Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03

iestdc height Of feet inches, Huntington
bent over and possessed himself Of one of the
pads. This particular little ladys summary
Of her educational hour was expressive and
right to the point. Her pad contained crude
drawing of human beanpole and single
observation: my! What big mani" Hunt
ington shook with nirth.
Clarence Dillon, president of Dillon, Read e.
Co., sketches and paints with considerable
skill. A peculiar accident in 1907 was in
directly responsible for his interest IN the
arts. Dillon then held Junior job with
pig iron concern in Milwaukee. Early one
Monday morning, as he stood on the platform
of a suburban station waiting for a local
train to Milwaukee, huge Newfoundland dog
walked out On the tracks. An express train
Numbered through, struck the dog and hurled
the animals heavy and nfeless body against
Dillon, who fell to the ground unconscious and
was hurried back to the home where he had
spent the week end. For almost a month he
was desperately I'll. Anne McEldin Douglass,
daughter of the house, nursed him back to
health. They were married in 1908
Dillon's nervous system had been shaken by
the accident and he suffered a slight injury
to the middle ear that still bothers him at
times The couple went abroad for a honey
moon and remained for two years. Living in
Paris, artistic yearnings came to the surface
in Dillon. He studied painting and architec-
ture, but just for pleasure and never with the
idea Of becoming professional painter or
architect. However, he has a studio at his
place in Far Hills, NJ j., and still INDUCES
weakness for pencil and brush. He has as
semhled with discrimination a fine collection
Of prints and etchings, including many Rem
brandts and Whistlers.
THE present J. Pierpont Morgan is an au-
thority upon church history, the Bible and
Shakespeare. Religious Journalism has a ire
mendous hold upon his nature. Like his IT,
tanic father, this Morgan viii cast aside all
other duties, no matter how pressing, to sit
In gathering where dry men debate dusty
and archaic subjects that a layman would
think could interest only ecclesiastics.
Morgan knows little Of general church his
tory He u.s. however, thoroughly informed on
the history Of the American Protestant Epis-
copal Church He is q diligent student Of the
Bible and Of Shakespeare and often surprises
associates by copious and accurate quotations
from these sourcefounts of literature. He Is also
an authority on the art treasures collected by
his father and himself. Since his fathers death
he has added many thousands Of volumes and
manuscripts to the greatest private library IN
the world
Often, afternoons, Morgan deserts the money
fnarts and drives to the library, where he reads
and browses for hours, frequently remaining
Green the librarian. Morgan's interest in bib
Heal lore has brought him some unusual associa-
tons. He and Pope Plus XII correspond regu-
1arly When the fnancier is IN Rome, he turns
as soon as possible from the hustle and hustle
Of the revivified MusSolnian metropolis and
drives to the Vatican. The Pontih leads the
way to an inner den where he and the dis
tinguished visitor from overseas sit about IN
formally and discuss-Coptic manuscripts!
The friendship began when Pope Plus, then
Mgr. Ratt, undertook the labor Of restoring
for the Morgan collection 90 volumes written
in Coptic or medieval Egyptian script, and dat
ing back to the seventh century. Pope Plus
Is perhaps the greatest living authority on early
Christian documents He and expert manu-
script restorers stiffened the crumbling parch-
nnent with gelatin; and the writing so cleared
that nearly all Of 1t can now be read.
The restored volumes occupy cabinets OF
honor in the Morgan Memorial Library and
students Of exegesis pore over them, eagerly
searching out differing versions Of the New
Testament
For lighter diversion, Morgan turns to de-
tective Notion. hunting, gardening, yachting and
golf.
Though not generally known. 1t was Morgan
who persuaded George r. Baker, at 70. to