The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-26

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81, 4. Our firm drew up q contra ct gently,
said A be, (. By " ich q young woman was
given $10o 600 outrig hit to renounce ava
vile career OF which she had ma de $th e Pc
Z ginning sof a great SUCCESS. "a She had been
as.a INST Ter parents she's ON that time
On her family disowned her and though the
husband was taken III and the younR couple
we're generally uni For unate they were we're left
"a n work IT out al one as best they could
EFina lly the daugh ter$ decided to go onEthe
ttare. 5y she had inquest onablyg great tai
Y ent. Her first appearance was an over ''
whelming success and she ece1Yeds Oh
II for engagements that promised her afnuence
compared with the poverty she bad been Nv
ing In. rs S95 al
ward with the long delayed 2orer OF ssist-
Il nce. she had been advertised under 4 he
mo She had borne In girlhood- and It was
this circumsta nee IA thert thar
the fact that she was obliged 70 earn her
3livine TINT Influenced her fat her and mot her,
"a see their proud name advert sed upon9t ne
IN ndeyille billboards VIA too much LOT lori ne
old couple and they made over 70 tfS'r lne
SIM mentioned upon the CONDITION that snc
would retire at once and forever 20 PrtlYh -
4.
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Wanted to Be Machinist.
This was, perhaps, less unfo rtunate than n:
1te cas- OF a young man ! knew q y 20 hau
m absorbing passion for nacnln cry t SO
had taken position In g m achi n snop, ana
vas never so happy as " men ne was - H ,,l
!. 2, i e 5overa lis. His father couraged him
I n his pl q n OF becoming a pra ctical machin-s
ist and he would have und oub tedly made a.
In this line II IT. had not been for
the Interference OF his ther.
4 q The IA nily had some considerable social
8nnsition, but It was the mot her who had
most Of the money From the first she se-
= iously objected to the appe arance OF the
Young man " hen he came and went from the
house in his working clothes, and she made
n SO imp easant for him that he flnally had to
give up & staying at home entirely, Housed
Ia cheap boarding house, he became tired
himself of the life he had picked out, and
- hen his mother constantly visited him, with
nrotestatlons OF affection, begging himato
come home, and Offering him a large In come
jif he would study law, as she had hoped for,
him. he finally yielded, He has never made
any success as a lawyer. although he has
been in receipt OF "a comforta BILE income and
probably will be all his life, 4
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Musician Made Busin ess m an. 5sF
3 These incidents are only In line Wit that
few years ago OF young fellow who had
great musical "a Tents and q highly artistic
temperament. He was not without certain
conscientious business faculty also, and this
his father-who was practical business man,
the owner of q brewery-was making the
most OF by putting hini to work early One
day an ,organtst Of some note who had a
good business clientele In the profession OF
Ia
froe OF charge. He pointed out how even at
the start with what knowledge OF music he al
ready possessed he could nut him In the way
4 OF earning his living for the years that he
was studying. 5is * f 3S IN JdsH ls5 81!
IL It was now that the young mans father
stepped In not only with q warning MS to
the utter impot ency Of tho musical career as
4 a business, but with strict tnjunctons as to
! his duty In making something OF himself as
a business man, He also at this opportune
time gave him Increased respo possibilities and
a substantial increase in salary, The result
Is that now the man Is overwhelmed with
: the responsibilities OF q business, part OF
which he has Inherited and OF all OF which he
has been made trustee, He4has no time for
{ the music that his soul Sloyes. even as a
,he did not take his opportunity when he
had It, ys3.
n InheritAnc Spells Artist.
Z. Another case was that Of IN family who I
had certain false stand ards Of what con-
Igtituted uscf VI posi- ionl In life Once the
sons had made 4 sonnet hing OF q career for
himself la at let les. a He Was not only good \
IN his lire to the exten that he could COM
mand a prof ional career but he was wei
known and liked and had good frienda among
people OF his pro fession, Il AT such lines,
however, asa he would ret urn home saftsg
periods % work. especi " IL he had been