Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-10

roof. have been acquainted-I have
had the privilege OF knowing. that ia
your daughter for some time. and ]
am honored in the acquaintance Of her
father and mother and your friends"
you say you have known my daugh.
ter for some timer"
IT have had that pleasure"
IF mistake not, she said that you
had been interested in her settlement
work. Quixotic imaginations of an
enthusiastic girl. my dear sir; but
humor her"
"You do WE'LL" returned the other.
'And II you will give me leave to diff
fer with you, hardly call it Quixotic.
I have examined into the plan thor
oughly, and must say 1t strikes me as
being altogether admirable as we'll az
entirely feasible. I hope and believe
I It will succeed"
quite &c." returned Haldane. He
was not in the least interested in the
matter. He realized, however, that it
would be wise to pretend interest that
he did not feel, after such an express
sion on the part Of his host. your
judgment as to the feasibility Of the
plan, therefore. consider most valu.
able. and am glad It has your appro-
baton. I presume that you have"
Il have assisted Miss Haldane in
every way possible" returned Gormly,
who did not propose to be questioned
as to the details of his relation to the
scheme. "Of course" he went on,
your OWL reputation as financier is
known to me as it is to all Of New
York, and If may be permitted to say
SO am Of the opinion that large
part of your executive ability. not to
say genius, has descended to your
daughter"
THANK you," was the answer. "El.
eanor is certainly q most capable
young woman"
"And It must be source of graft.
hcation to you that she chooses to e1.
efcise her capability In this direction
rather than In the vain and aimless
social avocations of large and in.
fluential section Of our SO called best
people in the city,"
Certainly. very true. But frankly,
I could wish that there was Q mere
squable division Of time between the
-er-high and the low, so to speak:
that Eleanor could give more Of her
attention to those-duties. which after
all, my dear MT Gormly, however We
men Of the world may deprecate them.
go to make up 80 large part OF life.
and leave more Of the detail work OF
this institution to others"
81 know little about the social obi
cations of the world to which you re-
fer. 1t has not been my privilege to
have an entrance therein"
Merely matter Of choice on your
part, l am sure" murmured Haldane
deprecatingly.
Possibly" was the cool reply. II
have not hitherto been greatly inter-
ested in effecting an entrance with
in the charmed circle, nor am es-
pecially now. saving your presence of
course and meaning not the slightest
offense in the world
None whatever Is taken, and I
pray you to proceed. You interest
me exceedingly"
In my business, Mr.. Haldane, and
] have no doubt that the experience
is your own, l have found that what
/ supervise myself is we'll done, and
what delegate to others Is frequently
i'll done, and sometimes not done at
ALL"
"The remark is as old as Ben Frank
lin," laughed Haldane, land the prtn-
ciple is older still" But surely" he
went on, "in a great business such
as yours is, you can't attend personal
ly to every detail yourself"
"By no MEANS" returned the other.
81 have succeeded In surrounding my
self with very capable corps Of sub
ordinates-perhaps l had better call
them assistants-who have been tried
and tested, and upon whom have de-
VOWED responsibilities commensurate
with their capacities. and from whom
I expect results. But I supervise ev-
cry department Of the business myself.
I am in possession Of frequent reports
it even in it's details.
make regular and rigid inspections.
In short, 80 far as one man can do
30. have it all in my own hands,
In my own mind
NJ OWu QIACk1b0, MI 0OEuAy, Wall
my affairs. which are somewhat large
and extensive, ia similar to yours"
81 take it, SIR" was the answer,
chat We are in line with all successful
men in that
1t irked Haldane little to be SO
calmly included In the same category
with Gormly; for he had never been
In trade and had acquired much of the
old world prejudice against the keep
Ing Of store. However, 1t was not
worth quarreling about. Not that
Haldane had the slightest objections
to quarreling with Gormly; on the
contrary. he would have enjoyed it
and indeed intended in
one way or another to do that very
thing before he got through with him:
but 1t would be bad policy to do 1t
without more preparation for victory.
and 1t would be in execrable taste to
antagonism in the enjoy
ment Of his hospitality. Therefore he
swallowed his dislike and proceeded
as- follows:
Even the best of subordinates
make mistakes once in q WHILE"
They are no more immune from
hat" was the swift rejoinder, than
he ablest Of employers."
Haldane lauahed II waR exceed. |