The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
llJbdt .Hre lUe Bere For?
By ERWIN CRAIGHEAD. Mobile

do not seem to be hurried" Upon re-' ] nection. he said he supposed 1t was be- | cause was visitor and had the whole, day on my hands. Tn the other city have now in, | mind. found my friends much con, l, cerned with money and money-making:' They were going at full speed anal upon the prospective profits Of their,
 1abors. They had in view. also. the, l profits made by others. Some of them' seemed to keep tab upon their neigh bors. So and so had made this sum on, l deal: this friend was worth so much. :, another? "oh. well, he is not in 1t any longer. He is nat broke, poor Fellow How did 1t happen? Well. to speakt plainly. he was a fool. He thought, things would continue to come his way while he dabbled with horses. country farming and { such like. He was aS pretty high roller. as you know. ano> he got on the wrong side of the mar ket Flat broke. lIt it were not Tor his wife he would not have enough to scare the wolf little bit. Me? We'll. I've turned a good thing. hit 1t in stocks. Hit 1t? We'll, to say the truth. I fell against it. Made $50.00o ant of it. How about Johnf Well, he's done nothing in particular Not worth much. mere, trifie Twenty
  sI hear that William is married"
 said. '.I hope he has good and iov- ing wife,
 "Goodl, I should say he has. What has she done? We'll, she took him In
 hand. enforced economy. mace nm
 look after his affairs. Looked after
 them herself believe: and now he is
 doing we'll. has his property in good
 shane and is worth half a million.
 Good wife, That Is woman for you!
 He's lucky to have such wife.
 thought I could detect on every
 hand the worship of money; des-
 perate struggle for gold; an eagerness
 inspired by the sight of wealth. and
 discontent because wealth seemed 10
 be denied to some and showered upon others--and this discomfort, not among
 the poor only but among the richl
 moralized that if even with the
 possession of wealth there was discon-
 tent, the possessors were paving court
 to a metal-hearted and merciless god,
 unworthy to be worshipped.
 What does one want money for? The answer Is quickly at hand: To enjoy it. Wealth is or should be the maans of enjoyment. Yet, when is this rest less seeker of wealth going to enjoy himself? He may think he will begin tomorrow. or next week or when he has accumulated certain sum Of money; but that day and time seems never to come. Old age comes and death. but the day for actual enjoy ment comes not.
 One wonders at the absence of phil osophy in the whirl of great activities. This day we have for our own. Yes- terday is past. and tomorrow has not | yet come. This day is all we have Why not see if we can get a pleasure | out of it? If we fail of making the |
 f~ vNA xryn Ixox wal missed our opportunity. What is life | worth If it be made up of days wholly l given over to unceasing toll, struggle | striving, hoping, and to never realize 1 dreams of blessings to come?
 The mistake is in regarding wealth | as an end and not as means; as a kind or state of happiness worthy in itself What we should do is to re- gard 1t as the means, to be wisely used in producing happiness,
 If we are to be happy at all. 1t Is to- day It is the only day we live. Our yesterday is dead; our tomorrow has not vet come. Give the matter thought. | Let this day be utilized for what there | is in it for us. Let us see what we can get out of it worth having.
 The effort will be strange and diff ficult at first. We have been running in a rut, and find it hard to get out of 1t.
 Now. what shall be done? In the first place. forget yourself your phys ical ills, your selfish desires. Think. at least a little, of others. What can you do for others? You can be pleas- ant in your intercourse with your fel- lows That is little enough to do. Per- haps you can find some one you can help by word or deed. Possibly. there is some public or private charity that will be benefited by your assistance. Then. there Is the great natural world ready to hand, and to be enjoyed. How many of these busy mortals ever lock about them to observe the great beau