New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-30

at him. "You know mighty well yol
did 7"
The delegates returned to theil
camps and reported that the rich
mans son vas no fOurfiusher. and that
he seemed to want to do the righl
thing by them.
The younger Rockefeller possesses
a rare degree Of the saving grace OF
humOr. He doesn't take himself toe
seriously. nor seem to think the weight
of the world rests on his ample sh0ul,
ders. He enjoys 0 good joke, a whole.
some joke. Perhaps hu excessively
rich man In the world gathers more
smiles and optimism out Of the days
work than he.
One day the sOn of One of his su.
perintendents asked II he might take
his picture.
Il wan a good one" said the boy.
Just then a donkey, feeding in the
yard. walked up to give the R0ckefel.
Ter person the "Once over"
Get on the donkey" laughed the
boy.
John d. threw himself astride the
surprised donkey.
The boys camera snapped, and he
ran into the house, rejoicing.
His father was afraid he would Of
e the mighty Rockefeller If he per-
mitted the newspaper men to use The
picture.
We entertained no such solicit0us
notions. We put it up to John ID.
go ahead" he said with n smile.
I'll help you out. When you write
your caption for 1t just say: Two Of
a kind"
We had some tire trouble between
Rouse and Lester mines. We news
paper men were trying to be smart and
show how Indifferent we were to him
by ignoring him. He butted into our
conversation gracefully, and asked IL
We had seen the "Follies of 1915" The
New York highbrOws had, but we
Western men were still In the wage
arner class.
Rockefeller expressed an expert
opinion to the effect he thought II
great. This was good STUFF for us
feature stuff for which the managing
editor constantly is yelling In his wax
Ing hours and dreaming about in his
sleeping hours. We gathered around.
He thought the hit Of the show was
the st'nt in which appeared imper.
sOnatiOns Of Bryan, Billy Sunday and
Rip Van Wrinkle.
Bryan inquiries of Rip who he may
be-" Mr.. Rockefeller explained. Why
says Rip, 4 voted for you every time
you ram Whereupon Bryan exclaims:
Are you the MANI"
Day after day we %journeyed through
the foothills, forgetting about Rookie
feller's money. enjoying the compan-
iOnship of a man, and day after day he
ever was finding something that was
bright, smiling and hopeful. At times,
too, he was very serious. We were
ready to agree that he was thinking Of
the men most Of the time, and not
the investment.
EuIogizes Father and Mother.
Then came the final meeting ut Den.
yer. where the men with the money in
vested In the institution sat around
the tables. John ID. delivered his
farewell address for that trip. 1t was
not different from the other talks to
miners-his partners, as he per-
sisted In terming them. But In clos
ing he paid a tribute to his father and
mother. 1t was simple and eloquent.
1t explains the younger Rockefeller,
IN u way. Perhaps, it is worth pre-
Here it Is, word for word:
"The word fear is not found In my |
vocabulary, nor does he know
what that sensation is, though seventy
eight years Of age, and yet he has the
of a woman Although he
las been accustomed to think In world
erms in the development of the bust
less and philanthropic enterprises tC
which his life has been devoted, there
8 no person in his household too hum
Die to receive his frequent, kindly per-
,onal thought. Criticized, maligned
md condemned these many years, not
,nly for his business success achieved
through his ability to gain the coop
and confidence of men, tC
ring all parties into harmony and to
economies in every possible way
tut also because of his philantlropic
.ndeavOrs, there Is still not the slight
st trace of bitterness in his chnrac-
er, and he holds nothing in his heart
tut good will toward every man. And
in the kindness of the people of
colorado, there has been found any
hing in me that may have seemed
.dmirable, that, and whatever else |
or may be, I 1--WE to my sainted
and my hOnored father, whose
and example l regard as a
heritage"