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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
MAN OF FALLEN FORTUNE
His Opinion of His Fellow Man as
Drawn from Hard Expe-
rience,

Losing ones money! said the man of
fallen fortunes, sis not without its com
pensating comforts; for instance, in the
discovery of ones real friends.
when l was rich 1 never knew for
sure whether a man, being rich, was
drawn to me because 1 was rich also or
whether, being poor. he was drawn to
me because he thought I could help him.
But 1t was easy to tell after l had lost
my money.
THE proudest qualification that l got
then l found in the loyalty of my family.
One and all they stood by me with a
gentle sympathy and unfaltering devo-
ton that has continued to the present
moment and that l know will never fall
my strongest and most encouraging sup
port.
"And then 1 began 20 make discoveries
about my friends, to discover which were
fair weather friends, which were friends
only when 1 could help them and which
were friends through thick and thin; and
I found friendliness to exist as a bedrock
enduring quality in rich and poor alike.
There Is this to be said about the rich
man and his money. When a man has
made money he hates to give II up. But
1 have known rich men who proved
themselves stalwart staying friends in
deed; who gave though the chances of
the money ever coming back TO them-if
they thought Of that at all-must have
seemed very slim; men who gave with a
prompt readiness that took all the sting
out OF the necessity OF asking, and a
willingness that was OF itself most help
ful and cheering.
And then while 1 have had men drum
me for small debts which / was able to
pay off only very slowly 1 have had men
to whom / owed bigger debts say 70 me-
and this out of sheer kindness and
friendliness to me-to take away from
me a burden. Forget It old man; don't
worry yourself over that. Wen just
simply cross that off the books and call
IL square And-and this is not the least
OF the things that have solaced me
there are men, rich men and men NOT
rich, with whom my relations in another
day were friendly, who have treated Tnt
always ever since personally Just the
same. with absolutely unbroken kindness
and consideration
$50 my misfortune has revealed to ms
friends whose real ~friendliness 1 might
otherwise not nave known; and the world
seems kinder to me h IL did before.
We must all look out for ourselves; self
preservation Is the first law of nature.
but still the fact remains tina the run
OF men are a pretty good lot. ready e
help their neighbor.
1T remains only for a man TO help him
self: and by all this kindness TO me, EN-
boldened anew. 1 am. / confide to you.
and with prospects most cheering. now
making another try at fortune."-Wash-
tnston Post
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

student of ~aeronautics, who met death
about the same time. Lilienthal's aero
plane, known then as a gliding machine"
furnished the first model for the Wright
brothers.
The balloon Queen Louise, which started
with two other balloons from Columbus,
o., August %, with Lieutenant ]. ]. Ben
nett Of the British army balloon corps,
as pilot, and accompanied by Thomas l..
Sample. was picked up in Lake Erie the
following afternoon. Owing to a defective
valve, the pilot was unable to keep the
balloon afloat. The two passengers and the
balloon were taken aboard the steamer
Mohegan, near which 1t fell.-Washington
Post.