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YOUNG ROCK’EFELLER
Made a Railway Director at the Age;
of Twenty-Three. '
He Is a. Youngster Fresh from Col-
lege, an Athlete and a Conscien-
tious “Writer—American Type
of “Guinea. Pig.”
Young John D'. Rockefeller is now a,
Lackawanna director, says the New
York World.
At 23 years of age, without previous
experience in railroad management or
important personal holdings of the
stock of the road, he sits in conference
with men grave and gray, like Samuel
Sloan, as his father’s representative.
Without the influence of the senior
Rockefeller he might have achieved a
seat on an important railroad direc-
torate in 15 or 20 years of strenuous ‘
effort.
Young Mr. Rockefeller'is a type of a
new development in American finance.
In London they call a man who, be-
cause of family influence rather than.
his personal attainments, is elected a?
member of financial boards and sits:
silent at their meetings a “guinea pig,”
because a. bright, new-minted golden
guinea is paid to each director present.
Undoubtedly .Mr. Rockefeller will_be
in time a valuable member of financial
boards, for he has ability and a serious
purpose; but that does not prevent a
certain incongruity in' his election.
. The directors of American corpora-
tions meet at varying intervals, and
each director present receives as his
fee a coin of gold, sometimes ten dol-
‘ lars, sometimes only five dollars.
Bank directors meet weekly to con-
sider commercial paper. The full
boards of railroads come together less
often, because many of the members
live at distant points. 'In these cases
a 'meeting of the full board may come
only once a month; but there is usual-
ly an executive committee, composed
of a few of the more active members
living near at hand, who meet more
frequently—once a week or even oft-
ener. The presiding officer of this
smaller meeting is called the chairman
of the road, and each member receives
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the same fee as for a full board meet-
ing. Then there is a large and increas-
ing number of local corporations, the
"indust-rials" and the street car lines,
whose directors meet as often as those
of the banks.‘
it is obvious that a young fellow
fresh from college can, by a wealthy
father or uncle. be put- in a. position to
add agreeably to his incomeiby at-
tending board meetings.
I To receive ten dollars, or even five
dollars. for a meeting which may last
only a few minutes is pretty good luck
for a ‘young fellow justout of college.
It has been estimated that Chauncey
M. Depew receives $800 a month in fees
for attending meetings of boards or of
executive committees. This may easily
be the case. as several meetings might
be attended‘in the same day, each oc—
cupying but a‘short time.
In Dr. Depew’s case, many of the
boards meet in the same building.
Without quitting the vast roof of the
Grand Central station, New York, he-
can attend the meetings of a good
many different lines of important rail—
roads. ' .
In the case of a young fellow fmm
college. a seat in a board room is mere-
ly continuing his education. From the
lectureroom of the gray and spect-acled
professor of ethics he enters the room
where. fitting silent in a great padded
chair. he can hear the master minds of
the century discuss its greatest prob-
lems—finance, transportation. produc-
lion.
Young Rockefeller is~a graduate of
' Brown university. He is quiet. simple.
straightforward. of medium height,
like his father, but. more- strongly
built. He has developed his muscles
in the gymnasium and. on the football
field. He is fond of horseback riding.
He does not drink or smoke; unques-
tionably he does not‘g’amble.
Mr. Rockefeller teaches a Sunday-
school class. as his flather did at one
lime. He worships at Dr. Faunce's,
Fifth Avenue Baptist church. He plays.
the violin, but seldom attends public
musical performances.
The Lackawan-na is a road which
would commend itself to a religious
investor. It runs fewer Sunday trains
_,in proportion than any other great
line—usually upon the plea of a pretty
well defined public necessity.
Young Rockefeller is already well
versed in the business of the Standard
Oil trust. He is an employe in the New
York office and he keeps office hours
working side byvside with other young
men who have no hope of inheriting .
fortunes. and he asks no odds of them.
It is ' likely that Mr. Rockefeller's
election to the Imckaw-anna directorate
will be followed by similar distinctions
conferred by the Standard Oil ,trust.
the Brooklyn Union Gas company. the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas, railroad”
the steel trust and‘other important
bodiel in which his father has mg.- ,
w) .h
financial interests. ._ , -,
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moans HOME LIFE.
,New President of FranceIs a Typi-
cal French Bourgeois.
