The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1902, Page 6

'H £ SUNDAY CALL. @y country for two months. It is there that Mr. Harriman goes for a breathing spell between the busy hours spent in town, looking after affairs that brought him here. His private car Arden is de- tached from the train and runs back and forth at all hours to bring him to town for business or the many banquets that have s honor. Burlingame had place to see him. Mr. Harriman is not in,” answered the family physician, who travels with the party and who seemed to be keeping house in the temporary absence of the - the been given in h seemed the most likel others when I inquired at the car. He. would be back shortly. 0, he had not return was the colored ¢ reply to the same question hour later. time half It to town & n noon train the away back somewhere lurked for was st n Harriman might be and see. Mr. best icion that It was to be su: to wa going in Imost to st Presently a pa of ung girls on s ms: horseback rode up to the Harriman tra stopped for ‘a moment and rode away H again. A man who had come up just ght T t hem dismounted and walked ove 2 pecial. 1 hardly noticed him. Nor e pk twice vhen, as the incoming in whistled, he crossed the platform b 2 went to the ticket window—not until s one near said - m the coumn- 1 fare if 1 wa wouldn’t n't believe it till the man the Mr. Ha pared to an 2 modest man— and feathers or flare of and friend- he question : of merri- t looked through the owledged and in trying to till after- have order to 't know known to clced in talk, but added, was seated in the beauties railw fes pond frog live te cateh tk gucsts 7000 for a confine s?7’ h one of the 't tell what rea- nd left her lone- her There | 1d for hi wed no to play they were chil- | | little person and his I > a s his _room pected to enjoy himself. Instead of this he took fright the height and the strange motion d set up lusty wails. | The devote t rushed to him, | snatc swing and set him | In walke court and d nd t am ly and lofty little e old, old to be EING ALFONZO XIIIL person is to be made king to-morrow. You | can stuc from the portrait on . this ¥ nished by Jose de Oli- | b P ved him for yares Commissioner for the | Dle World's ¥ of 1903. Can you settle the | Christir . estion study of the face?— || smooth, and dark brown we want to know. A man or woman with a good imagination would go away now and tell all about how you.did it. It is orly the truthful Jameses that keep on probing for facts until they get them.” He was looking out of the car window. But at the words “truthful James” he shot a glance out of the corner of his eye that burned clear through me until the hairpins in the back of my head fairly sizzled and confessed to being celluloid. It was only a strong sense of being as honest as I claimed that kept me calm under that steady, searching gaze. Those eves of his are the distinguishing feature of a face ptherwise more kindly than forceful. - Th€ nose is straight and strong enough, but the chin is short and lacking in that firmness and squareness usually found in the man that forges ahead in this world in spite of obstacles. A drooping mustache and a little tuft of hair on the under lip hide a rather mo- bile mouth, that parts in a genial smile and marks the man as one pf the ap- proachable sort. When he raised his hat it showed a forehead, very high and broad and hair slightly streaked with gray, and by no means scarce. There are no deep lines in his face, nor is there reason why there should be. The world has been good to E. H. Harriman. Even now, before he has reached the half ‘way mark, he has had a brimiming meas- ure of success, with the pleasant con- sciousness that he owes it to himself. I..H. HARRIMAN- BY BERTHA H. Individual effort is a part of tne riarri- man creed. This he admitted in & round- about way. At a small station this side of Burlin- game, as the people filed into the car and began the ecager search for seats, Mr. Harriman said, “Why don’'t you write something on the courtesy of the travel- ing public?” He was looking at a man across the aisle who managed without any trouble to occupy four seats. He had himself spread over two of them and his baggage over the other two. “‘The people coming in think this car is full,” remarked Mr. Harriman, “and that man sits there as complacently as though each man was entitled to four seats.’” The man in question glanced lazily; in- 3 SMITIH - knew I was thinking that he was the Q. E. D. that always winds up the demon- stration of a problem in algebra. No man in the country is a better proof of the in- ividual effort