The sun., 1900-12-30
ON VIVA, lines has the greatest progress been

ON wnas lines has the greatest progress been
made during the last Year, 10000
Well replied Mr. Armour SNve wye d BEEN eIi Iro
Rressinn in several directions for one
thing. speaking for myself, ] can assure
iNn i6%n ,nas ever Se before % Have You any ministers
out in the part OF town where you llvey iIey
would preach better sermons u h ,sry hn'!"''0
Only those closest Ia Mr.. Armour during
the last twenty years know to the iuil eA,sn, Yen,
the Thousands OF appeals for assistance that
have come TO him in every conceivable form, %
No appeal that was not fraud on W. ne ~
has ever been. ignored by him without thou IN, IN,
vestiratlon. lie once said that he olu n"i
like the idea Of refusing any modest appear
without Investigation. as It might be IRON
some person unioriunate but mo- Wu'thHf ~.
world. he added 1T is among the possi-
biities that my own son might see the ,,i,e mn,
that had once been turned down by me.
Stranger things have happened. For this
reason, believe IN relieving human misery
il is s. well e not TO ;Grn a deaf ear to any de-
serving case Of charity ,.,.i,,,,,,, min
is,er' apparentiy oi the Chadband type.
called on him and applied Tor heLp i1r nS pSp2Ip Ip
woman in h. Rar,, whGm e.. he mao most ioGr1 rTns ~
hour Of childbpth He was supplied WIN
sum ample for Immediate needs and requested
to see that the %3r ere Irs2,Hre r"rSa rnossb deay
Mr. Arnour's ability tn shunt hs thoughts
quickly is, one, Of his traits inns mater
prise when Chadband returned the next DAY
and said: ,,, ,o,r ,or.v back MIR
What does that mean"
My dear brother" said thadband, j
Yesterday my information a. TO th- case
for Christian charity had been received uihN
hy hearsay have since 'iiNre,kaled M @ per, per-
sonallv and discovered that tine poor woman
IN childbirth Is unmarried and liNiug ia san.
She has not sought salvation mat II 1rr'S
offered without money and without price.
| could not therefore, COnsCicntInu>lE give
her the money. To satisfy my consclehce
must therefore return u , a.au-.d
MIR ATmour's indignation ves arousd
He dismissed Chndband curtly Then he
sent a special messenger TO re- licv" the un-
fortunate woman and MAKE f hfT nmn@(lI|
Above all. h" sad. IN recalling iliH case
"a minister Of the gospel Of Christ -hopld
have been the first to show mercy t9 this
fallen one and ii she was IA sin ana ~. slouHh
Of despond lie should have been lrt tISt
10 reach forth hand 70 lti her out ana start
on one Of His Journeys through france
Mr. Armour found entertainment ~ manu-
taCrpf i%w NaraG Th"GT II gii II%ra war emSoysd
in making lace curtains. Saun'orng through
the workshops he observed that many oi the
Seemed 70 he overworked pinched and worn
in appearance. Many apIeored 20 be oli
and Nithered before their time He ,hourlt
u
people so forlurn and hungry looking; ~
was sight that weighed heavily on hin.
fefore au,ting the factory ne Gai.sd o al ,e M
urosted the privilege ~ leaving a sum pI
money to be distributed among these rIrlsl
his sympathcs ill. request being readily
yrarted, he handed over a handsome sum
and before departing enjoyed the ble4asain, 4sind
II sht of its distribution, all the glrl> being
lined up TO receive the gilt.
He used 10 be- at bis dr-k IN his Chicago
{ EARLIER Chan kaH l"ms of his clerk. arrived lie
had his breakfast before 4. aud hi CUSTOMARY
retiring hour was s. III the evening htse
old rules no longer hold good But m th"s"
early rising times a conicql thing nee hal,-
pened One morning he discovered clerk
=" Good Co morning, SAID Mr Armour. Rather
early for you you, isn't IT.
IT is," said III" clerk with flush or EN-
morning, hut you see I'm litfl" behind with
my l"dscr- and want to catch UP
vouns man man faithful @ and ambitious; one that
isn't afraid of working minute over hours
You may 90 and order new suit ~ CLOTHES
and tell your tailor 10 send the hill to M"
The clerk almost fell OFF h> stool WITH
astouishmen' The truth was that he had
spent the night painting the town town ana ~ion n
consciousness of gullt was Guhklns ~ Tear
OF discharge II" ordered $40 suit, and when
N. till cam" N wa- l"otured hv MT Armour
Tor his eNtrHvagarCe Mr. Armour pointed
out in a ia,hcrIy way the danger 81 living
bcyou' ones means
a, ,uyis,mas time it has always been one
OF Nj ..mour's little plcasantrics to Law III
n stock of gold coins and walk into his offices
with a cheerful greeting and toss the coins
around quite proini~Cuously alnorg his 200
clerks He has never held Il public ofiCe
Political prelcrmrr' has rot cCirlofltd WIN
the bent ot hi- mind or ambition. At ~"
earnest solicitation Of IL" late Alexander
Mitchell oi NilwUuk'" he became on" OF rho
directors OF the 81 Paul Railway, an eNcrep-
tion 20 his custom in such matters. h"
Armour Industries have on the average gwen
emplCvmcnt to about fifteen thorsand men.
besides many boys and young women.