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JANUARY 26, 1907.
THE SUNNY SOUTH
THIRD 'RAGE
) ■•■9—-9
Step*by*Step Career of James McCrea,
New President of Pennsylvania Railroad, Illustrates Possibilities
In American Business World
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NOTHER proof that this is physic-ally. His success lias not proceed.: l'n probable growth of the Pennsylvania I
a democratic country and from strokes of daring, or from sud- railroad, then only a struggling sugrges-
den inspirations. Hard, relentless work lion of the mighty power it has now be-*
has been the only system he knew. come, made it a promising career for a I
Even those Pittsburg friends who have young man with both ability and energy. ;
that the highest offices are
open to the humblest if
the
have tile ability to known him as a neighbor for many years
rise to their opportunities,
itas just been furnished by
the greatest railroad In the
.AN HUMBLE START.
Ho applied for a place. Nothing «4» j
tractive opened, hut. undaunted, voting
McCrea pressed so hard that they na4>
world which is going to single enemy, never have been quite able him a rodniun. This was in 1865. Be- :
try the experiment of what to fully grasp his character. Though fore two years had passed he received his]
a president a rod- he is one ot the biggest <d many big men fji-st promotion, an 1 was made rodman j
and assistant engineer on the Connells-i
A
kind of
man will m
** it is not so long ago,
within the memory of
many officials of the Pennsylvania rail
road. that James McCrea, who has just
and who love to speak of him as a man
with a heart big us his frame, who loves
his fellow man as himself, who is every
body's friend and lacks tne luxury of a
who have lately come out of the Smoky
City, he is little known to the city at
large.
His life divided itself between work
and his home.
■
pm.
ville and Southern Pennsylvania railroad.
This first advance convinced the ambi
tious rodma.i that he had made nb mis- t
i
take in -he choice of an employer, and j
front that time on he never doubted- 'the,
wisdom of throwing his whole energy!
into the cause of the road.
In September. 1868. lie climbed an-!
oilier rung on the ladder that was event-i
ually to take him all the way to the]
toji. and became assistant engineer of j
construction on the Bennett's branch ex
tension.
He stayed in 'this position ill 1871.1
anti then took another big upward step,
when lie was made assistant general
engineer of construction for the entire;
Pennsylvania railroad.
Assistant engineer for the mainte
nance of ways. Philadelphia division,!
was the next good tiling that came to I
him. then in 1875 lie assumed l lie duties
of superintendent of the middle division
of the road.
He left this to go into the superin- i
tendency of the New York division.
Then in gradual steps he moved up'
in this order:
May I. 1882. to October 10. 1885. man
ager of -the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. ;
j Louis railway and Chicago, St Louis and!
i Pittsburg railroad: October 10. IS85
I October 28. 1887, general manager ot
I Pennsylvania lines Wfcst of Pittsburg;
I October 18. 1887. to March I. 1890. fourth
I vice president and general manager;
h
GEORGIA MEM SAY
-ROOT CURED THEM
The Fads Stated Prove ConcBosiveS*' The Wonderfs.il €ssraisve
Properties of This Great Kidney, Liver ami
Bladder Remedy, Swamp-Root.
THt CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES THE GENUINENESS Of THE ORIGINAL LETTERS PUBLISHED BELOW
MR. KNOWLES SAYS HE KNOWS SWAMP-ROOT WiLL
CURE BECAUSE HE USED IT.
Macon. Ga., 421 Aslt St.. October 29. 19i)fi.
Dear Sirs: f wii) say in regard to Swamp-Root that 1 had a severe fall
four years ago which <-ante very near killing me. After curing np the broken
bones, i began going down hill as iny system had received such a shock. Every
body that knew me said I was going to die- Well, that frightened me. 1
tried everything that anyone would suggest, until T saw Swamp-Root’s ad
vertisement in Tiie Constitution, i bought one iarge bottle of Swamp-Root
to see if it would do any good 7 hadn’t taken more than half the bott-ly
before T began to improve. 1 finally bought two more larg bottles, trar didn’t
have to take but the two Tie-fore T was sound and welL For a person that is ■
run down generally,, no appetite, and looks like he doesn’t wani anything, if he
will try Swamp-Rooot and take it according to directions, in my opinion it will
do evcrvthing it claims. Yours trnlv,
J. TV. KNOWLES.
Atlanta, Ga., October IS,
Dear Sirs: 1 have used ‘‘Swamp-Root’' and find it a most excellent medi
cine. It gives me pleasure to testify to its value as a great liver and kidney
remedy, Yerv tmlv vours.
