The evening world. Newspaper, December 14, 1920, Page 21

May Petersonand ' Prihoda Recitals. By Sylvester Rawling. ITER was no change of bill at Wie Metropolitan Opera House last night. Caruso kept his promise and sang Alvaro in Verdi's | “La Forza del 1 without hint of throat or any trouble In fact, he sang at his best, Incipient applause as he came upon the stage he halted with a simple ut at the end | of the first 1 demon stration, Two o turned to duty, Ro: Leonora never better, 1 # sonorous Abbot to whom a ¢ might be something unknown, Danise, | the new baritone, used his appealing voice with praiseworthy continence and Chalmers, Jeanne Gordon, D'An- eelo and Ananian, not to overlook na Galli, Bonfiglio and the ballet, helped to keep the performance, Mr. Papi's direction, up to a standard hoda, the young Czech cond recital at Ca rday afternoon, He seemed determined to remove the im piession that hin tone is small. He Siicceeded, sometimes at the cost of forcing. Probably his first ap pearance he was ignorant of (he size of the auditorium and of its acousti qualities. At any rate, he played Corelli's “La Folia” und Ernst’s con certo in F sharp minor with breadtit beauty. Heralding shim Paganini was unwi accompanied the plano by Asta Doubrayska May Peterson, soprano, gave one of yesterday aftern n her voice and style i taste extends to her personal ment to the stage setti 1ing picture she ma we unabashedly Schubert's “Nacht Mahler's “Hans ng admirably, and led them without Vrench-Canadian and her erman nd Grethe” she the audience appla English ‘Come Garden in Her ‘was her accompanist at th Ernest Hutcheson, an nn Austra planise well known to us { In the you can give standing alone. more. is more quickly other food. STEWED RICE Put one-half into a pot, and f brown an onion slic one-half pint of beef liquor, on pepper, salt enne. 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BAKED EGGS WITH HAM AND RICE Chop one cup of cold ham fine, and mix with it one cup of boiled rice, walt and pepper and one tablespoontul of ut into buttered pattie p set them in @ large pan and put into the oven till warm. Take out and br. into each little dish one egg, sprinkle with salt and pepper, return t oven and allow the whites to b firm, remove, place each dish on @ small plate and serve RICE equently Serve. ‘THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1920. _ ADVERTISEMENT. PERSONAL—But Not Confidential . ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. | 21 ADVERTISEMENT. This Is Letter Number One of a Series, Written to All of You, in the Hope That You Will Read To-day I am starting to do what I think is the greatest work of my life. I hope I will be able to do it well. It is doing something that all of us should take to heart and then do our part. If all of us fall in line with the idea, it will mean do- ing the right thing by our- selves, and in doing the right thing by ourselves we will be doing the biggest thing we can for our country. Don’t you think that right now is the time for all of us to get down to earth once more— to stop spending our money foolishly and wastefully—to do a full day’s work—to produce all we can—and to help in every way our industries, which are the backbone of the progress and prosperity of the U. S. A.? It always happens that some man comes to the front at the right time with a big plan to straighten out the tangles we get into every so often by for- getting to observe the simple rule of “safety first.” ore A man I have known by reputa- tion for several years, but had never met, called me on the telephone at 11.45 Saturday morning, November 3, 1920, and asked if I would take dinner with him at his home that evening, saying that he wanted to talk to me about a matter in which he thought I would be interested. 1 asked him if it was urgent, because 1 had arranged to go out of town that day to visit an aunt and friends in a New Jersey village where I had taught school forty-two years ago. He said he would be out of town the following week—that he thought the matter he wanted to talk about was urgent, and he would appreciate it very muclr if I could postpone my visit until Sunday, I told him I would meet him. I asked him where he lived. He said, “Bridge street,” and I asked, ‘Where the dickens is Bridge street?” He laughed, saying, ‘‘Never mind. 1 will send a car for you.” So it was arranged for a car to call for me at my home at 6.30 P. M. It was there on time, and I was whisked down Broadway to Bridg: reet, which is one of the many criss-cross streets in the Battery section of New York city. I had never been there before. When I got out of the car I won- dered Why this man lived in this section of the city, and in a tene- ment house at that, because I felt sure he could afford to live in the finest kind of a home if he wanted to, “* 8 I was in for a series of surprises that Saturday evening. The first surprise came when I walked up