Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-17

ents toiled until late at night in the
hopeless struggle against new methods
and new conditions.
In those years Dunfermline was far
from being an attractive place OF resi-
dence. The streets were dirty, and we
have Mr. Carnegie's word for the state
ment that the same was true of most
of the Inhabitants When wealth came
10 the former Dunfermine lad he re-
visited his native town and. desiring 10
contribute some memorial which should
be useful as well as ornamental, de-
cided on a bathing house. Dunfermline
is now proud OF its clean streets and
it's clean people, and only the old lnhab-
itants remember Its squalor Of half
century ago.
MIR. CARNEGIE'S BIRTHPLACE.
The house where Andrew Carnegie
was born was on Noodle street, back Of
the gas works. 1t was single story
structure. with an attic, surmounted by
a tiled roof Mr.. Carnegie has no recol-
lection Of this house. When he was liVe
or six years old the family moved 10
Pattiemuir, three miles from Dunferm-
line. Here the boy was sent to school
1t was a miserable excuse for school,
and the mother, realizing this fact, took
upon herself the added burden of edu-
eating Andrew and his brother Thom-
as.
Both of his parents were persons ~
more than ordinary education ana
reading. The elder Carnegie was an
aggressive partisan, a radical of the
most radical type He was an orator
of no mean ability, and young Andrew
has listened many times 10 the speeches.
of his father at town meetings or dur
ing election times. His first ambition
was to become a great orator Ike III.
father. The applause which greeted
the we'll rounded periods of the Scotch
weaver were music in the ears OF his
son and he dreamed of the day when
his eloquence should charm and thrlll
assembled thousands.
Like most men who attain TO great
things, Andrew Carnegie had re-
markable mother. His love for her
amounted TO alteration. She was his
teacher, his guide and his inspiration
He had absolute faith in her Judgment
II have never known my mother to
be wrong In anything, Mr. Carnegie
once said. $50 long as she lived ] new
er hesitated to obtain her opinion on
any question and to follow 1t absolute
~"
SO great was Mr.. Carnegie's respect
and love for his mother that he pledged
himself never to worry 50 long as MS
mother was alive. Mrs. Carnegie lived
TO a ripe old age. dying in 1856, but her
son kept his word. She lived to see him
one Of the greatest manufacturers IN
the world
EMIGRATION PROPOSED.
When the fortunes of the family be-
gan TO wane II was Mrs. Carnegie who
urged a departure for America. she
bell, we'd that The boys would have
better chance In the United states IL
was great sacriflc, but she persuaded
her HUSBAND to make the venture, Inc
sale OF the looIns did not provide Tie
necessary funds.
In this emergency an appeal was
made, ana not In vain, to an uncle, a
famous character In that part OF Scot
land This broad 'shouldered sandy
haired Scot was known far and wide
as Candy Rock and Whitenin' Gesr-
die Lauder" He wheeled a barrow
and sold rock and stick candy to chill
dren and whitening for stove cleaning
TO housewives. Candy Rock and Whit
enin' Geordie" was a canny merchant,
and could drive a bargain as well as
he could play the bagpipes. and no man
I'm fifeshire could equal him with the
pipes.
He was a brother Of Mrs. Carnegie,
and when that good woman announced
her intention Of going 20 America,
Geordle Lauder promptly advanced her
a loan Of clio, or about $50. With this
added capital the family started for
Allegheny city in the year 1876. An
drew Carnegie never had chance TO
re pay the favor extended by his uncle.
Long before riches came 10 young
Carnegie Geordie Lauder was one OF
the greatest manufacturers In Eng
land. lie sold The barrow and went
to London. There he went into the
business Of manufacturing artificial
flowers and achieved a great success.
file then branched out on other lines
and met with unvarying good fortune.
HIS LIGHT PHYSIQUE.
Though active and healthy. the boy
TO successfully compete In games OF
skill and endurance. The following ply
steal description Of Mr. Carnegie as he
Is today will enable one 70 picture him
as a boy fifty or iifty-iive years ago:
Height, five feet four and a half
inches; weight, lG0 pounds; describes
himself as being pony built hair
gray: beard and mustache almost
white; hands and feet unusually small
-prides himself upon them, wears No.
4 shoe and No. glove; eyes blue; has
a Scotch face; speaks with Scotch de-
liberation: nose small and rather thick;
mouth determined, Jaws square; fore
head broad face pleasant head round;
wears No. hat.
This is what Mr.. Carnegie calls his
passport, and from II any one with
ordinary imagination can picture a
sandy headed, blue eyed. good natured,
aggressive and understood boy as he
embarked with confidence for America
that August morning fifty-fye years
ago.
Ii was nearly a month later when
their vessel sailed into New York har-
Dor and the Immigrants successfully
passed the examination at Castle Car
den and were permitted 10 land on
American soil. Mr.. Carnegie well re-
members the first walk up Broadway.
past the site where now are located the
offices Of the billion and a half dollar
United States Steel corporation. His
father and Tom" walked ahead. and
! Andrew. holding his mothers hand.
| strolled on behind. The noise. con-
fusion and turmoil OF Broadway. the
height Of the buildings, the feverish
| activity Of the Inhabitants, the signs
4 on every hand OF energy and increas-
ing wealth. made lasting impression
/ on the mind OF the boy. And this was
\ The city which half century later was
TO be the grateful recipJnt 0. a gift
of 5000 900 for public libraries from
the then immigrant lad How feeble
ARE fables compared with facts!
:, EARNS his FIRST MONEY.
anArriving In Allegheny City. the entire
!. emily secured employment IN a cotton
. ,watory Andrew served as a "bobbin
a. ,sdl, j" and thus earned his first money
~ ,'Pphe same avocation as did that IL
u h.Aious American, General Nathaniel
ss. r,s. who 20 the day Of his death was
,ann Is OF his title THE Bobbln Boy. -
, ~ 2 4 Carnegie received ti.20 a week
~, oS"s WIS then twelve yeas old.