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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03
THE IMPETUS ALWAYS PERSONAL.

The organization which he depends has no
actual counterpart in the railroad world. 1t IS
based on the fact that the average railroad
head can see only two or three thousand miles
Of rNad and that word see as expressed
through the big lenses of Harrimars spectacles.
is an all embracing word which only an organ
izer can broadly comprehend. So his system is
divided into grand divisions two or three thou
sand miles apart: and the head of each grand
division is a master OF maintenance ana opera
ton and a master OF traffic.
He chooses men capable of being made and
let's them make themselves under his hand.
They do not go To other roads for larger salaries
after they are made. for nobody pays higher
than Hartman.
The impetus. the plan of his enterprises pub
lie or private. large small. always comes from
the Hartman mind. He has Boys Club in
Tompk,ns Square. New York housed in a build
ing of his own erection; membership ten thou
sand; dues one cent year; members promptly
dropped for nOn-payment. The boys simply
have healthy good time
You can imagine how the man who went into
a brokers' office at fourteen sought to give any
budding East Side Hartman the chance to en-
iOy the good time which as a boy he himself
had missed. At the outset he used to spend
many evenings working and playing with them.
Now the organization runs itself, Il in the
course of developing his boys club that he met
Mrs. Hartman for the first time The beauty
Of his home life is n proverb among all who
know the family. 1t is simple and unaffected.
and the closest cOmrade he has in or out OF the
business world is his daughter Mary
Three days of the week, when he is spending
the other four in New York are usually passed
has a little farm of twenty-five thousand acres,
and he may enjoy his love of horses and other
outdoor hobbies. There is no excess Of working
costs which organization can save this estate
you may be sure. 4 funicular railroad carries
material up the mountain for the big house he
is building. He has made curves and grades 20
his hearts content his private roads He
has an Arden Farms Company. Wood Cut
ting Company and an Orange County COnStruc-
ton Company for road building-all uniQue-in
which he prescribed methods Of conduct till they
were working smoothly and paying good divi-
dends.
Last winter when he i'll in New York his
physician told him he ought not TO leave the
house; but he said that he had promised the
people out at Arden that he would be there for
Christmas. and he went. He looks after all his
farmers anu workmen in paternal way. At
tho time OF the Dewey parade he organized the
Arden children into squads. with q grOWn-up
in charge of each squad and responsible for the
return OF the units home, fitted up a stand for
them In front Of his town house and served
luncheon to them in his big dining room. Even
his Wall Street enemies would have TO like 3.
H Hartman a little IL they saw how ne likes
children.-COllieTs Weekly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03
STRIKING DISPARITY.

There is a striking disparity in the size of the
greatest and the smallest of the universities and
colleges The term university in the United
States is like the notes issued by the state
banks years ago in one respect. II is necessary
TO know what it represents before setting a
value upon it. There is a wide difference be-
tween Harvard University, and. for instance.
Urbana University. OF Urbana Ohio. which has
IN its collegiate department one sophomore and
two freshmen.
Some of the universities of the country may
we'll be called wealthy. Columbia leads the list
in this respect. with property valued AZ 81,
2G1.6,S Leland Stanford Junior University. OF
California. has round score Of millions in
property. while HarvaIG's productive funds are
4 tTife over %lS.03oUEl
one wonders what is done with the income
Of the ondowments of some of the institutions.
For instance, the Andover Theological Seminary
600 and twelve students. The five members Of
the faculty. one imagincs. must sometimes
yearn for the enthusiasm Of numbers
Not state CT a territory IN the Union is with
ont 4 collegiate institution. and oklahoma,
which IS Of the last sections OF the United
States tn be opened for settlement. has two uni
NeTsitles. four saCtarian colleges and otAer in
stitGtions for higher education.
The hundreds of millions of dollars invested
in college buildings ana endowment funds IN
the United States have been very largely
the gifts of Individual Tho younC American
is 50 anxious TO secure higher education that
he is willing 20 earn his way through college.
The older American IS anxious to provide the
opportunity II seems safe To say that this
spirit is exhibited in similar degree in any
other country in the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03
THE coNsoLABLE WIDOW.

