Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13

some plans he was forming to head an expedition of
Young fellows to the gold fields of Alaska.
is it true Mr.. Baldwin, that YOU financially
stripped?" asked him l was attached to the staff
of San Francisco newspaper then.
Might raise two bits if l went around and boned
my friends, replied the amazing old man with
perfectly genuine grin And then again, might
your question plainly: / couldn't buy you nickel
smoke right now if had to pay cash.
We'll, | said 50 long as you refuse to be cast
Cast down." he broke in. with expression of
great surprise What for? Why, blamed if l don't
rather enjoy the of responsibility that
with being busted! Lord love you! when first hit
this coast, quarter of century before you
born, didn't have the price of plate of friyoes;
and l feel just fine now as did then, which is
saving lot I'm only young fellow yet. Wait till
get back from this trip to Alaska! I'll have ship
load of dust! I've been cleaned out dozen times
If I'd sat down and worried my head off about it,
dye spose I'd be here now ready to pitch in and
start all over again? Well, I'reckon not!'
There was the view of dead game y man that
still millionaire without knowing it. There
was questioning his perfect sincerity. Clearly,
riches meant so very much to Lucky Baldwin
The Value of Digestion
V/ILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST, for whom
w once worked, born a multimillionaire-
Also he was born with amazingly weak a stomach
that gastronomicay speaking, he is forced to lead
of a political campaign in which all hands had
labored hard and long, Mr.. Hearst took his mme
date staff to a midnight restaurant dinner. The
men, after their toll like urchins gormandlzlng
thick steaks and Holsters and rabbits and other
dangerous middle of-the-night fare. Mr.. Hearst,
who confessed himself perishing for sure enough
human victuals, took a bowl of graham waters and
milk. He obviously eyed his COMMANDERS slowing
away the difficult food-but not difficult for them
''Hod carriersl' he commented, Il would give
everything l possess to own your dlgest1ons!
Whereupon each of the present silently
assessed his digestive apparatus as being worth
something like thirty millions of dollars.
(NoTE.-Each of the men present, however, be
1eve would have sold his digestive apparatus for
the thirty millions cash the nail the venture
that Carlsbad such place might make him
stomachically whole again.
Carnegie Wants Ten Years
ONLY few months ago. at the Hotel Willard in
~ Washington, l heard Andrew Carnegie,
rounded by group of Washington correspondents,
most of them young men, say this, Il would give
two hundred millions of dollars right if could
be absolutely assured of ten years of life
That seemed like astonishing statement. Two
hundred millions for years of life! Men in that
group who perhaps did not happen to have more
than two dollars in their pockets came away from
the presence of the doughty little Scotsman with
entirely new flock of ideas to what life-rnere
expended most of lfes cherished ichor
Only Human. After All
THUS the instances and views, leaning all ways,
could be heaped up indefinitely. The trouble
is that such citations could, by any possible
chance, prove anything.
,,,;11; ryith an6O hat