The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-27
II DEVILS BOOMERANG


9 seilSer. AZ told YOU. Abraham
IA 9A~0<fh a billion and half dol
M and David was worth nearly
49, Millions. and Solomon was worth
~ five~hiIlions Of dollars almost
- amount that NC rais,d for she
~ trfA that ives subscribed.
5ss sA4n1s taSFefcre. II you want ia live
N oraef 70 give of your surplus OF
Accumujatiors 10 make :hc world bel
N Co. and hA1N good, worthy institutions
- npranlsa TORS a. boAsAte God ,ihat
|sger,waA ssp Gre WITH n1aasl'oIess s a
Ev44U1xyS ~. ssF
Z ~nRneeN you wan, TO live to get all
\ ION .,&Ap. and car all you get ana
sxx8E MIND; how you get it'll hope 10
s{R0d Non Will die in the poorhouse- ,
80 VA. hare got lot Of guys in this
xI,nntxy' that stand around on corners
6nG leaf around stale beer joints and
60 and Damn and whi'tle and spit
\ md condemn everybody thafs got
60ifAr whefher he man thai has the
4 rnpney II 3 scaNswsS or not. and /
NOTICE .hat al these guys that knock
The Fellow thats got tho money would
eAke ever-s cent the fellows got Il
NJ EVE !. 10 them,
ID vo-i think that ;hat fellow is go
Mr uuy &rf work and sweat and toll
md tahcA and then hand hts money
&SSf 70 you You lazy loon. not on
SnuY tfre! Not ou YOUR un-type'
NE on $6ur life,
Ana so we live for money. ard yet
IL vosf o3ned the world you'd be
mighty glad If vou could only have
ssseAsd4ng Sroorn in heaven when you
d3S. q 80 -
~ vhav1sssy that when Co-ar1c dore
Wthder hiit1 head Of the Vanderbilt
Aamsaye who ,ai the Foundation for
<t1a<ssc0icagai fortune. was "a Young
man he poIed 4 yawl from New YORK
90 Skatsa Island, and picked VI the
penntss .ofs those who wanted trans
.3aneeafton.
-sas.xs sss7 A Long Mead
s.s-s1 ohm jacob Astor went out West
.sNnd thought skins from the Indians.
sh0oREht the skins back and sold them
I'D then Invested the money in Man
ha4&an real estate. He had a brain
,AA& ahead long enough to gee that
New ynrk, was going 70 become the
rnetropclis Of this country II not OF
<hAsxhole world. And that's why the
r,xst0x ~forttfne amounts TO SO much
TO-DAY. because John Jacob Aston had
3H6nd Alton for it, walking over the
rhDdftAfns and eleerins In snowdrifts.
aha iSM' thAt sort Of thing.
Chm n1odore Vanderbilt made his
McuAy polling the yawl from New
,fotk 10 Satan Islend. When he died
u vAA said to be worth 100000. 900.
!. He. .afitA ex1nt for friend Of mine
.N,h0 VS. pastor of a church--he told
@,tsisAd az. mine. who told me--and
~ 9ids,I wish you'd sing for me"
,ss~aa6 saad:. What will I sing"
~ He asfed him to sing that song he'd
ADord hia mother sing: Come. Ye
s9tQners. Weak and Wounded. Poor and
Needy, Sick and Troubled
And the old commodore tossed his
ff<kd from side to side and said; Yes.
] an needy" and he rolled his eyes
s4p0n9thet ceiling where hung the
pAfAtinxsraworth their weight in gold.
j The next day one man in Wall
street said to another: Have you
What news?"
Commodore Vanderbilt is dead. y
"Ffow much did he ieave7"
''Ht left II air.
Diamond Jim Brady died not long
axo ii New York He was familiar.
iys know to the theater-going crowd
lie had diamonds by the peck they
pay, worth millions Don't you sur
4 rose he'd given It all IL ne could
bx*G stAfA little bit ionrer? Dom
Yen suppose he'd have given it all
8 Certainly he would. my friends,
Did you ever think a. the hearss
passed by that IL won't be long til
200 are taking a ride In that black
,siunned hack. and did you ever think
~ your search for gold that "A dead
~ ans hand can't one dollar save, hut
leave 1t all when you so 10 the
A; aver
So don't worry about your money
There will be no pockets in your
<hrOud, Yours arms will he stiff
Won couldn't get them In there any
way. So don't worry about that
Don't stop for anything ! may say TO-
day. II your idea ~ TO accumulate
rneney. and II you are going to lie
NJ steal or cheat or use crooked meth
DDS TO- get II: II you are not willing
my friends. TO go along like the Others
md want TO cut across lots y &c
4 ahead. Pile ur your gold and your
silver until you get pile AZ big as
M1AAAesan. when you die you can't
take II with you. II YOU got II in ar
unfair. war 1t would all melt anyway
How ate some other fellow tvire
I ~ this world Well they are ltv.ne
for lust went to n town out r
36wa one time 10 preach. Tho nrearh'
er out there said IN me; mfr Sun
3 day,am@st of our young men are i'm
pure"
]. said: well God pity your girls
4 ~. La only a question of time unit
4hsy are dragged down 10 the same
4 levals s0f heastiaiity with the young
men!"
And | don't believe that any CIR
II fkht ever lived was ever impure that
Rpmc a;rute OF \ man didn't take the
narrative
~ = 10000 Girls Ruincd.
Il last year there were 60 0oH girls
's4Nined in this country. accord ny 10
4 the most careful statistics--5. a o.
every month 1867 every day young
R life hiieheed every eight minutes II,
\ fhte land OF the free and IN this home
sOf tho brave. And as Herbert Ksur-
man said. every man knows that II
means when woman goes wrong
md every man knows the ultimate
Y E6st OF her sin 70 her, and every man
B knn~s her helpfes1neS That's true
I'll do
Ss And il you arc Oh enough 10
wreck . life. then YOU are o3d enough
10 recognize the direfui cNnsenuences
which comes to the 'ffe thar you
SpvYeckcd. and II ia damnabie 20 rorrc
#Ynofheyhood uron 4 girl without be-
y fng man enough 30 Ss'lnle fatherh God
home sof. them wear the hadre ~ re-.
u MgyFc4 abnity, they hold their heads