St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-07

has his offices in the Western Union
building. There Mr.. Sage and Mr..
Gould take lunch together and talk
over their affairs. They both eat spar
ingly and plainly. Time is money with
them, and they do not spend over half
an hour at their lunch, including their
discussion.
The contrast between Sage and Gould
is noteworthy. AS everybody knows,
Mr.. Gould is diminutive man with
quick, nervous ways and retiring dis
position. Mr.. Sage is somewhat above
the average height, and while not re-
bust, is well-built man. He is delib-
crate in speech and manner, and, while
not obtrusiye at all, is. nevertheless,
more at ease in public gaze than Mr..
Gould. Mr.. Sage served in congress.
where he became accustomed to cynoS-
ure.
Mr.. Sage can do another thing which
Mr. Gould cannot, and that is to make
a speech. Mr. Gould never tried to
make speech more than three or four
times in his life, and his greatest
effort'' did not exceed fifty words.
1t was at an exposition in the South.
Mr.. Sage cares nothing for the or
dinary pleasures of life. About his only
pastime is driving. He owns some of
the finest road horses in New York.
Pleasant afternoons after business
hours he may be seen spinning through
Central park. He never races with the
other drivers of speedy horses. He is
out for recreation and not for sport.
MIR. Sage is member of the West
Presbyterian church on Forty-second
street, between Fifth and Sixth
avenues, where Mr.. Gould also has
pew. He is a listener to nearly every
sermon preached in the church, and is
also regular attendant at the prayer
meetings. He and Mr.. Gould are among
the largest contributors to the support
of the church, which, while not as fash
ionable as some others perhaps, has
congregations beyond its seating ca
pacity. Mr.. Sage is greatly
Interested in Missionary Work,
especially among the Indians in the
West. He pays the expenses of one
preacher on the plains out of his own
purse, and contributes to the mainten-
ance of others. His checks annually go
to number of charitable institutions in
New York. Mr.. Sage gives away great
deal more than anybody is aware of.
Mr.. Sage lives on Fifth avenue, "just
over the brow'' of Murray hill. He has
fine, but rather old style brown stone
house. 1t is one of the most comfort
able houses in New York. When Mr..
Sage bought it, it was almost ''out of
town." The fashionables were then
living further down the avenue, whereas
now most of them live further up.
He scarcely ever spends an evening
away from home except when he is at
church. His back parlor serves him as
study. He always has business
papers to look over. He pnts on a house
coat and pair of slippers after his
evening meal, and settles down to the
consideration of the matters requiring
his attention.
He goes to bed promptly at 10 o'clock.
Nothing can keep him up later. He is
up by 6, or few minutes afterwards, in
the morning. He is an extremely alb
stemious man in all respects. He real
ICES the efficacy Of whisky when
used with reason. In the winter
months it is his habit to take spoonful
of Old Bourbon whisky in half a glass of
water on arising. He says 1t is first
class tonic. He never partakes of spIr-
itous liquor at any other time or any
other quantity. Occasionally he drinks
little claret with his lunch.
Mr.. Sage'S dinner is taken in the
evening, like that of most other city
folks. He does not call it dinner, but
w uCH ID dDScIl,
Mr. Sage generally takes his lunch in
his office, aud is as likely to consist of
sandwich and couple of apples as
anything else. These will be eaten
while he is busy with his business pa
pers. Mr.. Sage is also fond of candies
and nuts. There are great many prom
inent Wall street men with the same
fondnesS.
Walking along the street Mr.. Sage
would be more quickly taken for coun-
try clergyman than anything else. He
wears dark clothes always, and keeps
his coat closely buttoned. His head is
surmounted by tall silk hat, except in
summer, when he wears either a light
derby or a light tall hat. He has
grave face and a preoccupied air, which
helps to carry out his clerical appear
ance.
Mr.. Sage's fortune. outside of the
ready money which ne keeps on hand,
is largely. In fact, almost wholly, in
vested in stocks and bonds. He is the
owner of comparatively little real es-
tate. He has picked out the better
grades of securities to put his money
into, and his fortune may be said to be
unusually we'll invested.