Evening star., 1926-04-11

| grew older. He came to America in
| 1875, and through his cousin. the late
| DIR. Alexander Graham Bell. The in
ventor, became actively enga ged in
the telephone business in canada,
where he remained for some years
Launched Firm i'm His Twenties.
! When he came TO Washington he
| was still i'll his early ,Wenties. He
| launched the investment banking
| firm OF Bell & Co. AMI met with sIch
| success In this endeavor that he con
/ vinced his associates that there was
a fine field for another bank in Wash
| ington. The American Security and
| Trust Co. was the result of his and
| other financiers' ambitions, Mr.. Bell
| being made the new Instructors first
vice president. In 1893 he was ad.
vanced to the presidency at the age
of 35.
The trust company started in 1889.
deposits being reported at $4,000 and
| resources at $685. .000. Deposits are
now more than $3l 900 900 and re-
sources more than $37.500. .000. In
this astonishing growth the presi-
dent Of the institution has naturally
| played most vital part. 1t is safe
| to say that he has made a record for
business success that few bankers in
! any city in the country can surpass.
| Because of his loyalty to Washing
| ton. his enthusiasm and sound busi-
| ness principles Mr.. Bell has been
| sought as director or trustee in many
enterprises outside of the banking
! field and has freely given of his time
and counsel to various organizations.
] He is a director in the Washington
| Railway and Electric Co.. the Poto-
L ~A..az
Title and Insurance Co. Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Co. Interna.
| tional Bell Telephone Co.. Columbia
Granite and Dredging Co. and the
| Security Storage Co. He is trustee
| of the Carnegie Public Library. the
J Episcopal Cathedral and the Wash
| ington Memorial Association.
| Member of Many Clubs.
! Nobody has ever figured how much
| Mr.. Bell pays out annually in club
| dues. 1t would take too long a pencil
| But he belongs to the Cosmos Club
| Chevy Chase Club. Metropolitan Club
! Archeologist Institute of America.
| Columbia Hospital Society, Archie
| ologica! Society of Washington, Ma
! tional Geographic Society, Board OF
| Trade and Chamber of Commerce. III
! political affiliations Mr.. Bell is a Re
| publican, and in addition to all the
! countless demands on his time and
| energy he has found opportunity to be
/ prominent in the Masonic fraternity.
If he were so inclined, MIR. Bel
could write a fascinating book on the
changes that have taken place IN
| Washington during his banking ca
reer and another on the noted people
he has met and knows intimately.
| But he spends little time talking about
i the past. Asked " give some remi-
niscences of old-time Washington. he
| will smile and tell you that he re-
| members when the new Ebbitt Ho-
tel was torn down or mention some
thing else that has happened within
| less than a month,
| When Mr.. Bell had lived here but
a short time he married Miss Grace
r. Hubbard of Washington, and they
| have had four children. The Bell
home on Woodley road is one of the
most attractive places in the National
| Capital and noted for the hospitality
80 graciously dispensed 1t is located
near the residence of the late Presi-
| dent Cleveland, for whom that section
of the city was named.
| The distinguished banker is in per-
feet health and appears as alert. ener-