CARNEGIE STORIES.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17121, 16 April 1921, Page 11

CARNEGIE STORIES.

E mo anecdotes from the late Andrew egio's "Autobiography" aro sumsed in "John o' LondoVs WeekTho : following is a letter receivrbm, Mark Twain jifter - tho ancement 'that tho liuUipriaire's busilife had'cpmo to an.enfl: — ou seem >'to bo prosperous these iyoU ' lend , ari; admirer a i-.'and; a!-half to buy a hymn-book 3 C-ioii will bless- you' if, you do-; knaw it. So,will L .'lt;&hou)d bo other applications, tins, ipfe.to comit.-r-yQUrs, Mayi., . ;S.—-Don't send tho: hymn-bosk, ;the,-money: I want to;make the :ion myself." JP»' 1 It was one ;of ■ Carnegie's hobbies to Introduce to each othmv men of c-iitiie-F J < iy 'different characters and tempera- ' Stents. Ho "once had Josh Billings H? 1 - titid Matthew .Arnold to dinner on the Ki am«> "evening. 1 The American'humor- - R Ipt explained to t&>"English critic hony || »o hnd niidehis great success- as a jjfc.ifecturer: "Well," ho said, "you mustn't keep' ¥ Ihem laughing too long, or Hey will think you are laUjghing atthem. After n K ' giving tho audience ; amusement you ;'toust becorno earnest and play the seritiV oua .role. ; #or instande, 'Thero are it. Wo things/in this -lifo for which; no Aian is ever prepared. Who will - tell •Sr no nfh&t thase arc?' Finally sonic* r£ dno, cries, out 'Death.' 'Well, wha i *>• »-,gms niie;tho other?' Many xespondr— ! .^."■wealth,.. happiness, strength, marriage,

taxes. . At last' Josh begins, solemnly : 'None of you has given the seqpnd. There aro two things on earth for which no - man is ever prepared, and them's twins,' and tlic house shakes." Mr i Arnold did- also. i Lord 'Morley of Bilackburn was CarI riegie's most intimate friend, and it' was through him that he became intimate with Gladstone and many other. English statesmen and politicians.' : Herbert Spencer was another of hia intimates. • Their first meeting was rather amusing; Carnegie had expected to find "tho great philosopher brooding, Buddha-like, over all things unmoyed.'' As a matter of fact, ho was extremely angry with the waiter who had brought him Cheshire cheese instead of Cheddar.