Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-16

/ (E ME lower your 90 IA the soo4e
! Of refinement the more impor-
lance people place upon money
1 and the gorgeous things that represent
money. and nothing but money"
] remembered this statement when IN
I a railroad restaurant I CHANGED to sit
! next table a. which two loud voiced
yet apparently perfectly decent women
were seated
Il wonder. said one, with a glance
in my direction TO see II I was prop
srly impressed. ~ Harold will meet Us
| with the large car or with one Of the
I smaller ones. suppose ne will want to
drive himself instead Of allowing one Of
his chsu1eurs TO drive"
Il suppose So" replied the other
woman, following her lead What time
Ia IT, my desr7"
-Four oclook-our train 10 not ready
yet" replied the other, gisncinR at her
watch
Il lsrt my watch at home to-day, for
1t is running Slov lately" remarked
No l.
Well, wore my plain gold watch
instead OF my jswsl-incrusted one" said
the other. There are so many diA-
monds IN my jeweled watch that think
Il Ia rather conspicuous for travelling.
don't your"
Yes" agreed No 2. It think that Il
Is Now this veil pin I havs my veil
fastened with il real simple and cheap.
too. only about SIS or $40. think IL
was Still It does to wear upon such
occasions as this"
Yet, although you don't approve Of
much jewelry travelling, I see that you
have on a number Of your rings" said
her companion.
"Oh, only five OF them" demurred the
other, languIdly Il left a dozen Of my
hsndsomest rings at home. Yet am so
accustomed to wearing really expensive
Jewelry that l feel very plain without
more than l have with mo just now"
This is not an sHasgsrAtion, but It
| actually happened just as l have told
II. 1t reminded me OF how, when we
were very little girls. We used 10 talk
| Of the wonderful balls' we had at
tended at some fictitious time. expatiat-
ing on our "rich and beautiful satins
and velvets." knowing all the while that
we were lying and had stolen the de-
| scription bodily from such beloved
fairy tale as Cinderella" or another OF
its kind But It impressed the small
| and literal child 10 whom we made
those mendRcious statements Had our
parents known OF our yarns we would
! have had occasion to change our boast
| ing into wailing.
| When /, dressed In a plain travelling
suit-lookinE like a brown hen beside
/ these human birds Of paradise-heard
! this conversation, | smiled inWardly
with solid enjoyment. for It was truly
delicious and entertaining Yet after
! the pair had gone to their train | sighed
not only because a source Of amuse-
| ment for myself had been Withdrawn
but because the takers had reminded
me how much mere money means 10
some people, how they feel that to have
all the money one wants must win for
one the admiration and envy Of all be
J holders, The worst OF It is that 10 a
! certain extent they are right
! II Is but natural that we should
| want money. Think what il means in
! the way OF freedom from fear Of want.
ability to hear and see the wonderful
things Of the world, the power to bring
| happiness and opportunities to those
whom we love. to lessen certain kinds
Of human suffering But why admire
those who have money. yet nothing N
| themselves that is admirable, and why
feel as II such persons were superior "a
| their neighhorS? Yet many men and
| women have that kind Of admiration
hidden away somewhere. They may
deny IT, but let us listen for little
while TO what they say OF certain
| friends and acquaintance
| Il want you to meet Mrs A." says
one she has beautiful place up the
| Hudson. besides her big town house
| Her husband IS a very successful man"
or, Il spent last Sunday with young
| Mrs r. al her country home You know
who she is, her father is John Croesus,
/ who made a fortune ten years ago and
! has doubled il since then" or, Helen
| c is one Of my dearest friends She
| has more money than she knows what
to do with and has Just bought a SIS. Goa
| car a sumner In talking thus do
not the speakers tacitly acknowledge
| that they think the wealth Of a person
| adds to his or her desirabnity as a
! friend or acquaintance? To their cred.
! Il be il said that sometimes they do
mention peoples intellectual achieve
ments and their goodness. but not al
ways as hlatantly as they describe their
| financial attachments. Is II because they
/ love the tangible wealth more than the
/ equally real. II unseen. graCeS?
| Why should one especially love the
| person who has money Perhaps, after
! all. one does not love him more. but one
| admires him more because he is rich.
| Yet why Surely the possession Of
| wealth does not prove that a man r.
! better than his fellows II may prove
/ that he has certain kind Of Cleverness,
| but not that he Is Intellectually the
/ peer Of those about him With financial
!