Show the boyhood of famous vr 1 J V Is americans american S fitzgerald henry the english language was vas not easy tor for the ten year old boy who had just come to this country from southern germany lie ile had his greatest dim culty pronouncing the dip diphthong thong th so he said over 11 and ad over again day in and out for weeks theophill us thistle T li 1 s 11 c the great thistle sifter sifted one steve sieve full of thistles whistles es it 1 h r 0 u g li 11 the thick of tits lila thumb in order to overcome tile the handicap this method together with hard and conscientious study enabled him to gain a command of tile the language rapidly and to keep up with tits his class in the new york public schools it was characteristic of henry ll orgen as a boy to do filings thorough tho ly and leave nothing in his power undone that he might master ills immediate task the trait helped min him in gaining a fine education in the land of his adoption to become a commanding figure in the real estate and financial worlds and to achieve a signal success 3 as a diplomat when he was named as ambassador bas to turkey lie ile was born in mannheim germany lit 1850 lie ile little thought when as a youngster he was thrilled at song festivals and exhibitions of gymnasts that lie would grow to mans estate and gain fanie fame in a coi country across the son sea ills his father was as a wealthy cl cigar gar manufacturer and the boy henry was the ninth of eleven living children ue was a good student as a lad in germany helped in his studies by a cultured other mother and father ile he knew the works of schiller and goethe as it a little fellow but perhaps perli aps tits his greatest achievement in the place of ills his birth in his own opinion at the time was when he successfully passed the swimming test tried by youngsters 0 of f athletic tendencies ile he breasted the rhine current for half an hour bour in qualifying for the coveted title of chine swimmer not long after this the elder mor gelthaus Een gen thaus prosperous business met with reverses ps through an american law tile the family came to tills this country the Morgen thaus arrived in ISM after an eleven day trip they took up their residence in brooklyn A few months later they moved to manhattan the young newcomer to america soon grasped tile the intricacies of the language of its his adopted country abanks to Ms his perseverance per and his novel methods ile he had a natural aptitude for arithmetic and by strict to his studies he be was able to reach the highest class 11 in tits his school in short order then lie qualified fled for admission to the city college standing well up tip among successful candidates su in the group of applicants ile he got his first job as an errand boy in a law office during the vacation months tile the pay was 4 a week part of his duties consisted of copying in and serving papers lie he joined a good library took special courses in debating and elocution devoted much time to grammar and compo sAlon and read widely of good literature lie he finish ills his course at city cal college lege ills father hild had met with further financial reverses in this country and young henry had to put his shoulder to the wheel helping tile family as much as lie he could financially ills father wanted him to enter a civil engineers gi office and study that profession but tile fifteen year old boy was convinced that he lacked proper foundation in mathematics to snake make a go 0 of it IL so he became an office boy agreeing to help with tile the books in an insurance office in here dere lie he drew a weekly wage of 96 6 after a few months lie he went to work in a wholesale house at 10 a week the next year saw him bark back in a low law office by this time ills his mind was made up to become a lawyer ile he systematized ill his life so as to get in a maximum amount of work and still have time for study and exercise his recreation consisted of walking and reading ile he was up every morning at six and took a walk or exercised at home then lie he rode on a horse car to reach ills his work the journey to downtown new york from ills his home i mas a slow one tile the lad devoted the time to tile the rending reading of good books ile he delit mc accounts counts of ills his e in those dais A typical entry was car fare 10 cents dinner 15 cents sundries 2 cents ile he was nineteen years old when he entered the columbia university law school in ile he kt gilt a job tench teach ing school at 15 a week ile he spent nil all the time he could spare in libraries tie he attended as many lectures as lie ile could and listened to the famous preachers of 0 the day ho made notes on what nhat he heard ile he was a wide ulde reader ot of the newspapers lie ile ans admitted to the alie bar la in 1877 later lie became interested in real estate and did much to develop N new e w york tork into tile the metropolis it la Is today lie he has hag given of ills his to social bervice and 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