The Family 1 



the horn before they began work on their contraption. 

 Robert has now retired to well-earned leisure, after a use- 

 ful career in charge of the manufacturing department of 

 the Linen Thread Company. 



My brother Warren, four years younger than I am, 

 started out as a chubby, rolypoly little boy. Just as he was 

 about to enter Princeton, the death of one of my father's 

 business associates made an opening which Father thought 

 was too good to pass up, so Warren went into the office. 

 Early in life he developed tuberculosis and spent some time 

 in the Adirondacks where Father had a big hunting pre- 

 serve, in the care of Grandmother's friend. Dr. Edward 

 Trudeau. He was entirely cured, went to Bermuda, and in 

 less than no time became well known as an amateur boxer. 

 He became amateur champion heavyweight of the United 

 States in 19 lo and could at this time probably have out- 

 boxed anyone in the country; but Mother did not take 

 kindly to the idea of his fighting and naturally he gave it 

 up. He is now United States Senator from New Jersey, 

 having piled up a greater number of votes than any other 

 RepubHcan candidate in the last election, which means 

 something in New Jersey, where election practices are still 

 what they were in other parts of the country fifty years 

 ago. 



My brother Frederick, born in 1894, has now inherited 

 the presidency of the Linen Thread Company, but, to my 

 mind, shows great good sense in taking time off for the 

 field sports which he loves. This has given me an oppor- 

 tunity of late years to see rather more of him than of my 

 other brothers, since we both love to hunt and to fish. 

 Frederick is the finest hand with a wet fly for salmon that 



