Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17

million. What would either one nave
done with such sum? Or. what is more
important what would Ave hundred mil
lions of dollars have done with Jefferson
or Lincoln?
And how much can one wisely spend?
Not as much as YOU might think, and
not nearly as much as some have tried to
spend. No matter how honestly money may
be acquired one is not free TO spend II
at will. We are hedged about by certain
restrictions that we can neither remove
nor ignore God has written certain laws
into our nature-laws that no legislature
can repeal. laws that no court can de-
clare unconStitutional-and these laws
limit us in our expenditures;
Let us consider some of the things
for which we can properly spend money.
We need food-we all need food. and
we need about the same amount. not ex-
actly. but the difference in quantity is not
great. The range in expenditure Is great
er than the range in quantity for eX-
penditure covers kind and quality as
we'll as quantity. But there is limit
even to expenditure If a man eats too
much he suffers for it. IL he squanders
his money on highp priced foods he
wears his stomach out There is an old
saving which we have all heard, that
the poor man is looking for food for
his stomach. while the rich man is go
ing from one watering place to another
looking for stomach for his food
This is only witty way of expressing
the sober truth. namely. that one is
wisely spend for food.
We need clothing-we all need cloth
ing. and we need the same amount. The
difference in quantity is not great. The
range in expenditure for clothing Is
greater than the range in quantity, be-
cause expenditure covers style and
variety we'll quantity, but there
Is limit to the amount of money one
can wisely spend for clothing II
man has so much clothing that 1t takes
all of his time to change his clothes he
has more than he needs and more than
he can wisely spend money for.
We need homes-we all need shelter.
and we need about the same amount.
In fact, God was very democratic In
the distribution of our needs. for He so
created us that our needs are about the
same. The range of expenditure Tor
homes is probably wider than in the
case of either food Or clothing.
If man gets too big house 1t be-
comes a burden to him. and some have
had this experience. Not infrequently
young couple will start out poor and
struggle along in little house. looking
forward to the time when they can build
big house. larger possibly than they in
tended to. and it nearly always costs
more than they thought IT would ana
then they Struggle along tle rest Oi tHeli
lives looking back to the time when they
lived i'm little house
. we speak of people being Independently
rich That is a mistake. they are de-
pendently rich. The richer man is the
more dependent he is-the more people he.
depends upon to help him collect his in
come, and the more people he depends
upon to help him spend his income.
But a man can give his money away.
Yes. and no one who has ever tried 1t
will deny that more pleasure Is TO be
derived from the giving of money to
cause in which ones heart is interested
than can be obtained from the expendi-
ture Of the same amount in selfish in
diligence. But If one is going to give
largely he must spend a great deal of
time in investigating and in comparing
the merits of the different enterprises,
and l am persuaded that there is a bet
ter life than the life led by those who
spend nearly all the time accommodating
beyond their needs and then employ the
last few days in giving it away. What
the world needs is not few men of great
wealth. doing out their money In antici-
patton of death-what the world needs Is
that these men should link themselves in
sympathetic interest with struggling hu-
manity and help to solve the problems OF
today instead Of creating problems for
the next generation to solve.
But you say man can leave his
money to his children? He can. if he
dares. But large fortune. in an
ticipation, has ruined more sons than
it has ever helped. If a young man
has so much money coming to him
that he knows he will never have to
work the chances are that it will sap
his energy, even if it does not under
mine his character. and leave him
curse rather than a blessing to those
~.rho orb i'm
And it is scarcely safer to leave the
money to a daughter. For II a young
woman has prospective inheritance
so large that. when Young man
calls upon her. she cannot tell whether
he is calling upon her or her father,
it is embarrassing-espec SO IL she
finds after marriage that ne married
the wrong member Of the family And,
very rich are usually hedged about
by a social environment whicn pre-
vents their making the acquaintance
of the best young men, me men "no,
twenty five years from now. viii De
the leaders in business, In Society," IN
government and in the church, a-e NOT
the pampered sons of the ricn. DIT the
Young men. with good health anu sooo
habits, with high ideals ana strong
ambition. are. under the spur OF ne
cessity, laying the foundation LOT u
ture achievements, and these youns
men do not have chance 10 peeoIno
ACQUAINTED Win TIC
very rich Even if they ola know
them they might hesitate to enter upon
tbe scale of expenditure to Whlch tnese
daughters are accustomed
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I desire to show how practlcai TINS
subject is. III time permitted could
take IN every occupation, every aVo-
cation. every profession and every call
ing and show YOU that no matter which
way we turn-no matter what we dove
are always and everywhere weighing Tue
soul xor
In the brief time that it is proper TOT
me to occupy. L shall apply the .ho ,.e..
to those departments OF human aes..s
in which the sale of a soul anects DINERS
largely as we'll as the hiuis
makes the bargain. -
Take the occupation in which am
engaged. Journalism. 1t presents a great
feld-a growing field; in fact. tnere are
few fields so large. The JOURNALIST -
both a news gatherer ana a noioer oI
thought He informs his readers as 10
what is going on, and he points OUT .he
relation between cause ano eHectIih.e.
prets current history. fupiic OPINION Is
the controlling force in republic anu
the newspaper gives to the )ournanst, pe
yond every one else. the opportunity TO
affect public opinion. Others reach his
readers through the courtesy of the news
paper. but the owner of the paper has
full access to his own columns, and does
not fear the blue pencil. The Journalist
occupies the position of a watchman upon
a tower He is often able to see dangers