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we OS. Evening World Dail ne ee a 5 Poe Sanaa hy ANA IG ea Magazine. Monday, April 28 Loors Lite A WOMANS AT THROv6r THa vin NOw, CONSARN IT, 1VB For Ha Love oF Pere! (T MuéT De Some IMPORTANT MATTER! Loor, Por ] BRoved7 THis uTTAe Eee 2 SS — How Great New Yorkers _ Got Their Start By Madison C. Peters. Copyright, 1913, by The Press Publishing Oo, (The Mow York Bresing World), No. 4—JOHN JACOB ASTOR. \OHN JACOB ASTOR was born in Waldorf, Germany, Juty 17, 178. Gis father wished the eon to be his successor ag @ butcher, but the instinct of commercial enterprise wes too strong in the future merchant At eighteen he went to London, where his brother, George Peter, was en- gaged in the selling of musical instruments, At twenty he arrived ts Baltimore with ‘one good suit of Gunday clothes, seven flutes end five pounds Young Astor showed his remarkable practical talent during a storm at sea on tig voyage to America. While other passengers ran about the deck in despair, ing ever} minute to go down, young Astor went below and coolly put on ni best auit of clothes saying, that if the ship should founder and he should happen to be rescued he would at least save his best sult. ‘After a short stay in Baltimore he proceeded to New York, where he became An apprentice to a German baker named Dietrich, No, %1 Pearl street, for whom he peddied cakes. Later he entered employ of Hayman Levy, from whom Astor acquired his firet experience in (ur trade. Upon Levy's books @f0 entries of moneys paid te John Jacob Aster for beating furs at $1 a ‘Walter Barrett, in “The Old Merchant of New York,” says, “For long time he (Astor) peddied (fur) ekine and bought them where he could and bartered cheap jewelry, &c., from the pack he carried on his back. In 1788 Astor started in the fur business for himself on Water street, trading with the Indians. A beaver skin bought for $1 ¢rom the Indians was worth tn London. Astor WAG the American Fur Company—eupplying itg capital and Gietating ite policy. This company monopolized the trade of the Indians in euch @ way that the Government fered, Astor increased his large profits in furs sold in London by investing the money in English goods and bringing them to this country, carried tn Astor’s own ships and sold here at incredibly high prices, His profits from ingle voyage reached as high as $70,000. For example a $4 blanket brought ¢: A Fife costing $11 brought $80. Brass kettles bought for 48 cents were sold to the Indians for $30. Powder that cost 20 cents a pound was sold for $4, while tobacco that cost 10 cents a pound in England was eold at the rate of five small twists for $6. Some !dea of how, John Jacob Astor made money trading with the Indians may be gathered from his son and partner, William B., who, writing to the Secretary of War under date of Nov, 26, 1831, said: “You may, however, es- timate our annual returns at half @ milion dollars.” ume amounted to $1,000,000, At Broadway and Vi store on the ground floo otreet. { Int New York City had a population of 60,000. The northern beundary Of Gense habitation was marked by Chambers street. The front of City Hall ip marble, the *k is brownstone, owing to the belief of the thrifty citt: who built it in 3 that the city would né grow above Chambers street and that therefore the difference the stone would never be noticed. Astor had faith in the future of New York. Above Chambefs street there ‘were a number of outlying villages—here Astor invested in farm lands, Much sof the property was barren rock, but the growth of @ great Nation and the Gevelopment of trade made the land valuedle, ‘When John Jacob Astor died March 2, 1848, his holdings had increased until they were worth $30,000,000, Twenty-five years later the estate had stown in value to $100,000,000. And the stru of mankind for @ footing om this thickty settled epot in the Western World has given @ value to-day of $600,000,000 to the Astor estate, —~w sannmonaete “Getting Revenge Is an investment That Pays No Drotéends By Clarence L. tl f t gt F s £ 8 § z Bre it a i 3 1, $3 tks fi st i i it tet Astor’e capital at this y street (then a fashionable neighborhood), with the family lived over the store ae they had in Wat 4 . f : rif 1 An Absolutely NEW Type Betty Vincent's Of Detective Sto Advice to Lovers Etiquette of Letter Writing. T": fo @ little talk about the etiquette of letter writing. iu z (Copyright, 1912, by Dodd, Mead & Co.) STNORSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, orate toe © gundue i first to be vaccinated Inat typhoid. Then I am going to