Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-21
Wrote His own Life.

II Is probably the most remarkable
autobiography ever written IL con
tains more than 100000 words and
Mr. Train dictated Il III exactly thirty
i've hours.
II Is undoubtedly trne that no book
o. that length sas ssef written IL
50 short a time of course he did not
dictate FOR tbirtgase consecutive
hours, although those Who knag this
wonderful man 10 not dou5i tAat az
could have Done 20. stanhop Sans,
4 Z afftd 4 is photographer q N
He Watpn at Fran could
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Aa Wc.dmfni atofg az u
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0py i room pos
ght ne aaa feel vide asi
here he Kacag Ms callers WITH i
dignity, 4 g%raelousnesa and native hos
pItally thar would be III KEEPING sith
the lne homes he used III ike Iii
He had lived in that room egtf since
the hotel WIS built it had u single
BED, i dresser d tily table, one chair
and haH i dozen paper boxes Mr.
Sans hat Ii The single chair which has
been occupied 81 many distinguished
men at one lime or another. Just
before he gent 10 Europe 10 form
the ship combine. i Pierpont Morgan
rat IL thar chair Tor an hour while
ID o Mills sat on Tile bed with "cit
izen Train. Al one time Id his life
Citizen Train was as important d
man III the world of finance Al M.
efan today
Tht way I'D which Citizen Train
came 10 write his autobiography III
simple enough II occurred to- Z, WI
Haley that the story Of the life of
George Francis Train would make mi
Interesting human document Mr.
Halsey had LONG been connected with
newspapers lin called upon the ell
l2en mud found that The citizen was.
Willing enoush ii write his auto
hiog All he called II IL le eoald find
u sufficiently FAST and Intelligent sten
ograpter u take down what ie had 10.
my Mr. IIalkey SAID le had suct Il
man Il his assistant, Nc. Sans.
When Will gon * ready h bosim
asked Mr. Halsey.
ANY time, replied NH Train
day, Il yon wish
Don't you want any time for pre-
paratian u
shouted The Citizen. there
Il nothing "a prepare. ! have ii nil
here lie tapped his timely formed
bond
IL was agreed thar Mr Sans should
come % the .Citizens little room Nd
70. So O'Clock tiic following morning
Nr, Train had prepared d biography
200 words. and Il was decided Tint
thls should be used as d WORKING
basis. The citizen started right in.l
ut the rate OF $50 words d
except when he got excited.
md then lie ratified 80 fast that itl
Impossible % count them.
The dlctations lasted an hour and
! quarter day. simply because III.
did not feel himself equal 20 tax
ng mofe. Mr. Train was willing To-
seep On indefinitely. And for the
anne reason Mr.. Sans did not take
lictation every day To be exact. Mr.
dictated Mn hour and i quarter
day on twentyclght different days.
bat Il e say. thirty ffe hours ID ali.
he dictations covering a period of d
title less than six weeks.
In debating this autobiography OF
iore than 100 600 words. Mr. Train
"a not NICE consult i book IL RI
His memory was astounding
he story u BIS life ii crowded Win
ates, With names of people, names
ships. d thousand things that H. /:
utterly impossible thar any hns
AN being could remember and yet
g Train talked them ont OF HIS head
the rate ~ ESQ words i minute
made not ne slightest direren I
~ event 81 Incident hap I
med seven months or seventy sears
q Il WI perfectly clear III bis ,
md :.
Was d Remarkable Man.
anyone Nuo ote, rtet GeofE Fran
Traln VIII admit tiai IL Wis i
remarkable man III birth viii
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