The daily sentinel., 1906-06-08
TELLS OF LIFE OF FIELD
' Satst Gives Some "Reminiscences
y" nus Dealings With the Late
Marshall Field of Chicago.

n 'iau Flelu OF Chicago
One of the most interesting of tho
" s5siCors oil the past week has been Mr.
~ ~ 1srst who is one of the owners of
me Mesa Dry Goods company bYt
SI.eiy SIaey Is the representative of The
slaT shaIl Field wholesale department
'or the state of Colorado.
lhls important position has been
,I uelu Dy Mr. Garst for many wears
ne mas been the confidential agent
ol that great firm in all its business
Iaihihcations in this state in the nsst
twenty years. '"S past
AS natural consequence of hold
ing this important position for the
Marshall Field company. Mr.. Garst
was at times drawn in close confer
eHee with the late Marshall Field ono
Z oi the most remarkable Characters
VI business life in western America
IN calling upon a few business
| friends on Tuesday of this week Mr.
Sarst was led to give those assembled
some insight into the personal char
acter oil this remarkable man. Mr.
Garst Is man Of large business .ex-
perlence himself and he becomes ex-
cl'ed at times in detailing the per-
sonaI characteristics of Mr.. Field In
part Mr.. Garst said as follows;
lie was a very urbane man, al
ways smiling and a pleasant word
Tor everybody. He was a man not
easily perturbed and l have seen him
personally in his private office talk
ing 10 one man on his right and one
on his left and opening great pile
OF correspondence before him. He
was at all times coherent in his ans
Wers 10 each of those talking to him
as Wen as aware of the contents Of
each letter as it pertained to his bust
ness.
Il have seen him approached by
men with big schemes for the further
ance Of his business interests and be-
fore they had time to open their
mouths, being well acquainted with
their department of his business af-
fairs he would anticipate their dues-
ton OF questions or had a present.
ment OF their business propositions
and answered yes or no, intuitiyely.
can remember one instance par
ticularly to show how readily he ac-
commodated himself to Circumstance
es. In the big retail store at times
hundreds OF thousands of dollars werN
spent in decorations for some one or
another important sale which had
been advertised very extensively. The
particular morning referred to. the
sky was overcast and rain descended
in sheets flooding the streets and
cellars and making IL impossible for
any great sale to take place on that
day.
at the usual hour Mr.. Field came
walking into the store and was met
by one of the department chiefs. Mr..
Field gave this chief a CHEEKY and
smiling salutation, Notwithstanding
the lowering weather on the outside.
but was answered by the chief with
bewaillng accent and a wringlng
of the hands over the condition of the
weather Mr., Fields CHEEKY reply
was certainly the good Lord cannot
take into consideration every depart
ment store sale when he is compel
led to send the rain to water the
earth.I
This story shows that little things
did not disturb Mr.. Field. He was
prodlgous worker and the amount
of work he could turn out in a day
was something phenomenal. His
work was lightning like in rapidity
and he was attentive to all of the
work he had to do"
Mr.. Garst talked steadily for over
an hour upon the character of Mr..
Field. the disposition of his great
wealth, which was made by strict
ly honorable methods and told many
things OF purely personal nature not
for publication. 1t was an interest
ing talk throughout and every one
of the gentlemen present listened
with the utmost eagerness for every
word of Mr.. Garst, regarding this
prince of merchants, whose business
methods and teachings would well
make rules of life to govern the av-
erage ambitious young man of today.