WALTER J. WHITE.
Walter J. White.
WHY SWAMP-ROOT GIVES
n-ery one, front personal experience
J.'ka Peters S;
ST R IMG 71’
\lmost every one. from personal experience, knows that the effects of any kind of severe physical strain are felt, first of nil. in the -mall of the back—in
other words, in those Vital Organs, the kidneys. This is as true in the case of the very powerful man ns it is with one of less strength and it is especially true
to, whenever the kidneys are weak.
ot i Weak and unhealthy kidnevs are responsible for more sickness and suffering than any other disease: therefore, when through regie t , other causes, kidney
trouble is permitted to continue, many fatal results are often sure to follow.
Swamp-Root strengthens the Kidneys, and through them helps all the other organs to health. When this remarkable discovery can p <i • lntman bodv into
,tust the remedy needed by thou- tnds in the more
ordinary ami less strenuous walks of life
Found Health by Taking 1 Recommends Swamp- Mr. Smith States He Was
Lt.
A Steady Climb to the Top—Cartoon Suggesting Mr. McCrea’s Rise from Rod
m a n to President—t'artoou by DcMar in Philadelphia Record
Swamp-Root.
Atlanta. Ga.. October 26, ISC6.
Kilmer Co-,
Binghamton. N. Y.
ii- Sir:—I bad an aggravated ease
] of bladder and kidney trouble, and was
j so sick with this trouble that it was nec
essary to hold a consultation and b itb
'Dr
Root.
November 8.
1906.
Puhlin. Ga
Kilmer Co..
Binghamton, N. V.
i Dear Sirs:—It affords me tne greatest of
pleasure to tell you what Swamp-Root
did for me.
Some time ago T was bothered with a
very bad ease of kidney trouble, which
Cured by Swamp-
Roof.
This is in itself not
circumstance, there are all too many who
from reticence shun society or who have
not the arts or inclination to enjoy it,
even after business has removed all needs
of hard work.
This was the riddle about McCrea. Tic ' Thomson, Roberts and Cassatt—was to
shunned social functions, yet when drawn j attain the very limit of honor,
into them lie shone as a star of first mag- | In religion Mr. McCrea
Episcopalian of the high"
suceedod to the mantle of A. J. Cassatt,
was only plain "Jim" McCrea, and fig
ured on the salary list of the road as a
rodman.
He was a good rodman. a hard worker.
He has been the same in every other po
sition he has held in the forty-one years
he has served the road.
The character of result achieved ip- the
tall, muscular, silent, gruff-spoken "Jim" nitude. His tine physique, quick wit, and
made hint a marked man before lie had abounding gO"d fellowship made him tm-
liceii a rodman for two years. Then came nn nsely popular, and had he wished. Mr
promotions, and four presidents of the McCrea could have attained almost any j tion. and gav
road took a pleasure aiding bis am- political or social distinction. | cause he had
bitinns. Ho went up, up. up through the ; But Mr. McCrea knew only one lov
stages of engineer, superintendent of va
rious divisions, general malinger of va- ;
rious roads, fourth vice president, third
vice president, second vice president and
first vice president.
His election to the headship of the on ;
tire concern was no surprise, for it had !
been known for a long time that he was 1
President Cassatt's preference, and for a
couple of years prior to his death Mr. j
Cassatt had been grooming McCrea for j
the place.
This was not alone, friendship on the |
7iart of the late president He recognized
in Mr Met Tea the one kind of man who]
never failed in any task imposed on him
•by the road. He could carry along the
tinge projects Mr. Cassatt had planned, j
there need be no panic when Mr. Cos- |
satt passed provided the steady hand of j
“Jim" McCrea took the throttle. i
PLAIN STORY.
