
properly"
"What does he do with it?"
HAS good time"
What is that"
'It's something his father never had be-
fore him."
"Why didn't he?"
"He was too busy making the money that
the Boy is spending"
"Does the father like to see his money
spent that way?"
Presumably he does. Any way, he let's
the Boy have it, because he wants to shield
him from the hard knocks he had to endure
in his own youth"
eff the hard knocks didn't wreck the
father why can't the son stand them!"
"He could, but not one father in ten thou
sand seems to be aware of the fact"
Fathers, according to that, ought to be
taught how to bring up their sons?"
"a casual examination Of rich mems sons
would seem to indicate that they needed
proper training"
ooh, no; about one in forty-seven or
eight is different"
"How does that happen?"
"On the principle, suppose, that there is
black sheep in every flock"
"Um-sn't that sarcasm?"
''No, it is the consensus of opinion of the
ones who are not different"
"What do these young men think of their
fathers?"
"They think they are dead easy"
"Should father be hard?"
Never, if the Boy expects to have all the
fun that is going
"Won't the Boy settle down after
awhile?"
"What's the use? So long as he has so
| much money there is no object in working
| for more"
"But he will see the folly of it as he grows
| older?"
'.The Boy, that is brought up on pie, isn't
going to eat hay when he is man if he can
help it,
'Should the Boy eat hay?"
SIT is good deal better as a steady diet
than pie"
"Can you prove this?"
| .'The Boys father is usually sufficient
| proof
| "What will become Of the Boy?"
''Ie will marry"
'Can he find wife,"
ooh, yes, there are chorus girls and rich
mems daughters who are not over-partic.
| ular"
"Wll he have sons?"
| Gle may"
"Will they be like their father?"
| "The chances are they will not"
..Why not?"
"He will have eaten all the pie, and they
will have to come back to hay"
"Will that restore the equilibrium"
"It is the natural law Of recompense."
"Does the Boy think OF this!"
"No; and cares less"
isn't that rather seliish?'
"Does having plenty make people un'
! selfsS"
"Um-does the Boy reciprocate his fa
theirs kindness?"
"Gray hairs are sometimes brought in
sorrow to the grave"
"ls the Boy sorry?"
"Ask Hmm. Y. Sun.
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