The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22

FIGURES IN AR0TEL THAT SHE'LL
TIERS BLASrED ROPES.

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The Ne. That snghs Rave Been Q NH.
lisoaAre-Drsthsr - IN n. Pa
IAnsuase. PeshAps Nihilist--A Man
Hatss. but shskespsars Lsvsr-Tbe
Oh Accsuntsns sud Ens Bsslss.
The House OF the Gray Lives can be found
In nearly every big city. II 10 . hotel
where for . few oents man. once . favor
lie Of fortune, can gee clean bed and life
sustaining food and at the Same time save
his self-respeot.
In such . plsoe the human docu msnts
are a. plentiful - the guests. These docu-
ments range through all the passions from
comedy to tragedy. Only two are sell
dom seen there-they are hope and am
bition. '. '.t o..
But. Of them all, tragedy reigns suprmee.
It 10 not the stirring tragedy Of romance
that makes event after event follow In
quick succession. to lead to death well
worth the dying. II 10 the tragedy Of
blasted hopes and sesred ambition; II ID the
most pitiful OF al tragedies. for there moth
ing ever happens It y the great waiting
place for the end.
This isn't 90 bad when you get used to
IT, said q weary looking man, a. he took
his ecet IN tne. loss.ursnt .. Sne most tyT-
cal OF tneee noteis IN tne WeGeh wo,ios
nesIopohs. near . 10Y OF NEE ieloWs
k,oHhe eoout ~ ou. ~n.. oo YOU e1pe"
"nsn you pay ohly oon.s Ior your room
ana 10 oen's ap'eoe ior your nesis'
4 have proosoiy been used TO a good
living a. any one mere, out I'm not com
planning In iaa II ! nadnt wanted 70
90 moePenoent, snouio Do hvhs N way
that theee people ooh even dream Oh.
You know they say that Andrew Car
neg,e made ioHy miihonairee from the
heads OF depsrtments IN ms concern when
he started his big profit sharing plan.
nv own boss I sho,,ld have been the forty
a..
n's,
was In ms employ TOT yeen' started
IN tho bookkespins department and l
foroo Of men.
.p,, .,- A.s ,,,,. ,,a.n.na.,,.
but ! AWsys mao NOR moopenoenoe
than common sense, and was not salts
i.r =. could sss. AZ thu. time. mirht worn
~. . .I.y. ali NV iis, and nsver h snv-
thing but one OF Carnegies men.
Carnegie offered TO raise my salary
i m000 y
vsrv ,ood ofsar. and you'd have NUT ma IN
49, ~ s =, nna - ~. ~ d.n. rtm.nt.~
ona'so oI one VI ..o rs uops'Nuo
but. a. say, wanted to be my own boss.
Il started In doing . little real estate
=. liza ~. . sool hut I had rot this ,de.
20 "ou INC 49, -,
IN my nean mo oouont 30. o"t.
rather. j did not want TO get II out, Tor
thought was right. And the first year or
.Mx h,.ins.. want m sv,mm,ns,v
ou
Tor had many 8ooo ineuos. ihen c&mo
q chance to get into what looked to mo
like q gold mine.
"A big contractor was planning gigantic
building operation and happened to have
an option on . piece OF ground he wanted.
He came to zee me, talked the whole thing
over, and tho result was that I put every
cent OF my money into the scheme.
scbemee 10 to pieces. And the worst OF
Il was that just at the time realixed was
bankrupt Carnegie started his profit
shannC plan and mad forty millionaires at
. swoop Il ! hed Listened to him and
have been ono Of his big men. but-well,
instead Of having millions to-day. haven't
Q dollar-nor hope
All day long these nnsn dt arou nd and
play checkers and dominoe. The loungins
IOOm8 ore CIOW0ou WIN t1ososs oAAo nun
morning till night the tables are crowded
Wiling time Forgetting.
Men who have been there for months
have played their favorite game every
day and night in ell that time. With most
Of them Il Is al they have to do; with many
Il has become their ono salvation TO keep
them from thinking too much until some
thing happens In their lives.
For that 10 al thess men. are doing.
waiting for something to happen. The
curse Of drink Is ssen on every side. the
ourss Of gambling STALKS the halls and
corridors, but. worae than all the curse OF
lost ambition has laid ito hand on nearly
dream he may have had.
Men who planned 10 govern men nov
e. ass : sss. 's:: 9: q
power and he right . command nov cIol
az: q he. sy So sss ,!% d. s- ma
::ss :. i: J.: ~
4 :s SSs. a; e. 1; ssoss nightly san''
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