The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-27

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threads they owe to the devotion of the
simplcs! Would they have Succeeded SO
well II they had met but clover moi OF
! their own kind, whose device Is, Z n o
\ money, no Swisses'? Let us proclaim
1 loudly 1t is thanks to q fcw who do
! not count too vigorously. that the world
! Is upheld! Tho nobIcst services rendered,
| tho hardest tasks, nro In general slightly
! or not at al remuferatcd. Fortunately,
there will always ne men ready for uls-
J Interested functions, and even for those
\ which are paid only Ii, suffering, and
| which cost money. rcposc ltd life. The
| part which falls to these men is often
! painful and not without disco,,fa genehts.
Who among lis has not heard painful,
| experiences, where the narrator regretted
| Ills past experiences. where the narrator
regretted his past kindnesses. the trou-
| bic he had taken only to gather disap-
| pointmcnts? They generally end their
condolences by saying: II was stupid
| enough to do this or that" Sometimes
| they have reason TO judge this because
! swine, but how many lives there are
| whose sole really beautiful acts are
precisely those Of which they repent be-
cause of tho lngrnutude Of mcn What
! We should Wish for humanity is that
| the number of these stupid actions Will
/ continue to grow. a54 4 81
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have now come to the creed OF the
mcrcenary3 spirit. It's quality Is Its brief
ness. For the merccnary man, tho law
and the prophets arc contained in this one
uxlom:i ''Wltl, money one Gun procure
anything" TO look ut social life, super
ncially, nothing is more evident Sin
ews of war, Sounding proofs, :" "Thc
key that opens Ill doors,"t King Of the
universe TO gather all that Is said re-
gailing the glory and power OF money.
would make tiffany longer than that
sung in honor Of the Virgin Mary. One
must have been without a cent, II only
for one day or two, and to have tried
to live in this world where we are to
have an idea O that which lacks to him
whose purse Is empty 1 ask those vino
enjoy con trslsts and unexpected situations
to try to live without money one half
week only, far from their friends and ac-5
quantances, and amid strange surround
ings. They will have more experience in
E forty-eight hours than an established man.
will gain III q whole year. Alas! these,
experiences are made by some against
their will and when absolute ruin falls
upon them; though they may remain in
their own country, among the companions
Of their youth their old collaborators
and even those who are under obliga-:
tons tto them, I hey&prctend not to know
them. With what bitterness do they
comment on the mercenary5 creed, tn
money ono can have everything without
money impossible to have anything"
YOU become a pa riall,, Il lepef, away
Z from whom every one turns. Flies allghts
on dead bodies; men 60 to money. AS
Snn as rv,or I. t,,n Mo
empty: It has caused many tears to flow,
this merccnary crecd-bitter$ tears, tears:
a Of blood weptb by those SAME ones, per-
shaps, who before, WereIamong the wOr-
& shippers Of the golden calf.
E And yet this creed is false, archi- fnlse.f
i shall not mnrchSt the at tnck$ with the
odd legends such as that Eof the rich man.
+ lost In the desert, who could not purchase
al drop of water with all his money, nor
that Of the decrepit millionaire, who
would give hal OF his possessions & to q
,pennless lad. TO buy his twenty years
and his robust health: So many men
among those who have money, and above
all. those who have none, smile at this
truthgns one Of the most stcreotyped ones
known. But / call upon the entrance
and experience OF all to touch this coarse
lie which covers an axiom that every
one repeats as he goes.
$50 Garnish your purse the best you can
and let us go together to some watering
place, OF which there are many. i wish
unknown. filled with simple people. re-
.spectful and kindly. among whom one
could live well and without great ex-
3pcnse. Renown, with its hundred
trumpets has drawn them from tho
shadow, has taught them what they
could make Of the situation. OF their
climate and their persons You so on 4
the faith Of rcnown, and you natter
yourself that with your money you can
procure for yourself peaceable retreat,
and that, far from the fictitious and civ
illzed world, you can weave a little poe.
,try5}in the web Of your days The first
impression is good ;& the natural frame,
and certain patriarchal costumes, slow
to disappear, strike you favorably at first.
EutBas the days go by the impression is
spoiled, tho underside appears That /,
like The furniture Of ordinary families,
is but u trick to mystify those who swal
10y It. There arc tickets on every
thing everything Is for sale, from tho q
ground 1.-THE inhabitants, These prlm
tive men have become the most tricky
of business men. Given your money.
they have solved the problem Of pro-
curing It at the least expense. These
are but the threads, traps, spread every
these people are waiting. for is you. That
is what twenty or thirty years Of mer-
'cennry reign has made Of n population
that was once SO simple and honest, and
contact with whom was good for worm
out city dwnllers Home made bread
has disappeared, and butter comes from !!
factories, They possess to q nlarvel, 4
the best method Of skimming the milk,
md the latest recipes for adu'terat ling
tho vines; they have all the Vices Of
city dwellers without their virtues,
: When leaving you count your money.
Much OF at Is gone, and you complain.
You are wrong, Ono does not ever pay
too hleha price for the knowledge that
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