Widows In Paris appear to be about ten times
more easily cOnsOlable than widOwsFs. Out Of 1sOi
derelc4 ladies' on whom statistiCians kept eye
after their husbands demise only three were lefs
still lone and mourning after eighteen months ha4
remained unOOnsOled, or had had enough N one 69
at the lottery. One hundred and forty-elSnt ns1
not the grace to wait until the year out 20 To-
marry; CPS did wait a year but took second wtlsss
again had done u before three years had Sone ny
Apparently IL widOwer can walt three years ne -
safe and falls into the minority, which On this cass
was thiFty-seven OF those for whom once Is en0usn
After divorce on the contrary, the ladies are
much more shy than the men about entering the
bonds again. out OF the ~ women whose mar
from trying the experiment again after nine years
hal elapsed. Out OF 61e 100 married again "a
decree became absolute. An those who did make
q fresh start In WedlOcE had done so within Two
years nom their dlvOrce.-LOnGOn Telegraph.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03
MIDDLE WEST LEADS EAST.

A fact which viii be surprising to some East
eTners is that the people Of the Middle West
are ahead OF them in the matter OF average
education. The rate OF illiteracy in cities Of
5000 or OyeF in The Northern Atlantic States.
which include New England, New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania. at the date OF
rhe last national census IS per cent and out
side the cities 73 per cent. IN the North Cen
tTal States. which include Ohio, Indiana, Illl-
nois, Michigan, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska
ana Kansas, the percentages were 3.3 and 46,
respectively. In the former division there are
81 universities and colleges with 20 995 under
graduate and 1868 graduate students. while
81 the latter there are lSz institutions of this
character with 1851 Undergraduate and 2,S27
graduate students. An interesting sdelight' on
higher education IN the Middle West is shown
De the feet that Of the 32,.ElS students IN the
Eastern Institutions only ,, 7l2 are women while
of the $3.50 ia those in the Middle West To-
go are women. There are more women in the
colleges of this group OF states than in all the
otier groups o. the country combined The
eToTage 5t2lderd Of The Eastern college Re prob-
ally higher than that Of fhs Western II VIII
not BE- long before the colleges 81 the Middle
Western States take tie lead IN numbers Os
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03
HARTMAN AT HOME.
4 Pen Pjctarc of the Famous Rail
road FinaRcier.
BY Frederick Palmer.

have seen enough Of E H. Hartman to feel
that 7 know him
He has the most concentrated mentality of any
man have ever met You do not have 10 re-
move layers Of pose Of fatty egoism and glad
handism in order TO get at the real Hartman.
who is rs different from the creature OF popular
conception from The creature OF his own con-
cepticn. The creature of popular conception IS
a sinister. frigid, heartless product to meet the
market demand about personality which has
been inaccessible. II is this Hartman of whom
we hear In a recent editorial:
There is on the Union Pacific special en-
gineer, expert in rounding curves easily and put
ting on brakes softly, who always draws MI.
Harr!mau'a train. This engineer made the rec
ord breaking ran to san Francisco shortly after
the earthquake. Az Hartman has never shaken
hands with this man; he has never given him
a nod"
My first glimpse Of the real man was on q
voyage When the ocean IS the Pacific and there
are few people aboard. YOU learn your fellow
passengers pretty we'll. So you did on this oc-
casicn. including two United States Senators.
Hartman spent more time with the engineer
than with them. AS for the editorial. ne
changed engineers at each division and ne
could not sit up all night TO shake hands with
all
We started from Yokohama with the idea Of
beating the record to San Francisco. \ smooth
sea all the way meant an even chance of sue
cess. This disappeared for everybody except
Hartman when the first three days were entire
~ unpropitous- | think that ne thought we
must succeed because he himself was aboard.
When some one offered him a bet OF S.. 600 to
$1,000 that he would fail. he took il. Then he
started out 10 win the bet with al the zest the
he has shown in obtaining control over new
railroad. Fair weather broke the next day and
. IN fgeI hot ffeC lie
man was putting demoniacal energy into the
stokcrs and into the very engines. BY tine
dramatic space OF few minutes he Won Har-
riman never advertised the fact that he gave the
$4,000 TO the engine room crew Winning was
the point in mind.
on the whole, he the least obtrusive of
any great millionaire with whom l have ever
come in contact. Whether he is doing a kind
ness or doing business. he never uses words
where thought or action will take their place I
noticed that when he told Il steward to move a
lady's chair to better position il was In an
undertone Of brevity. The lady did not know
OF his thoushtfulness. She would If James ].
Hill had been in Harriman'S place
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03

