Show t p ROCKEFELLERS SMOKING Now New N York Telegraph Stewart Steuart Chisholm of Cleveland who spends a great part of or the season on in ht New York is a great friend of John JohnD D Rockefeller and has many stories of that man of wealth nearly nil all of which go to show his simplicity of thought and manner of oC living irre irrespective of his financial operations Some years ago said sald Mr Chisholm Mr Rockefeller was w s worried a great deal with catarrh and somebody told him to smoke dried mullein leaves you know the kind you used to roll into cigarettes when you OU were a boy bo Your mother generally generall chased you Into the wood lot if you smoked them any anywhere anywhere anywhere where near the house ouse but you mind the odor you liked it Well W II Mr Rockefeller had a lot of mullein leaves dried and prepared for a pipe and he lie used to pull out that implement and puff put away innocently in the most un unexpected unexpected unexpected expected places planes One Ono day he was on a Pullman com corn coming ing to New York and feeling the need of oC a mullein smoke lie ho made his way to the tho smoking compartment This was years ago before his face ace was so well eU known and not a man in the crowded smoking room recognized him He HeI Hel l I edged t d ed unconcernedly into the place piatT filled his pipe and was soon puffing great clouds of smoke all allover allover over 0 1 the apartment Men Ien who were smoking perfectos looked at him as m if jf they would have liked to throw him out in front of oC the engine but he lie was as he always s Is utterly oblivious to their disapproval and kept calmly puffing away Finally the men could stand the odor no longer and andone andone andone one by b one and scowling they the filed out At length l only one rem remained ined and he was a person with a big black cigar between his teeth When all save he had departed Mr Rocke Rockefeller Rockefeller Rockefeller feller noticed the evacuation and still blowing clouds of heavy blue mullen mull m smoke edged on the leather le ther seat near to the remaining smoker If Can you tell t me sir he said def deferentially deferential why all those gentlemen left I thought they wanted to smoke and some of them threw w away their ci cl cigars cigars gars before they were half halt through Yes I can tell you and tell teU you OU quick responded the other They The left Because they stand the smell of that infernal stuff youre oure smoking g grell v t Well rell well is that so sot Mr tN Rocke Rockefeller Rockefeller Rockefeller feller said gently laying his hand cone con on his companions companion knee And do you know my friend It took me a along along long Ions time to get set used to it If I |