The New York herald., 1922-02-03
ROCKEFELLER FOND
OF HIS OLD CLOTHES
Bible Class Head Tells How
They Saved Him From
Snapshots in China.
WIFE OBJECTS TO THEM
C.. ". Schwab Discusses Sue
cess and T. w. Lamont Talks
on the Future of China. ?

Five hundred members OF the Young
Mems Bible Class of the Fifth Avenue
Baptist Church of which John d. Rookie
feler, Jr, is honorary president. listened
last night at their twenty-ffth annual
banquet at the Hotel Pennsylvania 10 a
such matters as Mn Rockefeller on his
affection for old clothes. Thomas w.
Lamont on the Chinese situation and
Charles NJ Schwab on success and hap
piness in life.
The dinner was informal anh the
speakers talked more intimately and
with greater ease than is usual at a big
function. Mr.. Rockefeller, as toastmas-
ter. sounded the note of the evening In
his opening remarks on his defects as
speaker.
Perhaps the reason ] am POSTMASTER
is to assure you that l will not be one
of the speakers" he said.
His remarks on old clothes came when
he was telling of how, on his recent trip
to China. he walked out of his private
car and through a crowd of photograph
ers eagerly awaiting him without one
suspecting that the man they saw was
John d. Rockefeller, Jr.
II don't know what it is" he said. II
must try to dress better My wife has
told me that before But after / have
worn suit ten or fifteen years l be-
come rather fond of il. My wife's af-
fection for the same suit wanes with the
years.
Mr.. Schwab paused in the midst of
! is story of his work in the steel in
fcrstry, which began as a boy of IL in
Pittsburgh forty-one years ago. to cor
rect a statement made by Mr.. Lamont,
cne of the partners of j. p. Morgan
& Co.
"Tom Lamont has said he is not a
great banker" the steel man said. Il
take exception to that statement Tom
Lamont was once the only banker in
New York / couldn't borrow money
frcm.''
Mr.. Schwab told of the tremendous
Impression the flaring furnaces of Pitts
III rgh made on him as a boy and with
what eagerness he went to work to
learn the business. He credited h: rise
loyalty to his employer and said sue
cess came from tireless appli alton to
the object in view. One unforgctable ex-
l., ,rience, he said, came twenty-seven
years ago. when he was called to New
York by Mr.. Rockefeller and an asso-
Gate ard told TO discontinue certain
me ethods of business.
II learned that lesson well,r he said
Il would rather lose money month after
month in my plant than make it by any
but the highest methods in the world
Mr.. Lamont praised Mr.. Rockefeller
for-his work in alleviating the Chinese
famine. He said the gift made by the
millionaire was not the greatest factor
but the uderwriting by Mr. Rookie
feller of expected donations which made
ii possible to send money at once.
China. he said, had gained much
help at the Washington conference
through the four Power treaty. the
restoration OF the open door policy, the
return OF Shantung and other measures.
"Ncw the question is. Will China rise
and seize her opportunity he said.
THE Chinese themselves must now take
hold of the situation, but until unscru-
pulous provincial Governors are over
come we cannot look for q settled gov
eInment in China"
Other speakers were William NJ.
Kingsley. vice-president of the United
States Trust Company. and Sir Arthur
Currie. X. c. B., president of McGill Uni
versity. Those present included Harry
p Fish. president of the Rockefeller
Bible Class J. Howard Ardrey, the Rev.
Cornelius WoeIfkin. A. G. Doremus.
Lieut.-Col. Buchanan Houston. Clifford
J. G.. Simpson. r. Newton Williams, the
rev. w $. Richardson. Eugene Nick.
Froment, William NJ. Crane. Perry c.
Todd. A. lie Roy Chipman. Sheriff David
r. Knott. Harry 5. Butler. Chester II.
CfrvauS and George " Sa~p