New-York tribune., 1912-03-31

{ This isn't = novel with an hcircss ana
nm automobile in it," ne answered, finger
ing the ragcs tcudcrly. Maybe ONE time
roorlo will want something like this. And,
( IceiJce. I'm gcttirg three meals day
fellow cant expect everything NJ "f
( events" hc said. with a sad smile, waving
( his hand up the elevator shaft, "this ls one
way to Gct 10 the top.
IN the hurly-burly Of II All sometimes
a hit OF fat tests ont ami TN" world
cheers and genius is triumphant. 4 few
wears aSo girl from Minneapolis took the
nlungo into the metropolitan frying pan
with only 500 that she had saved as =
choir singer IN her home city. Each one
Of these dollars represented the struggle
that makes genius old long before it's day
and which engenders that deep knowledge
Of and sympathy for humanity-the essen
tial of all real genius At first New York
held nothing but bitterness and despair for
tho cir, Her one letter of introduction
went a-beggiig. then for herself she went
the weary rounds earnings a fe" dollars
here and there until. by dint of much plan
ming. she had pieced together enough 10
take her abroad to study voice culture
Alone. unalded, absolutely dependent on her
own resources, she fought her way TO the
best mastcrs-men under whom 1t takes
small fortune to study. She triumphed; To-
dav her voice thrills thousands OF grand
opera lovers. and you may see her name
on the window Of almost any phonograph
store
Not many years ago A misshapen man
with hands hanging below his knees
huge. ponderous head sunk below his
shoulders. passed through Ellis Island. He
was Cro,csdue. unsightiy, no one wanted
him. and for weeks he walked the streets
Of New York searching for work. AZ last
he found a place with a small on-the-t"p-
floor concern. fixing electrical conlriNdncc5.
# was ONLY the work Of day laborcr. hut
he was deeply thankful for It, as 1t held
body and soul together And this man
Shaving FOR a few cents q day, was Al thai
Tim, the author Of standard geometry
uecd in an the public schools Of Germany.
I,n,fro1ucui could not hold him down, and
so surely he rose 20 hi proper level To-
day ho * the expert FOR one Of the biggest
electrical companies in the world, roCclv-
ing a salary that compsIcs fayorably with
tba, of President Ills name is spoken al
mo-, with r,vc.,noc 10y mathcmaticians and
scholars tho world around and there are
dozens Of engineering societies IN inns touH-
try named in his honor.
Gp tne other hand. often a paragraph ia
q morning paper viii tell the las' chapter
of the llfe story Of a near genius. one
morning "A few months ago an arust was
fourd in hail bedroom half nnishcd
canvas on the wall and the nozzle OF gas
,,,be thrust down his throat. He had been
J.aL Tor some time when they found him.
4 not. pinned To- the cover OF the centre
table told It's own eloquent story
us no u.c. can't do what thought
could. Im l"iluIt
Thri,. thr biltcrurs- ol d r."'Nh"d4
cannot be- genius. 10" often thps" mat
IuiI arr not ,outrnted To- 80 home nnd be
conn, plain cuizcn- Tn,r hfr Is then am
Lui.r Their All If ,laI,rd "u the belief IA
Ih-ir genius and genius hangs 10y slender
thread.
Last spring e young man vn" had h'rn
living aud struggling Ia Broadway i"i sr'-
era Years mad q play accepted hN vel
known theatrical nrn. Five hundred dol
lar. vas paid over {" him. and lha' ngll
Lc lcIdHcd from the tension. llc happened
to hnd t.,o a,qu,tutau"c- he .nor in &
ps. in. "a. and d'a-l.d them to q Ir"'d.
p,. ,lr tr celebrate Tho, made merry
f+r iuto tlr r.h', .rhe monc slipping
/ though lhe rla right fingers ~ .
.r,,n, \, last D., le' 'dopn and fell
/ aslt-u ~" tro men searched through h!s
pockets untl the found letter Nth his