members of the Union Defense Committee, recognized by President Lincoln as of most efficient service to the Union cause in the early stages of the war.

Despite Mr. Bryan's suave manner there is a vein of old-Virginian haughtiness that crops out at times making him not altogether agreeable; and his remarkable command of language, which he often uses superabundantly, is a stumbling block to the genuine westerner, whose vocabulary is selected with due regard to simplicity and utility.

His biogragher says: "He is of a cheerful spirit, liberal disposition, generous and forbearing, and in his manner uniformly gentle and courteous, and yet gracefully dignified."

It is said that there is no man in Chicago more benevolent than Mr. Bryan. "He commenced his work in Chicago," says an old citizen, "by giving more than half his reserve funds to a charitable cause, while richer men responded to the call with a much less amount.'

Mr. Bryan has only two children, a son and daughter, both of whom have had excellent advantages in education. The family has spent some time in Europe, sojourning in France

and Germany; besides a longer stay in their own home at Lake Geneva, Switzerland, and at Montreux.

Charles, his son, is a journalist by profession, and is now a member of the Illinois Legislature; he formerly served a term in the Colorado Legislature. If he inherits the talents of his father, with the opportunities given him, he may distinguish himself in the future for he has a noble character and is a devoted son, of whom his father is justly proud.

Their

Thomas B. Bryan has many friends and admirers in Chicago and elsewhere. expressions regarding him are in substance what Macauley said of John Hampden: "We can scarcely express the admiration which we feel for a mind so great, and, at the same time, so healthful and so well proportioned; so willingly contracting itself to the humblest duties, so easily expanding itself to the highest, so contented in repose, so powerful in action."

He has a magnificent residence in Elmhurst, a suburban town, where he lives during the summer. In the winter he occupies his home in the city, on Division street, near the Lake Shore drive.

In stature and weight Mr. Bryan is not great, but his capacity for accomplishing a vast amount of work, and, at the same time, for keeping posted in the current literature of the times is, probably, unparalleled. In his address he is very affable, in fact, so much so that a young enterprising reporter whom he dismissed by cordially shaking hands with him, quoted:

"He kicked me down stairs with so gracious a mien,
I thought he was inviting me up."

The couplet was well applied, for the Chicago reporter does not usually mistake a snub for a cordial greeting.

Such versatile talent as he possesses, with an energy that not only does his work well, but attains his purpose, is rare. He is not a millionaire; his disposition is not favorable to that condition; his mind is too broad and too compact to concentrate his energies upon mere money-getting, but his skill has great money value; therefore, he is well equipped with that which substantially fortifies one from the pangs of poverty, but with his open and sympathetic heart, he would never pile up a million dollars, for the sake of holding on to it.

CHAPTER IV.

GEORGE M. PULLMAN.

"He looks like a piece of luck; but is a piece of causation."Emerson.

George M. Pullman is one of the millionaires of Chicago: one of those who have worked their way through the vicissitudes of life, gathering around them the material riches of the world. He commenced early his pursuit for profits, and by his persistent efforts, with the assistance of others, he has succeeded in satisfying his ambition.

How to get money seems to be one of the great secrets which mankind is trying to find out. This fact accounts for the destitution which is on every side; for those who have not the faculty to get money suffer from the greed of those who have it.

"Therefore, if at great things thou wouldst arrive,

Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure keep."

As mechanic, financier and organizer, Mr. Pullman has taken his place with the promoters of great enterprises. The The power of