The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-05-28

sewers and WatprW0rko also were built
Largely with bis money. Last year he
carried his patronage to the extent Of
giving the teachers Ia the public
schools 1000 each Cor their vacation
IHe built a beautiful three story Ma
sonic ball In the town AID requested
that the lodge should be named after
Captain George a. Taber. for "Cap-
tain Taber.r said Mr.. Rogers. Ifs the
finest man I ever knew. with q heart
as big as an or and love enough for
the whole world" Among Mr. Rogers
other phIlanthropies was the purchase
Of the old Lewis g. Morris homestead,
on Morris heights. for an orphans
home under the management Of the
Church OF the Messiah.
Mr. Rogers had come In for his share
OF the trouble that has arisen for the
Standard OH men out Of the federal
and state agitation against the COM
pany. Mr.. Rogers testified IN the pro-
ceedings that were brought against the
company by the state Of Missouri. and
ne had said that be was ready to ap-
pear as a witness IN other actions
whenever his testimony was needed
Mr.. Rogers was a man Of striking
appearance. He was also a man of
great gsniality. 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:
by working as hard as anybody I
ever saw or read about"
In 1897 Mr. Rogers. at the behest Of
representative Of the Danish gov
eminent. 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 81. Rogers.
Jr.; Anne, who became Mrs. w E.
Benjamin; Clara. whose first husband.
Bradford Duff. died four or Eve years
ago and who afterward married Or
ben Fl. Broughton Of Chicago. and
Mae, who also married twice.
Mr.. Rogers New York city home
was at 8 East Seventy-eighth street
The social organizations to which be
belonged included the Union League
club. the Metropolitan. Lotos. En-
gineers', New York Yacht and Seawan-
aka-C orinthlan 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 a pessImlst 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 a 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-
uevolent forehead.
II have been hammered for years."
Mr.. Rogers said recently. Every one
takes a shot at Rogers at some time or
other in his life. or course I don't
like IL. 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
6fty years will see wonders In the way
Of development that even we do not
dream of. That's why | say to you
young men. don't be pessimistic. Get
into the fight and do a 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
high stool. wear a high collar and ogle
the girls. The way to get along is to
60 to work. and by that mean go to
work with your hands. No man ever
learned a business in the Office.
What does the president OF a rail
road do with his son? Does he get him
Job In the ofice3 Not much. The
how Uooa into tho chop and laornS how
to do things worth while. Then after
he has shown that his hands will sup
port bis head-that is. to feed him-he
Is given a chance to show that his
head can support his hands.
And another thing--get married
There's nothing like a good wife to
make a man hustle. Just look around
you. and you'll find that nine out Of
ten successful men Of affairs have mar