Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-01

~ which this German
" Jew is filling, espe-
HENRY MoH'HNriAu' clally under the
present circumstances but with Morgenthau
II is a lifelong habit. His other name is
concentration. He has been ION the job"
ever since he was a mere boy--at the age
of Is the death of his father made him "the
man" of a large family in New Yorks East
Side.
In 1912 Woodrow Wilson and the campaign
managers chose Morgenthau for chairman OF
the Finance Committee Of the Democratic
National Committee. Within a short while
he was able to show funds upward of $1,000
0OO but the way he went at his job illus
trated his lifelong habit He never tries to
do two things at once but centres his efforts
on the single end in view. When he was
made chairman of the Finance Committee he
was one of the leading real estate operators
Of New York one day he put on his hat
and announced, "I won't be in the Office until
after November l." For the time being he
turned his back completely upon the man
agement of his great real estate interests,
but he couldn't or he wouldn't have done
that unless he had done what all good busi-
ness men do, trained up a staff of assistants
and associates in the ways of self-reliance
and efficiency.
The Habit of Concentration
An amusing side light is thrown upon the
Ambassadors utter simplicity when formali-
ties could be dispensed with. When his fam
lily arrived at Constantnople and 1t was nee
essary TO put the embassy in shape, Mr.. Nor
genthau promptly shed his coat and set about
hanging pictures in a thoroughly democratic
manner. For the time being, his problem
was a domestic one, his whole heart was
in doing the work well and with freedom.
Again, he was concentrating, and in just the
same spirit he has already turned his mind
to the more serious diplomatic problems that
have arisen during his incumbency.
There have been many of these, yet the
American people generally know little OF
them or the triumphs Mr.. Morgenthau has
won by tact, patience and his friendly way.
AS a friend has expressed 1t, Henry Nor
genthau' has probably asked fewer questions
Of the State Department than any other man
in our diplomatic service, and yet, has done
his work well and anticipated the develop
ment of events"
The American Ambassador to Turkey is
man who combines charm of manner and
personal magnetism with wonderful sim
plicity of character. He Is generous and
never bears a grudge, and Is the first to offer
an excuse for another mans shortcomings.
But he is a man of courage, as his achieve
ments in the difficult situation in Turkey
abundantly prove. His gift of making friends
is personal characteristic which is of no
little value in his present post.
Some one asked Mr.. Morgenthau lust be-
fore he sailed for Constantnople why he had
accepted the Enthusiastically, and his an.
L. ,l,a
good thing to reach out for new experience
in this busy and absorbing world of ours"
And when it was remarked that his new
field of activity would be along seemingly
far different lines from those of his past
years, he declared that his business career
had been essentially a diplomatic training,
inasmuch as he had had to do with all sorts
OF men and conditions and had striven to give
satisfaction and to maintain harmony or to
effect an equitable adjustment of dificulties
as they arose. Commonly. business is not
looked upon as a school OF diplomacy, but
what Mr.. Morgenthau has already accom-
plished in Turkey is proof of the correctness
of his assertion.
Born in Germany
Henry Morgenthau was born i'm Mannheim
Germany April 49, 1856. When he was Q
years old his family came to America. Hem
rvs thirst for an education developed early.
He went through the public schools while
helping TO support his mother and brothers
and sisters. He taught night school while
a student at the College OF the City Of New
York. which he attended one year, then en-
tering the Columbia Law School, from which
he was graduated in 1878 After practicing
law for number Of years he went into the
real estate business on a large scale. Some
or his enterprises have notably contributed
to the skyline of Lower Manhattan. He has
been prominently Identified with civic and
religious work OF various kinds. cooperating
with Rabbi Wise in the establishment of a
free synagogue.
Mr.. Morgenthau's appointment attracted
attention abroad. and the Jewish Chronicle.
OF London had this TO say upon the sub
jeet; 1T is symbolic of the absolute eaual-
ity which the Government OF the United
States grants all its citizens, and Il derives
added interest from the fact that Mr.. Nor
genthau began his career in America as a