That happened, and tahe wisdom of the j
choice is shown In the complete absence |
of even a flurry in the stock market. ]
There is no particular romance in the
life story of this man, big mentally and ,
i condition to stand hard work and tremendous strain, it is easv to understand bow it lias been proven to 1
• March I. 1890. to April 23, 1891. second-'
| vice president: April 23, 1891, to date,
first vice president Pennsylvania lines
| west of Pittsburg; also president of the
j l incinna.ti and Muskingum Valley ra.il-
: road, Terre Haute and Indianapolis rail-
i road and its successors. lie Vandalia
• railroad. Grand Rapids and Indiana, and
! Cleveland. Akron and Columbus railways,
j Mr. McCrea makes no secret that dur-
| ing the entire period his goal was the
presidency of the road.
LOVED HIS WORK. , . , „ J ,
This looked to him a greater honor ,,0< T to:s decided that it would be a very rny physician said was gravel trouble
. , • fiht rub for me to evei recover. 1 was but his medicine did not do me any
tann most men would find m the presi- j then persuaded to try Swamp-Root and good. T had often read of Swainp-
.’.eney of the United States. The Penn- I did and today T am as healthy as I Root and decided to give it a trial,
uch an unusual sylvania railroad was to him more than! evpr Tv: in my life and I will always Several large bottles cured me and kidney and bladder
mer's Swamp-Root: you'll be relieved
of that
* The use
will malt
run dow
feelings.
tie and
Kilmer'
T young
tired feeling.
Swamp-Root
tone up time
1906.
r.
Kilmer's
1 I could writ
y information
will
recommend Swamp-Root to any one suf-
niere employer. He had been part ot it j faring with any 1 bid of kidney or bladder
so long that eventually it became part of trouble. Very respectfully,
hint, and to sit at tiie desk of those men
under whom he had workeu—Scott. !
TV. J KEI.SEY.
Atlanta, Ga., November
Or. Kilmer Co..
Binghamton. N
Dr. Kilmer—Dear Sir.—Dr.
Swamp-Root will cure the worst ease
trouble. I'll advise true.
T have not been troubled since. I highly a]I now doing heavy and bending-over
recommend Swamp-Root to any one hav
ing any symptoms of kidney trouble. work, causing strain on the back and Bricklayer.
JOHN T. MEEKS. i kidneys, to use a few bottles of Dr. Kit- of Ga.. No.
th
n. do away with tired
isy to take. My wife
' it. They all like it
e a hook on its merits.
I will gladly send
meerning the above and
ce affidavit before any
ace to the above being
Yours very trill.
ROBT R. SMITH. JR..
Tnti
I of
rr.atior.nl Union No. 6
Atlanta: 35 South -\ve.
SAMPLE BOTTLE OF SWAMP-ROOT SENT FRE
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strie
htireli t.) ; EDITORIAL NOTICE—If you have the slightest symptoms of kidney, liver or bladder trouble, or if there is n trace of it in v ,r
bis Pittsburg congrega.tion lie was a 0,100 to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, X. 7'.. who will gladly send you by mail immediately without cost to you, a sample hottlr . f s
vestryman of the Church of the Assump-! containing many of the thousands upon thousands of testimonial letters received from men and women who found Swamp-Rout •, <> 1 ;
himself great pride he-I needed. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, X. Y„ be sure to say that you read this generous offer in The Atlanta Sunnv Soipli.
uperintended tiie erection! If you are already convinced that Swamp-Root is what you need, you can purchase the regular fiftv-eent, and ono-dollar si;, bn; i s at; tin
of the building. This is one of the finest j where. Don’t make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root—Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root—and the address, Binghamton, X. '
■. amp- bo
just th
story, send at
t. an<l a book
remedy they
Irug stores every -
everv bottle.
ftlew Cure
For Rupture
New Scientific Appliance. Always a Perfect Fit-
Adjustable to Any Size Pcrson--Easy. Com
fortable, Never Slips, No Obnoxious
Springs or Pads--Costs Less
Than Many Common Trusses
--Made for Men. Women
or Children.
