Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-12

from A to z, and how reach the eye and hold the alter tion. Did man have some savings to invest, but was not sure W ere to put them safely and proftably This young man had long been familiar with all sorts and kinds of local Investments
 Did a man have an estate to manage ard want to put it into the hands of some practical man of affairs! This young man had proved by his capacity in cariugs for large trust interests, his prudence and good judgment.
 Did man want to rent or buy house, when calling himself to make inquiries would start gossi This young man easily prosecuted those inquiries, and ob- tained the information without soul be- ing the wiser.
 Did man want to sell or rent house II some quiet way! This young man execut- ed the commission easily. Did man want to educate Il son or daughter, while hunting up schools of colleges were not in his line This young man soon secured all the information and enabled the father to make the most intelligent choice. Did a man need advice in choosing q career tor his son This young man had started many other young men on successful careers. Did a man want to write a letter couched in terms of peculiar deliacy This young man had written many such letters Did young man want to make use of the influence of the press but was not sure how to go at it ? This young man from his wide and personal newspaper acquaint- tance and his telegraph and telephone facilities, was in a position to do the busi- ness to advantage al d with dispatch Did wan want to take trip, but was at loss 10 choose the best boat ship or rail oad, or the best time, routes or connections This young man easily found out every detail, the best possible trip, and if reces- sary secure the ticke ts.
 In short did man want to undertake any private enterprise, however intricats? Did he want any legitimate thing done in strictest secrecy! This young man had open to him every avenue ot cOmm mtrce and authority, every possible facility.
 And so one might go on indefinitely. The wants of this young mans clients, the matters on which they consulted him, were as unique and varied as human nature itself
 In his loyalty, prudence discretion and ability, people who had alwavs known him put the most implicit confidence. He knew life in it's various windings and complications, in all it's phases and aspects, as only can clever and experienced re- porter. He knew half his clients wants before they came to him, and surprised them often by the readiness with which he seemed to anticipate what they were going to say. It seemed wonderful to them, mysterious, incomprehensible. But it was simply le wunterOus and myster- iOuS incOmprehensibiiit, of journalism ap- plied not to the partial s ate ment and in complete expression of what we call news, but to the help and assistance of individ- uals in the puzzlirg complications of their lives.
 This young man had spent years in tbOIp bO ha6 11,1y7 it as they met it ill their own limited ex- perience had placed at their command the resources of his large and wide experience He was the counsellor of his increasingly large circle of clients, not as a lawyer or a doctor in one small speciality, but as journalist whose speciality was life, man who had been schOoled to find out secrets, to ascertain the bearings of this class of facts on that, to determine cause or results, to measure public opinion, to detect shan S and show up ;rauds-a man who was brought into touch, not with one cl4s ss and it's interests, but with al classes and their interests
 Did the public appreciate this young man: He began moderately enough in d comparatively incOnspicuOus office. Peo- pie saw him on the streets, the same fami- lar si yht as before, buttonholing this and the that citizen, gathering in a large mail
  interesting himself in politics and the doings of men with the same pleasant smile and cordial greeting for ali whom he met-and they wondered ''what he was at and whether he Was making go' of it.
 They knew in a general way that he still represented metropolitan newspapers that he had trust ,unds in his hands; that he was frequently cal ed out of town on business matters, that he never seemed to have moment of actual | i4ure.
 But there public knowIed e received d pause, and curiosity supplied what was lacking in a vague and unsatisfactory WAY. But soon the public had re ason to wonder still the more. The young mans office was TO longer inconspicuous;it was a suite of rooms in one of the best situated build ings ill the hemt of the businr se center of the town.
 He had all the modern conve: fences of first class counting room, with d private apartment for himself and his ;iss. tants who were continually busy on his affairs There was inner office for the more private consultations. Evrr thing be- kered solid prosperity.
 Did the public then appreciate the ser vices of the y ung man who offered 10 act as counsellor in all the varied affairs of life! No one who has ever visited that young mans sanctum will hesitate to re ly.
 Reader, this story of thr reporter who found the way to undo his ta ent and put it to use is true story. It is the story of Chris F. Downey of Waterbury, secretary and treasurer If the Connecticut Press as sociation
 DIDN'T SEE THE PRESIDENT.