a narrow, carpeted stairway one flight and was ushered into a big living room, where my eyes quickly took in its comforts. There is one big settee, many easy chairs, two tables, several electric lamps, a grand piano, two talking machines, an Aeolian Orchestrelle and a big pile of music rolls, three bookcases filled with the kind of books that everybody should read, as I later learned, and the walls are covered with rare old prints and the floor with fine rugs. There is an open fireplace, too—-one of those unusual things found in the city, but which always delight men who were raised in the country, as | was. In a few minutes dinner was served in a very quaint dining room which has a coal stove sitting back in the wall at one end, and its red glow was most cheerful. There were no frills about this dinner. It was very plain but good—the kind of dinner served in the average American home, which is always good enough for anybody. “+ 8 After dinner we seated ourselves in the big living room. I sat in a chair that was mighty comfortable for my 225 pounds. “The man” sat in a straight-back chair in front of the open fireplace, resting his right arm ona table. He started to talk I listened. 1 was so spellbound with what he said that I could not have talked had I wanted to, At the same time, I was never more thank ful for the lesson my good father taught me in my early youth. He many times said to me: “My son, always remember to be a good lis- tener.” I listened to “the man” talk for five hours, While listening I quickly learned that this man is very human—that he is a man who thinks a lot about what he can do to help others, al- though never forgetting to help himself, which he regards as the first thing all of us should do. He thinks that not one of us cap be a useful citizen or can do our full duty in the world unless we keep our ex- penses within our incomes and al- ways save money, no matter how small the sum. He thinks that every man and woman, every boy and girl working for a living should save something, and he is sure every one can save something if he or she will. I learned that he lives on Bridge street, not as a fad, but because it is near his place of business, to and from which he walks every day. Besides, his home is very comfor able and convenient to subways, el: vated roads and Broadway trolleys, enabling him to get anywhere quickly. I think I discovered, although he did not say so, that he is not in sym- pathy with people who practise will- ful and sensational extravagances. I judged this because his success, which has been unusual, has not made him feel any differently than when he sold newspapers as a twelve-year-old boy to help his mother keep the home together after his father’s death. fie can now live anywhere he desires, and pay the price, but he prefers the simple, genuine things of life. He wants to be in thought and act just like you and me—mingling with us, under- standing us, liking us. In the Bridge street section of New York City this man. comes in personal contact with all kinds of people that make up this great cos- mopolitan community, and this is as helpful to him as it is to them. They don’t know him by name and he does not know them by name, but he and they meet and speak, and they get along together in a splendid way. They tell him things that every man ought to know, and as a good citizen he feels he ought to do his part in correcting some of the misunderstandings that exist and to help bury hatreds and discontent. ** « This man told me that on Armis- tice Day, November 11, 1920, he and his associates held a meeting at which it was unanimously decided to go through with a plan which he had been nursing in his mind for several years, but which his associ- ates had urged be postponed for a more opportune time, although all of them had been in full accord with it from the beginning. It is significant that the decision to go ahead was made on Armistice Day, when all of us just naturally let our thoughts turn to the full meaning of service. * * The plan is to go to the people with a series of letters pointing out to them the wisdom of saving money and showing them how they may invest their money in small amounts and have the sume opportunity to realize a good return on their invest- ments as regular investors who have larger sums to invest, and who heretofore have had a better chance to make money, In other words the plan is to make an effort to establish DEMOCRACY OF THRIFT, This man and his associates know that the people will save their money more systematically if they can be shown that they will have the same chance to make more money as peo- ple who have more money than themselves. Most people go ulong asking them- selves questions like these: “What's the use of my saving 50 cents or $1, or $2, $3, $4 or $5 a week? What chance have I of investing in good securities? How can I buy a bond or preferred stock for $10” The first hundred dollars is al- ways the hardest to save, but if those who save it can be shown how to invest it in $10 sums and be a factor in the big enterprises of the country, saving will become a ha)it and a pleasure. . 