The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

ms car. Yes; there is a professor from
Harvard here. He and his wife and
daughters but they are plain people,
very plain and so unsociable And then
there is some snuffy little Old man. VINO
must be a noted person. for every one
pays court 70 him. but he's unsOciable.
too. and" so she went on. this de-
spiser Of riches, finding no interest in
anyone save the very rich. and. deny
Il as we may. it is the very rich who
dominate just now.
Not long ago I chanced to be visiting
a family who have a palatial summer
home on the North Shore Among the
children is a charming little blond-head-
ed lad just learning to read. one morn
ing this child came down from the school
room enthusiastic over the lessons he
had that moment finished.
"Oh Mr. ATbiter," he said, 1--WE read
such a lovely story. II is the very best
story 1 ever read, and il I say my three
table all right Mr.. Blank is going TO
let me read # again tomorrow morning"
What was the story, l0ddie?" asked.
Wont you tell II 10 me? 1 like stories.
too"
The child began eagerly, 1T was about
that everything that King Midas touched
turned into gold? Now see. II were
King Midas and touched that book It
would turn into gold. and just think
when I had that gold made into dollars
how much il would buy. 1 just bet you
Reggie Ducats wouldn't brag that his
pony was better than mine II I could
only turn that book into gold Then
If 1 could make this chair into gold L
would buy e touring car better and big
ger than Reggie's fathers car and II
that little vase were gold ! would turn
Il into money and buy all the ice cream
and cake and candy ] could cat and"
But" I interrupted. Don't you know
Laddle. that the ice cream would be-
come gold when you touched Il and the
cake and the candy and everything else
you touched would turn into gold" I
VIII spare you the rest Of the lecture.
for l only told the story about Laddie
as evidence that even the babes in the
cradle in this progressive age have
adopted the gold standard
From Ladies'. I went to stay with
some OF his neighbors. Races of all sorts
were on. and tournaments of every de-
scription IN progress. The son Of the
house had entered his yacht in one Of the
races and the daughter was playing in
the tennis tournament. On the day that
the much discussed yacht race was to
take place, the mother Of the family
asked her son what his chances Of win
ming were.
Fair. mother" he replied "only fair
You see Louis and Albert have new
yachts, and no one seems to know just
what TO expect OF them. but l shall do
my best mother, I shall DO my best"
well. son." said his mother. If you
will win that race, I viii give you q thou
sand dollar bill. and. that will buy the
new car your father refused to give YOU
That's ripping OF yOu.' exclaimed the
delightful boy. You're a dandy. mother
20 have and no mistake, and ! viii win
/ that race If l have TO break the old boat
TO pieces doing It."
Mother" spoke up the daughter OF
\ the house. Tom Is your pet. II I win
! the tennis tournament, don't you think
4 you ought 70 give me Il thousand too -
That's too much for tennis" unused
the mother. but IL you win the first
! prize. viii give you five hundred. You
/ see. daughter. this tournament means
more than usual for some OF the smart
| est girls in the country are going 10 play.
! Young Stockandbonds told me yesterday
/ that ne didn't believe that there was a
/ girl on the list that was worth less than
a million in her own right"
There was more gossip and iollihcation
and then the brother and sister went out.
rs it worth IT, CONNER" I asked OF the
mother, who is an old friend Of mine.
when we were alone. rs it worth It?
/ Do you think you are giving your chill
dren the finest standards, the standards
we used to talk about when We were
| children ourselves" But Connie has been
corrupted by the age In which We live
Dear Arbiter," she replied, dear old
visionary. one has TO keep up with the
! times one doesn't want 10 be left behind
/ in the race You surely don't want my
! children to be out Of tt And I can as
sure you that It is much more important
that they should shine IN athletics than
at college or school I'm not ashamed
to confess that I stimulate them when
ever I can. You see. it's not as II the
( boy had to earn his own living. It's we'll
enough for a boy to be a dig when he
/ has 10 do that" and so she prattled on
I about modern standards. To the dogs
with modern standards The standard OF
/ truth a9d honor and Loyalty has never
! changed Ysince the world began, nor will
! it ever change. for. despite the present
domination of the plutocrat there are
still some noble souls who will keep THIS
royal standard unstained. In fact. there
are many.
/ am thinking OF a little girl now who
/ has "a million in her own right" who
doesn't spend her strength and enthus-
iasm on yacht races and tournaments,
She lives, this blue-eyed. rosy-cheeked,
smiling little person. in the manufactur-
ing town where her father, once a mill
hand himself. made his colossal fortune
and, perhaps, for this very reason she
loves the plain people Of the mills, and
perhaps that is the reason they all love
her, for every hand is raised in blessings
as she passes.
She does not shower her wealth ir
vulgar charity but with deep under
standing and delicate sympathy she
brings out all that is best in them and
then she provides the means for them to
| satisfy that best. and in no manufactur-
ing town in New England are there such
lovely gardens. such we'll kept cottages
such an air Of well-being and comfort
as in the little burg where this fairy
godmother has laid her wand made OF
understanding in sympathy
I met one of her school mates at Con-
MES, who rallied at this fairy godmother.
"She always was queer" announced
that young woman but 1 did think the
possession of all that money and con-
tact with the world would take some OF
the queerness out of her. but It seems she
Is worse than ever and is doing her best
to become an old maid-for what man
worth while would want such a crank
for a wife?"
Now, what man would. I wonder?
This same school mate was invited "a
lunch with one OF the neighbors II was
to be a rather formal affair to meet a
young English girl staying at one Of the