The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17

got ready to go on with the building to
send him word and he would send them
a check, The check is ready any time
that it can be used.
Just before DR.. Schiffmann went
away he had made enquiries as to what
means he should pursue for the en-
dowment of bed in at least one of the
hospitals for sick working girls-in
whom he is interested through his own
employees. He had decided that he
would endow a bed and had written
proposition to one of the hospitals,
which he proposed to submit when he
arrived ait home, and found that he
had been selected as a candidate for
Office. The assurance that il would be
charged against him, that he had made
the endowment to court public favor,
led the doctor to put off the matter
until after the campaign.
His Private Benefactioms.
Friends of DR.. Schiffmann, who Is
identified with philanthropic work quite
privately, says that the doctors private
benefactions cost him in the year not
less than $4,000 that he knows of. How
much he gives away Is known
only to himself, and the beneficiary is
not easily computed or even guessed,
but it is considerable.
The most enthusiastic supporter that
DR.. Schiffmann has in ST. Paul is Miss
Ella Wood, fair-haired and bright
young woman, who has been in the en-
ploy Of the doctor in his labortory for
ten years, and who for nine years has
been the forewoman of the establish
ment.
She thinks, and she has no hesitation
in telling what she thinks to anybody
who will listen, that there is no one in
the world like DR.. Schiffmann. If the
Doctors anxiety over the outcome of
this election In hi
degree equal to Miss Woods, he would
not survive it.
She has a perfectly sublime faith in
the desired result for she cannot ina
CINE that there can be any appreciable
proportion of the people of ST. Paul who
would not vote for the doctor for any
office on earth. She said yesterday:
How He Treats His Employees.
There Is no man like the doctor for
an employer in this town. Why, I've
been here for ten years and have never
had a cross word from him nor saw
him out of humor. Why, there Is moth
ing that any of us would not do for
him, and if the people knew him as
we'll as we do, there would be no need
for speech-making and all that
And his goodness does not consist
altogether in being pleasant Every
year since I've been here, I've received
Christmas present Not a trifle for
9 souvenir, but something substantial.
Every girl here gets a present every
Christmas. The girls don't change
much and they all get a Christmas
present in accord with their length of
service.
Last year I got one hundred dollar
bill and the same the year before Last
Christmas my sister, who has not been
mere SO long as l have, got $50, and all
the girls get the same in proportion to
the length of time they have been here
and the wages they get.
m sure l do hope that the doctor
Will be elected If he wants to be. and
II we girls could vote we'd soon set
Is n Domestic Man.
DR.. Schiffmann lives on Summit ave.
nue-a crime that he is not at all re-
pentant for. He has a very pleasant
home that Is filed with souvenirs of his
travels and flowers. There are flowers
everywhere. The house is full of them
and the grounds are filled with houses
in which there are thousands of plants
of every description. If the doctor has
hobby 1T is orchids and he has some
of the most rare In the country
He Is essentially domestic man and
is very happy in his family. DR.. and
Mrs. Schiffmann have plenty of nice
friends and keep a hospitable house.
OF his personality there is little to be
said, for his figure is tolerably well
known throughout the CITY, He is not
given to silk stockings and wears no
frills. His slightly bent form and amia-
BILE smile are no more a part of the
man than the old-fashioned black bow,
OF the style that he has worn for
years.
While he is not overmuch given to
the display of religion, he is a pew
holder in the Church of st. John the
Evangelist, where he attends service
frequently.
Altogether DR.. Schiffmann is an able.
road-minded, whole souled man of lib
erai IDEAS that are practiced In his
daily life. and he has lived so well that
whether he attains to civic honors or
not 1t will be said of him that the
world Is the better for his having lived
in 1t.
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