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SECTION TWO SECTION TVO PAGES 1 TC C T I'M.ll. PAGES 1 TO 8 . HEN ATIIO HAVE SUCCEEDED Jilt 1L E. HAH.MAN', OP , ATLANTA ' i . , A Native of South Carolina, lf Flint Cat HI Ixc In the Old North Mate ' Applied Ills Time and Talent to -the 'J'rtulo lHpr .: HiihIiwh 5!ow . l'uMlhlK-r of Cotton, Tlie Cotton Oil V Magazine and 1 ho XnToto Air . Its iiivru of Ills Time to tlie t'p ii lifting of the fcooth. - -'. ttten for The Obervr, . ; v k '. ty One' of the 'bright J examples of young, men.' who through their own , e Aorta have" helped themselves to succeed In the New South. Mr. H. K. Harman atanda well among the first. , He has clearly won this place be . cause of the early struggles he had - to contend with, aa well aa for the aucceaa he haa achieved In his chosen Jrofealon, being to-day one of the eadlng trade paper publlHhers and president of the Southern Trade rreas Association. . V , V " .'".; Mr. ' Harman la a native of South Carolina, but he married In North Carolina, a Mtas Walaer, of Davidson, and spent the first ten years of his ' business life In the State, making here his first success, so that be la claimed partly aa a native. He cornea of good blood, hla great-grandfather having nerved In the Revolution and both hla grandfather, and father having; nerved ' through the , civil war. ...,.- , , "When he waa old enough for college the family exchecquer was empty, a thing unknown In hla family In the ante-bellum ..day. He - Boon found ft way to borrow enough money for a - four Yearaf, edliera tfotime. under hla .. fathers endorsement apd In'lvlS he ' 11 Dished a four yeara course to. Penn . . aylvaala College, at Gettysburg. There ' were tempting oners ior tne young - man to remain North and enter hla ' long cherished "newspaper work, bat decided him against locating there. -'' Returalnar South Mr. Harman Cast - annnt ror an aMninx. ai in si time v mere waa naroiy a urnai yr in ura entire action. The field waa a new one -and he became the pioneer. Tne ' Southern Tobacco Journal waa started at Winston In 1817, and soon became a valuable property. Thla was conducted for a doien years and .was built up to where It was pay ' tng over $10,000 a year profit, but . ' longing for a wider field Mr. Harman sold out and went to Atlanta, where - he saw the center of the trade paper publishing business In the South for the future.' In Atlanta, he started Cot- ton, devoted to cottonmanufacturlng . and the cotton business - generally. " Then came The Cotton Oil Magaxlne In the interest of the growing cotton oil buslneaa.--Both paper Were succeas .' ful from the start and have made their owner easy financially. - Three ' years ago he added to his list The ' Houthern Engineer, which was la ter sold to New York parties and V then The Concrete Age. Whch has al ready become a moat valuable prop erty. . v. ,'.,.,- ;' Wot nearly 10 years Mr. Harman . has worked Incessantly to build up ' the trade paper business In the South - and bis election as president of the Southern Trade Press . Association .was a fitting tribute from his co-workers to his devoUd service. He holds that the trade paper properly . . managed - Is a great developer, a . stimulant to trade and business and points with much pride to the valu ble work which his own paper have done In tO years la encouraging new Industries to locate In the South. -. HKLP1NO THE COTJNTRT XJROW. Aside from his regular work,. Mr. ' ITarinan. haa devoted much time to . the upbuilding of tha South, and has 1 written a number of Industrial' pam- phlets which he haa freely circulated to encourage new Industries. One of ' these on "Tobacco Growing In the : Carollnaa" went through six editions l of 10,000 ooples each. Another on i"How to Build a Cdtton Mill in the touth' waa widely read and many ,k 'taw mills built aa the result. He haa v,so published two, books of poems, -In Peaceful Valley" In 1100 and another "At the date of Dreams," Which appeared last year. When , seen tn hla- office Itt ' the rCqultable building; In Atlanta, a few days since and asked to give The Ob 'aerver a memage to young men who want to help themselves, a message baaed ' on his- own experience, Mr. - Harman said: ' ' After 10 years of practical expe rience in making my own way in life and during that time watching the opportunities offered In the Bouth for young men who must carve their own fortunes7 1 am fully -convinced that the South to-day offers more to the young man than any other section of this country has ever offored. -i . "And I say this not front preju dice, or from a local viewpoint, for during these 10 years my buslneaa " has necessitated my constant travel ing all over the Eastern half of this - country; so that I hav come In touch with the, keenest bustnrmr men and watched closely. the chances for suo ceos In other sections. "W hen the West was in its glory sa the home of opportunity for young men the world was a generation be hind the present, behind in tha ninny ways of acoompllithlnip things. ' To day that Went Is full, looming and tha chances are few for the young men tinl he b lrifn mpltnt. TIIH