The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
SEARCH For
HAPPINESS
Views on the Relations of
Wealth to Life.
SOME NOTED RICH MEN
Lessons Taught Public by
Their Experience.
SOME NOTED RICH MEN

'T have a tough time Of It, said the
fireman Of ferryboat recently. This
work is hard snd dun I stand in THIS
hot dark hole all day and feed the IRE
There is not much in ID. 1 can tel YOU.
Why do you do t2
Il mus live
This answer came with promptness
that proved the theme a familiar one.
Why do you want To live2
lie looked at ne resrfuIly and returned
70 his work His powers OF speculation
would not carry him 50 far
A young clerk in commission house
described 70 me the nature OF his duties.
Iie SPOKE with enthusiasm. for ne was
fresh from the country and elated with
the opening he had secured
Ny chances are good he assured me
If anything should happen 10 the ship
ping clerk. I VIII get his job
And then. whate
Wen, Of course. want 10 be sales
man some day. and when I have learned
The business. and got acquainted 7 expect
10 start in for myself. He smiled In the
half-apoiogetic manner Of a young man
who IS afraid his ambition may seem
presumptuous. but the flame OF hope
in his eyes burned strong and bright
sand then
He started az me in amaze ment. That
seemed a foolish question.
Why. then. he replied vaguely. II
shall be all right
know bookkeeDer, sixty years old.
he has bent his well-f0rmed head over
the same desk forthirty years de has
grown gray ara wrinkled there.
why do you keep at ito I asked him
because I have not saved up enough J
TO stop
Are sou satisfied with these thirty
years
ooh, in awey.-of course. they have not /
ended as Thought they would. came +
from the country thirty-nine years ago +
% seek my fortune Now. I pI0d away at 4
this desk fifty weeks III the year in order +
70 have two weeks in the country every .
year. think Il ] had it 20 do over. I /
would stay on the farm. But wanted 10
do big things 10 be rich. and I came TO
the city missed my chances. though.
stiu. it don't much matter. have had
IS pleasant a life as most, suppose.
Ny children have done very well and my
wife and I have been fairly comfortable
OF course. there isn't much in all that
70 be proud OF. though
one day last spring I CHANGED TO be ar
the meeting cf the stockholders Of the
United States Steel company
Il was noon when 7 entered the room
Ar adjournment had just been taken for
the purpose Of bauouns on the proposed /
bond issue. some twenty men were stand
ing IN groups. conversing
Who is that young fellow I asked.
That's SchUab."
Charlie " Scaw4b2 a.
'-The same.
had never met him. bur his resemtl-
snce 10 his photograph had caused nay
sense Of familiarity. II was. however.
but slight resemblance He looked very
young ard unpretentous 7 would have
taken him for a reporter or for a clerk
OF the meeting. He looked like anything
in fact, except the wo-ld-famous pluto
crat The heartless. luxuriant worldly
minded millionaire The recipient OF the
largest salary ia the world. the President
OF the United States Steel company
SO that Is Schwab I said. wonder
ingly
Il wish had his money said my
Informant with a haif-humurous half
savage laugh
And what would you DO With ite
Do h. exclaimed quickly I'D do
;ust as he does I'd have automobiles and
yachts fast horses ana Clubs I'd give
big dinners aud play the bank at Monte
Carlo Schwab IS the real thing There
Is no cant about him. He knows what The
only real incentive is and he stands by IT,
al the way through
You think the real incentive. then. is
the desire Tor yachts and fast horses
OF course men differ in their tastes.
hat every man wants to be uch-that IS
the real incentive
IN Few moments Nr. Schwab returned G
md in response to ny glance stopped 8
before me with genial smile Of inquiry. &
DO you work for money! asked.
Il am Elad sou want 90 tax about that.
am becoming interested ira an that X
auction leads to- De replied. ~Of course :
don't Work Tor money any longer. &
,ould not spend ten per cen1 Iasr year p
Z my income on anything pertaining 70 S
myself
There was time when you did 8
That was ms whole ambition once s.
When was a POOR boy. dreamed of I
1ches, When began 20 work. / worked Il
ard. I schemed and struggled n gst up 70
p the world I wanted e Be- rich <
wanted snonev 70 spend. Until q few
ears ago 7 believed THAI this ambition Z.
vas the only incentive % efort-at LEASE 2
o commercial enort-aud had nag doubts
bout all other kinds used IN consider II
20 talk az phIartrophv as 50 much rot p
be-ievedit always q De q lad. a sep sue p.
esfui man throw 70 their couscfences
nd that Ire thing called conscience ~
vas q creature OF the world - cant. !
sieved that an men. like myself really 1.
wanted 20 be rlch. that they might live
-xuriouslyI ex1ravssantly and spend ,.
What they pleased
Your views have changed Q"
yes they are stan changing
'syS-hen did the change begin
when / found myself possessed witch
lo-e than Z could spend Tor M own =
ood- AS my income increased. tried 10 .1
re up 20 IL 3 discovered thar Il was i
lore than J coulG &c prodtabiy fcould
q ear ard drirk il without ruinsng ny -o
ealth J could not take pleasure in what
possessed beyond d lniited amount 81
Iscovere6 thar I uust draw the line Is
amewhe-e E were 20 enjoy anything. ~
nd since then the lire has been drawn p
closer The simpler I live -
lie better I feel r to5ay I we're com ~
He'd u choose between living I'D ~ en-
eo.ooo year ard So q year I would
moose the $3.50 az
That IS ve-v Interesting ~
Ell is interesting And L IS true. re
''And shat are sou working for now th
y am trying 70 md that out. The cid III
cenuve is gone. but md myself Just be