Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-11
Hard to Satisfy

Those who go TO work at a. m, and
who quit at p. m. have an idea that
peTmeates their being and dominates their
imagination. namely. the hope that they
will be able TO quit after a while and
rest, or at least call their time their
own. But we have also seen and heard
OF multimillionaires who began life as
hodcarriers or railroad brakemen, who
were able to quit and call their time their
own, but facts go TO show that il is only
those who eventuate in nothing and are
defeated, that really quit for the sake OF
rest and general laziness.
The successful people only quit the pur-
suit OF one accomplished thing. TO start
in pursuit OF another. ]. @ierpont Nor
gan. perhaps the richest banker in the
world, excepting the Rothschilds. devotes
all his spare time to hunting for pictures
and other works of art; and Harry Payne
Whitney. the rich grandson of one of
the early Standard Oil billionaires. puts
I'm his spare time with horseracing in
England and elsewhere, a strenuous life
When these people get surfeited with
money they begin to struggle for other
things tina tcall for stress and strain in
the attainment, and the chances are that
they pput in as much mental worry in
one case as the other. and are never sat
isfied
The very rich women in America, after
they NIL their deposit boxes with many
gold-beartng. securities land have fatigued
themselves in trying to Outdress and gem
orally outshine all their nearby acquaint-
ances). feel obliged 10 so over to Europe
and catch for themselves or daughters a
count or an earl, or a duke or maybe a
a little princelet. being quite willing to
pay high for such acquisitions, il they
can only Guido and still outshine the
people they left behind them in this coun-
try. The whole tribe OF money kings
are hunting for something that is rare.
either in art or titles, and when they die
as they must after awhile. their de-
scendants take up the pursuit and strain
and stress themselves after similar things
all out OF the common. So, what's the
difference? What does II avail7 Those
who haven't succeeded are distressed and
envious and dissatisfied and those who do
succeed in wealth and honors are dis
tressed and envious and dissatisfied so
long as there is somebody ahead Of them
who can cut notch little higher ana
above them in their ambitions and rival
ries- "Contentment, with goodness. is
great gain" but contentInent does not
work in the same harness with great
wealth. Nevertheless. the world is fun
OF those who push for gold, and who.
-trample down the herd to reach this great
wealth in great volume and then they
spend mind and strength, and almost life
Itself, in reaching up and grasping other
things that perish in the using. In spirit
OF rivalry, with carking ambitions, for
the sake OF notoriety and worldly dis
play.
Nothing seems to satisfy! Certainly not
money. With these Illustrations and ex-
amples continually seen and heard OF
why should we not understand that bu.
man life is too short to fritter away ones
peace of mind in such a vain show of
pomp and gaudy trappings! Is there nc
way by which to make the struggle for
wealth more sensible. and thereby more
satisfying? r-,-