NKW SOUTH. Tut the Bouth, the new South, la row where thi Woit was after Oree- 1VV fM ly gave hla famous advice to young tnorv that Is the South syat that point In opportunity, but the world has ad vanced a generation forward and the. ways of making a fortune no iv are ten In: number to one then.;; 1 ''v: ', "And I do not look at the chances' for a youngman to. succeed from an optimistic standpoint. : I, : took up my own worlc almost aa a pioneer. The South had no trade ' papers twenty years ago and In fact , there was little room for tharn,- for the trade paper flourlwhes only iti a man ufacturing and. commercial 'auction. But 1 had faith In the Bouth coming to the front as. both and my estimate of her ability to win out, commercial- ly ; was not, misplaced, t ;v .v.- s"f hardly believe" In 'any general rule that will win success. That is largely a matter with the young man himself. - This rule Is safe to follow: First decide what "you wish to" do, the work that will be most congenial, the work In which you will And con stant. Inspiration, because you love it, then stick to that for life. - The man who' totla under compulsion does if aa well as, the man-' who whistles while he works, whistles because the work ta congenial and pleasing. , .'T believe that nfoat of the failures In life come about by the man gat ting Into the wrong profession , or business. . .:.:,-;., '?& THE COMING GOLDEN AGE. . "Thvnext twenty years will be the Golden -Age In -the Soutb's history. The 'young men who-are 'now about to enter business are fortunate. We who entered twenty years ago were . ti. I y c. jayrunnis - - , the unfortunates and had to strug gle against terrible odds. We. came In between tha peaceful age of antl- bellum glory -and tha era wnen tne new South steps forward to make new hlatory. My own family under the old regime waa wealthy and but for the war would have grown up a gentleman of' lelaore, - worthless perhaps. As It was when I waa old enough to enter college the only way to get a diploma was to borrow the Mnoney under the endorsement of a devoted father.. Graduating witn a thousand dollars debt over me meant that I must do something and the first money made went to paying oft the. obligation. Our people were alt poor, discouraged, , disorganized, bewildered. i - y "But to-day it to all different. . The South haa changed. She baa built new homes where the old ones were burned. The mill village ta now taking Its place In all sections' and the smoke curls up from a thousand factory chimneys each morning aa an emblem of what the new day of pros perity for the South means. We are coming- back to our own. Tha blood of loyalty, chivalry and pride, so long stagnant In our veins, because of mis fortune, once again flows naturally, at the bottom of Southern manhood ta the love and reverence for woman, the stimulating desire to accomplish something (or those wo love and hold dear. That power Is asserting Itself now In the manhood of tha new South and when It Is fully awakened we shall set - tn Dixie a prosperity that will eclipse anything tn our hist tory. i - . ' - - "Se " the young man entering life In the South - to-day Is fortunate. Opportunities for success are on every-hand. Let him settler that Question fully, then go ahead.-' Be It one business or - another he can hardly make a mistake In this ' fa vored section. But whatever ha does let him never forget the truth of the old maxim that the gods, help him who helps himself EVERY MAN 1IIS OWN BREWER. When 480 'Schooner 'of Deer Are Carried la . the Vest Pocket. What to Hat. .v-.- . t- f..?-t i ' .' A Wlsconsfh chemist says, ha has discovered a method whereby a man can carry around In a email vial 410 schooners of good beer. - He hns produced a liquid which M 11,000 times stronger .than the very best beer that can be produced. All he will say regarding his dis covery 1 that it la an alkaloid from hops 9,100 times stronger ' than . the malt how made from the best barley. When thla fluid ia combined with water the contact produces -an in stantaneous fermentation, forming - S 1-J per cent- alcohol,-which la the quantity found In the best quality of beer - ' 1 ' ' v f ' The advantage of this la that one could place a amair vial containing one ounce of liquid In his vest pocket and thus be constantly sup plied, not only with Indefinite quench inrs of a. personal thirst, but ' also with enough treats to popularise the mennost-man in any community. . The Wisconsin chemist thinks he will make a fortune out of the poli ticians alone, but the brewers havoh't takn to the woods yet. ' ' , . . . i - . : Manuel Garcia, who died In London on July 1, was slow to receive scien tific credit fof ths Invention of the larngoacope, sa he was - a singing teacher, and was unknown In the Bclonilno world,. but It eventually made him famous. He was the broth er of .Madame Mall bran and the teacher of Jenny Llnd. , He lived to be a 'centenarian, and hla 110th birth day waa celebrated with . enthusiasm " on March 17 1805, the proceedings In chilling hla reception by the King at KurkltiKham I'alace and decora tion aa an honorary commander of the Royal Vlctfjrrlan Order, , - i GI1EEM TALKS TO 1510 MEN MAKES AVASUINOTO.V VA . VISIT . - : t" ' ' -;. .:' .