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Publisher and Journalist
NORTHCLIFFE HIS IDEAL:
fINDS NOTED
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Yeung Millionaire Is Spreading Doc
trine of (iSce and Knew America.''1
Labors Leng Hours, but Has JVifc's
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ITI7HEN wealth nnd a great family
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That Is the rule, and the exceptions are few and far between; but
are exceptions.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., laboring under the handicap of a tee-well-known
name and mere wealth than Croesus had, became a cub reporter
la A New Yerk paper, and is today making geed.
And he is lnrgely making geed because he has a young wife who
flrarfsts that her husband must earn his own living, who insisted that he
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During his year of probation he lived en a salary of $30 te $40 a
'week, despite the fact that he might have drawn en thousands of dollars.
T 1920, month of April, after
Viewing his own and his wife's mil
lion dollars' worth of wedding gifts,
the returned te newspaper work and
a small salary, Just te show that he
meant it when he said, "I want te
de something worth while."
Ne career of the social butterfly
for Cornelius, Jr.; no Hfe of irre irre
spens.bility for this blue-eyed scion
of the Vanderbilt family; the height
of his amb'tien is te be accepted as
a journalist en his own merits and
his task has been no lead-pipe cinch.
He wants te own a string of news
paper?, and his ideal is the late Lord
NerthcliflV.
He was born in 1898, and, son of
Brigrdler General Cornelius Vander
bilt, engineer and specialist en loco
moth e boilers, he was fondled in the
"lap of luxury. But it didn't agree
with him. At a dance in his mother's
palatial home he met pretty Rachel
Littleton, daughter of the late -Mr.
and Mrs. Themas J. Littleton, of
Tennessee. And the lap of luxury
didn't agree with her either.
They were attracted te each ether,
,nd their mutual interests led them
ite talk about life with a capital L.
'"Earn Your Own Way,"
, Girl Sold, and He Did
"This world is changing," opined
the young woman, who is two years
Ifrennger thaa Cornelius, "and every
gttra will have te learn te leek after
jkfmself. I want you te live by whaf s
jPaatljr m yen I want you te rub
ifceaMeTs with the htrmblest of men
'ftad measure your ability with them.
;jTeu mustn't allow your wealth te
nelp yen, nor your name, but you
trratt fight ft eat alone. I believe In I
Jfrea. I think yen can de It." '
And Cornelius lived te find hfs
ealth and his name a handicap. The
war broke out nnd he enlisted. He
fceeame a chauffeur for Generals
Pershing, Haig and ethers, and later
fceeame chief wagener in the Thir
teenth Division. He was gassed
Jtwice, learned te live mere or less
Comfortably In mud, filth, en army
fchew and short rations.
Later army authorities sent the
jreung man te Camp Lewis, Wash
ington, as instructor in army trans
portation, nnd he was discharged i
honorably fiem bervice in 1919.
All this time he communicated
with Rachel, and once out of the
irmv. PnrnnliiiH Hntnrmtnnd fn trv I
bis hand at newspaper work.
"A long while back," he says, "I
made up my mind that newspaper
work was the thing cut out for me.
When the world was tern by terror
and bloodshed, it seemed te me that
newspapermen were playing the
biggest part in the gnme of rehabil-
itatien. When men of resource were
needed newspapermen were called in.
"It was the profession that seemed
te me te afford most chance for pub-
lie service. Te give folks the news
of the world honestly and impar -
tlally appeared te me te be the
biggest kind of service."
He scouted around, then, for a
New Yerk paper where he knew no
no; wncrc no one might wrongly
uspect that he would use his name
nd wealth te help him in his chosen
pftreer.
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the worst and the best, and before a
I year was up he had proved te him-
Be and te his sweetheart that he
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for Hia Life Career
His family did net enthusiastically
approve of his work. They wanted
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On April 29, 1920, he and Rachel
were married. More than 8000
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I has embarked en a career ai free
I lance interviewer nnd publicist
( He is new engaged In Interview
ing statesmen, politicians, financiers
1 and celebrities looming large in the
news, setting down their observa ebserva
1 tiens en Hfe and events with his own
hand and selling the product te
newspapers in the United States,
Cuba, France and England.
An hour's chat with young Van
derbilt te lcam his future plans and
what lies back of the selection of
Journalism as a profession developed
the fact that, although he Is having
the time of his blithe but entirely
1 serious and purposeful life, he hw
a much mere weighty goal.
He labors often far Inte the night
in a compact and plainly furnished
i suite of offices in New Yerk, en the
avenue bearing the family name,
within sound of arriving trains at
Grand Central Terminal, menumenb
te the transportation genius of his
great-great-grandfather, founder of
the multi-millions railroad dynasty
and the phrase, "The publle be
damned."
