Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-09-30
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cludes of the greatest scientists of the
United States, and, in its nonresident member
Ship some of the greatest scientists of the world.
There are botanists astronomers, ornitholo-
gists and in fact, scientists of all kinds and de.
scriptions, to be found nightly In the great,
sweeping parlors of the clubs quarters There is
just as much hospitality and joity in the club
as are to be found in the rooms of any social
organization in the world-and learning besides
there also. In order to be member of the Cos
club you must have something besides
money and social standing. 1t is probable that
there are many members of other organizations
in Washington, who would be willing to throw
their memberships into the deep sea, If the act
would buy for them admittance into the club
of these scientists.
The headquarters of the Cosmos club in
the old Dolly Madison" residence 1t was there
that the widow of President Madison lived and
held social sway for-years after the death of her
husband. During the Civil war, for time, Admt
raj Wilkes lived in the Madison house 1t was
Wilkes who took Mason and Slide from the Brit
ish steamer Trent and thereby nearly brought
on war between the United States and Great
Britain at a time when such might have
insured ultimate victory to the Confederate arms.
The biological survey of the United States
government has lost the services of DR.. c. Hart
Merriam. who for years the surveys chief,
and who in the early days worked so hard to
make theservice what he succeeded in making it,
of the most useful departments of govern
ment. Dr. Merriam has accepted the direction OF
the Hartman Foundation for Geological Re-
search. Mrs. Hartman, the widow of E. H. Har'
riman, the great fnancier and railroad man, has
carried out the wishes of her husband, and has
SIT aside large of money to be used for
purposes of geological study. Acting unquestion.
ably in line with her husbands wishes, Mrs. Har.
riman requested Dr. Merriam to take charge of
the work
1t is probable that the fcrmer chief of the bio
logical survey is the foremost authority in the
United States in matters pertaining to certain
lines of natural history work. 1t was DR.. Mer
riam than any other man, to whom Theo
dore Roosevelt went for advice about the scope
of his expected work in Africa. The doctor and
the colonel have been friends since boyhood;
when in New York state both pursuing bird
studies and exchanging letters general sub
jects of natural history.
These words about Dr. Merriam and the Har
rman Geological Foundation lead to tell
story about the late fnancer which perhaps
will throw some light side of his life con-
cerning which most people probably know little
One year ago last winter / went south from
Washington, bound for Augusta, Ga, with a
friend. e. II, Harriman's private car was at.
tached to the train at one of the stations the
way. 1t happened that my friend was close per.
sonal acquaintance of Mr.. Hartman, and he was
invited to dine with the fnancer his private
car, and was told to bring his friend with him.
provided the friend would like to come.
There were several men of large affairs at
that little dinner party, one of the guests being
the president of of the greatest railroad
systems in the world The conversation, natu.
rally, was about big affairs of the financial world
concerning which knew very little, and | am
free to confess cared much less After hearing
a good deal about certain things concerning
which the discussion was or less unintelli
gible to me, ventured to break into the conver.
sation and to tell Mr.. Hartman that had such
of the journals of the Hartman Alaska Expedi.
over, that had read them.
For the next two hours had ample evidence
that E. H. Hartman cared for something besides
railroads. Ten or twelve years before he had