Show J 1 I i Daughters o oAre of f the Rich Richi i Are BY ELLA Not loot WHEELER to toBY WILCOX fie Envied Copyright 1900 by Journal American Amo 1 nero GREAT AT many poor worl working A girls are arc envying the daughters of oC the tho rich today tollay The rhe tired salesgirls and tho the busy bookkeepers book book- keepers and the working hard shop girls look upon tho the lady of or fashion as sh sweeps through the tio t o department stores on shopping expeditions or 01 drives down the street In her carriage and they sigh and anti think How beautiful beautiful I ful Cui it mm must t bo ho to be he rich what Jovel lovely I times that girl has how different her life lite Is s from mine and how strange It seems that fate tate bestows BO so much on some some some-so so little on others I 1 have havu heard poor girls talk In this wa way and I have chanced to know a good deal about tho the lives JIves of some of the tho very ery daughters of wealth whom they thoy envied And were Destiny to offer orter methe me methe methe I the choice of bring the tho working girl or this rich mans man's dau daughter I would unhesitatingly tho position of tho former Jt Regards Men Meu With Suspicion Simpleton Unless a girl of wealth has beauty and wit or wisdom enough to Interest herself In some somo life lito work which oc occupies occupies occupies oc- oc her mind she suffers con constant tant martyrdom from ennui and jealousy Jealous and suspicion Every man who approaches her she suspects is seeking her purse purge I 1 know the intimate friend of a a. ver very wealthy wealth and vcr very 8 sweet and good girl who ho tells mo me the heiress has become almost a monomaniac upon that subject Sho She al al al- lows no man to show her tho the slightest attention and while sho she has a loving and tender heart sho she throttles every natural Impulse with tho the hand of et doubt and sneers at nt the compliment or look of ot admiration which any bold man ventures ventures ventures ven ven- tures to offer With all her wealth I would infinitely prefer to be a simple working girl who could accept a R. mans man's companionship or his offer of heart and hand without fear or doubt of his motive e For no money on earth can repay a a. woman for the loss of or lovo I havo have seen girls of wealth with wonderful costumes sitting about summer sum sum- m mer mer r hotels with such bored borel and discon tooted tented faces tacos that m my heart ached ache for tor them thorn They Thoy were carefully chaperoned and not allowed to meet any man who did tot not come tonne with letters of ot Introduction from friends In their own social set set- net and therefore the they wore wallflowers Vers while some young oung working girl Irl away I on a two weeks' weeks vacation was enjoying a taste of Arcadio In her well-earned well days of leisure and her hor happy nappy evenings with Jack who came camo down after atter business busi busI- nose ness injure hours A woman who has for man many years n figured in the rolo role of ot a 0 poor relative of ot the tho rich a widow wIllow of small means who lived about making herself useful to tow w wealthy althy relatives said to me recently You Tots have no Idea of ot tho the unhappiness existing amon among wealthy people with daughters Unless a girl it a n great beauty site she Is at a 0 disadvantage socially social social- I ly for it requires tho vanity of or a 0 beauty beauty beauty beau beau- ty to make mako a rich girl Irl believe beHove a man seeks her for tor herself lf I 1 have seen more mora wretchedness ness among the moneyed people people people peo peo- than I 1 over o saw among the tho poor Marriage Is Js of ot the utmost Importance importance tance lance to these girls and they set act hedged about with conventionalities waiting for a 3 desirable man to appear and wasting their lives JIves In petty alms and worthless attempts at pleasure They wear out social amusements at an early eally age and aru are blase before they reach twenty two Then tho the lady added seriously I 1 believe tho the greatest curso curse which dan daa befall a human being Is to 10 be born to wealth Tho The money We wo do not earn crushes out ambition and sates our appetites for tor pleasure ur before we have havo learned how to enjoy enjo tho the advantages of wealth I have all my life lito been thrown In close association with people of ot this class and I pity them from Crom tho the bottom of my heart Only those who know them intimately In Intimately In- In realize how petty are arc their ambitions how stunted their higher natures and lcd how happiness they got out of Ufo life This is tho opinion of a gifted and bright woman who has been within the tho gates of great wealth and it la Se worth consideration |