Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-07-27

Thr Emitted Capacity of NilIionairr- for
"aii.ninN mrnt Di>C0mi"rt> of y ra;,h
<.ati. tit<crib',l.


Those Nhp watch the ilcW mammoth
now coming forward IL
such hluihcl7 from America and An,
tralia say that one definite reason for
dl"ading them Is their incaparity for
spending Their fortune, "a alnu~in-
themselves. \ man Wl,1 ha, made
twenty millions sterling. sly by vast
"vurn"rs' in railway ~har"s, finds that
mllc~- b." g,",7 uH maxim, nlv..,.y e.:
is one If il:,D-r fortunate PERSONS VII"
can continuous y devote himself 10 al
ohicct. tli, "ac,'~- ii which lis for
iuuo trHn-c,ndS that Of other rich
men. is Of very little use to him. tie
can. oi course. crj Oat of it all the
personal l,iAuiy. i'll the way of fine
HOUSES and GOOD eating, and purple
and fine linen generally, that lr may
happen - wish l"r. lat III those thing
there ! f"r him no special eatisfac-
ton. Auyhody witt, say, c5h.eW a
wear. ur other lircud and butter Frr
tune, of that kind. can buy all the
pcrsunal iuXurirs he can enjoy. in
Guiding III soine places social def
prcnce: and the mammoth millionaire
wants something more He wants 10
feel the value of the difference he
tween his resources and those of the
mere y rich. to do or enjoy something
which they cannot attempt II
cphantine amusements may be ANUS
/ ing, but they are only elephantinp.
and he is Il mammoth, wants larger
trees to crush through, bigger forests
to browse in. Il deeper swamp in which
to gambol and roll. In Il little planet
like ours thi. is rot easy to obtain
He desires, like the rest of IL. to llti
lie his special advantage, which is
the command of the modern form Of
the wishing cap i'll Il degree To Which
/ no one else can pretend. and 1t Is dif
ticult to wish for anything that u"
body with Il smaller cap can get. lie
can travel very pleasantly; but 81 can
the ordinary wealthy Iuan, money
beyond Il certain amount adding
little either to the enjoyment or the
conyeniencrs of travel. The present
writer WAS travelling one" on the track
/ Of an Empress. and WAS - ircon
venicnced by her wealth that he
watched 10 soc what 1t gave her. II
WAS very little indeed, nothing com
pared with what she obtained from
her European rank. When cro~siu@
the Al ps she swept ny fDr two da!
in advance every available hors.
engaging at one point no less than
eighty: hut she could ON Y Ill in ON,
place III one baruuchr. AM! moved. 81,
the whole. no quicker tlah other r,.o
pie. The huge suit seemed tu j.,
merely IL burden. choking MP IL,
roads, calling forth tirr,one crowd,
and sometimes creating w"ar!-oni,
delay. There was Il physician. for IN
stance. who actually fell Ill. to the l,'--
of eleven hours. The Empress upset
the travelling arrangements Of = ;.rra'
line for three days 10y her require
mputs IN the way Of Il special IRAN
and extra precautions: but any "n'
to hire a saloon carriage fer herself
and pay for Il pilot engine i'll front
Il matter Of less than pound Il mile
would have travelled with Just IL,
much personal enjoyment. The En-
press rank, no doubt, helped hti
greatly i'll opening inaccessible Gas
ties. attracting experts as Ciccroni
and securing her near Naples Il par
adise to live in which no money Woul,
have purchased: but the comman,
of millions of itself produced no nor,
than thousands would have done.
As to creating Il grand place th'
idea which Edgrr Poe put into III.
head of his imaginary millionaire
it is to he done. no doubt. with skill
and Judgment; hut when the colossal
once enters into an enterprise of tina
kind, it becomes unenioyable. y,
private man would be happier even
in his own thoughts for creating ;
Versailles, and short Of Versailles
half a million well land ont will Il,
all that is required 70 found
family in the English sense, is il
America or Australia innpussible; an'
great estate gives comparative littl'
influence, and beyond a certain limi
quite attainablc by any rich man, II,
particular pleasure What is the rs'
of owning square miles when nobod,
will cap to you or recognize you
greatness in any way that is not hal
hostile? OF course, if the mammoth
millionaire is Il collector, he can MAX,
mammoth collection; but when one,
you have acquired all the snuff boXp,
or jade bowls, or fine eats eyes to l.,
procured. a thousand more specimen,
adds very little to yOur qualification
y collection loses its charms whrl
once it is nlagniiicd into a museum
Besides. all these things cost com
paratively little They can. any ON,
of them. be done to any reasonabl,
extent 10y man with mIndre,
Thousand Il year: and We are talking
OF the millionaire, To whom that i'll
coliic scelllS TeS.'"ctdble poverty. ii'
true mammoth Crpsus Is forced tt
accumulate by the difficulty of get
ting rid of his money. and soon find,
that really to use it with Il visibl,
result adequate to the power cXpend
ed, there is no way except to in
crease his business operations. That
is the reason why, in America, he
continues his trade; and why his son
with still greater wealth. will he
tempted to continue after him, and t,
keep on rolling mp the SNOWFALL till
smaller men declare, as they are
declaring now about the railway
kings. that it's becoming dangerous