Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
Home Life of Schwab

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tho boys teacher. Charlie was an apt pu-
pill and became passionately fond of the
instrument. Several of the Sisters of
Mercy at the convent also aided Charlie in
his musical studies. paying particular at
tention to his voice. Every Sunday be-
tween the time that Charlie learned music
and his going away he played the church
organ and sang. At times he also as
sisted in serving mass.
Almost ma Actor.
Charlie Schwab's love Of music almost
kept him from being the president of the
worlds greatest trust.
ut was this way" one OF his relatives
says: al old man of the name of Aber-
nathy used to live here. When his first
wife died no one around here would marry
him, SO he went away somewhere and got
another. Mrs. Alternately No. 2 had a sis
ter who was on the stage named Mary
Russell. Mary was here on a visit one
summer. Charlie got sweet on her and
loafed around on old man Abernathy's
doorstep all day and pretty nearly all
night. Seems as IL the girl was gone on
Charlie, too. Well, to make a long story
short, Charlie wanted to marry her. She
told Charlie that the stage was the place
for a nice fellow like him who could play
so well ana sing so sWeetly.
But all Charles people we're dead set
against Charities marrying an actress and
going on the stage, so after a good deal Of
hard work Charlie was kept from running
away with the girl, as he'd raved he would
40. Then the girl went away and after a
little Charlie went to Braddock."
This was Charlie Schwab's only love af-
fair as long as he lived in Loretto. For
some reason or other he wasn't so popular
with the country lassies as his classmates
and companions, the Flick boys, mike"
Pfaff, now farmer. Charlie Adelsberger and
Charles Singer, Joe Bengle, s~torekeeper in
the railroad town Of Gallitzin; John Topper
and others. They could always find girls
who would go to picnics and barn dances
md husking bees with them. Charlie often
had to go alone. Loretto gossips declare
that Charlie persisted in talking too much
arithmetic.
His Quot Playing Mania.
But II he did not shine in love he did in
quoits. He was champion quot pitcher Of
Loretto.' yes" says Paddy Moran, he'd
bring horses over to be shod and while
waitin' he'd pitch quoits, and he'd wallop
'Bill'-that's his uncle who keeps a gro
Gerry up the street a piece-and Joe Bengle
and the other lads who loafed with Charlie.
He could wallop me, too.
But he couldn't shoe a horse. Once
he wanted me to let him try. Paddy
he says, L can shoe a horse oh, go on,
/ says, you can't shoe yourself, your daddy
has to do it for you | says. But Charlie
thought he could, so let him try. Well,
first whack he gave at a nail he hit the
horses leg and the horse kicked. Charlie
picked himself up, Paddy, l believe you're
- . Al he nunH triad n0nin
but he loafed around here often watchin'
me and talkin' to me. You see, Charlie,
and me are about the same age-I'm a little
older-so we've just about come up together
and we're close friends"
Quoits frequently got Charlie into trouble
with his mother. The house where the
Schwabs lived when they first came to Lo-
retto, and before John Schwab built the
present home, Joined the livery stable.
whenever she wanted Charlie Mrs. Schwab
was pretty sure to find him in front of the
stable pitching horseshoes. She would call
to her offspring. Charlie would keep on
pitching and yelling at his companions.
Mrs. SchwPb would call again. Charlie would
stay by the quot pegs. Next minute the
occupants OF the badly whitfield boxes In
front of the neighboring stores would be-
hold an irate mother, horsewhip in hand,
scatter the youthlul quoll pllCheIs anu III
triumphant, lead Charlie into the house
protesting, Honest, nanny, l never heard
you call"
II was Mrs. Schwab who insisted that
Charlie should go to college. 81 want him
to get all the education possible she said
"then II he still wants to help his father in
the livery stable. all right" So she saw to
1t that Charlie went to college and kept at
his books.
When he left college Charlie, still a boy,