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Show I I I Dew and Due I Stories of millionaires t: I . , . i; (Chicago Tribune".) ,f J!,, Undo Hussell Had to Pay. !j 1' Ruuaell Sage seldom takes any J . amusement. His pleasure Is working tj Lj and jmtherlnj; In the gold eagles. Tet J - ' onco U;iclc Russell not only had to pay , 'f for tickets for an entertainment, but ' h i, he had to pay the second time. i; ii A few years ago Miss Helen Gould I y' T 1 gave a lawn fete at Lyndhurst on Hud- ' I ' son for the benefit of the navy branch 'f 'I 1 1 .of the Young Men's Christian associa- I - ' tlon. The tickets of admission were ?1 1 v'llJ each. Mr. and Mrs. Sage are close j , friends of Mlsa Gould, and she often i ' : entertains them. Mr. Sage bought two )h) tlckcta. h" On the afternoon of the lawn fete he U L ' V ' ' an( airs. Sage 'left New York for Irv- k ,'ri ' lngton, and thenci went to Miss ' V Gould'fl by stage. Miss Gould's orders i.J were that no ono should be admitted I i to the grounds without a ticket. The ' police' were on hand to enforce this command? ,M , The stage that Mr. and Mrs. Sage ak came In nas full o people. Tickets ; , i were demanded, and every one showed j ' bis excepting Mr. Sage. He fumbled i arpunri In all his pockets and kept the I' i stage and It3 occupants waiting for i about live minutes. f Finally he said: "I'm Russell Sage. ' . I I bought two tickets, but I havo for- l' ' action to bring them." , , The tlclcft man replied. "Mips Gould's ' j order Is that every one must havo a j ilckc. You are blocking the way; so ,i please give me 12 or stay out." I' I Mr. bage reached uown deep and ' brought out two old dollar bills and I handed them to the ticket man, heav- i isig a heavy sigh. The saddest part of l, tlit story wns that Mr. Sage found the III two missing tickets after he was In th'e 1 grounds. l i jk " t Saved Half the Bowl. ' Mr?. John D. Rockefeller, Sr., Is , known to be near. It Is reported that j she spends a great deal of her time In. j ' the kitchen and weighs every article j! that comes Into the house. This may , I or may not be so, but the following I ' W story is true: 1 1 Mrs. Rockefeller purchased an ordl- Jli ' iiary wooden chopping bowl, which cost n , ' 35 cents. One day while she was using ji It It slipped from her hands and fell to ll I i the floor and broke. It had been made ' j In two halves. One remained Intact, ' I while the other broke Into bits. The y whole half Mrs. Rockefeller picked up, j and the next time she drove to the vil- ' j lago she went to the hardware store where she bought it and asked the clerk j i to get her another half to match the I bowl. He said he would try. The pro- ,1 prietor sent to New York, and after ( l shopping around found it impossible j ' I to get another half, and so he sent Mrs. i Rockefeller a new bowl. j j The next day Mrs. Rockefeller j stopped at his store and cald she would j refuse to pay full .price, but Jf she could havo the bowl, for IS cents she would take It. He Let her have It. o Rockcfellor's Fir3t Check, It may seem strange, but for fifteen years John D. Rockefeller never signed his nnmo to a check. All his business was done by trusted men. In fact, his signature Is unknown to many banks In Now York City and vicinity. A small bank did a tow years ago receive a small amount of money to deposit In his name. It remained In the bank un-' un-' touched for some' time, when one day Mr. Rockefeller stopped In and going up to the cashier asked If he had not some money on deposit there. When told that he had ho asked how he could draw out some. This appears like a fable with a man so wealthy, but it actually happened. When told that he could draw a check he seemed greatly pleased, and wrote one out for 5100. He did this at different Intervals until all the money was gone. Then the bank negotiated with the head ofllce for another deposit. When told that Mr. Rockefeller had drawn out all the money, the chief clerk became Indignant Indig-nant and refused to place any money In the hank, saying: "We do not want ; Mr. Rockefeller going around drawing . out money In that way." It la not so now, for Mr. Rockefeller has his' private pri-vate account and carries a bqnk book with him. Wouldn't Pay tne irelght. That John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. is close is well demonstrated by the following story, which r, said to be absolutely true. Young Rockefeller wanted a safe for his wife's jewelry, and he wrote to a well known firm and asked them to notify no-tify him when they had a nice safe on hand. In n few days Mr. Rockefeller received word that the firm had a safe that they thought would suit him. He made an appointment, nnd went to see the safe the next day. The safe was a beauty, and Mr. Rockefeller appeared ap-peared to be well pleased with It. ' How rnuch is it?" he inquired. "Two hundred and fifty dollars." Mr. Rockefeller thought for a minute and then asked to see some other safes. He was shown through the building, and, after asking many questions as to prices, he bought one that cost $28. "How will we ship it, Mr. Rockefeller?" Rocke-feller?" the clerk asked. "That depends. What will it cost to Bend it to my home at Tarrytown?" "Fifteen dollars." Mr. Rockefeller again did some more thinking nnd then said: "Well, you may keep It here a few days. Our wagon will be down shortly and I will have it call for the safe." |