Telegram-herald., 1890-02-11


sorts % questions No matter how
cay yo- sc 70 Is onlcs IA tse morn
ink you 49, tad dossn 81 twenty
psou ah6as of yea They az want
70 see the 5is.nE4 rector OF Cld
Trinity tn person. and explain e hlua
thelr various sc1eUes and troubles
The writer 81 this NAiss1 Two hours n
his ofEes ne other dag for an cpportu-
nlty 10 get were VIII hlm on smAt-
Ter of private tgsiAeSs Nhen AZ last
the crowd haa gone sa3 ~o were alone.
expressed some surprise al tie num-
ber ~ ths Gales
Yes sald Dr. Dix, u sometimes
seems 30 ne taat I Nil never get
thrOueh M DAYS work People come
10 me- on al sorts of sub ects simply
because az Al the head OF the Trinity
CORPORATION when they could get the
same advice from almost aRy business
man Of their Acq Ualntance- / get let
ters from a. over tne world on tue
oueerest t0Di-s imaginable and II DO
not ~ once IePly 70 them, ! an bored
70 death until I do
Atthat very moment Dr. Dix's desk
was Uttered with letters foot high.
There WAS . request from a magazine
for an article on the question Is the
world getting better or worse3" sub
iect that Or Dix explained would take
up so much OF his time 10 answer prop
erly that he dare not even attempt L.
There were Invitations 20 dinner, re
quests from this and that parish for
financial aid. letters from mothers ask
ing the good doctor 10 find en- loyment
for their sons. one from a widow who
asked n Dr. Dix considered II crime
for her 20 marry her IN, and 50 on.
The great preacher goes through them
a.l carefully. Opposite him slts Z pri-
vate secretary. who answers them al
as the occasion may REQ uire.
In personal appearance DR. Dix is one
OF the most striking men in New York
and ne always attracts a great deal of
attention. He is a strong preacher,
deep thinker, and his voice has lost
none Of the charm that made MIN Ia
nous as preacher. While not exactly
the fashionable preacher. he is called
upon by society 10 oriciate az weddings
that are unusually profitable. His per
sonal income is enormous and he has
com Portable fortune. He gives away
great deal az money. and has helped
moro young men to get on in the world
than any preacher OF the day.
IL doesn't make very much difference
these days how big 4 man is physically
or politically. once he comes 10 New
York he ceases very soon TO be much Of
a curiosity. Mrs Astor. the social en-
press Of New York society. and almost
worth her weight in gold walked down
Twenty-third Street yesterday and
neither man. woman, or child recog-
nized her or turned TO look after her. II
the shop girls and women who elbowed
her as she passed along had known who
she was they would have stared their
eyes out, thinking perhaps they might
get a glimpse OF the magnificent dia-
monis about which they have read so
much, but never seen. Mrs. Grover
Cleveland goes along Fifth Avenue.
Broadway. Fourteenth Street, and
travels like ordinary mortals in horse
cars day after day, and is never recog-
nized. She never was very we'll known
in New York, but her distinguished
husband, it might have been thought,
would have escaped such a fate. But
he has not. He walks up Broadway
every afternoon without attracting am
attention. lie drops into the Fifth
Avenue Hotel in the nest OF the very
busiest men Of the world, without caus-
ing ripple of excitement He lunches
every day in a small restaurant near
his ofhce on Lower Broadway and not
one person out OF hundred recognize
him. He takes his turn in the little
Italian barber shop on Park Row, the
same as any other man. without at
tracing tho slightest notice. He
waited fifteen minutes the other morn
ing 70 be shaved and took the place OF
burly 'longShoreman in the bsrber's
chair, chatted afably with the artist
as his razor glided over the ex-Presi-
dents face, picked MP his own bat,
brushed his own coat paid his fifteen
cents and walked out Of the place with
out even the barber suspocting who he
was. He goes TO the theaters with his
wife. attends concerts. lectures. and
often occupies a pew in s. Bartholo-
news Church on Sunday morning, but
ne is not stared at seldom pointed out.
and has ceased 70 be a curiosity II
not that New Workers intend any dis
respect % tho ex-Chief Magistrate II
is simply a phase of New York life
The big men come here. mingle with
the little men. and arc swallowed ND IN
the vortex They soon forget their
own Importance and probably enjoy life
more FOR rot being so conspicuous-
least Mr. Cleveland does. for he told
newspaper reporter who walked along
With him down Park Row that ne en-
ioysd doing as be pleased at last 1T
Is great reiief ne went on. not -
e stared at. and "a be able - 20 ia any
direction that ones inclination leads.
without attracting attention. ! never
knew how much ! valued being left -
myself until came 20 live IN New
York
It nay Re added. as matter ~ In
terest. that NJ Cleveland. while not
making he vast fortune ~ the practice
% Law that be is peculiarly snpposei ~
-. Is rossesssd n an income which *
not far short - the amount recsived
while President ~ ths United states
Most NJ rs work is What is known
among lawyers a. 'oFce-vork He
as hssr engage IN sou. sig csses He
is very o'-en >. BIS ore. az 80
o'clock in he morning
Tae Toss ~ cigar IS Issf vhst it is
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