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Show POOR LITTLE RICH BOYS Wealth Is u consolntlon conduclvo to happiness nt least, If not crentlvo of contentment. It Is scoffed nt by tho envious oftontcr thnn by tho phi-losophor. phi-losophor. Hut what has wealth to offer grown men that equals tho boy's freedom to roam over tho country sldo; to know tho cool depths of tho swlmmln holo, tho orchards, which produco Juno npples, tho watermelon patches, which may bo raided, tho creeks, whoro fish may bo caught, tho silent forest pnths, tho comradeships comrade-ships formed without regard to social so-cial casto? Who would not rather have tho liberty of a Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer than bo a glided glid-ed child playing ring around tho rosy with n half dozen nurse maids upon tho shaven lawn ot a guarded estate, tho lino fences military outposts nnd tho meadows and woodlands presided over by tho secret servico? Fnmous-ly Fnmous-ly fortunate nro tho sons of multimillionaires, multi-millionaires, of course Hut they must miss tho glorious holiday of boyhood which lies between tho restrictions re-strictions of tho nursery and the responsibilities re-sponsibilities of life, n period In which every day brings its great adventure nnd every night Its hnppy dreams, an Interludo In which tho skies that bend nbovo tho meadows aro bluer, and tho meadows that llo beneath tho sun nro greener than they will over ov-er bo when tho serious business of llfo has been undertaken. Loulsvlllo Courlor Journal. |