I Send It On Approval--You Wear It--If You Are No
Satisfied, i Refund Your Money.
I hare invented a rupture appliance tJint I can !
safely say. by .'iU years cxpeiiencf in the rupture i
business, is the only one that will absolutely hold j
the rupture and never slip and yet is cool, comfort- j
able, conforms to every movement of the body
without chafing • r hurting and costs loss than
many ordinary trusses. I have put the price tio
This Grafting Genius
Never Lacked for Spineless Victims
rent,
n or
1 an old-time eir-j piany, Eddie and a fellow who used to be
! "‘Are you gentlemen In business ] a tig
I here?' says Eddie. Then come intro- Pithet
j ductions all around—Hie circuit judge, j ''‘Then,' a
j the banker, and the victim all shake! get
I hands with the spieler who announces i that m ■ ;ti
I himself as the agent of the Patagonian; to all of ns n
Fiber Cloth Company, who is trying i this tent or
fillister the oath
“1
SEE.
eus grafter, now In
iniscent retirement, "that
they work
eacn ot us
introduce his wonderful cloth I
rem- [ a preacher, tint resigned to serve a term > throughout the t nited States and fol- ‘ legally pi
1 ’ .... ‘Sounds
in Ji ff, and myself. Our oast of cliar- t lowing the circus because he likes tin
acters was: Eddie Sherman, promoter; I'te or could meet more jieople, or hai
that stale old tiie ex-preacher, juidge of the circuit i other side lines, or whatever tiie spiei tint
•r can ad
iff the bench.'
- Eddie, ‘this being among
d under the rose (whatever
you just administer the oath
ever to reveal the secrets of
w at transpires here, and
; safe, bein’ honorably and
ted.’
don’t it, lad? ‘Po n rny-
day
an esteemed 0,10 wo were operating in. and your hum
ble servant, president of a town bank
nil]
tiie merchant fish—lie is delighted: he
tovepipe—none too new, hut just right, j 7 a * r Iy beams on us—takes us right ini
banker, in at hand, and won t Tip denied,
lasses, and in- Just the kind of men I want to j
side pocket full of papers. We generally meet.’ he says, and, oh, he was great.'
blew into town the day before. Some- j :nv cherub, simply great. ‘I want to,
times we were old acquaintances just ! nla -ke every one of you a suit of clothes 1
dropping in for circus day, sometimes we °' a this cloth—it will be a better
had the hotel proprietor introduce us—j mb for me than columns of printer’
depended on the circumstances
Broad Street Station Philadelphia, Home of Pennsylvania Railroad, Where
McCrea Will Have His Offices.
‘private faro' deal the oth-! court from some other county than the i happened
difference
...... sounded
vitizon ..own in Excelsior far onoilf ,p away not to arouse any un-
Springs to tiie tune of a 'necessary curiosity.
couple of M’s. and ail the! “Here’s the way the play opened. The
other esteemed citizens in| circuil wi,h t!l ° Prince Albert and
this neck of the woods are,
chuckling over their broth- - vo " know-and myself, the
ers downfall and wonder-1 r ‘ lam business- suit
ing how he could ’a' been
j so foolish. But let me tell you some-
j tiling. Kidderino. I’ve heard tell all ray
! life about wise men, but I long ago
■ skidooed the idea tiiat any such ever
! existed in this world—leastwise I never
! met up with any of the breed. There's
1 soft spots in all of 'em. The easiest of
j ’em have got a concealed spring some
where about their make-up. and all
j you've got to do is to touch it to lay 'em
j wide open. There’s Hughey McDowell.
