Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-04
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1LITERATURE AND LIFE j
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| Several years ago, when in Denver
/ we interviewed the famous Boston di-
VINE, DIR. George LorIner, for the Rocky
! Mountain News. AS The doctor was on
his return from the Philippines we tried
tc get his views Oh that topic, but II
was with difficulty we could divert his
mind from his boy ong enough to get
an opinion. and on taking leave of him
he again reminded us not to forget to
mention his son George as editor of the
Saturday Evening Pest. We kept our
promise, only to have the news editor
cut out that part of our report. we
have ever since had the feeling that the
good doctor held us responsible for the
omission. and now we propose to ease
our conscience by finging this public
rosegay at the boy:
The latter's first book issued by
Small. Maynard & Co, amply justifies
the fond parents paternal pride in his
son. To look at the Gne, stern, tirm-se
features of young George H. Lorimer
one would never suspect in his make
up the wealth of hun,or which we find
Made Merchant to His Son. The book
tho barely out of the press. is already
on tire list of best-seiling books. 1t de-
serves and is bound 10 have popular
run
These twenty letters are written by
John Graham, head Of the house of Gra-
ham & Co., pork packers in Chicago.
Familiarity known on change as odd
Gorgon." to his son Pierrepont. They
cover the period from the time OF the
boys entrance into Harvard College to
his entrance and promotion In the pork
firm. and his engagement to nice
girl at which time the devoted pere
concludes his amusing instruction with
this final word: Il am going to raise
your salary to SIS q week when you
marry Helen, and I'm going to quit
writing these letters. I'm simply going
to turn you over to her and let her keep
YOU in order. I'll bet she'll do better
job than / have"
The letters are rare combination OF
humor, philosophy. common sense ana
sound commercial ethics. expressed IN
the figures and language of the stock
yards. If his boy measures up to ms
ideal of a hog Sound and sweet, ne
Will be we'll satisfied. and the glst Oh ms
advice to his son is to live clean ana
sell hog at profit" We add speci-
men Of the old mans philosophy:
"rhere are men who are always howl
ing that Bill Smith was promoted Y
because he had pull. and that tney
are being held down because the man
aper Is Jealous of them. I've seen a
good many pulls in my time, but !
never saw one strong enough to hft
a man any higher than he could raise
himself by his boot straps, or long
enough to reach thru the cashiers
window for more money than it's owner
earned.
"When fellow hrags that he has
a pull. he's liar, or his employer s
a fool. And when a fellow whines that
he's being held down. the truth is. as
a. general thing, that his boss can't
hold him up. He just picks a nice
soft SPOT. stretches out fiat on his back.
and yells that some heartless brute
has Knocked him down and is sitting
on his chest. A good man is as fun
of bounce as a cat with q small BOY
and bull terrier after him"
view Of education into Pere Graham's
letter: Some men get an education
from other men and newspapers and
public libraries, and some get 1t from
and parchments-it doesn't
make any special difference how you
get q half Nelson on the right thing,
just so you get 1t and freeze on to 1t. =
That young Lorimer holds the ira
ditional view toward women In bust
ness is evidenced by the following:
Il like q womans ways too much at
home to- care for them at the Office.
Instead of hiring women, try to hire
their husbands, then 1 have them both
working for me- There's nothing like
a woman at home to spur on man at
the Office"
Young men just entering business.
would do well to take the first evening
off, in staying at home and making
the acquaintance thru these letters, of
old "Gorgon Graham"
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By the way, George Horace Lorimer
is not the only new author recruited
from the ranks of the ministry. Hor-
ace Howard Furness, Jr., editor of the
revised Macbeth in the Variorum
edition, is another son of distinguish
ed parent and grandparent, his father
being DIR. Horace Howard Furness, ed
itor of the Vaviorum edition of Shakes
peare, and perhaps the finest Shakes
peare scholar in the world and his
grandfather being DR.. William Furness,
one of the earliest Unitarian divines,
and noted hymn writer's.
Horace, Jr., who has been a close
student of Shakespeare under his faith
er's tuition, will devote himself to the
exclusive editorship of the historical
plays, leaving the comedies to his faith
err. Richard III, on which he is now
engaged. will be the first play presented
under sole editorship of the son.
The Atlantic Monthly has secured for
serial publication the "reminiscences Of
Sir Leslie Stephen, the editor of the
life and letters of the historian Green
AS Sir Leslie was the intimate friend
and son-in-law of Thackeray. and ac-
quainted with all the distinguished men
of his time, such recollections ought to
prove interesting to the readers of the
Atlantic.
which Andrew Carnegie paid to Score
tary Hay in his address at the recent
opening of the public library presented
to the national capital. Mr.. Carnegie
and President Roosevelt were both
present and made addresses. Referring
to Mr.. Carnegie's generosity, the presi-