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Ills Wife Said to Be a. Good W’oman,
' Fond. of Household Duties, Stout
and Gray, and Speaking
Very Bad French.
President Loubet is a typical French
bourgeois, with a taste for the classics.
He cultivates his mind incessantly, but
has made little change in his mode of
living. His table has oftener the old-
fashioned garlic-spiced dishes of the
‘Meridional, whence he sprung, than the
new-fangled. Parisian confections. His
guests of late. have been more frequent-
ly academiciansthgn politicians, and
he has said since "5 election to the
presidency:
‘.‘I am too fixedin my habits to change
now. I shall be Emile Loubet at the
Elysee, as I always have been. The dig-
nity of the presidency cannot be en-
hanced by any adventitious aids.”
Montelimar, in. the Midi, takes the
.elevation of its late mayor to the high-
est position in. the state with little en-
thusiasm. Frederick Denis, whose sis-
ter is Mme. Loubet, owns an ironmon-
gery store in the little town, his father
having come there as a tram-p from
I’icardy, finding employment in a nail-
smith’s shop. Mme. Loubet grew up
in this shop, where her father pros-
pered, leaving a fortune of 300,000
francs to her brothers. This was long _
after she had married M. Loubet, who
proposed for her when she was only 18.
Frederick Denis, describing the new
president. said: ‘
“Emile Loubet was always up at six
o’clock and retired punctually at 11.
He is simply a good fellow, and an-
honest one. His father was a. plain
peasant, who lived‘ by the sweat of his
brow on the family farm, where Emile
was born, at Marsanne, four miles from
here. His mother lives there. Though
86 years old, she. has a clear eye, and
is a. good walker.
do everything for herself.
“Emile has passed through
grade of civil authority from municipal
MME. LOUBElT.
(Wife of the President of the French Re-
public.)'
councilor to president. The only re-
gret We have is we won’t see. him as
often as formerly. I have no political
ambitions. An ironmonger I am, an
ironmonger I shall remain, and I have
to work hard for my living.
“Emile must keep to the rules and
order of the economy which have
brought him to his high position, or
he will soon be ruinedt I doubt if he
can spend much money in excess of his
n-fiicial income. He has a. son and daugh-
tcr. The former is his private secre-
tary, the latter is Marguerite, aged: 27,
'wife of M. Soubeyran de St. Pierre, a
magistrate of Marseilles.” ,
The president’s mother, seen at her
farm, exclaimed: “O, my poor Emile.
As it was, I saw but. little of him. Now
that. he has gone higher still I shall
no longer see him at all.” .
She is -a. typical old peasant woman,
with a. sunburnt face of the texture of.
parchment. but with a fine expression
withal. A bright gleam in her eyes
is noticeable, as also in her son’s.
“You must. be happy. madame.”
Mme. Loubet raised her eyes to the
sky with an expression denoting she
is not so happy as might be imagined.
Then she asked, did I know her hus—
band? continuing: “He was bien
brave homme. I have happiness think-
ing my son resembles him. I am well
aware I shall no longer see Emile. it
is like that in life. We bring up our
children. and when they are grown up
they cease to occupy themselves with
us.”
She‘ was evidently worried, and every
fresh attempt to get her to talk about
Emile only produced fresh rhapsodies
about her husband.
The president’s wife is more retiring
even than himself. She was content
with his position as president of the
' senate. because, it entailed no public
parade. and they could: live quiet as
they liked. She has sentfor her daugh-
ter from Marseilles to help her in tak-
ing up her new station. She is stout
and gray haired. dresses richly but
without'an attempt to follow the faah~
ion. She is motherly. with the soft
manner of the south. speaking any-
thing-but the best French. Under her
sway Elysee palace will revert to the
bourgeois style of Grevy's, which will
be more appropriate than. the nickel
state affected by Felix Faure.
Klnu Acts as Matchmaker.
'Every' Siamese girl 'who reaches a
certain age witho'ut marriage is tick-
eted and labeled and placed in u priv-
ileged class. under the special care of
the king. who binds himself to find hus-
bands for them all.
lightfully simple. A prisoner in any
of the Siamese jails ‘may gain his par-
. don and release by marrying one of
the ineligible class. Whether he is al-
‘rea‘dyi'niarr'iedyor, not is not (rt-“great
consequence. for in Siam it. is not new,
essary to draw thg'lvins‘ at one wife.
