The sun., 1910-11-18
some "reminiscences OF TOLL
ROBT. COILyERs HORSESHOgS
stRNEGIE'S NORM Bs\D.
TIE, Compete in hrre,isction NJ i1sih
Birthday D,narr sf the soeirt, of
Mechanics an,l Trsdrsmrn The ras-
tor Proud OF H,s Biark sn,i' hing

Andrew Carnegie told the ienerdl ~
ci-rv II Mechanics and ITsdesmen Last
might that one of his prnud.st morncnts
had been when recalling tina: a. hoy
he had fired an engine IN bobbn fac-
, tory. hs had shown IN. horny hand of
toll and gained admission To the society
Then MIR Iaru.gi" started laugh bv
admitting that III. society. which was
celebrating it, ic5Ih anniversary by a
founders day dinner a. D-lrnonicO's. had
beaten him bv being first IN m" library
founding business IN New York
Among the cDJ members their wiv -
and guests present were John h NJ
CrlLgh. pr.-id-n' Of the society. presid-
ing. IN" Pev Robert Collyar. pastor
ern.rt''I> of ;hr Church ~ the Messia b.:
.x-Gov Franklin Murphy of Ne~ JERSEY
IL Fulton Cutting. Morris Loeb. president
nf the Hebrew Technical institute. Bot
ough President McAncny. Hugh Getty.
James Boyd and Mrs Boyd Rudolph
p Miller. Superintendent uf 'he Building
Department. and Mrs Miller: William II.
Oliver and Mrs oliver. Frederick X.
Usher. Richard I Davies and Mrs. Davies.
the Rev John II HOLMES, Lewis Harding.
William Bradley. I'Ii-on lawson. ID W.
. Neil Alexander Walker. John A. Hon
messy Richard D-.vrs. Col Edward NJ |.
Ehl-r- Borough President Cromwell -:
Richmond. Thomas VI Muiry. kr>kine
Van Ho,G'-r. & ! Richter. Alexander
Macdonald John -. Macdonald. jaiu.--
q poillon and James +. S'e---.
Robert Colly-r who Was IN. iIrS
speaker. int rnduc-d Presid.n; Nice uilagh
a. nu. who had talked ~ the soc -'N ~
~, IWE h anniversary. MIR tollvrr started
ia. "Reminiscences which Nj carnegie
tDpk M.
Jruring from III. ,"ci-'v motto. By
hammer and hand all arts do stand.
Mr. tolly-r -aid that he sometimes t.lt
thiT TWO folks have been welded into
one IN rhis old man and rhar b. ws-
sure that h" thought great deal more
-: she Young blacksmith wh" WAS his
Younger self than he did oi tn" man then
rying io speak tn the -oCi"tv. IA" spok"
of rna day more than hiiS wears ago
when h. landed In New NurH from Eng
land "A poor hoN with nothing but his
trad. 20 face hT world with he -aid
i am fond oi that fellow. He wasn't
na nd-OI;- h. didn't like las own nos"
hut h. was n fair =" middling blacksmith
n,. could shoe a horN.' Or even "A donkey
Then he told how h" had looked in the
n-w-pap. for Job and had found
work at ms trad" L think better 4
that man hack fifty wears ago 'nan |
think of myself standing here, -aId he
He could stand all day al an anSi. and
could turn out twelve dozen hor-s-hoe- IN
"A day Mr.. Colly-r th-r recalled how
he wa- called TO preach and that his
first sermon was IN three parts. the first
and last hIs owI. but tn. middle stolen
H.. forgot Ia preach the mlddl" part.
which n. felt was quite tn" hest "t 'h-
Discourse
Isav'ng thu forge for th. pulpit he. -
late si how h. was III chicago a. the T'ne
~ th.. fire and how when 'h- story that he
had told his congregation that h" would
take. car. II himself w.thout u salary got
abroad Cornell niver>ity sent ham word
'har II he. would max" a horseshoe and
send II TO ,orn"ll II. should have ~ .o1o for
ms people
-aId Mr. Ioilyer but did 1t, and " wa- u
rral hsniS0fn- hor-..-hDs You can So"
~ II Won Ko to ornslI
Bro n..- Ca-negI.. a. h' was introduced
.ard hat II seemed a shame :" break IN
,.n Jhs. r.ysrits of - grand Nd man. Ne
grsi-p,.i MIR tollv"g hand and was
paving him more compliments when MIR
Goily-r ra.s.-l i,ugh bv -hak h,m of
and saying. lOu leave me alone
I think h"'- Az r'Git IN 'hi- world
Mr Caru-EIr p..y->i.-i -bu' I've very
g.av.. doIbt- abOu, HIM ~ th. next
Ih.-,. doubts Mr. Carnegie .xpis ned
hv i"l'ing Of the ht,i- girl who when asked
u ~na, lie. must do 'n h- forgiven replied
L.
I.uuIdn. ,IUaIIfN und-; that definition
Then Nr 'arn-gI. took Up some nt
Z he -opI.ty- achievements hs' dD
vou think of "A -oC"Iy that founded The
fr-r FREE. library IN New York h.. asked
i dldnI know 'hI- when ven inro 'h"
library business. pui now n proider
: han ever 10 b-. m-'nh-r "" gwen
some libraries 20 >..w N"rk eighty three
/ believe In. most Wholesale lob I
eyer did wa- ~ EIE!hg -''v-n'v eight
branch hhrarl.~ 4" \"~ York 'n on.
morning Ih.r'.'- "A h"ursh'ng hrl-in-s-
for YOU
'Ri- II you're gong 10 cnugratuiat"
m" ~ ought 10 t" for TIA" bargains |
t.iaC.. with she city to uItutain ihOs..
seventy eight libraries Il-.ughr"r and
applause.
I, Is NOT the money kiY. Tor Iihrari"s
or anvrhing ..l... that - "f chief mo
mont. continued MIR ,Hr,t-gi- IT -
not what dn, but what stimulate and
r,!'I'" 'h- other party '" do It's not
shat Won do for "A community. hut what
Won g.' them to do for th.m~.-lv.'- tha,
counts ana never -ow-d seed TO better
IurIos. tua' when ! gave To this society
No where '.ls. j. - much good ~ork
don. for such such small expenditure
Mr. taTi-gI. -aid that " h. mad to /
choose "a hOm. INTO which TO h.- horn he |
wOjGld choose one of poor people
i pity IN" son Of TN. millionaire he
said II" doesn't know what father |
ana ho'n"I mean u = WI" poor boy
who has IN ms father gIid" and IN
-tTICtOr and III his mother "a ~a-hwoman
cook sf-a MISTRESS and saint and anR.i
That : the Kind Of boy who II push through
the world when he thinks what his mother
has done, for him And pity from the
bottom nf my heart 'h. millionaire son
who didn't have e mother such az | had
Other speakers were ex-GpV Murphy
yyhr. talNad about III. -spI-I' - work
and who got tho laugh on Mr Carnegie
bv saying that most u hos. pr.--an,
ight be ve-y glad 20 r. born poor "
they were certain of arriving ~ h. point
which MIR Carn.gI. hat reached
Ful'on Cutting. whp discussed industrial
teaching. and Borough President Mo
ADsny