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

full rein. The three young men changed
the form and matter OF the paper radically
haven't failed. On the contrary. they have
forged ahead.
The Sons of Actors.
Great actors Of a recent period have not
had their names perpetuated by their sons.
There are no Booths. or Barretts or Wal
lacks. Davenports name il represented
but the woman who plays over II Is no
longer young. Tommaso Salvint and Ed
ward Sothern. neither of whom was an
American. have sons who have won success,
ana j. X. Emmett is still on the play bills
The poets and literary and newspaper
men have been successful In their sons
where they have had any.
The son Of Oliver Wendell Holmes is n
highly respected Judge in Massachusetts
Julian Hawthorne. son of the great Ne,y
England author, without having his fathers
great genius Is an industrious and success
tui author. The William Lloyd Garrison of
today Is writer of uncommon power
Charles A. Dana still wields the scepter
IN the New York Sun Office. but his SON Paul
- : ms cnieI assistant and has many OF his
fathers characteristics. Gilbert A. Jones.
Son OF George Jones. one of the founders of
the New York Times. and it's manager now
" genius. though not In a literary way
t Sp1n plans conceived by him the old Times
building was torn down and the present
haadsome building erected. and vet the
eutors, reporters and printers continued at
their various tasks without moving to other
attention at the time
Joseph Pulitzer. tr., son OF the proprietor
OF the world, is not yet arrived at manhood
b put ne Is being carefully trained to take
Eliot +. Shepard Jr., son of the late editor
OF the New York Mall and Express, is grow
ing up tall, handsome stripping. very like
mis- father. He is a bright boy and he too
is expected to become an editor. for the
Mail ana Express has not been sold vet and
is still part Of the Shepard estate.
Cnauncey Depew, jr.. is another lad who
Is fast approaching manhood, and a very
accomplished lad he promises to be- Mr..
Depew hopes for great things from Buster"
who is bright and amiable and who like
his cultured mother and his famous father,
mas no lack Of brains to carry him through
The son Of Thomas L. James, ex-Post-
master General. IL another young man who
has Inherited his fathers brains and is like
~ to be heard OF in the financial world
some time in the future.
John G. Carlisie's son is seen often in New
York and much resembles his father whose
assistant he is in the United States Treas
ury Department.
Young Phil Armour, son of the pork king.
Is another young man very like his father,
or Will be when he grove stouter.
The late Cyrus w. Field was not so for
pected in view Of the fact that brains and
energy and audacfty have been character
fstic Of the Fields for generations David
Dudley Field. the famous turist. has been
more fortunate. His sons conduct the great
law business he built up. and conduct IL in
such a way that the octogenarian finds no
reason to complain when he visits the old
Office now and then.
This record might be stretched on and on
but 1t 10 needless for the examples given
show that the pat sayings that used to pass
for truth, to the eect that the sons of rich
men and ministers usually turned out badly.
We're sayings only. They were not truth.
1t ID not necessary to moralize or preach
here. but II II probably true that more de-
ponds upon the sort Of father and mother
a boy has whether he grows up a good man
or a dissipated fool than lies I'm the amount
of wealth he may be prospective heir to-
Brains and training count for as much
as money more often than We think
FOSTER COATES