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

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Of refinement the more impor-
! lance people place upon money
ana the gorgeous things that represent
! money. and nothing but money"
! remembered this statement when in
I = railroad restaurant I CHANGED to sit
! next a table At which two loud voiced
| yet apparently perfectly decent women
! were seated.
4 wonder SAID one. with 2 glance
| in my direction 20 see II wes prop
| erly impressed. IF Harold will meet US
/ with the large car or with one OF the
smaller ones. suppose he Will want to
drive himself instead Of allowing one Of
! his chaureurs to drive"
Il suppose So" replied the other
woman. following her lead. What time
] Is it. my dear"
-Four o'clock-our train is not ready
/ yet" replied the other, glancing at her
( watch
/ Il left my watch at home to-day. for
/ il is running slow lately" remarked
/ No /.
/ We'll. l wore my plain gold watch
/ instead Of my jeweI-incrusted one" said
/ the other There are go many dia-
monds in my jeweled watch that l think
! it IS rather conspicuous for travelling.
/ don't YOU
Yes" agreed No. 2, Il think that il
Is Now this veil pin I have my veil
| fastened with is real simple. and cheap.
too. only about s35 or $40. l think II
| was. still, it does TO wear upon such
! occasions as this"
Yet although you don't approve OF
much jewelry travelling, l see that you
have on a number Of your rings" said
her companion.
oh. only five OF them" demurred the
other, IanguidIy. 81 left a dozen Of my
J handsomest rings at home. Yet I am go
accustomed to wearing really expensive
jewelry that l feel very plain without
more than l have with mo just now
This is not an exaggsrHtion, but it
actually happened just an l have told
II. It reminded me OF how. when we
| we're very little girls, we used to talk
Of the wonderful balls' we had at
! tended at some fictitious time. expatist-
ing on cur rich and beautiful satins
and velvets," knowing all the while that
scription bodily from such beloved
fairy tale as Cinderella" or another OF
it's kind. But it impressed the small
and literal child to whom we made
/ these mendacious 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-looking like a brown hen beside
these human birds Of paradise heard
this conversation, I smiled inwardly
with solid enjoyment, for it was truly
delicious and entertaining. Yet after
I the pair had gone to their train I 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 to
some people, how they feel that 10 have
all the money one wants must win for
one the admiration and envy OF all be
holders. The worst OF It IL that TO 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 sec 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 In
themselves that is admirable, and why
feel as If such persons were superior tC
their nelghbors? Yet many men and
women have that kind Of admiration
hidden away somewhere. They may
deny it. but let us listen for a little
while 10 what they say or 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 B. at her country home. You know
who she is, her father is John Croesus,
who made a fortune ten years ago and
has doubled it 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 IS 900
cara sumner" In talking thus do
not the speakers tacitly acknowledge
| that they think the wealth of a person
adds to his or her~desirab ility as a
friend or acquaintance? To their cred.
II be it said that sometimes they dc
mention peoples intellectual achieve
ments and their goodness, but not al
ways az blstantly as they describe their
financial attainments Is II because they
love the tangible wealth more than the
equally real, II unseen, gracesH
/ 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 man is
better than his fellows. II may prove
| that he has a certain kind of CleVerress,
but not that he is Intellectually the
peer Of those about him. With financial