Rock Island Argus., 1909-06-10


Mr.. Rogers was a man of striking
appearance. He was also man of
great geniality He was always fond
of a joke and knew how to crack one.
He was once asked how he managed
to succeed so well in the world. He
replied:
i by working as hard as anybody l
ever saw or read about"
In 1897 Mr.. Rogers, at the behest Of
a representative of the Danish gov
ernment brought to the attention of
| the federal government the fact that
Denmark desired to sell to the United
States the Danish West Indies. The
outbreak Of the Spanish war stopped
| the negotiations at that time. and this
brief connection of Mr.. Rogers with
| the matter was made the basis of SEN
sational stories which had Mr. Rogers
owning the United States senate.
| Mr.. Rogers is survived by his wife
| and four children-Henry Ii. Rogers.
| Jr.; Anne, who became Mrs. W. E..
| Ben njamin; Clara. whose first husband,
| Bradford Duff. died four or five years
| ago and who afterward married Ur-
| ben II. BrouGhton of Chicago, and
| Mae, who also married twice.
Mr.. Rogers New York city home
was at 3 East Seventy-eighth street.
| The social organizations to which he
| belonged included the Union League
club, the Metropolitan. Lotos. En-
| gineers'. New York Yacht and Seawan-
| aka-C -Corinthian Yacht. He was also q
member of the American Fine Arts
and New England societies, the Amer
| lean Museum of Natural History. the
Municipal Art Society and others.
| Here is the sort of talk that Rogers
gave to young men:
| Don't be pessimist. Believe in
yourself and your country. We are
| entering upon an era of development
and prosperity unparalleled in the his
tory of the world. The young man
who realizes this fact is the young
man who will succeed"
| Mr.. Rogers was q handsome man.
| Tall. 1.-the straight as an arrow, he
| lowered far above the crowd any
where. His face was lean and clear
| cut, the strong protruding jaw of the
| fighting man attracting attention to
him at once But the severity of his
lower face was relieved by a twin
| king. merry blue eye and lofty. be-
| neyoleut forehead
! Il have been hammered for years.
Mr. Rogers said recently. Every one
| takes shot at Rogers at some time or
| other in his life. OF course | don't
like it. The man doesn't live who does
not covet the esteem of his neighbors.
But what can | do? Nothing that |
could say would stop the torrents of
abuse. So | say nothing.
"The resources of this great land
| have only been scratched. The next
fifty years will see wonders in the way
Of development that even we do not
dream of. That's why l say to you
young men. don't be pessimiStic. Get
| into the fight and do mans part.
There never were so many opportuni-
ties as there are today. The great
| trouble with our boys is that they
don't like work. They like to sit on a
high stool. wear a high collar and ogle
the girls. The way<to get along is to
| go to work. and by that l mean go to
work with your hands. No man ever
learned Il business in the office.
"What does the president of a rail-
road do with his son? Does he get him
job In the office? Not much. The
boy goes into the shop and learns how
to do things worth while. Then after
he has shown that his hands will sup
port his head-that is. to feed him-he
is given chance to show that his
head can support his hands.
And another thing-get married.
There's nothing like a good wife to
make man hustle. Just look around
you. and you'll find that nine out of
ten successful men of affairs have mar
ried early in life.''
When Mark Twain. the great Amer
lean humorist. awoke one morning