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Show WHEN YOU GET RICH. Only Then Are You Appreciated for Your True Worth. Upton Sinclair, tho novelist, wns talking about wealth at Lake l'ln-cid. l'ln-cid. "It Is pleasant to ho rich," ho said. "Nobody can deny thnL Many of. tho pleasures of wealth, though, are falso and mistaken ones. "Whon I was making my living by tho composition of blood nnd thunder thun-der talcs for hoys and I could turn out my 8,000 words n day I know n pale, bent, Ink-stained old chap who wroto lovo Btorles. "His stories did not pny; he was very poor; but an aunt died, and suddenly sud-denly the old fellow found himself n mllllonnlro. "Ho saw mo ono afternoon on Ilroad-way. Ilroad-way. He stopped his red car and wo chatted about old times, '"And Is It pleasant to bo rich!' I asked. " 'Yes, It Is," ho answered, ns ho lighted a Vuelto Ahnjos and handed mo another. 'And do you know what Is tho plcnsantcst thing about It? You have an opportunity to make real friends, friends who can understand you. You get nt last to know pcoplo capable of esteeming you for your own qualities nlono. You find, sir, thnt you are at last appreciated.' " |