The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-30

with private elevator and entrance,
walls and floors dea adened and noiseproof
doors. and windows that shut out all
sound.
Despite his blindness Mr.. Pulitzer was
a good rider. All he asked was saddle
horse with good steady action aud he
would start of in the parkway bride
paths here and abroad for long canters
companion riding beside him. as he
guided his mount by occasionally rea cning
out and touching the sleeve Of MS com
panion. In this manner and trusting also
TO horses natural inclination to follow
the road. he got along without mishap.
Ahoat OF ashore he managed to sandwich
in time for having everything that came
along read to him. Goethe was one Of his
gods and in fact he gave much time
to German poetry His favorite subjects.
however. were first. politics, and next.
history. When he came upon u new vol
ume that he liked. straigh way he would
! send of for scores of copies Of the work
to he sent to his friends. Read this"
invariably was the only inscription he
would write on the fiyleaf OF his gift.
On his sixtieth birthday Mr. Pulitzer
sent to the heads OF departments OF his
properties a characteristic cable in which
he announced his retirement from active
management OF his newspapers. News
papers generally printed this announce
ment-all except his own papers. His EN-
ployees knew that he couldn't give up
work. He grew angry when he learned
that his own men were the only ones who
refused to take the announcement seri-
ously. There was an explosion for few
hours and then he went on actively man
aging his newspapers.
Besides his New York residence he had
an estate at Bar Harbor and another
country place on Jekyl Island. on the
Georgia coast. The Bar Harbor estate
was his favorite of his American homes
summer (often he would stay at Bar
Harbor until after snow had Gomez. to
breakfast on the veranda with his physi-
clan and companion. while the companion
told him the more important news in the
morning papers.
For two hours after breakfast he would
work his secretary at top speed. He would
go for walk horseback ride or a sprint
in a launch for quarter OF an hour or
| even less and then return 10 work with
a newspaper secretary. who also each
day had to rise very early and skim
through a stack of morning newspapers
in readiness for this session which lasted
until luncheon. The newspaper secretary
usually lunched with him.
He lised TO hear good piano playing
and he liked also TO converse occasionally
in German and TO have il read to him
/ ties to perform He could do 80 much
work himself that he could not under
stand why everybody else couldn't keep
pace with him Consequently the rasigna-
! tions among his immediate stan were not
| infreQuefft ,...
He reminds mo of that farmer heard
about" one of his staff said on an occa =
! sion. Looks like rain to-day, Hiram.
/ the farmer said to his hired man Better
! take the entire day OF and just saw wood
/ Mr.. Pulitzer in 1903 endowed Columbia
/ University with 81 .OOO. 900 for the estab-
! lishment Of n school of journalism which
! he requested should not be opened until
! after his death. and he also sent thirty
young men a year through high school
and college and for that purpose gave
Columbia slmooO. He gave large sums
TO charity in late years. contributing
especially to charities to aid the blind
His eldest son, Ralph, il married
TO a daughter of DR. Seward Webb. The
second child born. Lucille. died in 1897.
The World this morning says:
\ man Of wide culture. commanding in
/ tellect and compelling genius died yester-
! day in Joseph Pulitzer.
: That he was much more than this by
reason of his tircless zeal in the public ser
/ vice the Wn-id is the Imperfect but sincere
witness. This paper i, his chief life work
I II has been his absorbing passion. not as
sion of his ideas and ideals for human well
iarr
Mr.. Pulitzer brought from his Old World
association with social wrouys and political
abuses u deeper appre, ia'ion Of free gov =
ernnent than most men feel who were
born 10 IA -har" in it, blrihright lie brought
/ also high regard for order and authority
and this grew stronger with him TO the end
He saw no true progress without law, uo
true growth without Justice no true democ-
racy that VAS not braod enough to shelf er
all.
lie saw in our Government of checked
and balanced powers the highest type OF
human administration vet devised. and
against strange new doctrines. whether OF
executive usurpation or OF short cuts to
hasty popular action or OF conquest and
dominion over men of other lands and
races he burned as a living fame