The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-17
. himsical in His Personal
Benefactions, the Ironmas-
ter Bestowed Princely Gifts
Where Little Was Expected
and Sometimes Caused Sur
prise in Reverse Manner

partner. you are taller than I am"
exclaimed Mr.. PhIpps, quite truly.
why" said Mr.. Carnegie, who was
a little shorter than Mr.. Phipps, '.you
are almost as tall as / ami"
Mr.. Carnegie was, as 1 have said, a
man of strong and keen intelligence,
great buoyancy of Spirits and fair
share of vanity, more than offset by
an impulsive generosity of nature.
Brusque at times, he was often the
soul of urbanity. In small matters, II
not In great ones. he was apt to act
in harmony with the moments mood.
One OF his shining virtues was his
devotion to his mother. Unwillingness
to divide with any other woman the
allegiance he owed her is said to have
been the cause of his remaining q
bachelor till he had turned fifty.
Mrs. Carnegie the elder was a SIM
pie, clear headed woman, of distinc-
lively Scottish strength of mind and
character. I recollect very we'll her
outspokenness in criticising Matthew
Arnold's first lecture in New York
the one oddly entitled "Numbers''--
which drew large and select" audi
ence to Chickering Hall, now long
since demolished. The subject matter
was perhaps q bit beyond her ken;
but in her drastic comments on tho
speakers delivery she was on firm
ground. Mr.. Arnold's first oratorical
effort in this city was indeed, Judged
by American standards, a fiasco. He
was wise enough. however, to take
| some instruction In public speaking.
nd h he oil
Mr.. Carnegie was friend of the
lecturers, and when he came to this
country gave a reception in his honor.
Lord Morley was another of his
famous friends, and he delighted in
doing nice things to and for him. One
OF these delicate attentions took the
form of making him the owner of the
late Lord Acton's great library. Later
he founded chemical library at Man
| chester University, to bear the states
| man-scholar's name. No more fiat
tering yet no fairer estimate of Mr..
Carnegie has been made than that
which appears in Morley's Accordingly
interesting "Recollections," from
which I produce this high tributei
Feel for great objects has not
/
| not been all. He is an idealist
who lives and works with his
| ideals, and drudges over them
| every day Of his life. 1t was
| in fact his key to life, when he
said that, having retired from bus
mess, his business had become to
| do as much good as he could in
| the world. His enthusiasm
for Burns and love of Shakespeare
| are good testimony to his fine gay
ETY. OF heart. A strenuous dispu-
| tant, yet he knows how to keep
himself in order by quick, racy
and superabundant sense of
humor. A man of high and vida
and we'll earned mark In his gem
Grafton"
If a. man is TO be Judged by the
| friends he makes, certainly Mr.. Car
negie is entitled to high rank.
| He was a keen debater-"a strenu.
Gus disputant," as Lord Morley puts
it-and fond Of exercising his talent
for controversy. For his controversial
and other articles in the magazines
and reviews, American and English.
It was not his custom TO accept pay
ment, though tactful editors some
times found a way of acknowledging
their obligations TO a star contributor.
That his love OF books was great, his
enormous gifts for public libraries ana
reading rooms sufficiently attested.
He fostered education by his pensjSa
fund for teachers. and otherwise. His
appreciation OF human courage led TO
the creation of huge hero" funds.
But peace on earth was the cause that
lay nearest his heart In its servtcs
he made deep drafts upon his time.
his purse and his sympathies and the
cloud of the great war hung heavy
over his declining yeara