The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-12

Of the great and near-great are be-
ing or have been put through courses
Of sprouts by their illustrious dads.
Just the other week--since the
leaves began to turu---ogden Mills
Reid, only son OF Whitelaw Reid,
millionaire ambassador to the court
OF ST. James, started in as "emorg-
ency" reporter In the office OF his
fathers newspaper, the New York
Tribune. This means that he is on
the bottom rung Of the journalistic
ladder-a "cub"--And must hold
himself in readiness 10 run TO fires
and riots and murders and all that
sort OF thing, In the wee sma' hours
OF the morning. But this beginning
was not made until his distinguished
father had put him through Yale.
where he made specially OF eco
Monies and political science, and
were he got his sheep-skin four years
ago. Since then he has been grind
ing away at the Yale law school. So
while his recently welded sister has
been dancing with dukes aud princes,
and shining at the court OF Edward
VII, young Reid has been content
10 shine in the green light Of a stu
dents lamp rather than the lime
light that beats upon courtier,
such as he might have been.
These are wise dads, but when the
praise is handed around these sons
deserve a share for not kicking over
the traces and beading up the fatal
but alluring path of least resistance.
The President also sent his fledg-
ling through college--'tis said the
young man will get his diploma, car
pet mill or not---but, unlike the eld-
er Reds, Mr.. RooSevelt's business
wasn't one at whose bottom he could
very we'll start his son,
A Rockefeller Boys Start.
The university is considered a pre-
requisite by most distinguished dad
dies, few of whom had its advant-
ages themselves, There is John D.
Rockefeller, for notable example.
He sent his son, and namesake TO
Brown, where he took the lead In re-
ligious work and was treasurer of
the varsity football team. John D.,
Jr." began at the bottom down at
the office of tho STANDARD OIL com
pany, after leaving college, and so
industriously did be apply himself
to the art Of making money that he
injured his eyesIght at the seudoff.
]. J. Hill, the Inulti-milIionaire,
builder OF The Northwest" made his
eldest son Louis jump into overalls
and learn rrilroading from the shop
up. He made good" and his father
made him president OF tho Great
northern. II. o, HsVemeyer hasn't
sent his boy Horace--now 22-to
college at all, but has put him early
To work in his sugar rehneries, vii.
liam c. Whitney, however, sent his
boy, Harry Payne, through Yale and
then started him In banking house
at $50 a week.
Thomas f, Ryan has set up his
sons, Arlan A, (aged 2S). and Glen
denim j. (2A, in a banking and
brokerage firm OF their own, which
they call Ryan Brothers" His eld-
est son, j. b. now SO, manages the
Ryan estate'at Suffern, n. Y, while
his youngest son, Joseph j.. is a stu
dent at Georgetown university, to
which CATHOLIC institution the moth
er has GoDatcd wing known as
Ryan Hall"
Young William Vincent Aston
son OF Colonel John Jacob-who
probably will be the manager Of the
bulk of the Aston real estate in New
York, was put through st. Pauls
school and is now at England's his
toric Elton, where lately has been
sent the 13-year old grandson and
l25-milion-dollar heir Of Marshall
Field This prince of finance is
but 10.
The Astor's Like Soldering.
William WALDORF Aston has gotten
his son John Jacob ". now 90, a
lieutenants commission In the Eng
lish First Life guards. While this
troop was at swimming practice sum-
mer before last trooper, kicked BY
a horse, sank into deep water. Young
Astor bravely dived in and brought
him up, to be finally resuscitated
This hobby of soldering seems in
herent in the Aston blood. John
Jacob Ill, 1t may be remembered.
was on McClellan's staff in the civil
war, while John Jacob ". gave a
battery to our army for the Spanish
war and equipped the soldiers COM
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