Show WILL EARN OWN LIVING HIGH RICH MANS SON olirs bui rs COLLEGE TO WORK ON STREETS dan streeter whose father 1 Is a mil I 1 ona re brooklyn brewer shovel ing snow for 1 25 a day D sl kes idleness new york my boy Is all right but I 1 won t discuss him declared M B streeter a millionaire brooklyn brewer the other day all lads at his age have ideas but dan will come out all right you take it from me he will come out all right there Is a serious question ln in the minds of young streeter streeters s classmates at columbia university whether he will come out all right according to the ideas of his father they are of the opinion that there is no question that the boy will come out all right according to his own ideas which are considerably at variance with those held by his male maie parent and boys of his own class in short young streeter Is strong tor for the seamy side of life not the seamy side of upper broadway with its bright lights gay chorus girls and wine parties but the seamy side of the lower east side the suffering of the poorer classes and their economic problems besides young streeter has a de aided aversion to idleness he wants to earn his own bread he cannot see the justice of his being heir to a luxury which he did not accumulate he wants to take his position with the rest of his generation and fight his way up p from the bottom of the lad der to that end the boy recen recently joined the ranks of the toilers in the street removing snow and earning a day daniel D streeter the hero of this story is a junior in the columbia science class he has been living in a magnificent suite of it rooms in the university dormitory livingston ball hall at a small farewell party to some of his cronies he told them that he was tired of getting money from his par ants money which he did not earn and find he said that he was going to get out on life s firing line this silver spoon business Is all right for a weakling he told his chums but not for me I 1 am goins going to see if it I 1 can earn some money myself I 1 bet I 1 can and I 1 am go ing to go about it in the right way I 1 don t want a letter from dad to one of his business friends I 1 am going to hit out for something to do on the merit of my own presentment the boys at first took young street ers declaration as a joke they gued guyed him but when he announced that he was going forth into the world penniless they begged him to go easy and eschew his all born equal views you can play the game just as well by living at home and going say twice a week into the poor dis tracts suggested one you boys don dont t understand me nor does dad replied young streeter I 1 am going to hit out tor for myself and burn the bridges then streeter disappeared from his rooms he at first said he might get work in the pennsylvania tunnel but he changed his mind when he ob served the great white mantle which covered new york he decided to be come a white wing and live in a cheap lodging house he has streeter may be looked upon as ec centric said the sociology professor at columbia university but I 1 hold that he is far above the average t f rich mens men s sons he is bound to make his mark tor for his ideas are ahead of the times his father should be proud of such a son mr streeter father of the bandl date tor for money earning honors was found in his beautiful home in wll wil liams burg he was plainly nervous when asked about his sons son s entry into the street cleaning squad and imme proffered a cigar his forced gayety after stating that his boy would come out all right when his ideas changed found this final ex too much knowledge Is a bad thing very bad thing |