At twenty-fmrr Vanderbilt la work werk
ln lone, arduous tan In pursuit of an
earnest, consuming ambition. In prose
cuting his plana, he raid, he has been
obliged te relinquish most of his favorite
pastimes, for be la one of the meet pre
occupied persons In tmsy New Yerk.
la Given Ftrat Taste
of His Own Medicine
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less enterprising Americans, rich or
peer, talked with easy frankness and
enthusiasm of his ambitions and Ideals,
once an Interview was arranged.
"This la one of the first times I hare
been Interviewed," he said, with a plow
smile, "especially by a newspaper, and
I must say that although I have been
learning te Interview ether people and
te draw them out en topics uppermost In
their minds, I scarcely knew where te
begin myself."
Vanderbilt, who is tall, who baa an
enviable permanent ware in his hair,
whose dress and manners and working
quarters are alike unpretentious,
beamed from his clear and frank gray
blue eyes.
"Seme day I hope and expect te be
the publisher of a string of newspapers.
I haven't been advertising the fact, but
that is my real, ultimate goal. I was
Just a youngster when the newspaper
virus get into my veins. Frem the
beginning I hailed the idea of going
Inte the newspaper game with delight.
I must confess that I am mere enthm enthm
slnnrle ever it new than before. It is
a wonderful profession and it hRs enor
mous potentialities for geed. It Is be
cause I believe In this firmly, that it
has become a real mission with me te
make of myself as accurate, careful,
skillful and as fair a writer and re
porter aa I can,
"The Idea of evolving eventually into
a publisher has come te. me because of
my experiences as a New Yerk news
paper man and from what I have seen
and learned of the world and lta af
fairs. Telling the truth and telling
both sides about a matter worthy of
telling te the publle at all Is te me one
of the most Important sctlvltles thnre
la In the world.
Will Tell Beth Sides
and Let Public Judge
The pablle gets all of Its opinion"
and ideas en current events from the
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tremendous. In the uurrj f pub
llshlng what la net only a dully news
paper but oftentimes a dally magazine
thorp nrp bound te be occasional inae
ciirnelp.", of course, usually mere due
te Hip pen-eni who give out or suppress
facts tlinn te the newspapers thft pub
lish thorn. Hut beyond that point, it
seems te me that the most vital Ihlng
for n newspaper te de Is te publish the
npveral sides of a public question or
news event. If only one side is treated,
It gives the public a warped viewpoint.
"If I ever have newspapers of my
own, and I am sure I shall some day, I
Intend te make it my cardinal rule te
publish both sides of every story and let
the public be the umpire. It seems te
mc that Is what newspapers ere for and
after that they fairly give the side of
the underdog as well as of the one en
top."
Mr. Vanderbilt was asked what style
of newspaper, as new published, he
preferred.
"My preference is the very human
kind of a newspaper. I shall hope te
own nnd edit newspapers with a wide
appeal."
He Indicated that the name of Van
derbilt was net nlwnys en open sesame
In the obtaining of nn Interview In his
efforts te perfect nnd qualify hlmeclf te
become a publisher.
"It Isn't always se easy for me te
get Interviews with men of Importance,"
he said. "Sometimes my friends seem
te think thnt all I have te de is Jrmt
walk Inte a man's office, sit down and
make myself quite at home. Just be
cause my name chances te be Van
derbilt doesn't help me a darned bit
In that way. Often I have te sit around
and wait for a man two or three hours
before he can or will see me.
"When I was en the newspapers in
New Yerk my name didn't help me any,
either. They treated me in the news
paper offices Just as they did the rest
of the men, and honestly that really
pleased me very much, for I was net
looking for favors. I wanted te work
for everything I get and te earn It,
and I think I did.
"Many young people of today live
tee much en their names. They start
at the top Instead of at the bottom, nnd
expect th family name te keep them
there. '!jey talk in thousands, though
their i ermanent commercial value te the
community isn't higher than a Lincoln
penny.
First Pay Cheek Brought
Vanderbilt Just $30
"I get $80 a week when I get my
first newspaper Jeb en a New rerk
morning staff, and I told the ether fel
lows with whom I worked that I in
tended te live en my earnings. They
didn't eee hew I could de it and doubted
I could, but somehow I did. New,
whlle I am making some real money
en my own initiative as an independent
writer of news, selling it te a list of
papers, I have a heavy expense, al
though I make every effort for econo
my." Yeung Vanderbilt is unquestionably
In deadly earnest about his work and
puts all of his available time Inte it
te the exclusion of everything else. He
said that he was out of bed every morn
ing by 10, that he has a light breakfast
and then plays tennis for a half hour
pr hour for exercise se as te keep fit.
By neon he in at his office and "en
the Jeb." Assistants In his office said
he frequently is there until 12 or 1
o'clock at night and that he often
works en Sundays and holidays.
"My favorite outdoor sport is sailing,
and I have a fine sleep, but I haven't
been out in it this year mere than four
times. It has been suggested that I
might as well sell it for all the geed it
is doing me."
