New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-06
HOV SHALL THE MAMMOTH MILLION
NIIRE ENJOY HiHSELFP
From The london Spectator.

From The London Spectator
Those who watch tho new mammoth mlliounaires
now coming forward In sucn un ,,itc irom
for drrading them Is their mcapacIty for spending
their fortunes IN amusing Themselves. A man VINO
mas made twenty millions sterling, say, by vast
corners - IN railway shares, finds that unless no
goes on MAKING money or 10 one of those fortunate
uer.ous NJ no can continuously devote themselves TO
nm object the excess 10 which his fortune trans
ccnds that OF other rich men rs OF very little use TO
HIN lie can of course get out OF 1t I'll the personal
luxury. IN the way OF me houses anu 9oou eatIhH,
and purple and line linen EchCraNi, that ne NAV
happcn 10 ish for but IN those things there IS Tor
him no special satisfaction. Anybody with. say
$50 900 a year. or other hread-and butter fortune
of that kind can buy all the personal luxury he can
enjoy including IN some places social Difference aud
the mammoth mill onnalie wants something more
He wants 20 feel the value of the difference between
his resources and those Of tie merely rich, 10 do or
enjoy something which they cannot attempt. BE
plaut.ns nmuseincats may be amusing nut icy
are only clcphaniluc. ana ne - Wamlhoth' wants
larger trees TO crash through, bigger forests to
browse IN = deeper swamp ~ which 10 ganlhol ana
roll In little planet Ike ours this Is not easy to
obtain lie desires like the rest OF U.s. TO utilz his
sue,ial al vantage. which Is the command OF the
modern form Of the wishing cap IN degree 10
which no one else can pretend, and Il IL difficult TO
wish tor anything that non" win smaller cap
cln get lie can travel about II he llkes. travel
very pleasantly; but 80 can The ordinarily wealthy
man. money beyond "A certain amount adding lltlle
either to the enjoyment or the cunN enIonces of
travel. The present writer was travelling once on
the track of an Empress and was so inconvcuenrcd
by her wealth that he watched TO see what II gave
her Il was very little indeed. nothing compared
with " nat she obtained from her European rank.
When crossing tho Alps she swept up tor two days
IN advance every available horse. engaging at one
point no less than eighty Dut she could only slt IN
one place in one barouche and moved. on the
whole no quicker Than other people Inc huge
snite seemed 10 10 merely burden choking mp the
roads calling forth tresome crowds ana sc metlmes
creating wcarlsomc delays. There was physClan:
for instance, who actually fell ILL., TO the loss OF
eleven hours. The Empress upset the travelling ar
rangemrnts OF great line for three days by her re-
quIrements la the way OF Is special tram anu extra
precautions; but any rich enough to hire
saloon carriage Tor himself, and pay for pilot
engine In front, n matter OF less Than ponnd a
mile. would have travelled with lust az much per
sOnal enjoyment The EmprcssS rank. no donbt,
helped her greatly IN opening inaccessible castles,
attracting experts rs cloeroni ana securing ber near
Naples paradise to live IN which no money would
have purchased hut the command OF millions OF IT.
self procured no more than thousands would have
done. -,
As 10 creating a grand pace-thr idea which Ed
gar Poo put, INTO the head OF his imaginary million
naiTe-t rs 10 be done, doubt win slll ana jung
ment: but when the colossal once enters hto IN en-
ferpr. se of tho kind il becomes unen)Oy able. No
private man would he happier even in ms own
thoughts for Grating Versailles ana sholt OF heI
saics half MILTON well laid out Will do all THAT
II required. 10 found family. in the English
sense. is in America or Australia Impossible; ana
Ieat estate gives comparatively niue influence
and. beyond certain limit quite attainaoe oy any
rich nan. no particular pleasure. Mhat is the u.s.
of owning square miles when nobody VIII cap
10 vOu vote for you, or recognize yOnr greatness
IN any wnv that is not alf-hOste VI course, II
the mammoth millionaire Is collector he can
mako a mammoth collection; but when once You
have acquired all the snuff boxes Jade bowls. or
fine cHts-oycs TO be procured, u thousand more
specimens ada very little TO your qualification, A
collection loses it's charm when II Is magnihed INTO
q museum. Besides all these things cost compaia
lively little They can any one oil thelil DC dohe 10
any reasonable extent by man with hundred
thousand year and wesarc talking OF the null
ionnaIIes, 10 whom that income seems respectaple
poverty. The true mammoth Cfpsns Is loIceu 10
accumulate by the difficulty OF getting ma Oh MS
money and soon finds that really TO use 1t Win q
there is no way except to increase and increase ms
business operations. That is the reason why. Ill
America, he continueo bis trade; and why ms SON.
with still greater wealth. will be tempted 10 con-
tinue after him. ard to keep on ro ing I'm the snow
ball till smaller men declare. as they are declaring
now about the railway kings, that It's Dulk Is oe-
coming dangerous.