The Washington herald., 1907-08-20

head or big machine that was making
glue from cattle feet He wasn't pleas
ed with the job circumstances laid out
for him, and he wooed the Muse with
force and arms and, incidentally, with
success Mr.. LOrimer was born in Louis
vile, Ky, thirty-nine years ago. After
he got through with school he obtained
position. a very small one II was. in
the packing house Of Armour * Co, in
Chicago. He was on the job from the
minute he began, and in course OF time
he became the head OF the glue depart
ment- It was an important position in
Porkopolis, and there was a good salary
attached.
But Lorimer wanted to write. He said
70 himself: Let who Will make the glue
OF nation, if I may write its pieces for
the papers" So he quit the glue factory
and Went down TO Waterville, Me. TO
take a course in Colby University Then
he went TO Yale. Then he went into Bos-
ton, and began to write things as a free
lance. He sold them sometimes. and
sometimes he didn't. but at any rate he
was not successful. He looked for a Job
and landed a small one as assistant edi-
tor Of the Saturday Evening Post. at
Philadelphia
In time the chief editor Of the weekly
severed his connection with the manage
ment Cyrus X. Curtis, the head Of the
publishing house, was in Europe. and Lor-
inner was put in charge of the paper until
Mr., Curtis could return and find a sat
lsfactory editor. This was the plan of
The management. The Lorimer plan was
different He had learned In Chicago
that the way 10 make glue was to make
glue that would stick So he went into
the editors Office hung his hat on the
editors peg, and then and there glued
himself 10 the job. When Mr. Curtis
came back, and was asked who was to
take the editorship he went over the
nles and saw evidences of "Lorimer Glue
The Kind that Sticks'-on every page.
WHAT'S the use?' he asked; and no.
body has since tried TO pry Lorimer out
OF that EDITORS chair
one day Lorimer looked over the paper.
and decided that it was shy on humor.
Nobody was writing humor. and yet
humor must be had. He decided that the
way 10 have humor was to make humor.
The first installment OF Letters from a
Sef-made Merchant TO His Son" was the
result OF this self-communion The men
around the Office thought it was fair.
The second installment was pretty good.
they said. The third installment brought
IN results from all over the country. and
Few series Of humorous articles have ever
been more popular. The Letters" We're
published in book form, and have been
translated into almost every language of
the civilized world The book had a
great vogue in Japan. 1t proved a big
money maker, and with his ROYALTIES Mr..
Lorimer built "A beautiful home al Wyn-
cote, Pa. In the summer he takes his
Wife and children 10 Estes Park. Colo.
and spends six weeks on horse back
The original "Self-made Merchant" is
none other than L0rimers old friend and
employer, Phil d. Armour. whose char
acteristics are set forth in a manner that
has won International approval. Few
books have been written which give such
clear insight into the development Of this
American business man. whose achieve
ments have eclipsed the conquests Of
Alexander Mr. Lorimer is one of the
most genial Of men, a good story-teiler
q good listener, and a man who makes
friends. In the magazine world he stands
az the head OF enc OF the greatest pub
lcations of its class in the world. and in
that position he is always looking for new
men and new material He looks on his
business as a business. and. as has been
pointed out, not an accidental occupation
If he had chosen TO remain in the packin,
house. in ali probability he would have
been beef trust magnate by this time
He has shown what Armour's business
principles viii do when applied to litera-
ture.
At desk in a quiet corner of the
United States Geological Survey sits a
young man who found an anchorage in
Washington after having INDUCED 10 the
fullest the wanderIJst Of the AngIo-Saxon
After having crowded into a few years
more excitement and adventure than the
average soldier goes through in a life
time, Crittenden Marriott. former wan
derer. gold hunter, war correspondent
and writer of travel letters, now plugs
away at government bureau work as con-
tentedly as if he had been used TO il
always. While he was seeing the world
Mr.. Marriott walked hundreds of miles in
the jungles of Africa and South America.
lie experienced numerous adventures. with
wild beasts and savages. and suffered
hunger and thirst under the trOpical suD
Upon one occasion his team of oxen fell
sick in the Transvaal, and he was COM
PEELED 10 walk $50 miles through a country
infested with dangerous wild animals
HIS love OF curios had led him to trade
lis rifle 10 a native. and he was equipped
with no arms other than a native spear.
in the use Of which he was not expert.
lie managed, however. to reach Pretoria
without misnap.
During the Brazilian revolution. in 1899.
Mr.. Marriott was the correspondent Of
the Associated Press in the field. The
voyage down on the Nictheroy. dvna-
mite cruiser bought by the Brazilian pres
ident TO suppress the rebellion, was some
what hazardous. because she had eighty
tons Of explosives between decks. and her
crew. composed of selected New York
tOughs. threatened 10 mutiny when II was
learned that rebel vessels were in search
OF them. But the rebels sunk before the
Nictheroy arrived, and there was no fight
AlT. Marriott had exciting experiences in
Cuba IN 1884, when c. r. Crosby vas
killed, Sylvester Scovel was wounded. and
other war correspondents were impris-
oned. He had the homer of forwarding
the letter of Gen, Gomez TO President
Mckinley, asking the moral support of
the American government for Cuban free
dom
Crittenden Marriott was more fortunate
in his adventures in Cuba than another
famous member of his family. He is
closely related TO the famous Crittendens
of Kentucky. one of whom was Col. W. 7.
Crittenden, an officer under I.opez i'm
Cuba in 1S5l. Critteuden. with fifty men
was condemned by a Spanish court-mar-
tial to be shot. The Americans. many Of
Them mere boys were lined up In Havana
IN the presence of the American consul
ana hundreds Of spectators. When Crit