-' Exra interview M?!rs.' Taft, Shaw ami irbauka on tie I'wahltiu'jr 1 ho Kct-rctary . f Vnr . Kxprcaactl ' honrc Doubt .11 ' WhctlHT -v tlio White l'oucc is Big " Enough for Bln -haw Worrle - About Taft -(' Running i'oot Races" to Put Him ' self la ComlltloH. . ' f,; .pYEZRA OREEX, v J-'y r Aftei; I'd seen Secretary Loeb and he'd convinced -.e It waaent no use .to ' cherish Hope, that Mister (.Roose velt mlte be persuaded to 'renoo hla leese on the Whlta Hoiwe. I decided to go on to Washington and. have a look at . them felUca- whp arf aed to be alttln round a-hoptn tha Repub ltkan party will ketch them oft ov their ?ard some day and surprise them Into exceptln the , nomlnaahun. ? Id. herd a good deal about Mister Farebanks and Mlstar Taft and Mis ter Shaw and the rest; and after my cvperence with .Mister Lobe at Oyster Bay f wanted to meet some other grate men to see If they waa all like him. :. Thev wasent. - . . . ; - When I got to Washington a feller to the hotel sed ' I'd -better hunt Up Mr. Taft first because It mlte take me some time to sen him. Ha laffed when he sed It and I felt kind ov hurt thin kin he mlte be laflln at me. Whan laaw Mr. Taft I no wed xwhat he-ment. . ' Mlater Taft . sertalnly Is hefty, and the big building where he has hla office don't seem none too big for him. ' " '' "Mlater Taft." ; sag-L "what about the preuldenay?" s; : .-.. PreBlden!y, ses he, "what's that?" "Why.- sos I, -the Job , that Mis ter Roosevelt has got. ? Are you a-ro- in to try to git It ?" :"- v "la JHlater Rosevelt a-goln to qultr ses Mr. Taft, looktn reel I nt rested. Then I explaned to him careful like about how Mister; , Roosevelt's leese on the White House would be out prltty soon and how aa Mlater Roose velt had sed he wasent a-goln ta renoo It. "r.v".'- .-..v Oh." ses Mister Taft "so the White House Is a-golngxto be- vakent, eh? What s the matter. Mister Roosevelt don't like It 7 ' Dos the. roof . leek or dont the f urnaae heet or Is some ov the nabors objeksh unable T". ' I, told Mister Taft as how the White House was all rite and a tip top plase to live In, but as how Mister Roose velt piped far the elm pel life and as how the cars a-rupnra on Penna, ave noo disturbed his medltashuns. . - "Do you . think it would-be big enuff fer .me to live In r 4 ses Mla ter Taft, reel serous like but wrth a hopefull lite In his eye. . . . - -I looked them over caref ull and then lowed he .mlte -make It do by squeesln some. "It's old," sis I, "but they but blldlngs better ' In them daya. 4' . ' ". "WelVvril tell you." ses MUter Tsft, leenln over and whisper in to me behind his hand, jlst like the cheer man ov the polltlkal com It tee always dos durln a. township campane, "I've bin told theres a good Job at the su premr court I mite, git but .-all tha funny men on the newspapers have lowed -us how the suprem bench was ent strong enuff to hold me, and to tell you the truth Ive bin a lettle oneasy about It myself. - Ira bin a-runnln foot rases and things-, to re duse my wate, but folks as ses' they wants ma td be President keep a-com-In to ma and a-sajln 'Mister Taft, youre a-growln averyday,' . and I'm a-glttln diskouraged. If I'm too big a man fer suprem Jedge," ses Mister Taft, blushln like. "I may have to take the Job ov President when Mis ter Roosevelt sits thro with 11" Then I went to see Mister Shaw In tha big blldlng where all the money la. . "Mister Shaw." seb L 'Tve come to aee you about beln President. . Mister Shaw he put hla hand over his fase and turned hla hed away and giggled some. "Aw, go long," ses he, "and quit your foolln." - .When I. told him as how I had al reddy bin to see Mister Taft Mister Shaw looked reel provoked. ."Ton dont meen to say," aes he, that you think a man aa fat as Taft la could run fer President and make any hedway." - He waa worried Ilka' when I told him Mister Taft had bin a-runnln foot rases and things to git In practise and he wanted to no what kind ov time Mister Taft had made. - Then I thot I'd do a little klddln on my own acount ' ' ; "Mister Taft sea, ses f, "as how ha may be a bit hefty and not as spry on hi ! u some, but aa how he's big enuff to hold down the,Job, which Is mora than some folks Is as ha could name." --..- '. ' "H ' Well, sir, you otter ov seen Mister Shaw when I sed that I thot he's sure to go plum krasy. Mister Shaw, you no, Is bllt a good deel like a skeeter 4.- "Meenln me, I suppose . meenin me," he shouted, and ho seamed to fele so bad I was reel sorry I'd trtde to plage htnu-.'-Well." he, - "If X was but like some peeple I no I wood ant talk none." .',-"''' Mister Shaw walked n aad down hls.offlse and I could sea plant ha was agetated. .But prltty soon bis fase Uted up.: ' , . - '. "I list -wish you'd ehdw me," ha ses, "a grate Agger ov hlatry as wayed oyer tOO lbs. And Mister Shaw sets down agen with that sort ov sateafled smile you've seen at debatln soalety when one reiier naa aavansea a arge ment he thinks the other feller cant anser. v-. ' v. t '., :-....