Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-09
VICTIM OF DVERW0RK
Side Lights on the Character of .. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
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 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., thirty-one years old and the weaIthiest man of his age in the world, has succumbed to overwork, says the New York Herald. The strain of ceaseless industry in con nection with some of the most exten- sive financial enterprises in existence, his devotion to religious affairs and the vast responsibility resting on him in various ways have at last told on him, and he will spend a vacation abroad of two or three months.
 When he reluctantly announced this fact to his Bible class of the Fifth Av- enue Baptist church, in New York, there was. unanimous expression of re- gret, but little surprise Every one who heard him had been wondering how he had contrived so long to sustain him. self under the tremendous weight which he has been carrying for years, but there was rejoicing when the intel lfgence was conveyed that his health was not seriously threatened and that he was merely tired
 Always an interchangeable worker, MT. Rockefeller has been disposed to. ignore his physical welfare in favor of his ideals Only few Sundays ago, speaking of what he considered the. four best things in iifey he putt charac., ter first, friendship second, health third and success last.
 There is no doubt that this tempo rary breakdown has been caused by a devotion to activity uneqUaled by the ordinary struggler for the rnerest weekly pittance. @
 Apart from his vast individual for tune, he is a director in the Delaware, Lackawafna and Western railroad, the National City bank, the billion dollar steel corporation, the American Lin seed company, the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, the Federal Mining and Smelting company, 2 the Missouri Pas cif1c Railroad company. the Standard Oil company, president of the ATnerl- can Postal and Newspaper Tube com pany and trustee Of the University of Chicago, not to mention half dozen other smaller corporations.
 E1peft hnanciers have said that young Rockefeller, as his fathers 9suc- cessof, the elder having virtually sur rendered all his interests to his son, can control something like a thousand millions of dollars, sum which in a decade or two will naturally increase to an extent unheaFd of in history es- peciaIly as 1t is not unusual for a Rockefeller investment to turn put a profit of 40 per cent.
 They declare he could corner the worlds wheat supply afid -Bftng an ii ii ternationa1 war to an end; could buy and close the greatest banks in the United States and thus precipftate a panic; could ruin thousands by 1ncreas- ing the price of the commodity which he absolutely controls.
 Precision is the keynote of his char acter He is pale, of medium height, rather thick set, weak eyed and spec tacled and always clad in plain black clothes. He does not smoke and never tasted wine. When he was married to Abby c. Aldrich, daughter of sena- tor Aldrich, on oct. g, 1901, all liquors were left oR the menu at his request.
 Arising summer and winter no later than half past 6 o'clock, he Is at his ofI1ce by 9, works there until 8 in the. afternoon and then goes to a Broad street cafe for luncheon The meal never costs him more than 30 cents After luncheon he goes back to the ofTice until about $, and then to his home at 13 West Fifty-fourth street, New York, opposite that of his father.
 He may take q little walk in the park or up Fifth avenue, or if his wife happens to be entertaining guests he will play the violin, his lfayortte fnstru- fnent, or turn the music while she plays the plano. Dinner is always very plain, and Mir. Rockefeller is usu- ally in bed by 10 o'clock. >.e
 The theory of life of this busy young man is work, the necessity of religion and the righteousness of money mak- ing. He earned his first money when he was six years old. -
 His father, who then lived in Cleve- land, offered the boy a penny for ev7 cry fence post he could find on the es+ tate that was not in perfect condition. The boy hustled for two hours, found a dozen and presented bill.
 The religious side of young Mir. Rockefeller is perhaps the most inter- esting. His Bible class contains more than 25O members, and everybody is welcome to join it. Going there on q Sunday morning, you are met at the door by half a dozen smiling young men, who usper you to a seat without a question.
 Mir. Rockefeller enters a few minutes later, and after the first hymn has been announced and sung he aTises, delivers a short prayer and then gives the les son of the day. He uses no notes and talks without gesture. After the serv- ices he invites all those present to meet him in an anteroom, where he shakes hands and converses.
 In summer Mir Rockefeller lives on a fine estate in the Pocantico hills, and often he gets up before 6 o'clock in the morning and chops wood in order to get an appetite for breakfast. .
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