Millionaires' Wives.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 April 1911, Page 4

Millionaires' Wives.

Mil CARNEGIF/S MOTHER

Mr Carnegie visited a publishing Arm in New York on February '10th ? and gave excellent advice to the girls employed there. "Most millionaires' wives aren't happy," declared Mr Carnegie, alter contrasting the hapiness of toil with the doubtful advantage of being born rich, "they have too many luxuries aid no mental resources. Don't refuse a man simply because he is a, millionaire. Personally "I'd rather be born poor than a millionaire, and F have some experience in both directions. "I have made forty-two millionaires in my time, and 1 want to say that the only right a man has to wealth lies in his acquiring it in some useful labour. The great trouble, with wealth to-day is that the sons of millionaires don't always realise this very necessity of being of use to the community. Tam glad, to see you all so happy in your work. "Work that one is not glad to do never amounts to much. Smiles all the time. 'T shall never forget h'ow proud T was when T got my first wages-—five shillings a week—and how T felt when it was raised to six. To take home that sum to my good mother gave mo a fooling of independence. 1 owe a. great deal to my mother. She was seamstress, cook. and. wa.shlady. and never until late in life had a servant in the house, and yet she was a cultivated- woman. She possessed real charm, and kept up her literature every day. When I was a little tot elio used to read books to mo. You young women have every opportunity of literary culture, and you ought- to avail yourselves of it."