I now, just for instance. You can't show
j nip any one that was born with eyes
! wider open than Hughey, but there was
I a certain little friend of mine in days
! gone by tiiat delivered a small cargo of
Cuban cigars to him onto that weren’t,
j but might have been smuggled over in
; a tramp steamer from the brunette re-
] public, and Hughey never caught on . , , ,, .... . ,
... , . , • , i , , j gather before the night s over. The iudge
until his friends began to edge nwavi. .. . ..
j when lie offered ’em a stogie.
j “Then there’s that high financier down . ^ sonlp lam , s in the nPXt countv that never was doped,
there In the Heist building'—just go in ;
there and take a look some day at that! n the victim, he begins to think ; ">11. we all get
1 gold brick that lie -
to be—it didn't make any
what it was, it always
all right from Eddie. And
when Eddie finds out. you know, tiie
high standing' of his new friends—the
ircuit judge, the bank president, and gentlemen, ill
■ —an,
j “TV
i agree
ir i :
hri.In’
t helped i
to r
lo it time and
agaii
i. t
wouldn’t
heli
eve myself it
be d
one as
o easy. E
:ut
human nature
it's :
m es
isy mark
my
goslin.’
ell, t<
> rut
it siiort.
the
judge finally
■s to
ad m
blister the c
>ath. It was
like £
i pla
y. ‘Hold
lip
) your hands.
Repeat after me. T do
• do !• tnnly
swear," we repeat after him.
“ Never to reveal.’
“ ‘Never to reveal.’
tout of this
ad. for me than
link. Just come along with me—I have
“Tiie towns we worked were usually a ^Dle offir-p outside.’ And off we go.
of from 4.000 to 10.000 people, and you and then the gamp really begins,
know in a place of that kind the hotels BRINGS FORTH A DEMIJOHN
are the cleaning houses for everything, “We follow him to the little 7,;,
and there was never anv trouble getting tent ,,,„„ uhc . ,, .
; cenl outside. .Sherman talking, laugh
ing. telling yarns, and showing him
self a prince generally. The victim’s
acquainted with the victim once we'd sin
gled him out. We studied the herd aw
ful close, too. We wanted a man with
money first and we didn't give a conti
nental whether he was a farmer or a
lawyer, or the biggest merchant in town—
the wiser the easier. We had confidence
in human nature—and the system.
“Now. we’ve spotted our victim, say the
night before. We get pretty close to-
got a suit of clothes on his mind—a
free suit, you know, lad. and made out
of the great yucca cloth, the only one. i
it will b“. in the whole town.
"Inside the promoters’ tent, he brings!
fortii a demijohn, and we all have a
puli. Human nature again. Funny, ]
how it will go up against
bottle or demijohn, and take all th
chances of its being doped. Rut
There wouldn't
to loan some money on and so - been any psychology in that, little one.;
on. and the victim, he begins to think; ">D. we all get measured for our
tells stories about his experiences on the
! bench, and the banker—that’s me—asks
j tiie Pennsylvania railroad, and found in the entire commonwealth o£ Penn-
more pleasure in serving it than in other j sylvania.
Mr. McCrea is only moderately rich,
most of his money being invested in
tiie road. He is a firm opponent of rail
road abuses, and graft in any form will
be a dangerous experiment while lip is
,'s:. 6rit!on, Cared o! Rapture b» C. E. Brooks.
low that any person, rich or poor, can buy. arid I
absolutely guarantee it. I make It to your order—
send it to you- you wear it, and if it doesn't satii-
fy you send it back to me and I will refund jour
money. Tbal is the laireat proposition ever mauo
by a rupture specialist. Tin- banks or any respon
sible citizen in Marshall will fell you that is the
way 1 do business- alwajs absolutely on the srpiare.
Here ia what .Mr. .las. Britton, a prominent man
ufacturer of Bethlehem. Pa., writes:
“C. E- Brooks. Esq. Dear Hir :-l have been
ruptured aix years and have always had trouble
with it till I B"t y°ur appliance. It is very easy
to wear, iits neat and snug, atur is not in tiie way
at any time, day or night. In tact, at times I did
not know I had it on. II just adapted itself to
tiie shape of tlie body and dung tj the spot no
matter what position 1 was in. It would be a
veritable God-scud to tlie unfortunate who surfer
from rupture, if all could procure ihc Brooks Kup-
tnre Appliance and wear ii. They . crtainlv would
never regret it. My rupture is all I.'-aled up and
nothing ever did it but your appliance. Jus. Brit
ton.
