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

Brothers who have made good through
their own efforts. and gained the public
eve thereby, are neither too numerous
10 be commonplace nor so rare as to De
exotic. They run the gamut Of human en-
deavor from corporate business TO inter
national statecraft. The seven sons of
the late Mayer Guggenheim control the
smelling business Of the country; jules
and Paul Cannon. as ambassadorial rep
resentatives OF France at Berlin and the
Court of ST. James. are two of the NEST
influential international peacemakeis in
active service to-day Charles and Daniel
Frohman are among the most prominent
men of the American stage; Walter and
Frank Damrosch are among the present
eentury's foremost music conductors.
Three Of England's literary lights are A
c. T. F.. and the Rev. Robert Hugh Ben
SON. all sons of the late Archbishop Of
Canterbury: American literature boasts
of the elders Richard and Joseph, with
their sister jeanette thrown in for good
measure, and their musie-wTiting brother.
John F.. ON the side, as it were.
Richard Harding Davis and Charles
Belmont Davis, a few years younger than
the creator OF Van Bibber," have both
gained enviable fame as short story ex-
perts. George Barr McCutcheon is known
far and wide as an American writer Of
novels of the Anthony Hope style; John
r. McCutcheons fame also has come
through his pen. his daily newspaper car
tOons being copied the English world over.
Dan Beard is the most prominent living
member Of a family OF four brothers and
two sisters who have won name and COM
petence as artists and writers. The late
Frank Beard, editor OF Rams Horn and
the original chalk talk man, was a
member OF this famous family who had
famous father.
De Reszkes in Limelight.
Like literature, the international stage.
broadly speaking. furnishes several note
worthy instances OF brothers who have
won world distinction through their work
on it. Whenever one thinks Of grand
opera stars OF the past or present, the
brothers Jean and Edouard lie Reszke
instantly come TO mind. Coquelin the elder
has lately been compelled TO assist in
the incarceration in an insane asylum of
Coquelln the younger one Of Frances best
known interpreters of the comic drama.
The rise of Charles and Daniel FTohman
from humble newspaper position TO con-
troll Of many theaters and actors by the
score on both sides OF the Atlantic is
matched in part by the joint career of
Sam and Lee Snubert II viii be remem-
bered that Sam-the little man who lit
orally was always on the rln-met death
in a railroad wreck couple OF years ago
when he was at the height Of his bril-
liant managerial career.
Turn 10 politics and there, too. viii be
found brothers who are playing the great
game more or less prominently and sue
cessfuIly. In his efforts TO secure the Re
publican Presidential nomination. William
II. Taft is being assisted in Ohio by
Charles r. Taft through his newspaper
the Cincinnati Times-Star: while the big
Secretary of Wars chief political lieuten-
ant in New York IS Henry W Taft,
whose reputation as a lawyer is as ma
tlonal as is the Secretary's in politics and
government.
The Ambassadors CambOn are world
politicians i'm a broad sense. Beginning
with the Fifty-eighth Congress. the Sec
ond and Fifth Congressional districts OF
North Carolina have been represented at
the National Capital by Claude and VIII
liam Walton Kitchin, respectively
Henry 6. Davis Prominent Figure.
Henry Gassaway Davis, the multi-mil-
lionaire tail Of the Democratic national
ticket in 1861. and one of his brothers,
have been politically powerful for more
than a generation in West Virginia, which
they have helped greatly to develop in
dustrially Ask any Hoosier politician
what he knows about the three Lands
brothers. and he will tell you among other
things that Charles b. and Frederick
were part of the Indiana delegation in
the Fifty-ninth Congress; that Charles
3. was returned TO the sixtieth Congress.
and that before he gained international
attention as the judge who fined the
Standard Oil Company 500 zoo. COO plus a
few hundred thousands, Kenesaw Noun
tain lands the second brother. was pri-
vate secretary to Walter Q. Gresham
when the latter was Cleveland's Secre-
tary OF State and otherwise gave evil
dence Of deep interest IN the political
game.
National politics has. of course, given
Jimmy Garfield his present name: until
he was chosen recently as president Of
Williams College Harry Garfield, the
senior OF the brothers by two years, was
we'll known as Princeton University's pro-
lessor of politics He and Lyon G. Tyler.
by the way. are The only sons of former
Presidents heading American colleges. It
is rather interesting to note that though
President Tyler is a son Of the tenth
President Of the United States. he is only
- a. aGofI
aged forty-four. whose father was the
nations twentieth President.
DeveIop Great Industry.
The great Cudahy packing business is
a monument 10 the Industrial genius OF
three brothers. Michael. John. and Patrick.
all born on the old sod. in Il, '43, and
'49 respectively, In Western Pennsyl-
vania and the region contiguous there
TO. United States Senator Philander c.
Knoxs brother. Alfred, is reckoned as no
mean financier. Morris Jastrow, jr., OF
the University Of Pennsylvania, IS rec
ognized as a world authority on Semitic
languages, religions. and literature; his
brother Joseph also born IN Poland, and
IN charge Of the psychological section of
the Chicago Worlds Fair. and president
OF the American Psychological Associa-
ton in 1906 has been professor Of psy-
chOlogy at the University of Wisconsin
since 1883. While Isaac n. Seligman has
become one of the nations foremost
bankers his younger brother, Edwin r.
A. who holds chair at Columbia Uni
versity. long has been known as lead
ing American political economist. It was
with the help Of his brother. James H.,
that William II. Moore organized the
Diamond Match Company ttrusD and
pulled OF many of his other corporate
promotion stunts that brought wealth and
fame.
Oscar Straus, Secretary Of Commerce
and Labor, is the youngest Of three
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