Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-17
sOUTnERNERS LEAD.
New WORKERS TAKE BACK SEATS ON
MANHATTAN ISLAND.
ro,h and Progress Of the Bcvs from
p,sse-Csrcer of Frank siddaiis-nrs'
s,.srt's Bequests-Max 0'ReiI.


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correspondence Of the Richmond Dispa'ch.l
Wv yonK. January Ie.---The fact that
Now York city is managed and directed
by people who are not New Workers w
birth Is impressed upon me moro and
more As tho days 90 by. IL - almost a
curiosity 20 find man OF potentiaiity 10
,bis CITY who will admit that he was born
lsrc The great enterprises are conducted
\. men who came here from the country
~ from other towns. bringing with them
s,,ono constitutions. capacity Tor isDor.
- determination 20 succeed. The ave
- Nov York boy either migyaies 20 bet
- hss condition or withcr3 mp and taxes
s.rond place IN the great struggle Tor tame
soj fortune The achievements OF the on.
Ioown country boys IN this citv would
,nake a splendid yolumer they conld only
he collatcd. The nrmber OF southerhers
mo have come here since the war ana
i,,lt themselves up Is amazing. IL used
g. be thought that the average soutnerner
as aycrse 10 business and that when ne
-. "a contact with Yankee trader
~ xent 10 the wall. NV observation
l. mat we have 10000 southern
-. ia this CITY, who are represented
Lr as many sharp, aggressive, wioe-
quake businessmen as can be f0nnu IN
me same population in any part OF the
World. OF course the southerners VINO
me hero are in some sense the picked
-, ~ the south in the matter OF energy
and ambition. Al a dinner given by ex-
Tas+masfer-General James az the Union
l oagnc CLUB some time ago this question
c.n'o 10. and Of the twenty-five persons
resent all conspicuous. representative
,nen N was found that only one would
s.lnowlcdge New York city as his birth
rIere Aud that person was Bishop
John T.. Newman. OF the Methodist
Church who has never lived here at all.
III bsnpened 10 be born on the island OF
Ho,,Leftsn but he migrated at n very early
49, Al that dinner ] remember we had
General James. Chauncey Nj. Depew, Wal
IN Webb. OF the New York Central
teo,ee Kiss. Charles X. Miller. editor OF
,to yim,s. Commodore Van Sautvoord,
ss,,uel barton. formerly William ii.
V.ndorbili's broker: Harold Frederick. OF
te~ yDmes; and men Of that ilk.
have made experimental inquiries ~
other representative dinners during tue
pa.t eight years with the same result. !
,eoonhor that IN the Word office some
f,ur years ago we took a census, and out
~ ~. editorial ard news staff OF at least
,ev.rty-dve persons only FIVE native New
y.rker. c0ul1 be found. As matter OIL
fsrt there is not daily newspaper OF con-
s4.rience In this city that Is not owned
~ directed and manned by out
s,J.rs with the exception OF the
UygI Aud as Mr.. Bennett has hved
more in Europe than III New YORK, ana
was educated and reared there. ne cannot
D. held up as model New iork JouInaii-
IN an this SIMPLY shows the cOsmopoli-
Ian character Of this great city. IL draws
INTO itself the vigorous and ambitious In
teilects of all the world. The youth from
ne rural regions. with sunshine and lime
and ferruginOus compounds IN his DOdy'
pushes the pulpy city-bred boy from ms
Stool and leads IN the grand procession OF
Progress.
QUEER SOAR MAN.
Tssvi m this city the other day a Phila-
d.inblan who may he spoken OF as cha
rerfer iust as the French speak OF a per
sonaeon ! refer To Frank Siddalls, the
soap man. hir. Slddalls is small, cierl,
,.Llooking individual with abbreviated
wn-fers in front OF his ears, MID,
Ouakensh face. which he ornaments WIN
sr.ctacies, aud soft voice when turns
quay wrath aud secures much business.
6fsf heard of Mr Siddals when the Word
vas raising 100000 10 complete the
Earthold statue pedestal. Every days
mail brought contribution OF II 10
the fund in the shape of check from alr.
Slddalls. Finally, q letter came an
nouncine that Mr.. Siddalls would continue
fo sead 81 per dav until the fund was com
pieici ascertaincd that he was man
of has word ana | saw that We had sure
thing on The completion OF the iund, even
ii Do took 100000 days. OF course Mr.. oln-
del.'s name appeared in the list of contIl-
lufor. each day, and therein lay tine adj
yefii.ement. Subsequently, Mr, Siddalls
WIS heard Of purchasing pair OF horses
from Manager j. NJ. Hill. for which be paid
$4,000. placing the same To his soap adVer-
using account. About this time he also
blossoned out with his celebrated lnlune-
tom 10 the human family, Don't he
CAM Although MI Siddalls spends tnou-
sands of dollars yearly with the neWspa-
pers. he does not take kindly to advertising
agents aud people who have schemes 70 Sc
cire his business. He was originally q
druggist. and while IN that profession he
discovered scientific method Of making
sOap. He began business by inserting
LARGE advertisement on credit IN the Phila-
delphia TfueS. lie told gentleman the
other day that If the Times had sent Its bill
In promptly he would have collapsed But
the Times had faith in him and trusted
mm 10 the amount of $4,000. That made
MIR. Siddalls and his soap. His business
methods are rather odd. He never sells
n lar of soap on credit. aud thereby
avoids an elaborate system OF book
keeping. Every order must be accompa-
med by the money or q check. Some
vears AGO John Wanamaker was As
tonished 10 find that his order
fot soap was not filled, and when he learned
that cash was required he refused TO pilr-
chase. But the heavy advertising OF the
soap caused it 10 DO called for IN Wanna
makers establishment so often that he was
compelled TO buy 1t from the druggist
around the corner. He held out Tor ten
wears. hut u is now said that he sends his
check tor tho soap Just like the rest OF
then. Sir. Siddalls is now rich enough 10
lend money 10 Mr.. Wanamaker. and he
owes everything TO the newspapers. And,
moreover, he doesn't deny II.
MORE MONEY ron THE PUBLIC.
That is. for part of the public-the part
IN unison with the peculiar persuasions OF
the Iich deceased. Mrs. Mary McCrea
Stuart, who lately died in this city IN her
elgbiy-SecOud year, was the widow OF the
late Robert l.. Stuart, known for wears
only as the "candy-man" till he, with his
brother, made large fortune by refining
sugar. All TINS money-not less tnan
$1,000, OOJ-fell to the widow. who. fol,
lowed the example Of her husband
and gave away large sums every year
IN various charities of Scotch-Presby-
terrain prOclivities. OF course the most
Of the money-and very properly per-
haps-went to charitable institutions OF
her own denomination. And the institu-
tons benefited by her will, as did eminent
clergymen OF her faith, like DR.. McCosh,
OF Princeton, and DIR. John Hall, OF this
city. The Lenox Library. which also NAV
be considered strictly Presbyterian in-
stitution, Is also much enriched by
books. pictures. aud money enough
90 build new wing TO contain
the bequeathed treasures This Is all
night. Mrs. Stuart was one OF the .wortnl-
est women in this town, and with
her money. or rather her husbands candy
aud sugar made money, she did deal OF
good. But she was wrong. L think, III
making requests TO two of our museums.
OF great and universal public beneft.
giving them $4,000 each. conditional
upon their not opening on Sundays. And
when some months ago, in response to the
pressing public demand, they did open on
SUNDAY, she revoked the requests. Now,