The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-19

with AUTOGRAPH inscription; the original MSS. Of
IIawthorne's Consular Experiences;' an autograph
letter from Hawthorne. with copy Of the Scarlet
letter. letters and MSS. of President Pierce Will
lam Cullen Bryant. James Russell Lowell. James
Fenimore Cooper. President Grants manuscript
draft of his Centennial address and extraordinary
treasure in the original manuscript of Our Mutual
Friend dated Thursday, January 4, 1865 and signed
Charles Dickens There also MSS. of william
Goodwin, Frederika Bremen and Harriet Martineau."
AN INTERESTING COLLECTION.
..Have you letters from other Presidents than
Pierce and GrantY
eyes, in this book is portrait of every President
from George Washington to Rutherford b. Hayes.
with q characteristic autograph letter from each.
washington's is the last he wrote and is dated
Mount Vernon, Sth December. 1799 six days before
his death. In Lincons letter to General Mcclellan
he says, But you must act.'
'what else is here of special interest9'
"wcll. let me see Here manuscript letters
and poems from Burns. Moore, Swift Longfeow.
Bryant. Holmes. Tennyson. Pcpys. Pope. Thomson
and Colcrdge and Schiller"
81 see you rather fond of olocks.''
EYES, indeed; and. by the way. have secured
great treasure to-day In a famous clock made by
Rittenhouse. the celebrated scientist of Frankn's
time. This clock is described in Rittenhouses mo-
molrss puec <oV, Win tts peulefee from u8to TO
date, and you sec all about my place hero there
all kinds of clocks. forty in all. some of them
400 years old. and all very valuable. one of which
cost s6.000."
You are noted hereabouts for your unosten us
charity; do you find it good thing wise policy
in the long runy'
MAN FRIENDS.
81 do indeed. Everybody comes to me for help and
no one goes away unaided. My friend Fornoy will
say when friend wants money. Il havent got $500
myself but I'll 60 down and borrow it of Childs for
YOU. Yes. get q deal of satisfaction from charity
One of my printers came to me the other day and
said MY daughter is to be married next week and
want to see If can buy Bible and have it charged
to you, tho amount to DO deducted from my pay per
week. He wanted to give her Bible worth $40, so
gave him check for $50 for the girl and an order
on dry goods store for $50 worth of clothes for her
and the Bible. and thanked him for letting me know
his daughter was to be married. Now that didn't
cost mo much but it pleased them. and have just
received beautiful letter from the girl herself.
Then an old acquaintance came in to see If he could
borrow $500 to get out book with. didn't want
the book, but told him he could have the money
and to send the books to twenty college libraries.
Here's the list just come in. Now. here Is
q circular we got out and have sent to .
few prominent men asking subscriptions . mon
ument for my old friend, Morton McMichael They
all know that when take hold of thing 1t Is GER
tain to 60 through. and if there isn't money enough
subscribed I'll make it up and that will be the end Of
1t. wanted to pay for the whole Of Leigh Hunt
monument. but Mr.. Hall would take but subscrip-
ton. Il am the largest subscriber to the memorial
window. in Bronham. of the poet. Tom Moore. I
give annual dinner to the ncwsboys of Philadel-
pha and sent thousands OF boys and girls to visit
.t.:l~:
prosperous and like my men to share my pros
perty. 1 am very quick to detect merit, and man
who does his duty need fear trust me implicitly
with his confidence l give every vacation of
at least weeks. paying his salary in advance
companied by present. and Christmas Day
always give thousands Of dollars in money to my
employes.'
GLOW about the worn-out menu"
WORKOUT EMPLOYEES.
81 take good care Of them. The foreman of my
composing room had been with me less than year
when he broke down. aud his doctor told him he
must stop work die He hasn't been near the
Office In years, but he draws his weekly salary with
regularity and comfort. In 1868 gavo to the Phla
dclphia typographical Society printers cemetery
o lot with an of about two thousand feet. sur
rounded by beautiful and substantial marble wall
with an imposing gateway Of handsome marble.
OF which is be devoted to the Of the grounds
1 buried an old destitute printer there first of all
He was dying in the Almshouse and sent word
OF course attended to him. and no rests there
now"
"You have had occasional offers Of position and
trustY'
II have declined than any knows.
Princeton College conferred the degree of Master OF
Arts upon me. and appreciative notices Of life and
character have appeared in "Lippncotts Bicgraphi-
cal Dictionary" ''Johnson's Encyclopedias" the
Geographic des Contemporaries" In "Men of the
Time' in various brochures In different languages
and in newspapers all over the world.'
HIS BIRTHPLACE.
where were you born?'
"In Baltimore. in 1929. Ny name is not George
George William Childs."
al have heard that You instrumental in in
ducing Nine. Jsnauschek to learn tho English Ian
guage; is that so?''
Eyes; she came here with letters from influential
friends OF mine in Germany. When called to sec
me told her. through interpreter that abe ought
to learn language and then she would make a
success. She did and when she here last she
had $500 900 in United States bonds"
"Do you And that your employees bcnedt by your
thoughtfulnessY
"oh yes. Ipay number of them $1,000 or 5000
year. Nearly every one owns his house. and they
all know that their positions assured for life.
take them boys in the Office, then clerks. then
porters. and finally editors. One of my chief edi-
torial writer's is the son Of a carrier"
In the brief limits OF letter it is impossible to
moro than outline the CHEEKY holiness of this pccu-
liar man. Hc sits supreme in superb establish
mcnt, enjoying annual imperial income. distribu-
ting benefits to thousands every year and establish
Ing relations with many men of many minds the
world around. Tho unaffected simplicity with which
Mr.. Chids responds to tho questions of the curious
and turns himself inside out for the Information OF
private public querists IL ono Of tho charms of
his nature. and Philadelphia has moro marked q
feature. greater curiosity. than George William
Childs. proprietor Of the PabIic Ledger.
THE NINTH AVENUE III" ROAD.