theory. He_ has not had the hardships of some, perhaps, but he had his own way to make. ‘He was the son of a minister, a man of ability enough to enable the boy to have a common school education, but no more. He was but half through his teens when he entered the office of a stock broker in New York and began shaping for himself a career that has followed in natural se- quences. Just as he had worked hard at school and stood high in his classes, so he applied himself to learn the brokerage business. He went about it quietly. He has never had any other way of doing things. He had a clearly defined purp though he didn’t waste time saying so. it was very early in his career that he be- came interested particularly "in railroai securitles, and from that he passed on naturally to the consideration of rail- roads themselves. His official connection with railroads began when he became vice president of the Illinols Central. But it is not in the nature of the man to care for place. He is ambitious to do not to be. He is eager for results, not henors. He would rather stay behind the scenes and direct than to have a part that brings him into the glare of the footlights and the calctum. That is why he didn’t want to be presi- dent of the Southern Pacific. That is why, when he téok the presi- dency, almost in spite of himself, people who try to keep track of ‘what is going on looked at each other and said: “Who is this man Harriman? What manner of man is he?”’ And they are still asking. It was not more than a half dozen years ago that men who know 'something of finance began to up and take notice of this man who was creeping so quietly into the line, who was hegibnin® to show that wonderful genius for promoting great enterprises that is the gift of the few. Since that time he has-made one bril- liant strcke after another. To-day he is known as the Wizard of -Wall Street—on Wall street. Outside he is known simply as the head of the Harrfman syndicate, theugh just what that meéans few guess. It means that he votes ngt only his own stock, but that of his assogiates, that he is in.absolute control of the biggest rail- road combine in the world;. Unlike most men, he gets absalutely no pleas- ure from the plaudits of his fel- lows. He is the sort’ of man the public never gets acquainted with be- cause he does not choose that shall. He never takes the public into hi confi- dence and lets them know. how he works and what he does when he isn’t wor Indeed, it is almost a capifal offense for any one in his employ :t¢ tell anything they me know little more - tin Mr. Harriman upsets many men of affairs. bining business and pleasure.’ Hé told'ime 80, and said he‘did it always: - That he does is evident from the fact of his bring= ing with him“on an'important busibess trip not only his whole family but a party of friends as well. Nor does he merely go through the mo- y. know of him. - &'s for that, they n the general public. the theories of He believes in com- tions, leaving the others to have - the pleasure and himself the business. He is a very rapld worker, and he works whenever there is anything to do, be it night or day. But he does not make a practice of working every nour that he is awake. He does not burn the candle at both ends. That very morning his daughters had coaxed him out for a ride to watch the pink-coated Blingumites in a ’cross coun- try dash with the hounds. And in telling of it there was evident the spirit of the sportsman in his admiration of the tricks of the coyote that galloped away in the lead of the chase, turning now and then at a fence corner to size up his pursuers. “It was more sport for the coyote than any one else,” he. sald, smiling at the picture in his mind’s eye of the coyote almost grinning at the dogs that couldn’t gain on him. “You are a horseman?” “Yes.” Any other man would have taken this chance to tell of the fine stock farm at Tuxedo, New York, where Mr. Harriman indulges his fancy for Jersey cows and fast horses. It is a common enough thing / around Tuxedo to see-this railroad mag- nate perched on a pneumatic-tired sulky, with his heels half way down the shafts, speeding along behind one of his spirited trotters. i It was a good time, too, for him to tell of the big §ari- ue nas to his credit as a hunter. By way of milder recreation Mr. Harri- e man plays te converted to g being too slow for such a man. Mr. Harriman has always been some- thing of a student. It was his taste for research that prompted him two years ago to take a half-hundred well-known scientists, artists and literary men on a three months’ expedition to Alaska. The expenses of the