Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-01
ALBERT SHAV'S RISE.
Mr.. Norris Visits Former Grin
nell Man, Now Great Maya
zine Editor
THE vIcIssITUDEs OF FORTUNE
Comments on Government of New York
City, Which He Finds cIean-Also
Some Characteristic Observations on
Modern Buccaneers, Popularity Known
as Captains of Industry.

Modern Buccaneers, Popularity Known
as Captains of Industry.
Washington. Z. C.-When in New
York City was the recip-
lent of many courtesies at the
hands of DIR. Shaw, of the
Review of Reviews. Armed with let
ter from nin., any door in New York or
Washington opens to you, even the ex-
elusive private office of j. Pierpont
Morgan. Those who knew DIR. Shaw in
Iowa College and later with DR.. Cravath
as one of the proprietors of the Grin
nell Herald, about % years ago, will be
glad to learn that he occupies among
men OF letters, among financiers and
among public men, almost an unique
position. His counsel and advice In ma
tional educational movements, in the
world of finance, and in the general
policies of government, are not only
gladly read, but often sought. Andrew
Carnegie relies much on DIR. Shaw's
Judgment as to the distribution of gifts,
and whatever has his O. X. generally
goes thru. lunched one day with Dr..
Shaw and DR.. Wilson at the Aldine
Club. Or. Wilson is president of coli
lege ut MarysvilIe. Tenn, and his err
rand in New York was to interest DIR.
Shaw in the work he is doing. His
effort was to get DR.. Shaw's co-opera-
ton ia an attack on Carnegie for funds,
not To build library, but to fill a Ii
brary with books, for his mountain boys
and girls, and l think he got it.
/ became very much interested in DIR.
Wilson's story and found myself wish-
ing that /, too, We're millionaire. His
college is located in the mountains of
Tennessee. His boys and girls are the
children of the mountaineers, q strong,
hardy, primitive race, of Scotch origin.
DIR. Wilson says they are honest, indus
trious and contrary to our beliefs, they
are not only wonderfully ambitious and
quick to learn, but he says they will
make sacrifices and endure privations
in order to go to college, that will draw
tears. He says, too. that they are mag
nificent specimens of physical manhood
and womanhood, and it is wonderful
how quickly and readily these great
tall, gawky mountain athletes take on
the polish of social life. HIS is very en-
thusiastic and / felt that il was mighty
fortunate for some, boys and girls that
there were still few DR.. Wilson's
left.
The college is poor: they have IL
braly building but no books. DIR. Shaw
warned him to expect nothing as it
was contrary to Mr.. Carnegie's plan to
give, to anything but buildings and only
then in cooperation, but inasmuch as
he had oyerstepped this In several in
stances, he thought he might do it
again.
The Review of Reviews continues to
stand at the head of it's class. 1t is
hard to duplicate what it takes brains
and unusual talents TO produce. The
May issue of the Review of Reviews
was 5000, and its advertising Will
run close to 5000 per page per month.
DIR. Shaw has beautiful country
seat at Hastings OH the Hudson, about
forty miles from the Grand Central
depot, and 1t is not only a country
sent but charming horne. Having
been guest there, it would not be in
good taste for me to speak of the
charms of the place, of the home and
of the family. but l will take the OPP
portunity to recount one of the most
striking illustrations of the vicissi-
tudes of fortune.
Twenty five years ago, DR.. Shaw
CT, a nd
later he took course in John Hop
kins. He was Il poor boy, but not in
the sense that he did not have the
means to secure a very thorough edu-
cation. At that time the Field family
was one of the most famous families
iii New York, and in America. Samuel
Field was justice of the supreme
court Of the United States, Cyrus
Field was a millionaire and projected
and laid the first ocean cable, David
Dudley Field was a noted New York
lawyer, a compatriot Of Samuel j.
1ilden, and n millionaire, his son
David Dudley, Jr.. secured the Hast
ing's property, consisting of eleven
acres He built stone cottage on a
point jutting into the river, and COM
1nanding view down the Hudson to
the city. David Dudley the elder is
dead, and think that David Dudley,
1r., is also dead, but at any rate thru
financial reverses or from other causes,
the property passed out of his hands
and became the property of million
;aire named Foster. Foster built
splendid stable costing something like
S14 900 and had projected costly
mansion, when he was informed by his
physician that he was the victim of
and his days We're short. He
gave up all his plans and soon died.
Judge Samuel Field is dead, Cyrus
Fields son, Edward led a dissolute
life. his father paid out his fortune to
redeem his sons forged paper and
died a broken hearted old man, and
few days before ] reached New York
Edward Field was picked UP in the
streets, a dirty tramp. and. carried to
Bellevue to die, DR. Albert Shaw's
home is the Field property.
If one wants to get his provincial
isms, his insular prejudices, rubbed
off he should go to New York City.
| know of no place in the wide world
where he can learn so much in so short
4 time, or where he can unlearn so
much that he ought never to have