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Show PLACE FOR BUSINESS MEN. In England, )n Germany and in France there Is a substantial lelsuro class; in America It Is only now In formation. And, with the spread of tho movement In America, every year will strenghtcn tho bolid of sympathy between those who arrange to devote themselves to true living In England there are some men who live on their income and give all their time to hunting, fishing and other sports; but a comparatively largo number enter public life actively, throwing their elTort and their Influence In the direct-Ion direct-Ion of municipal and national betterment. better-ment. In Germany, while there are some men of the leisure class who spend their time at the coffee-houses and beer-gardens, there are many who read most useful lives, always ready to lend a helping hand wherecver needed, in private or publlo affairs. In Franco, though gambling ana other dissipations dissipa-tions attract many who have achle red leisure, others In largo numbers Inter-est Inter-est themselves In the field ot art, In philanthropy, and In publlo matters Here, then, Is tho opportunity, the mission ot our successful business men. I i As soon as they can afford It, lqt them retire from tho pursuit of gaVn, joining the true leisure class, devoted to the patriotic work of highest citizenship Their children may not receive as large ojegacy in the shape of fortune as they would If the father had slaved all his life, but they will have a much dearer and more enduring; inheritance In the proud memorj of a parent who co-operated with them to work out the best that was In them, and whose life was spent In developing the high-hest high-hest Ideals of humanity. From "Retirement "Re-tirement from Business," by Marcus M. Marks, in the American Review of Revlows for November. |