entire trip were paid by Mr. Harriman, and much was learned of the geological formation, the flora and fauna and previously unexplored parts the land of the aurora and the great “white silenc: Mr. Harriman stated his intention of visiting Stanford and Berkeley during stay, adding: “It is a good thing to have those two universities here, because i creates a spirit of rivalry, which is al- ways good.” I had begun to despair, but here was a phantom chance. “What do you think of a college educa- tion for boys?” I ventured. He read my purpose instantly. He hes- itated before replying: “It's all right; 1 a good thing. Every boy should have a college educatior he can. But it is not necessary, you un- derstand. It is not aga the boy who does rot have it. You think, then, there is room at the top for boys who never go to college?” Yes."” It wa he knew it another case of Q. E. D, and Edward H. Harriman stopped school at when he just beginning to struggle with Latin verbs. “What advice would you give to boys who want to make a success in life?" He parried again “I am too young to give boys;” he said. He was suspicious of every question, tHomah his manner was so friendly be- tween questions that his brief answers rather encouraged further probing. He even suspected a trap when I asked if he was a New Yorker. But after he had said yes, he went on with some en- thusiasm: “New York i{s a wonderful city. It is no longer an Eastern city. It Is as much of the West and North apd South as of the East. There was a time when there was a feeling of jealousy toward New York, but that is a thing of the past. Now it Is recognized that New York is & great American center—the representa- tive of all sections. “No, 1t is not right to say that every- thing originates there. There are men with original ideas everywhers, but they usually take them to New York because there is a higher premium en original ideas there.” Mr. Harriman has lived practically all his life in New York. It was there, while still a young broker, that he married Miss Averill, a woman of charming man- ner and refinement, who cares almost as little for society as her husband does. The family consists of three daughters and two sons, the youngest a fine little fel- low of 6 years, familiarly known as “Bubbsy,” of whom the father is very proud. The Harrimans live plainly iIn New York, as the living of millionaires goes, preferring to enjoy themselves and their friends In their own way rather than to be counted among the fashionables who rule society. It may make a difference, now that two of the Misses Harriman have reached an age when young women care for soclety; but it Is a safe guess that they will not lead their father, how- ever indulgent he may be, very far into the gay rl. He doesn’t care for the show or the pre- tence of it. The substantial is all that appeals to him. One knows that by look.. ing at him. It is one question that need never be asked. advice to -+ differently, at tne file of people. He was fat and porkish. He looked the part he was playing. “He;is"not an American,” Mr. Harri- man continued. “Then you think Americans mord cour- teous than other people?” “I do,” answered thls man who knows every grade of Americans from the man with the shovel to the man with float- ing palaces. “It is a natural consequence of our give-and-take polic Yes, and it is due somewhat to the fact that the American knows he is not born in one layer of so- clety and compelled to stay there. His getting to the top is a matter of indi- vidual effort, Mr. Harriman stopped right there. He DID YyOU GUESS RIGHAT? WHO IS THE “WRTER SPRITE?” AST Sunday you were asked to guess who the “Water Sprite” would be. Did you guess right? Just look and see. She is Miss Adelaide Murphy and her picture—the very first in the beautiful and altogether unique series of fancy costume poses by rich and prominent society women—is published on the front page of The Sunday Call to-day. Quite a surprise, wasn’t it? The next picture in the serics, which will appear next Sunday, May 11, is “Sunrise” a costume pose even more artistic and orig- inal. Now that one word alonz, if you know your society bluebook but passably well, is a good clew. Guess who it will be—or :f you can curb your impatience, wait and see. Other striking costume poses will be: “The borough,” to be published on Sunday, May 18; “Tommy Atkins,” “Empress Josephine,” “Twelfta Century Court Beauty,” “Hunga- rian Princess,” “Folly,” “A Frauch Princcss,” and “Columbia”— al of them among the fairest of the fair in the local Four Hundred. Does not that pique your curiosity? (e ey Duchess of Gains- —_— 3