Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-09
CAPITALISTS IN HARD LUCK.
What's the Good OF Being a millionaire
Where You're Not Knowns

What's the Good OF being a millionaire
Where You're Not Knowns
From the New York sun.
Three men, representing millions, cat on 4
piush-eoversd sofa In the Fifth Avenue Hotel
last night and allowed" that they wore in hard
luck. One was Tom Lowry, who carries
around in his pocket the surface railroads oil
Minneapolis, and who says that the New York
republicans who so to the national republican
| convention in June can roost on the plush.
covered seats OF his vehicles or in the tree tons
il they prefer; the next WIS A. b. Sticknev.
chairman Of the executive committee of the
Chicago, st. Louis and Kansas City railroad,
| who also livcs in Minneapolis, and who earned
renown by rising In the convocation known as
the "Gentlemen's Agreement" in ]. Pierpou,
Morgans home year or SO ago and declaring
that wniie he would discount the notes of AL
and the last man in the little party was ex,
Senator Warner Miller, whose portrait at ono
time was as familiar to the pewypapcr reader
| as that Of Lydia Pinkhaln.
Tom Lowry began by telling his experience
IN go street car Yesterday during the heavy
II jumped into Car bonnd FOR tho 23l
street Ferry, said he. The conductor asked
for my fare. fumb1ed in NV pockets and by
the time got to 9TH avenue had tshcd ont
hvo.dolI"r bill l didn't have cent iu
change. got down to 7th avenue. the con-
ductor al the time abreast of me waiting for
tho nickel ! fumbled in every pocket and
nof penny did have short OF the e-dollar
stamp. d! handed 1t out. lIe scowed at mo
and handed It back. l said had nothing
smaller. Ho grinned and started to pull the
bell TO stop tho car aud let me gel ont. /
looked around and. vii, you Lclieys it. not n
man, woman or child in the car offered TO lend
mo nickel. The conductor thought L was
playing him and lie told me to get out. | did
get out. stashed down to the ferry, but Eli
never forget that New York wouldn't lend ne
cents at a pinch, and any body VINO was in that
car and who comes 10 TIE convention at Min
neapoiIs Will have TO sleep on hycrant."
That nothing" said Mr.. Stickney, .'to what
experienced yesterday. You know that INV
minneapolis tailor always builds my clothes.
don't" and Mr.. S.ickney looked down on y
sn,t OF clothes that fitted him like mpciiage
well determined on this trip" Le con-
,ihued, 10 order suit from New York tailor
strolied down the avenue yesterday a square
or Two and dropped into tailor shop. There
were others IN the place. It was swell, can
tell you. and had to take my turn Finally
the great man III charge found it conveuien.
10 turn TO me- Excuse me, said he what ear;
1 do for your told him / wanted to order
suit OF clothes. He looked ut Inc calmly from
head 10 1907 and then replied Excuse NE,
81, out do not think tina: you could pay for a
suit ordered he:e--that l., that you are not nc
customed 10 our prices pulled up and 70.
out"
That's pretty good" said Warner Miller
and possibly ny experience with a photo
grapner on Friday will anluse you. Down here
on Broadway l stopped and looked in.o a
window. l admired the speci-
mems. and, thinks /. Il step in and get some
new pictures OF myself. / truudled upstairs
iato TIE Office, aHd AZ is customary ia such
cases, wrote my name in the order book ard
awaited my turn TO get before the cx,nrra
he ciera in charge caEls - me and sad
Deposit. sir l hadn't been accustomed to
giving deposits OK 70 paving tor work uuti, it
was ierfot med and | cleared ont
Alter this the three fiunDciers Lad milk and
vichy.