Show H. H H. H Rogers Roger Birthday Puzzles Broker Brokers J I Wall all street has bas a birthday question that bat is more puzzling than the late lato lamented la How Herr old olI is Ann Anid What man many brokers and aud bankers would like liko to know is tho the day of birth of f Henry Henrj- H. H RO Rogers reputed to be bc the ruling spirit of the Standard Oil com coin pan pany It has become ono one of the tho mysteries mys- mys tories cries of the street one street one of the few mysteries remaining about the tho great ent oil il trust trust now hOW that it lt has been probed probedo so o thoroughly by hr the thc government sa says s 's the he New York Tribune There Thero is no ro idea along Broad street of f making Mr 1 Rogers Rogers' birthday a t holida holi holi- da day 33 It is generally known that it falls on n somo ome Ia da day in in February and that month is already well supplied with bank ank holidays B. including as it lt does tho the birthdays s of Washington and Lincoln Then hen t too o. o the bulls bun and bears have havo suffered suffered suf suf- under raids from tho Ro Rogers fac fac- ion tion The feeling is just sheer cnn cnn- OBIt and Emil Mr l no Rogers does docs not seem in- in m. m lined dined to gratify it Tho date of his bis b birth buth tb is carefully left ou out ut t of Mr r r. r Rogers' Rogers report to Who Vho nor does docs it appear in an any of the thc theother other ther standard bio biographies Tho the rec of tho Standard Oil on Compaq company do donot donot doot not ot show it althou although h the company compan company's s 's s publicity man can turn in a minute to ho the exact date dato of the thc birth of an any of the he other hi high h officials Mr r. r Ro Rogers ia is is willing that tho the public should houM know the thc place of his birth Ma Mass s sa a i pretty y village across the bay from New cw Bedford and the year of it 18 10 but ut he wants no birthday celebrations ons I Why Wh- Wh don dont don't t tou you go o to the tho town clerk at t Fairhaven J was the suggestion estion made to h. a R. reporter b by one who nho bereti the caro care with which birth and loath lath records arc kept in New En Eng Eng- and land Tho The suggestion estion was acted on on but hut without results Somo years ear eari ago i O there was n a fire firo in in Fairhaven and the birth and nd death register was destroyed Every resident of the thc quaint old vii vil lage age however cr can show you the tho hou house housen e in n which Mr Mi no Rogers was born sid sixty sixty- ei eight ight ht years rears ago It i is a comfortable frame ramo nome in Middle Ii lo street It has always al ways been painted white and always alwa's has haR had sea green shutters Great trees ball aue over it t and the little porch which conies right out to the pa pavement ement has friendly side tc benches from which the ho householder may gossip ossip with the tho passerby Mr r Rogers Rogers' mother lived in tho the house until Inti her death some years ago Then he be ic built ono of the tho most beautiful churches in in New England as a memorial for or her He turned J the house over o to toa toa toi a i maiden woman about hi his own a age e. e with whom wheat he had attended school when a bo boy Sho She is to have hare haveit it ii rent free ree until her death The stoie in which he worked as s a d delivery i er boy hoy for four years can of his youth is a few blocks a way away It too is s pointed out to visitors visitor for Mr Ir Ro Rogers Bogers Bog Rog ers is clearly Fairhaven's first citizen and everything connected with him is of f public interest there Then it was known as aa tho the Union store stor a co tire ive concern and Noah Stoddard was m its ts malla manager er The Tho building is now occupied pied as as a 1 plumbers plumber's shop Judged by tho the stories the old timers tell in iu Fairhaven cn Hen Rogers va vas i a dashing delivery deliver wagon driver He could turn corners as short as the best of them and although h small of oC stature bo ho could throw a barrel of potatoes around aa as readily as a sack ack of or flour Mr Rogers makes Fairhaven his biR country borne and has spent several eral m million dollars oars providing pro public buildings build build- in inge ings e. e parks and fine roadways s for it lie He holds bolds one public cc t there there that er thit that of superintendent o of streets tho the salary of which is 3 a day Of course he does docs not not draw draw tho the mone money in ha having instructed the town treasurer to turn it over o to tobis tobis bis his assistant Mr Ro Rogers has bas deci decided cd on cn is ns his last resting place too In Iu the beautiful Riverside cemetery ou on the outskirts of tho the village he ho has hao erected a marble marblo tomb which is thought by hy hyman man many to bo be one of the most beautiful private ate mausoleums in America |