The evening world., 1901-11-29
DEATH OF GEORGE PULLMAN
A WARMING TORCH FATHERS
Riotous Career of the
Twins Was a Tragic
Disappoint m Mt to
the Doting Million
aire Palace.Car Mag
nate-An Old Man at
Thirty, the Sons End
Is No Surprise.

There was little surprise in New York
at the announcement OF George NJ. pull
mans death In San Mateo. Cal. ycster-
day. Tho young man was iottcring on
tho verge OF the grave when no left
this city last summer. Although not
yet thirty. no had the parchment tncc
and the halting gait OF an old man.
Pneumonia seized him and destroyed
his weakened vitality al heat :nel,s the
snow.
In the death Of this young.ol old man
the weaker OF the famous Pullman
twins both In mind and body-there ap-
pears to be n lesson to young men OF
wealth and to indulgen, millionaire
fathers alike.
The career OF George ". Pullman was
q pi,.ful failure. Tho question is wheth-
er or not much OF the fault rested with
the loving father and the dotlng mother.
In the history OF American industry
there Is no moro sturdy nsurc than that
OF tho elder George N. Pullman. When
death came to him four years ago he
was nm old man. hut vigorous. full OF
honors and with n lie record that was
clean.
That such a father should have been
in any measure responsible for two
sudh boys as the Pullman twins is n
thousht.compelllng commentary upon
our strenuous life.
Soon Made His Mark.
Tho elder Pullman was born in this
STATE. io was a country boy. but farm
llfo was not for him Early In life he
went TO Chicago. then a swaddlinS but
lusty infant among American cities. BY
untir!ng industry and the exercise OF
powerful business intellect no made his
mark within short time.
II was he who nrst conquered the
swanrpy soil OF Chicago in the interest
of tall buildings. In those days n build
.ns seven stories high was considered a
monster.
Experienced men said that tho boSgy
foundation Of tho city would not stand
such a weight. Mr.. Pullman showed
hat II would. and thus laid tho founda-
tion for his millions.
His beginning as a sleepins-car mag
nate was characteristic. He manufac-
tured ono sleep!nS.car and after tireless
persuasion got tho permission OF q rail-
road to try It.
He stood in the railway station In
Chicago and personally solicited the
patronage OF passengers. II they were
not suited. no said. he would give them
their - back. These methods gained
attention. travellers found tho sleep
cars boon and George II. Pullman
built moro OF them.
Great factories arose in South Chi
cago. and In these sleeping cars. palace
cars, all sorts OF cars were turned out.
Built Town for workmen.
George ~. Pullman built town for
his employees. He founded technical
school ana gava largely to charity. In
single mistake. when It is looked upon
from 4 material standpoint.
But this unerring business sense de-
serted him when no assumed the re-
sponsibility Of rearing bis twin boys.
His whole lie was wrapped UP In
them. He determined that he would
mould them to his own mind and make
them worthy Successors to his honorcd
name and his tremendous fortune.
They wcre not cent to school in their
early youth. The society OF ordinary
boys was not good enough for them.
Tho sturdy father. who had grown up
barefoot and with rudlmcn;nry cdu-
cation. hired a tutor for his twin boys.
They were kept secluded and their every
wish was Yrntifed.
As a natural result. the twins became
tho tcrrors OF the ncighbcrhood. They
did as they pleased. Their pin money
was out Of all proportion TO their needs.
While still In knickcrboccrs they were
promoters OF buli-doG fights.
The hothouse atmosphere in which the
boys lived forced their bad Instincts.
Al an age when the average youth is
beginning to note with mixed alarm
and qualification that his voice Is get
ting coarse the Pullman twins were rid