The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-05


ter than most men could do.
In the smoking room, tonight a New
! York man talked in loud voice of j.
P. Morgan.
when L first saw him." said the
man, 81 thought he was insignificant
looking; but when you come to know
him, THEN you realize that you are
in the presence of the man who con-
trolls more money than any other fnan-
cier living. / used to think Morgan
was like the rest of us but when you
come to know him, you realize that he
is not. When you talk to him, and
know him, you know he looks clear
through you"
The man talked in a very loud voice.
particularly when he said, ''but when
talk to him fact to face" The man
also talked about the "Corsair," Mr..
Morgan's private yacht, in a familiar
way, as though he had been guest on
board.
''To look al Morgan said the man,
you would think woman would
scare him to death, BUT AFTER YOU
KNOW HIM, after you are intimate
really takes notice until he hears the
rustic of a woman's skirt, or the clink
of gold. Much might be said by the
sensational newspapers about the in
side history of certain New York thea
ters built by Morgan, but THOSE
WHO KNOW HIM are very discreet:
NUNS the word AMONG HIS
1 rather liked this man, as he had
subscribed for the Weekly, and hoped
no one would ask him if he knew
Morgan personally. But a. man in his
audience finally asked the question
mo he replied, almost in a whiS-
per. but see him every day, and he
knows me by sight all right. We have
never been actually introduced, but he
knows who I am as we'll as I know
who he is
1t was mean trick. asking that
man If he knew J. P. Morgan person.
ally Passengers were always
telling big stories about the other pas
sengers. 1t was said of one man that
he was the largest carpet manufac-
turer in the world; of another that he
was the largest hat manufacturer in
the world etc. I observed that none
of us visited the West Indies in pri-
vate yachts-we went on an excursion.
Another favorite fiction was that a
certain man belonged to zone of the
oldest and best families in New York;
he is not rich, but his family is par
ticularly fine one" We poor people
always say that the rich do not be-
long to the first families; that social
Mattel came into my room this
evening to visit; she is lying on the
bed now, discussing new plan she
has thought up. She is much inter-
ested in a trip 1 have talked of taking
in a year or two, to the Land of the
Midnight Sun, and says she can go
with me, even if she is married. But
I am stubborn; I will have nothing to
do with a married woman. In fact,
have resented the appearance of the
New Man to such an extent that I am
talking of falling in love with another
girl. And it is source of satisfaction
to me that Mattel is a little jealous;
she complains that 1 have added in
write my love letters to the New Girl.
1t may occur to readers of these
notes that 1 "pick" at Mattel a good
deal; but it is no more than simple
justice to all concerned to say that
she is able to take care of herself; it
isn't necessary to call out the militia
to protect her from her father. I be-
lieve that Jim her oldest brother
laughs at her, but she is too serious a
proposition for me to laugh at. as she
is for her youngest brother, Eugene.
She can take feather and chase
Eugene and me all over town. And
may add in this connection that ever
since I was born some woman has
bossed me- I have tried many times
to escape but lie new boss is always
as capable as her predecessor. Some
times when Eugene and are together
and discuss the story of our thralldom,
we predict trouble for the New Man,
June but we never say anything of
this kind when Mattel is around-we
are too wise for that. When she starts
her buzz saw and tells US of the def
erence due a daughter and sister, to
say nothing of women generally. we