The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29

| tunes made by deliberately bhghtfng ones
hopes for a career than by carrying them
| out. ~
| our firm drew up a contract recently
| said he, by which d young woman was
| given 100000 outright to renounce
! NaudeNlIIe career of which she made the
! peeIhhlhg OF q great success She had
oeen married. having made runaway
that time on her family disowned her.
ana though her husband was taken. ILL.,
7 fortu1s+s re, OOuPIe were sehefaliS qh-
1Ilundte' theE were left to work II out
| alone as best they could Finally, the
daughter decided TO go on the stage. She
nad unquestionably great talent Her
] 1irst appearance was an overwhelming
! success, and she received offers for en-
gagements that promised her affluence
living in.
| 1t was now that the parents stepped
Toward with the long delayed offer OF
/ assistance. She had been advertised
uhuer the name she had borne in girl
HCou' ana IL was undoubtedly this ctrcum-
stance; rather than the fact that she was
/ Obliged to earn her living that influenced
/ her father and mother. To see their
proud name advertised upon the Vaude-
Vile bill-boaTdS was too much for the old
! couple. and they made over TO her the
! sum mentioned, upon the condition shat
she would fetife at once and forever 10
private life.
This was. perhaps. less unfortunate
! than the case of young man 1 knew of
/ who had absorbing passion for ma
! chinery. He had taken a position in a
as Wh6h ne was at work in his OVeralis.
! His father encouraged him in his plan of
becoming practical machinist. and he
would undoubtedly have made "A success
in this line if it had not been for the in
, reference of his mother
| The family had some considerable So
clal position. but it was the mother who
had most of the money. From the first
! she seriously objected TO the appearance
| went from the house in his working
/ clothes and she made it so unpleasant
| TOT MN that ne finally had to give up
staying at home entirely Housed in
! cheap boarding house. he became tired
! himself OF the life he had picked out. and
when his mother constantly visited him.
: with protestatiOns of affection. begging
/ him to come home, and offering him
] large income If he would study law. a
/ she had hoped for him, he finally yielded
He has never made any success as law
/ yer, although he has been in receipt Of
comfortable income, and probably will be
all his life.
These incidents are only in line with
/ that few years ago of a young felIC -
! who had great musical talents ana a
highly artistic temperament He was not
without certain conscientious business
faculty also and this his father-whO
was "A practical business man, the owner
OF a brewery-was making the most of by
putting him to work early. One day an
organist of some note who had a good
business clientele in the profession OF
| music offered to give him musical train
ing free of charge He pointed out how
even ct the start with what knowledge
/ of music he already possessed he could
put him in the way of earning his living
for the years that he was studying.
| 1T was now that the young mans
father stepped in not only with warn
ing as to the utter impOtency Of the mu-
| steal career as business, but with strict
lnJuncttOns as to his duty in making
something of himself a business man.
I He also at this oPp0rt8ne time gave him
increased responsibilities and a SubStan-
tial increase in salary. The result is that
now the man is overwhelmed with the re-
sponsibilities of business. part of which
h. hrs.p.f -rN ii II.
has been made trustee. He has no time
for the music that his soul loves. even as
| q recreation and it is the regret of his
life that ne did not take his opportunity
! when he had it.
! Another case was that of a family
who had certain false standards of what
constituted q useful position in life. One
of the sons had made something of Il
career for himself in athletics. He was
not only good in his line to the extent
! that he could command a professional
career. but he was well known and liked
and had good friends among people of
/ MS profession Al such times, however.
a. he would return home after periods of
work. especially if he had been called
upon TO do anything in a business way
upon sunday, he was met with a COldness
and sauctimoniouS disapproval which be
came unbearable- Finally his father Of
fered him a substantial reward and tho
promise of something better if he would
stay at home and help him in his bust
ness The result was that he settled into
4 business in which he was entirely with
out initiative and among a class of men
with whom he did not either affiliate or
make friends.
only recently a man Of not unkind mo-
ives wrecked what promised to be fine
artistic career. His nephew only needed
a little timely help and sympathy to de-
NeLop INTO a successful painter His
uncle, however. considered that he was
going to the limit of irresponsible bOhe-
I mlanlSm- He ignored him for a time. but
when the struggle was at its hardest and
ne was handicapped by an ailinE wife
his uncle died and beduea he'd his for
q m hot ha crfyvn
up art altogether He accepted the
terms far. more for his Wife'S sake than
for his own. but the loss Of his life work
and the abandonment of his ambitions
broke his heart
There is another instance Of young
man who. 4 few years ago, badc fair to
make quite n name for himself upon the
stage. He secretly won the affections OF
the daughter Of d rich magnatc we'll
Known in this country. The lovers were
/ discovered and ruthIessly separated The
Young woman. however. took this so
much TO heart that she was really thought
10 be in danger of dying. WhereupOn the
stern parent was compelled to Capitu-
late, which he did upon his own terms.
His SOn-in-law was to abandon the stage
utterly and never aIlude to his connection
with IL, and in return was TO be per-
mitted to marry the girl and receive a
yearly allowance. Although he would
have infinitely preferred to fight his own
way the young man was conquered by
love and feminine tears. His efforts are
81 ent in attempting TO write plays. but so
far the efforts of a desultory life have
not resulted either in great success along
this line or in an Ovcrabundance of hap
pineSS.
Two brothers living in a small town in
herited alike a small fortune from their
father one, who was cOnventiOnally re-
spectacle used his money and his efforts
/ to get into society better than that to
/ which he had been accustomed. The other
spent his money drifted away from his
birthplace, and finally went from one
shiftless occupation TO another until he
was reduced to keeping soul and body to-
gether by doing a stunt of the common
est variety in the lower vaudeville houses.
Appeals to his brother awaited little
until one day the latter was put up as a
candidate for congress from his district
The young man, who was not without a
sense OF humOr saw his opportunity He
acquired the sales rights to a certain
proprietary medicine and appeared al the
public square on the evenings when out
door political meetings were held In the
lulls between political speeches and
music by the band" the young man
! began to hawk the qualities of the medt-
cine which he emphasized by executing
his. song and dance, from as elevated a
position as possible. The result was that
he was speedily established in a legitf-
mate business by his elder brother. who
was quick enough to save himself and
even Increase his own popularity by his
act.
4 would never have thought of the