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LOG/ll DIRECTORY.
N OR- WALK POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chief, Thomas Bradley; Ca. tain
Wallace Dann. Headquarters, \R’atei"
street.
SOUTH NORWALK POLICE on-
PARTMENT. ' ’
Chief, William Vollmer; Captain,
George W. Gladstone. Headquarters,
Haviland street.
NORWALK FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Chief Engineer, 3: T. Prowitt; First
Assistant Engineer, Fred. W. Smith;
Second AssistantEngineer, Thomas S.
gummy; Fire Inspector, George H. Al-
on.
SOUTH NORWfiLK FIRE DEPART~
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Chief Engineer, Edward V. Baker;
First Assistant, D; W. Harford; Sec-
ond Assistant, George W. Bogardus;
Secretary Department. Andrew J.
Crossman. '
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PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
City of Norwalk—Librarian, Miss
Dotha Stone Pinneo, 20 Wall N.
South Norwalk—Librarian, Miss
Angeline Scott, 103 Washington, S. N.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Allen, Lauren M., 15 'Wash’n., S. N.
_ Allen= Sarah E, Mrs. 11 New, E. N.
. Baker, Frederick E., 12 F. P., ‘E. N.
Baldwin, Arthur H., 83 Wall, N.
Bean, Wright B., 5 W. ave., S. N.
Benedict, George W.., 25 W. ave, S. N
Bohemian, Chas. G., 64, S. M., S. N.
Bohannm, John G., 64 S. M., S. N.
Brown, F. l 3., 57 Riverside ave., E. H.
Burke, W91. Jr., Wash’n, S. N.
Buruell, Fl ancis I.. 76 S. Main, S. N.
Clark, Arthur N., 47 S. Main, S. N.
Coburn, J. M., 55 S. Main, S. N.
DeWolfe, D. G., 64 S Main, S. N.
Dumortier, John, 9 Wash’n, S. N.
Fairchild, J. 3., Winnipank,
Glines, W. C., 59 Wall, N.
Gregory, James G., 5 W. ave., N.
Higgins, Royal L., 55 W. r.ve., N.
Hitchcock, Dexter, 16 W. ave, N.
Hitchcock, Walter, 68’ Wall, N.
Huntington, S. H., 129 Main, N. '
Kennedy, John 'l'., 18 S. Main, S. N.
McGonegal, G. E., 59 West ave, N.
Pardee, ,E. V. D., 35 N. Main, 8. N. -.
Peck. Ell J., 66 Gregory P. R., E. N.
~Phinney, L. N., 26 W. ave., N.
Schavolr, Fredk., 9 Wash’n, S. N.
Sharer, Henry C , 10 Wash’n, S. N.
Smith, Edwin E., "Kensett,” N.
Tito, VI. G., 2 Burbank, S. N.
Tracey, William J., 28 W. ave" N.
CHURCHES.
First Baptist—Pastor, Rev. Frank E. '
Robbins, 71 East avev N.
First Baptist—Pastor, Rev. F. V. At-
kinson, Main street, Rowayton.
South Norwalk'BaptistuPastor. Rev. .
Richard 0. Sherwood, 7 West ave. S. N.
First Congregational—Pastor, Rev.
Thomas K. Noble, corner Park and ’
Lewis streets, N. , .
Congregational—Pastor, Rev. Gerald
R. Beard, West street, suction North
Main and Wéat avunv
Swedish ; Bethlehem Cong—Puma .
Rev. OttolSWenm. Riverside event». .
German ' Evangelical St. Peter's— ‘
Pastor, Rev. Mr. gKohler‘, North Main
E. N. ‘ , .
street, S. N.
St. Paul's proopal—éneetor, Rev. s
B. Pond-East avenue" and Church st.
and Chapel of Our Holy Savior. Bork-
ley street. N. :
Grace Protestant Bpiw'opel—Rouor
‘————‘, Junction Bold’on avenue and
Cross street, N. ' ' ‘ . - '
Trinity Protestant Episcopal—Root
or, Rev. F. W. Norris, Fair-field avonm n,
corner of West street. S.'-N. {
East Avenue Methbdlst Epinopal— '
Pastor, Rev. Arthur J. Smith. Ram
avenue corner Henry street, E. N. ' ?
