The Florida star., 1902-11-21
CARNECIE'S Bette NOIRE
Steel King In Terror at the
i Me:ltion of Death.
[E breads ALL REFERENCE TO IT


Says the Aged Pittsburs Million
aire Never Allows the Word to BE
| Uttered In His Prexence-His Most
Striking Idiosyncrasy.
"Few men would accept Andrew Car
gnegie's horror of death with all his mil
Hons"
In these words James II. Bridge, for
merly secretary TO Mr.. Carnegie, de-
|scribes what he asserts Is one of the
famous millionaire's most striking
characteristics in his declining years,
says the New York American.
"Mr. Carncgie's horror of death"
says Mr.. Bridge. lis literally unspeak-
able, for he never allows it mentioned
by any of his own circle. If others
speak of 1t. he quickly moves out of ear
shot Just before his mother died lie
called Il friend To his own sickbed and
said: When mother goes, | don't want
TO be told about il. You attend To
everything And TO this day he does
not know how or when she died, al
though he was within Il dozen feet of
her at the time.
1T was the same n few days before,
when his brother Tom died. To break
the news gently told him that Tom
was i'll with pneumonia. Then he'll
never get over it, he replied and
turned his face to the wall. There was
no need To tell him anything more. as
he never asked"
Many other idioSyncrasies of the steel
king are revealed by Mr.. Bridge, who
was with him for many years. But per
haps the most striking of these Is his
vanity.
MIR. Carnegie's vanity" says Mr.
Bridge, lis his great weakness. 1t has
been carefully nurturcd and cultivated
until il has grown into the most i'm
pressive thing about him. The love of
himself, the fondncss for his own name
the desire to see il in five thousand cit
les on five thousand imposing facadcs
and to think of it as thus conspicuous
throughout all succeeding ;lGes-this Is
the underlying motive OF the Carnegie
generosity.
And Ii is barely possible that Carne-
gle himself would so admit il. At any
rate, he never made gift without pro-
vision for such public and perpetual
recognition of his benevOlence."
Mr.. Bridge expresses the belief that
many of Mr. Carnegie's views are di-
rectly traceuble 10 his small stature
In height he is only > feet 1 inches.
This slight physique. 10y debarring
him from rough sports OF youth. has
I given Il peculiar twist to many of his
ideals.
I He breads pain and turns pale at the
u light of drop of blood. The many
Vttributes especially glorifled by the
! A.otch race he holds in contempt. With
lklm muscular strength is brutal. phys
ical side rage Al relic of barbarism and
Tn. he beauty a sign OF intellectual
.-Sding TO Mr.. Bridge. the aged
)RSurg millionaire is truly harasscd
! Niga responsibility attending the
|, TS.h disposition OF II fortune which
nad Teasing ut the rat" Of over 80
.,tsrfS second. $50 minute, 81 500 an
khour. $4,000 Il day, $500, 400 week
and $1.296,OOO month.
Ills sole motive in life, according tn
Mr. Bridge. now appears 10 be- the cX-
altation of his name ana Il postpone
ment of the hour wien death shall sep
has -. him from the millions which ac-
\ yacht1tc faster than he can distribute
.tRevere nong the charities that he af-
fyo;rsadiI
II .erIe may live good many years
Il .y~1r. Bridge adds. although he
NV dow nearly seventy years old-his
fNSencr used Ia give his birth year aS
1nes. not 1887. as he himself docs-hiN
fJo0tIlar life and careful habits have
egypt him young, and hr is still full OF
Ri."r.
& The common belief in the hygicnic
r effect of association with young pCo-
pie, especially with i Young wife, has