Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-27
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
CARNEGIE'S CREATION

TT would be interesting to find out
exactly what Andrew Carnegie
a thinks about Charles NJ. Schwab.
Mr.. Schwab's fortune was. practically,
made for him by Mr.. Carnegie. The
young German captured the grizzled
Scotsman years ago by his musical
abilities. Mr.. Carnegie cares more for
music than for aught else in the
world. He made fortunes for the
Damrosch family and gave one of them
the opportunity to WOO and wed one of
James Gillespie Blaine's daughters.
AS soon as Mr.. Carnegie found that
the "Schwab boy had music in his
soul, his heart warmed to him. Schwab
became one of his partners and pow
er in the business world After Mr..
Carnegie went to live in New York he
frequently telegraphed for Schwab.
and visitors to the Carnegie house
would often find the ironmaster dis
cussing with the two young Germans
the possibilities of grand opera in New
York. Nay. more; he followed them
in excursions into German transcen-
dentalism, in which he became inter-
ested, and in which he believed he
must be versed in order to appreciate
fully the beauties of Wagner, whose
cult in New York was promoted by
Walter Damrosch and financed by
Carnegie. Occasionally, too, Mr.. Dam
rosch indoctrinated the ironmaster
with a musical fad. At the instiga-
ton of Damrosch, but owing mainly
to the magic purse of Carnegie, the
Grel mass was inflicted on New York,
which then being in the acutest ago
MES of Magnetism, pretended to like
it. This production is sung from be-
ginning TO end without a note of in
strumentation. 1t is a far cry from
bagpipes to pure vocalzation, but Mr..
Carnegie accomplished it, illustrating
with his family piper at one end of
the line and Damrosch and the Grell
mass at the other catholicity of
taste which stunned and surprised OBJ
servers and commentators. Mr.. Carne-
gle likes to stun and surprise obserV-
ers and commentators; in fact, in this
amiable weakness is the key to his
character. But far more stunned and
surprised than any of the audiences he
ever collected, or friends to whom he
ever preached x-Midas-cathedra, was
poor Mr. Carnegie when he found that
while Walter Damrosch was all his
fancy had painted him, and was walk
sical bars, Charlie Schwab had for
saken the musical bars, twas said. 1t
was hinted that there We're more at
tractive bars that We're not musical.
Let us draw a veil over the succeeding
events, including the revolt of the
German clay against the Scottish
potter Bringing Mr., Schwab down to
date, we find that this gentleman,
whom, it should never be forgotten,
with all his capacities and potentiali-
ties for good deeds or for mischief
making the American public owes to
Mr. Carnegie, has established a resi-
dence in New York city and has also
succeeded in evading payment of his
personal taxes in the metropolis. Last
year the assessors managed to tax
him as a nonresident on property
valued at $429.OOO This year he has
been too subtle for the tax gatherer.
He has acknowledged that he is a resi-
dent, but has shown that his debts
amount to more than the value of his
personal property. For this reason.
under the law he will not have to pay
personal taxes. although if he had per-
sisted in posing as a nonresident in
spite of his residence. he would have
been taxed. We would give a good
deal more than the proverbial penny
for the thoughts of Mr.. Carnegie, as
he sits in his gray cleaning and in
long retrospect contemplates the eyo-
luton of Charlie.