The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-21

and Havcmcycr Also Have Good
Ears and Trained Tastes for Sweet
Sounds.
From the New York Herald.
The three representative Industrial kings
in the United States are Andrew Carnegie.
John Rockefeller and Henry O. IIavemey-
er- They manipulate the iron. oil and SUI
sar industries Of the world and direct the
destinies of thousands Of wcrkmen. To
quote Mr.. Carnegie's own words.
I'VE assemble thousands CT operators in
the factory in the mine and in the count
ing house. of whom the employer can
know little or nothing. and 70 whom the
employer is little better than myth. All
intercourse between them is al an end.
Rigid castles are formed. and as usual mu-
tual ignorance breeds mutual distrust.
Each caste has little sympathy for the
other. and is ready TO credit anything dis
paraging in regard 10 it,"
If this be true of those who are more or
less Immediately employed Ly the indus
trial kings, IL follows that the general pub
lie can know but little OF the real life of
these men.
While it cannot he denied that these
men are worth many millions. yet their
lives are by no means entirely devoted 10
money making Not only are they the
patrons of the arts. but they are them
selves artists of no mean ability. To those
who are on intimate terms with them they
are the most kind and charitable persons
in the world. and their culture eScites as
much envy as does their capital. Their
homes are fun of treasures of art and in
a word, are veritable palaces of beauty
and luxury.
Curiously enough. these great indus
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sic and spend a mint of money In pander-
ing to this taste. Both Mr.. Carnegie ana
Mr.. Rockefeller are expert musical critics
and know the works of an the leading
composers by heart while Mr.. Havemeyer
IS an accomplished violinlst.
Mr.. Carnegie's library. at his home in
West Ftfty-ilrst street contains everything
that would make a conno!sseur or litter
| ateur happy The ceiling is Of gold while
| around the room are decorations of all
kinds. Here and there are notices from
the great masters. over the fireplace is
an exquisite piece of wood carving repre-
senting an open book, bearing these words:
Our hearth, our altar
Its flame, our sacred fire.
The notices alone would give a person
an inkling of the inner life of the iron
king did not his many benefactions tell
the story of his charity and generosity.
one Scriptural verse reads The King
dom Of Heaven is with you"
1 asked Mr.. Carnegie why he had Sc
lected this text for his library. and his
answer was most pregnant with truth:
Heaven is not up above the clouds. nor
down below the earth, nor in the future.
1T is the inner life, here and now"
Other quotations were: Gle that can
not reason is q fool he that will not. a
bisot; and he that dare not a elave'
THE present moment is our aim: the next
we never see."
In one place on the wall was Glad
stones tribute to the American constltu-
ton in his own handwritng In another
corner was Matthew Arnold's Message
! TO Mankind also in his own handwriting
In sun another place was the manuscript
Of MY Country, 'Tis of Thee" sent TO
Mr.. Carnegie by Dr. Smith the author
Scattered about the room were the manu-
script addresses of seven cities in the ola
and New World that had ctenuerea fbeir
freedom to the millionaire
Mr. Carnegie struck a Chinese gong 1000
years old, and its reverberations kept go
ing long after he had coaseI to cal n
4 am very fond of music and musical
things said the founder of Carne0ie
Music hall. and this is one of NV curi-
osities, which antedates the Christian err
You have got to warm it up gradually. and
the eHect Is simply wonderful when you
get it well under way.
Here are some praying bells from
Japan They are kind of steel tube with
musical resonance, and were used the
other day by Mr. Damrosch with splendid
effect in a selection from Parsifal'
by the way, Mr.. Damrosch met with
wonderful success in his Wagnerian pro-
| auctions. 1t is not only a sure indication
of his talent, but also of his genius. Wac
ner is to music what Shakespeare is to the
drama"
The books in the library were a revela-
! A. iii
! ton, although Mr.. Carnegie possesses one
of the finest public libraries to be found
in the United States. Many of them arc
presents from the authors with their au-
tographs An edition de luxe OF Herbert
/ Spencer's works had just been received bv
Mr.. Carnegie from the great English phil
osopher and the iron king had written
these words in the margin Of the first
book:
THAT the man to whom I owe intellec-
tual rest upon the problem of human life
should in his grand old age, think 10 have
all his imperishable works finely bound
and sent to me with an inscription IN his
own hand is to me one of the greatest hon
ors that l have ever had conferred upon
me-"
The Authors Club had sent Mr.. Carnegie
a beautiful set of books, inclosed in a
handsome leather case, containing two
hundred and fifty manuscripts from the
pens Of leading authors who are members
of the club. The technical name of the
set is "Liber Scriptorum.'
The home of the Standard oil king in
this city is in West Fifty-fourth street
The Rockefeller family consists of the oil
king and his wife and four children They
are all thorough musicians The children
have an orchestra of their own, and re-
citals are given two and three times a
week. Both Of Mr.. Rockefellers daueh-
tiers are fine violiEistes and their work will
compare very favorably with that of some
Of the professionals among the fair sex
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