The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-28

make tie sessmbianse startling. g
alenaer nm boylsh ttgute topped BY
White hsaas ! manner selt:assured-
ser nsgeF cssEselg aggressIge; There
III nutsbsll ne persoHallty Of one
II the most plcturesale. Interesting
ngpres u aiisNew Epsiand- that Of w
i popglas GoyeFner Of sassac ha-
Hut Il ispot chiefly as ex.a0Yernor,
Of lndeed ass stateSuian at all, that the
vdsia IL iatss knows Mr.. Douglas. 4
ouastaile q factories. q yearly out
pu b something over three million
paiEs g saoasy and q face that looks
Oil rom ths advertising columns Of
oisht fhonsSad aewspapers-thsse are
me ontw attributes that have made
fhs name ct W! b.. Douglas 50 familiar
nom Maine 10 California.
Th story the man who could make
hlnsel we'll known; his secret Of
achieyeaeat hls life history and his
hints on business success will not only
ii 81 interest, but Of profit to every
eIass 81 fsade:
nj ne description Of hard climb,
81 d winning fight against clrcum-
stances ana the eclimber's9 rules for
sletoty ateS always worth hearing The
World leyessa lighter and takes an in
tefsst in iissba.tles,
And Douglas Is a fighter. as
esen tie most sasaal student Of human
natdte could glsaa from one glance at
the trong, prominent jaw, the level
broWs ne arni sst Of the lips.
That cast Of features set Bismarck
10 tcppilng European thrones. The satne
physlognomy with q gontler mould of
eSe and MOUTH has caused Douglas to
reyeluti6nize business, to wiring wealth
from poverty and political power from
stat pe6pleds by3a majority that DIFF
fefs from him In politics.
Bismarck tore down. Douglas has
huilt aps THAT d where the mllder eye
ind mouth come In.
There u q keyword to Douglass sue
cess 81 course Several Of them, in
net rhe foremost IS advertising,
EilssLifs Motto.
Cewspape rS advertising" is his life
motto in business First, be cure you
hass something worthy to advertise.
Something Just as good as you say 1t
n Struggle to keep II as good, and
men advertise 1t constantly, The
neWspapeT Is the field in which my adj
yeltising has brought me the only per-
keetiy ctory returns. And ! have
ttEed many lines before settling down
excl iyelJ TO that theory
The same s.crad'a,' served for New
E1giand and for the man who was one
aag % lie Governor OF Its Oldest State.
For was In ancient plymouth, scene
81 me Pilgrims landing, that Douglas
nj born, II 1876. HIS was as pathetic
and peIesss q childhood as ever Dick
ems pictured for David Copperaeld or
other Of his luckless boy heroes, That
pqlglss rose from u to any later POSI-,
tim VIII teyeF speaks volumes for the
sum ne made Of.
IN 1850 news came to Plymouth
woman that her husband. the bread
Rlnasts ot their large family. had been
drowned at sea. AL. the children were
young The mother was almost with
out means. 50 two years later she
Nefb My bound OUT one Of the brood
preeoclous boy OF seven-to his
1ncles d shoemaker. The childs life
rom then on became one long era of
drudgery and hardship. His unclefset
him at once to pegging shoes by hand.
This was a task for grown workers,
but tbs. baby fingers were kept at the
SAINT toll Of Il from dawn to DART.
ID hoIldayi no let.up OF any sort, and, :,
worst sof all, no wages.
The en-year.old boy was carrying
unduly heavy weapons IN his llle-bat-
ne has been carrying them ever
s.ace Els billy to do so explains
WY hs became Governor william L,
sr,oislaS, instead Of merely Journeyman
Isll Douglas.
helsA was q stern task.iaaster. 4
Apart from the shoe-pegging, the child
called upon to perform score OF
equally severe duties. Among them
gf3s the twlce-s-lay Journey into the
gsods, in bitterest New England
winter weather, TO cut and drag in
wood for the shops fires.
Only at rare Intervals was he allowed
q leave his workbench for she school,
But at such periods he proved
70 spt d scholar as to make up for the
ldfi lRpses He was greedy for educa-
and seemed to absorb his sranty
pprito d it without effort. It was
opls BY this Strange prof tha' he
glea ga any learning d all.
t.i four years the slavery went IN.
rbsh Douglas returned to His neither.
ert 80 valuable had he hncome in the
s6ep that his uncle induced him to
Come back to him at the munIdcent
sage IS IS q month. Until he was NJ
tsep M continued 70 work thus, all the
time busy with new ideas aloag his
Own ne: These IDEAS were one day to
nit
en- seeking to better himself, he
sSeii work In plymouth cotton
IS cents a day, This meant fully
4 ppth, and the 9 raise seemed
ncs.t "a. ne dream o wealth. But fate
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