The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-02

erful influence. That this is your duty
! I am firmly convinced. None can
| gainsay the power of the press. But
! the press should be truthful and fair
to both sides in any controversy. You
newspaper men should bear in mind
| that one part of your mission OF IN
estimable value is to make some OF US
better acquainted with some of the
| others"
| Mr.. Rockefeller is intensely anxious
to meet the public. His hermitage mas
| been so long, however, and there are
so many people in ''the public" that
he is overawed That is the reason
for the beautiful lodge house at the
Euclid Avenue gates of Forest HILL
/ None but those provided with passes
are permitted to come inside. Even
the correspondents who come to his
gates annually number into the thou-
| sands He spoke of this last summer
/ when he consented to see a New York
! newspaper woman and submit to De
interviewed, "but not for publication,
he insisted For where would 1 end
lit? If / talked to one / should nave
to talk to ALL
/ Mr.. Rockefeller is particularly fond
of animals Whether this is RESPONSE
BILE for his going so far as to heat the
4 water in big lilypond OF his at For
est Hill for the comfort of the nsh
in it. | do not know. At any rate,
there were fish and lilies in that pond
long after the grounds were white with
, frost He has installed at one side or
; the pond a. coke heater-furnace. EV-
. erv drop of water in the pond is kept
at a certain temperature all day ana
, all night long.
Mr.. Rockefeller is a great market
gardener Last summer, when stop
I ping at Compiegne, France, ne eA-
messed a. desire to visit the markets
Accordingly a trip was planned Tor the
| next morning at eleven O'CLOCK. Inc
MAYOR of the town and several ofnclals
were to make it quite formal occa-
: sion When the official party formed
the next morning there was no MI
: Rockefeller! AS the leaders were iran
: tically dispatching messengers IN eE-
erv direction he was discovered COM
! ing up the street, alone, q HAPPY shilie
) bis face. and a market basket on
, his arm. He had been investigating
r the markets of his own accord.
: Then. too. upon the occasion OF MS
. visit TO the government forests at the
same place, he severely frightened tIe
members of his party. 1t was thought
that he was lost, or assasslnated' rive
minutes after the alarm had peeh CIV
on he was found questioning a peas
ant regarding his knowledge OF tores-
try. might come in handy at Forest
Hill" he said. joculariy.
He made a hit with the French
ipeasantry. too it seems, when ne flaue
friends with the baby belonging 10 tIie
concierge. and trundled her about the
village streets. He attempted TO teach
her English but was stopped IN TINS
by the baby's mother, who objected 70
having her offspring fed on diet OF
unsimplified- spelling, even though IL
were administered by the man VINO
gives away colleges for the same pur-
pose. .o
At his church, the Euclid Avenue
Baptist, Mr. Rockefeller is democracy
itself. He shakes hands with every
one and is particularly happy with the
children, with whom he is a great fav-
orite. The church itself is extremely
democratic 1t is no uncommon thlng
to see the richest man in the world
conversing thoughtfully on a Sunday
morning with a rough, heavy-handed
blacksmith or mechanic. He makes
! wonderfully witty as well as oralny
speeches in the Sunday School and to
the Mems Club, of which he is a SORT
i of natron saint He breaches pastorals
to the children, basing them upon MS
potato crop or his prize corn.
As fast as the world learns to know
Mr.. Rockefeller personally, just so 'fas'
will he be found to be human Each
nublic appearance that he makes Is
stem nearer the worlds acceptance OF
him as a man, not ay~hideous carlca-
ture For he is a man, after all ne
lives in a frame house, quite an orol'
II nary frame house, too, on the top OF
4 Forest Hill. in Cleveland. They paste
j the windows up in winter with faded
yellow newspapers to keep the sun
light out. just as they do in the PACK
woods still The wind blows through
II quite often. Its master is begin
I ming to wish to get down among th'
rest of the people, where the sunshlh
warns the blood and makes heart
lighter. The public rather pities az
i ordinary millionaire. Mr.. Rockefellel
would rather be pitied than hated. 70
pity is akin TO love. 1t is long steI
h from a United States indictment K
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