The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-15
WANTS HIS name g :
SPELLED right
MORGAN is ALWAYS ANNOYED
WHEN PRINTER MAKES THE

There is. 1t appears. only one thing
which ever really aunoys Mr.. Pier
pont Morgan That is to have his
name misspelt Pierrepont. Even 80
early days, while he was laying the
base OF his reputation as the worlds
foremost tinancier. IF there appear
ed in print an article praising him
for anything he had done and his
name was spelt wrongly that lapse
outweighed anything that was said"
Thic is one of the many entertain
ing, sioelights upon Mr.. Morgan as "a
man which may be CLEANED from Mr..
6oVey's.l., sw and painstaking biogra-
ply published in England and here
at home. Most of Ii relates to Mr..
Morgan as a business man, but the
picture we get OF the man. as distin-
guished from the banker and specu-
lator, Is far more attractive. An en-
terprtSing English reviewer has al
ready sampled the volume.
OF course, Mr.. Morgan's chief aims
in life have always been bound up
with his business. But there was a
romantic strain in his nature as well.
When he was twenty-one he married
lady who was dying of consump-
ton. She refused persistently TO
agree, but he persisted even more. "I
VIII take you all over the world to
find health" he said. "I will give
up business and devote myself to
you So he did, but only for a few
months. His hopes were disappoint-
ed. Health could not be lured back.
She passed away, and he went back
to work with a scar on his heart that
took~many years to heal.
by this time he had already made
position for himself In New York.
His grandfather was a hotelkeeper.
but his father founded bank, and
to some extent
He made money rapidly, yet never
In such a way as to stir up against
himself such feeling as exists in the
United States against Mr., Rockefel-
Ter. Gradually he emerged from the
crowd in Wall Street and revealed
the proportions OF his genius for
nance. For many years now he has
been in such a position in London
that when he sends out a. brief re-
quest for few millions of pounds
he can depend upon receiving the
money without delay"
"A great deal of his wealth goes to
the support of charitable and educa-
tonal agencies. He spends enormous
sums also on works of art. He was
once asked why he did not take his
collections (Which are mostly arranged
at his houses in Princes Gate. Grosve-
nor Square, and at Putney) to New
YORK. Il can't afford it." he said. II
Knew you were poor" retorted his
interrogation, chatting him, but 1 did
uoN ASdll@t you were so poor as that.
Then Mr.. Morgan told him that the
duties which would have to be paid
TO the American customs would
amount TO at least f1,2OO.0Oe. How
many millions. then, must the col
lectionS be worth?
Mr.. Honey does not tell us what his
friends know 10 be a fact-namely.
that Mr.. Morgan is greatly Interested
ia the objects he collects apart from
their value. He does not. il would
seem. talk much about them He is
"a man whose capacity for silence ex-
ceeds even that of Won Moltke
Even the German emperor finds him
difhcult to talk to. once when they
were dining together his imperial ma
leStN began TO talk about Socialism
lie was surprised to find that his
guest was not in the least interested. ."
Inc only occasion We hear -of on
which Mr.. Morgan was really talka-
tive was one evening when at dinner
he told the whole history OF some
-crisis which he stopped. His wife and
daughters and some friends were go
ing to the opera. but mo one thought
about IL any more"
Ali kinds of ostentation. publicity
advertisement, Mr. Morgan detests.
When he is asked for money he often
appears TO be scarcely listening. or
speaks brusquely and as il he meant
TO refuse. But this is only a manner
ISM II he knows the asker and the
object TO be genuine he seldom does
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