The Washington herald., 1916-10-26
Seen and Heard by George Miner.


in the world-that is, everybody who is anybody
These three places he designated Waterloo Sta
ton, London, the pier at Port Said and the corner
of the grand boulevard at the Place de rOpera
Paris. A few years later, Mr.. Kipling came to
America and said there was fourth place where
man could stand. 1t was at the corner of
Forty-second and Broadway.
New Workers felt nightly puffed up about this
and with just cause, as l have always thought it
was true. But yesterday l changed my opinion.
Rather had it changed for me. We were stand
ing in the big corridor of the ground floor of the
Equitable Building which as every one knows is
the largest and presumably the most popular Of
fee building in the world. The constant stream
of humanity was passing in both directions The
man with me, when l commented on the enormous
number of people going by, announced that Kip
ling was wrong and that here the place in
New York where a man should stand to see
people of note
I'll prove it to you," said he. Let US wait
here for fifteen minutes and keep tabs on the
people who go by. You will be very much sur
prised at how many you will recognize in the
next quarter of an hour"
We did so. And here is the result-omitting,
of course, many people of no particular fame and
thousands whom we didn't know:
The FIST to go by little with very
pale face, a reddish beard turned gray mild blue
eyes and soft felt hat 1t was Nathan Straus-
merchant prince, former Ambassador to Turkey,
and at present, for purely philanthropic reasons,
head of the Civil Service Commission. His ac-
tivities as one of New Yorks big dry goods deal
ers and his philanthropy in the line of pure milk
have worldwide fame.
Right on his heels was Tex Rickard-debonair,
jaunty and Immediately dressed. The Tex
Rickard who managed so many big prize fights
and made lot of money out of them and is with
out question the best known and highest-class
gambler in the country. use this word without
any fear of libel as Mr.. Rickard himself announces
that as his occupation But he also expresses
it, he CANDLES in anything His latest gamble is
the purchase of three million acres Of land in South
America which he is now exploiting and from
which he is hoping to make large fortune.
Close beside him walking pompously and leis-
urey was Judge Dixon, for many years Jay
Goulds lawyer and we'll known at the New York
bar Long before that, he famous in the
West as a marshal in Oklahoma He it was who
first arrested the James boys when they were
spreading terror through the Southwest and hold
ing up railroad trains Subsequently he became
their lawyer and defender. He still has large in
terests in the Gould estate.
Then there was little man in very loud
check suit, pearl gray bowler hat, big red rose
in his buttonhole, white spats and white doeskin
gloves. This Count Gregory, we'll known in
Paris in London and of late rather badly known
in Newport and New York for it was Count Greg
ory who was implicated last summer in the disap-
pcarance of some jewclry from Newport So
ciety leader Afterward, this matter straight
cned out and his record cleared of any wrong
doing.
The most conspicuous Of all the passers-by and
! - Il.
Choatc, the venerable dean of the New York bar,
formerly Ambassador to England and still robust
and rosy faced despite his great weight OF years.
Henry F. Gillig was the next we recognized.
Many people will remember Mr.. Gg as the man
who founded the American Exchange in Paris and
London and the first to raise the American
flag in Cork his bank building where it still
waves. He also it was who started the practice Of
giving big dinners in England to visiting Amcri-
cans, Henry Ward Bcecher being the first guest
that he introduced
Comparatively few recognized the next person
Of note that passed by, although within few years
his name and face will be easily recognized not
only in the Wall Street neighborhood but by read
crs of any sort of periodical This young man was
Junius Morgan, only son of J. P. Morgan who
has recently finished his college course and has
now just begun to learn the ropes OF finance in his
fathers world-famous banking house. Mr. Morgan
bears a strong resemblance to both his distinguish
ed father and grandfather as far as features go,
but he is much tallersand bigger than either In
manner and appearance, he is a clean-cut, demo-
cratic, modest young American. His great wealth
has apparently only invested him with the neces-
sity of being>a good citizen There is not one
ounce of snobbshness in the whole makeup of
Junius Morgan
Ard then came Miss Marie DressIer-actress
and funmaker for millions of auditors. Miss
Dresser bustled by to the elevators on her way up
10 see her lawyer about contract
These celebrities all passed within fifteen min
utes. Doubtless there many that we over
looked
Thrift is going to be practiced in Europe as
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