| Show y I f UNEARNED MONEY Benjamin Flu ser a merchant who In- In In Inherited I 1000 2 from the estate of ot Is Ms brother broth broth- I er has haa declined to accept the legacy for tor it SS his own use Half of ot It he has allotted Y to charitable Institutions and the other t S. S half he will wUl give to relatives In explanation i lion tion Mr tr Flusser said Bald I want to earn with my own ten fingers Angers any money I get geL I I dont don't want anybody else's elsos money and J for that reason I 1 am giving the legacy leae ff away News away News Item r K Good for tor p Pk He wants wanta to earn earn his own money a t 9 In his bIs case the word earn carn means ti y what the tho dictionary says It does To merit or deserve as by labor or f service to do that which entitles one ito i to a reward whether the tho reward Is re- re re-I re calved or not How many men or women would do I what he be has done now liow many men and women would fall to see In Inherited Inherit Inherit- f 1 r ed money anything but a windfall a a I gift girt to be received gratefully and spent cheerfully A wise man Is Flusser Flossed He lie knows that the only money that brings real satisfaction is the money yi that Is earned earne earned by rendered service by t duties performed It Is the money that brings good to others as well as to the g. g possessor He Ho was legally entitled to his brothers brother's broth ers er's money Of course but the spirit In 10 the m man man n made him feel that he hadnot had bad hadnot not earned It that It would bring with It something of ot the taint of dependence depend depend- ence something that might vitiate In Ina a degree the sturdy self sel reliance which j dwells In his soulI soulI soul I can get for tor myself whatever money mon money mono mon ey I want says Flusser Good for tor him again H In his ten fingers and In his brain he 5 5 has the tools wherewith to dig money Is i v for tor himself from the mine that lies all allaround around himY him Y 1 Flusser Is not a distinctive American Amer Amer- Scan ican name Quite Quito possibly I do not know Flusser but I should like to toy y S shake his hand he be is the the first of or his bis Vs family In America 1 But his Is the spirit of the American r pioneers who made this land of ours The older Americans would have laughed laugh laugh- ed at the thought ot of aId In earning c their livelihoods ls They had their ten I fingers and that was enough They I fought with the the- soil soli and conquered It And when they wanted freedom they 5 fought with Great Britain conquered conquer conquer conquer- I ed h her iT You cannot Imagine any of our forefathers forefathers forefathers fore fore- fathers with hat In hand begging any anyone one for aid ald Neither can you Imagine R Flusser Flosser doing so W Hell He'll get what he wants wanta |
