Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1910 — SNAPSHOTS AT CELEBRITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SNAPSHOTS AT CELEBRITIES

Louis D. Brandeis, Expert In Business Economy.

Louis D. Brandeis. who recently told the railroads of the country that he could show them how to save $1,000,000 a day, has been a laborer for the public weal for sixteen years without pay. *Mr. Brandeis’ hobby is humanity, Whenever be can lend his aid to the solution of a . sociological or economic problem affecting the common people be does—gratis. His warfare for the poor Started in 1894, when he instituted proceedings against maladministration of certain public charities in Boston.. He won after a long fight Next he secured the passage of a law in Massachusetts whk h in its final result has reduced the cost of life I°'

Sura nee to workingmen by fully 20 per ceqt throughout the entire country. There was no fee ifor this work. Personaily Mr. Brandeis is a medium sized, wiry man. with pierring gray eyes and hair streaked with gray. lie was born in old Kentucky, but most of bis life has been spent in Boston. ! He is a partner in an old established and prosperous law firm of that city. He was married twenty years ago. and he and Airs; Brandeis live on the same modest scale as when they began housekeeping. # 7 - An English Apology. Shortly after Richard Croker established his home in Ireland an English periodical stated that he had made his first step in the world knocking out his gymnastic instructor in a fiercely fought three round battle. This story greatly insulted the ex-boss, who has grown so respectable that he shudders' at the thought of a prizefight. He wrote and demanded an apology, whereupon the English editor apologized profusely, stating that “Mr. Croker has so •jiiatiy other and higher .ciaims ti etc.. 7_ It is possible that the Englishman was indulging his sense of humor?— Chicago Tribune. - Back to the Farm For Mr. Brown. To be just plain Parmer Brown is the ambition of William C. Brown, president of the New York Central railway system. In a recent address he admitted that the lure of the land was calling and intimated a purpose soon to retire from railroading and pursue the simple life of husbandry. Mr. Brown comes honestly by his love for the soil, for in bis. boyhood he followed the plow, and/ the smell .of freshly turned sod is perfume to his nostrils. He owns a 400 acre farm in Page county, 111., and. what is a novelty among farms owned by rich men not dependent on them for a living, Mr. Brown’s farm pays. > Mr. Brown is a native of New York state, fifty-seven years old, and began his railroad career as a wood corder on a Milwaukee and St. Paul engine in 1860. In 1870 he became a telegraph operator, then at train dispatcher and eventually general manager of the Burlington and Quincy. Later he was

chosen general manager of the Lake Shore and Michigan 7 Southern, and in February. 1909, became president of the great New York Central system.

Photo by American Press Association. WILLIAM C. BROWN.