Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-08
HERR KRUPP ALWAYS HUNGRY
with nm Income of $3,SO0, GOO the Great Gun-MaRxer of Germnny
 Never Had EnouGh 70 Eat,

Interesting "reminiscences of the late Frederic Alfred Krupp have recently been made public by friend who passed much time with him on the island of Capri, says tho New York Sun.
 Much of his time there was spent 9n making trips on the water to con- tinue the deep sea investigations in which he' was deeply interested. His invariable companions were @ noted German scientist who has villa at Capri and O young instructor from the University at Krakau, in whom Herr Krupp took great interest for whose future he had already made every arrangement.
 He never made himself popular in the ordinary sense of the word. His chief social pleasure was to make friends among the people.
 He was quite inaccessible to ' the guests atSthe' Capri hotelsMvho sought him outEas a celebrity. So the for eign colonysheld' him ltoSbe disagree able, whichEwas wholly unjust yer dict. In realitya Herr Krupp was 0 moderate, simple, almost shy man, who allowed others to follow their own ways of life and without pre- tense asked for himself merely the same right N .. X.
 One of the greatest paradoxes in the life of. the great ironmaster was the fact that in spite of hisyfortune of $3o,ooo,ooo and d@his yearlys income of $3,5o0,0oo, he nearly starved. He ate according to a. most rigid ,Schwenin- ger regime, Staking barely senoughS to keep himself alive, and the poorest4la- borer that he employed, enjoyed more comforts of the table than he. Wine he never touched under any circum- stanes. 2#GH,, .- ,S ,.
 During his, s,wholeslife his health was poor, and that, combined with his great business responsibilities, gave him at 45i something, of the look of an old man. And he always looked more than his age.
 He was simple and direct in conver- sationN and the requirements of his business ,leds himAto express as much aS possible in the ffewestAwortis. He spoke English oniy4 moderately we'll, although. he knew < the language as welFtas his own. M
 He was absorbed to allSworks of artt and music and dShis.generous en- couragement&to@t thesartists whose pic tureslhe bought4helpet many of them on their career. He was. especially iberals to sthepartists at Capri, and "Sold to Krupp" was a,familiar legend in the windows of the picture shops in spite of his efforts toSputsan end to this harmless advertisement.
 He also took great interest in the music of islanders and used to pay the{ natives to sing their folk song in the hotel for the enjoyment of himself andSthe other guests. One year he took back with him to Ger many, 8 house.apainter And4 mason to sing for his guests atfhome the songs of the natives. 6sea <
 He,talso tookswith him to Essen, in order that he might undergo the Schweninger cure, the 2keeper ofyone of the hotels }frequented {by the na- tives. Many of the inhabitants of Capri. are said to have reason to re- member. his generosity whichiw was fire quently oftthe most unostentatious, even secretive character. And his pub- lie benevolence,w was enough to make him loved by, all the island people, whatever the feelings of the1foreign colony toward him may have'been.