8 At the Armistice Day meeting of this man and his associates the ques- tion was asked; ‘Whom shall we get and Approve to write this series of letters to the people?” They felt it was nécessary to get somebody from the rank and file who has never had any experi- ence in the financial district—some- body who knows people and can write in the simple way they can understand. This man told me during my first meeting with him that he and his associates had decided to ask me to do the writing, and when he told me that I laughed and said: “You sure have picked on some- body who doesn’t know a thing about financing himself successfully. 1 don't believe there is anybody in New York city better qualified than myself to point out the folly of not saving, for here I am, after forty- two years of hard work, still work- ing, and without a dollar saved.” The man said to me: “I did not know that you have not saved money, but to tell you the truth, I am rather glad to learn this, because now I am sure you can tell our story in a way that the people will like.” “+ # Continuing, this man said: “As a practical lesson to you what it means to save, here is a little book which contains some remarks of mine which were printed in the New York Tribune. c , “The folks associated with me keep on my track, and whenever I say something that they think should live long after I am gone they have it printed, and very often dis- tributed, but copies are always kept in the company’s fireproof files. _ "They claim that during the fif- teen years we have been associated together they have accumulated ma- terial from my speeches and writ- ings which will guide the company’s affairs through all time to come. I think the folks stress me too much, but nevertheless I am mighty proud to know that they think I am all right. “Our organization is so built that it will go on forever. It has never been and never will be a one-man organization. It ig an organization composed of teams—tried and true workers—who have been trained right and who in turn are able to train right all newcomers into our family. We do not go outside of our ranks when we need moré executives; we don’t have to; the folks come along up and up and fit them- selves to fill any position in the organ- ization.” se 8 Then this man paused, looked into the open fireplace and smiled as though his thoughts were mighty pleasant. His mus- ings continued long enough to give me time to read the little book, which contains less than one thousand words. When he “came back” from his pleasant dreams he said: “Please excuse me for lapsing into this pleasant reverie, but I like to sit here and think of the boys and girls who have made my life so happy because of their loyalty and enthusiasm, I think I have the great- est organization in the world. I haven't any family of my own, but no father could possibly have more considerate children than are the boys and girls who make up the organization which bears my name.” 8 ‘The only time 1 did any talking was at this point, when I said: “This little book should ha’ wide distri. bution among the people. | believe you should offer to send it f to anybody king for it. May | offer to a copy in the first letter appearing In the newspapers? It Is so com- pact that any man can carry It In his vest Pocket and any woman can carry It In her vanity case, | believe both men and women will carry It and read It over and over again, because every time they do they will get a new thought that will Inspire them to practise thrift, thus saving themselves a great many of the worrles of life,”’ This man answered “Why, certainly, you may offer to send the book free if you think the people will be benefited by reading it.” So you may have this booklet without any charge if you will write for it * * 8 | am going to tell you what this man and his associates want me to tell you in simple language as I can. There is one thing sure—the best preacher is one who has been through the mill and realizes the mistakes he has made. He can tell, it anybody can, what he has missed by not being thrifty * tek The man with whom I dined and to whom I listened talk for five hours and who originated this plan is Henry L. Doherty. He and his associates have made the house of Henry L. Doherty & Co., 60 Wall Street, a very useful and suc- cessful business organization, which has contributed largely to the prosperity of many of the great industries of this country, eer I hope you will read all of my letters to you. I hope they will start you on the road toward becoming independent, self- ustaining, prosperous citizens. Letter No. 2 will appear in the morning newspapers Saturday, December 18. William C, Freeman, xth Street, N. Y. City. Sincerely your 117 West Fort