New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-04

linen followed the return home and the series
OF tragedies that eliminated i'm the death OF the
man who carved the name Marshall Field in It's
high place
Such has been the life of the boy F1eId-a life
oeset by the cruellest ogres that a vivid child
imagination is able to picture-the ogres of III
Health. of Death. Of Grief.
The boy Field has personality strongly de-
veloped. He is reserved in manner. earnest in
speech. ne has his grandfathers active dislike
for display; he is retiring sensible he is not Of
the spoiled rich mans SON. type
Masculinity was not left out of his make-up
Marshall Field is a manly lad. and the blows Of
misfortune have magnifed his manhood. He
has been philosophical in the face of all his
griefs. Devoted 10 outdoor sports of all kinds
the boys physical disabilities have prevented
him from indulging his natural likes TO any
great extent But he has not complained He
has been patient.
The lad has a strong fonduess for horses. He
Is horseman OF no mean ability for a bow Of
his age He plays tennis and baseball but his
enfeebIed health has denied excuses in any OF
the sports that sweeten childhood Now and
then he has played in a game, to his great de-
light Usually he takes his physical exercise
with dumbeus or chest weights. He seems 20
appreciate the necessity Of building I'd q strong
physical foundation upon which ne NAV dra
strength and force in later wears ~ business
confinement He is popular with other boys
with the new companions he has cultivated since
the departure Of Henry for a Boston school He
is popular with the men who knew him as his
grandfathers companion. and he has made hosts
of friends among the employees OF the great
Field establishments.
AS first step in giving the boy Field the
training he will need TO At him for the direction
of the enormous enterprises founded by his
grandfather. young Marshall will he sent to
school as soon as his health will permit He is
now looking forward TO entering school at the
beginning OF the term, and If nothing arises
10 defeat the plan his ambition viii be- graft
fed
Probably he viii he called Marshall Field Sd.
during the rest OF his boyhood, and before he
finally accepts his own name Marshall Field
he will have had the best available educational
opportunities calculated TO fit him for the per-
Torrance of the herculean task Of preserving
and enlarging the enormous fortune auassed
by his grandfather and the larger task Of con-
Quoting the Field mercantile establishments
His greatest, most difficult. most hopeless task
will be to make himself such man that all lis
life he viii not be known SIS "the grandson OF
Marshall Field"
There is much promise In young Fields twelve
years He was the JOY of his grandfather's
heart. His grandfather spent much of his time
with him He took the boy about with him fire.
ouentlv through the great stores and ware
/ houses He talked 10 the lad he would have
! talked 10 a man. He tried 20 impress upon the
! lad the principles OF business and life that he
/ himself held so dear. If years burn away most
| ALI OF what the elder Field told the younger
something viii remain-maybe' Just impressions
Before Marshall Field tho hoy becomes Mar
| shall Field the man IL is intended thar he shall
/ master every detail Of the great business eft
I hv mis- grandfather. Then viii the task of pre-
! serving unrsrnished the name he bears fall upon
his shoulders Chicago Trtbuna