The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-01-11
ARMOUR 5 TRAITS
He Liked to See His Boys" Get Around
Early.
CRITICISED HIS employees DRESS.
Tricks Played On the "OId Man"
-..HOw "Faithful" Dave
Got New Suit.
(East Liverpool Crisis.)

In the death of Philip ID. Armour the
world sees the passing of the greatest
business man 1t has yet known. He
was a glutton for work. That was the
whole secret of his success. The
money making was subordinate to his
desire to ride rough shod over great
masses of work, and no employe he
ever had could equal him In accom-
plished labor day after day. When
his office was on Washington street in
Chicago, the writer was with the b. & ..
r. r. and daily passed the Armour &
Co. office at 7:15 a. IA. Almost invari-
ably glance showed Mr.. Armour at
his desk at that time. already well into
the details of the coming days work.
He liked to see his boys" as he called
them get around early, although he did
not require them to be on duty until
8 o'clock. This was well known to the
force and led to the old man" being
nicely worked" by one of his boys"
The young man In question was rather
a warm member and occasionally spun
off lively heat of the pace that kills.
On this occasion he had been down the
line. contributing freely to several
roulette and faro layouts and Incl
dentally erecting a very ornate jag.
About o'clock a. IN. he pulled him
self together, took an inventory of his
assets and finding enough in the treas
ury, swung around to the Palmer house
for Turkish bath. About 6 O'Clock he
was turned out of the rejuvenating in
stitution looking like a new dollar At
a loss for some place to so and his
stomach not yearning for breakfast
particularly he naturally gravitated
down towards the office. He found the
janitor just leaving so he went in and
opening up his desk began mechani-
cally sorting over some papers. Some
time had elapsed when the door opened
and the brisk step of the "old man" was
heard. CHANGING down the line of desks
he saw Dave -. Hello. there,
Dave" from the head of the firm, what
are you doing here so soon?" The young
man nearly fell down here. but nnall,
got his wits going and told Mr.. Ar
mour he was behind little in his work
and came early to get the surplus out of
the way. Mr.. Armour said nothing
but when Dave returned from lunch
at noon on his desk lay a note ad
dressed to him in Mr.. Armours own
hand His first thought was tha
some one had put the odd man" next
to his last nights gait and the note was
his dismissal. Plucking up a desperate
courage he opened the note and read:
MY dear boy am pleased to see you
take so much interest in my business
Go up to Halla's and order a nice suit
and tell him to sent the bill to me.
p, ID, -" That was all. The gracelpss
scamp did go to Halla's and order s6O
suit, but unfortunately he confided in
a friend" who remarked the sudden
burst of style Dave was indulsinS in
the details of the affair. and 50 sooj
a joke on ''the senior" could never be
kept. The result was, II finally reached
Mr.. Armour who dismissed it with
broad smile. Dave" soon knew Mr.. Ar
mour had learned the whole story, and
1t resulted in his reform. and his
bright talents were fully recognized by
the firm in later years.
Mr.. Armours pet trick" was to get
one of his boys before him and
sharply criticise any lapse from neat
ness in attire his keen eyes caught,
After the luckless one had been on the
rack long enough, he would suddenly
receive an imperative Now you just
go down and get a new chat. suit or
overcoaD one and send the bill in TO me
for my o. X" Gold watches were an
other of his fads and many of his EN-
ployes now carry handsome time pieces,
marks of the "old mans" kindly