Show 1 JOTS FROM THE ARTS ARTS- I JOHN lOHN IN PIERPONT MORGAN C one of the wealthiest men of the world started his business life in a modest position with a New NewYork NewYork NewYork York banking house For many years he formed combinations of railroad companies united st steel el concerns and amassed one of the worlds world's greatest fortunes fortun s. s He was also the greatest r private art collector tor of the twentieth century gatI ering cring together the tile ch choice ice pictures books and statu statuary ry obtainable Most of these upon his death in 1913 were given the Metropolitan tan Museum at New York R i |