The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-23
He WAS ONCE A WAITER.

= 10 NfhNhGh otASiy OuI Id
Now the Greatest Hotel
s4 Proprietor in the
World.
New York. Aug. 22-Just about the time,
Charles II. schwab as president OF the
billion-dollar Steel Trust was not million
dollafS year. the statement was made
that q man In New York receives a salary
Of 900 for running a corporation capi-
talised at 100000. He is George C. Boldt,
and he Is commonly spoken Of as the pro-
psietor Of the waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
II should not be supposed that Mr.. Boldt
receives q stated salary for conducting the
big hotel.
T1sre are profit-sharing arrangements
based upon the half million a year for Mr..
Boldt II he succeeds In adding a certain
amount to the income Of the Astors.
It is maintained by those aware OF Mr..
Boidfs income, and who are fond Of super
latives that he IS the highest salaried man
IN the world.
SohA8lu ~ 10 thdt lie kCtS dbOut hsS lAiCo
as much for running hotel as Senator De-
pew gets for running the Vanderbilt rail-
roads.
He receives more than six times as much
a. the new president Of the United States
Steel Corporation.
Ever 70 many deductions may be made
from this fact, one Of which 10 that 1t
takes q rarer genius to run a big caravan
k-t.y. 49,, a. Svct and
that Mr.. Boldt is the greatest living hotel
man.
Ass4 matter Of fact. Mr.. Boldt possesses
greet1ndustry. remarkable organizing skill.
darl5l3 and imagination. He happened to
dr17t 1hto the hotel business In his youth.
He7Would have succeeded In making a
fsw millions no matter In what business he
had entered. But he has proved that he Is
peculiarly fitted to conduct hotel. The
waldorf Astoria is one Of the most perfect
machines In existence.
FAILED AS A CHICKEN FARMER.
Few things are more interesting than the
rise OF successful man. The average in
dtvfdual FIRST desires to know whether or
not q person has money, and if'he has, how
he rot 1t. The upgrowing Of Mr.. Boldt il
truly amaEing-more so. even. that that OF
Mr.. 6chwab-and 1t should be remembered
that Mr.. Boldt still holds his Job. and is
l11ely 20 do SO as long as he pleases.
10r some reason, 1t seems q longer step
frem . waiter to the head of a hotel and a
salary Of half q million a year than It does
SSny ;i And it ID worth knowing that. a. a
walter In restaurant not two blocks from
Wh.ee the Waldorf-Astoria stands. Mr..
ut . attentive to his customers and Just
a. industrious rs he Il now-and that Is
s9yfne much.
~. a. - %rnxv H1,A
izi9hd Of Rugen, q favorite watering place
for people from Berlin and the interior OF
Hn.sss Is On the Tay p fTSn ssstt, s,, TO-
ssossh o travel e Texas ana begin me a
Assa e poultry 1SFmsr a,.ss, was a,d me-
1S6tg his fowls the foods came and
1920 ths chickens, while the ducks
% 10y :h nSldf In re sna e. e Ssd H not
. penny In the world. -
Sscursd place In PsTres r r.,isn.
rat ss:tanrans oTers M a i,y,t nIsse az
dese hot have to wait until the end Of the
wsek before be can buy food: Mr.: Boidt
"a e tSs ~ sWifeiy puib became fnii-nedsed
wa1tsr. Proprietor Parker. good hotel man
and good Judge Of men. swiftly singled out
many to make him ''checkman." and Mr.
6o5dt held that place nearly two years. He
WoD q most remarkable 'checkmans ana
Re shat fsSs po npo me propresor
yo S man. He learned ali that could be
learned about the business In Parkers Ana
6o wanted to rise In the world.
RISES TO PLACE OF STEWARD.
Mr.. Boldt carefully cultivated the rich
fnen who visited the place. and that Is
somethinr the self-mads millionaires never
mention when they are giving advice to
yosane men who want to gather millions.
one of the checkman's restaurant friends
came nom Cornwall on-the- HUDSON. when
snd hs was instrumental In having MI:
0oidt made steward Of one OF the largest
nI Ss h y, =" smersed from the crowd. He
feaIly had begun to come up IN the world.
he had two successful years n CORNWALL
AZ s ssa So I'll s e i s ana
:tsy nearly every hotel nan Ps11.d T. H.
~ q well as everybody else in the
c6x6tfy. for the Centennial was the Big
~ e6ow that had ever been held IN the
money nor the inclination to speculate In
& tsmporary hotel: he waa looking tor
soSthins eigEsI more perm' "a S.a A. May
Nct having much money himself. MI I:
Ralds rsalised that the best way to get Il
- g interest IN himself nss person, n ,s Wno
va g meet them than by working 10
ia rhllsaelphia Club. in WALNUT street; 80
- Sstaipsd II: He became im INN, ,e:
~. hi respect for his ability. He had the
SG{aeseness and the intelligencs which I'm
pS11D6 people with the fact that be wa
6~{1nSd to ret on IN the world. In the
cS6s1G % time M. Boldt married the
tils pleesed the members Of the club;
when Mr.. Bold. evolved the plan Of ieas.
inn, nv old mansion ct Broad and walnut
Ikfes11 converting Il into q hotel on thu
&nr0peAn plan, with q restaurant that
sSoniG become famous ali over the country
Yof 10 excellence. he had no dimculty II
nacli4ne the money needed.
ThelS. was never anythlng exactly ~!
the Bellevue, as Mr.. Bolt named his
FHiiadeiphia hotel. II IL more like q clut
thar. any hotel In the country. And h
could % the most astonishing things. par
deulariy for people whom 4 was wise I:
ploGoe The prices were extravA9antly higf
N ,1hce9 days. but the food was delicious
&6o service perfect. and Boldt WAS every
Vh1te. and everything In the hotel. Do id
sen1eu61a WAD the Bellevue restaurant thai
Me- Boldt was asked to serve what wal
.calje6 ths msrchantsf lunch In the Bullit