. History of the Abell family of Baltimore . political affairs of his country, he is by nomeans indifferent to the outcome of aftairs, and gives his staunchsupport to the principles of the Democratic party. His religiousaffiliations are with the Roman Catholic Church, of which he is amember. Mr. Abell has always evinced a decided love of natureand natural objects, but the beauties of art have also appealed to Z2 him in a very strong manner, as is amply testified by the collec-tion of pictures and other works of art which is to be found inhis homes. Of a high standard of intellectuality, it is
. History of the Abell family of Baltimore . political affairs of his country, he is by nomeans indifferent to the outcome of aftairs, and gives his staunchsupport to the principles of the Democratic party. His religiousaffiliations are with the Roman Catholic Church, of which he is amember. Mr. Abell has always evinced a decided love of natureand natural objects, but the beauties of art have also appealed to Z2 him in a very strong manner, as is amply testified by the collec-tion of pictures and other works of art which is to be found inhis homes. Of a high standard of intellectuality, it is but naturalthat he should have acquired in the course of time an extensivelibrary of the choicest and best selected literature, this being oneof the charms which make his home such an attractive one. Inthe midst of these refined surroundings, the home life is analmost ideal one and one which is not frequently found. is a contributor to numerous benevolent undertakings, andhis charity is always bestowed in an unostentatious i^^^fM^c^C^ 33WALTER WILLIAM ABELL Walter William Abell, one of the owners of The Siui, andpresident of the A. S. Abell Company from June 21, 1904. toApril 19, 1909, is the youngest son of the late Edwin Franklinand Margaret (Curley) Abell, and a grandson of A. S. Abell,founder of The Sun. He was born February 28, 1872, at Lit-terluna, a family country estate near Pikesville, Baltimorecounty, Maryland, and was educated in private schools and atGeorgetown University. Interested in business matters, Mr. Abell began his career withthe National Marine Bank of Baltimore, where he remained forabout a year and a half, and later divided with his father theadministrative business affairs of The Sun. Upon. Edwin devolved not only the management of the paper, but of theA. S. Abell estate, in which the interests of all the descendants ofA. S. Abell, founder of The Sun, were involved. About a year after the death of George William Abell, in 1894,
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