Show WOES OF RICH MEN they can be neither politicians nor authors nor statesmen tho very rich people are to be pitied said a well known capitalist and clubman club man the other day to a new york correspondent of the kansas city star shenji Wh enji man once gets a large there is no emolument worth for for if he tries and succeeds in winning it tho world says that his made easy by his wealth it ho has political aspirations ho is accused of purchasing votes and favor it he wants to shine in literature it is declared hires an author to write his hook s no is not permitted to have an honest love for art for when he he comes a collector it is said that he buys pictures by the yar dand statuary as though it cheese john jacob astor aho vho died recently could have been minister to england under president hayes but ho refused the position because ho knew the nation would declare was given in reward for his contribution to the campaign fund in his whole life john jacob astor was nothing more than a real estate agent on a large scale and his end was ac complis hed by gout the bane of all rich men gout is the inevitable result of affluence it is good food and what is now called cooking that produces sout and tho man of large means is sure to leave both mr astor was what might be called a quiet liver that aishe was perfectly temperate in hia appetites bed sides 1 this ho was an extraordinary strong bouta and began his life of lux ury with a constitution of iron but the steady unbroken comforts and plen his existence did their work and bo died at sixty eight looking as hearty jany man in new york it has sometimes been observed that gout is a fashionable ailment but in reality it Is a prevalent and deadly disease among the luxurious men in new bork and every club window has a big red faces man antt who is haunted by the realization thattie tha tIie may be called to hia at it these men bad over keen endeavor abil taken pot lucac with the the earth they would be all right hutsho smooth elegance of doing they havo indulged in tooth cr with the amea have s tc nance has put them ino touch tho framo physical as thomb goese that wo kiako into pates defois 1 gras I 1 advise tho as xin hap an dihe richer they are the more unhappy they ara They can not go into the tacy the every dw ac and they th 0 g out you will lookin set of toen in biow york than that bolong to my club and they are the very citizens in fact 1 alda r sad doff vw fl fi Yv jh y y 4 ft |