Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-22

ofhhrunHen ncs3uas.
! learn with much sadness that Nj
William H. Vandefbilt's once princel
fortune has shriveled down 70 $50, 600
600. This piece of information come
to me like q clap Of thunder from
clear sky. Once petted, fondIed an,
caressed, William II. Vanderbilt, shorl
OF his wealth, and resting upon N
foundation but bis sterling integrity
must struggle along with the rest o
lus.
II would be but truth 10 say that Mr.
Vanderbilt will receive very littl,
sympathy from the world now In tn
days Of his adversely and penury, whel
the wolf Is 1t his door. There are many
{ his former friends who will say tha
William could ecouomize and struggl,
along on $3.50. 900 900, but let them try
1t once and see how they would like 4
themselves $3.50, ,000, \ ,0O0, with NO SALARY
outside of that amount, will net last
forever.
A poor man might pinch along in such
. case till he could get something to do,
but We must remember that Mr.. Van.
derbilt has always lived in compare
lively com Portable umstances. HE
hands, therefore, are tender, and his
stomach juts out into the autumn air.
He will, therefore, find It hard. 10 husk
corn and dig potatoes. Wasa no stoopu
over q sawbuck around New York this
winter his stomach will be In the way
and his vest no doubt will split omen
at the back. All these things will an.
noy the spoi led child Of luxury. and
his broad features will be covered with
sadness. They will, at least, II there
10 sadness. enough in the country to do
It.
The fall Of William Il. Vanderbilt
and his headlong plunge from the
proud eminence to which his means
had elevated him downward to crinQ.
ing poverty Of $3.50, ,0CO, 900 should be a
sad warning TO US all. This fate
may fall to any one of us. Oh, let us
be prepared when the summons comes.
For one. believe l am ready. Should
the dreadful news come to me to-mor-
row that such fate had befalleu me,
would nerve myself up TO 1t and meet
II like a man. With the ruin of my
former fortune would buy me crust
of bread and some Pie, and then l
would take the balance and go over TO
Canada, and there 1 would establish
itlouulctd uauk cA4O lerH
who are now there, several hundred
of them, and with no one to love them.
All kinds Of charitable institutions,
costing many thousands of dollars, are
bnilt In American from year to year for
the comfort of homeless and friendless
women and children, but man is left out
in the cold. Why is this thus? Lots
OF people in Canada, of course, are do
ing their best to make 1t cheerful and
sunny for our lovely cashiers there, but
still 1t is not home. As q gentleman
once said In my hearing, "There is no
place like home" And he was right,
In conclusion, do not know what to
say. unless it bs to appeal to the news.
paper men of the country In Mr.. Van.
derbilt's behalf. When he WAS wealthy
he was proud and arrogant. He said :"Tat
the newspapers be blankety blank.
ed TO blank" OF words to that effect,
but we do not care for that. Let us
forget all that and remember that his
sad fate may some day be our own.
In our afi1uence let Us not lose sight of
the fact than Van 10 suffering. Let us
procure place for him on some good
paper. His grammar and spelling are
a little bit rickety, but he could begin
as janitor and gradually work his way
up. Parties having clothing or funds
which they feel like giving may for
ward the same to me at Hudson. Wis.
postpaid, and If the clothes do not fit
Van, they may possibly fit me.