New-York tribune., 1901-01-31
CARNEGIE'S PLEASURES.
HE TALKS OF ADJUSTMENTS TO A FIFTH
AVE. BIBLE CLASS-APPRONES
CARDS AND BILLIARDS.

The first reunion of the honorary members of the
Young Mems Bible Glass of the Fifth Avenue Bap-
list Church. of which John d Rockefeller, ir., Is
the leader held last evening in the parlors of
the churca at No. West FOrty-sixth-st Cards OF
invitation TO the reunion announced that Andrew
Carnegie. John d. Rockefeller, j. NJ. FOrbish Gen
eral o. o. Howard Colgate HOyt, DIR. W. W. Keen
and Charles Miller were among the honorary MEN,
bers who were expected to be present 1t has been
the custom of the class eIset an honorary
member any person who responded to an invitation
to make address to the class
At the hour set for the reunion last evening the
church parlors filled to everhowing, and j, NJ.
Troxeu who presided. said that he could not guess
what might have happened II the weather had
been more proptious for the gathering. He intro
duced J. NJ. Forbish the first speaker. Mr..
Forbish. who now lives In Boston was the organ
the Bible class of the Fifth Avenue Baptist
Church some years ago when he lived In this city,
and told evening of the growth OF the class
from three members at its first meeting until the
church parlors too small to hold the class.
Colgate Hoyt. a banker. OF No. 36 wall-st, was
the next speaker. His subject was How To Get
On In the World" He said: There are Ave things
I'm the term capital that necessary. and l
put money the in the list. The first and most
important is character" Mr.. HOyt emphasized the
Importance of character. His second In the list OF
capital was health his third associations, his
fourth was credit. he said that 90 cent of the
business of the country done credit He
told of a young to whom he gave the infor-
nation that Federal Steel would declare div-
dend of per cent On the strength OF this in
formation the young man bought many shares.
The dividend declared, but the stock that
quoted Sc before the dividend was declared went
~ after 1t declared Then Mr. Hoyt took
up Money and told how il could be used TO good
advantage.
Andrew Carnegie talked on "Amusements and
Friendships of Young Men" He said:
amusements for young men. In the line of amuse-
nents H there Is nothing comparable 70 games Of
too, the games OF chance have AN element OF sur
mind. do not believe in games of skill, because
they involve contest and rivalry. There a num-
some chance as we'll as skiii in that game ;S sene m
nights ! beat my sster-in-law, and other nights
she beats me-and' You know how it Is to be beaten
by 4 woman.
Mr.. Carnegie became very enthusiastic over cards
and suddenly he halted and said with emphasis:
There is nothing more demoraliz;ng than to wager
to get for nothing It is demoraiiSns
and spoils the amusement. Gambling is immoral,
demoralizing beHttling and dangerous.
Mr. Carnegie went on to discuss the theatre. He
said that he loved the drama, and particularly the
plays Of Shakespeare He told how when he was
boy in Ftttsburg the messenger boys when a
play there saw it by taking messages into
the theatre. How those messages did increase
when the play was Anything 10 see the show
In discussing the character OF the theatre Mr.
Carnegie said:
There are plays and plays There are plays ele-
Vatlng and ennobllng, such those of Shakespeare
ana there are plays demOrazinE and harmful In
the extreme. These are founded some novel
having for their subjects women with a mast and
other degrading characters. These We should shun
Mr. Carnegie paid tribute to the growth Of the
concerts of high order, and said: Il would advise
young men to attend concerts by masters Even IL
they did not for the music at first they
would learn to admire and like II after awhile
Mr.. Carnegie then discussed at length the zeces-
sty of physical exercise with amusements In
speaking Of sports he sad
| am opposed to football I am In favor of no
game that allows men to struggle and combat each
other TO the extent OF physical Injury. should not
IKE TO see football game as ii is now played.
Mr. Carnegie told OF his having congratulated the
president of Harvard College for being beaten at
football and having beaten all comers in the con-
test or brains. He then paid tribute to the game
OF golf, Il would advise every young TO learn
this game. The beauty about golf is that you don't
have to play 1t IL you don't to- Mr.. Carnegie
said that the happiest homes those where
games were played.
Then Mr.. Carnegie took up the subject of friend
ship He said that was known by the COM
pany he kept. He advised young man to make
a friend of a man who would say things that he
would not say in the presence of his mother
sister. He gave advice TO the standard by which
young men should choose friends. and sad
II is said that women are not good at making