wait # few hours lettere from his local correspondent at mectivecdeudt, a gris {ill It taken effect before going. It's every cross roads. ; Ps e only place in the city where one through accounts of new rang & ceates! Sonera. with bien ed against it, so far as calves and colts, new fences and barns, fateo, the Borys, A I know, While three inoculations are who ‘Sundayed” with his brother, &¢., Basene tne the Teally best, I understand that one fa and soon had a Mast of all the cases in et Pak BA TY " rdinary protection, and that part of the country. It was not » to an institution of which tis le hall need, if any.” long one, but tt was scattered, fe Peng Ee ewe Mis of it!” 1 had traced them out, followin, nedy'e instructions, they show CHAPTER III. (Qeatinued.) The Bacteriological Detective. 6 WILL help you, Miss Bisbee. To-morrow night I want to take @ trip quietly to Bis- bee Hall. You will eee thet it ts all right, thet I have the proper letters #0 I can favestigate thoroughly?” I ehall never forget the mut and elo- quent thanks with which sheteaid good night after Kennedy's promise. Kennedy eat with his eyes shaded under his hand for fully en hour efter the had left. Then he suddenly jumped up. “Waiter,” he ead, “let us go over to Dr. Beti's. 1 know the head auree there, may possibly learn something.” As we sat in the waiting room with its thick Oriental rugs and hand: mahogany furniture I found mys going back to our conversation of the ly evening. obliging. He let me read all his news i i tn on petal but I carry them upetaire, @iven up having any fear fon in carrying out ‘wanted. In our room we worked far night. Craig carefully ewabbed bottom and sides of each bottle rc cotton sok by : I i In these days of telephones and picture post-carde there is @ decided decrease in social correspondence. Perhaps this ts @ geod thing; perhaps not. But there are still some rules ee regards fetter writing which courteous i + H + i38 Ken- noth- i cept that they were unrelated to the epidemic at the hall. Meanwhile, Kennedy was very busy there, He had a microscope and slides and teat-tubes and chemicals for test- ing things, and I don't know what all, for there was not time to initiate 1 the mysteries, He tested rom the various driven wells a! weter ik and the milk fro: the cows} he tried to find out what food had come in from outside, though there wae practically none, for the hall was eelf-supporting. There was 20 stone he left unturned. When I rejoined him that night he was clearly perplexed. I don't think my report oreased his perplexity, either. “There ts only one thing left as far as I have been able to discover after one day's work,” he said, after we had gone over our activities for the day. ‘Jim Bisbee never drank the water from his own well Li bottled wate: camp of his tn } he had a remark: epri T tested a number of the full bottles at the hall, but they were perfectly pure. “The wasn't a trace of bactilus typho. sus in any of . ‘Then tt occurred 11, that was not the thing to do. ula test the empty ones, They told me they had all been taken down to the freight station yes- terday to be shipped back to the camp. I hope they haven't gone yet. Grive around and aee tf they are there.’ ‘The frewht-master was just leaving, but when he learned we were from the hall he consented to let us examine the bottles, They were corked and in wood- en canes, which protected them perféet- ly, Ry the ight of the station lamps you for certain information it off answering the letter. If you wouldn't eay, “Oh, h of @ bore to anewer you Never neglect replying te notes of invitation, whether You regret or accept, If you promise to write, keap that promise as infiex- Bly aa you keep others. ‘Don't, if you can help it, write an unkind letter. Words written hurt worse end Jonger than words spoken. f “G. A.” writes: “A young man has; “E. EB.” writes: been paying me attention for ex } ©6‘months, and he kisses me frequently. My friends say I should not permit him to @o this. Do you think that I am wrong?” +A girl is not supposed te be kissed by any man except her flance. i Hi i i post the next morning we had no difficulty in being inoculated against the disease, The work of immunizing our army was g0- ing on at that time, and several thou- gands of soldiers in various parte of the country had already been vaccinated, with the pest of results. “Do many civilians come over to be vaccinated?’ asked Craig of Major Car- rol, the surgeon in charge. “Not many, ¢or very few have beard of It," he replied. “I guppose you keep a record of them.” “Only their names—we can't follow them up outside the army to see how it works, Still, w! you and Mr. Ja: perfectly willl to vaccinate them. The Army Medical Corps takes the position that if It 1s good for the army {t 1s good for civil life, and ae long as only a fow civilians apply we are per- fectly willing to do it for @ fee covering the cost.” “and would you let me see the list?” 'By Jove, Kennedy, you were right,’ “Certainty. You may look it over in I exclaimed, “If there is anything in a moment.” rm plot idea of here it fe Kennedy glanced hurriedly through deed height of the dramatic—it im the short list of names, pulled out his Alabolic No ordinary mortal would notebook, made an entry and handed ever be capable of it.” the list pack, Just then the head n “Thank you, Major." Biebee Hall was a splendid place eet 1- in the heart of a great park whose area waa measured by aquare miles rather ; than by acres. But Craig did not pro- pose to atay there, for he arranged for accommodations in @ nearby town, where we were to take our meals also. It was late when we arrived, and we it for the inocula- ny worse than i i | g at eg h sgisee il t : i q af s i gs ! i i A ii it: uf it t I { i “A young man called me up on the phene recently, but while we were talking his sister got on the wire and proceeded Insult me, What whall I do about tt." ‘The eister should certainly apologise to you, and I advise you to suggest as much to her brother, | if ite t I 3 I: 4 Ty rt E it i of | | it ip ut ii fest i , i iett 3 j 2ij il lil i iy rs | 1H i i i 3 $ i i i z E : i il you often; but eo far J only know two tunes,"* “Hail Columbia,’ che anewered, “You teh, Jom care bad m ms, I kmow thet,” he replied, “ have to stand up and tabe'off my hate” tm “Ad the other onet” rf “The other one! Ob, the other “| have called to request that you fusert a) ly s th one is the fa sur paner to the effect that 1 hare] one wtee 1 dea't etand up!" —PRiedelobe © week from the ¥y i All He Wanted. BEATLY dressed actor called on our drm matic critic one morning recently. “What do you wish!" asked the etitor mercury and chalk. I sprinkle it over the faint markings, eo, and then I brush % off wits @ camel's hair brush lightly. That bringe out the imprint much more i b t 3 8 i c { j | i i i Hh i chy | i ee i i refused » ealary of $1, 4 ition, "* STH make a note of it, Lovely day. Was thaye anything ele ru wanted?” | i! f [ : g Hi . i a : § te . There dozen 1 et about developing after ueed up all our films. Dusted himeelf adjusting his microscope soned b; The charts of his tem- perature and theaincerity of the nurse were absolutely convincing, It had really been typhoid, and tne was | i? rs i & £ often best to yse printers’ ink to bring nothing to be gained by pursuing that +] inquiry further. Back at the apartment Craig began Ing out to Bisbee morrow for a few days, Walt you could find it convenient to come along I should like to have your essist- the truth, Cr: T said. “You needn't be, I'm goin, tee army poss om Goverge morning we were bo after the passing of what ts called the “negative phase.” 1, for one, felt much safer, ‘The town was very much excited over the epidemte at the hall, and if I had been wondering why Craig wanted me along my wonder was noon get at rest. He had me scouring the town and country looking up every case or rumour of typhoid for miles around. 1 made the local weekly paper my head- quarters, the or b ed very and the ald of a pocket-lens, Kenedy ; examined them on the outstie and sat- {ofied himself that after being replaced in the wooden cases the bottles them- selves had not been handled 11 you let me borrow #ome of these battles to: * he asked the agent “Ll give you my word that they will be returned aafely to-morrow, If nec- essary I'll get an order for them.” ‘The station-agent reluctantly yielded, eppectally as a small green banknote fig- ured in the transaction. Craig and I tenderly Usted the big batten ia taake out the ridges and patterns of the finger marke. And eo on for various materials, quie 0 eclence has been bullt up around ‘which I have in my laberatory, How- ever, my ordinary camera will do, for all I want ts to preserve @ record of these marks, and I can enlarge the photographs later. In the morning I wil photograph these marks and you “ ao , Seveesing. & We films, ae tore mn ou eating in my work @hout in the next room, and the bath- spi room door flew open, “Confound you, Kennedy, 60 1 orled. to ruin these films!" ‘He ehut the door with o bang. “ exclaimed. rah, Waiter!” he the eger “Hur- “2 think found T have it, at leet. 2 have some most clenies ef the aes Tass et ” 3 i [