The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-20

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Han drunkenness. so inventive Of new
! bevai'nkcs to;nd means sof quenchng
/ thirst? No. they might sooner call II
i the art 10 prescIve thirst nnd render It
Observation-Disclosures Does shameessnesS
dull the spur Of tutR scnscs? No. It ex-t
1 asperntcs It md converts tie natural de-
sire Into a morbid obsession, fixed idea.
i Let your needs rcign.and entertain them
4 you will see them multiply like insects in
the sun Tho moro you have given them
/ the moro they will ask. He Ia inssn-
aatc who soeks happiness In only wells
being. II would be as easy as to undertake.
i to nj the tank OF Ioanaides. TO those who
1 have milllons lack q. ilor millions; to those
! who have thousands. 4 they lack thous-i
ands. Others lacks pieces Of twenty
francs, or q hundred SOUS When they
! goose; when they have the gooko
| they would have a turkey, and 80 on.
! They viii never learn low terrible that
| tendency Is. There arc too many small
! omen who would initiate the great. too
n,nny toilcIs who npe the bourgeois. too
! many OF the daughters OF the peo.l lie who
| try to appear young ladies. too many
| small employees who pretend to be club
1 men and sportEmen. and In the class OF
comfortable easc. and among the rich.
1 too many ptrs,na forrct that Whist tssy
nossass tou'd be batter en- loyt d than
! in giving themselves all sorts OF pie r.
| urcs, only to find after all that they never
! have enough OF thcm. Our neAds fron5
being servonts as tiey shohld b., aye
become crowd, turbulent and undisci-
| plincd, a legion OF tyrants on tip-toe.
| One cannot better compare the man VINO
/ Ia a slave to his needs than with a bear
| which has ring through his nose, and
| which they mako dance at Will ss The
comparison is not f1atter;ng, put admit
| that It Is true. It liz BY their needs
! that they arc drawn. 40 many men. u
struggle. shout and talk Of liberty. OF
| progress, and / know not what else. They
| do not know how to take ono step In ITO
without asking II that will not annoy their
masters. How many men and women
have gone nearer and nearer even TO dis
| honesty. for tho sole reason TINT they had
too many ne eds and could not resign them
| selves 10 1.-Two simply! There arc many
pensioners in the prison cells at M 1az. s
who could tell us many things on tho
danger OF too exactins needs.
! : lFiIs s5
Let me tell you the story OF n good
man knew. He loved his wife and chill,
dren tenderly. and lived In France from
the results OF his labor. In g comfortable
| case, but which was far from suftlcins
FOR the luxurious needs OF his wife.
| Always short Of money. whereas ho
could have lived comfortably With a
| little simplicity. he ended by cxiling him.
self to distant colony where he earns
much money, leaving his family In the
mother country. do not know what that
unfortunate man must think there. so far
away, but his family has finer apart
ment, handsomer clothes and a sort OF an
cuuipagc For the moment their con-
tentment Is extreme. But they will DO
soon accustomed to this luxury, which is
after all rudimentary. In a snort time
madame will find her furniture mean.
and her carriage poor. II that man loves
his i wife us we cannot doubt he does.
he would cInIgratc to the moon to earn \
a larger salary. Elsewherc the roles are
reversed, and 1t Is the woman and the
children who aso sacrificed 70 the yora-s,
cious needs OF tho head of the family
whose Irregular life, gaming and many
other costly follies cause him to forget
his duties Bctween his appetltes and
his paternal position he has decided for
the first and slowly he drifts toward tho
vilest cgotlsn1. e
This forgctfu,ness OF fall dignity. this
progressive paralysis OF noble sentiments
is not found among the gamesters OF tho
wealthy class alone. The man OF tho
pcoplo is also attacked by It. know
many little families where happiness
might reign, but where you Will SEQ q
poor mother OF 4 family who has but
GRIEF and sorrow dayan night, children
without shoes and often great anxiety
for the daily bread. Why? Becnuso the
ia Their must have too much money, NOT
10 spedk of the expense in alcohol every
ono knowsSthe proportions II has reac neu
IN the last twenty years. ne sums
swallowed in this mighty gulf are faou.
lous. double the ransom u, 81 inc war ts q, /.
1870. How many legitimate. needs cou'd
DO satisfied with what Is thrown away
In pasturnge to fictitious needs! The reign 2
OF needs Is not that OF Joint good quite {
the contrary. The more things a. man
must have for himself, tho less VIII ne
do for his neighbor, even for those VINO
are attached to him by the ties OF
blood. Il Il.
D,minution OF happiness independence:
moral dclicacy. oven tho sentiments OF
solidarity such is the result OF the
reign of needs One could add a multi
tude Of other evils OF which the least
is not the shaking OF tho public forums
and health. Tho societies which nave
the greatest needs absorb themselves III
tho present and sacrifice TO II nc con-
quests OF tho past and the lmlnorth.
future After US the deluge! 10 rhze tila
forests to have the money for them. eas
ones wheat III the tender blade. destroy
In one day the fruit OF n long labor,
burn tho furniture to warm themselves,
load the future With debts to make the
present moment agreeable, TO 1--we ~ ex-
pcdicnts. to sow difficulties for the NOR
row sickness, ruin, envy, hatreds--We
should never finish II we would enumer.
ate all the mlslecds OF this d1eadtu!
reign
on tho contrary. II we hold 70 simple
needs, we avoid all these discomforts, ana
we replace them by a multitude OF I'd
vantages II Is an old story that So
briefly and temperance arc the BEST guar
dians OF health. 10 him who observes
them they spare him many OF those
m!scres which sadden existence; they
assure him health, love OF action I ana !, m
gtelect,,nl equilibrium. Whetherit re-
lates to his food his clothing, his Rabi-
tatIon, simplicity Of taste IL, besides.
source OF Independence and security, The
. more simply you I've. the more YOU sa sal,
guard your future, You are less a me ne
mercy OF surprises. or contrary chances.
An illness or u respite from labor Will