Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-11

One of the most liberal Of American
patrons of art and letters, Henry Ed
ward Huntington, arranged before his
recent death to give to the public his
famous collection of paintings, books
and manuscripts, splendidly housed at
San Marine, Calf. He also established
trust fund of $8,000,000, the income
from which is to be used for the
furtherance Of research in American
and English history. Thus, although
Mr.. Huntington had had a notable
career as a railroad and Industrial
leader, it is as a patron and connois-
seur of art that he will be remembered
and that his name is being lauded to-
day in the press.
California papers are enthusiastic In
praise of their States adopted son.
Those who had the good fortune to
claim Henry z. Huntington as per.
sonal friend" declares the Pasadena
Star-News, bear testimony to the
splendid character of the man and his
innate refinement and devotion to
lofty ideals. He has written his
career in letters big and bold, in in
estimable service to Southern Califor-
mia. He treated his great wealth as
something to hold in trust, in large
measure, for the benefit of the public.
He chose his own form of public bene-
faction. And it stands as noble,
towering monument to the man and
to his ideals"
Says the Los Angeles Daily Times;
Henry e. Huntington, the man
whose visions. alike in industry and
art, always came true, has passed,
and yet he is only beginning to live.
He has left behind him a shrine that
more will visit every year than make
the long pilgrimage to Stratford-on-
Avon. A legend will attach to his
name-a legend formed about the great
library and art galleries on the hills of
San Marine that he dedicated
to the people of the world Rare are
the citizens, under any flag or sky,
who have performed an equally emf
nent public service"
After recording the part Mr.. Hunt
ington played in the material develop
ment of Los Angeles, the Evening
Express of that city declares that his
service to Los Angeles was not, how
ever, confined to material benefits,
but esthetic and cultural as well. He
held that nothing was more practical
than the beautiful" says the Express,
"he was an earnest patron OF move
ments to preserve natural beauty
spots and create new, and he en-
ployed his large wealth generously,
almost lavishly, in the collection OF
works of art until his gallery and
library at his home in Pasadena have
become famed over the world"
In it's tribute to III. K. Huntington
benefactor," the Long Beach Press
Telegram describes him as "a man
rich in worldly possessions, but, far
above and better than this, he was
rich in ideals, in esthetic tastes and
in treasures of mind, heart and soul. .
The San Francisco Bulletin finds 1t
difficult to determine which is
CALIFORNIA; greatest debt to him, 1.-The
Improvement he has made in our
TRANSPORTATION service or his service
in the field of art and letters" That
paper describes Huntington as man
whose twin energies were devoted to
developing latent resources and to
bringing here the treasures of the
world" Mr.. Huntington reared more
| than a mere treasure house at San
Marino," in the estimation of the New
York Herald Tribune. He concen
| trated in his library the immemorial
| standards, the best that has been
| thought and said in the world And
| his pictures happen to be among those
which embody certain classical prin
| ciples, forever recalling the student tc
| the law and order established in monu
mental portraiture." The Brooklyn
Daily Eagle sees his memory as ar
] enduring one, and the collection al
San Marino is praised by the Rochester