New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16


inches The firm name is Autographed in old English
letters on gray background. Mr.. Morgans signature
i large and distinctive with no OurisheS On oca-
sion his check in a registered letter messenger
on another occasion hurried up town with it when
was soliciting funds for the CIVIC Forum during the
panic of 1907.
PRESENCE of mind has enabled many solicitor to
l. snake hay" in the most unexpected manner
friend once begulled me into helping him organize
Doltical demonstration for certain Governor OF the
State in whose reelection many independents were IN
terested My assignment was to try and get hold OF the
nOtabes as they came into the hail. and see that they
found seats on the platform.
sIiqht spare man and his wife presently came down
the aisle haStened to greet MIR. and Mrs PhlppS tor
il was the team that has dealt Such giant blow 10 the
GREAT white plague When joked with him about GER
Tin Republican leaders who might become subjects for
the rest cure his eyes twnkled although politics inter
csted him remotely His absorbing passion is to down
the great enemy Of society," and to help naugurate the
era When tuberculosis will be smallpox 1t IS
= matter Of pride with him that he got into the work
ahead of other mlionaires. ,o 8.
MIR Phipps has experienced some Of the difficulties
arising from widely deserved reputation for kindness
and generosity. As he turned to receive me one morn
ing some weeks later in his Fltth-aye olce ne pointed
TO his desk with a gesture of despair, and SAID;
"Do not some people sit up nights to invent new
kinds of societies? Their appeals make up more tlaii
half my mail And if 1t was not so large as some vi
his contemporaries there work enough IN the
table to occupy him for long time ,...,- .,;.o.
An indication of the thrift practlSed in little things
bv generous gvers is found in the story that tod
Mr. Phipps He had written a check tor ten thousand
dollars and absentmndedy put it in his pocket as ne
walked out to his motorcar. r..
~Wat a moment he exclaimed the chauffeur was
about to start the machine, and he hurried BACK it9
the great marble house When he returned ne explained
that he had forgotten TO turn out the gas IN MS STUDY
The start was then made for the hospital
This great bencfactor of the suffering IS one OF the
most delightful companions, and IS as simple anu Onl
affected as some of his associates naughty and AFRO
CANT He never seems to weary OF backing good
object ...,
One dav encountered him in a quiet street in search
Of a certain studio. | asked II ! could be OF hep, ana
he rodccd 4 scrap Of paper with the address IN uiCcr-
tain handwriting Inquiry revealed the fact that the
object Of his search had removed 70 the next DOCK
Mr. Phpp, enjoys dcving in his correspondence ana
picking out promising projects. lie dictates ms re-
Dlcy and they are written small, embossed, Due-
tinted Tiffany notchcais His signature appears on
his letters and checks The latter, drawn on great
private banking house. are among the small number OF
the several hundred handled by me in connection with
charitable collections that have not been on oailN o
trust company
TT what has been said hitherto is taken as illustrating
the American northumberland at his best IN pnail-
-ironc work II will be surprising 20 many TO learn
that there are rich men and women who DO not ENJOY a
wide reputation for charitable cndcavora NO DOUBT
Mrs Hcttv Green and Thomas +. Ryan, Tor example
are interested in many worthy Objects Inc Ilt'er mas
been known to give generously to the Roman Catholic
Church. Attcr protracted effort once coaHcd one
hundred dollars from him for the arbitration and peace
movement. The names Of George Gould and Of the
Havcmcycr family are occasionally seen on subscnp-
ton lists. ...
\ keen observer has said that certain prominent
natives Of the metropolis pass much OF their time IN
souabblcs for position and power. At any rate, the
financial solicitor need place undue dependence on
this type Of millionaire. Another in the same class
gry,,,
H , boor" exclaimed Fifth-ave bank president TO
me one day as mentioned my plan OF trying to inter
est the head Of a large industrial corporation In the
course Of time got one hundred dollars out OF nm