ONE OF THE STANDARD OIL CHIEFS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13390, 19 January 1907, Page 1 (Supplement)

ONE OF THE STANDARD OIL CHIEFS.

40> I havk never seen Mr. Rockefeller, but j T have seen Mr. Rogers. On the very I i last; night before I gave good-bye to New \ York I had the pleasure <>{ dining with I j my old friend Mark Twain. j Mr. Clemens —to call him by his name j ' in private lifeis now, I regret to say, ! in Mich poor, delicate health that during i the winter months he has to remain in- | doors most of the timecertainly after i sunset. j | I was only too delighted to have an i ! opportunity of meeting again a man whom '■ I regard as one of the greatest literary j figures- of his time—as great : -i pathos as | in humour, though the humorous side Juts j overshadowed the pathetic. It was a | small party of five, the host and myself i included. | Mr. Clemens, when 1 entered, introj duced me to a tall, slight gentleman with very while hair, a, white moustache, and a very kindly and gentle expression. He wore gold spectacles, and they add ed to the look of green and venerable and kindly old age. He spoke very little, was modest, self-effaced, unaffected—in short, I would have taken him for a solicitor who did a large family practice, or for | a university professor. 'lie made, upon me an entirely favourable impression, and I eaid with perfect sincerity, a,s 1 hade him good night, that I was very delighted to have had the opportunity of meeting him. j My white-haired, soft-spoken, simple, kindly friend was Mr. Rogers, of the Standard Oil Company, and the central figure of Mr. Lawson's remarkable and hot j indictment.— E. O'Connor", iu P.T.O. J