-, . I wasent anxious to renoo the sub Ject.'seeln as how Mister Shaw had kooled down, so I trlde a new tak. - "I no a man up In Plalnsvllla," ses I, "aa thinks you're Jlat, the rite slse to be President' -- . , "Whafs his name?" - ses Mister Sbaw, perkln up rite smart : - "Hank wneaton, " ses i. quick as a flash, tho I dldent have nobody par tlckularly In mind when I spoke, beln Jlst a-tryln to sooth Mister Shaw. "And Hank would be rite tlkled . to no." ses I "If "you're a-goln td be a candidate fer the nomlnashUrt." "Well." ses Mister Shaw, "Slnsln- atus left his plow "when his country called, and It afht fer me to be too nroud to heed tha voice ov my feller countrymen. And If I do say It my self as shoudent I think I'd make as good out g-beln President ss some folks I, no, f I aint a-mensnunin no names- but ths feller . I meen alnl more'n a hundred miles away.". When Mister Shaw sed that be looked out ov his winder over towards the War Department blldln from where I had Jlat come a-sceln Mlater - Mister Shaw waa reel cord ule when I got up to go. . "Give my regards to Mister. Wheaton." he sea. Wont Hank awell up tho when I tell him what Mister Shaw and.. Mister Farebanks haa a ofllse up to the. Capitol, but Congreaa alnt In ses hun now, so I had to go to his house. nowed the man what coma to the door when I nocked wasent Mlnter Fairbanks becaus he waa black. (That's a Joke ov mine. A black man coodent be fare-banks or fare any thing else, could ha?) Hs .sertenly was a funny loomn man. I luffed rite out loud Whan I seen him. Will you believe It. he was clere growod up and had on nee pants. ' . i It Mister Farebanks la a-growln all tho time,- like Mlater Taft afd some folks aed he was, hell be pretty well up'- In the world when he gits his groth. I dldent mind It. much, tho, becaus J"d btn dowa to see the Wash ington monument, and my nek, was prltty well limbered up. . i. "Mlater Farebanks,"; ses I, "I'm In Washington a-callln on'; perspektif candydates fer President to ascetaine It any ov them, la wlllln to aaktiflse himself on the alter ov his country." "It's a nobel thing, s . Mist' Parebanks, "to serve ones country Whove you senr.i-,i'' " ' 1 told him Td seen Mlater Taft and Mister Shaw.'. r ' ''.'' ',..-' : "De tell," ses he.- ?'Wba( did you find out ??.'.,- -' v ' .' : ' "WelU" ses I, "aa near as I could Jedge, neether ov them had ever thot ov It before. buV I dldent notlae as ether? ov them" was partlckularly alarmed at the augeatun;" v "Huh. aes Mister Farebanks, "they alnt got no-call to be alarmed. ; Are you a candydate, Mlater "Fare banka?" aJ I rite aut. - , . , , - "No sir," ses he, with conslderbal asperahun, "I'm In retirement now, seeln. as how I'm Vice President. Be etdea, no mart." aes he, "la ever a candidal fer that hi of fine. Leastwise, no man ever owna up he la. But," ses he, "and Into his fase come a look of awfull sadnes, "If the convenshun feels as how I am the one man. Into whose hands the destinies ov the na ahen canvAy bo entruated, why," ses he, "my home adresa la Indlnaplls, Ind." .,..'.,'..-', ."And when I left Mlater Farebanka, my hart was hevy with wo. It aeama a crool thing In this land ov liberty that some unwlllln man must be anached from peceful persuts and avocaahuns and made to fret hla life away a-tryln to do his duty as Presi dent In. 'ale h a way that the peeple wont want him fer another term.. THE PARTY SAFE AND SANE. It Haa Tlirown Off Bosalsm and Sav ed Itself Prom Defeat In Conse eacnee of It . , . Wilmington Messenger. . We think the Democratic party de serves tha congratulations of the peo ple for th recent display ofaldence of the fact thal It has returned to sane and a und principles In the mat ter . of . certain , Issues In respect to 8tate matt era When the State con vention, refused to obey the orders of a newspaper writer and a Supreme Court Judge in the matter of nomina tion of a railroad commissioner and choae aa the party's candidate the man It wanted Instead of nominating the one those two men tried to force on the party It showed an Indepen dence of personal rule and newspaper bosslsra which should encourage the people and give them greater confi dence In tho. party as the advocate of the . rights, and ihe cause of the people. . 5 Again, ' when the"" Democrate of Wake county refused to be governed by or rather dictated to by that same newspaper man, and by an overwhel ming majority chose as their candi date for the Senate tha man whom that newspaper, posing as the organ of tha party; attempted 4o defeat be cause -of personal aptte but pretend ing to b acting for tha good of the party, they again showed that they were not to ba ruled by any one man power. , , We think tho defeat, of the candi date for railroad commissioner, which that Judge and that writer, the self constituted bosses of tho party, and the overwhelming nomination for the Senate In Wake county of the oppon ent of the would-be boss candidate was one of the greatest victories the party In the Bute has wop In many yeara It was a victory over Itself which la greater than a victory over an enemy. It shows that the party has turned from the line of policy and principle advocated ty those two men, so dangerous to the progress and development of the State and to the best Interests of her people. It shows that the people have again begun to think and act for then selves;, that they have refused longer to be led by scheming men who pre tend, for their own advancement and financial gain, to be tha friends of the- masses.'