The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-12
HOoLEY'S PUSHING WAYS.
METHODS AND MANNERS OF THE
BANKRUPT F~JNANCIER.

ne was Always VVIlInE to Talk Absut Hive
seir and to Give Interviews TO London Re-
poriers-secrst for tiettinE on In tho world.
Ernest Terah Hooley, who has just become
bankrupt in London after n series OF operations
that involved millions OF dollars, had one char.
acteristic that Is considered typical OF many men
who have acquired such Importance through
their own efforts. He was always ready TO talk
OF his own experiences as we'll ms his personal
habits and incllnations. lie has always been
ready to supply the London newspapers with
all the details Of this kind that they cared for.
He rarely failed to toll any reporter who in.
terviewed him on such matters that he went to
bed at 10 o'clock every night and got to his
Office by g o'clock in the morning. He was
fond Of repeating this. even when what might
DO called the yacht and racchorse phase If
his career began, and this made the habit a lit
tie bit moro difficult to understand.
Il begin work with my three secretaries
every morning" Mr.. Hooiey used to say, "at
r o'clock sharp. ] find there is something In
always being ahead Of everybody else, oven In
such u matter. Ten o'clock Is late enough for
any man to 20 to bed II he wants to wake up in
tho morning feeling fresh and eager for busi'
ness. l used to work sixteen hours a day,
smoking and drinking at the SAM time. That
was impossible. 1t was too much for me. So
1 decided to get to bod by 10, and l have sue.
ceeded in doing 1t for years"
Mr.. Hoolcy told many harmless fctions Of
this kind about his personal habits, ss he was
30 frequently talking for the newspapers that
1t was somewhat difficult to have Information
at all times without some exercise Of the imag-
nation. When he talked Of what he had &C
complishcd in business and his method of do
ing that, Mr.. Hooley was always more inter
esting. One man heard this secret Of his sue:
cess, which Mr.. Hooley told for the benefit Of
the Englishmen who were looking up, to him as
the most successful hnancier Of their day:
II y yag In b ! ave YEA ALWAYS wa tSs s9 ISSd In Tor no dig x thi4 aSd
1t crowded with competitors. II you go to the
top, you practically have the field to yourself.
sands, but they get frightened when you talk of
millions. The average city man OF to.dHy is an
much and doesn't do much good with what he
gets. Young men knock off work. at u, go TO
enS y wSv t6eS Sn 10 g nat 70 9ot PS on '"t SS SRG th 1Son s1h ia
more n matter Of will and elf-sacriticc than OF
luck or brains; 1t is. in a sense. q question OF
One Of Mr. ,Hooleyy's pecuiiarities, which WAS
not neglected in the Interesting information
ness for tbreepcnny pieces. lie had left orders
with tho managers of several. OF the largest
He paid only the face value OF the coin and that
prevented accumulating too great q number
nobody ever heard from him on what it was
founded. 1t had been said that n lucky turn in
In spite of the fact that Mr.. Hooley always
got TO bed at 10 o'clock, according to his own
accounts, he was known az a good liver who
could appreciate a dinner quito as well as n
man whose mind waB not occupied by such alb
sorbing affairs. He was as ready, moreover,
TO transact business at dinner as he wns In his
own office, In a cab, ut the theatre, or anywhere
else that, he happened to meet, a person who
WIS ready to do business with him. OIick.
ness was one of the qualifications that had led
to his great success. lie would decide at onc5
about q matter over which other men would
deliberate for days. He is married, and the
oatholicity of his tastes may DO understood
from the fact that buying fast yachts and fasI
horses did not prevent him from presenting
a gold service to st. Panls Ca
thedrsl, nor did it interfere with the accept
ance OF it by the cathedral. although II has tc
be given. up under the bankruptcy In VS.. o.
England because it was bought within a linn
tied time before the failure.