New Britain herald., 1930-01-09
EDWARD BOX DIES
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 Continued From First Pagc) livered an address in which he ac- corded high praise 10 the accom- plishments ot Mir. Box.
 Mir Box, his friends said. con- sidercd the town and it's grounds tribute to his grandparents. sturdy folk oi the old world who found enjoyment in music.
 Married Employers Daughter
 Tn his 30 years as an editor MT Box was associated with Cyrus H. K. Curtis, wealthy Philadelphia publish .r, and in that city H. was know as B patron e the fin, orts.
 He married a daughter os Nr. Curtis, tho tormcr Mary lows, Curtis and they had two sons, Cur 'is, who resides at Hosmont Fa. and Cary, who lives al Merton, Ia.
 The sons Us well as Mr. Gurus were summoned 10 Mr. HoE's L"d- side yesterday but hai not reached here early today. Funeral plans were hold in ab"yance pending their ar- rival but information al 'hy Eok homo was that the services and burial probably would 'aNr place here.
 started aS Office Bcy
 His parents forced by tinau4lal rc- verses to ckc out d meagcr living in Brooklyn, x. Y, young Bol Was un- able 10 attend the pubhc schools after he was F ycars old. He be- came an office boy for thn Western Union. By diut O studjous appics,~ ton at night h. managed 10 fit him. self for the cdijoHshlp Of "Thc Brooklyn Maea zine a task which he assumed at the age of 19. His period Of education came to a close much sooner than in the case oi the aver age college man of today, Boh's period of achievement dat ,d from the time of his acceptance of the cditorship of the Ladies Home Journal" rendered him by Cyrus H. K Curtis, when he Was but 25 years old.
 In 1894 Box published "The Young Man in Buisincss" and The Young Man and the Church" These books were followed by "Success- ward" in 1895 and "Why l Believe in Poverty" in 1915.
 On September 22. 1919, the date of Bok's retirement as editor of the Ladies Home Journal after accu- mulating q fortune, there began ume filled to the brim with actiyi- ties encompassing many lines Of be- neVolent endeavor.
 S100,000 Peace Prize
 Foremost among the distinguish ed public services rendered by Box was his donation of the peace prize of sl00,000 to any American N ho could advance the best practical plan by which the United States may cooperate with other nations to at tain and preserve world peace"
 Another outstanding effort Of the period of retirement was the pub fishing of The Americanizatien or Edward Box" an autobiography written a half century after his start to success as an immigrant boy from the Netherlands. The book, widely read, was acclaimed by uni- versity authorities the leading auto biography Of his generation.
 Greatly Aided Home City
 Other Box accomplishments Were these:
 Created the Philadclphia award of 310,000 10 be given each year 10 the person who performed Il sulsn act calculated 10 promote the best interests of Philadelphia.
 Made possible the Philadelphia Forum, d benefit 10 teachers and civilians of limited means, providing an extensive Iist of lectures, con cert, and entertainments at non- nal sum.
 Made the Academy Of Music the civic center of Philadelphia.
 For five years he was the un- known donor who paid S25o.ooo in deficits sustained by the PhiladeI- phia orchestra.
 Created eight annual awards con sisting of q gold medal and $S,500 to promote better newspaper and periodical advertising in the United States and Canada.
 Established the Philadclphia's citizens award. whereby each year he three policemen, the three Fair mount park guards, and the three firemen, who perform thc most merttorious acts Of pubic service, re- ceive sl,000 each.
 Promoted the Dutch bureau of the Standardization Founda- lion for the advancement Of further relations in art and industry between Holland and the United States.
 Of Dutch Anccstr,
 Box was horn in Den Holdyr. Hol- land. October z, 1863. Ills great grandfather Har admiral of the Dutch navy; his grand(ather Will liam Rok, chief justice ot the supreme court; and his father, Will liam J. II. Bok. on" of the ministers Of the court ot William III.
 His father l"t' Holland brcali-" O. ? reversal O. fortune and with his family settled iu Brooklyn in l>Go
 Collected Autographs
 At th" tG' of 1G, l;ok started 'h" compilation ol d list or autographs ot famons u'u from all paris O. th, world. In comparatively short lime, he had increased the number Of autographs 10 lo0oU and had Saincd considerable publicity for hIs oGorts.
 Another carly business rcmtur, was the establishment Of the HoE syndicate Press, Henry Ward RaecLrr Eol-'s cla-. .r..,,3 l.,, t.-