. - .- r.-.- r 1 We are glad to know that tho mas ses have repudiated them. The fact that thev have don o is a good sign and Indicates future success fpr Democracy; for as sure aa nignt ioi lows day the State vould have soon become Republican had these two men . been aUowed to continue ... as leaders of the Democratic party and xnonents of Its doctrines. It has been a nil of . politics In this State that members or tna ju dietary should not tak part In poll tics. This has prevailed up to a very recent date, but wa believe It has been annulled of late. Men now use the bench some of them even -that of the Suftreme Court aa a means stons to higher office and as a means bt controlling political affairs of the State, even becoming the personal ad' visers or tne vniet lanuun to the office of Governor by the party In oppoaltlon. That the Democratic party has re pudiated auch men Is a good sign. It shows that!, the party has returned to sans,' aafa and sound methods, and that It will no longer consent to have its affairs and those of tha Stat manipulated In the Interest of men who. nratend to be patriot for the sake of what they can make out. of the i party and of the people. -- It shows that the people have found thea men out ana tney nave maae public declaration of this fact1 They have published to the world that they are free of bosslsm. No better thing has happened for tn .mat in tne history of the party, r . J ; Ring of MysUrrloua . Power. Tjk Vri A Paris. . - ':?:'"-"t ' A' ' The statute of the Virgin la the cathedral at Madrid weara on Its fin gers a ring which Is the subject of a popular legend Aiionse jlii gay it It is said, to Queen Mercedes, ana died one month afterward. The King then took the ring and presented It to another member of the royal fam 11 yk who succumbed Immediately to a stroke of apoplexy. Two other per sons who afterward wore the - ratal ring met a Ilk fate. .' Alfona XII did not then dare pass it to otner nanga. He kept the ring, himself. Three months later the throne Was vacant.' The people of Madrid say this ring of the Virgin-haa a trouble power. It kills almost Immediately those who are not absolutely worthy to wear It; or, on .the contrary, assures the hap pln and long .life of the sover eign who 'Will restore lornpain lis former glory. ' It Is believed that ths present King,- Alfonso XIII, before his marriage, piously toucneo ana Kisseu this mysterious ring, and because he did so was spared In the recent at tempt at assassination. This conviction has taken root at Madrid) wher the people are extremely superatltltnus; but persona In the Im- delnte entourage or tna ymin tuna would dissuade him from following In the footsteps of his father. STUDIES HUMAN NATURE HOTEL WAITER KNOWS HIS LN The Quint Servitor bt IHnck la Gen r (rally m IJiigulat aad. Haa Been to School to : learu II lii BuhIimhh Ho i Can Translate a Menu Into Plain English. . and . Understand Hare - Mutagen Fifteen Thousand " First ' Clasa Waiters In tho United States, Y New Tork, July J7.-There are Just about IS, 000 first-class waiters in the United ., States, . This ., 'statement ; is made . on the ; authority; of the ad ministration' of L'Unlon GeneVqise In the. United States, and until recently a dining .room captain In the -Hotel Astor.. ''. . , .'. v'U'-c: :-; ' By the phrsse '; "first-class waiter" Is meant one who Is thoroughly vers ed, in all branches of the trade, 'be sides being able to speak several lan guages. Eight thousand of these men are members of L'Unlon , Genevoise, fnd af e mostly Orench, German, Ital ians 'and AuBtrlana. Many of them hav passed through a regular courso of training, beat exemplified by .the "Academic" at . . Prledewaldt. near Dresden, Saxony,' where everything Is taught which la neceaaary for. the equipment of a (really good , wait er. - There ' the student learns cook ing In all its branches' and memor ises, tho endless variety of strange and unusual namea given to . very simple dishes. In order that he may be able- to describe and explain the contents to bewildered diners.. Wine lists are also . perplexing pussies to many, - and these must be carefully studied before a waiter can venture to reeommend any particular wine or special vintage. . . If you aak the hotel waiter about hla work you will find he looks upon It aa a profession one which has Its standards ' and tradition, and which, In keeping with man other present day occupations, has a world-wide or ganisation. The average hotel guest haa very likely never heard of L'Un lon - Genevoise, or the International Hotel Employe Society, as It Is also known. .The first Is tha proper title, and, as It implies, the society was formed. In Geneva, Swttxerland. It does many things for the quiet man In black who serve the hungry In ho tel dining rooms. After having