The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-16
HusTLINo ron HIMSELF.
Young Coleman. College Graduate,
Accepted His Fathers Challenge.


From the New York World
New Orleans La. Dec This is ths
story o. a New York mlilionalrc's son
who is a bellboy lie has not oeen Dis
owned. Neither has he been dislnheritel
In fact. the young mans father IS i'm
mensely proud o. him. He has accap.el
his fathers challenge to hustle for himself
for three years in order 20 learn the value
OF the money which ir coming 10 him
My son" said Walter n. Coleman. Oh
the day that Roher; Lord Coleman was
graduated from Cornell University in iA>
II want you 20 set out into che world AM
hustle Tor yourself for taree years.
want 20 see what sou can do ] wan. t1
know what kind OF stun You are made
OF "
That explains IN paragraph WAY mo
handsome young college graduate is work
ing as "a hellboy IN the Turkish baths
connected with the ST. Charles Hotel he-l.
Mr.. Coleman. ST. Is millionaire corpoEl-
tion lawyer. OF No. q William street New
YORK. lie lives Ia Berkeley place Brook
lyn. Mr. Coleman will spend the winter
here az the ST. Charles just as be al
last season.
Father thought I wouldn't stand o.
remarked the young man modcstiy ,o-ily.
but I've done % for two and alf
years now ana guess I'm going o. sti'S
Il out. The experience has been tough.
but great. When the three years ore uo
III know the value OF money al right
I've paid my way with the money I've
earned for myself IL was pretty close
sometimes, but ! always succeeded.
Young Coleman looks The college Frad-
uate that he 49, He IS tall. handsome %
frank open features and athletlc build
tie dresses quietly but carefully. He VIII
he q years Cd tomorrow Of himself
he said continuing:
The first place I worked was .n the
treasurer's Office of the South Carolina
and Georgia Railroad. ] happened %
know Charles Parsons. the presidcr' 90
the company, who Is also pres dent ~
the Rome, Watertown and OgdcHshurs
Railway. which Is a branch OF the Nrw
York Ceutral Railroad The Parsons
owned the street car lines or Saylraal
Ca. until they sold out % the southern
Next I tried a brokers office on Wan
street for year. but that failed in ihe
panic Of last spring Il went up. and
was again without the resources fof
board bills
Bath? Yes s.r-what kind"
Turkish" said the man who bluck'd
the window
Room ~ sang cut the heir 70 a mil
Hon. tapping a bell.
Room - " came back from colosen
porter
'Then ! got on the Eighth Avenue line
or electric cars as a conductor De- con-
tnucd, putting away an envelope OF
vaiuables for Turkish No. p rnns
was a pretty tough life but ! wor'i'l
away az g. ] was there during Ju",
July. August anI September. fath'i
thought sure ! would weaken on ih''
deal, but ! didn't
we had to work fifteen hours %
stretch. with nothing to eat DO the h-
term. ! went on the run az 3 p m
worked an night and got on OF o.
next morning
Then / was In a Brooklyn iron foln-
dry for one month";" he went on o'
that came near killing me. lost sh
teen pounds In thirty days ana guy.
First, I loaded iron on trucks and l.,7.
] got IN che pattern room. But the hl7
sand dust and the fumes from the mt'
lng-room were dcadeninG
How did / come to come heref We.
] was Just about TO tell you or i"'
or course fathers being here last yea.
hid something 10 do with .. wen
down 20 the Waldorf Astoria last sp'le
when Mr.. Woods was booked TOT '
Grand Union al Saratoga. AMI tf.e'
set ~ for that place but there w's
opening Later on J took u up ~
81 Charles Hotel down here.
him ] would come on as Oehh"F.
detailed. by letter. the life. etc. OF N'
bellboy ond advised me not 10 do
Bath. sire Yes. both pain an1
ssh. all right. sir; Turkish. room t.
"Oh. yes. Manager Wood advised
not TO come. but I wrote asking ro'nt.
~ II he would give me Job az
10y IN the ST. Charles -.
lie replied, YES I left on the hI'
train. Here I am"