The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-13
SL-EDGE-HAMWER. GENIUS
FROM PATERNOSTER ROW

Gay prophet. His home is in the Strand,
where he has still another secondhand
book warehouse. He is undoubtedly cor
rect in claiming that in his special line
of back-number magazines he does tho
largest business in the world In his Gel
lars ct Patarroster Row he has three
hundred and twenty tons of this kind Of
literature. These store-rooms stretch
from the Row clear back into st. Pau. s
church-yard, and excepting for the laby-
rinths. which are hardly wide enough for
q man to pass through, they are packed
with "bac1numbers' like sardines in a
box But the man himself is not Il back
number. In trade he is equal to the
s.nartest. From one Boston firm alone
he showed me an order for five hundred
volumes. AS to his family life, one could
not help making inquiries about that af-
ter reading some of his conspicuousl.--
displayed posters This for instance:
Tell your partners all the good things
you think of them While they are alive
and can hear When they are dead they
are deaf. and it can do no good" Anotil-
er of the same kind was: Real self-de-
Mai makes counting couples happy, and
you might have another summer of hap
riness now won ave marred-if you de-
MED yourself for it,
a MODEL HUSBAND.
One who thus in front of his business
place breaches to others ought by right
to be above reproach in his own family
life. and by the testimony OF acquaint-
ances as well as his own. this gentleman
is. You're married man." he remark
cd. as we talked matters over. and /
did not wish TO Genr it. feeling rather
Iattered that ny tidH-. sensible appear
ance had led a stranger to so correct
judgment. Well he said, there's
someth hing l do that I'll bet a sovereign
YOU don't. ] keep a common purse. My
wife never asks me for money: she just
goes and helps herself ont of the common
pile to all she needs. Here was a model
husband. in truth felt. "And I've two
daughters he continued. both of whom,
are members of the Academy of Music
and one of whom is the leading violins;
AT DR.. Parker's City Temple: they also
help themselves out of the common purse.
and are never restricted or called to ac-
count. And here's this lad he said
further-"celne here. sonny. He's fifteen:
we adopted him when he was a baby.
Now. sonny go and look around for Gus
toners outside. When that boy SAYS he's
out of money, what do 7 Go? 7 put my
hand in nv pocket. like this"-suiting lie
action to the word-.draw out a handful.
like this"-It was a big handful" and
after taking out the gold pieces and
naH-c"oWnS turn over 20 him what's AcIt
without stopping to count it."
ADDRESSES LARGE AUDIENCES.
This man Of large business affairs and
such Very advanced notions on family
life walks to Peckham Rye and back
every Sun6av-four or five miles each
way-to address what he holds to be the
largest audience of. men that gather any
where in London. AS an outdoor ora
tor, he is one Of the best of a very large
class. Speech is very free in England.
especially II the parks and commons
and the speech Of this genius of Pater-
noster Row, one can readily believe, is
particularly free and of decidedly spicy
favor. Why doesn't he ride to his sun
Gay duties? One doesn't need to ask him
that: the placards on the outside OF his
shop window are sufficiently conclusive
upon that point. One says: 1T is as hon
est to tf1ieve money as to rob fellow
man of his days rest lnother was
very conspicuous. and it reflected little
upon his neighhors: Editors down this
row and their masters are humbugs.
They preach against the desecration or
Sunday and ride themselves = But this
rebuke Of the shortcomings, of other
poor mortals-no one eve- catches him
riding on Sunday. STILL he works hard
enough on that day. as all the park ora
tiers do. His speeches occupy: every Sun