The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-23

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some people. They have this expert
ence thrust upon them, and when veri-'
table ruin descends around their heads
it is useless to remain in their own
country. among the companions of
their youth, their former colleagues.
even those indebted TO them. People
affect to know them no longer With
what bitterness do they comment on
the creed of money. With gold ole
may have what he will; without it. i'm
possible to have anything. They lie
come pariahs. leperS. whom every o.ie
shms. Flies swarm round cadavcrs
men round gold. Take away the gold.
nobody is there. Oh. it has cause
tears to flow. this creed of gain-bit.c.
tears. tears of blood, even from those
very eyes which once adored the gold
en- calf!
And with it all. this creed is false
quite false l shall not advance TO the
attack with hackneyed tales of the
rich man astray in a desert who can
not get even Il drop of water for his
gold. or the decrepit millionaire WHO
would give half he has to buy from
stalwart fellow without Il cent HI
twenty years and his lusty health: nc
more shall attempt to prove that o.,C
cannot buy happiness. So many Pc
pie who have money and so many mo
who have not would smile ut this truth
as the hardest ridden of saws. But !
shall appeal to the common experience
of each of you, to make you put y3u
finger on the clumsy lie hidden beneath
an axiom that all the world goes aboI!
repeating.
Fill your purse to the best OF Won
means and let us set out for one of the
watering places of which there are $
many mean some little town for
merly unknown and full of simple folk.
respectful and hOspitabie, among WHOM
it was good to be, and cost little. Fan.t
with her hundred trumpcts has all
nounced them to the world and shown
them how they can profit from thc.,
situation. their climate, their person
ality. You start out on the faith OF
Dance Rumor. flattering yourself that
with your money you are going to tinl
a quiet place to rest and, far from the
world of civilization and convention
weave bit of poetry into the warp G.
your days
The beginning is good. Natures set
ting and some patriarchal costume
slow to disappear delight you. Il,
MS time passes the impression Is spoii
ed. The reverse side of things begin.
to show This which you thought was
us true antique as family heirloOms i.
naught but trickery TO mystify the
credulous Everything is labeled; ~,
is for sale, from the earth to the in
habitants. These primitives have lie
come the most cOnsummate of sharp
ers. Given your money. they have re
solved the problem of getting it witt
the least expense to themselves. or
all sides are nets and traps. like spider
webs, and the fly that this gentry lie
snugly in wait for is you This Is
what twenty or thirty years of venali
ty has done for a population once sim
pie and honest, whose contact was
grateful indeed to men worn by city
life. Homemade bread has disappear
ed. butter comes from the dealer. they
know to an art how to skim milk auy
adulterate wine; they have all the vices
of jewellers in cities without their vii.
tues
As you leave you count your money
So much is wanting that you MAKE
complaint. You are wrong. One neyeI
pays too dear for the conviction that
there are things which money will moi
buy.
You have need in your house of an
intelligent and competent servant At
tempt to find this rara avis. According
to the principle that with money one
may get anything, you ought. as the
position you offer is inferior. ordinary
good or exceptional. to find servants
unSkilled, average, excellent, superior
But all those who present themselves
for the vacant post are listed in the
last category and are fortified with
certificates to support their preten.
sions. 1t is true that nine times out OF
ten when put to the test these experts
are found totally wanting Then why
did they engage themselves with you!
They ought in truth to reply as docs
the cook in the comedy, who is dearly
paid and proves to know nothing:
Why did you hire out as a Gordon bleu
1t was to get bigger commissions.
That is the great affair You will
always find people who like to get big
wages. More rarely you find capabil
ity. And If you are looking for pro
bity the difficulty increases. Mercena-
ries may be had for the asking: faith.
fulness is another thing Far be it from
me to deny the existence of faithful
servants. at once intelligent and up
right. But you will encounter as
many, if not more. among the III paid
as among those most highly saaried
And it little matters where you fine
them, you may be sure that they are
not faithful in their own interest; the.
are faithful because they have some
what of that simplicity which render
us capable Of self abnegation.
We also hear on all sides the adagt
that money is the sinews of war. There
is no question but that war costs mucl
money, and we know something about
it, Does this mean that in order e
defend herself against her enemies anG