The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-08
WALKS KS
BY Julius Chambers in Pittsbnrg Dis

people Of the country, no matter to
what party they belong, will not re-
gard with complacency an attack up
on candidate because Of his age.
Russell Sage today turned his eighty
eighth corner in life. Arthur Nc
Even accurately criticises the old
ing himself into human cash regis
ter. The only way he can take his
money to another world will be to
have check payable TO his own Or
der buried with him. This hale old
man drove out Riverside boulevard in
the afternoon, and a man who knows
assures me that it is the first time
he has seen the place in many years.
Russell sage, worth $Ss,O00,000 travels
on pass every day to save five cents;
never fails to attend a directors meet
ing for the gold piece he receives on
each occasion; wears suit Of clothes
ten years; buys one hat every year;
never pays to have his shoes shined;
eats ten cents worth of crackers and
milk for his luncheon. and when away
from his Office, as he was on his
eighty-eighth birthday, compels his
clerk to pay for the whole quart Of
milk that is usually divided between
them.
Economy is something that must be
in the blood. A member of the Met
ropolitan Club tells me that the head
of one of the richest oil families
in the world recently paid his fare
at the Rector Street station of the
Sixth avenue a." and when they
left the train together the multi
millionaire said in parting:
Don't forget that you owe me five
cents
My friend was not surprised; he
produced the nickel and the younger
man accepted it with bow. That
isn't the way people get rich nowadays
but it is one way to keep SO.
General Lew Wallace is said to be
at work upon another novel. Every
body who has read ben Hur" or
THE Fair Cod will be glad of this,
will welcome information about him.
Several days at Charlottesville are a
very pleasant memory to me, during
which l saw much of the General and
sat for hours in his wonderful library
My mission was to secure General
Wallace as special correspondent for
a New York newspaper at the seat of
war between Turkey and Greece
Money wasn't any object if he would
get away at once. but the General was
not in a hurry. Thereby hangs the
tale l have, to tell.
He agreed to go to the war for $50
900, whether the war lasted three
months or year, provided all his eN-
penses were paid and a very liberal
allowance was made for secret ser
vice and equipment funds. This was
all agreed to, but then the hitch came
as TO when he should start. He
couldn't possibly so for ten days, be-
cause he had important literary work
to finish. During that interval the
Greeks were defeated, the revolution
collapsed and General Wallace lost
his opportunity, for by the terms of
his own contract he had no war to re
port. Had that Greco-TurkisIl war
lasted three months longer General
Wallace would have been a great fig
ure in American journalism to-day.
1t isn't an easy thing to get Lew
Wallace after you arrive at Craw-
louisville. His home is plain and
democratic enough, but to gain access
TO his library, where he can be seen,
is not the same proposition. General
Wallace's house is in a four-acre lot
on the borders of the village. In an
other part Of the domain is modern
red brick huildinS-nuch resembling
a facade OF the Metropolitan Museum
of Art-Sucrounded by moat kept
full of water from the town water
works. was afraid Of malaria the
moment l saw the environments. The
port-cullis is absent. but otherwise the
feudal castle is there. Instinctively
looked for a draw bridge, for carp III
the noat Gas seen at Chantilly and Az
innon), but the water was muddy,
and if there were fish in the moat
the betting is they We're suckers"
typical OF the State OF Indiana.
On the shelves inside were exact
ly editions of Ben Hur' in many