Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-10-02

Il NlfWtr Olttfl iuIul-n'1 hliE'iNh' ihA'A'
nation TO the public. The subjects
about which tho millionaire will dis
course most freely aro his particular
tield 20 work and his shobbies
Within q 30 mile circuit u New
York millionaircs can h. counted % the
number o. 1. 400. On the road between
Yonkers and Sing Sing there are 90 of
them. living on almost adjoining estates.
but the largest number that can b. s"en
together at once L. at meeting ~ the
Metropolitan club. where = full 100
have gathered at Que time
tn. Vanderbilt. aud Rosksfsiisr-.
but out of all thoso there Is only one
here and there who will give himself UP
without struggle 90 the interviewer
The vanderbilts. for instance. arr lin.
ply imprcgnable. You can storm their
toriiflcations with kilograms. lottcrs and
card. ~ introduction. you can train Tho
heaviest artillery In the shapo of the
greatest magazines and newspaprr. upuu
the Vanderbilt rcdoubts, but You cant
make br,ach big enough tO crawl
through. You can interview their 'rcru.
taIio,, their sistcrs aud even their wives.
you can interview all aruund them, bui
no argument or excuse, h" ~ ever so in.
genious. has yet induced Cornelius ~
william X. Vanderbilt to talk 10 an In.
toryiew.r about himself for publication.
The nearest have come to an inter
view with Cornelius Vanderbilt was
when set out to write up his new
Fifth avenue palace None ~ his pr.
sonal friends or associatos. not even hi-
own brother, saw the inside - that
house till IL was finished Ills orders 90
his architect were. GIVE no informa
ton about nor admittance % the hOu-e
a. any literary person. man woman 90
child" | waited till the interior was
finished. Mr.. Vanderbilt would move
In next week. Then hurried to Come
Illus vanderbilt's Office In tho Grand
Central station and argued half an hour
with hissecretary. Ny words were most
gentle and polite. but they meant sim-
ply: A. Cornelius Vanderbilt has built
the finest house In America, IL will H.
written up and A. Mr. Vanderbilt will
not allow visitors 90 sec inside his h0us"
the write up" will D. inaccurate and
his beautiful palace misrepres,nted
Such being the case. won't Mr.. Wander
bilt authorize tho writing for maya.
vine u az least ono authentic descrip-
tioni Rather a. my surprise, the s"crr.
tary returned to mo with an order 10
the architect reading. 'sh0w Tho g,n.
tlcman through the house nnd give him
what information ho nccds. &. W Of
course wrote mp the house, and G. V.
approved
The Rockefeller, like the Wander.
bilts, live In q stronghold that dehes the
siege ~ inioryiowcrs John D Rocko.
fellor's private secretary, u young wuln'
an, will step outside the fortress b"ar.
ing your card as iiag of truce just long
enough TO tell you. "Mr Rockefeller
has been obliged % refuse this and that
for publication and j. - sorry. but really
he doesn't zee how he can make an cx'
ccp,ion now"
Chsuossy W. Dspsw'
But are there not certain millionaircs
who will b, interyiewcli Certainly.
millionaire Chaunccy Dcpow. for IN
stance. il tho most bo.intoryiowed man
In New York. He will always soc an
interviewer. providing the interviewer
will await his turn. In the presidents
Office In the Grand Central station ~ II
nothing unusual 90 find q or ~ people
all waiting at one time To seo the gnial
Chaunccy. He sees each person in the OF
der Of their coming. have seen p,'-
lice captain. n judge. sister ~ charity.
a well known merchant, four or five
newspaper men and young man with
card " Introduction looking for
place" all waiting at once. and the
young man looking for the place
went In before the Others bccauso be-
came first The only way To see Dr. Dc-
pew without having % wait hour,
sometime. day after day. l. by appoint.
ment Aud appointments for interview
he will not make unless the matter i ~
utmos, importance "woll. what can !
do for your" are his hrt words, aud IL
the interviewer comes 10 the point at
once he'll give him all his attention aud
load him with no end Of bonmOlS
The Goulds. as rule, can b. inter
viewed IL the interviewer IL persistent
and patient Of the three boys, Howard,
the youngest. spends ni ot his time az
the Office aud il the most willing to D.
seen. He'll receive you In hts shirt
sleeves very cordially and unafcctedly
and will talk freely II the subject ap.
peal. 20 him He IL very grave anil yet
boyish. "Now. haven't toyercommitiod
myself too much. have r. he'll ask As
you leave And he's 90 cordial and
rank that You'll see that he DOESN'T
"oyercommit" himself In print
George Gould won't b. seen except
between 10 and o'clock and then only
on certain subjects When he wants
particularly 90 avoid callers. he takes
tho elevator 30 the floor above and comes
down private stairway into his Ofilce
Very often. when very busy, he comes
and goes this way without having 10
run tho gantlet OF callers I'm the Office