If you have tried most everything else, i onie to
me. Where others fail is where i have my gieatest
auecess. Write Inc today anil I wjjl send you m.v
hook on Kupture and it.; t’lire. showing my appli
ance and giving you prices and names of people
who have tried it and been rural. Tt is instant
relief when all otheis fail. Remember 1 use no
salves, no harness, no lies. Just a straight business
deal at a reasouahie Drier.
C. E. BROOKS, 3311 Brooks Bldg., Marshall, Mich.
! forms of activity or diversion,
t That is the sole reason why a few
i days ago directors elected him to the
j place made vacant by the death of Mr.
I Cassatt.
Mr. McCrea belonged to clubs in Pttts- hi power.
) burg—the Duquesne. Pittsburg Club,
; Country Club and Pittsburg Golf Club. In _ _ , —
New Y'ork he is a member of the Union ^ ule a Cold in One Day
League: in Chicago of tiie Chicago Club, Take LAXATIT E BROMO Quinine Tab-
iip: in the Quaker City, where he takes i lets. Druggists refund money it it fails
his residence, lie is a member of the ’ cure. E. A\. GROVES signature tn
conservative and aristocratic old organ- on eac h box. 25c.
ization, the Philadelphia Club.
As a sportsman the new president
knows only two hobbies—horses and golf.
He owns half a dozen thoroughbreds, and
thinks nothing too good for them.
A GOLF ENTHUSIAST.
On the links of the Pittsburg Golf
Club Mr. McCrea. tall and powerfully
bulit. his busily and somewhat forbidding ,
whiskers a target for the wind, was
long a figure that will now be sadly
missed, in his pursuit of golf he usually
has had lor company his daughter. Miss*
Ada McCrea, a beautiful young woman
of 22.
Mr. McCrea also lias two sons, both of ]
whom have made business successes. 1
James A. McCrea, the elder, is general j
manager of tiie Long Island railroad, an.l I
Archibald M. McCrea is president of the]
Pittsburg Spring Company.
The new head of the Pennsylvania was;
■born in the home city of tiiat organiza
tion. and is 58 years old. His father
was a physician, who drifted into bank
ing, and had "Jim” McCrea chosen to;
take tiie easier ways of life, lie could lmvc
taken over tiie business of his fatiier. and ]
settled down to comfort and a reasona-.
ble assurance of plenty without having,
to work very hard to get it.
Ambition was stronger in tlie young
ster than love of ease, and after lie
graduated from tiie University of Penn-:
sylvania at the close of the civil war. he| Jaes McCrea, New President of Penn-
looked the field over, and resolved that | sylvania Railroad.
| guiu uucx ii.ii L i,e uses for -1 pa-pprj he - P in pretty good company, and he lim- clothes, as solemn as sin. I can sec
! weight. He ll tell you about i —lie s got, hers aml te ] ]s P011)f , stories him- 1 Eddie now a-puttin' down the figures
I over being touchy when its mentioned. sg , f * h , msp , f a littIe . Tbev *’You'll want a dress coat.’ he :
' because lie thinks that lie has rece.yed a „ (o ni0 et the next day and take in tiie victim; something you'll b,
liberal-education, even •fjb'jyud l*fr-; thp show-just for an old boys' lark, you of: 23-48. 16-25.' and then we
know. Banket—that's me—says he ex- a sample off the bolt to take home
poets his wife in next day—coinin’ with ol,r wives.
considerable money for a loan, but we’ll "And that's ail there is to tiie
ally for it. And yet—I don't know—may
be I couldn’t sell him a goll brick again,
but if my old partner, Eddie Sherman,
was alive today, I'd be willing jo bet
this diamond to a noolball of equal
weight that we could interest him—not
to say that I would do it. you under
stand. ’cause I've passed all tiiat up and
I’m living square. But Eddie Sherman—
ah. what a spider that boy was. and
lie had tiie insight of an augur!
