New Britain herald., 1925-04-17
BE EASTRAPHANGER
 AND PR0L0NG LIFE
Yonkers Man With Big Fortune
 Does It Daily

Workers, N. Y., April l7.--lt you roull profit from the cXper ence Of he worlds most celebrated strap inger then prepare to revise tyour 1inions on this most ridlculed anu .rscd Of moAarn customs.
 x raphanging, if you please, can
 turned into an aid to longevity
 Thus John F. Andrus at S4' IS not
 all uncertain that one of the se-
 .s oe his present active state Of uI aNl body lies in the fact that ,u 2u years he has gone to his busi-
 B either by subway or street car. Now Anlrus Is one Of the richest .n in America, with fortune esti- la,ad at between S50,Q0Q,00o and un0. 0.on0OO. Did he wish, he could .iIe about in the costlest Of limou- ms. He could buy the Tain in ,bich he rides, and have it all to himself.
 But out of his vast experiences AuIrus has learned that 10 watch life going by; to know what men and women are thinking and doing, one must mingle with the crowds and stay In the picture.
 That's why l stay straphanger' he asserts. You literally rub elbows with people, see what they read and do. They talk to you and you talk to them. You get new slants that are impossible to the man who holds himself aloof. You see the problems of the average person. What snobs people are who always ride in auto mobiles! They are sidestepping hu- man beings"
 How does this become an aid to hale old age. Because it takes a mans mind off his personal worries thinks the millionaire straphanger'
 By keeping the mind constantly freshcned; by seeing the problems Of others, your own mind doesn't dwell on worrisome thongs" he points out Worry is one of the greatest saps 10 a mans mental and physical strength"
 Of course, every straphangeI hasn't seen 1t that way. Fighting for a strap has seemed just an addi' tional worry, but Andrus points tho way to escape this. Forget yourself in the hustle and get acquainted with your fellows, is his advice.
 Out of the Kaleidoscope observa' lions, this philosophic financial klns has formed keen opinions on hobbec hair. short skirts, rouge and llpsticK newspapers, crossword puzzles thrift. mems styles in clothes and al the hundred and one things that g 10 make up a mixed crowd.
 Some of his compact comments or the side-shows of life are:
 T watch men and women puzzllnt over crossword games. It's good al version and exercise, but they coult ind vastly better mental exercise II raa subtleties of the great writers
 If hadn't made study of econ .ny l wouldn't be where am today
 Automobiles are all right, but | . lntln COlSi dllLly 1NA HS ~ ~ to a snob. He loses his contac
 tn the people who make up Tn ,oY,d.
 "Eo1hed hair! can't understan'
 girls who do 1t. And moderatel rort skirts are all right, but 1t
 ter to have a skirt dragging IA ..ast than to have 1t six inches iron :lr ground"
 Andrus learned his first dollar b selling fish to Horace Greeley tn great editor. Greeley, who loved | fish. came with his elaborate tackl to a stream where Andrus' es youth, was fishing with home-mad outfit. Young Andrus was hausn in trout. Greeley was getting nom A deal was entered into and "the was the proudest day of my life' says Andrus.
 After that Andrus got job