The Washington times., 1902-04-20
Plight of the Poor Million
aire Without Work.
MARRIAGE NOT A FAILURE
Speaker Says He Can Speak From Ex-
perience-Montauk Club, of Brooklyn,
Holds Celebration in Honor of Mr. De-
pew's Sixty-hrot Rirthdcy.

Harris, representing Columbia and escort
ed by rough rider and a sailor. repre-
senting the army and navy, marched into
the dining room. They were preceded by
q brass band. Miss Harris recited an
original poem and presented TO Senator
Depew a birthday cake.
When Sheriff Dixie appeared, the band
playe, You're Up Against the Real
Thing Now" This seemed TO please the
diners. Thomas Troy, president OF the
club. introduced Senator Depew, who said
in part:
AN event has happened in my life since
last we met which points rather TO the
future than to the past. II is an event
full Of hope and happiness ana emphasizes
my belief in the maxim tha- it is not
good for man TO be alone. In he absence
of question of great in. crest to the world
there has been for some yeas an acute
discussion upon the sub.ec whether mar
riage is failure. and whether married
life does not pr"vent by its absorption in
domestic cares he greatest intellectual
development aEa achievement. This COM
pany and vast majority OF the friends
We know are a full refutation CT the |
heresy which douJ.S the happiness OF the
home and the pleasures of domestcity.
A Leaf of Experience.
Having tried both single blessedness
and marriage a sufficient number Of ma
ture years tc thoro- ghly test tie CUES /
tion, bear unqualified testimony to the
fact that the man who passes mis- life in /
what is called single hlessedness has
missed most of its pleasures. The newer
idea thai great achievement is either rem
dered impossible or reduced in Dropor- |
tions By domesticity seems hardly worth
considering If the Libraries should be
searched for gems of thought, for immor- !
tai works III poetry and prose; If states (
manship should be culled for those who ,
have accomplished the most for their
country; If the coaquerors of the wcrld in
arms whose names have survived the cen
turies ard will survive them, are collect
ed the searcher would oe astonisaeu 10
find how few OF them remained unmarried
and how many OF them have acknowl-
edged deep Indebtedness for their success
10 the advice, the counsel. and the as
sistance of their wives.
Great Modern Fortunes.
within the brief period since we be-
gan meeting on this congratulatory and
happy occasion eleven years ago, how
the world has changed, The position of I
the United States both in its relations to |
other nations and in its internal devel- J
)pInent, is the most remarkable example !,
Of the miracles of the decaGe. i am an .
American citizen was proud boast OF
eleven years ago. But the American citi- r
zen of that day was a provincial so far
as the world is concerned and an infant .
so far the industrial greatness of his :
country was concerned, compared with ="
he American citizen of today. Nothing
nore marks this decade from others than
he sudden accumulation of fabulous for
unes. &.
Leisure Misfortune.
THE sudden acquisition of almost in
alculable riches by so many in tie last
we years has produced many singular l
esults. The most ghGstly misfortune i
.hich can happen 20 a man VINO has been d
ucccssfully prosecuting and increasing
fe is to be compelled TO sell out and re- d
ire. He may receive a sum far hey ond
ny value he ever placed upon his plant a
nd good will. Nevertheless the sale is al
enerally accompanied by an obligation
OF TO resume and compete. Little outside II
ne factory or Office interests him be A
ause the cells of his brain have become ! &c
DlHt Ol tItltI. dtliNtt anu (
theirs paralyzed through disuse. He can \
mink OF nothing and he cares for moth
ig but the shop and rs results Books,
terature lectures travel politics SC 81
ety. and play bore the life out of him
Now comes the humor of the situa-
on. One of them, who recently died
as his fortune had come to him HI
from the excesses into which m
plunged in order to get what he thought 80
light be the pleasures that he craved and 90
lie worth OF his money, wandered into -
" office one day for a1yice and consola-
on. ] said TO him, You ought to be M
appy You were struggling once with
,verty and then with many vicissitudes 70
ou were always longing for the time
hen you would have rest and income and
uld do what you liked. Now that you
i've everything what is the trouble?
A Rich Mans Woes. Ju
" Well, he said, I have palace, but
e srch!tect built 1t. | have furniture
hich, they say, is real, of all periods, su
IT the bric-a-brac dealer is my reliance in
r its genuineness and worth; l have th
ctures which were purchased by my III,
cture dealer and a catalogue stating RI
no painted them and what are their de-
erits; ! have tapestries and frescoes VIA
hich everybody admires, but my decora- fol
r selected the one and did the others. -
have ..rge library, bat my publisher
rnished the books and haC the backs of
en- so made that the cciors would cor
spond with the decorations of the room;
have chef who has turned the stom
h which was satisfied for fifty years
th plain meat and vegetables, and sol
uld easily take care of all il got. into fro
laboratory for the digestion OF his mar
lous corrections. which has gone TO a
cccs. Well | said. my friend Of
W looking back over a very strenu- tbe
s life, with success coming to you as an,
did. almost in a minute, what were feI
Ut happiest days?' INV
His Happiest Days the
did
Well he said. i began life as agent "
2 small railway station. having been a ,
.viously clerk. was lusty and Wig me
'us and active in all town affairs and TAX
politics. / received permission from ,uo ,no
superintendent to sell refreshments tyc
the waiting room. My happiest days My
re while / was selling tickets out of tha
window of the ticket Office and my -
e was passing cakes and pies over the anc
inter- and raking quarters back while hut
rocked the cradle with her toe. Then tea
ad no troubles in my mind no burdens mis-
my heart. nc qualms in my conscience, mci
knowledge that / had a stomach no -
rruptions of my sleep and no aches now
ny body, and now ! have them all OF ;
could give scores OF other instances. and
these are sufficient to illustrate that do
,eyity. happiness. and pleasures of lett
y kind, social, political. domestic. and the
aTc Satf ear te had opty ~ | m