Office" he said, and I found none. 1t is the other
fellows who are hanging over the tickers Won
dering what ne is going TO do next. The Union
Pacific offices are almost abysmaily quiet. Ihey
seem as FAR removed from Wall Street as a col
lege presidents study, and everybody trained 70
make no unnecessary motions, 10 speak no un-
necessary words. Hartman himself when he -
there. occupies a small office of the directors
room.
When I asked an attendant what time this
and that head went out to lunch the answer
was: ION. he does not go out 10 lunch. At least,
not when Hartman himself is working, and this
is four days a week. -Four days are enough for
him 10 manage his vast systems and plan the
incorporation of others on three days he plays,
making up for the time he lost In the youthful
grind Of the brokers' office
During his recent illness he attended 70 his
affairs at his house. which is pervaded. like his
Office. by the efficiency of his undemCDstrative,
dominant personality, and there / talked with
him again. The telephCne-thrOu which he
commanded his battalions-with It's continual in
terruptions was the only, object on the little
table at his elbow. His slight figure is wtry,
enduring. sufficient TO carry the great mentality.
He is far from being q sick man, and mis- eyes
are young. very young. for his years-eyes which
can twinkle with 4 subtle humOr and a kindly
humoT. but oftener on duty snap or say: You
do that in a way that saves words. His big
forehead and his eyes belong 10 a giant about
twelve feet IN height and you soon cease 10 see
anything else
Those eyes. too. have way of looking clear
through your own. at the thing you are carry
ing in the back of your head. When he works
his manner is insistent with the purpose and
custom Of bending others to his Will When he
plays he is a boy, and the younger the people
he PLAYS with the better he likes il. People who
know him at play wonder how he can ever hold
his own in Wall Street But at work or at play,
he has am inherent dislike fer publicity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03

certain railroad promoter. Running over a recent
article in magazine, he passed q few remarks
none bitter unkindly, about some eminent
fnanciers with whom he had locked horns. Com
ing 10 9 portrait of James ]. HILL he said with
a twinkle in his eye after q qUfzzical pause:
Anyway, he calls me Ed" fancy he really
likes Hill. that foeman worthy OF his steel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03
PLAYS THREE DAYS A WEEK

Now that 1 have the following which goes
with success" he said quietly. II don't have so
much trouble to get the money to carry out
my ideas But 1 like opposition II deveIons
one, like 1t when"- But the sentence was un-
finished. One can supply the word INTELLIGENT
or strong. One could even supply the word
Roosevelt or it might take the form of a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03
OUR MANY COLLEGES.
About FiUe Hundred Million Dollars
FnUested an Them.

The endowment Of the General Education
Board recently with a sum sufficient to bring
its resources up to S43.OO000O raises some in
teresting questions. The income OF this immense
amount is largely 10 be applied 10 the promo
ton Of higher education IN this country. II Is
probable that the added facilities provided for
this branch viii result ia a constantly Increasing
percentage of highly trained men, What win
be the effect upon the life Of the nation? Win
college training stin be looked upon by most Of
those who come from the so-called lower walks
of life and from the farm as a stepping stone 10
some professional employment? II so, viii the
professional ranks become even more crowded
than some Of Them are now? or VIII those who
have toiled and saved I'm order 80 obtain the
coveted education take up agricultural pursuits
and utilize their culture in cultivating the soil
and improving the life OF the small community
Of which thCy are part? What effect Wll
growing percentage az college trained men have
upon the political life Of the nation? WIN it
mean more independent voters or a more highly
organized machine and shrewder bosses TO lead
the naturalized citizens in paths which arc
dark? Wiu higher education be considered IN
the future more than il has been in the past
in America, means TO culture ratner than an
investment? There Is a growing tendency at
the present time on the part % the college man
TO enter business. ana The business world Is
looking FOR him. College bred women, too, are
becoming 4 factor in American life. They evil
Gently aye 20 be a force for culture, for FIVE
siXtfs % them are taking tho classical courses.
With the growing wealth of the country. in
terest in higher education is finding wider con-
crete expression. The colleges and other insti-
tutions growing Weather and the number
o. students seeking admission 10 the courts %
wisdom and good fellowship is increasing year
by year in 1901 there were Ga universities
colleges and professional and technical schools
IN the United States. OF these So bore the
lille. If not always the substance, Of university
Or college. Men 10 the number OF IJ,fI2 and
women. in numbers 27,ST9. were then burning
the midnight oil in search Of learning. This
represented an increase of 6S per cent for men
and 1.9 per cent for women IN the course of d
secade. At that time the property possessed by
he 473 Institutions was valued at $39l DO ~,
of which $177.09G.GGG WAS in permanent endow-
mcllt The total income was S333596l2, with
benefactions Of SlSNja4G3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03

matriculants. If one may be guided by some
recent figures.
The universities having over 1000 are as fol-
lows: Harvard. 5,343: University of Chicago.
1903; University of Michigan. 1906: Columbia
University 4,643. and University of Minnesota,
4O25. Columbia was second two years ago,
following Harvard. At the rate Of gain which
the Middle Western colleges making it is
expected that soon they viii lead even Har-
ward. as they have taken precedence over the
OtheT older E,arfprn COLLEGES
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03
SELF-MADE. INTENSE

