Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-17
DEEl!EL) ONE PLEASURE
HANDICAP THAT IS TIE ACCOM-"
PANlMEkT OF RICHES.
PosssssoFs of Great Wealth Declared
From Owning Anything That Is
Difficult to Ecquire-Joy He
Is Doomed to Miss.

Great wealth takes away as noRy
things from, a man as it brings him, as
se.ts William Frederick Dix il the
New York Independent. The man OF
many millions loses one CT the great
est pleasures in llfe-the zest OF own
ership, that sense OF satisfaction which
comes with the possession OF COMO
thing which has been longed for and
lnally acquired with difficulty.
II something that one possesses car
Il lost or bGoasa. be at oaee pepaG@<sa
without the expenditure Of anything
that can be missed, it necessarily has
no value, because whether 1t Is lost or
not is immaterlal.
This is a perfectly simple law Of hui
man nature working automatically and
universally. The value OF a possession
depends upon the sacrifice required to
obtain 1t and the difficulty OF replacing
it. The only exceptions to this are the
things OF no intrinsic worth, such an
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 cn-cannot bring
with them the full joy Of possession to
the man who has but to stretch out hta
hand to take them
The fascination Of the jewelers. win
dow are not for him. lie 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 check for the bill. he
may fancy these jewels, but he cannot
prize them, they have no endowment
OF charm, because they have been 40
quired without effort and could be re
placed without the slightest inconVenf
ence. The rich boy has never known
the ecstasy Of owning a pushmobile
made out of soap box. The Joy OF
saving and planning for, and finally
aolccting G certain long coveted fiab-
Ing rod, or canoe. or set Of books, car
never come to him.
One might say that the pleasure OF
ownership Is only one Of degree after
all-that the poor man finds pleasure
In owning his cottage AID the rich
man in owning his railroad. Poets
have for ages sung Of the joys of home.
the sweetness. OF the hearthside anu
he happiness found ct the vine clae
cottage door, but have any poets evei
sung the hallowed delights OF owning
4 chain of rolling mills, or extolled tn,
Joys OF the fa&ncier as ho acquires tn
voting control CT railroad system?
How can q man Of many millions
conceive of the delights CT digging an@
planting a little suburban garden.
planning for II winter evenings wits
his wife's eager help, buying this seeds
and coaxing them during the radiant
summer days into fruitage, when th'
only garden he knows IS the vast, for
NAL one on his country estate, planes
Ind built by the landscape architect,
cultivated by foreign gardeners an1
visited by himself for an occasional
after dinner promenade?
It Is not his, he merely transferred
few thousand for the title to it. Thu
patting lovingly into place of the seeds
the wedding and watering and watch
ing and welcoming Of the first sh,
shoots are not for him. He does no;
see the timid thrusting out Of tendeI
green things in the spring, the daw
Of fragrant color as the buds open t
the sunshine, and, finally, the full how
er and fruit, nor feel the pride Of "a
therhood, Of ownership, Of possessio;
as he looks over his garden. Tony o.
Mike or Sam have attended to all thos'
details! And what q world Of joy, o
beauty and fragrance, what peace an
content, what q feeling Of trump
have his millions robbed him OF in til.
unfolding Of that garden!
The man OF many millions has heas
given many things, but he has bee
deprived Of corresponding number o
things which count in this world.