The biggest reporting Jeb that Van
derbilt has done was the' Disarmament
Conference at Washington, where his
colleagues said He was by far the young
est officially accredited news writer
present. He wrote for mere than 20,
000,000 readers.
"My work," Vanderbilt went en te
sny, "Is a matter of pride with me. In
trying te accomplish something con
structive and worth while I want te
rn my own way In the world and
make geed. This being a member of
a well-to-de family Is tee frequently a
very serious handicap when one has
such an ambition. I take the greatest
pleasure In my work. It Is neither a
fad nor a hobby with me.
"I personally write every line that
appears under my signature, end with
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tough Jeb at times. But I am yeunK
and keen en my work, se I can stand
the pressure. Eventually I expect te
spread out and take in European and
International topics and personalities
everywhere and greatly te extend my
scqualntanee among big men of affairs
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Wife stumbles after man.
Beys climb Inte their seats ever
pretceting corns of earlier patrons.
Fierce whispers reach their burning
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"It is surprising and dlsappelnttaa af
hew little the majority of these peinU '1
...,., vU.r uu cenniry, parties,
larly of the great Pacific Cost. r
nnui. iv cuijunNie mill Since I 'id,
covered' the Coast I have had no smbt.
tlen te visit Europe, though btfnt. i
made my happy discovery I went m
inere every year.
i "One doesn't have te crew the '
lantlc for ehnnge of scenery or te viewt
the world's wonders. These who llrii
In the East ought te turn their foet.l
steps westward te theso Ktntci waiW'i
by the blue waters of the Pacific. The;
pui ic an ever uurepe in diversity of
scenery ana ncaith-bulldlng surround,
lngs."
This young man's views en what sons
of rich men ought te de with their
time nnd money came te light In hli
discussion et the 6en of n Detroit auto.
mobile manufacturer, who, when asiti
what he Intended doing with a million
dollar legacy left him by his father,
replied :
"I intend te spend it in play and
travel."
"Wealthy Americans with iiH aeni
ought te think ever what that fellow
said," observed young Vanderbilt, vdA
a rather grim frown. "Toe many ten
with tee much money have the net
warped view of life as this callewD.
trelt youth. They play, travel, dnnee,
smeke, drink, meter de most every
thing except work. Yeu see then
Itolls-Reyclng along Fifth avenue,
New Yerk, wasting their best yean
and missing entirely the beet fun there
is in the world that of Industriously
earning an honest living.
"They kill afternoons In Washing
ton hotel lobbies. They amble along
Chicago's Michigan boulevard and
Broadway, Les Angeles, la all their
highly tailored uselessness. I over
heard one of them tell another recently
that he had a frightful bit of aevn te
report namely, that Jenes had te
rnelly gene te work. Beth yawned la
disapproval of Jenes' fatal resolution.
"The country swarms with then
vagrant sons who leek upon work is I
leprous thing te be avoided. The corn.
men tramp is sent te the workheui;
because, hating work, he is brandsl t
parasite en society. Are these idle teai
of the rich,ydesplsing work no less toil
the tramp, te continue te go tcet-fm
beeaaee they are spick and derbled ind
don't have te forage for a meal! If
they could knew the Inexpressible Jey
In a day's hard work our communi
ties would be blessed with a let aert
useful cltisens."
Lord Nerthcltffe Ideal
of Yeung Millionaire
The peer little rich boy, who nsver
wae peer in the monetary sense, who
Is "peer" no longer in the matter of
n purposeful life, sits in his offlee in
his shirt sleeves, thumping hours In
and hours out en his faverlts typo type
writer. Net unlike meet young men be
his "here," his Inspiration, and It U
none ether than the late Lord North Nerth
cllffe. Wx weeks before the death of
the great English publisher young Van
derbilt received a letter from him. And
It Is one of his most priceless posses
sions. "It was a great regret te ms,M ob
served Vanderbilt, "that I had net re
ceived his autographed photograph frea
htm. Hs premised it te me. I knew
the viscount well, and I admired hli
astounding Journalistic feats. Once he
made me an offer te go eat te the
Far East for him as correspondent, bet
because of my own plsns I was unsM
te go, M
"When I am a publisher of daflles,
and the young man has something of
the enthusiasm and the penetration of
the poet in his eyes when he talks
that way. "I expect te model them
In a general way after the Nerthclin
papers."
And this dresmfnl vennx man Is con
fident of himself. His confidence ti'
anything but unllkable. He has the
confidence which comes first of all from
the pardonable assurance of the power
of a widely known family name i but
the most commendable portion of n
confidence grows out of the faltn is
him which his wife holds.
One must llve up te the conception
that flowers in the heart of a lovee
one one simply must measure up te
the faith of a young and devoted wire,
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flick by. When he comes up the seen
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