Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1913 — Little Henry Stewart and His Portable Stove [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Little Henry Stewart and His Portable Stove

DETROIT. Mich.—Henry Stewart. 267 Philadelphia avenue west, fa ten yean old and attends school regularly. Also, he sells newspapen at Hamilton boulevard and Plngfee avenue Every morning be is out of bed at 6 o’clock and a half hour later Is on the job. His list of customers Is rapidly Increasing and he Is well satisfied with the business outlook, being confident that the city Is prosperous and that the country Is safe. Bat while he is so energetic and has such a quick eye for business that he has driven two competitors off the job. not by unfair means, but by being present when papers were wanted and adding another regular to his customer list, he wouldn't do for some public service corporations. The reason is that. Instead of regarding thepublic merely as a source of revenue, he has a desire to bejof some service to the public. } \ That Is why he l|gs a stove to hie corner each morning. It Is not much of a stove, having been manufactured from a bread, tin, but it furnishes warmth and mary idea of a stove, appearance being Alto. It li jlght and '

not so difficult to transport and the transportation problem has to be studied when you do business on a street corner. "A bonfire would he all right for me," he said, "but the customers don’t like the smoke. They don’t kick about this atove.” Nor do they. During the frequent waits for somewhat infrequent cars, they stand close to the tin contrivance, the handiwork of the boy, and soak in heat from the wood be gath ered. Warm hands also find pennies more readily and Henry's work is now ended at 7:30 In the npornlng Instead of 7:46, while he sells more papers “The public be ——Not a bit of It "The public be warmed," Is his motto