Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1901 — Jay Gould’s Timely Hint. [ARTICLE]

Jay Gould’s Timely Hint.

“I called upon Jay Gould once to ask him for a rule that would bring me success in my work,” said Edward Boyer, principal of one of the finest grammar schools in New York City. “Every one who knew Jay Gould knew that he was a preoccupied man—that his thoughts were usually far away from the present acene. I was Introduced to him by a friend, but I felt that he was scarcely conscious of my presence. We had planned to make some startling remark to attract his attention, and, as I did so, the great financier looked at me for a second as If he saw me for the first time. Then I put my Important question. ‘What Is your business?’ he asked, as quick as a flash. ‘I am a schoolmaster,’ I replied. ‘Then let other people do the work.* The advice was to the point, and has proved itself invaluable.”—Success.