The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-16
SENTINELS OF NOTED MEN
how CELEBRITIES ARE PRO-
TECTED FROM VISITORS.

derbilt Bard to Get At-Chauncey
M. Depew Admits the Pubuc-J.
Pierpont Morgsn's Way.
From the NeD York Times.
The problem of chow to get in" affects a
large number of persons, aside from polit-
icAl office seekers. There are many busy
men whose eminence and influence make
them perpetual objects Of attention from
Iesser favored members Of the community.
Such men are Obliged 10 put seutinels at
their office doors, other wise they would have
no time to transact their Legitimate bust
ness. Chauncey NJ. Depew sees a great
many callers each day, but il he undertook
Il TO see all persons who try TO get to him, his
duties as the chief executive officer Of the
New York Central railroad would fail OF
performance.
Noted rich men are obliged to seclude
themselves during business hours In sheer
self-protectiou. The beggar is always
around, and be does not appear every time
with uinched, pale features and in rags he
is often robust, we'll dressed, and se.f-con-
fdent Sometimes the beggar is an aristo'
GRAFT fashionably dressed woman with
charity fed, and at other times an lmpetu-
Gus young girl whose hears bleeds 1or the
poor. The very rich man is regarded as the
one believing That if he or she can only get
II in to see the chosen victim the rest will be
easy It is to protect his time, as well as
lis pocket, that the millionaire guards the
doors of his Office with trusty subordinateS.
A variety of motives impels people to seek
personal interviews with noted men. A
small minority really has important bust
ness to transact. A large majority is act
uated by curiosity or idle whims. IL the
noted man is an ex-President of the United
States or a great soldier, he is pestered by
the elfuJive crank who wants to be able to
tell his children and grandchildren that he
once shook hands with the great so-and-so
81 II the noted man happens to be the literary
hero of the hour he is besieged by men and
women who only want to tell him how
much they enjoyed his latest production, or
b II he chances to be a popular orator he is in
Il constant danger from the buttonholing
81 fend who wants to discuss q point or two.
s. The noted man who is rich and nothing
more is waylaid on every possible occasion
bv persons who are eager so show hiru how
be can spend q por ton of his money to good
advantage.
The burning question with all these
ohasers after noted man is "how to get In"
In this teeming metropolis but small per-
centaRe do get in. Not one stranger in
500 that tries TO see John D. Rockefeller
ever sees him. and yet the head Of the
Standard oil combination is one of the
simply hedged about by a system of per-
sonsl protection which, in the case OF most
millionaires is business necessity. Any
person not conspicuous in the business or
social world will find it q hard matter to
b. get at Mr.. Rockefeller, in his Office or any,
where else. The caller at the Standards
massive granite building in lower Broad
way is met on the very threshold by a big
man in semi-uniform, who asks the nature
of the callers business. A request to see
Mr. Rockefeller elicits a number OF ques-
tions as to the why and wherefore If the
caller is after subscription he is turned
over to gentlemanly member of Mr..
81 Rockefeller's personal staff, who
z listens carefully to the appeal
end promises to bring the matter to
81 Mr.. Rockefeller's attention. The petitioner
IA isinvited to oome back In about a week II
3 the caller has something to sell-a franchise,
# 8 patent or anything of that kind-he is
n directed straightway to the Offices of the
general solicitor, and either Mr.. Dodd or
enc OF his assistants listens to his PROPOSE
d ton. II the caller Gays that he is an old
81 personal friend of Mr.. Rockefeller, his
name is taken at once to the Standard king
8 and his fate is quickly decided. Any man
VINO really has business of Importance with
Mr.. Rockefeller eventually gets in to see
him, but four-ifths Of the people who think
that they have business of importance with
the bead Eof the Standard trust are con-
proper man for them to deal with. Mr..
& Rockefeller is shy of newspaper men. Mr..
Dodd acts as his buffer in very polite
and agreeable manner.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is almost as mac
cessible while in his Office the famous
Standard oil millionaire. Mr.. Vanderbilt
seldom sees stranger, and persons who
have business acquaintance with him must
4 first satisfy the vigilant sentinels in the
outer Office that their business is of a nature
q to require Mr.. Vanderbilt's personal atten-
4 ton before they will be admitted into his
8 presence. Mr.. Vanderbilt cond .cts most
Of his business by deputy, and it is there
fore not necessary for him to see one out of
OO OF the mon " no clamor for admittance
TO his inner Office. The caller at Mr.. Wander
bits office first meets Mr.. HatDsker, a suave
young gentleman who attends TO most of
NJ. Nanderbilt's correspondence. Mr.. Hat
maker ascertains the nature Of the callers
business and is generally able TO dispose of
The matter on the spot. If, however, he
Hcannot dispose of it, he turns the caller and
Dis business over to Mr.. Rossiter, the treas
urer of the New York Central road, and
Cornelius Varderbilt's confidential rep
preventative. There are very few OF the
Hordlnary matters of business in which Mr..
anderbit is interested that Mr.. Rosster is
not authorized to speak or act upon. When
Fever the business relates to the New York
central road Mr.. Depew is consulted.
NsA' DopOW Is bu6 I6COkuLEoA AutoA
#olary between the public aud the Wander
Dill interests. Cornelius Vanderbilt in
Varlaby refers all newspaper reporters to
pr Depew, although the matters about
which the reporters may desire to inquire
&elate to Mr.. Vanderbilt personally. There
no man in public life more accessible than
chauncey d. Depew. Although burdened
18th the cares of half dozen railroad
8fesideucies, and the responsibilities of d.
$ectoFship in thirty or forty corporations,
manages to see almost every body whose
Blsslon has anything Of business in 1t.
8etore getting in to see Mr.. Depew
II person must first encounter the
e,eran colored sentinel, David. who is
Iaer Chesterfield or a sphinx as the occa-
on may require David writes the name
the caller and the character of bis bust
SIS On cerd, which he carries to Private
ecretary d. c. Du Val in an adjoining
DOM, Mr.. Du Val knows pretty well
nom to admit to Mr.. Depew's room and
nom to exclude. he generally disposes Of
al The callers without troubling Mr..
epew. There are two GLASSES Of people
nat Mr. Depew it always ready to see:
ney are newspaper men and employees II
atu6 Aandarhilt Mr. naDauvte