Evening journal., 1899-11-06
cARNEeIE's HOUSES.
His First One and. His Great New
York Palace.


York Palace.
The house in which Andrew Carnegie !
was born was itself a very humble |
structure. His father was a fairly we'll
to-do master weaver in the historic lit
tie town of Dunfermline, Scotland, and
lived in a plain little house one and a
half stories high, rude and lowly. The
unadorned windows were small, and re-
sembled the openings in an old-fashion-
ed fort. In such a place Andy" as the
family always called him, lived as a
boy until his father was deprived Of the
profit of his labor by the advance of
progress and the invention of new ma
chinery for weaving. At such a time,
when Andrew Carnegie was only ten
years old, the family decided to come
to America.
Since leaving their first home in
Pennsylvania, the one that was mort
gagged to raise money enough to give
the steel king his start in life, the Car
negies have lived in houses of varying
degree, always the best they could do
under the circumstances. Andrew Car
negie, like all true, proud-hearted
\ Scots, has always been a great home
lover, and has made his houses as COM
Portable and cozy as it was possible for
him to do.
In later years, since he has been a
rich man, he has had fine estates His
sister owns a beautiful and princely es-
{ tate, Dungeness, on Cumberland Island,
! off the Georgia coast, with many
!, sweeping acres covered with verdant
lawns and the dense foliage of tropical
shrubbery. She has recently petitioned
the State for a complete title to the
, property in order to clear away any
claims that may hereafter arise con-
! cerning the conveyance of this historic
spot This is a mere formal step to have
, the records clear, for the property is al
> ready hers. and she has been residing
, there many years.
The interior of the Carnegie residence
at 5 West Fifty-first Street, New York,
= where Andrew Carnegie lives when he
is ''at home" is a study. In his private
office, or library. or. as he puts it, his
workshop" there are rare pieces of
art, paintings of Scottish landscapes,
n American scenery, photographs Of iron
4 mills. factories and shops, newspaper
:. cartoons, books of fiction history,
:. science, all mixed in wondrous though
v pleasing confusion. One finds a mas
q terpiece OF art and close beside it some
s laughable cartoon rudely snatched from
o a newspaper, illustrating some passing
o political turn in American history
there is no closer student of American
politics in this country than Mr.. Carne-
gle, and the cartoon artist never fails
to interest him. Whenever he finds a
IT cartoon with a clever point to it he is
I, apt to tear it out and hang it on the
v wall, and studies it and laughs at It.
l. oftentimes for a good long time
" Frescoed in artistic lettering across
l. the sides of the walls in Mr.. Carnegie's
Ir workshop" are texts, or notices
NJ which have been the keynotes in his
Ie life On one side, and set out more
! conspicuously than the rest, is the fol-
= lowing:
D. ...... .....-...... ............ ......'
y This above all: To thine own self
IN be true.
Y And it must follow, as the night
a. the day,
"a Thou canst not then be false to any
~ man"
I'D ..,... ........ ...,...... ...... go
q Opposite this is another text which il
1T lustrates most fittingly the thrift, in
IN dustry, and indomitable perseverance
az of the diminutive giant of the business
n world. 1t is this:
III 80. ...,...s...... ...... ............
a.
ic "The present moment is our ain,
nd The next we never see."
he .........,..s .......... .......... -.
o. Such are Mr.. Carnegies conception
st of the meaning of the word home, an
tn in such spirit he seems to make tn
an environments about him a part of him
Y self.
y Jenkintown's Tramp Dentist.
- After an absence of over fifteen year