Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-24


horses, a lot Of spick and span Ln isined
grooms, and party OF sdYl - 'ie..; ~,
young men and women, bo"li"s me- '''I
ont Of town. The w10ie turn NJ was 70
magnihcently lavish and exclusive III ~
appointments and its general aHec1, bnS
attire Of the women was so gorgeous anu
the men seemed such superior beings lu"s
suddenly felt like a shriveled-up ana
upimpOrtant old man who nad no flgnt W
exist uuun the face Of the earth, whereas
/ the moment before ] had been stepping
aIOns brSklV. iOrgetting all about my age
and rloumatism in the pleasant spring
sunshine. Toe coaching party went roll
. ing on 40 the melody of a guards horn and
/ the laughter OF the young men and WON
en- who We're percded aioft, and l crawled
YEARLY and rheumaticaily down Thirty
titth street and took my place dejectedly
in the corner OF a car. | don't think IT
was envy. Ii was simply sort Of OPP
preston at the sight OF that merry party
OF butterflies. ! felt some curiosity ABOUT
them, for You know | was acquainted in
nv youth with most OF the fathers of the
leisure class OF New York, so ! turned the
society column OF the paper 10 see II
could find out what was going on. learn
ed from short and careless paragraph
that Que Of the best mem bers OF the Coach
ing Club had made up a party OF eight
friends TO 20 on tour up the old Boston
turnpike and through the eastern coun-
try wherever it might happen to strike
their fancy, just to enjoy the good old
sport OF coaching, with an incidental lit
tie picnic thrown in. They were TO be
gone ten days. There were twelve horses
sent ahead for relays, and the baggage Of
the party, where il was too VOluminOus
to he packed with the coach, was sent
along by special express. All of which
is clever and pleasant little scheme, but
imagine the tremendous outlay. i fell
TO computing il in my senile and cum
bersome way in the corner Of the car I'M
til 1t got 50 far up into the thousands
thatmy poor old-fashioned head began to
ache.
'The gentleman who was giving this
little excursion was the son OF "A dear old
friend oil mine. There never was a man
in the general produce business in New
J FORK who was more steadtast and hon
est business man than he. His method OF
curing hams is still unriValled, though it
is forty odd years old. He is dead now
and his fortune, which IS very large, is
being taken care OF by his son.
IL returned TO the society column OF the
paper and saw that another milliOnaire's
son WAS having his yacht put into COM
mission for a trip to Madagascar and
back. That's all, you know; just run
ming over to Madagascar with a crew OF
guests at an expense OF 500 or $500 day.
The trip would probably last the greater
part of a year, with the time taken for a
short visit to London. Paris, and Rome.
For moment 1t seemed impossible 10 me
that there could be men in New York who
could afford to go off for years pleasure
and leave their interest at home, but the
careless and commonplace way in which
the paragraph is written indicates that
1af al ao no har h,,
think nothing of going off for a jamboree
OF year in length.
Further along was the notification that
another society leaders, party would start
next Tuesday morning a IL O'clock. This
party will consist of twenty persons, and
travel in two cars from here to CalitOr-
mia, Yosemite, around by New Orleans
and back home again, spending consider
ably over month on the way, and all at
the expense of the host.
"These little things do not excite any
particular comment, apparently, and yet
to us more ordinary mOrtals they seem to
be events of extraordinary magnitude. In
the same paper there is a report of the
condition of Mr.. Pierre LOrillard's Tuxe-
do Park. This is a scheme involving
hundreds of thousands of dollars, the lay
ing aside of an immense tract OF beautiful
country stocked with game, ali for the
amusement of few wealthy New York
ers who care to shoot for a week or two
in the summer. Still in the same paper
il is told that DR.. Seward Webb, sOn-ln-
law of the late W. II. Vanderbilt, has
formed a regular association for the pur-
pose Of giving a winter ice carnival IN
Burlington, and that Mr.. William h.
Vanderbilt, at the head of dozen broth
er millionaires, has purchased an island
off the coast of Georgia, ON which tor
tunes Will be spent so that 1t may be fit
to receive any OF the leisure class who
may stray down there. There are country
clubs Innumerable all around New York
where fortunes are invested for the tenn
pOrary-indeed, l might almost say the
/ mOmentary--amuseme ofmen of means.
The rest OF us who toll for our living and
| consider walk up Broadway really an
! event of some magnitude in an amuse.
ment way, you know, read of these things
| and are apt to sigh and wish that we, too,
! could sometimes gain a moment from the
busy cares of the world TO have just lit
/ tie OF the good things that have fallen in
such abundance to the lot of our brothers
and sisters"
Here the old merchant removed mis- fee
from the steam radiator, lighted a frest
] cigar. yawned, and said: "Wel, it's
about time 1 went home now. l guess
! Pve been sitting here about four hours
and l feel as grabbed as an old cart
! hOrseV