The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

NNeT knOW. fie WQutN nave h"Ahinh il
his home that was no, the costlest OF
It's kind. His money brought to 1t the
hearts and souls OF the old painters. Eu-
rope delievered up her choicest bits OF
and delicate Arabian. Indian and Persian
was used to beautify his walls and his
floors. Rare old tapestries. almost price
less curtains wrought IN the recesses OF
the orient came out of their hiding places
In stores of the bronze merchants OF the
East TO give comfort to the peerless ner-
chant OF tho West IN his marble house.
more choice of material than A. L. stew
art.
Then when al, was ready, he turned
degree OF art or genius of AT or letter
that he could not smile upon in appre-
caution. He was flat;cred by brilliant
epplauded So il was he spent the last
years Of his l.fc. But all this elefsance
and beauty and rarity. even the upturn-
forced and unnatural. The yeurs OF trade
had nodded him. He was grooved. At
heart he was u merchant. ana MS We
bbeerins was thin In ls ne d,sd
cluhhouse. II may some day he used
| Tor lc.ail millinery shop. 1t lies in the
upward movement of this trade on Ftfth
avenue. Time is not constant TO human
purposes. when MIR. stewards will was
examined II was found that he had des-
| ighated Judge Hilton as ~, executor ana
!
left behind Judge Hilton intrusted the
active management OF the business 20
| his four snns. and 1t Inns been N Their
| hands. or In the hands OF one or more OF
| them. since tho death of - founder.
| lnti 1894 the wholesale ana reta.t der
| nartmcnis were run in weak imitation
| l3u, In that year Mr.. Hilton decided 10
nhandon the Wholesale business. Other
! tuuses lad sprung up. and were treating
| Tie Old house IN much the SAM way as
/ SO warts DpnSe had treated tho fash
! icnahle rival next door to him seventy
1 years ago.
/ Inc abandonment, of the wholesale house
! IS, by some, traced In large Part TO a
| rather gratuitous affrOnt upon q great
| race of people, who themselvos are I'M
| pc rtan, integers in the life Of any Whole
| sale trade. Mr.. Ililton's infringement of
! the big Union Hotel at Saratoga from
| which he excluded this class Vt citizens.
| did much TO inirrc him That mistake
| pursued him to the end In the concerns Of
| the wholesale house in this city, aud is no
! doubt partly responsible for the utter OBJ
/ liberation Of evcrything breathing the life
| Of trade that remained of the once great
| trader In 1892 ;he firm consisted of Ed
| ward g. Hilton, Henry G.. lulton, Albert
| IL Hilton ana Frederick Hilton These
! gentlemen wee sons of Judge H!lton. An
uihcr partner was John NJ. Hughes. who
/ was the husband of one Of the Hilton
! girls In lNN Edward G.. Hilton married
! Miss Dorothy Philips of Washington, Ile
/ Mas Tia" l-drls representative OF the house,
! ara was not as modern as wcrc hts broth
/ crs in business ideas. For this r'ason hts
/ in crest WAS acquired by thu othtr broth
1 CTS, aud he retired. Henry g. nm nu's in
/ forest was purchased by the firm m iS13.
| ana be rctircd. The youngest son nf tina
I Judge Frederick Hilton. died abruad two
/ "HrS ago, aud this left only the r"nH r.
/ ing brother. Albert Il. Hilton, and John
! NJ hughes IN the house. Last vt MIR.
Hughes sold out his interest TO MI Hilton.
/ who hncamc the sole proprietor. Albert
! r.. Hilton is q very young mau to hay"
/ hpcu the head Of such a great hnus. as
! irca"~ucc. He Is only 32 years of age IT,
/ Is pr m mont IN society and widely
, known rluhmau
| And 80 the great house founded 10y
Stewart has been wrecked utterly
dragged down 10 ruin by the bad moth rs
| and the bad Judgment of tho man and
, the chill of the man into who's" possess on
camc tho trade palaces aud the millions
1 OF the greatest mschant of all the world