Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-18

U Bmdu UUy lu HE 0AApWy WhV VAACC dared to ask MT. Field for raise in salary. You're no bigger than pint of cider" said the merchant grufny. Then, as the boy kept silent, MT. Field said:
 How much are you getting now7"
 Three dollars week." replied the boy faintly.
 "Three dollars a weekv' exclaimed MT. Field. ''Why, when I was your age got only g."
 Well" spoke up the lad in despera- ton, perhaps you weren't worth any more."
 The reply amused the merchant mil lionaire, and the boy got his advance.
 "The estimate of Marshall Field by Chicagoans was unique" said former citizen of that city now residing in New York to rel .esentative of the New York Times. It is difficult to ex- plain. know of no man in New York who has a similar standing in the whole community. In the polyglot pop ulation of his town, in all of it's tu- mults growing out of strikes and strange social heresies, he came nearer having the respect and confidence of the populace than any one in the city.
 .An incident which occurred in New York a few days before MT. Fields death illustrates the hold he had upon Chicagoans far better than any words of praise that. can be spoken. A num- Der of former residents of his city gathered informally in the upper west side of the city (New York; to express in some fitting manner their apprecia- tion of MT. Field. happen to know that in this generation not one had ever spoken to MT. Field. do not think he would have recognized the name of an individual present. They were unable to formulate any expres- slons suitable to the occasion. Finally one man arose and said:
 "T am not what the church could call a religionist, but I believe in prayer. What we want is to see Mar shall Fields life spared. If anybody here knows how to phrase prayer, I move that he lead us while we all kneel and join him in our hearts,
 "In all of my experience l never heard a man or woman make motion to engage in prayer, but in this 1n- stance it seemed to be entirely proper. An elderly man responded.
 "'Let us pray to God to save Mar shall Fields life,' he said.
 "The words were not cold before ev- cry one present was on his knees. l am no authority on what constitutes pray CT. Like the man who made the mo- | ton, I wouldn't know how to utter a prayer in public. I am glad to say l know how to do it in the privacy of my home. But if the prayer that was made on this occasion was not sincere no one, in my opinion, need ever try to make one. It was not five minutes long. When it was finished the man who made the motion said:
 "T make another motion. move that as many as are gathered here go into some church in this city every day at noon and repeat as nearly as we can the prayer we have just heard. If any one is unable to get to church at that hour, let him say the prayer wherever he may be daily until Marshall Field recovers. I do not prophecy he con tinued, that we will get what we ask for, but we won't get 1t unless we do.'
 q think every man present seconded that motion. It was not put. Why should 1t have been? believe every man present kept his promise. One man told me he had not been in a church for thirty years, but he added that he would go three times a day fl he thought 1t would save Marshall Fields life.
 "The private individual whose life could inspire the Incident which I have tried to describe Is rare in this or any country"
 The mercantile and commercial ca reer of Marshall Field stands as monument to his industry, persever ance, energy and faculty for invention He was rated one of the worlds great est merchants and in the east and west was accepted as a man of ex I traordinary business talents. Perhaps the best epitome of the rules of his life is furnished in his own words:
 He never gives a note.
 He never buys . share of stock on mar gin.
 He is against speculation. ss..
 He is no borrower.
 He has made 1t a point not to ineumbei his business with mortgages.
 He does business on a leash basis" He tries to sell on shorter time thai competitors.
 He tries to sell the same grade of good for a smaller price.
 He holds his customers to a strict meet ing of their obligations
 He made those rules years ago ana never announced any revision. If anl of his great enterprises afterward re auired the borrowing of money 1t wal never known that be had borrowed it And MT. Field did more than mak' himself rich. He made bis associate' rich. One man after another has step ped out of the house of Marshsll FielS < Go. and retired with fortune. But while others sought ease. Marshal Field, the front of the concern. re mained in command till the last How Paris Is to Ala Newspapers.