Show WEALTH AND HAPPINESS I 1 will money buy happiness asks tho the sun aro are men of great dealta happy happy in the literal vense A touching little incident was told tola lit in tile the press dispatches the other day of mrs russell sage with her millions of wealth she shod shed tears when the old ingrain carpets were torn from tho the floors of her home and replaced with axminster and wilton she had walked over those old carpets carpet since the first week of hor marriage nearly forty years ago and now that she was free from the burdens burder ls of bf a stingy husband a weal wealth th she found that sho she had lived so long and grown grown so BO old that she could not appreciate the good things in life it was too late she had been the wife of a money mad 1 nian man john D rockefeller and andrew Chr carnegie negle the two wealthiest men in the world both reach the same conclusion in their summing up tip of wealth and happiness and both have given their views an airing through the 1 magazines mr rockefeller declares that men struggle as they will for riches and aquire acquire as much as they can still the great desidera desideratum turn of the human race happiness is beyond the reach of mon men ey to buy philanthropic in his views lie 8 shows aels that lie he believes in the axiom that it is better to give than to receive and has arranged the achler business of his life in carrying out his views mr carnegie believes beyond a competency for old age wealth is a 1 detriment to happiness rather than conducive to it it was tho the intention no doubt of these two gentlemen when they vol pored to ahlo gh w to the world their i lows low to impress people with the inadequacy of wealth tor for creating and sustaining human happiness both are philosophical both have been out of the hurly burl of active life for years roth both have sought happiness roth both have philosophized on their riches both have gotten about as much enjoyment out of riches as any men of wealth could in a sane rational moderate way and yet each tells or ol his unhappiness in the possession of great wealth that the precious essence of happiness is there will be those who will disagree with these two gentlemen they do not know the poor lipor mans way they have never seen the wolf wolf lit at the back door yet they no doubt see tho the happy home the cottage man and envy him his position in life but could they be happier without wealth than with it still there must bo be something in their pallo philosophy ophy how often is it ax exemplified that wealth is synonymous ath care and misery how often is 12 it palpable that the cottager is happier than the millionaire and yet how universal Is the mad rush after riches the giving of life and what I 1 is dearer than life itself character and honor tor for that which the wealthiest of men say thoughtfully and soberly cannot give happiness lt it reminds one of the mathers mb a advice to her daughter when asked if it were right to man for his the mother promptly answered indeed not marry for love only and then added but daughter it is just as easy to love a man with money as it is to lovo love a poor man |