STRONG ON THE “CHICK” PART.
| “ 'To any living human bein’, chick, nor
; child’—Eddie always had the judge frame
it up that way, for some reason—'chick
nor child.' It gave a sort o' finish to the
thing. To any living human being, chick,
i nor child, what transpires beneath this
; tent.’ and .-<> on. a big. fine rigmarole
tiiat Eddie ml made up and which some
how or another always made the vic
tim fed as if he was obligated in some
: way to go ah' ad with tiie business,
i "Maybe tiie vie wouldn’t come in at
first, but generally after he saw the bank-
j er and the judge pick the card and win
• a five ot i ten- we always started small—
he got interested, especially when it be-
' gan to bear in on him. that lie had the
card spotted. Of course, Eddie attended,
to that—there was always a little (lick
strange j (J f,- card, or some little work that
gave i) away lo the Aicker. And when
lie began to realize this, nine times out
of ten lie was lmoked good and plenty.
few throws for small stakes.
' Eddie opens up the big show'.
. “ ‘The big l t ize throw,’ he says, ‘is for
figures f ive hundred or a thousand, or make lt
jays to : whatever you please—in half an hour we’ll
proud throw for the big prize gentlemen.’ And
all get there’s where the victim generally pulls
me. or the circuit judge, say, to one side
and smotherin' his excitement, lie wliis-
... . , loth] , lf , rs -j know the ,-ard.
give the old lady the slip, nudgin’ the j business. Another pull out of the jug. “‘Nonsense - -ays the
victim in the ribs. jand Eddie opens up tiie real game. He
“Next day we all meet again and go . produces the three cards, and begins
to the show. Circuit judge lias his gold- , to throw ’em about, and we begin to
headed cane and points out the animals, f?et interested. ‘Chance rules tiie
explains their habits, and all that sort o' i world,’ says he. ‘and this lottery is
1unk, banker and victim trailing along, under the auspices of the great man-
We’re standing in front of the monkey ufacturing establishment I represent.
NOT CARDS, BUT THE SYSTEM. j cage, say—best place on earth to open up In an hour (taking out his watch)
“ "Tiie wiser, the better’—that's wlia* business. 1 tell you—human nature al- I throw for tiie great prize of $400
Eddie used to say. Nothing for him but: ways feels big and easy and condescend- ; (or a thousand, whatever we figure the
community. Ing somehow., in front of monkey cages., victim good for): 'if it wasn't for thisl ’don't
Up omes the Spieler—the great Sherman—j diversion.' says Eddie, beamingly, timn I
| tiie best citizens in the
! Three-card was ills favorite. T know it's
; looked upon in these days as in the same
judge. ‘I've had
enough of this. It's gambling anyway,
but I've entered into the spirit of the
tiling, so far. gentlemen, for company’s
sake. Bette • stop now.’ he says, lookin'
wise.
“I CAN PICK IT.”
“Here I came in on my own account—
I’m a hanker and ain’t got the judge's
conscientious scruples. Judge,' says I.
be afraid: I won't tell the old
,, , . , ,, „ . „• cloth under bis arm, kind o' limps in, begs ; fore the big turn comes on I’ll show
® c , [ ^7 n 1 * ,c a " ‘ °, n ' y pardon, and the rest opens up jest as nat- you how it's done. I throw ’em, you
tor yokels and county airs, out let me •(_ T , 10 of n vqh—that’s the open-i pick tiie winning card, and that’s all
tell you. deary.
the system, the
Joes the work.
time] woman.' Everybody has a big laugh at
! elite ‘Anyway, there's no strings to me.
proper eon-, the c|oth
ditions, I'd ’a’ put Eddie Sherman in l isroo q
his prime again Vice President- Fairbanks
Eddie, the Only. He has a bolt of dark ; would hang' heavy on my hands. Be- | this.
I'm going to take a little flyer on my
own account for a hundred. So the bank
er—that’s me. lad—bets a hundred—and
in | wins, of course.’ ,
“It's just about this time that the vlc-
i'ou I tim has reached the top notch of excite-
it isn . the cat ds. ft s pr After a few preliminaries tiie circuit ] there is to it. The riches: concern
usmess, • ,ie spiel tha-. • j e ,jg P> 0 > myself, gets curious and fingers the world is back of me—whatever vc
‘Good stuff.
