The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
May Be a sermon; May Be a Song.

Out of the tangled mass OF Christmas
stories-pa;hetic. curious, humorous, or
otherwise-comes a very pretty one from
Pittsburg. Ii concerns one OF the mil
lionaire class. and Pittsburg's millionaire
class has been the butt of ridicule and
Jest throughout the land for some time.
1t seems that several years ago, Sam
uel Reymer son of the great candy
hing, fell in love with u young girl who
danced at a carnival in Pittsburg; so
beautifully and gracefully she danced.
indeed, that she won a handsome prize,
Us We'll as young mans heart. Il
seems that she was u good and sweet
girl, TOO. though poor and obscure, 50 far
as social light Is concerned, being the
daughter OF "a carpenter. Young kcymer
announced his intention, by and by, Of
marrying the girl The candy king OBJ
jected. Al urst he laughed al the boy,
then he sJOrmed and nnally he told has
son that the price Of has marriage was
complete disiuneritance. Then the boy
calmly picked up his hat and started for
the door. Where are you going:' cried
the rate father. Straight 10 Nellie,
replied the other And he did
After the wedding, young Keymer went
10 Denver TO LOOK Tor work. lie found
H. he began The struggle Tor existence
right on tne ground moor. He worked
steadily ana sturdIiy until, IA years, he
became wealthy himself, in "a modest but
comfortable sort OF way. Ills wife proved
pure gold she stood by MIN s,anch-
~. me father was unteleHuug. and,
shortly after the quarrel, died, leaving
"a Will cutting ms boy of without a pen
~. Alter has death, the mother and the
sisters looked the young man up ana
begged nIm 10 come home 10 PitJsburs.
DrIng MS wife VITA MIN, and take has
ligntfu part OF the fortune which had
been denied him. BuJ this youus man
ambition was MADE OF sterner STUN. lie
declined 10 come, or 10 accept cent
when approached de wrote thar he
would come nome in ms own good time,
when Ae mad established his name Ia the
business world by his own Efforts En-
treaties were frutIess. Iae years rOlleC
on.
Last Christmas night the erstwhilc boy,
now grown TO man 5 Iuu estate, slipped
in on his old mother and his sisters,
bringing ms brave little vile with him.
lie mad won hls battle, had indicated ms
manhood. and now ne was willing TO
drink of the sweet cup of pleasure tnat Il
reunion with has home folks" would
press To- his lips. Never was there
happier reunion. 1t was a case OF tears
and laughter until long after midnight
and the little wife was the most peJted
OF all.
The rich mans son has rather a hard
time OF it in this world. after all often
ne goes wrong through no special fault
of his own. Born with "a golden spoon
IN his mouth, never knowing the value OF
dollar, never denied a thing that his
heart desired, the rich mans son usually
views life from a distorted angle And,
then. many a rich father, as I'm this case.
manages 10 get the wrong point of view
also. Beginning life humbly, the accu-
mutation of piles upon piles OF money
gives birth 10 the false idea that wealth
is the open sesame TO all that is good fin
the world. Denied luxury In his youth,
the rich man lavishes luxury upon his
children. Fortunately there is sometimes
found in the rich mans son sterling man
hood that nothing can crush or twist
awTy.
The struggles of the poor are daily
stories. The struggles Of the rich are as
interesting and as fun OF heart interest
As some one has said, There's so much
bad IN the best of us. and SO much good
in the worst Of Us, that it hardly behooves
any of US to talk about the rest Of US"