been thoroughly trained and made compe tent -to hold a position In any civi lised country, the waiter la sure of assistance wherever he may be, from Bloomfontaln, South Africa, to Boa ton. On arriving In a strange city, heihas but to present himself at the offices of the association and exhibit his membership book, which shows whether he haa paid hla duea and whether he waa honorably discharged from his last situation. In case .of illness, after a man has been a member from v six months to Ave years, he receives elghty-flve cents per day. If, on the other hand, hla membership hss spread over Ave years, the amount he gets la one dollar and twenty-llv cents per day, over ten and up to fifteen yeara one dollar and sixty cents, and for any thing above fifteen years, two dollars for each day. Since Its organisation In 1170, ths society haa paid out'80, (60 In sick benefits and payments for burial fees. Loans and donations and securing employment for mem bers bring the total to I1B5.II0. In order to qualify as a member of tha club It Is necessary that each can didate be of good character and hav been connected with the hotel and restaurant trade for at least two years. Above all he must be a thor oughly competent and experienced waiter. ' . . "A first-class waiter Is born, not made," says the head waiter of the Hunting Room of the new Hotel As tor. "From the moment that a man enters upon his duties ss tha most Insignificant 'piccolo' or 'omnibus' we can tell whether he ia going to b an efficient servant He must ba atten tive without being servile, must be noiseless, deft-handed, and above all. must be careful not to break things. "Even If he has a natursl aptitude for the business, the amount of care ful' Instruction required to form him Is very great although -his nationality makes much difference in the mat ter. The best men are v generally French. German or Swiss, and these have often had the advantage of at tending academies or even kinder gartens established at foreign hotels In the off-season, when they break plates, silverware and generally sus tain parts in a universal comedy of errors, to the great disgust of ' the guests upon whom they practise their trade. The waiters' academy In Vi enna is the foremost In the world. ' "Knowledge of several languages Is a very necessary qualification; - and hardly any scrap of general Informa tion comes amiss; but tact and dis cretion are the waiter's chief virtue. His attitude should b that of a sol dier - always at attention always veady for the word of command, lie should answer politely whan address ed, keep at a respectful distance from the table, yet alwsys near enough t0 be essl y called when 1 . wanted, in fact really good waiter should need no calling, but make , a point of watching the guest's face, so as to Instantly observe what la wanted be fore the guest himself ha had time to form a wlah." v- In th hierarchy, of waiterdom th head waltor stand first. Next comes th assistant hofld waiter, followed by ths "csptalna," who supervise each re his own section of th dining rod-m"I must have It rushed. . . 1 ..I ' Mit !... II .lw a a l. i the serving waiters and the '"piccolo" and "omnlbua" men, who keep the water carafes filled, remove dishes which have been used, and generally supply the tables evlth What small ar ticle may ne required rrom time jo time. ' According to Augusta, of tne Hunting Room, ths head "waiter should always meet the guest as he enters and courteously commit Mm to the car of on of the captains, who places him at a table. "It Is the' duty of the waiter to -help i people, .to. eat" .'says Augusta. "How can a man who nearly aiwaya eata at home learn how to feat at a hotel without some, assistance T The menu ta to him almost a Chinese pus ale, which he studies laboroualy and with little profit In despair he or ders three steaks when one would do; then be Is angry at having to pay so much that la not eaten and all this Is bad, both for the waiter and for tho house, becar.se the dissatisfied guest will not tip and will not eome again. Such a man does not know what he. wants, and therefore the waiter must, know,? . f , k It la surprising what an insight In to 'human nature the waiter possess es. He can Instantly read a - new guest's character and discover his se cia latanding; yet he prefers old cus tomers, knowing how to treat them, as well as how. he. himself will be treated and tipped. . ).. ".; ,;, ' ., '. '"Regarding thla questloij of treat ment," says Augusta, " "we waiters, like everybody else, - hav " often to meet many who are not gentlemen. When a man snaps his fingers at his attendant and speaka as If he were calling a dog, we . naturally know where to place him, and that person does not get better service than oth-l . . I t . ti... It vrs, lu hj wiv iPKai. uui ino waiter muat exercise Judgment Sometimes a man has stayed up too late the night h.for and may have taken more than Is good for htm. His perves are on edge, he haa two headaches one over each eye and the world it Jet black to him. The good waiter un derstands all this at a glance. "Or perhaps tha man haa been a good fellow ten times, but