The evening world., 1912-02-05

Where doc. n money on. from to pu, up ais. sunaInsF' !
asked Frank w. wooiwoth, tire president of the f. w. wooivv-:H
''' "s;:ry S ssn. .;'1 sn, from ia. ,r..,. mad. In t.. ind 10 con, stores. Of.
tn. cemps,y"
a big powerful mar. Of the rasssa Yansee type o: n earlier generation
i. Is: Hs i've. N . beautiful mansion IN FIFTH .v.au. .''''"" N''''' ~ >"
w were seated In tn wooiwo compnnys oncesi in TN Stewart Building
II have come her. to md o.. sow you mad. your as u.oor.
HI: n. :: :s.n. . ,r |. TIM, M: tnin.inS and tnsn =: told the story simply and
v. sam "a brought up . my s.ss.r. srm" began M woaver.A.
.:sssI ! T., nvss .ss' a. until ,.., : , !. ', = Zone. ,.. : ,s ss , . %., t. ": District
N = Tn. eauc.aon got in tina. business college did m more sod than any
! =. never satisfied Win the work .; III. farm. I, n. m early ambition
, when y s., ' a ss:s =, 10 two, ~ term. sT !. in cuisines: ss.ss. !. said , . . bank s......
s:..a,, sonss, II. told ne ! sa only learned the theory and that ! would
n Maroa. i@s, when I wa, twen,y.one. onmeneed al. GRAND boy with
ssn": J" no- xs' 10, 4 had ns,,, "a,''' time was pretty 0" for an 'TrAnd boy
The head of thu Arm told m. that, I oush. TO pay him tuition during til.
Ss%p 1s msn''i a !. rsi , "'1 nns .ss.s '' %aa,s, T 9, n, non SS:ns IS ,o mo"s =; ! ~, ".
s:sS: g. Il .s :" s ssss 1 had a T .sssn sS1 ,ss Ss aa i" odd %1 ,%s. ou, MS:1 u, ! n s,s s.,m \
There : a. n" . S "ss. g, toe i ".p . r. dirty = ser M N. , . do. ss I " VS.. . =" s%n !" :sso,::
Tor me ' to learn tn. bushes: sni ! wen. . :. : '''''"' " ~ '"'''"'
.n a s. ss' for tor t thu %' as., So. 10 months mont -. and !: : a s.:. . ;ss IL. 'ss '. ss MONTH. Sss: Z 4 70:
.ss clothes s.G ss sss .ssss IS . a u Ssst And out of this I paid ''F my board washing
In the fall Of ISIS ! .nensd sr . position with another dry good. nm. I
at |. 's s.s. ;s- r. , ;: ;:::"' T va. s ss; . ssa Is. Salesman. n. ;A ; !. .ss:s, : .,s : :,
nj. sx : !: much a a. 'sssss' s ss . tho: ; "'i ! fen I va with 10 s ss,.s .s a. :, ". nss.s.s. to
I . an 70 June g" A s@s I r ss ' sa Moor s.' . s SMITH. 10 r: 1T v %.,..,e-. on . ..,., o., ii.
. :. .s sssa An mo " year m my so: .s'r ns, !" "s,s s' 70 TO IS $40 ne : w 7: s.r sss.T ::;. ~ a asT ~, W:
sssl r !: nsaaan: ! sa married ana y; !: .spss.uas y NJ. and s.s''
. 'i Has sss s% b r"i 1s. s%' day y sS %s enc ! q s" init ' aasa SS ,s = little IT. counter, .Ar..
RECT Wue ina he tett phY' aHo III u WO pUncou shOp"WoIn BO00D WM q Nv
now things % brighten II. and . simple sign VA ps. uD-Any .ras. o this
IN a little while half the store "a devoted to this line OF goods Other Arms
followed or lead. and Moore & smith began to wholesale this lass OF goods
. other merchants did what n: thought to be a tremendous business
Now vas my opportunity. In January. 1872 I announced to Mr. Moore
that I would like to cpen a nye cent store; N ! asked II 70 would sell me
:; : :ss: ." nc: :%.s =. . . 4 ns. ' q; 5. Sc 1 ! ss s' a. he my * ;.ss:, :s ,sss1:.n \ s:as ..: e;
selected tE2 worth o goods. ad thns struck nut to ind a location.
After a long search o Fe,' 2" ISIS. I opened IN store n Utica, y. Y.
asreeng TO pa $50 a month rent-and I had a hrd time convincing that land
lord that I would be abie to kc~p o n paying that ret
AT nst the business a a success, but later It dwndied to nothing
sold ut par O: III stock for $40, nd the balance shipped to Lancaster, Pa.
and thos ! opened a i. store. on uni 81. 1879. with a total. ocs WORTH $780,
I as worth. net SS.
IN. arg day. sale. amounted . nns. ! Immediately .es..eA.a Moore
opportunity
Il opened q second store in Harrisburg. Pa, IN July OF that year. On
Dec. u 1879. completed al Inventory Of my " stores and found that was
worth 1850 net all m notes and debts having en paid. From that begin
MING ~ goe on upward to tn present"
M wooiworh. do yu believe young men In hee tmes have opportunities
- good al whom you sarted"'
I" "EmphattcolIy yes! Opportunities IRE everywhere for WILLING young
m(s. II there has been a change II has been mostly IN the caibre of YOUNG
men. They como to me. Wtfhout q cent and rant big salaries to begin uih.
W. encourage young men Do arc WtlHno. We hare hundreds OF men in
our employ wo started at tho bottom, at So q Week, and are no successful
because they ucrc utnHn0 to sacrifice. I care little for the young uth
a classtcdI college or nntrevsty education. He Is not fted to begin at the
bottom IN a mercantile career. ! hare more fnth In the boy Who has q
oood com mon school education aud rho bc0irs c7r'p IN IN" 10 wort in tc
business he udnts to learn"