Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-04
A DAY OF THE RICHEST YOUNG
MAN
BY DR.. Frank Crane

Follow the worlds richest young man one
day.
Consider John D. Rockefeller. Jr.. and his
dolngs on April 5, 1920.
AS one of the workers in the mission arv
campaign of the Interchurch Movement, a
combination of many religious organizations
Lof the purpose OF raising vast sum to Dro-
mote cooperative welfare work all over the
world, he arrived the above date by spe-
cial car at the railway station at Baltimore
Maryland.
We was whisked in an automobile to the
City club-wbere he made speech for his
cause before 500 Baltimore business men.
A day of activities followed, concluded in
the evening by banquet in Washington
where former Secretary of State Lansing pre-
sided and many government officials. and
other nOtables were present
what was he trying to do? He was doing
his part in an effort to unity the work of
the churches, and to make Christianity more
efficient by cooperation AS, for instance. he
said:
II don't know of a thing else than the
teachings of the Carpenter of Nazareth that
Will set this world right. The golden rule must
be put into effect in business life to insure
the safety of business and the happiness of
our people.
We must get efficiency into our religion.
That is the purpose of the Interchurch Move
ment we are going to try to survey condi-
lions throughout the world and through this
movement thirty denominations will dis
cover what they must do to be efficient Force
has failed to rule this world; diplomacy has
failed; now we must organize the power of
love and see what it will do to set the world
straight again."
Let us not here discuss the ethics of the
Rockefeller fortune, or the uses of Protes-
tant churches, or any other economic or So
clal problem; let us for a moment not try
to say anything clever bitter, or deep; but
| let us simply note the difference between
this days action of the chiefest of our rich
| young men and those of other days.
In other times the favorite of fortune
would have been CD building huge country
| house wherein to play and to be waited on
by an army of servants, GU killing things,
pheasants or peasants, CD organizing his
retainers to go out and loot among his neigh
| bors, ca straining every effort to achieve
| distinction at the court of the king, 60 build
ing huge barracks where men and women
could withdraw themselves from the work of
the world and wait for death, CO. accumu-
| ating mistresses and wastreI companions,
| spending his days in bed and his nights in
| drunkenness and 1ewdness, CD and alto
! gether following the best traditions of the
rich in making this world a harder place to
live in, spelling and dirtying it for simpler
| and better folk.
That the darling of destiny is disposed to
be decent and wants to help, is not that
something?
The world may be as bad as they say, but
when we look at It's richest young man we
must believe that it is better than it was.
Copyright, 1920, by Frank Crane.)
|
Andy, negro porter at a Broadway theater
belongs to lodge. The other night the lodge
met to vote on the question of changing rooms
but Andy wasn't there. We met him on Broad
way and he said the organization was to- have
new quarters
did you vote for changer" we asked.
81 wasn't at de meetin," replied Andy, "but
l voted by peroxide"
very small boy sat on doorstep weeping
bitterly.
whats the trouble, my little mani" asked
a kind-hearted paSser-by. "Have you lost your
mother?"
mo" walled the boy, "she's not lost But
l got to wait for her, an don't want to be
parked here all night