The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-17
ROBERT J. COLLIER,
 .36 TODAY, IS THE
 CHAMPION ENEMY-MAKER

Whether or not MT. William Ran dolph Hearst's brains are in Arthur Brisbane's head constitutes a topic of perennial discussion among the press men of Park Row, New York. Up town, when makers of magazines get together for their frugal monday re- pasts of frazzled fozzles and oslerized milk-not for them the beefsteak and beer of Park Row-a similar contro- versy rages over the mental equip ment of MT. Robert Joseph Collier, some saying that he has a brain of his own and others alleging that such gray matter as goes into the concoc- tion of Golfers Weekly emanatessfrom the massive brow of MT. Norman Hapgood. As the selection of the right sor of assistants marks the diff ference between success and failure in the publishing business, and is a job requiring discrimination of a high or der, the question seems to settle it. self.
 MT. Collier is native of New York city, where he was born thirty-six years ago today. June IT, 1876. Like his very dear friend. MT. Hearst, he inherited "a fortune. The big book founded by his father, Peter Fenelon Collier, who was born in County Car low, Ireland, in 1849, and died in 1904. Under the founder the house of Col Her was subscription book concern with a weekly newspaper annex. Sincethe son took charge-which was back in the year of the Spanish war the reverse has become true, and Golfers has made more friends and enemies than any other journal of it's class. Young MT. Collier has many hobbies, including automObiling, avia- tion. tennis, yachting. heckling and hurting, but his principal fad is the <N,1l6 ,f iha1 ifC No ir1o an1 lection of it's kind exists anywhere, and new specimens are constantly be- ing added. MT. Collier counts that day lost whose low descending sun finds no new libel suit begun.
 It is alleged that a mani is known by the enemies he makes. As this IS not to be a book, it is impossible to name more than few of the thou sands of anti Collierites:
 Mr. William d'Alton Mann, editor of Town Topics: Lydia K Pinkham; Christian Scientists, as a mass; MT. Charles William Post, of Battle Creek, Mich: the League for Medical Free Richard Achilles Ballfnger, former Secretary of the Interior at Washing ton; old pr. Hartman, and the Anti Vivisection Society.
 As the son of an Irishman and a Catholic. MT. Collier was educated at Georgetown University in Washing ton, with postgraduate courses at Harvard and Oxford University. His active connection with the publishing business began in 1898, when he in augurated the art and news features of Golfers. while at the same time he insisted upon a higher literary standard than had prevailed. Since the death of the elder Collier he has been the president and principal own CT of the concern.
 MT. Collier is the owner of fine flock of flying craft and was the first to introduce aviation as a country house party sport and in hunting. His public activities have been numer- ous, and he was the leader in the for the preservation of the Lincoln farm in Kentucky as 9 na- tional memorial. 5,s .1s
 Politically MT. Collier is registered as Republican, but in the editorial utterances of his publication he-or MT. Hapgood-refiects the spirit of in surgency of the most surging varie- ties. regardless of party Hines.