New-York tribune., 1922-12-31

puAte training ar edueaton; there were the
chickering's and saily quArrels incident TO
irfecure. precarcus domestic life Among
the children there were definite evidences OK
o hcfiage Of TALENT even Of genius Paul
was musician by instinct, an smiahlr and
talented man, generous, sentimental, rhi.d-
Ike; he became q notable figure OF his time
upon Broadway a. a variety entertainer and
us the author Of "On The Banks Of the
Waba'h." There was another brother who
lad The sensitive equipment Of a poet end
'or whom life proved 20 be too great a
train; be hared brilliantly FOR moment
rrd died abjecily in a house Of prostitution.
VHEODORE was. curiously or significantly
enough. the Parsifal. the Galahad Of this
family group Twas upon him that the family
teaching and training had settled most def
nitely. To this day he does not drink or
smoke and his language is free from pro-
family or obscenity lie was and is tender,
alectionate stil litile credulous and scnti-
mental HIS autobiography is an analogue OF
the spirit Of his time. he went. like hoy
hero out a a Horatio AlCer jr. novel, 70
Chicago TO seek his fortune. His ambitions,
as he states them. were definitely material.
lie wanted to cut figure in the world. He
wanted rubhcr-tircl carriages and fur coats
and pretty women IN beautiful gowns 80 ad-
mirc and love him. There settled upon him
the spell Of what the psychologists, s.nce the
time Of the debut of Jules de Caulter, have
called Boyagsm; he eagerly sought % be
something quite otherwise than what he was.
lie was Cor rather thought himself to be-
for be- is really handsomcl an ugly, ungainiy
and unattractivc man; and so he wanted
women 10 fall for him in windrows. No ono
.vas more surprised than he when, ia
lieasurc. they did. A smile swelled bis chest,
q kiss vastly rcassuTed him. a conquest set
him up. made him proud Utterly without
vanity. greed or nggressivehess. indeed a
humble, grateful eompoun. OF sentimen'alisn
and idcalism, IL is amusing 20 consider the
gossip and criticism which have made OF him
an ogre. a Machiavclli and terrible Don
Juan. II was after more than year OF
ardent courtehip that Il reached place
where ! could hold her hand, put my arms
about her. kiss her. but never could induce
her tc sit upon my lap. That was reserved
for q much later date
In his other contacts with life he was no
loss IN AZ case and without assurance. Inc
office boys in the outer corridor OF the edi-
torial rooms OF THE World" treated him 50
rough and disrcspcetfully that he has not 70
this day got over il. He pays tribute TO thel'
had manners 10 the extent Of 1--WE pages. lie
vss bufeted at every turn By life, by reahy'
ne WAS sensitive with the sensitivity oi an
artist. bv instinct tolerant, kind. gentle sell
,6acinF hut no less giving the full need OF
lie admiration to the dashing. aggressive
successful figures Of American life saving
scnse not Of humor, but OF intelligence made
him see these men in their proper perspee-
tive. II was this sense plus the endowment
~ bis romantic Imagination which enhbieo
him 10 create Frank Cowperwood and Eugene
Witla which stand as authentic and care
fnllv realized figures in American society
during its great epoch OF industrial demoe'
ynev lie had, Il appears. during the year
recorded in this autobiography but two OF
,hree literary cnthusiAsms. Dickens, Huge
and Balzae. Il was Balzae whom ne "iShs'
most 10 emulate; and il was not interestingly
enough. out OF worship Of Balzae as an artist
n was frankly because he wanted to kno" as
much Of American high life and to minele IN
II as Balzae appeared to know. He tells Us
be loved and suffered and lived with Baizae
heroes and herOines, that they were to him a'
real as any people he knew 1t was soen
vorld that he lived in. No wonder he failed
n,a newspaper man, for in newspaper repor.-
49,. ,here l. little room for imagination '-liie