The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-30
BY GARNET WARREN.

Copyright 1910 by rights
NEW YORK Saturday
EOU press the button and in bis time he comes.
v ! Being unimaginative you will doubtless
him. n heavy youth, dusty footed, heavy eyed
and uppotential Of the strange things In life
And of course, being so obviously so, he is so
unequiyocally not Really he is Knight of the
Unusual did you but know it-an adventurer in
strange places at peculiar shrincs His activities
far more varied than the coors of the rainbow
or the vestmcnts of the great Solomon. He is Pro.
modernized. if you banker after the classical.
Kindly then, be so nducted to him. Consider him
the district messenger lily of his kind. rs be goes
at the instance of your call of another
Well. If you looking for records in the matter
of distance-and you know that the human race
likes records in anything ], f. Smith in
April 1900, ventured as far South Africa to pre-
sent address containing $4,000 names to Paul
Kruger then President Of the Transyaal Republic.
Smith arrived on the very eve of the evacuation of
Johannesburg, delivered his message and returned,
Even prior to this feat, however, Mr. Richard Hard
Ing Davis had written three letters in London Of
which called for delivery in New York, another in
Philadelphia. a third in Chicago William Thomas
purpose being to indicate how the mails might be
beaten Jaggard two hours ahead Of the United
States mail In New York and many in Chicago while
Mi Davis referred to frequently upon each of
these occasions.
1t far earlier than this, however lin 1857 in
fact that Mr.. Daniel Frohman and Mr.. E H Soth-
crn. with fine theatrical instinct, scented the
ue of bOyS to Tond
TO carry souvenirs 10 actors and actresses. Ellen
Terry Mrs Brown Potter Irving Toolc Nat Goodwin,
Willie Edouin and others receiving evidences of re-
gard and proofs of fine instinct for publicity Frank
]. Ryan and Albert v Roe went to San Francisco
New York in 1899 and delivered letters there.
while in September, 1900 Henry Owden and Ernest
Morton, two Canadian Pacific messenger boys, came
from Montreal TO New York in sixty-two hours and
delivered letters to the 7. C. Gable COMPANY
More personal. however, the experience Of
James T., Young telegraph operator in the main
office OF the A. D. r 1t was In 1902 tnat he had
call meet Mr John Dryea Kitchen his arrival
from Europe Mr., Kitchen was a millionaire and
invalid Young stood at tue gungplank calling out
"Mr. John d. Kitchen Kitchen" with that peculiar
vocal mcsscngeriaI energy. when old gentleman
came down the plank stick
What Is it, boy" he said
i've come 10 take you to Boston" said Young.
well he started talking to me oil the train" said
Young recently He asked all sorts OF questions
about the messenger business, of how a boy
broken in. and ] told him of how the green boy
always sent out accompanied by experienced.
about the Wall street messenger boys who have to
know every banker and broker In the street, and Of
the money the boys make by commissions; Of the
tips which people orer.tbcm; about all of the phases
Of life which the messenger boy touched
Two Weeks at So Much.
We'll, Mr.. Kitchen became very interested The
whole Of the time In the train he asking
questions questions. and l answering them.
Then. when got Boston and the time came for
boy for couple of weeks. ] like to talk 10 you.
You nre we'll worth thirty cents bout. So he paid
the charge Of thirty hour for the full two
weeks and then decided to send through college.
went to Columbia for two years but had TO leave
when Mr., Kitchen died"
The ticker asserted Itself and Young returned II,
AN illustration of the mpablily OF fate and messcn-
boys.
l referred to the messenger boy as a Proteus He