The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-06-21

| l. Il - tHere were more lortune'
EM m made by deliberately blight
ing ones hopes for career
than by carrying them out.
"0ur firm drew up contract re
Gently" said he, "by which n younf
woman was given 100000 outright tt
renounce vaudeville career of whlcl
she had made the beginning of a great
success. She had been married, hav
ing made runaway match against hei
| parents wishesn From that time OF
her family disowned her, and though
| the husband was taken Ill, and the
young couple We're generally unfOr.
| tunate, they were left to work ii out
| alone rs best they could. Finally, the
| daughter decided TO 90 on the stage
She had unquestlonably great talent
Her first appearance was an over.
whelming success, and she received Of
fers for engagements that promised
| her aflluence compared with the pov-
erty she had been living in.
| at was now that the parents stepped
forward with the'long delayed offer Of
| assistance. she had been advertised
under the name she had born in girl
hood, and it was undoubtedly this cir
cumstance, 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 vaudeville blllboards was too much
| for the old couple, and they made over
to her the sum mentioned upon the con
dition that she would retire at once and
forever to private life.
''This was, perhaps, less unfortunate
than the case of young man | knew
of who had an absorbing passion for
machinery. He had taken position in
a machine shop, and was never so
happy as when he was at work in his
Overalls. His father encouraged him
in his plan of becoming a practical
machinist, and he would undoubtedly
have made success in this line if it
had not been for the interference of
his mother.
"The family had some considerable
social position, but it was the mother
who had most of the money. From
the first she seriously objected to the
appearance of the young man when he
came and went from the house in his
working clothes, and she made it so
unpleasant for him that he finally had
to give up staying at home entirely.
Housed in a cheap boarding house, he
became tired himself of the life he had
picked out, and when his mother con-
stantly visited him, with protestations
of affection, begging him to come home,
and offering him large income If he
would study law, as she had hoped for
him, he finally yielded. He has never
made any success as n lawyer, although
he has been in receipt of comforta-
bic income, and probably will be all his
life.
"These incidents are only in line with
that few years ago Of a young fellow
who had great musical talents and a
highly artistic temperament. He was
not without a certain conscientious
business faculty, also, and this his
father-who was q practical business
man, the owner of brewery-was
making the most of by putting him to
work early. One day an organist of
some note who had good business
clientele in the profession of music, of
fered to give him musical training free
of charge. He pointed out how even at
the start with what knowledge of
music he already possessed he could
put him in the way of earning his liv-
ing 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
musical career as business, but with
strict injunctions MS TO his duty of max
ing something of himself as business
man. He also at this opportune time
gave him increased responsibilities and
q substantial increase in salary. The
result is that now the man is over
whelmed with the responsibilities of
business, part of which he has inE Earitcd
and of all of which he has been made
trustee. He has no time for the music
that his soul loves, even as Il recrea-
ton, and it is the regret of his life
that he did not take his opportunity
when he had it
Another case was that of family
who had certain false standards of
what constituted a useful position in
life. One of the sons had made some
thing of career for himself in ath-
letics. He was not only good in his
line to the extent that he could COM
mand professional career, but he was
well known and liked and had good
friends among people of his profes
sion. At such times, however. as 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 cold
ness and sanctimonious disapproval
which became unbearable. Finally his
father offered him substantial reward
and the promise of something better
if he would stay at home and help him
in his business. The result was that
he settled into business in which he
was entirely without initiative, and
among a class of men with whom he
did not either affiliate or make friends.
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