The sun., 1912-08-11

a stiff of retaiuers to keep h.ir
somewhere near the common
caths OF piinctuaiitv, who El,sst :
more appointments in twentv-four hours
than most men make in a week. VINO began
life AZ a ncwsbov and was "A persistent
failure for fourteen wears. who has Iiv"''
ALWAYS where New y ork fn was NJ ~
bleakest and hi'tnrc.' n"h has cor'e out
unhardened. a hit or niiss ero'nn''r'i
CHEEKY soul who is incidental" 'h"rt's-
cal magnate and tho c'vr"r If so"''th'n
like a million dollars -7nvho'" cHn tel
you that such n man Nus. hur" tumhI"d
into his money bv sheer good luck aud
got rich in spite Of himself
Anybody can tel! you that. But If any
body does, he is wrong. The proo' is
ready to hand in tho person Of Marcus
Loew, who comes we'll within the speci-
Ncations Just laid down and who did not
by any means make his money by acci-
dent. Nor yet wholly Nv design. either
and that IL what makes his life story
worth telling.
He was horn in tenement w n building
that has Just been torn down by his own
workmen to mako toor fcr ore of hi@
new theatres. ~ Fifth street and Av"nn"
b. That was in 1870 and Ground the end
Of Grants second term. whom he was 9
years old. he got his last vacation. "a-
cept for flying trip to- Euror" which q"
took last spring.
That winter he was rorsod ny ~" "0@
Of Modern Commerce. and his CN'tNpcr
days were ovcr. Commerce ,po',o hrn" &
the mouth Of yorYrs'r~ t1nrd '1a'E"
Nolan. who was T. "a yonr dido" 'h-0 'a
The old Na,ion2I Thea.cc vas r'ur.I-
on the Bowory in those las and . cll'r"''
seat cost 10 cents. 1hpv VIZ" r0' oil
plays that thcl gave. all ahoG' T0t.H -
men who storrnd locomotives 2i'h 'N'i-
teeth because their hands "erc i'"'' 'n''
newsbov heroes vino lasso"d hcroin"s
out Of fleeing rrlirr l'ilnch =. NsfnSI,'".
the boys wanted ,n rN and 500.
So Tommy \ola'.. aged :. c"i
sMarkie" I,oew. aged q formed pat
nership for selling urr',,DIrcrs. 1h"r
would soil e,actl'. enough na"orS to ''''.r
10 cents. then thnv would NV \ -'.l'~~
check at the National Hnl on" of 'h"m
would co in and sae tho Cat ~: i.mur
usually claimed that first act h""r.,-" ~"
heroine always had no. .'ratt''s c'o.''~,
on then Nar,,a n'aH'er!. l"'r''sn
he knew he wo'.lt 80 :b' ';c-'~ ''~'' ~
the second act Tho e"' ov"r. to'''r =
would come out. tell HI, 1ar;ue' vHt' ta''
happened and give h'l? ." r"t'l~1 ~ ~.
and 40 they rcla"cd th''ns"'vo- th~oH a.
the play.
One day af,er coUTie ot month C''h,'
the old doori;eer ar 60 -h' vnI1-; ."rf
a. he was cNmln: u '"r the last az, ''-
cused him of the iraid md ordered Hm
to 60 back and got I"u NY Tho ca".e
in fear nnd trembling, Iril VI i-ionS al
the reform school! No cid man -rs"nrd
and passed them both through, and att"
that the two of them col;ld sec tho whole
play on one ticke..
Later in the year I.oav set up in business
for himself and sold uap"rs in 'r'1' ~
Billy McGlory's place in ficst"" >'r""' .
He was M ard ont At o 'clocl, and s"!i'1S :
papers till school time; then aft"r -"u'oi
he came nac; TO sell tho afternoon pnDer'.
and vixen I've got h5l!o NJ hal! Pla- he
was ready for bed.
When school closed in th' sln'n""
he peddled lemons with an old NAV who
drove cart for tho saloon trade, ;to"s'i
the boy still kept his 'ncrninCs 'nd late
afternoons for selling ra7ers. 80 t went
for three summers. Then. WHOM i.o"S
was o, he left school for good ana EXCEPT
for some lessons with a private iItpr
who enriched himself to the extent of s.
a month from each pupil, tAlt vas all the
schooling he ever had.
He went TO work for a :naD printing
concern. pulling the sheets from under
the coloring blocks. The pay was 81 cents
a day. He was there for year; then the
spirit OF industrial unrest broke loose
In the place; the boys struck for 40 cents
q day, and were quietly locked out by the
proprietor. Loew was 10 years old and
out Of . job.
So he went into another partnership
this time in the printing business with
a lad some years older than he. First
they set up little hand press and printed
visiting cards. and then as their trade
increased they installed foot press and
finally started weekly paper OF eight
pages called the East Side AdrerHscr,
Loew was a weakly boy. small for his
age and hardly fit for even the slightest
physical labor. So instead OF running
tho press he was editor. copy reader.
proofreader. manager, subscription agent,
advertising solicitor and writer of adver-
tisements. Also in his spare hours he used
to write the paper. The partner get up the
type and ran the press. supplying the
power with his own feet.
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