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Show f Th Chanc of th Rich. The acts of the meanjrich are so constantly be-i be-i fore us that sometimes we-lose sight of the fact that f there are good rich. Rockefeller, Iletty Green, Russell Sage and oth- rrs of that type seldom get praise for the very good reason that they do not deserve it. We sometimes ( hear of Helen Gould, who is doing a great deal of f good, and we have had many instances of the gen-f gen-f erosity of Andrew Carnegie, but of the other be- N nevolent rich there is little in the public prints. I Doubtless there be many who do good, but if they keep it a secret we are not sure that they are wise in so doing. Whenever a rich person uses his mbn- ey to the advantage of and for the benefit of others, it shonld be made public in order -that it may set an ) example. Mr. Carnegie has done much to endear him to the American people. Barfing" his hero fund, hi3 -. benevolences have been of a beneficial order. He ; has not aimed at direct charity, for that sort of charity is not the best. It makes paupers instead of - ; eliminating them. Instead; Mr. Carnegie has en-; en-; deavored to do good by educating. The beneficial effect of his libraries will be more apparent fifty ; years hence than they are now. Recently he has .. done another good thing. lie has sent money to ; Ohio to pay the creditors of some of the institutions ; that owe their downfall to the manipulations of Mrs. Chadwick. Mr. Carnegie was under no obliga- tion but a moral one to do' this, and we believeNfew men would have felt that there was a moral obliga- tion. Morals and American business methods have i Lot much in common. - Of course, there will be the petty, narrow indi-i indi-i viduals who will see in Mr. Carnegie's action a I tnrit rnnfesion that he was reallv imnlicated with Mrs. Chadwick, but no person whose desire is to j be fair can entertain such an idea. -Were Mr. Car-: Car-: negie the sort of man to be a party to the crooked j deals of a financial adventuress he would be the last man in the world to make voluntary restitution. Another encouraging sign of the times is the an-; an-; councement that Ilenry Phipps, the steel magnate, long an associate of Mr. Carnegie, has determined ; to give ?l,O0O,O0Tl for the erection of improved tene-: tene-: ment buildings iri New York City, He could not give of his wealth for a better purpose. Avaricious ': landlords in Gotham have defied all the laws of man ' : and the moral law as well in maintaining lacwnot f,t for beasts , to live in. Thousands of lives have been lost'ihrough disease and in fires all because ; landlords were too greedy to improve their proper- - ; Ty and make their houses fit and safe to dwell in. If Mr. Phipps shows that model tenements can be built and conducted with fair profit he will do much Mo stimulate the authorities and property owners of ) JTew. York to a sense of their duty in the matter. ; He could not inaugurate a more timely reform. Such examples should inspire others of the wealthy class to use their money to real advantage. They should see there are better things in life than J- mere selfish enjoyment and lavish display. Many of the rich are said to be suffering from lack of : something that will amuse them, -fcet them try do-.' do-.' ing something to make others happier, or at least to make the condition in life of others more bearable. If they do they will find a pleasure in life they have ! never known. ' "So shines a good deed in this naughty world." |