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Show 4. tWSrponX Mornan'aBuooast. Plerpont Morgan, who colebrnted his sixty-sixth birthday recently, achloved his greatest business successes suc-cesses since ho reached the threescore three-score mark. Ho first became prominent promi-nent in tho flnanclnl world nbont twenty years ago, when ho wont to Europo and successfully sold $25,000,-000 $25,000,-000 worth of New York Central stock. This mado tho old financiers gasp. By this piece of work Mr. Morgan won tho lasting friendship of the lftte William H. Vanderbllt and Incldontnlly cleared $1,000,000 for himself. |