For him, personality has done much toward raising him to his present status among the leading men of New York.

While not tall, he is tall enough never to look short, owing to the trim elegance of his figure and the quiet dignity of his carriage.

He does not need to turn his face to impress you with the idea that he is handsome; but when he does so, you find that your expectations are more than met by the reality.

For though he may not have the strictly regular features we naturally associate with one of his poise and matchless outline, there is enough of that quality, and more than enough of that additional elusive something which is an attraction in itself, to make for handsomeness in a marked degree.

He, like his friend, has passed his fortieth year, but nowhere save in his abundant locks can one see any sign of approaching age.