The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-06-23
RAPID RISE OF EDWARD aoK,

RAPID RISE OF EDWARD 80K.
Gets tho Biggest SALARY or ANY Edi.
tor in the United States.
The ancestors OF Edward K. Box.
the editor OF the Ladies, Home Jour.
nal and the Saturday Evening Post of
Philadelphia, were aristocratic Dutch
men for q long time. The great
grandfather Of Edward was chief ad.
miral of Hollands navy, and his grand.
father was chief Justice OF Hollands
supreme court. His father was n
e minister to William III, whose
daughter, Wilhelmina, is now queen
of The Netherlands. But the b ,ks
lost their money, and William, the
minister, came to America with his
wife and two boys. Edward Box left
schoC. when a lad, and went to
work. He tells this story of his strug-
giles upward:
I'VE were extremely poor, and
used to gather wood in the vacant
lots for our fire. helped my mother
wash dishes and do other household
duties. But the first money I earned
was In selling water. Persons In New
York then went to Coney Island In
street cars which ran through Brook.
lyn, carried bucket of ice water
on my arm and when the cars ste pped
| sold it to the passengers for q
penny glass. Then put lemon IN
my bucket and got two cents glass.
l added little more sugar and lemon
juice and raised the prize to three
cents. That Is where learned that
the public will always pay the best
price for the best thing. sold more
three cent lemonade than one. cent
water and made more money.
In winter, when no one went tc
Coney Island, carried newspaper
route on Saturdays and worked in a
bakery, cleaning windows, waiting or
| the counter, and running errands, fo1
fifty cents week. Wien l was
thirteen years old 1 left school forever
going to the Western Union Te]e gra pf
Company as an office hoy. at night
studied stenography. got inte
Henry Ward Beecher's church and in
to one Of Its literary societies. We
printed little paper for the society
and took 1t up and developed it into
the Brooklyn Magazine. My brothe,
helped me, We published Mr.. Beech
er's sermons sin full. and then made
arrangements for the sermons of DR.
Talmage. Crriously enough, some O,
the best writer's of the day became ou,
contributors.
Il was nineteen years old, and ir
the meantime had been cmployed h,
the telegraph company as stenogra
pher. a man conspicuous in the
Standard on company wanted to buy
our magazine for his son, and, as ii
was not profitable, we sold it. This
man told me that magazines and oil
could he carried along on the same
trade principles the methods
employed to produce gallon Of rein.
ed oil would print and sell a single
copy Of magazine. I told him If
that was his belief he would lose a lot
OF money. left the telegraph com
panY and went to Henry Holt and
Company, the publishers, also as a
stenographer. Heaven alone knows
what else did in my own time. /
started syndicate and supplied news
papers with high class matter of in
terest to the female sex, obtaining
what called forty articles by forty
famous women. Some OF the women
were foreigners. kept out Of cook.
e-y and needlewo1k. Mo man should
attempt to meddle with such things.
might say that 1 am the father of
the woman's page in the newspapers,
but am not proud OF the relation.
ship. l am not proud of the relation.
detest 1T now that 1t has grown up.
From Holt's, went to Charles
Scribne-'s Sons, with whom I re.
mained until was employed by Mr..
Curtis. l became advertising mana.
ger at Scribner's and undertook to de.
velop the Book Buyer, one OF their
magazines. While thus employed ]
was persuaded TO go to Philadelphia
and the Ladies' Home Journal.
When boy learned the secret OF
success. as have told you-work like
the devil. TO this I now add, and
for the delight Of it. Young men in
this establishment come to me and
each one asks: What are MY
chances? And L reply: You arc
making your inquiry at the wrong
place. It's up TO you, MT to me
make yourself invaluable and your tu
ture will take care OF itself."-N. Y
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