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Show ; MONEY TALKS; LIFE LISTENS ' Man Bo j st of Owning Wealth, When He Is Really he Abject Slave. i Money lalhx uml life llHti-n hi It ; llHtnH not to tin' toVRuu of nit'n or of , angflH. Hut win-it money, th ntpana of llfi. hccoiiics tin- etiil. tli' rnil to all lntctitH and purpoxt-H It U. Thi-n (! the mnn of tneatiH, kltiR of a vasty realm, abillcntp In favor of tho "lave. None Ih bo poor hh ho that Is poa-i-HMfd of ti in piiHHi-KHlori: none no contemptible con-temptible hh ho that abjectly nerves his Hervaiit Money Is an old servant of man's, forever forRPtlliiK Its place and goltiR urirehukeit. Never to have taken orders front It or "back tulk" Is to be a miiHter Indeed. Nothing Is more common tlmn to bear a man boust of his tiuney. Is It bU? Hsther, he Is Its. It Is a thing of authority. It salth to one man, "Go," and he Roeth: to another, "Come." and he cometlt, and to Its servant, ser-vant, "Do thlH," and this he doeth. At its word, man Jumps out of his sick bed. Jostles his bosom friend, breaks an apptilntmr nt with love, lets music corns and go unheard, beauty unseen. Ifst money should talk to him like the green of the earth, the blue of the aky, Jealous mistress It Is, he forgoes the green of the earth, the blue of the sky, flowers anil the songs of birds. The voice of his old playmate, the river, calls to him In vhIii; the mother tongue of wind and wave U no longer even a memory: the meaning of pleasure pleas-ure ) hft to him. All this for money's sake. Smart Set. j |