Show HARRIMAN IN YOUTH RAILROAD MAGNATE WAS NOTED AS A SCRAPPER Llttc Known of His Personality Outside Out-side of BusinessSays Present Generation Should Strive to Make Next One Better Now York Edward II Harriman Is a peculiar man Ho has no school day Intimates no boyhood chums no partisans no epigrams arc quoted no business aphorisms AJ1 stories are that In youth ho was a scrapper or that he was an amiable colorless i youth His personality outside of I business is rarely talked of Ho Is cold and reserved Ho Is fund of his family and It Is said that he Is char itable A man close to him said when It was suggested that some friend should speak to Harrlnmn regarding his lack of tact Friend I dont believe that Harriman has n friend In tile world Mr Harriman was born at hempstead Hemp-stead L I in 1848 lIe had two sis tots and three brothers Two of the brothers have died His father was an Episcopal clergyman and at the birth of Edward was rector of St Georges chinch at Hempstead lIar rlman wont to school little and what education ho received was picked up at home Harriman entered Wall street at the age of 1C and served as an office boy and later bought a partnership In 1870 ho bought a seat In the New York stock exchange He was a piker In those days Today he knOWS the en mo nf nnnnnlntlnn linttnr uo u than any man In America Ho is small In stature and walks with a curious bowlegged jauntiness peculiar to Jockles Ho talks easily but seldom uses figures of speech and often Is at a loss for a precise word and accepts It when offered without comment In fact ho never says Thank you lIe Is lacking absolutely absolute-ly In emotion What he wants to know ho asks about He has no pets In business but Is liberal to his em ployes Ho collects mountains as other people do china was said of him when ho was buying up Arden his Immense country place back of Tuxedo Park N Y Mr Harriman established the Boys club on the east side ot Now York It is simply what tho name Implies a club for boys where they can find healthy recreation without regard to religious beliefs or social standing He started tho club 30 years ago Ho is always generous to the Institution and gave It a 250000 building only recently Ho can be found In attendance attend-ance at all of Its entertainments Tho club Is the biggest of its kind and has a membership of over 10000 which Is drawn from the most thickly settled portions of New York city Mr Herrlman gives J2JOO annually for Its nmntennnco Next to his family and money this fearless tnnn Is fond of horses and Is n regular visitor I to the Tuxedo horseshow horse-show l Mr Harriman In 1870 married Miss Mary W Avurell daughter of a Wall street dealer and they have five children child-ren living three daughters and two sons Mr Ilarrtnums eldest daughter daugh-ter Mary Is her fathers friend and comrade and takes ducp Interest In his affairs He Is manifestly proud of her The two boys arc sturdy youngsters and still at school Harriman Is always hospitable In a formal way When traveling ho Is al ttifrir c4 I t f f i Edward H Harriman ways accompanied by guests but forgets I for-gets all about them when some business busi-ness at hand interests him Ho never travels for pleasure and Is a tireless worker His only pleasure Is rest in the vastness of his 3000acre estate at Arden His lato hunting trip In tho west was tho first In many years He was brought up In tho Episcopal church Recently whon tho question was put to him as to what ho thought It was worth while In this world for a man to do his reply was My idea is that a man should try to make his children bettor give them larger opportunities op-portunities and to do what ho can to make the next generation a little better bet-ter off than his own |