The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-03

fountain TO the rnssnory Of sbaksspears al
Stfstford-ou-Avnss, that be caused 10 hs
placed in Westminster A5bey ru~saoria.
windows 10 Herbert. Cowper and MaIton.
He caused q monument 10 BE placed
over the previously unmarked grave
of Leigh Hunt IN ksnssi Green
he rendered . similar service 20
the memory Of Edga Allen Poe: be
was also the largest subscriber 20 the f1nt
for . memorial window 70 Thomas Moore
In the church sc Broxharn. where Moore
and Bessie" are buried. In isss he gave
10 the printers Of Philadelphia the csrns-
terry, Woodlands, and be endowed IL with
y liberal fund for keeping the grounds IN
order. Ar. Chslds and the late Aufnony
J. Drexei gave the Intsr1atIonai Typo
graphical Union $1,000 hr construction
Of the Printers home as Colorado Springs.
Col. Mr.. Chiids has, within tbs past
year erected q monument over she hitherto
unmarked grave OF Richard A. Proctor.
the astronomer. in New York. ard on Lass
New Years day there was unveiled On one
OF tho bcadlaads Of san Francisco bay
Guilds prayer book cross. q monument
20 mark the spot where Sir Francis Drake
came ashore IN i3ze.
Ia the spring and sumner Of iss2 Hr.
Chiids and q party Of relatives and friends
made a tour Of the United States, visiting
Seattle on May 81. He travelled In q spe
ciaI car, and word was sent ahead months
IN advance Of bis coming. Everywhere he
was greeted like . king. the labor unions
making special efforts 10 show their es-
TEEN for him.
In 1856 the old Pablic Ledaer building at
Third and Chestnut streets sas oatgrown
and the Paper moved into q new home.
About three years ago the latter vas gut
ted By FIRE, aud no victim OF the flames
ever received such 9e!ugs Of sympathy.
Two years ago the Ledger abandoned ia
Old form as great blanket snest and be-
came q modern paper in every
way. sever did paper receive 50
many complimentary notices a. the
Ledger did then. Ii has often been said
that Hr. Chllds was the most beloved
man ia the world. Stanley says that
thiids' book ought 10 be read By every
American boy, and Hamilton Fish wrote
that Dir. Childs' ''I.ecolieesions" can not
he too often Published or too sidely eirca-
lated. Df the book Edison says: Its
great charm Is the kind, humanitarian
feeling which peryades the whole OF IL. "
Mr. Blaine said '+Yoar deserved ealogy,
my dear Ar. Chsds, is that yonr
life has been passed even more Ia making
others happy than in promoting your own
fortunes BY the most honorable means.
You are among the very few-amoag the
precions class OF men, who with great sue
cess have developed liberty. charity and
justice. ON tie Erst 81 each year Mr.
chlIds issned the Public iefgeT almanac.
not copy of which wss ever sold. bot
every subscriber Of ths Ledger received
cory.
From u recent newspaper article de-
scFibing visit 90 Sr. Childs, the follow
ing Is taken: The time TO visit Mr..
Chiids Is in his den just before II m, so
as 30 be present when his forests Of
clocks are announcing noon. They do
u IN tinksing tones OF infinite variety
of sweetness. shortly after that Mr..
thilds - taken In hand by his valet and
brushed into readiness for his luncheon at
the Drexet building All morning he has
been receiving visitors and dispatching an
incredible volume Of business. Nine out
OF every ten of the men and women who
besiege him bring axes to grind. All get
cordial greeting: many OF them go away
with various amounts Of Mr. Chiids'
money. After luncheon the procession
sets IN again and tails of abou. { O'Clock.
and then the proprietor OF the LeiGsr likes
10 talk with his editor and answer some
very personal correspondence. OF course.
his private secretary is overw helmed
with the duty of attending to the
mass OF the letters Mr.. Childs re-
ceives. Perhaps no man alive re-
ceives letters like these. One woman
asked biandiy for a loan OF $4,000 TO start
magazine. A clergyman wants $500 to-
ward erecting steeple on his church. An
INDECENT newspaper msn solicits SO to nj
ieviate consumption. and so on, but there
are other letters. letters worth printing.
from distinguished correspondents at
home and abroad