The two Senators were always ready to pick
up Harrimans handkerchief although they are
on record as trust busters When you cut away
their egoism and gladhandism. the skeleton that
remained consisted merely of n rubber backbone
and floating ribs. On one occasion Senator N
looking around for an audience engaged Harri-
man in discussion of the rate problem 1t was
the encounter Of a rapier and a pillow full OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03
AN EARLY HAIR RESTORES.

A remedy for badness has recently been found
by a learned Psychologist. Inscribed IN a papy-as.
IL IS said 70 have been used by King Chata. tho
second sovereign OF the dEst dynasty. The rscps
IS as fOllOwss "A mixture OF dogs paws dates and
asses hoofs. ground ID and cooked in oil. Ths
too.r-Fa1nlly Docson -"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03

Mrs. Jaggsby-i WAS very much surprised at
the condition in which you came home last
night.
Jasgsby-There you go again! I'd be WILLING
60 swear that . came home perfectly sober.
Mrs. Jagesby-So you did; that's what sur
prised me-
--Il.1.Is asd .B.,A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03

''As the door banged behind him we thought
many unlIind things about Mr.. Hammerstein for
thus breaking in upon our innocent tranquility.
If girls are harder to reason with than boys, as
all authorities say, Jimmy's successor shall pre-
serve the ancient lineage OF masculinity.''
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-02-18
THE THEATERs

The Ham Tree 10 Gfezt
There Is q three hour merry ha.
ha.ahow ~ the Grand this week
which IL the best ever THIS incrry
Eingla 81 nunagnae f. called The
Ham Tree. bat whaf's In a Balue.
Every principal In the makeup H. a
top liner And the chefnHes are noted
for eAcafienf eosluminK. business
and runeraI dash There II hardly
a breathing spell during the three
hours fun and the only time for
one 70 prepare for the next ~ OF
laughter Il between the aeta and
even this Is brief for waits are not
on the program.
Mcintyre and Heath ara splendid
Their work Ia not Of the Alapatick
variety, bot rather the quiet sort
Of business. giving = real portrayal
Of The quaint. funny oolored man.
The movernent Of an eye, peculiar
twitch OF the fuouth. a difference In
voice incubation and the shuttle of
foot Is enough TO set one Into
Mysteries.
hut Mcintyre and Heath arc not
the Whole show b. any means.
There H. one really good actor.
David Torrenco. who plays Lord
Spot Cash. a burlesaue part. with
artistic perception. Miss Bell Gold
l. an eighteen carat fine soubretse.
Another bit OF cievernesa IL the
Sherlock Holmes Battles Of w. G.
Ffald. who fs Immense. His JHG-
glinK IL one Of the hits Of the show.
Frederick Bowers does plenty OF
entertaining singing. This Bowers
Is a wise actor and has most
agreeable way Of making himself
pleasing TO an audience that few
actors possess. His topical songs
ware instantaneous hits.
The chorus Is likely the best seen
IN Seattle. There Is a variety OF
costumes. different evolations IN
like anything seen here before this
season.
Misa JEANNE fowler Is a strlk.
iuEiy handsome woman on the type
OF Maxine Elliott and her costumes
are dreams"
ssrhe Ham Tree" Is no doubt the
best thing 10 appear in Seattle this
season from a laughing standpoint
aud will chase away the blues Of
anyone. II runs through to Thurs
day nigh; with a matinee Wednes-
dar.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-02-18

what does the sum o. $4,000. zoe
tasan the amount which John u.
Rockefeller has just given 60 eduea-
tlany
The figure seems oyerpowering -
ana Il u rightly so~-but relatively
Il is not always stupondous. II is
only I-a.ss7th Of the estimated
wealth n The unitea states What
makes " appalling h that $4,000
oesth OF the entire population % the
united States and lie island possess
aiona IN able 90 rive away this enor-
nous sum ana have a. much OF even
more left.
Thirty-tpo million dollars in more
than the value Of coal mined IN the
state OF West Virginia In one year.
In silver dollars. II iaid side By
side. ~ would reach farther than
from Cincinnati To New York. or
farther than from Detroit 70 New
FORK. az farther than from London
70 Berlin.
II the sum were 70 be transported
ln silver IL would take over sec
wagons Of 1000 pounds tavoirdu
poisj capacity TO carry a.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-02-18
ARE AGAINST
STONE WALL

