Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-12-11
EVERYONE HAS \ HOBBY.
Some of the Peculiar Diversions OF
Prominent Men

Joe jefferson is an artist.
Edwin Booth is an enthusiastic whist
player
Billy Florence is a fisherman. Ills
chief hobby, though, seems TO be prac-
teal joking.
Oscar :. Straus. eX-Minister to Tur-
key, makes 4 hobby of collecting and
studying books on American his oTy.
George Bancroft, the historian. j.
passionately fond of roses, and has some
of tile finest specimens in the country.
Robert Bonner Geyotss all his time
and attention TO his horse. His mania
is to own the fastest IIotiing horse on
the trotting turf
George W. Childs, the Philadelphia
journalist and philanthropist, is fond
of collecting authors manuscript,
china, and bric-a-brsc.
William Rockefeller is an admirer of
fast horses. He owns three-quarter
mile track at which he treats his friends
to races between his own horses.
Cooper Hewitt son OF EN-Mayor
Hewitt, has one Of the best collections
of musical instruments IN America and
knows how TO pay on nearly all OF
them.
John d. Rocktellers hobbies are
churches and charities, and he devotes
all his spare time TO furthering the in
terests of the Methodist church He is
also fond of horses.
Henry Willard, the railroad m 'Cnate,
Is passionately fond of music. He is a
good performer on the yioloncellO, and
is thoroughly posted on all the doings
in the operatic world.
RuSsel Sage is an enthusiastic chess
player. After solving the problems of
the bulls and bears, and puts and calls
on Wall street, he goes home to solve
problems on the chess board.
Mrs. Harrison Is a very good painter.
Nearly n / the pictures in the Harrison
homestead were painted by her, and
many of them are really works of art.
The President takes a great deal of In
terest in his wife's work
Jesse Seligman devotes all his spare
time and attention TO the Hebrew Or
phan Asylum, improving that institu-
| ton and doing what he can 10 add TO
the comfort of the children who
live there This seems to be perfect
hobby with him.
George Gould is philatelist. lie
I has one of the finest collections OF for
eign stamps in the world and deyotes a
great deal OF his spare time in arrang-
| ing them and sticking them in albums
according to their classification.
| Another hobby is his baby.
Brayton Ives, of Wall street, has per-
hap; the finest collection of old manu-
| scripts, missals and rare books in the
j country. He attends all the sales and
| frequently sends commissions to the
book sales that take place in Europe,
and is considered well posted biblio-
| grapher.
W. E. Kimball, the great tobacco
mist. of Rochester, has the finest collec-
| tion of orchids in the country. He has
spent fabulous sums of money to buy
some of the rarest of the queer plant
| that could be found. He devotes a
great deal of his time in studying and
watching their growth.
! Henry Clews, of Wall street fare,
devotes all his spIre time aud attention
1 TO his home. You can take his atten-
tion away from his business If you begin
to talk about his house, and he Is per
fectly delighted when anybody requests
to be taken over the building His
bathroom is of solid onyx and cost so,
600.
3 John wanamaker, the Postmaster
general has been a busy man all his llfe
His only hobby is the Sunday school
which is connected with Bethany
Church in Philadelphia He Is SO