Show THE POOR RELATION often the victim of lofty and ins to illustrate the lofty and callous attitude of a petrified millionaire toward his near poor kin I 1 call to mind some interesting phases of intercourse A charming young girl formerly wealthy went to pay her millionaire uncle in new york a visit the family pinched and saved for six months to pet her a modest and proper outfit for the visit she was received in a magnificent ent establishment with mechanical urbanity the gorgeous gowns and surroundings roun dings of her cousins completely eclipsing her her teeth needed attention and her millionaire uncle suggested that jhc had better have them attended to and he recommended the family dentist who took a look and said that it was a pity that so pretty a girl should have had teeth so neglected and proceeded to put them in beautiful order when the bill came in it was four hundred dollars and the poor little girl was dumb with anguish for she knew the impoverished condition of her father and had thought poor innocent that the bill would be about fifteen or twenty dollars in her dilemma she went to her uncle and stated the case the merchant prince looked over the bill and said he would speak to the dentist and see if he get a reduction for her the dentist was bullied into knocking off and the bill was sent to the little girls father it took him three years to pay it the merchant prince never even offered to loan the money ro pay the bill and continued to do business at the old stand as a commercial magnate prominent citizen and church member washington post |