The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-25
SIGHT Of MORGAN
GROWING FEEBLE
WORRIES WALL ST.
Tottering Step of Aged Money
Wizard Makes Thousands
Ask Same Question.
The old man is growing a bit feeble"

The old man Is growing a bit feeble"
The remark referred to John Plerpont
Morgan. OF whom 1t Is said that he
can command a larger capital than
any other man In the world, as the
aged hnancier led the procession Of
homecoming voyagers down the gang
way Of the White Star liner olympic.
after the giant ship had been made fast
10 the pier yesterday morning. II was
oeiivered by man on the pier who
ior many years has been meeting the
wall street wizard on his return from
abroad. 1t Is significant. II Is also
true.
The massive. dominant figure trod
slowly. The right hand sought the rail
Tor support Directly following was his
son Jack. pressing back against the
leaders OF the throng of Passengers
anxious to reach the dock and receive
the welcome of relatives and friends.
They must be kept from contact with
the big man." whose dominant power
has brought Europe's greatest rulers
around HIM in intimate social contact.
He must not be ruffled further. The re-
porters had already done enough of that
while pressing him for an interview on
the way up from Quarantine.
Even the slight exertion OF pressing
through the crowd on board to reach
the rail within the roped Enclosure 30
that he might be allotted the nonor OF
being the first passenger ashore had
set him breathing hard.
~
10 greet their chief were two OF his
partners. II. Il. Davidson and Charles
Steele. A hurried handshake and a
friendly word disposed Of those gentle-
men. ami then the money king made for
the pier elevator. descended to the lower
deck and walked rapidly for one OF his
years to his magnificent steam yacnl.
the Corsair, tied up at the end OF the
Der to await his Instructions, and OH
board OF which the greatest pleasure OF
his homecoming awaited him.
lS 4 DoTiNG CUT-UP TO HIS
GRANDCHILDREN.
As on all previous occasions since his
grandchildren have been Old enough to
understand. the big black boat had
ruA ~ Suarautine 10 give HIN q sight
Of the youngsters Of J. +. Morgan jr.
and Herbert Satterlee. Mr.. Morgan's
son-in-law. II IL then the man Of whom
the Rev. Newell Dwight Hills once
sxid, Had Morgan lived In another
time he would have been Caesar or q
Napoleon" Is seen to be human. He 10
the dotlng grandpa, and no bucolic
Drogenitor could be more OF a cut-up
than 10 this man wnom his associates
In the financial world find domineerinX
and relentless.
And now he Is In his seventy-s!xth
year. His hair IL silvery white. and
while those who know him best Insist
that all the old mental vigor Is there.
the years have halted his physical ac-
tivities.
The reporters who have been meeting
Morgan for years remarked the change
Yesterday. II was noticed that he did
not ascend the broad stairways OF the
Olympic as he did a couple OF years
aimee, or even with the rapidlty of
year ago. Passengers who watched his
movements while on deck during the
IA sage and who had travelled with him
on former occasions noticed that he kept
more to his luxurious suite this time.
and when on deck found the steamer
chair more to his liking.
But age has In now!se ameliorated the
suriy temper of this man OF millions.
"a pretty Miss Stanwood. an actress.
who was one OF the passengers, told the
reporters.
when I asked him to subscribe to
the fund for the ships orchestra" she