The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-06

ean family newsrapsr ho had won thl
friendship f LonRfsll0w, Emerson, Lowell
holIneA. Whittisr, John Lothrop, Motley
William Cullen BRYANT, George Bancroft
thAnisl Hawthorne. Warrington Irving
and q scare Of other writer's illustri0us Il
american literature. Mr.. Childa' m8noris
or these msn. embracing original and copi.
Gus extracts from their correspondence will
him, are q most interesting feature in hi
bOok. ~ may be said OF Mr.. Childs tina
both az home abroad he has had til,
friendship and confidence OF Representative,
men, because the aim or his life han beer
for the highest and the beat. The hes,
newspapers. the beat books, the bsat work.
men and the highest wages have been hin
motto. A good mans fame precedss him
everywhere. Mr.. Childs requires no intro.
duction in America or in Europe. States
men, prime ministers, members OF OAbi.
nets, bishops and archbishops abroad, say
ing nothing Of our own illustrious men,
have been his guests.
the fret letters to each him bore greetings
from Charles observation-disclosures to Eng
land" When he took his departure Charles
Dickens olaspsd his hands and said; Good
by. God bless youv' aud tho tears were in
his eyes. Among MIR. Chiids' many rate
ana invsluaele autographs, manuscripts
\ historical souvenirs are pages Of "Our
Mutual Friend" in Dickens " hand
writing.
Mr.. Childs has given away fortunes for
the well-being of others, he has relieved the
needy, he has deemed that the laborer who
his hire, he has contributed literally to all
deserving charities, he has built costly and
beautiful monuments to honor the memory
OF great men n noble deeds. In his
"Reminiscences" he tells US: .If asked
what. as the result Of my experience, is the
greatest pleasure in life. I should say doing
good to others" Aud he adds this pregnat
comment: Being generous grows on ono
just as being mean does. The disposition
to give and to be kind to others Mould be
inculoated and fostered in chlldren. 1t
seems to me that is the way to improve the
world and make happy the people who are
in it,"
1t is we'll known that he built a fountain
to the memory Of Shakespeare at Stratforl-
on-Avon: that he caused to be placed in
Westminster abbey memorial windows to
Herbert, Cowper and Milton. He caused q
monument to be placed over the previously
unmarked grave Of Leigh Hunt in kensal
Green; he rendered a similar service to the
memory Of Edgar Allen Poe; he was also
the largest subscriber for q memorial win
dow to Yhoma Moore in the church at
Browhan,, where Moore and Bessie are
In 1865 he gave to the printers OF
Woodlawn, and he endo wed
- "AeA q Aibc!0A AuAu Avg ACoPlAk tAc
grounds in order.
As a citizen and family man MI. Childs
bears the most enviable reputation. In
he lives in a brownstons palace in the
most desirable portion Of the city. In the
he has spent fortunes with Mr..
Drexel in building model houses with parks
groves amid the loyeliest of Pennsylva-
MAS historic regions. Every known i'm
for health, comfort and pleasure
been introduced in these ideal country
seats. Perfect drainage, gas, water, steam
heat, Libraries, schools, churches and mag
drives aud boulevsrds hsve sprung
up as If by magic at Wayne. st. David's, on
the Pennsylvania railroad, about fifteen
miles northwest of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Childa is a granddaughter Of Judge
John Bouvier and her mother, the wife of
E. Peterson, ND. the publisher,
wrote treatises on astronomy that were
by Sir John Herschel and Lord
Mrs. McCarter is Mr.. Child's
niece, and Mr.. McCarter is a lawyer. Miss
Peterson is also a niece.