The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20

..But Uncle Peter" broke in the young
man, :"you shouldn't expect girl Of
Psyche's beauty and fortune to vegetate
in Montana City all her life. Why. any
sort of brilliant marriage is possible to
her if she goes among the right people,
Don't you want the family to amount to
something socially? Is our money to do
us no good? 2? And do you think I'm going
to stay here and be a moss back and raise
chin whiskers and work myself to death
the way my father did?'' No.
mo no." replied the old man, with
glance at the mother; mot jest the way
your pa did; you might do some different
and some better; but all the same, you
won't do any better'n he. did any way
you'll learn to live in New York. = Unless
you was to go broke there he. added,
thoughtfully; "in that case, you got the
stuff in you and it'd come out; but you
got too much money to go broke. 5f
"And you'll see that I lead decent
enough life. Times have changed since
my father was a young man.
eyes; that's what your pa told me-
times had changed since was a young
man.; but could a. done him good if
he'd "a listened
..well, we'll try it. The tide is setting
that way from all over the country. Here,
listen to this editorial in the Sum- And
he read from his own paper:
"a GOOl) PLACE III MON IL.
"One of the most interesting evidences
of the growth of New York is the news
that Mr.. Anson Ledrick of the Consoli-
dated Copper company has purchased an
extensive building site, on Riverside
Drive and will presently improve it. with
a costly residence Mr.. Ledricks decision
to move his household effects to Manhat-
tan Island is in accordance with a very
marked tendency of successful Ameri-
cans ~
.'There are those who are fonder of
deprecatiiag New York: of assailing 1t
with all sorts Of cheap cheap and and
ing it as the one great canker
| spot of the western hemisphere,
as irretrieyab!y sunk l1 in wickedness and
shame The fact remains. however, that
the city, as never before, is the great
national center of wealth, culture and
distinction of every kind, and that here
the citizen. successful in art. literature,
or practical achievement, instinctively
seeks his abiding place.
'The restlessness of the average Ameri-
can millionaire while he remains outside
the city limits is frequently remarked
upon. And even the mighty overlords of
Chicago, falling in with the prevailing
fashion, have forsaken the shores of the
great inland sea and pitched their tents
+! with us; not to speak of the copper kings
|
esting men, after acquiring fortune and
fame elsewhere, are not content to re-
main upon the scene of their early tri-
umphs? Why is it that they immediately
1 pack their carpet bags, take the first
/ through train to our gates, and startle
the Investing public by. the manner in
! which they bull the price Of New York
building lots?"
4 The old man listened absently.
stAnd probably some day Ill read OF
! you in that same center Of culture and
| distinction as P. Percival Rines. a young
man of obscure fam 'ly, that rose by. his
4 own efforts to be the dashin cntillion lead
Eer and the Well-knOwE clubmal1. and that
4 his pink teas fur dogs Is barked about
/ by every fashionable canine on the
tisland. .
j The. young man continued to read:
j f.These mon are not vain fools they are
4 shrewd, successful men of the world. They
i have surveyed New York city from dis
/ tance and have discovered that, iE spite
of Tammany and in spite. of yellow jour
i mails, New York is town Of unequalled
4 Iattractiveness. And SO they come; and
i their coming shows US what we are. Not
i only millionaires; but also painters ails.
4 nove1ists and men and women Of varied
/ distinction. The. city pa1pitates with life