The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-26
Told of Prominent Men.

The New York Times prints the fol-
lowing anecdotes of prominent men:
THE dream of my boyhood days, -
observed J. Pierpont Morgan to a friend
recently, was to be farmer and have
the finest stock in the world-the dolce
far niente of the farmers life was my
fancy"
Well you have your farm and your
stock-to say nothing of stocks" re-
torted the friend.
We'll but 1 am the man of all work,
and haven't got the dolce far niente;
and can't buy it. either, big a price as
1 might be willing to pay for it.
Marshall Field, the Chicago dry goods
merchant. hurried into the BARRIERS
chair of the United Express, on which
he was a passenger. The barber, a ne
gro, was aware of the identity of his
distinguished patron. So he attended
to the shave the merchant prince de-
sired with all the skill and care at his
command. He was rewarded with a
substantial fee, and FASTENED to ac-
quaint the other employees on the train
with the fact.
THAT Mist Field is a mighty fine
genman," he announced; Just as nice
a man as you'd want to meet. I've
often been in his store in Chicago you
know, but, of course, l nevah met him
socially befo'.'
II got called down in the New Will
lard the other night" said Represen-
tative Sulzer. II absent mindedly took
a pipe out of my pocket and stuck
it in my mouth without thinking. 1
was promptly informed by ais attend
ant that I'd have to put it away"
why didn't you explain that you
We're an Englishman?" asked Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald.
II would have done So" said Sui
ger, ruefully only the man who called
me down was an Irishman."
A prominent business man was re-
Gently treated by DIR. Cyrus Edison for
a peculiar growth in his throat.
DIR. Edison seemed very much pre-
occupied at times" said the patient. 81
was much surprised when l called
upon him one day without being recog-
nized l thought it rather odd, having
paid him a small fortune in fees, that
l had to explain that / wished him to
look at my throat
Open your mouth said the doctor.
81 did so, and the doctor seized my
hand cordially. My dear Mr.. * he
exclaimed. Really, 1 didn't recognize
you at first!' -
At the recent dinner of the Pennsyl-
vania Society one of the guests, who
was seated next to Augustus Thomas,
the playwright and the President of the
Missouri Society, asked Mr.. Thomas
why the menu cards designated the
dinner as the annual festival"
That's easy" said Mr.. Thomas.
THE menu cards were gotten up by
Philadelphia man, and every Philadel-
phia man who goes to an entertainment
which lasts beyond O'Clock at night
regards it as festival"
Charles NJ. Schwab was totally I'M
conscious of the veneration which he
excited as he left the Civic Federation
Conference with Senator Hanna last
Monday.
1t was all because there was an
Archbishop in the building, and the be-
nignant expression ON the clean-shaven
face of the President of the Steel Trust
led a group of typewritists to mistake
him for the prelate as he passed
through the corridor of the building,
with his black overcoat closely but
toned concealing his secular garb.
The elevator man told the girls that
Archbishop Ireland was at the meet
ing in the rooms of the Board of
Trade and Transportation, and when
they hurried in from luncheon they
waited in the corridor to catch
glimpse of the ecclesiastic when he
left the conference.
When the ruddy-faced steel magnate
appeared arm in arm with the Ohio
senator, one of the typewritists ex-
claimed:
There he is! He looks like Father
Kelly"
And with that, five devout Catholics
reverently genuflected, and then hurri-
ed to the elevator to get back to their
work, and no one spoiled their salts
faction by telling them Of their error.
Simplicity of mind was never more
completely demonstrated than at the
dinner table of Kubelik, the Bohemian
violinist, one night last week.
The conversation turned upon the
elements that most contributed to
greatness. Since Kubelik understands
most that is spoken in English, he is
an earnest listener. Often. too, he
makes most earnest efforts to join in
conversation, without much result. His
few English words are often the more
forcible for their simplicity.
Upon this occasion he suddenly burst
forth My fadder-he de greatest
man." Everybody paused and regarded
Kubelik. HE remain at things. He
say l will-he then do. He be not
taught-he know all. He play all in
struments-so fine-so good-and-"
Kubelik glowed with enthusiasm, and
leaning forward raised his hand inn
pressively and concluded: HE grow
the vegetable as perfect as he play all
the instruments"
Kubelik's English was not complete
enough to define his idea of the ele-
ments of greatness, but there was no
doubt in the minds of the people pres
ent as to what he meant. 1t was plain.
too, that while he admired his fathers
musical genius, the chief thing to him
was to grow the vegetable"