The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
MONEY CAN'T BUY WAY
INTO ENGLISH SOCIETY

is thus somewhat of an unlovable ma
ture, his wife and daughters were
much liked. and for their sake his So
cial failure. which has been Of par
tcularly cruel kind. is a matter of
regret
Sir Joseph has. after all. met with
something like the same fate as the
late Colonel North, the so-called nj
trate King" we'll as Barney Ear
nato and SO many other new-iiedged
mlllonaires. Thus. the Lord Mayor
Of London was on one occa sion
severely taken to task By all the lead
ing newspapers Of Engla'-d for having
50 far forgotten what was due TO his
time hororcL and iilUstrious office. and
to the ancient municipality OF the met
ropolis as to invite the late Barney
Barnato to banquet at the Mansion
House. Yet Barnato, beyond the or
dina:y and lnivei sally practiced mani
puiation OF stocks and promotion of
mining companies. none of which have
as yet come TO grief, had committed
no crime against society. OF done any
thing to merit public antagonism, be-
yond his acquisition of a great Cor
tune and a somewhat purse proud.
ill-bred manner.
Indeed Barnato did n great deal OF
good with his money. but every kind
ness that he did was converted into
n weapon. either Of ridiculc or OF
blame against hiia Even when after
the failure Of the English government
TO secure the liberation of the Eng
lish prisoners implicated IN the Jane
son Raid. and detained in captivity by
the Beers, he proceeded himself To
Pretoria. induced cid President i<r ger
to let the men go, and actually went
so far as to pay out OF his own pocket
the heavy lines of those who were un-
adj. to dcfray their obligation to the
Boer republic. he received no credit
whatever for what he had done. On
the contrary, he was told that II was
merely che of his selfish schemes for
his personal benefit. since the liberia
ton of the prisoners and the cOnse-
quent elimination OF the severe strain
which had up to that moment existed
between the governments OF England
and of the Transvaal. naturally had
the effect Of causing rise In those
South African stocks and securities in
which he was especially Interested.
What prejudices people so much
against these sclf-made millionaires
in England is their tendency to
sert the possession OF their newly won
riches III a manner calculated to Of
al their neiGhbors They are ap.
parcntly Obvious OF the fact that 1T
is good form among the most refined
and delicate mirdej people to con
ceal rather than to display wealth;
that II is possible to live well, ana
even splcndidly. without vulgar osten-
tation. and that they are more likely
to make enemies than either friends
or admirers among those around them
by endeavoring to overwhelm people
with a sense of their vast riches. TN
accustomed to the possession of n
great fortune. they cannot enjoy what
they regard as the full measure OF It's
benefits unless they can make a show
OF it: and in their efforts in this
direction they are. as rule, cncour
aged by n gang of INSCRIPTIONS and
in every sense OF the word contcmpti-
BILE parasites. who seem to constitute
the invariable encourage Of almost
every new millionaire. eudcavorirG by
! means Of adulation to secure advant-
ages of one kind ard another. which
he can place within their reach.
Multi millionaircs in London would
avoid being held up to obloquy and
scorn were they to realize that, while
there is no disgrace in being in pos
session ii an enormous sclf-madc for.
tune, there is no particular merit
therein, at least, not sufficient to re-
Qu!re a blarc of trumpcts. II is not
necessary to swaggcr or TO perpctually
put tnclr aHlutlCc IN eNldcuc" pE
some piece Of tastcless ostcntation. or
questionable bcnevolence. Regarding
themselves as something between Solo
mon and a saint they apparently fail
To understand the true value OF the
old saying, namely. that there IS
degradation rather than distinction
in the lust of gain. in the spirit OF
Cain"
Copyright. 1918. by the Brentwood
Company