The daily critic., 1890-10-14
THREE WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR
PIETY AND THRIFT,
END ONE FOR Ills CHOICE LANGUAGE.
Elliot F. Shepard and His Air Of
lnconceivable COmplacmcy.
BROTHER WlSLHlEER8 BIBLE CLASS.
Tie Prophets Profits Bow Joe Cannon
Bss Grown Immensely Wealthy
While in Congress.

Elliot F. Shepard's loftiost and most
impregnable endowment, says the New
York World, Is his air OF inconceivable
complacency. No man can describe It,
and there Is not genius on any stage
In the world whose powers Of mimicry
are sufficiently strong to permit him to
give an imitation Of the satisfied glance
Of the Coloners eve and the droop Of
his expressive mouth. His waistband Is
Of comfortable glrth, and when he leans
well back, as he has a habit OF doing.
and gently caresses the lower pockets Of
his waistcoat with his white and we'll
kept hands, he Is the picture Of n man
who is thoroughly satisfied with him
self. The eye Of the Colonel has a
CLEAN in which there Is always sug-
gestion Of delicate railery.
He Is probably mistaken for one of
the Nanderbilts more frequently than
the men Of that family have suspected.
This is due to the habit which the
Colonel has Of artlessly standing In front
of the big Vanderbilt mansion every
morning about $3.50 for a more or less
extended period. while he bestows a
look Of pride at st. Patrick's Cathedral,
the orphan asylum and the Fifth av-
enue stages. Not infrequently he holds
long and eloquent conversations In this
position with the servant who stands
obsequiously behind the Colonel and re
ceives his oratorical utterances with an
air that cannot be described by any
other word than supercilious.
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Few people know, says the Chicago
Herald, that Brother Wanamaker's 8
Bible class contains 516members. II IS
probably the most extraordinary Bible
class In the world. Like Brother Wan.
smaker himself, il Is not confined to a
single line of business. 1t includes the
Wanamaker Bible class orchestra, the
Wanamaker Bible class baseball club.
the Wanamaker Bible class glee club
and the Wanamaker Bible Glass Hotel
and Land Improvement Company. The
latter organization Is the result Of
Brother WanamakCr's desire 10 teach
the class simple lessons IN money. max.
Ing as well as the moral preCepts Of the
Scriptures. In pursuance Of his wish
10 inculcate the rudimentary PRINCIPLES
OF getting rich, about two years ago he
gave a shining new nickel 20 each mem.
Der Cf the class, with the remark. "It
isn't much l give you, but II you apply
shrewd business principles TO It's use
you can multiply Il many times for the
benefit Of class fund.
Two years went by, and lot the 5l6
nickels invested In various ways
approved by Brother Wanamaker
amounted TO IS 600. On this snug little
capital the Wanamaker Bible Glass
Hotel and Land Improvement Company
was organized. Ii bought land near
Atlantic City and has just celebrated
the opening of its new hotel for public
guests. The prospects that the Ia.
vesiment will be financial success are
excellent and the class feel that they are
on the high road 10 fortune. II Is
hardly necessary TO say that Brother
WaBamakeT's Bible class Is one OF the
most popular classes Of the kind In the
country. 10 could easily double its
membership. A great many people like
TO get rich almost as well as they like To
be good.
The following Leaf from we'll.
known preachers diary has been
picked up by Tie GUysr:
A little account kept priVatelyl with
myself for the sake OF ascertaiuing whether
i came out Of the little or the large end Of
the norm in my free lecture last sunday
REV. TIDDLEDIWITT ALLFUDGE.