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Show CHARLES M. SCHWAB. Ur Prhn b Is one of the .most wlnlilc nion of the generation, t Is un well liilnnn.il. He ' ainvvn cxtrnnidlnary nbllltj'. 11 " a tnlmlcal expert nnd m ex curne as a nilesman, nn fsmij(-r nnd as a financier, lie hns ii u-emi-j and enduinncc, both l ni incntiil "a 10 000-horse trdyrinm as one of his subot ill's ill-'s di rih i him llrclesH. Incslst-' Incslst-' ppr hoiiHivi nnd fur-sighted, an lrlal mu so much so that ono ' cini i ion j which Mr. C.irnciilo ' U n when he consented to iwi Br ii woiks In the trust wns sir Siln b thould have the man-tnf man-tnf cli new tomhlnatlnn. for ho aml him t1(, gn-atest Industrial wttr he h 1 1 citr known. Hut with ""latum i,d uipnclty Helm alt H-om ,f u,p must Importunt es. "'Jiforn ueichsftil mnn. He docs i. ''"' moral llbcr, nor tho 'nor ih met, nor tho ilUcn Hon, l'nl.,1.' " nf Propriety, itnr tho ,", "' Mi -MniRiui, Ml. fni-liiii fni-liiii .. " ,kpf("'- Mr. milium". nil Mr i rkliiB and other of tho I soil" ' '" ll",1,icl'i n,ld Ihuus- ho.il""1""' st orlRln, without nlii. jnothii- in,, tilnt ncmlred outsldo anoi , ,h( )l)1sh lHll mf( ah i " ",l n"" "' culture. Mr. "it ii ii,,"""0 lK11 """ it""'"-"iiUf, it""'"-"iiUf, ery mom ho enters; , , ""' r himself tulle." us they t n, "" ' of rciiilliif.- his naino In 1 his Vi ' ' ,s ulniost nn uckless an hi. " ,lnr'' llH John (tntesj lT'a '" '"fv nrnunil ns If ho vveio not nwnro of lis value, and never counts the chnnge: he loves dlspluv, nnd seldom falls to kt his left hand know all about the transactions of his right lie Is tempeiatc In his habits, nnd free from what arc called fashion-able fashion-able vices," but both In l.urope nml In Ameilca he lias cut what Is usually termed "a wide swutli," und has not only got theio with both feet but hns hoisted of It fin nnd near. At Monte t'nrlo he made tho oldest (nimbler shiver nt the icckbssness of his pi iy: In Paris he astonished the most blnso observer of the nnllcs of American mll-llonalies. mll-llonalies. and Is slid to be the model for the Iciullne charncler In the npeia "l'lorodoiu" At Vienna he bhvo tho most ixpenslve dinner ever seived ut that oxtiaviigant capital The newsMpers nf every Kuropenn city wcio llllcd with accounts of his do. Ings nnd sujlngs, and they sounded familiar to those who have read tho stoiy of Monte I'rlsto I'pon his icturn In the I'nlted fetntes Ids notorletj was sustnlned by frequent publications nhiiut his luxurious apartments, lis sumptuous biiuiuels, his palatini pil-vato pil-vato lai, his elaborate preparation for arrnlis'whlch inost men would uefc-r" unnotlcid, and for his Miisallonn Plunging Into all forms of display and extravagance. It wns only n few weiks uho that the newspapers were llllid with (Unstinted descriptions nf tho mngnlllcent police he hns i Inuneil o build on Itlveisldo dilve. New Vnk, which Is Intended to suipass nil pilvnto residences In the world. Ills life Ins been n moving i Icture, nlwuys on exhibition and full of sensational sensa-tional Inter. st -William V. Cuitlss Nt w York letter In tho Chlcngo Rccoid-ilerald. |