The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

and liked him. would fetch him in an
apple or a banana. or some ripe led cher
ries. or anything fresh from a fruit stand.
l wouldn't let him pay me my full salary,
but would leave as much as / could afford
In his hands, and tell him that / wanted
him to hold it for me-. He would Lave my
economy, his abstemiousness, his frankness,
his cheerful disposition. In some way would
find his soft spot. I'd have pink for his
William H. Vanderbilt's soft spot was
horses. A reporter who could talk horse
cleverly could interview him at any time
Dut woe to fakirs and imitators! The
tribune had man who enjoyed the entree
OF, the Fifth-avenue palace of this rugged
Croesus simply because on upper Seventh
avenue one afternoon he allowed himself
TO be soundly beaten by Vanderbilt in a
short brush. and in laughing over the mat
ter at Judge Smiths exhibited thorough
Collies and yachts constitute J. Pierpont
Morgan's soft spot. good judge of dogs
son river home and will be royalty enter
tanned. 1t is not so easy to get at him on
his yacht That requires a special invita-
ton. do not know that any reporter en-
joys the freedom of Mr.. Morgans office.
Every one knows Mr.. Cookers soft spot
He Will sit up all night for chat on rae
ing. one night he caught me standing in
doorway near Madison square, and in the
seml-darknesS crowded himself in a corner
and began talking about Dobbinss, fremont
Domino. Henry of Navarro, Longstreet,
Kingston and the rest of the kings. For
nearly an hour he ratified on, enthusiastic
as a child, then his mouth closed tightly
and a frown settled on his forehead. Jimmy
Martin had espied him and come to shake
hands. Then John Scannell arrived, fol-
lowed by several other politicians. mas
much as he could not ask them to go away,
he said good night to me and strolled stol-
ldly down the street with his hands deep in
pockets-a sure sign of annoyance.
Fishing and fish stories are the soft spot
in ex-President Cleveland. He loves Joseph
Jefferson better than he does any other man
ut nnyf hon
came Gresham. He has caught tons of fish
from the deck of the Oneida and Gresham
Kept him alive and happy with good stories
and a toddy. He did love Glider, but there
was an unpleaSantneSS
Theodore Havemeyers soft spot was golf.
He took to the game with such zeal that he
nearly forgot the plans of a new building
to be erected on the profits of a sugar deal.
He was the first president of the United
States Golf Association.
John d. RockefelIer's soft spots are many.
but the softest of all is orchids. He will talk
flowers till crack of doom, but with all his
gifts to Baptist churches and universities
he does not like to mention philanthropy,
because his secretary receives ten thousand
begging letters month and the subject has
become a bore. He does not mind a little
wheel chat once in a while
Gen. Benjamin +. Tracy's soft spot is trot-
tiers. He is an expert on pedgrees and has
splendid breeding farm He will talk pedi-
gree week at a time, and even go to the
country to show weanling, if it costs him
a lawsuit. He also has a penchant for spec
ket for snug profits.
George Goulds soft spot IS work. Eddie's
is matches. Towards is Katherine Glenn
mons; Franks is ST Demands
Jack AStor's soft spot is brains. William
Waldorfs is royalty
Our honorable mayors soft spot is Little
Robbie Van Wyck ex-chief justice of the
City Court, beefsteak devourer and general
cuss-em-out Of the present municipal gov
eminent.
General Miles's soft spot is the fact that
he is ranking major general of the great
United States army, and is not graduate
of West Point.
Joe Choate's soft spot is Russell Sage.
Horace RusselPs is the Hilton boys. Rob-
ert Bonner's is the articulation of the
points of the horses foot and the balanc-
ing of the hoof John Wanamaker's is pol
itics and Quay. D. o. Mills's is 13 per cent
per annum on the Bieecker-street invest
ment. DIR. George Rainsforth's is grizzly
bear hunting on the Rockies. Matt Quay's
is fishing for tarpon at st. Lucie. Dr.
Parkhurst's is scaling snowcad mountain
peaks he must get where purity lies
Charles A. Dana's was animal and fish sto-
ries. Larry Godxin's is the doughty don.
William M. Laffan's is Larry Godkin.