the elev enth time he la a briute. Well, we comprehend. Something haa gone wrong he has lost money or there has been trouble of some kind. He Is handled with kid gloves by his waiter, and la stroked gently, as it were, with a hand of velvet gently soothingly, sympathetically. Aa like aa not the guest became ashamed of his HI temper, and the waiter gets conscience money In the' shape of a dollar instead of a quarter tip." ( The waiter - himself . . Is under , no strict discipline ever to show Irrita tion or bad humor. In a great hotel ke the Astor, where the staff em ployed In the four dining rooms num bers 270 "regulars," exclusive of the host of subsidiary attendants who as sist behind the scenes, evevry thing Is organised with the utmost precis ion. in each dining room there are three watchea conaiatlng of twelve men and aix omnlbua boya. Two of ' these wstchers are called "steady" and the third "th reserve." The reserve Is always on band and helps the steady watchers alternately. JU the end -of the week the reserve staff becomes a steady for that week, and one of the steadies relieves the reserve. Th first watch comes on at o'clock, opens up th place and goes off at 11 o'clock. Then It returns at six In the evening and stsys till closing time, say about 1:10 a. m. Th next morning th watch which was closed up does not . .come on until . twelve and stays till eight and thus alter nately, so that every dsy there are dliirfrent men on th different watoh ta The opening up and closing is tha I really-hard work of tha room. . ' . -, r . - . . . . . ' . . pto man nas nm same , laoie or van the ssme side of the room twice consecutively In ordsr that there may be no favoritism and that ha may get handy and experienced In every part of th room. The stations of the csptalna are also changeable. Another Item of Interest Is that each piece of work hss three man to look after It - ,.. Borne people are fond of asserting that these Imperturbable purveyors. Instead of being paid by the hotel proprietor, not Infrequently hav to pay for th privilege of working In the establishment Aa a matter of fact the beat New -Tork waiters get twenty-five dollars a week and their clothes. Tbelr tips. It has been cal culated, run from one hundred to one hundred and twenty-five dollars a month, a generous salary, but on which Is certainly well earned. Found Owner of Purs After Twenty ..Veavr.-; " , , ) Schenectady Gasette. .. , Twenty years agl the Rev.' Frank Wlndnagle, now paator of the Metho dist church of Sodua, found a purs containing - om of money. Mr. Wlndnagle. who was then a boy, made every effort ' to find th owner, but failed.,','.' '. ';.; t: ;., ,r. :'. :.. He nevertheless treasured th purs and ths money all these years with the thought that It was another's, and that one day he Would be able to give It to tho loser. While reading a Rochester newspaper a few years ago hs saw an advertisement signed by J. B. West fa 11, ofPenn Tffan. As that nam waa on the Inside of the pock etbook tha minister thought that th advertisement might be th owner, A correspondence ahowed the aurmls to be correct and the purse was re turned, -v ..', '- ' , v.. ' ... -' Th Hush Message, -' Modern Society. ' " r A well dressed young' man an proachad the desk la a telegraph branch office and wrote, a message. Laying th pen down, he handed th message to th girt and said:. "You can rush this for me, can't youT" "Tes, indeed." replied 1h girt. "It's Very important, ba went on. it shall go right through." "All right," he said, turning away, "pa aure and rush It now." When he waa gone the girl ahowed the niessnve to another operator standing near, "Look what la to be rushed," she said. . Th message read; "Henry still lovea his little wife and wliilies she could be with him." THE POWER OF JOUttSALK: I JOTONAUSTS BORN, NOT MADi; Utterance of the Lnto ' Mr. , Avery Forms a Text From Which Much of Value la Deducted Ureat Jour . nals Serve a High Purpose by Be , . coming tlie Educator, of Fropta . ; W ho Are Reached In No Otber Way The Preas Behind the Slaking of ; Every Great City. .. . ,.. 'V-v"5 -'-1' '''' -i '.' '.' '.: BV lu P.-COFFIN. Written for The Observer, The late Mr, Avery, of The Char- lotte Observer, In on of his brilliant ; little narsrranh ..1.1 tn fru. nf m." Jdurnalist that he " was born, ' not ; made, that the matter was of a beau tiful simplicity, for either he had th ' visual ey or he did not hav It, and there rnnn!ntt tltM lu A. ..Id ' This . statement coming from rj ono . whose , work was so human, so. ver satile, so far-reaching as was that of Mf. Avery forms a text from which much of value may be deducted. 