New-York tribune., 1909-10-17
A Page of Photographs Will Be
Found i'm Part III Illus
trating This Article.

A tall slightly STOPPING man, with rudy,
smooth shaven face somewhat nned and frank
blue eyes and dressed IN an inexpensive black
and white striped suit his only ornament gold
cigar cutter attached TO his watchchain hustled
the other day from the presidents Office OF the
New York Trust Company. IN Broad street, TO the
Sixth avenue elevated railway. and, while riding
uptown with 3 newspaper man. gave the follow
ing photographed sketch OF Otto 7. Barnard,
Candidate for Mayor the fusion ticket;
I'm an uninteresting character. I'm afraid
there's no atmosphere about me- No fads and no
fsnc.es. though I'd like 10 have few. You see,
I've been hustling since 1 was sixteen;
haven't had money or time 10 branch out most OF
my life. Pd Ike 90 play golf. for instance-tried
it-but it's too much 10 ride out in the country
an hour OF two, change clothes and get back to
my quarters. I take exercise by walking home.
Don't owl such a thing auto. but VIII prob
ably have 10 hire for this campaign. I live
alone On q floor above the United States Savings
Bank. corner Of 5sth street and Madison avenue
Yes, ] kinda keep the saving atmosphere about
under me. ] believe in saving. The Penny
Provident Fund is my baby. I invented It. AS
for real babies though ] Ike them, 1 haven't
thought 81 good policy for bachelor to keep them
sround
Up A. home I have my breakfast brought TO
ne, and take my dinners out. am not a church.
Eoer, because a man living alone isn't one gen
orally. u takes a family to pull a man out 70
church 7 was brought UP Episcopalian. Born
IN BROOKLYN moved 90 Illinois. then TO Iowa
There ! worked IN country store, drove de-
livery wagon and kept books. I borrowed money
70 pat IN year at preparatory school and Dor
rowed more, from q brother. 70 go through HaIe
University ] came down here. became a lawyer
and gradually got into business Ike game
Of whist. like clubs and social affairs Go 10 the
operas, especially Italian. and IL takes several
hearings 10 make appreciate them fully.
don't collect books, but read them. mostly Eng
Ash cisss1es. The report that made 10 the Yale
elass5ook that hadn't travelled beyond Hoboken
vas correct at the time. I had my nose pretty
close 10 the grindstone IN the early days but I've
made about eight trips 20 Europe since the sos
believe in the advanced social theories OF men
Ike Deviae in the Charity Organization Society,
which helped 20 organize. If the belief that pow
sFfy, crime and disease chiefly due 70 environ
ment Is socialistic, then am a socialist But !
DO not believe in the dividing up kind OF So
cislisus"
The woodyarG of the Charity Organization So
elety particularly interested Mr.. Barnard. and he
managed II tor time A ticket 20 the woodward
pluE couple OF hours labor with the bUcksaW,
vas good Tor 90 cents a meal and lodging.
M Barnard thought that he had exceptional
Opportunity 70 distribute the tickets 20 the many
pnfortunates who accosted him nightly his long
homeWaEd walk up Broadway. lie began 10 hll
his pockets with tickets for distribution. Al first
mo tickets were gladly received. and men even
ran after the benevolent distributor Of the paste
boards. thinking that they would get something
a@ nothing When the saving clause was under
sooo BY the panhandling fraternity. they declared
boycott sEainst the tall man with the quick