Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-30


I l saw in short walk around the stock
! exchange the other day young John A.
/ Logan, young Evarts, son of a famous and
/ brafny father. young Mcclellan, fated to
stand high in the councils of the democ-
| racy, and other men born Of distinguished
/ fathers and making fortunes for them
selves.
| Is there anything hereditary in the mat
! ter of brains?
Do brainy men endow their sons with a
legacy OF brains?
| What is there in what Is so freely known
! as good blood or stock"
There are sons of ex-Presidents Of the
| United States and Of men who have gained
prominence In public life who may first be
| brought into evidence. Robert Lincoln
who mas given up diplomacy as an over
expensive pursuit, is practiclng law and
| maAing S2o.UU year. He has not the
| remarkable qualities OF his great father
| Out he Is a very able man and has main
tained the preStige or the name OF Lincoln
| IN both public and professional LIFE his
| son who died u few years ago was also a
emp OK the Old block. Frederick Grant was
NOT considered very bright when he was a
| youth, put ne has shown that ne possesses
| many OF MS fathers qualities and mas sue
ceedeu Doth as representative Of his
country abroad ana iatterly business
man. Ulysses 5. Grant, 1r., has lnishcu
sowing has wild oats and is also holding
MS Own IN the world. webb c. Hayes, SOU
OF eA-President Hayes, Is prosperous BUSH
LESS ,a.., man IN Cleveland ana James A. and
marry GARFIELD are prosperous lawyers in
the same town. Alan Arthur, son OF ex-
PRESIDENT Arthur, is q lawyer Russell
HARRISON is one of the most bustlinY and
iefaie MINDED OF busin esS men, I'D TO his
eyes IN schemes of one sort or another
Public men who did not achieve the presi-
dency have been Just as fortunate in their
sons. The two eldest OF Mr.. blaiue's sons
were IN every way credit The son of
tis Old Roman, Allan ,r. Thurman, has
H I0und his way to the front in politics In
and Hamilton Fish in New York SCHUYLER
Coiiax, Jr., and Samuel Randall, jr, though
sun young, have shown that they have In
herited brains from their Fathers
So too with the great soldiers OF the war.
Inc sons OF Grant have been already cited.
one or the sons OF Gen. Sherman, Father
-om Is Jesuit priest who has already
won nigh reputation for learning and
oratory. Gen. Sheridans son Phil. a bright
young Fellow like his father, is to 70 to West
Point. ~
George n. Mcclellan.
george Is. Mcclellan, jr.. though still q
young man is already a prominent figure in
New York state politics and is sure to be
sent ahead by the men now in control
Cen Fighting Phil Kearney's son has
| peen Tor some time prominent IN military
matters in his state. The son of Gen Roger
| A. Pryor is manager of his father'a law
offiee in New York city. Lew Wallace. ir'
| Is also rising lawyer The son of Gen o.
.. Howard graduated from West Point with
credit and is on his fathers STAFF, and SO
the list goes.
1t is In financial circles that, the virtue of
incredibly finds the strongest practical argu-
| ments. 1t is a fact that the sons of the
men who have been railroad kings and
| financial magnates have inherited their
fathers keenness and that they have rarely
been ruined through over psmpering or in
diligence.
The vanderbiIts.
Take the Vanderbiits. But one OF them
ever did anything to disgrace the family
and when he got to the end of his tether he
the present head of the house, was a model
! boy as he is a model man. He inherited
| all the shrewdness Of his father and grand
| father. The same is true Of his brothers.
Cornelius Vanderbilt lost his eldest son
| who would now be in the first flush of
| manhood but when he was living he showed
| that he was a true Vanderbilt Two others
| of the present. Vanderbilts have sons and
| they too are Of the old stock in their ways.
The same Is true of the present genera
| ton Of the Astors. William Waldorf, who
has settled in England, was always q model
| young man Of scholarly tastes and with an
ambition to shine in literature rather than
| finance. His cousin John Jacob Aston was
looked upon as being rather gay until he
| married couple of years ago. He has
| since settled down to business in grim earn
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| forethought-and hindsight too.
The Gould Boys.
The Gould boys, George, Eddie and How
ard, have all inherited their fathers ability
| though Howard. the younger. has had but
| little chance as yet to show what sort Of
metal is In him. George has always been a
| man OF business even before he came to
manhood's years, his one dissipation being
! the theater. Eddie was inclined to be q
high roller and a plunger In Wall street
until short time before his fathers death,
when he was brought UP with round turn.
Since his marriage a couple Of years ago he
has settled down and Is now attending
strictly to business.
The sons Of August Belmont. the famous
| banker and representative. are two other
young men who have not offered what
their father left them. Perry Belmont
made q good record in Congress when he
| was very young man. but his time Is
now taken up in managing banking houses.
August, though inclined to be sporting
character. is also a good business man.
Foxhan Keene. son Of James r. Keene,
about town and the best cross country rider
| in the neighborhood of New York. At the
same time he is the right-hand man OF his
| father in business and is very clever.
The son of d. o. Mills is his fathers pri-
vate secretary and confidential agent He
is q handsome, suave young man, clever
| and cautious and his father trusts him I'M
plicitly and 1t would seem with good rea-
| son.
Edwin Green, son Of Hetty Green, who
il worth some $50. 600. 600. is one Of the most
| unassuming young men one could wish to
meet quiet alike in dress and manner and
devoted to his brainy though somewhat &C.
| centric mother.
The late Charles d. Pratt, the famous
Standard Oil magnate and level-headed phi
lanthropist, left rich two sons, George and
Harry, both chips Of the old block and
manly, democratic young fellows both of
whom are Just entering upon business life.
Both were famous foot ball players at Am
herst College, and both are sturdy speci-
mems of young American manhood They
inherit more millions than is good for most
young men to have, but this money Is not
likely to spoil them. Harry Beecher, an
other bearer of a famous name, was a great
foot ball player too, and bids fair TO be-
come a more than ordinarily successful law
yer
John W. Mackey, son of the Bonanza
King" and his counterpart in appearance
used to be a pretty wild boy. but latterly he
has settled down and. as his father ex-
presses It, has got his gait"
The young Floods and Fairs have not
done so WELL
William NJ Evarts' sons are lawyers with
the exception of Prescott, who Is an Episco-
pal clergyman, with a growing reputation.
The son of Supreme Court Judge Harlan IS
a minister of growing renown. The son of
the late Judge Rainsford is also a popular
New York pastor.
Frank Talmage, son Of DR.. Talmage who
is a youthful edition of his father is a