Show Mr Asters Ideas Mrs Julia Ward Howe in the Atlantic Although Mr Astor had led a life mainly devoted to business interests he found great pleasure in the society I of literary men Dr Cogswell made his home with us for some years after the closing of his famous school but finally went to reside with Mr Astor attracted attract-ed partly by the hatters promise to endow a public library in tbs city of New York This was accomplished after some delay and the doctor was for many years director of the Astor library He used to relate some humorous humor-ous anecdotes of excursions which he made with Mr Astor In the course of one of these the two gentlemen took supper together at a hotel recently opened Mr Astor remarked This man will never succeed Why not inquired the other Dont you see replied the financier what large lumps of sugar he puts in the sugar bowl Once as they were walking slowly to a pilot boat which the old gentleman had chartered for a trip down the harbor har-bor Dr Cogswell said Mr Astor I have just been calculating that this boat costs you 25 cents a minute Mr Astor at once hastened his one pace reluctant re-luctant to waste so much money |