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152. He was fond of walking. Occasionally he took a cab or a carriage for some special reason, though generally he used the street cars if going some distance. But as his activities were chiefly confined within a few blocks of his office, such as daily visits to the Stock Exchange and the trust company, he preferred walking as a matter of convenience as well as of health. He was simply doing what he liked to do, entirely aside from any question of economy. That was his old-fashioned way, and it was one reason of his lengthened vigor and activity.

An editorial in the Public Ledger of April 12th, after the inventory of the Williamson estate had been filed, ridiculed the suggestion of miserliness: "The living man, if he is inclined to be 'miserly,' does not give away money in millions, in thousands, in hundreds, or even in tens. The 'miser' hoards money and keeps it; and he hoards it for the sole purpose of keeping it as long as he lives—just as long as he can. He never gives away any of it for charitable purposes or any other. What a monstrous misapplication of terms it therefore is to couple such words as '