The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-23
CROESUSBY NIGHT
AND PORTER IN DAY
Massee Makes S12.37 a Week,
Lives in Fine House and
Keeps an Auto.

Keeps an Auto.
st. Louis, October 22.-This il story
OF Il remarkable man who lives in St
Louis. lie may be found at 1913
Washington Avenue any day In tho
week. lie Is head porter" in the cs
tablishncnt and his is the privilege
OF ''bossin." dozen husky negroes at
their daily tasks, lie uses the broom
the mop ana the dustpan.
c. W. Massee is his name. He lives
In a splendid nine-room house at 2l37
:. Louis Avenue
lie makes trips to Europe and is a
cOsmopolite in way. and when his
traps are over he comes back TO hts
brooms. mis- pals and his dustpans.
Massee comes to work in big tour
ing car. Most any fair day TINS car
may be seen standing in the alley back
OF the Washington Avenue establish
men; He L~luently dons his porter
ing clothes at noon ana drives out TO
his home for luncn
Massee is rich. lie has more ready
cash than two-thirds OF the more dig
niiied m!liionaires OF 81 Louis
In that nInc-room house, out on ST
Louis Avenue and Twenty-second
street there are servants ready TO
obey his slightest wish. When ne
goes downtown and stops that big
touring car OF his in the alley. hur-
rics inside and dons his working xarb.
he becomes such servant as even his
Chauffeur would scorn to become
Massee owns nearly 10000 acres of
the rich, deep lands OF Minnesota He
mas other property. much other prop
eriy. in fact. located in St Louis He
is .ble TO maintain a ninc-room house
Tour servants and a big touring car
while working at a salary that is in
the Immediate ncighborhood of $50 a
month. His fcl!owworkcrs gasped
with amazement when they learned ot
it. When he hogan coming down 10
his portering in II costly touring car.
that runs sixty miles ala hour, they
began 10 view him with awe. lie is
the Man OF Mystery" among his fol-
ow-workers.
At Work Early.
Promptly at 6:io every morning this
thin. tall man, with the gold -brlmmcd
glasses. hurries down the steps OF his
ST. Louis Avenue home ana starts to-
ward his brooms. his dustpans and his
twelve husky black men waiting for
him. II the day is lair the bis touring
car is brought around from the brick
garage and willing anu subscrvant
chauffeur whisks nm downward at a
velocity that edges upon the speed linn
IL. II the day Is rainy he may take the
more plebeian street car.
AS ii rule his chauffeur calls for him
at o o'clock every afternoon. the hour
when he finishes his sweeping and
busting Tor the day. Al $40 Z. NJ lie
energies from the rear door OF the fac
tory. looking much like any other tired
business man There is the throb OF a
starting engine and the millionaire
porter Is wnlskcd out OF the alley at
Il .fteen- mile an hour gate. The other
poItcTs take Il street car
MdSScc has been in st. Louis about
ioul years. lie married WIDOW with
not little property, anu 10 this he
mas adued steadily. 1t Is said that ne
is ANXIOUS tu 80 back To the prairies
oI Minnesota and be farmer, In the
biESer atnsc OF the word Social con
siuerauons have mus far tied him 10
ST. Louis.
Musscu is college man. He work.
"a his way through one OF the col
ages in ST. PAU, Mimi, and Jared.
forth to see the world. III his wan
uerinCs he JoGrncyed to ST. Louis met
1t Charming Wluow and married her.
With the exception OF trips abroad.
and here and there in the United
states. he has been III ST. Louis since.
nc tells his friends that he has
always been II worker and that the in
action of the ordinary man of wealth
bores him. one OF the officials of the
company for whom he Is now work
ing. is college mate Of his, and when
he decided 10 go to work he hunted
up this man.
For Il long time Massee was looked
upon as a "spotter" by the employees
of the big millinery factory
Other men. to their knowledge, have
been installed in the place of head
porter" for that purpose. and they are
inclined to look upon him with the
disfavor that usually attends such
job. His buying of Il motor car and
riding to and from the factory IN it
has not lessencd their feelings in the
matter. He Is known as the million
aire porter" among his fellow workers
When 1T became known around the
establishment that he had made "A trip
to Europe last summer there were
many incredulous smiles. When 1t was
finally accepted as an undoubted fact
the doubters were silenced. Even his
employers. who thought they knew
something of his financial condition,
Were rather surprised.