New Britain herald., 1917-12-13
THE VALUE OF POVERTY.
Ask Your Friend What He Would Do
II He Had Million Dollars.


washington Times)
A majority of men long for a great
| deal of money.
! struggling along in uncongenial en-
ployment; that if he had his way his
life would be arranged very differently
Put to any friend this question:
what would you do If you had a
million dollars?"
You will learn that, first of all, he
would get rid of the useful daily
plodding that occupies him. Instead
Of living to work he would live to en-
| joy himself.
A majority of men are usefully en-
ployed because they must work to live
If we all had our way we should do
| as we chose, and there would be no
Progress. Fortunately, the wisdom of
Providence. keeps the great majority
| of mon poor and usefully busy.
This writer asked an able business
man, who manages the material sue
cess of a great newspaper, what he
would do if he had a million dollars.
Fte replied without hesitation: Il
would go abroad and spend the rest OF
my life collecting artistic things and
enjoying them"
BY his newspaper work, which helps
TO disseminate truth and to fight priv
llege, this man renders the greatest
possible service to the world. He Is
head OF the commissariat department
of an army Of Righteousness How for
tunate that he cannot abandon his
useful work to collect artistic trash
that would only make him useless and
enrich few INSCRIPTIONS dealers!
Joseph Jefferson as an actor did
great good for the world. He filled
hundreds of thousands of young and
old hearts with kindly sympathy. He
set a good example to all the actors
of the word. He was truly q pub lilo
benefactor.
If Joseph Jefferson had had great
fortune he Would have spent his life
painting pictures. for he believed that
he was meant to be a painter.
He was not meant to be painter;
If his life had been dvoted to paint
ing it would have been wasted.
How lucky that he was not rich
enough to be able to waste his life!
Often the world marvels that the
sons of great and successful men &C
complioh so little.
The world is foolish. It should mar
vel that the sons Of the rich accom-
plish anything at all.
For genius has truly been called the
capacity to take infinite pains It is
the splendid fruit that grows on the
tree Of Hard Work.
Infinite pains and hard work are
to human beings. They are
by those who can avoid them.
It Is lucky for the world that the
number of those who can shirk is linn
tied.
Dryden tells you in four lines what |
the actual man would amount to if he |
had his way
my next desire is. void of care and
strife,
To lead g. soft, secure, inglorious life. |
A country cottage near crystal food
A winding valley and lofty wood
Every man who could afford II
would live for himself. to indulge some
useful little tenth-rate part of his
brain activity.
The world progresses because the |
wisdom Of the universe cOmNols every !!
man to work directly OF indirectly for |
every other man.
If we had our way, If hard necessity |
lid not compel us to do the disagree
able work for which we are fitted, we
should all live for ourselves; we should
LII be mere human sponges, absorbing
personal grati1cation--the progress Of
The human race would stop.
Let this fact console you when you
with bitterness the few
who accumulate great fortunes.
You are a disappointed drop In a
great ocean Of useful human beings.
rhe interest Of the whole ocean de-
nands that you and the vast majority
IF all other drops should fail to get
what you crave
The Opportunity To Be Useless.