5on. u. C.. IN the interests Of the
exposition.
Congress just now looks with n
great deal Of dsnfavor Upon expoai-
tiona,~ aafd Mr. McGfAw. We
have had too many Of them In re-
cent years They bad considerable
difficulty IA getting an apprOprta-
ton through for the jamestown en-
poaltion. On spite n It's historical
slwanlficance. and u would be fool
ish for ms 10 have insisted upon an
appropriation being made AZ this
session. In the first place. Il could
not have received a favorable re-
port from tho COMMITTEES. ant II Y
woaid. ths house wouid not have
passed H.
4 am confident. however. that
during the naxf session. II congress
linda that No are in earnest. and
that.fhs work Tor the exposition II
progreszlnz In good shape. an ap-
preparation viii be made and exhib-
its for Alaska and the Philippines
provided for. Ia fact. the substance
u what many o. the members OF
congress told me was. We are Cd
posed 10 any more expositions, but
in YOU people out there want ono,
vel have 70 KiYe Il 70 You
On being asked his opinion "on
tho movement Of the Shore Own
erB' club. In reference to tho Lake
Washington canal, eScoy. NC
Draw zafd:
4 know too little about what took
place during my absence 10 be in
a position to express any opinion.
However, ! am IN favor 81 any
movement that win assure the early
completion Of tho canal Though
We are not heavily interested in
shore lands, we are more than viii.
ing 10 contribute our share towards
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-02-18
~ mARLEN {. PEW.
(seattle stars Ekeluslvs ssrvios.l

awed John d Roehefeisra latest
colossal beaetaetion the Of education
ns Wealth hands over 20 HE brothers Tfr
TWO MILLIONS or DOLLARS FORTUNE sELf-AccoMo-
.lasserlns 20 contemplate -, 49,. :. o,on.,,v
gratefully bowl Of ms half cream s"a saa
bis ssau. aals, way o. this hls
bensas'on In me eonvsr.atio" be ND only 's'
II i fact q NY own personal q saa-
Teller Than Trims Save ps,hsps Ms oss o. , 4, sup
his charitable and edueatonsl plans -
ma PC "a ~ s,ssss sin me some Of he
his ne frankly asnomns''a he sa'' % h ~ had
Inquired n 1 college man -. .,,.. ~, 4.
young advantage for fife man TO- me az,
or oss ou me r 1oa s's' MIN MoiT HAVE RE
noeksr. present YIN therefore, to xra"y THIS
Later IN told how fun hs days were 81
Really" said he 4 am "' ss busy now " nav
II. created for himself s.ooass. ,.,'ss .s
The uplifting o. hi. fslew esSn,fy =, ss lie
told that he IN bic oes At a q" ssa tFa''" y"
VITA n- s ss VI. Vas IN soif but he
pleasure VIII not for Instance neglect hs nus s Is
IN. to- T. be more on the llnRa
Mr. aoeetsl smploy. she has AZ assist,
In each Of MS homes he has ~ e1 ava me sa hs has
him There Is not dollar 81 the mary ~ ~,
When new religious donated for Instance
iahes me time % leos over The pas ne " "0''
an.ds 81 p.xssas letters Roctsler each
day these NJ. ssrars she has sen.
sra nsuefions which Der employer - inter
sssa such interest hin she reads 70 aim
theirs are -. "A.
II can be aenny Rocs~fesf has never oa an
In o million dotafs 20
uuiron this ts2eoeses ne
bena Fghts applied AeeafSns 20 -
the reduced the gift 20 seFsfse
him he new bis fortune Nap
Al. lnesne these questions hpi iatsf Wa
his ssanasa.i friends that every "'s . "
tuna II accounted t0F 10 hir A..
jena y paessner public opinion he fesr haa-
be gained mn
his riHhi aud ansY !"
he he Il doinE Gods NpA ass"Vs y
IN. diets q hia conariencs. "a.
sx,a ,s4~saa TAT uAa he
understood ana
ss,~a "a hv. ,h faiow eounyHaen