The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-04-05

own works that they probably would have
made good without the backing OF birth
| August by his metropolitan subways and
other transportation enterpf ises and o.
! r. p. and Perry as Tepreg entatiVeg in
| COngress-the latter also being Minister
| to Spain under President Cleveland For
years Oren Root. a brother of the Secre-
| tary Of State. was professor of mathe-
MATES at Hamilton College and as such
was conspicuous in collegiate circles
throughout the country. His death oc-
CURED about a year ago. In the medical
profession two names that loom large
are Jacob ds Silva Solis-Cohen and Sol
ONION SOiis-Cohen a third brother. David.
/ IS famous in the extreme Northwest as a
/ lawyer. Portland official, high secret
order man, and writer on religious, liter
airy, and sociological topics DR. Jacob
/ Solis-COhen was an assistant surgeon all
through the civil war and went with
| Du Points expedition TO Port Royal
Gen. William \ Kobbe, a veteran Of the
. civil war. who also fought in the Phil
/ ippines during the war with Spain, Is the
Older brother of Gustav KObbe the must
cal critic and writer
Discover Water In Mars.
Two brothers who recently have at
/ trscted the attention of astronomers are
V NJ Shpher who, as resident director
Of Prof. Lowelrs observatory at Flag
STAFF. Ariz.. has discovered evidences Of
the presence Of water in the atmosphere
/ OF Mars, and the stiH younger T. G.
/ Slipher. who was ,one of the party Of
star-gazers that studied Mars from the
/ top OF the Peruvian Andes last summer
when that planet was in opposition 20
ours. What healthy American boy has
I remained IN ignorance of the works Of
/ the Sells and the Ringing brothers. and
/ finally surfeted with thrillers and other
wondrous things. called down blessings
{ upon those genjuses of the sawdust ring2
And what reveler young or old, in civil
/ war stories. has failed TO hear of the IA
nous Fighting McCOOks. seven broth
/ ers and FIVE cousins. also brothers some
Of whom. notably the cousins, Gems. An
/ son G. and John J. survive
| These are some brothers of to-day who
/ have made good. Foremost among the
/ brothers of yesterday who secured the
public eye were W. T. Sherman. in war
and John Sherman, in national states
msnship. Cyrus ". Field. who gained
undyng fame by sticking to it until he
! bDuhQ Illt continents together WIN me
| submarine cable was one of four ia
nous brothers-David Dudley Field was
/ the last century's most noted law re-
/ former. Stephen Johnson Field sat thir-
ty-fOur years and six months on the
/ bench OF the United States Supreme
/ Court serving longer than any justice
/ before or since, and Henry Martyr Field
! born in 1872 and the last 10 answer the
| inevitable summons, which came last
year, was widely known as a clergyman
and editor Then sthere was the famous
| Beecher family of brothers and sisters
/ Beecher StOwe-the one as a pulpit
orator the other as the author of Uncle
Toms Cabin WED for lasting fame. with
the odds at present seemingly in favor OF
the sister.
II is interesting to note the frequency
with which brothers have won out in the
same line. or closely allied lines, of work
/ calling for individual initiative if success
| is to be obtained.
Twins of Diplomacy"
Because their careers have been prac-
tically parallel for good many years
the Parisans call the Cambon brothers
the siamese twins OF diplomacy" Jean
and Edouard de Reszke's regulations are
inseperably linked. Only Htterateur can
hope 10 keep from mixing up the produc-
tons of the Benson trio: while music
lovers have been known to give Walter
| Damrosch credit for work done by Frank.
The two Jastrows excel in higher branches
Of learning. The Boards write and draw