The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-12
VANDERBILT's FAMILY.
MS Nifc' Their children. Sons-in. Law and
Law,

Daughters-in-L Law,
us Vanderbilt an educated man pn
MOI much, lie can talk very well, how.
ever. His father was guilty of A eros, in
jury to him by meanly keeping him on the
iittle Old farm within sight of New York
and making him stay there until he was q
man OF more THAI forty years old under
the old'iashoned delusion that if Won keen
a child hungry he will deserve fortune bet.
ter Consequently, the time William Van.
derbilt should have spent at college he had
TO spend throwing up hay and shoyehng
dung. He regrets the loss of better edroa
tional advantages, but he has picked my a
goou deal from intercourse, and
from the refining instincps of his his
Wile' who is the best nerson
mat ever entered into that family. She wa,
l oelleVe, clergyman's daughter. or some,
thlng OF that kind. Vanderbilt takes great
pleasure IN his family at home, They are
as happy family as their old Dutch ances.
tors IN the valley OF the Hudson river. where
divorces were never known.
william Vanderbilt, with tae means he
possesses, might be very injurious man to
nus .lthe py the bad example he would set.
oin 'ne contrary, l think he does as little
evil with that evil amount of money 40 aID
most any man that could be picked ont of the
United States. He does not belong To anv
.nlng rare IN the human type,is moderately
,woriuiy, Is a little timid, has his fears. per.
maps, that he will be failure in life, or even
lose his property; but take him ali In nil no
mas preserved the wealth his father An
him as successfully as any man Won might
select, and made it. the least possible In.
nictlon' perhaps, upon other people. There
Is hothlng whatever affected about bim
ne roses MS temper sometimes and can be
very severe Tor few minutes, but he rather
ntsrets IL aiterward. have heard men saw
mat when he got mad he could make than
feel meaner.by his remarks than any oIber
person in the world could do "
What kind o! children han he--hjs soma
for instance?" 'N"''
as TO That 1t is the current impression
That the ahlest son he has is Cornelius Van.
uerpilt. 10 that | enter an objection.
mink II Is misfortune that Mr. Wander.
oilt's oldest son is not William K. viii il
less popular than Cornelius but possesses
more grit. None of the Vanderbilt bows
nave genius. Cornelius is entirely person
OF routine, afraid to take the responsibility
ana with decision only IN ordinary things
re Is goou young man, perhaps 81 years
sons-in'law, Cornelius goes to his work md
carries on his part of the estate and his
enterprises. He has rather happy man.
her OF greeting people. William X
rather ranks as snob. He IL mar.
ticular IN his dress and address, not demon.
stratlye, and governed to some extent /
mink, by his wife, who is southern woman
with good deal oistye about her. Attbe
present time, for instance, Lord and Lady
vaudeville are guests OF Mrs. William X,
vanderbilt. But think that Mr.. Wander
olit mas more confidence in the force of
character OF William X. than of any of his
sons, WIZ give. you an instance: During
the railroad war In the west some time AGO
William Vanderbilt was in Europe. Wo9d
was sent from ST: Louis and Kansas Civ
that the rates were being cut, and ask.
ing whether the Central road and
It's connections should no. also
cut rates, The dispatch fell into the hands
OF Cornelius, and he replied that his father
was on his way home, and would arrive in |
about week, and that important question
would be settled. That is always his re-. |
marx: Il must see my father about this
But the next dispatch that came from N IS.
souri, Tell into the hands of William X. and !
ne Immediately photographed back Yes; |
rates."
ierbiit?n '""
The third married son is Frei. Heisa
NICE Fellow, who goes to work like the rest.
george IL the young person ofthe family-l
|. good boy. unmarried. The wife of VII. /
lam h, came, think, from Virginia. and
ABOUT the time she married her husband
was poor. This led to a good deal of oriti.
,lsm oil her, especially when her superior
manners and ambition rather seemed 10 re-
iect on the other daughter,in.law. But
no ma Ter what they say, whether she once
lad money or not she has rot II now. She
IS not n very handsome woman Int h.,s
style anu quality about her. Her house IL
ne Gothic white building right opposite
Nanderbllts own block. A lot of foolish
criticism has been spent ON this house; pui
u IL the best specimen in the
western world of the secular Gothio
style OF the north of Europe--such ns
lne sees IN the palace OF Justice M
Iouen, OF many of the town halls of the
north OF France aud Belgium. Cornelius
Vanderbilt has built u house OF anotber
character, nearer central Park, of white
stone, ihlaid with brick. Their father is
now erecting two noble houses for his ra-
naing children half way between those of
his two elder sons. think that the wife "a
cornelius Vanderbilt came from Cincin.
na,i. The sons In law are like the SONS
'espectable, indus rious young m-n, will
ng to be set at work wherever they cnn ac.
'omplish the most. Twombly Is n Boston
man, and has the transportation business
IN the river. One son.in.law Is younv
Sloane. the CARPET man The latest IL the
younger son of James Watson Webb, the
Did editor. This young man hhs lust hnd
, child born, aud Mr.. Vanderbilt said AZ
lime that he didn't know whether n was
he twenty.iirst or twenty.second grand
'hild he had -tGath in Cincinnati In
luirer.