The sun., 1890-11-23
A GENEROUS EMPLOYaR
The Benevoieat Acts OF n sixth Avenue
Drv (roods Mercbuut

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Dry 6roods Merchant
! The employees OF n certain Sixth avenue dry
| goods store are wondering Just now what will
! DO tho next dis splay OF generosity by one OF the
| mem bers OF tho firm. 1t may lie that In most
| big establishments of this kind the personal
| relations between the employed and the em-
ployer are not cordial. and that the for mer
have 10 suffer much hardship but 1t certainly
is not true in this particular instance. AS
learned from n number Of tho employees OF
this firm. the record OF this employer for the
past year stands thus:
II ia Just about n year ngo that ho was very
seriously III. and 1t was thought that he would
die. He Is n Hobrew. and 1t is an old custom
among some Hebrews to exhibit gratitude for
escape from misfortune or death in a substan-
tial manner. Usually this consists In tho be-
slowing OF aims upon tho roor. The hero OF
this tale is q man OF immense wealth. In ad-
dition to his largo interest In tho dry goods
firm, which alone Is OF immense value, he Is n
partner in one OF tho largest importing firms
in this country, and has also many other valu-
able commercial Interests. 1T has heon the
business Of his life to mako money, but Incl
dentnly has come the habit OF extending it
liborally. Upon his return to his Office In tho
dry goods store. after the illness reierred TO
he called In several superintendents of depart
ments and unfoldcd this plan to them: Hc
had been informed, no said. that there were
some persons in this city who could not afford
TO buy Thanksgiving turkeys.
Il wish" he added. " to give everybody tho
opportunity to have n good Thanksgiving din
nor. | am going 10 insert advertisements In
the newspapers to tho effect that anybody who
il too poor to buy turkey and wants ono can
secure /, by communicating with mo- ! will
have tho answers directed 70 the newspaper
pf1lnnrs Nnv what | q I'll l., is This: L
want you TO mako arrangements with tho
butchers In different parts Of tho city to pro-
vidc these turkeys II makes NJ dilerenco how
many OF them there may 10. Have nll the bills
sent to me.
The snpcrintendents were relieved from
their regular dntc- for the time being. and nt
There We e great many answe,s,o tho adj
vortisements; Tut cnch one was attended 10.
wsS ts wsf9 we i'm
s,ructed to deliver them ut the addresses OF
Not very long after this 1t became known
thoughout the store that one OF tho su ERIN
tendcnis was III, L was understood that c!o.e e
he was in danger of running INTO decline.
The news came to tho M rm & and the 81, sInerin, nI
s"t qr rest M h o o Hw ~ tbs
membor OF the ilrm, who inuuii rod thoroughly
but d"rntry into his nas" & AMI re i1sst"Iv MIN, nm
the superintendent presented himseii before
i,in hin aga n tho next day he was greeted with
We hav" decided to give you vacation
You had better follow your nhysicans advice
salary Will continue Just tho same; You may
remain e as long as is necessary TO insure your
Th" superintendent returned to the storo
not long since weighing 1870 pounds and feel
Ing strong enough Tor my emergency. He
ion In the profits Of tn" firm OF 5000, tnat
beng tlS amount OF his salary Fnrisrm"re irae
his employer during his absence.
In the early part Of rsi s,mmhhr ono OF tnG
p upon s SHel rohs N and heahy M nan AVN was sSi cd
ono iasi.i ;or : wfolo n,ehi. ,The nhyscion
only chance i rsso,ery, said Ii" NY.
oanny ris'nn wa and remain az hers Sn'G unit. wine
ter. Then ho had better g, TO, u warm"r
could return TO this city. But ho would ne,er
lie able 70 resume the work which had brought
ON his illness Tho same confinement would
certainly bring about II relapse.
Information of this caso also came to the
firm and AKA in this mcmhor OF 1t n;erored;
The llHor walker was married man: and had
several childr"n. His incom" hui never been
large enough to allow MIN to snve any ronsi!-
erablo sum 1t was Of course. there orr, imp,s.
sibc Tor him to tnink Of abandoning h. work
Tor a whoe your The employer made short
"G9 up to tho mountains" he said land
stay there AS long as tho physicians ,hirk II
Mis-" Then come n h ak Ina WI M s9e %oon Sa
havo Leon getting will DO paid to your family
Your 3wn expenses while you are away will
The programme was carried out MS outlined.
Tn" tloor walker spent III" summon and carly
rondncks. Ills railroad fares, bonid bills. and
all other expenses. Including med cal attend
aary h had 'n Of oe resevnG su o
ported his fam ~. At oYe time. when hr ielt
he % ys wrG ia amy nj, '%sr II. nfe ,e
answer by ,eleGraph II whs ns follows:
ohone Kin Snt Snv nj yq"H bs "wn convenience
The writer saw the floor walker not long ago
unon his lust 'otIrn from the monn'ain!.,
feel rs STRONG rs an OK. or conrs" cannot go
back to work in the store. but really oel like
and told him ,hnt was fe"linG strohGand n'o
towork. ard that while npprecntod his kind
ture TOO much. | asked him 4 he could MT
giye mo smme outdoor work which could do
whor' he owns u hotel but whether will get a
chance TO do ANYTHING there TO pay Tor my liv-
'TThoSs are, only n, low OF tho noteworthy
thr cs that tn merchant has done for his ON
his Wa f b..n TeEs 10 saos
ot poverty or sic kn"ss without the suffering
rerson securing from h. i'm the means oi im,n"-
over 900 nersors are cmpoy"d. very i"w of
whom earn NOR" than livelihood, there are
posed person TO lend assistance. 1t ls ratIral.
therefore. !ha ho q mover spoken OF except in
terms Of Rte lionat regard by any o. his en-
lloycns. At the same time he is worry thorough
and STRIFE, in his husiaess dsalinss.
Among til" charitable projects that lie now
has N mind Is the establishment In Il beautiful
part of the Adiron,a"ks Of thorourhly
euuippcd hospital for con -umDi ivoa. This will
10 free to parients of al creeds and natouali-
ties. Tho only peculiar hing about oil his
benevolent and churii able undortak ingS is
that le shriuks from publicity and demands
secrecy from those whom he Ass SITS
4 MATTER or IOEGiNE IDENTITY
II Was Not the Value Ot the Forks ~. hut