Norwalk Methodist Episcopal-Pao'
tor, Rev. F. A.'SOOfleld.' West avenue 3
corner Mott avenue, N. .
First Methodist. Episcopal—Pastor .3
Rev. A. S. Kavanagh, West ave, S. N.
West Norwalk Methodist Mission—-
Pastor, Rev. IsaacB. Brown‘, West N. *~
Methodist .Episco'DEIAPas‘tor. Rev.
Henry C. Whitnéy,‘-Maln=corner M-“l‘
avenue, Rowayton. , .
African. Methodist Episcopal—Pastor '
Rev. 1. seams. ~15 Knightqtréét. N. ‘i
St. . Mary's ’R. C.—-;Pa"stor; Rev. John ‘ ‘
J. Furlong, Wont eve. mumps: N ~ N
St. Joseph'a‘n. ”delimiter; Rev. J. ‘.'_I .
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SOCIETIES, ASSOCIATIONS, ‘ ETC.
‘négiiriggglaeginn of Honor. 92 Wuh-
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18 Wall, N.
GéetfiIB‘liilgdtinlg, g? Pioneér Castle,
10%. “Sigrid g‘otf) £8011; .Palestine Castle.
18 Wall, 1‘}, . on Louncil.
01.135’213 .R., Norwalk Chapter, Central
120111); £1? 11%., Louis Lodge, 102 Washing-
1ngpglma§ia&.8aengerbund, 162 Wash;
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Washington, S. N. ptasophs, 18,
{11:131.}; 113%., Uncas Tribe, 118 Wash-
lbgnt‘lppgpiigg I(1),. 182.11g. Schiller Stamm
§.],olfLC., Catholic Union Council, 2.0
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8 'IWasrhin’g'ton, s. N
i' earmarks” 6“ WW"
igogvall‘kACltélh? &' 65‘Wau. N.
Wasnilgtbngs. N. e U. H. of N. ,A" 102
ngclirvlvélx Medical Assoc, 63 o 65
agirwaik Yacht Club, Hickory Blun.
O. B. A. Lodge 100 WashingtO' S
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o. D. H. s., Humbold ' 9 '
Washington, S. N t' make, 10,
Pai'nters’ and Dec ’ .
Wall, N. orators [p.lflzn‘tdn, 4i
Pequonnock Club, 13 Main" N
NPine Ledge Outing Club, RotorixPoiui
.Robert Emmet Club, 20 Wall N
3;; A. R} Nosrwalk Branch, No: 5.
as o t. George, We]
Stria'ngernlipdge, 13 Main an: act, Nfomf
in iy Wheelm-e -
ton, S. N. n, 83 Washing
g. Illa. AI 1%., Defender Council, N.‘
. . o .' & J., of America, \i -~
wallIk saga], Gazette Bldg” N. L 0!
. . . C., Sherman Co
Gazette Building, N. mmandery
Central Club, 57 West avenue. N.
Woman’s Exchange, 57 West ave J
St. Joan JASONIC‘ ‘
'a dge. Masonic Bid , is.
Old Well Lodge” 29 s. Main, s“: N.
Washington Chapter, R. A. 34., Ms
sonic Bldg” N.
Butler Chapter, 20 S. Mam, S. N.
Clinton Commandery, K. T., M»-
noulc Bldg) N.
' ODD FELLOWS.
Our Brothen'Lodge, 16 Wall. N.
Butler Lodge, 130 WaShmztomfid. N
Kabaosa. Enmmpment, 16 Wall, N.
Colfax Encampment, '8. N." '
Eureka Rebekah Lodge, 130 Wash-
ington. S. N. ' - -
Norwalk Lodge, G. W. 0. of o. E.,
83 Washington, 8. N.
PORESTERS OF. AMERIGA.
Court Mahackemo, 83 ’Wnah’n, S. N.
Court Nurruk, Gazette B’l-‘d, N.
Star of Columbia Circle, 83 Washing-
ton, S. N.
TEMPERANCESOCIETIEB.
I. 0. G. '1‘... Washington lodge
Craubury.
Concord Division. Gazette B'l’d., N.
Minnehaha Division, 83 Wash’n, :3. is
W. C. T. 17.. City Mission Room, :5. 1.-
Y. W. 0.. T. 11.. City Illusion Room
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Buckinghaanost, Wall, N.
Buckingham, W. R. (3...!3 A. it... fit”
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