Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24
ROCKEFELLER ON SHPBOARD AND IN LONDON
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mails. They are strong, determined
hands. and Mr. Rockefeller has habit
of nervously clasping and unclasplng
them which makes one thankful tnat
he has never turned his attention to
garrOtting.
Study In Expression
During the voyage ne displayed an
uncea sine restlessness. When not
shun1 eboarding he paced the deck or
wandered from chair to chair, taking
i'm an aimless. forced fashion with the
passengers He was obviously deter
mined to show himself to be an oral
nary human being. He was never OBJ
served to read anything. Sometimes he
stood aft by the rail, watching the pro
pellers' wake. | saw him i'm this atti-
tude last night, and his face was as
hard as nails A moment later little
child ran up, and the cast-iron express
sion vanished as he smiled and Jokeu
In a charming manner. All the chli
dren love him. There was not a single
baby or small boy or girl in the first
or second cabins to whom Mr.. Rocke-
feller had not spoken personally. In
some instances he even played childlsh
games, aWkwardly, but with an evident
genuine interest.
Last Friday he paid a heeting visit
to the second cabin. He evidently did
not know how he would be received
for he stood near the companion way,
hesitatingly There were a number of
curious persons i'm the crowd. Mr..
Rockefeller addressed several of them.
A little ri | ran up and gave him an
American one cent piece, saying: for
luck, Mr. Rockefeller" The old man
was obviously touched, and kissed the
coin. and deposited it carefully in ms
purse.
remembered the incident, for two
days later he paid a second and longer
visit to the second cabin. Practically
all the passengers gathered round when
| Mr.. Rockefeller, in his best sunday
school superintendent manner, made
little speech, advising them to be kind,
industrious frugal, economical ana
good to their fellow men," AS he start
ed away a lusty commercial traVeI9r
called for three cheers for Rocketel-
ler." which were given heartily.
Unusual incident
! Mr.. Rockefeller's face at this moment
was a perfect study in emotions The
experience was unprecedented and ne
was thoroughly pleased.
To many of the passengers Mr.. Rock
efeller preached the doctrine of kind
ness to ones fellow men. He told one
passenger that he believed the world
was growing better, adding: IT'S a
| sad outlook if it isn't" A remarkable
! incident grew out of the ships concert
on Monday night. A young lady pas
senger went round for the collection for
the sailors widows and orphans fund.
Mr. Rockefeller put a bill on the plate.
| All necks were craned forward to see
| the amount. There was afterwards a
hot smoking room argument the out
come of which was that the statement
was noised abroad that Mr.. Rockefeller
had given an American 'greenback
for four shillings The members of the
| Rockefeller party denied this, claiming
! that he gave a EGO note. On Wednes-
day Mr. Rockefeller went to the cap
! tain and protested warmly that he had
given G20 He was advised not to pay
any further regard to the matter, but
the subject aroused much acrimonious
discussion among the passengers. DR..
| Biggar says Mr.. Rockefeller brought
only a single hundred dollar bill with
him. A bill for this amount was found
among the collection.
Mr.. Rockefeller refused to take part
/ in the concert, but was an Interested
listener. He wore the same lounge suit.
He never dressed for dinner, and dur
ing meals all the other diners were at
tracted by his unconventional habit OF
brandishing his knife and fork to Illus
trate his arguments.
/
came to a climax at the captains din
ner, when, in accordance with the
Rhenish carnival custom, Mr.. Rookie
feller drew cracker containing green
paper punchinello cap. This he placed
solemnly over his wig, and so sat dur
ling the remainder of the dinner, laugh
ing heartily at the people who were
laughing at him. Fabulous sums were
afterward offered for the cap as a
souvenir, but Mr.. Rockefeller said he
guessed he would keep it as souvenir
| himself.
There has been some talks of trying
to arrange golf match between Mr..
Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie at
Skibo. DIR. Biggar says he tried to in
duce Mr. Carnegie to come to Quantico
near New York, to play Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter, but Mr. Carnegie refused. DR.. Big
gar added: II know Mr.. Rockefeller
would beat him." An interesting fea-
ture of Mr.. Rockefeller's golfng, as he
explained to a passenger is that he
makes stroke and then rides after the