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As he sat on the bench if a lady passed him with her shoulders back and head up, and looked straight to the front, as if she did not care if all the world did gaze on her, then he studied her bonnet, and by the time it was out of sight he knew the shape of the frame, the color of the trimmings, and the crinklings in the feather. I sometimes try to describe a bonnet, but not always. I would not try to describe a modern bonnet. AS HE SAT ON THE BENCH IF A LADY PASSED HIM WITH HER SHOULDERS BACK AND HEAD UP AND LOOKED STRAIGHT TO THE FRONT AS IF SHE DID NOT CARE IF ALL THE WORLD DID NOT GAZE ON HER THEN HE STUDIED HER BONNET AND BY THE TIME SHE WAS OUT OF SIGHT HE KNEW THE SHAPE OF THE FRAME THE COLOR OF THE TRIMMINGS THE CRACKLINGS OF THE FEATHER I SOMETIMES TRIED TO DESCRIBE A BONNET BUT NOT ALWAYS I WOULD NOT TRY AND DESCRIBE A MODERN BONNET
ho you are. But if you cannot get rich in Philadelphia you certainly cannot do it in New York. Now John Jacob Astor illustrated what can be done anywhere. He had a mortgage once on a millinery-store, and they could not sell bonnets enough to pay the interest on his money. So he foreclosed that mortgage, took possession of the store, and went into partnership with the very same people, in the same store, with the same capital. He did not give them a dollar of capital. They had to sell goods to get any money. Then he left them alone in the store just as they had been before, and he went out and sat down on a bench in the park in the shade. What was John Jacob Astor doing out there, and in partnership with people who had failed on his own hands? He had the most important and, to my mind, the most pleasant part of that partnership on his hands. For as John Jacob Astor sat on that bench he was watching the ladies as they went by; and where is the man who would not get rich at that business? CE WHERE YOU ARE AS WHO YOU ARE BUT IF YOU CANNOT GET RICH IN PHILADELPHIA YOU CERTAINLY CANNOT DO IT IN NEW YORK NOW JOHN JACOB ASTOR ILLUSTRATED WHAT CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE HE HAD A MORTGAGE ONCE ON A MILLINERY STORE AND THEY COULD NOT SELL BONNETS ENOUGH TO PAY THE INTEREST ON HIS MONEY SO HE FORECLOSED THAT MORTGAGE TOOK POSSESSION OF THE STORE AND WENT INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VERY SAME PEOPLE IN THE SAME STORE WITH THE SAME CAPITAL HE DID NOT GIVE THEM A DOLLAR OF CAPITAL THEY HAD TO SELL GOODS TO GET ANY MONEY THEN HE LEFT THEM ALONE IN THE STORE JUST AS THEY HAD BEEN BEFORE AND HE WENT OUT AND SAT DOWN ON A BENCH IN A PARK IN THE SHADE WHAT WAS JOHN JACOB ASTOR DOING OUT THERE AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PEOPLE WHO HAD FAILED ON THEIR OWN HANDS HE HAD THE MOST IMPORTANT AND IN MY MIND THE MOST PLEASANT PART OF THAT PARTNERSHIP ON HIS HANDS FOR AS JOHN JACOB ASTOR SAT ON THAT BENCH HE WAS WATCHING THE LADIES AS THEY WENT BY AND WHERE IS THE MEN WHO WOULD NOT GET RICH IN THAT BUSINESS
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