The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06
away with lightning pace along another


Two o'clock comes and time for lunch.
| Senator Clark spends tribe more time at
| his lunch than does Russell Sage, but not
much more money. Not that he denies
| himself but the Senator is not fastidi-
Gus eater. After the meal he hurries back
| to his Office.
There are people with whom he must
confer, letters to answer and cipher tele-
grams and cables to send to all parts OF
the world. At this time of the year the
shades OF night are being drawn nd When Sids he ne
leaves the office and is usually at his
| daughters apartment by o'clock.
MAGNIFICENT ART COLLECTION.
| Dinner is not served until o'clock. and
| he seeks rest in his art gallery, reclining
| in an easy chair while he absorbs the
| beauty and delicacy of rare works of art
Corot. naubigny. Ziem. Cain Delacroix.
L'Hermtte Rousseau. Abbey and many
others. His tapestries have cost him fab
ulouS sums,
He se.ectcd these himself. for he never
depends upon an art conno!sse.r. These
tapestries are among the most teaGt'fui
ever executed by the Gobelin mandatory;
after designs by Boucher, AEartn md
others Mr.. Clark will make Liz art gal
leries, of which there are five. 4 special
feature of the Fifth avenue home which
he IL building at Seventy-sev,,nil street
and which will become the rc5.1ence Of
his daughters.
But ii is time for the Senator to dine.
He does this with little choice for rich
ftods But he does love his wires. They
are all imported from Germany, the stna-
toy showing preference for Inoscii's:
clarets and champagnes. Wherever and
~::enever he trave.s he aiwa;s carries
with hin' his own stock of WINES, ;i,d
these nGvels include trips into the wi't,ii-
necs anc across deserts when Re visits
scme of his mining properties, which are
new to be found in Montana. Wyon'ns,
Utah. Arizona. New Mexico. Oregon.
Maine and Mexico.
After dinner another cigar just cne
More business. to be sure. unless It is the
night of the opera. and then The senator
will allow no work to interfere with lis
noon when he is in New York there arc
rnusicales at his daughters ho'i-s. where
the best artists in New York appear. 10th
afternoon and evening; In this r.annsr
bath day. Some nights he will work we'll
into the morning hours. but as ;, rule he
insists upon getting eight hours sleep
day. This he deems necessary In the life
Of every man whose brain is continually
active in the commercial world.
his RATIONAL ECONOMY.
For society he cares little. He IS al
ways we'll dressed, and h!s clothes are
made by the best tailors in London and
New York. His whole idea in life ls econ
omy. He buys only the things that are
necessary and then the best In Washing
coat and wears silk hat. but In New
York he is often seen in plain business
suit OF unobtrusive n'ttern.
view is given that the reader may under
stand the man who is telling the story of
his UNDERTAKINGS and the ideals he has
learned to cherish.
He received me graciously. It took him
some minutes to frame the replies to my
questions. for he is a careful and conser-
vative man. but when he did speak his
conve. salion flowed smoothly and with few
interruptions. This Is one forte which
makes him conspicuous in the councils of
has something 10 advise the expression
carries something besides mere words. lie
is at times. energetic In his remarks
speaking quickly and with no reserve, but |
every word that passes his lips Is carefully |
Senator. what pleasure do you find in
the toll involved in the manipu atom of
your vast properdes?" asked. after being |!
seated.
The question was put point blank. SEN
ator Clark dropped his chin upon his |
ard then he spoke:
Toll? Yes: that's the word. By toll |
you mean the suspension of hours devoted |
battle may take few hours to himself. |
The fires of his camp. rejecting aga INST |
the . darkened ;t sky. are slu I He my
through which he has passed and fee. joy |
in the victory wh.ch he has earned. He mas |
worked l. hard suffering sas,s agony Of body and
spells !, beeng , to him; Dent you suppose
accomplished something?
PLEASURE IN TOLL
Take my case. l work hard. I take |
pleasure in my labors. l take pleasure in
accomplishing something, in succeeding.
do not know that you can call II the
same JOY that one obtains at grand opera
or at diplomatic RECEPTIONS, but it Is
pleasure to know that your mind has been
active in the solution of some problem or
some commercial treaty, and that success
has attended your efforts: What If do
teen hours day., My work is systema-
tiled and. although 1t makes my brain
tired. 1t does not to any great extent sap
my strength. 1t is all a question OF know
Ing how to go about II, and training does
that. II you are Ioing to get pleasure out
of toll, your mind and body must be in
cond ton and developed to move like we'll
oiled machinery.
bors-retiring. as did W. c. Whitney. for
instance"
mo. no. no! feel as young as though
I had lust reached my twenty-fifth year
There is no limit to my capacity for work.