Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
DENIED ONE PLEASURE
HANDICAP THAT is THE ACCOM-
PANIMENT OF RICHES.
Possessors of Great Wealth Debarred
From Owning Anything That 10
Difficult to Acquire-Joy He
is Doomed to Miss.

Great wealth takes away as many
things from a man as it brings him, as
serts William Frederick Dix in the
New York Independent. The man OF
many millions loses one of the great
est pleasures in life-the zest of OWE
ership, that sense of satisfaction which
comes with the possession OF some.
thing which has been longed for and
finally acquired with difficulty.
II something that one possesses can.
If lost or broken, be at once replaced
without the expenditure OF anything
that can be missed, 1t necessarily has
no value, because whether 1t Is lost or
not is immaterial.
This is perfectly simple law OF hu-
man nature working automatically and
universally. The value of possession
depends upon the sacrifice required to
obtain it and the difficulty of replacing
it. The only exceptions to this are the
things Of no intrinsic worth. such as
heirlooms, tokens of love, or souvenirs
with sentimental associations. Those
are precious but not valuable. The
countless tempting, material things OF
life that lure the unwealthy-clothes
toys. books, furniture, pictures, mo
tors, yachts and 30 on-cannot bring
with them the full Joy of possession to
the man who has but to stretch out his
hand to take them.
The fascination Of the jewelers. win
! dow are not for him. He can select
anything and everything in the shop
which he fancies and tuck 1t into his
pocket without pricing it. His secre-
tary will draw a check for the bill. He
may fancy these jewels, but he cannot
prize them, they have no endowment
of charm, because they have been ac-
quired without effort and could be re-
placed without the slightest inconveni-
ence. The rich boy has never known
the ecstasy of owning a pushmobile
made out of a soap box. The joy of
saving and planning for, and finally
selecting a certain long coveted hsa-
lne rod qr canoe Pr sgs ot 2ae Sqs esssI
"A st9 aoaise q MIN
N One nifghs say Thar tbe piebstfs q
ownership is only one Of degree after
: all-that the poor man finds pleasure
In owning his cottage and the rich
man in owning bis railroad. Poets
have for ages sung of the joys of home,
: the sweetness of the hearthside and
, the happiness found at the vine clad
cottage door, but have any poets ever
sung the hallowed delights of owning
a chain of rolling mills. or extolled the
,, joys of the financier as he acquires the
voting control of railroad system?
How can a man of many millions
conceive of the delights of digging and
planting a little suburban garden
planning for it winter evenings with
his wife's eager help, buying the seeds
and coaxing them during the radiant
/ summer days into fruitage, when the
only garden he knows is the vast, for
a NAL one on his country estate. planned
|. and built by the landscape architect
a cultivated by foreign gardeners ant
t visited by himself for an occasions
o after dinner promenade?
e 1t is not his, he merely transferred ;
!; few thousand for the title to it. The
y patting lovingly into place of the seeds
e the wedding and watering and watch
|. ing and welcoming of the first sh!
e shoots are not for him. He does no
:, see the timid thrusting out of tende
s green things in the spring, the dawl
a Of fragrant color as the buds open t
n the sunshine, and. finally, the full flow
IS er and fruit, nor feel the pride of ia
t. therhood, of ownership, of possession
as he looks over his garden. Tony o
Mike or Sam have attended to all thos
:. details! And what world of joy, o
beauty and fragrance, what peace an
c content, what feeling Of triump
. have his millions robbed him Of in tn
unfolding of that garden!
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