The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-01-04
BY Pierre Rosin.

by IlSfie tkOSlH.
uuz,> AR1Rs. January s.-rhe late
- Frederick Krupp, who. 1t is said,
died from the onslaughts of lib
elous enemies, was the Steel King of Ger
many. He left almost one hundred mil
lions to his daughter. and an income of
over ten millions year. She is the
greatest heiress In all Europe. He was
singular and unusual character. He fol-
lowed In 1900 the example set by his IA
Their In sending steel guns to the Universal
exhibition. The siege guns of the Elder
Krupp WERE it may be remembered the
lions of the Champ de Mars In 1867. None
of the French sightseers who Tested about
them foresaw to what use they would be
turned three years later. Essen had
enabled the Prussans to defeat Austria
In the previous year, and its forge master
suddenly won underworld fame. The
Krupp, who has just died, could have
only been small boy In 1867. But 1t APP
pears that he remembered the crowds
that issued to go, as If drawn by mag
net, to see his fathers steel guns. He
went to great expense to have fine show
at Camp de Mars. But within thirty
years the French had stepped out as me-
tall1rgists, and some of them did as well
at The 1900 exhibition as the German Steel
King The United States which had no
steel manufactures to show in 1861 held
an almost tip-top place at the World
Show held two years ago.
Frederick l<rupp took all his rivalry Sc
riously. He had hired house in the
Champs Elysees, and though he hated to
spend money In show, lived in handsome
STYLE He daily went to the exhibition to
study the shows of his rivals. Those of
France to which he devoted most time
were those of creuzot and the FORCES ct
Chantiers de la Medteranee. He enter
tanned iron-masters with whom he became
acquainted at restaurant lunches and din
ners In the Champ de Mars. Dinner par
ties bored him. He showed himself a
passionate lover of music. and paid high
er fees than any one else to those he Daoe
to his house Krupp grudged no price to
a caterer for amusement who succeeded
in charming his ears or in making him,
laugh. He seemed thoroughly bored. We
know that he took keen interest in his
business. But he hated the dark gray
sky OF North Germany, the din and smoke
snd CRIME of his forges, and the Sunday
look Of the population. He felt glad to
be in the enlivening surroundings of his
Champs Elysees residence. The Parisans
seemed to him to be in the enjoyment OF
perpetual holiday. Their capacity to
lieved the tension of his nerves.
Without being at all dandy, Krupp
dressed carefully, and had a valet who
understood his business His height took
from his portliness. The carriage was that
of man who had a weight of care and
responsibility upon him. He slightly
stopped, and in walking threw forward
the upper part of his body. The long face,
originally narrow had grown heavy, and
tt-fi tlar L..
cheeks and chin. A very full under lip
had looseness that hardly betokened
firm character, and he did nothing to hide
this defect by training the moustache to
cover his mouth. Krupp had a we'll
shaped and slightly aquiline nose. The
bridge bore well the golden-rimmed spec
tacles which half concealed the buginess
of pale blue eyes, embedded in puffed out
lids. There was a touch of German home
illness In his appearance, and he had the
loose build of so many of his country
men. He had the name of being a lover
of champagne, though 1t was said he
never drank 1t to excess. Frau Krupp did
not seem to enter much into his life He
had made up his mind that the ironworks
must last as permanent institution and
he trained his eldest daughter to take mis-
place as a captain of the greatest indus
try in Germany. He took lively inter-
est, perhaps, for this reason In French
women who directed business houses. He
believed that very great capabilities We're
latent In German women, but that their
husbands held them down and prevented
the development of their minds.
Krupp found an earthly paradise in that
pearl of the Mediterranean, Capri He
always left 1t with sorrow, and felt i'm
patient to return. He stood in the same
relation to its picturesque population, and
to the Neapolitan musicians who used to