Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-09-27

as In New York.
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After the money making man gets
along towards 80 he begins to think of
his money as 1t may bear on the lives
of his children. after he Is gone Or Is
past the days of toll. At first he thinks
of his wealth chiefly for the real or
fancled good 1t may bring him or as a
means of extending his personal power
and influence. hut when his children
are growing up he begins to say to him.
self that how'll he able to give or leave
to each of his children certain
amount, and In a sense start them In
life, not where he began. but where
he leaves Off. They shall not know the
limitations of poverty. theirs shall not
be the painful struggles. the humilat.
Ing pvivatlons of his early years. AL
their life they shall have. without the
painful effort. what he so hardly won
towards the close of his. His children
shall he spared his sufferlngs and
benefited by his sacrifices. Blu, are
they: \ while ago group Of wealthy
men were talking about their accu'nu.
latlons. the struggles they had gone
through and what they expected to do
| with their money. One of them. who
began business life In the humblest ca.
pacity, had attained to great wealth
ana enjoyed the respect Of the commit
nity as a man whom money had no,
spoiled, said that 1t was his desire to
leave each Of his children $1,000. O0D.
Others spoke In a similar strain. ana
the gathering was very harmonious TN.
til man. hitherto silent, remarked
that he thought his friends were laying
just the sort of plans they should not
Just the sort of plans that Were not cX-
emplided by their own successful ana
useful lives. All Of yOu." he said.
''are proud Of the fact that you arc
self.made men. You talk about the rrl.
vatlons and sufferlngs ana humillations
of your early life, but you know that
In recollection they are the best part
of your life. You are glad to-day that
you can look back and say you were
poor boys and that alone ana unal,led
you have carved out your successful
careers. You know, too. that 1t was the
very obstacles you confronted that
made YOU what you are. Yet here you
are talking about deprlvlng your chill.
dren of the very opportunities for trou.
BILE that made you. Here you are delhi.
erately planning to give them gil ed,
useless, parasitic lives. instead of the
greatest gift you eau give them, which
Is to deprive them Of the assistance of
your wealth. You know, every one of
you. that the best service you can do
your children Is to turn them our and
tell them to hustle" Somehow after
this little speech had been spoken the
gathering lost Its cOmplacency and self.
satisfaction. There was too much
truth in what had been said. The fond
fathers recognized that-but they will
not act on the advice. That they do
not is bad for their children. but not
deleteriOus to the community, perhaps
for pampered sons often do their best
to make an equal distribution of
wealth.
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When the campanile at Venice Is re.
built we will follow as closely as posi-.
BILE the lines of the original structure.
Yet somewhere In the Eastern half of
this country every day some man se,s
out to rebuild, or Improve" a sturdy
old mansion, and distlgures 1t with
plate glass, bay windows, Queen Anne
towers, or jlg-saw denominations never
dreamed OF by the earlier builder. The
campanile was, and will be, a part in II
harmonious whole. So. too, should be
the features and fittings Of a house
not to say northumberland our old
colonial houses are fine enough to sUan0
upon their merits. The sentiment that
should govern their owners was shown
in Plymouth, Mass. when the pur-
chaser of the Winslow mansion EN-.
ployed an eminent architect to restore
it to It's original form. and when an.
other property holder, preparatory TO
building business block In the vi.
entity, required his architect to de.
sign a structure which should har.
monize with the Winslow house. Such
memorials OF the past demand of us
that we reverence antiquity, respect
the fitness of things, let well enough
alone. We may restore when decay
threatens any part but we have no
right to tinker" To do that Is 10
falsify history ana outrage art. 1t Is
as grotesque an absurdity as 1t would
be to display upon some staid Oia
grandmother the sllllest extremes of
Paris fashion. Even commercial com.
mon sense sustains these views. Wis.
ltOrs from more newly-settled regions
like to see colonial house as 1t was
lin the day OF it," and the house
that has not been tempered with Is the
/ 0na thay ara most likely IN hlIv In tho