The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-02-17
Marriage and MiIIionaires.

per his wind to the lambs. Not
long ago, as it now transpires, on
the eve of one of his periodical
departures for Europe, he addressed
a meeting of working girls some
where in the vicinity of New York.
He seems to have predicated all Of
his conclusions, and they were
numerous enough to be somewhat
contradictory, upon the thought
that it is bad luck to be born rich.
One would think that the luck OF
such a birth depends upon the
mental and moral attributes of the
particular individual in the case.
Nobody is born with hereditary
tendencies for the making of
character, good or bad, and in
good or bad environment. The
individual born of a stock trans
mitting to him no weak or evil i'm
pulse, a sound body and a rong
mind, is all the luck e if, when
born, there is geldel spoon in his
mouth. With such a spoon, and
such attributes Of character, If the
handle of the spoon be long enough,
according to the proverb, he can
sup with the devil and come off
unseathed. But the very hoodoo
of bad luck is to be born morally
and mentally weak, irresolute and
infirm of purpose, and a golden
spoon in the mouth with a handel
long enough to reach to the bottom
of the DEVILS pot, and, unguided by
intelligence or a sure hand, bring
up the savory morsels which only
burn the mouth and rula the di-
gestion.
So much for the element of luck
in the rich heirs case, Mr..
Carnegie was on much surer ground
in saying that ''the great trouble
with the wealth of today is that the
sons of millionaires do not reallz.
the necessity of being of use to the
community" And he was walking
where angels might not fear to tread
in saying that "mos. millionaire S
wives are unhappy because they
have too many luxuries and no
mental resources to fall back on. "
This is the sublimation of the
wisdom of all the ages, and which
no previous age did, as this one is
doing, deny and defy. 1t is not
only the milllonaires who are spoil.
ing their women. The million
airetts are at it also. Wherefore
idle hands In many flats and apart.
ment houses, ennul, a demand for
something doing all the time" a
burden of hours which even the
most elaborate of continuous per
formances can not fill, dissatis-
faction, murmuring, misery and
divorce.
We are as well aware as Mr..
Carnegie that this horrible picture
will not hold back our girls from
marrying milllonaires. And Mr..
Carnegie is SO we'll aware of this
truth that, after drawing the picture,
he must have realized that the
horror of not having nothing to dc
but have 'good time" would mo-
appeal strongly to an audience Of
working girls, and he automatically
added: ''But don't refuse a man
simply because he is a millionaire. >"
The shrewd Scot must have known
how unnecessary this final word was.
He must have understood that il
was a superfuity when spoken to
young W men, each of whom felt
that, if she could get in touch with
a millioo, she would be able to
find or make, "mental resources tc
fall back upon. l." Was M
Carnegie letting the girls down cay,
or was he only letting himself down
in that way?-Globe Democrat.
County Surveyor G. c. Bowman is
at work on the profile and plans and |
specifications for the half mile Of ma