Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-06-08

"lIE complete retirement OF l)r.
-. Is learsonS the rrra, I III
E Gag" pniantnr'pi>l whose
aciievrlhe.bi ~ giving away
his millions makeS the hrnrtartmuS Ol
Rmketpiier. t'arn-.ir auu others iOok
III rrol,urtiun ,A..ty H. accomplished
While RMketellrr ami Carnegie gave
oniy II portion vi 'ht.ir vast income
Or rear>unS h;i~ prMi"'ai!y tre-O
himself of his rlfirr fortune. S'i.'HnI.
900 He will Sl'rnu Nv Remainder oi
his days at the Hln~iaie saul,arInm.
with an incoIne ut 'Sn.y StitHn yraf
to supply his nrtti> tui he resi- ~
his life Hp was nl,.'ly one years Oiu
April IA.
pI. i'earSO,lS hast a,i was To PM up
his beautiful estate at Hn~ftal+ near
Chicago. 1T aWrioh HIS b-rauh hn>
t~rn rrmarkah! rts~l. ana hr pr"
poses to take h. I%-~r care Ut nIm
self and to br constantly nntitr thr
scrutiny OF able lhySTE,nS '"nv"r
sation with friends. - Iitlt. rt.'dl,i.. n
good deai OF walking anu wamhln"
the growth Of thu n>.lttuIMN,~ lie. M,>
founded "r endowed ARE to ~. us
anuStuentS.
Cooked His Own Meals
Dr rpurSonS was n,rn at trHdf"ru
w.. on April n. fS-n ana rh'"''"i
dartmouth college, aS II freshman II
1872. In Slt.ikln. O. his 'Di,rIt ~
prripnc-s ne SAID recently: - rrn',r
M
10 pay the rent. .w,ktai my own
I"'a,oes ard InGnnyrnke. ana th"s'
were thr hes. niti,> ever hnu
Whenever | cpuld afford meat IL VIII
pork. and J cooked II M II Sli,-'I irui'
stove hy thru~iinS IL ever The Goals
on Il poker. J i've now un the pam
est food and haven't Iout. ht'0 meat III
five years.
For a time after the phiiaDt hropis,
secured his degree OF NJ - NJ prac
ticed at ChicUpee. Mass. where IN
lSI1 be- was married To Miss MARIETTA
Chaplin. FOnr years latter the couple
travelled west and lratt4i ID t'hhngo.
where Or. 'earSOns became interested
in real estate 1t was from Tins source
that he accumulated his tori une.
every dollar OF which was HONESTLY ar-
quirpd
For sixty years pr P~,rSon~ has
been noted chararter III and about
CHI ago lie Is a snidy hnili man
and not even his ninr,y.One years
have rradirnted thu atmosphere OF
physical and mrnra power which NJ
carries In n recent interview br
'earson> spoke Of the h,y ~ mad gOi
out Of life IN distributing his wealth
10 small colleges. forty seven ct which
he calls has children
Been at It Twenty-Five Years.
at IL just twenty I'VE years. NJ
said "Since | started giving my money
away IT has been my SOlr business
and have found II harder 10 give
away money wisely Than I" make II
COffinS are not made to carry nWne,
III
'''rhe other day q man called Oh the
and said. " YOU had ktlN yOni mUn-,
during these last iwrn,vtwU years
had devoted yourself !" making more
and carefully rrinvsSied u. de- y'ni
know how many millions yOu wOlid
now have" lie hAO M estimate nhu
II was not far from right. and h+
thought | had made yrsni mi~rmk"
~ not holding on Z" my money ana
with not having made more
Put he was misrrkrn am u ri n
or man for what have gwen AWAY
When ! die | shah NOT IN rn'h III ii,"n
ey but am rich III ihr in III do'nl
kood Mrs i'enr>onS ana hoh "a"
children Of our OWL I'M fr"iu ne.
gave US large family III rh,,it..n In
The christian colleges ut ON '"antr,
There are forty-sevrn "t them "hi IA
| think can cal my own ma 'n">
are nov scattered IN tW,'ff' TOM states
''rhey rang" from Ni'Gt'""'i"' sun
nary III New England N'r'r- attend
cd Wh,'r Il toy n''r".- 'fr '''lr n'''i'
e. NhiIran. ,'ornspH rnn IA n an.