Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-11
FORMER STEEL KING
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
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His love of music moved him to
equip hundreds Of churches and insti-
tutions with pipe organs. He never
gave directly any large sum 20 relig-
ious purposes. OF his organ gifts he
said he would hold himself responsible
for what the organ pealed forth on the
Sabbath, but not for what might be
said in the pulpit. One Of his very
earliest gifts. as far back as 1891, was
the Carnegie Music Hall in New York,
az a cost Of $4,000. 900. and as president
Of the New York Philharmonic Soci-
ETY. he spent his money literally in fur
thering its ideals. He also literally
backed the Pittsburgh orchestra.
To the Allied Engineers Societies he
gave $4,000, 600 His small gifts to COL
leges amounted to some s20,000,000. NO
man left at his death such an unique
and such q scattered series of monu-
ments to perpetuate his memory.
Steel Made Generosity Possible.
In the background Of these fifteen
years OF philanthropy there Is the fam
iliar story OF Scotch thrift. a little
luck. and steel, which made such gen.
crosby possible.
Carnegie was fond Of telling the story
himself. Rapidly covered Il was this:
His first penny he earned unexpectedly
as a child when he ostonishes his
schoolmaster in Dunfermline by recit-
ing Burns long poem, Man Was Made
to Mourn" without a break. There Is
an anecdoLe OF now, When asked Il
Sunday school to recite proverb
from scripture, the young Scot unwit-
tingly forecast his own fortune by Civ
ing the homely advice-"Look after the
pence. and the pounds will take care
OF themselves"
Andrew was y when his father,
master weaver. was brought almost to
! restitution. The steam looms drove
! him out Of business. The family num-
| bered four including Andy" and his
/ younger brother. William. The parents
| decided to emigrate TO America,
! whence some relatives had preceded
/ them with success. They settled at
/ Allegheny City. Pa, across the river
! from Pittsburgh, in Is4S. The father
| and Andrew found work in cotnn
| factory, the son as bobbin boy. 1t was
! his first work. The salary was s1.2o q
| week. He was soon promoted. at a
| slight advance, to engineers assistant
! He stocked the boilers and ran the en-
| CINE in the factory cellar.
! In those dingy quarters, where he
/ worked twelve hours a day. came the
! inspiration that later led to his library
| benefactions. he said. A Colonel An
| derson. possessed of some 400 books.
| announced he would open his library
| every week end and allow boys to Dor
row any books they pleased. Carnegie
| was one Of the most eager readers.
Only he who has longed as 1 die
| for Saturdays to come" he has said
can understand what Colonel Ander-
son did for me and other boys Of Al.
legheny. Is II any wonder that I re.
solved, IL ever surplus wealth came tc
me. would use 1t initiating my bene-
| factor?'
Becomes Messenger Boy.
At II Carnegie emerged from the en-
| CINE cellar and became a telegraph
messenger. J. Douglas Reid, a Dun
feminine man, who had come to Amer
lea early. was head of the office, and
| ne made Andrew his protege. Teleg
/ rapny was then almost a new thing
Nobody ventured to read the dots ,ant
dashes by sound. They were all i'm
pressed on tape. Carnegie is said to
have been the third operator in thu
| United States to accomplish the fea
Of reading messages by sound alone
He practised mornings before the reg
ular operators came around.
"One day a death message sigma
came" he has related, before the op
orators arrived" I'm those days dealt
messages were the most important
messages we handled. I tentured tt
take this one"
| He did it correctly and delivered tn
telegram before the regular force wa
on duty at all. 1t won him promotion
to the key and sounder. When tn
Pennsylvania railroad put Up tele
graz wire Of its own he became cler
| under divisional SuI,5T sIi tender. Tha1n