The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14

Not long after. the man who had laughed at his partner began one oS the finest private art collections fin the country. In his spare moments he went to exhibits, studios and sales of ora paintings. One day he saw n bit or landscape. He liked it and bought It. He took 1t home and began ruh. ping the dust and dirt from the frame suddenly he stopped short, for the name of the painter had caught his eye. It was masterpiece of a famous art ISL Ills collection Is not series of names, although great names are there. including Innes. many times repeated. IL IS ms gallery, not a mere showy throwing together of famous works He has chosen what he likes. and most or all he enjoys a certain picture of waving wheat fields, and gets un re. freshed from looking at 1t. It is only month or two ago that he proposed to contribute $100,000 toward a public art gallery of Fine Arts. He enjoys Few evenings more than those spent with other enthusiastic, sincere lovers or art. He loves music and hears as much of 1t as he can. He reads and al. ways with purpose. He would like to be a good public speaker. but he knows his limitations. and appears only before technical meetings where he is an authority.
 While he was still a young man in Ironton he was down at the wharves one day. when one of the river steam CTS landed. and a large and forlorn looking family were put or the boat because they could not pay their fare The young fellow was interested in a moment. After seeing that they were located as comfortably as possible on the dock. he hurried to the town to get some aid for them. The first man he saw was a prominent and wealthy business man who spent some minutes in telling the young man how he ad- mired such generous spirit. and then gave him so cents. He decided that it was waste of time to repeat that kind of an experiment. He had S5 of hia own in his pocket-his total capital at the time. Without hesitating a mo- ment he went back to the river and gave the poVerty-strieken family the s 50. Now 1t so happened that at the time raffle of a painting was going on. It was the work of a local artist, who was poor, The young man had bought ticket a day or two before That afternoon the drawing brought out his name as the lucky one, and he sold the painting on the spot for SiO. But the same spirit that gave the suf- fering family his last dollar has been
 
 great, ever since.
 Early in June. 1898. there was meeting for the organization of the Sol diers' Family Protective Association in New York Money was needed to care for the families of some of the>men who had gone to the front. MT. McMillin made a characteristic speech.
 'Tll give $1.00O a month till the war Is over" he said.
 He did more. He bought an old farm near Lake Mohegan in the Catskllls and turned it into home for the care of soldiers families. The war ended and the first use for the cottage with it There is one kind of organization that MT. McMilIn had never been en- tirely willing to let handle his money. That is a charity organization. He likes to know to what end his gifts are being used, to control these just as he controls his business. With that in view he has had several women con stantly visiting poor people. selecting