Mount Olympus

           Byeighto’clock,atwhichhourtheconferencewasset,theprincipalfinancialpersonagesofChicagoweretrulyinagreatturmoil.Messrs.Hand,Schryhart,Merrill,andArneelwerepersonallyinterested!Whatwouldyou?Asearlyasseven-thirtytherewasapatteringofhorses’hoofsandajingleofharness,assplendidopencarriagesweredrawnupinfrontofvariousexclusivemansionsandabankpresident,oradirectoratleast,issuedforthatthecallofoneofthebigquadrumviratetojourneytothehomeofMr.Arneel.SuchinterestingfiguresasSamuelBlackman,oncepresidentoftheoldChicagoGasCompany,andnowadirectorofthePrairieNational;HudsonBaker,oncepresidentoftheWestChicagoGasCompany,andnowadirectoroftheChicagoCentralNational;OrmondeRicketts,publisheroftheChronicleanddirectoroftheThirdNational;NorrieSimms,presidentoftheDouglasTrustCompany;WalterRysamCotton,onceanactivewholesalecoffee-broker,butnowadirectorprincipallyofvariousinstitutions,wereallenroute.Itwasaprocessionofsolemn,superior,thoughtfulgentlemen,andalldesirousofgivingtherightappearanceandofmakingthecorrectimpression.For,beitknown,ofallmennonearesoproudorvaingloriousovertheminortrappingsofmaterialismasthosewhohavebutnewlyachievedthem.Itissoessentialapparentlytofulfilinmannerandair,ifnotinfact,theprincipleof"presence"whichbefitstheroleofconservatorofsocietyandleaderofwealth.

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