Eddie, with
, owned the earth and knew everything ! " 'But that's gambling,
and backed him for a sure turn w.th that j that wag !n !t - An wool and a yard! cult judge, puffing out '
refrigerator.
that.’ ’Mighty j win you’re sure to get. I throw
smile like he ] any amount up .to a thousand dollars.’
ays the cir-
his chest, ‘and
gambling. Tts
. .wide.’ ‘All wool and a nipd wide,’ snvs 1 I cannot sanction
Eddie and T followed the circus for thp jU(J b way of a j oUe . Here Ed- against the law.’
years, and It was never nothin hut die’s smile gets as kindly and indulgent
three-card game for us. It always did | an archblS hop s. ’Not a thread of
the work. It was brain work, too—noth-'
work.
(wool In it. gentlemen,’ says Eddie. Then
f course. >' ou I everybody looks at It. feels the cloth, and
o t °°1 wou.d know, jr^he oven unravels a thread cf it, and
lets ’em set a match to It'and smell lt
burning. ‘If that isn’t woo!.’ says I,
ing but brain
think that any
there was something wrong about that
game. But you understand it wasn’t a
case of a tap on a stranger’s shoulder j . then I m m ,g- ht Uy fooled.’
and lets nave a game of three-card
monte.’ Oh. no. my.boy, it was psycho- EDDIE LET’S THEM GUESS,
logy—that's what Eddie used to call !*— j “Eddie lets ’em guess and argue
psychology—a clean battle of the wits land look at the cloth and feel of it
and as fascinatin' as a play. again and again, all the time with
‘‘It was wlrat was called a grafting cir. ; that mysterious smile. “No, gentle- _
us—we weren’t directly on the pay-roll. ! men,’ finally says Eddie, ‘I've told you I wav he turned it out was most convinc
but there was an understanding. you the truth, there isn’t a particle of wool in’—it sounded so genuine,
know—for which wc wore entitled to cor- it. That cloth is made from the “‘Most certainly,' says the judge, still!
tain privileges, use of some of tlio side k of the yucca tree "of Patagonia— a swcllin', ‘I have the same authority*
tents for business purposes and ‘ongtray,’ called yucca fiber cloth, and has all, off as on the bench. But what of that?'
as Eddie used to say, to all the can-j the properties of wool, but can be man-I " ‘You can administer tiie oath?’ says]
vas. ’ ufactured for one-third the price of I Eddie.
“There were three of us in our com-’wool cloth,’ and so on. j “’Certainly, sir,’ says the judge, with!
ment and he gets to itching for the big
prize. He takes us out of the tent and
ha says, 'I can pick it.'
“ *Oh, nonsense,’ says the judge.
‘Judge.’ says 'the bank president. ’you
certainly are a cautious man. but for me,
i’ll back my friend's judgment. This
tiling looks easy to me. but I haven't
got a thousand with me—if my wife was
only here—but can’t we make up thj
•thousand?'
“Maybe - the victim begins to get cold
, - _ , , .. .. ,, feet right here, so the circuit judge
\ n I ! S’vos the game a little boost at the
psychological moment, as Eddie, said. ‘I
! don't mind you taking a chance,’ says
the judge to me the banker, ‘but as tor
i me and 'my friend here, maybe we can’t
| afford it as well as you.'
“ ‘But where's the risk? He says he
can pick it and T believe him.' says 1.
" 'Well.- now.' says the judge, after a
little sparrin’ for the sucker's benefit.
“HADN’T THOUGHT OF YOUR
BEIN’ A JUDGE.”
“ ‘Oh. now. I hadn't tho't of your be
in’ a judge,’ says the great Eddie, ’of
course not. but this bein' among gentle
men, you know—ah, I have it—and Ed- i
die looks like va great thought had come
ter of his beautiful soul—‘I have it—judge,
you have the same power and authority,
I take it, off the bench that you do on the
•bench, do you not?' Never catch Eddie
a-sayin 1 ‘don't you'—‘do you not,’ and the
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