The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
The Flying Financiers:
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because of his penchant for trying
out new inventions.
Junius, in contrast, is a retiring
individual, conservative in his
tastes, shy in his demeanor, an in
trovert whose human warmth rises
to the surface only among close
friends.
1t was natural for his father to
pick him to remain in ]. P. Morgan
and company, in private banking,
where good solid character is more
important than any amount of hus-
tie.
The house of Morgan has said
many times that character rather
than money made the name Nor
gan great. Partners like to point
out that although most depositors
at the Morgan bank balances of
$1,000, 900 or more, the late j. Pier
pont Morgan when he died in 1913
left only $50, 000, 900 to the present
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Junius, therefore, may be the one
to carry on the Morgan legend. Bat
to many men in Wall street he
leaves the unspoken impression that
since he is in banking he will stay,
really had his choice he would let
business go hang and be off by him
self on the sea.
Building a fortune is his idea of
much ado about nothing. Accmula-
ton of property has no appeal to
him. His love is a white sail on blue
water. His life is the sea.
He is a vereran sailor we'll wealth
cred by sun and wind, and highly
skilled in the design of boats as
well as the handling of them. He
has several craft of his own, has
served his term as commodore of
the New York Yacht club, was a
member Of the syndicate that built
the Weetamoe for Americas cup
defense in 1880 and served on her
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afterguard.
A room in his house is set aside
for the making of boat models; he
has all kinds, from stea yachts to
the punts he uses for duck shoot
ing on Lake Erie. He collects prints
of boats as some men collect art
masterpieces. He collects books
about the sea-anything about the
sea. AT the museum of natural his
tory, where he is a trustee, his
chief interest lies in ocean hall. At
where he sits on the board, he likes
to hear the tall tales Of shipwreck
ed seamen.
His face has signs of the sea in
it; it is almost gaunt. He is tall, big
boned. lean but not thin, with order
ly black hair set above a broad fore
head. He is painfully shy with
strangers, to whom he presents ei-
ther a very grave face or a forced
smile. In a crowd, he is ill at ease.
Among a few friends, he loses his
restraint and blossoms into convi-
Vitality. He prefers informality. AS
commodore Of the yacht club, he
set the style with a battered felt
hat.
Henry is the opposite of his broth
er. He is tall, but chubby. His light
Drown hair is slicked down on his
head. His jaw has a firm set to it,
warning you to look out if his dan
der rises. but his smile is quick and
friendly. He meets people easily. He
goes out Of his way to try to learn
the others fellows viewpoint. His
intimates hesitate to call him a lib
eral, but they wouldn't hesitate to
invite him to a conference with,
say, the La Toilette. Some of them
say he would go well in politics.
1t is hardly likely, however, than
Henry Morgan will go into politics.
A politicians life is the public's af-
fair. And Henry shares with his
brother the belief that his life is
strictly his own and that his affairs
ever when they touch the public
are no one else's business.
That is Morgan tradition. The