'Of course, everything that can be said In -this connection has been said already, . as is tn tasa with most worda of true Import but the Dosstbilltles of Journalism crystallse themselves Into a subject so pregnsnt that It needs to . he milled over and ever again, until t h. Wrtltr4 .n i mm i 1 nmmw that tk.M Is a Vital haart tn tha mlt ant Diit ii iinui u reaciiea. i - If any man ahould . rise up In ; .ci-yi,!;, anu anrinina tun . enough, in time he would come to bo ' k.lu. . .11.. . wHBfmj. -. Mu.ii, wiwi aa ,rainiiiaii - ity gathers day after .day from Its chosen Journal Its local oracle ultl- , mately molds a coommunlty's thought and what men think, they do. Ergo then, the necessity for reiteration. A newspaper's responsibility Is in direct proportion to its Influence, and Ita influence resolves itself Into a matter of Individual Journallam. Th cras sest vouth who nads th street armed with note book and pencil can Justly - entertain the hope that soms day h , may reach the heart of men by th magic stroke of a pen, and send horn - to them great truths In lauguag fit A woman who mad copy In a big newspaper office one told - m . a . atranre thine. She aaM that hr aa. sign men is were vetoed necaus in Enallsh In whtrh tha w.r. mnrhaut waa over fine. Such an objection was hard to understsnd for fine laug- uage-ltke fine personality. Is very lucid and simple. Add the necessary tech- ' nlcalltlea to pure Anglo-Saxon and It forma a medium by which any sub . jeer matter may bo conveyed from th latest policy or our Chief Executive, to a triumph of "The Chicago Kid" .' In aa era. A spirited English girl was Informed by sn American on on occasion that Ths London Times was . too full of little Princes. She retort ed that his Washington Post was too full of slanr. Of course. It waa - a fling, but there was truth In It V '. . Great Journals should not only be - Infnrmlnsr hut ahntiM .aw. I er purpose by becoming the educators '. of peopl who are reached In no otner way. The verieat tough4n th , tenderloin reads' his tinted paper, everyflaturday night and It rests with ins journalist rnai me uaung o. ai least natural. It la fully granted that America can boaat som great newa papers, and claim som great new- ' psper men. Mr. Bennet Mr. Grady. Mr. Watterson and again Mr. Avery. whose exquisite soul was ground be- ' tween the. upper and lower mill-stones of life. My plea is. however, that vnr Innm.l -tiAMlA k- a mmmm .Mm an1 that av.n, Imirn.ll.t -h.t.l kilt ' a high purpose behind his words and choose them with a view to symetry ' and strength. " pj noi i ji one to oe aocoraea . an Idealist because on urges . th ultimate Influence of mind over mat- -tar, or the convincing quality If high thinking steadily applied? Ref or-; maUona obtain In other quarters. Mr. Lawson telle ua that all men will come to be honeat In time, and Mr. Sinclair has made It poaalble for any vi.h v aoavti vi& iwiin ma .aiioiieQ ' peck of dirt The drug shop autocrat r. may no longer sell alcohol . under mtmi'si ia or ia, mna some usy journ vm awaiii aaau vnirruriM wilt ucafcu . tha line of progression. - Agony ltams . will find place la supplements wher they need be devoured only by thoaa wnose tastes are truiy aepraved. iag- , glng prepositions will be relegate to intermediate positions where they be long ana persons or . iii-repuie wno rush Into print will . be rushed out ' again. ' Finally, let me suggest that th voicing of Ita press Is behind th mak ing of every great city. - It has aa . much to do with Its development as the capital that rears Its skyscrspers , msrclal denote. What Th Constltu- tion nas aone ior Aiisnia ana xne Observer Is doing for Charlotte, any journal v can do. for -any town,-pro ; vlded It recognises Its possibilities and . uses them all and wisely. Its press Is , : the architect of each city's fortunes and the Journalist courageous, .finely tempered. Incisive, Is the chosen In strument to the architect's hand. ,. Hen's Brood of Partridges, Ocala Banner, r ' , ' . v Mr. Thomas R. Gary set twelve partrldg egga under a hen and sue eeeded In raising its of them. . The little birds are now two-thirds grown , and the mother hen Is aa devoted to them aa If they were chickens. He said It waa a long time before they , learned each other's language,' durln which time th little nartrlde es cam very near starving to death. , but In time familiarised themselves with th chicken language and now ' raadllr resoond to the cluck of the " hen. and are even tamer than little chicken., .'-j-:-., ', ,-, , ; . : '' Consul Brlttaln, of KehL explains the new method of keeping clean the congested business . streets of the larger - German cities. Metal tanks are Inserted at Interval to the leva I ef th street, and covered with Iron lids. Into these th offal Is enUy swept In the night the tanks me 1 hauled to the dumping grounds. HOT BTVFF.. Kaw Tork Sun. ' When ev'rvtlilng la Dreesy ana we jog as ainooin .as grs Whan folks they settl easy down to . unlvaraal ttMM. And chew tha swet coirnted ud be neath the tree and vine -Thea CaBtro nrinks tabasco and Stiffens up hla spina. '. When we are nlllng slowry o'er the le In rvu to cars When lirlllcose Is lowly snd Ijenn-T- ent's In tmri. When nstitrs fm.. u -u tn anI r-."i ua to the l.ax Then i"tro h a - l"' : ' ' i" sot up his Bt. When csntiih'tii.ra are r'i!:i r hi ' t rh-"! n'i i."i. i When v'rvtHuij s .in; t t (In al.itv. Aii'1 wtn-n l!' I' tvl I . I U t t- i t t
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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July 29, 1906, edition 1
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