The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-26
Hopes Bile hted BY iches;
GiveU p Careersfo for Wealth
By Marcus Hapgood.

and sanctimonious disapDrpval which be-
came un bearable. Finally his fat Their offered
him substantial reward and the promise Of
something bettcr8ifS he would stay at home
and help himin his business. The result t 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
saffillate or make friends IA $s$ n s
sl" Only recent w a man OF not unkind m
gtives wrecked what promised to be q me
artistic career. His n ephew$ only; needed q
little tim ely help and sympat ny to develop
into a successful painter. His uncle, how
ever, y considered that no was going to the
limit OF irresponsible DO hemianisn. He tiEs$
Snored him for a time but n hen the struggle
was at It's hardest and he was Handicapped
I By an III ms wife his uncle died and 4 be- -
atf,ed This fortune to him upon the condl-
ton that he give up art alto her. He ac-
cepted the terms far more for his wife rs sake
than his own, but the loss of his life WORK
and the aband onm ent Of his billions broke
his h ca M
Family /" Buys q IF Actor.
There is another instance Of a! young mar man
Who a few years ago. bid fair to make q ute
q name for himself upon the sta ge He Sc
! cretly won the affections Of the daughter OF
a rlcf, magnat tie well kno wn Ia this co untry.l5
The lovers were discovered and ruth lcssly$
3separated. Tho. young wonla n, no We yer, too X
this 50 much to heart that she was really
thought to be In danger Of dying. " hereupons
the stern parent was compelled to capitulate.s
which he did upon his own terms. His son-in-I
law was to abandon the stage utterly q No
never allude to his connect Ion wit p IT. and IN
return was to be permitted to marry the slrl girl.
and receive o yearly allowan AT hough ne
would have Infinitely preferred to fight his
own way, the young man was con- uered q. by
love and feminine tears His efforts are spent
in attempting to write plays but 50 far t1s
efforts Of Al delsultory 1ifc have not resulted
either In great success along this line or In an
3oyerabundance OF happiness. $ m.
Two brothers living In h q small town m
herited alike small fortune from their
father. One, who was conventionally resp ect-8
able, used his oney and his efforts to get into
society better than that to which he had been
accust omed. The other spent his money
driftcd away from his birthplace. and ma ~
went from one shiftless occupation to ans
other until he was reduced to keeping soul
and body together by doing a stunt of the 4
.commonest variety in the lower vaudeville
houses. III & "a: }s " Il. IL ts AZ {}!
SONG and Dance . flushed.
81 Appeals to his brother awaited little until
ono day the latter was put up as q ca dtdate
for congress from his district. he young
man, who was not without sense 81 hunior, "
saw his opportunity. He acquired the sales
rights to certain proprietary medicine q M
appeared at the public square on the even en-
iings when outdoor political settings were
held. II, the lulls between poll teal speeches
and I" music BY the band :" tho young man
began to hawk the qualities OF the cdiclne,E
which he emphasized by executing his 8! song
and dance, from, rs elevated a position as
nossble, The result was that he was sI'eedl-
II established In a leglt imate business by his
elder brother, who was quick enough 70 save
himself and even increase his own populalr!'
ty By HIS act, IS VA, y -!3
al would never have thought Of the dodge
az q hadn't been for the rid culous senHitlV e-
ness that he had about my letting anybody
know what ! was doing, and the fact tRat
whenever II touched him for q loan he aa oeh!y
responded In the most stlnsy mar Or posi-
blen said the young man, VINO was not WIN w,
out sense Of hunlor. Z 70 pa tent f'ealc.he
scheme, however, worked even % ttef man
expect d, w IT, ati5 i5 4 lsY
Jealousy Prompts Bride,
+ m,,ara, "a zone other and entirely different
Srase, where ono Of tho least pleasant traits
II huma n nature resulted IN the ga1ning of
4 competence. ( 1t also, unfor q NY, re-, e,
suited In the giving up Of g career a Sit
Who was making a Yeputa tlonl as q concert
singer was asto Ylished to receive not tNs
from a firm Of lawyers that q compare lyely
large annual income would he at her dis
nosal IL she would retire Into PIT Yafc NE.
After consfde Ion she came 20 me con
5ci,,sio, that a mo- ate certainty was better
gthan the alsuring but preca rlous promise Of /.
VII she hersslf could earn "a nd she accented
Tho terms ana the money. She never kn ew
until long afterwards tina \ II came from 9
relative with " nom she had not been upon
the best Of terms, and VII Jealous ot =
career which she herself had Slonged for
but which shes had moi had I lien 9r bea uty