Telegram-herald., 1890-06-09

assl1n b ~ -
doa usoaa tbs editors. mean ths
busy L-au Everybody Azoss that edit
era have y-ry hst.s - g. Tley lGzE ~
o. ga s.1cs alld ra4d newspaper ard
sri1a - co.gmHz . day ~ their re-
h-cJisns ga matters II interest. AID lock
over tl.elr m4zl 4nd answer letters All
attend - Las uake ap 0r their papers.
4ld o reporters sDd printers aad book
keepers All other fellows 81 al the
work Il yoa don't know what the
make up Is just cal On TIE nearest editor
sbouE ths Eins when he = ~ nng
a. and aak taEa. Hs VIA he osiy too
tsszed o. sho - you al about it and ex-
Iaia u as b. goes algng A editor Is
lw1ss glad O. receive calls You car
srOp in any time aad help him read bis
sEchangss, and b. wih give Won cigar
and a drink of c1od whisky and chat
pleasantly al tae s.t-rnoon and you
can tell hlm while you are there how %
improve hLs paper.
But / mean tde busy men-nen who
run railroads and great commercial ~
terprises. and bsuas. and city govern
mens and thIuxs Men like these are
apt o. put On a pressnse ~ superiority,
and try o. refuse the ordinary citizen
the privilege II n lule friendly coEvar-
satCn. esrec.aily when the citizen Is
stranger and tley cannot make any
money out II him 80 they 80 - great
r1oense ami trouble % nc up inner of
hcea. and maintain great numbers Of
sacrrtaries and clerks AMI Office hoys
solely Tor tho purpose 4 preventing a
sociable man. who may call 20 make
their acquaintance. from getting access
- then.
/ should say ths two R0ckefellers,
John u. ard William. and Henry VI
Flagier ars the hardest men now IN New
5r.1 Tor a stranger % get 20. They are
tie principal men ia tEe g-ea. Standard
OF com biuation. and when they arc IN
the city. are daily ~ the palaJial 0fices IL
the Standard OH buiidIug near the foot
Of Broadway. The visitor 70 this build
iu< is received with the utmost suevity
sud courtesy. aud every attention VIII
b. gwen o. him II he goes on business;
the secretaries Of the InilliOnaires named.
he may 70 q Thousand times withoat
ever being able % see either ono os the
three
!. IS a little strange that they should
be 50 very ayerse 20 seeing strangers, un-
less they are afraid OF being imposed
upon. tx al three OF them are excep-
tionally liberal men ontsiGe of business
transactions John D. Rocl.efeller's IA
vurite line Of benefsence seems 10 be
gv!ng checks % churches and other re-
hgOus institutions. while Mr. Flagler
has great fondnesS for reforming
drunkards II Is SAIL that 10 las taken
scores Of theso unfortunate creatures IL
hand and provided shem with money
and employment, making men Of them
after the usual discOuragements. How
they manage 70 get in communication
with him. though. IL more than | have
ever been able % find ont.
In sharp contrast with their habits OF
seclusion is the simplicity with which
John Clafin. dry goods merchant, con
ducts his business. Any respectable
looking nsn may walk into his private
Office ~ any tiInc during business hours,
without even the fornlality Of inquiring
whether he i5 in. His enormous store
stands = block OF Broadway and has
only one small entrance for tho public
Passing n at tbls narrow door the
stranger may walk uuchauengcd half
way down tno room. which Is moro than
two hundred Feet long. whcge be VIII
find q door with q sign beside IL. read
ing. To the counting room" Thread
i1x his way through narrow passage
wavs. among The thousands Of cases of
goods thar are p1led on the floor. and
eodging-the scores e little hand cks
that arc used in Collecting thc goods for
individual orders The viGtoV may pas
through this door. NO q narrow flight of
stairs 90 the enormous counting room,
where forty cr fifty bookSeepers are
keeping the accounts of tha house aud
turning sharply to the right may pass
the various clerks. and The deess of the
junior partners. into tho little room
where Mr C.sfin sits alone 70 one
viii even ask his business. nnd Mr Clnf-
I'm viii give him tiIuc enough 20 explain
IL. without fgss or ceremony Cf any
kind Many ren with only q small
fractign ~ 1is cares and respousihiiities
would consider 10 impossible 90 transact
business on such plau. but Mr. Clafin
deuonstrates that it is entirely feasible.
ChaunceY NJ Depew IL another very &C
cssxahls mar. though hs dos intrenCh
himself behind a double barrier y door
keeper and private secretary. The apTh-
cant for sn Interview VIII ho politely
sslgsd ~ the doorEeeper What tbe nature
= his business s. And, b7 che way. you
NAY form a toleratly fair nolon of the
manners IF anv puo.ic man by noticinE
those II bis pereonai sr-euisuts. hsw'
never known a RE polite man - have
rua, foorrespers. z lsvs rroNn many
ride door xecpers. IL rou are not inclined
e. cell this one whst rour business IS. he
viii. stiil with perfert polfeness. either
ssk vou ~ ~ SEATED. 0r Sow vo7 into
tna next rnon. wle-a N. Du Fsl the
prince - private secretaries. VII ask ~o1
sgsdn- ~ p1u arn ~isn vou VII tsll Mr
Du Val WAS v'u wl-- ~ he can. he
viii sttans to vonr business. and save
Mr Dsuew the trouble If it "a really
essential thst Teu shouid see the Ereat
man higl -eif rru piT ~ shown info his
rscr1 "a @o-n ~ ho IS dlser -ltze,l There
e n frss ard no hummerv about it
whatever
There Ar men wt0 enjov tho priv
lr~e. ~uch ~ ft is p eee'rr Mr Jar
G~uld whenever th-y cali r-l tiu. even
i- brsirssz hcurs. one ~-cr is trat very
clever ne-vsDauer msn. Howard Irving