Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-24
AND GOSSIP
IN MONEY MARTS
Morgan Is Just as Quick With
Charity as With Business
Deals.
sv 3. c. FORBES

BY B. c. FORBES.
NEW YORK, July 24.-Passino
home for veteran soldiers recalled t,
my mind an incident which reveals ]
2. Morgan in pleasing light 1t hap
pened not long ago and has never be
fore been published An old warrior
Very muh incapacitated, had been say
ing his none too plentiful nickels to bu,
a wheel chair. Wheel chairs cost quit,
a few dollars, the saving process wa,
slow and the need was urgent, for tn,
task of carrying the invalid into tn,
sushine fell upon comrades also tn,
worse for the worlds wear and the en-
emXs bullets
The veteran decided to appeal to Mr.
Morgan.
It Took Some Courage.
To write the great banker was an or
deal that called for more courage thar
was needed to face the foe half cen.
fury ago But he felt he had a gooc
case. This is the substance of what h,
wrote:
Mr.. J P. Morgan.
Banker, New York
Dear Sir--I ask your pardon for
writing to you but | think you will
help me when | tell YOU what l
sorely need
! am an old soldier and can not
use my legs. like to get into the
sunshine, but ! can not move l
have to ask comrades to carry me.
If had wheel chair, | would not
need to bother them. 1t is not an
easy job carrying me.
/ have been saving every penny l
can to buy a wheel chair But it
seems so far away. ! need about Sc
more. Mr. Morgan, if you could
give me half of this, the chair
would seem so much nearer can
save the other 49,
| used to go to school a Hartford
and often played with you when
you We're a boy. So l hope you can
send me the SO.
Mr.. Morgan did not turn over the let.
ter to a corps Of investigators for lei.
surely inquiries. Apparently he re.
called the name of his old playmate
At all events, the SO and more wa,
forthcoming by the very first mail. Mr.
Morgan sent him $500.
Donations "On the Spot"
OF all America princely givers. Mr.
Morgan is the most spontaneous. the
most humane. so to speak Unlike
others, he often makes handsome do.
nations on the spot without submit.
ing the appeal to a cold blooded army
or experts in charity. The sum total a.
his gifts. If disclosed, would cause peo.
pie to gasp. 1t is true Of him that h,
does not let his left hand know wha
ms right hand does in the way of phi.
lanthropy. Mr.. Morgan's benevolenct
is characterized by the same traits a.
ne displays in business. He makes III
ms mind in flash and acts instanter-
or, rather, turns the actual work oyel
to others. The number Of begging let.
ters addressed 20 him is enormous
Most never reach his eye 1t is said OF
MIN that he is far more generous thar
those who sift his mail.
Andrew Carnegie has scores of hum
Bile pensioners. But canny Scot thai
he is, he investigates before he puts his
hand in his pocket He has quite a few
scouts who report to him deserving
cases, especially in his native town OF
Dunfermline. ! was told recently OF
his hard struggle to keep an old news
paper vendor on the straight path. The
millionaire promised him sumptuous
pension on condition that he would
stay sober The old chap repealed the
enemy heroically for time. but. alas
his thirst got the better of him and the
pension arrangement was upset Mr.
Carnegie has a wonderful memory for
. !, - III.