The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-10
tApS Of THE FAMOUS
Diversions and Sports That Ease
the Minds Of Men
Of Note.
DR.. Depew's Enjoyment With and
Fondness For His Boy
Buster"
Tom Plstt's Cats and Cyrus Fields Chick
Tom Platt's Cats and Cyrus Fields Chick
ens-Dancing, Driving, Yachting,
Fishing and Farming.

Chauncey NJ. Depew believes that rail
road presidents know how to enjoy them
selves in their leisure moments after bust
ness hours more than any other class o
men in the country. says the New York Sun
He told the other day of set of theI
which had solid comfort every evening
This particular gathering like to pla
whist, and occasionally will take hand a
poker, but always for small stakes. TIL
action of the game smooths out the wrin
kles and wipes out the friction Of the day
work. In only one case did MIR. Depev
know where the rum bottle was patronizeG
with any degree of liberality. As for him
self Mr.. Depsw has the keenest and mos
sincere enjoyment when he gets home aftel
hard day, and has a chat and romp with
his little son Chances, whom he addresse.
as Buster" Mr.. Depew's son is a fair
faced boy of II, with complexion of So
ciety bud and the refined ways of deli
cately nurtured girl. Mr.. Depew never
meets him that he does not bend over and
kiss him. The applause of political gath
erngs may be keenly appreciated by this
man, but his little son Buster" is the fond
est spark in his life.
ton OF cats which he would not part with
for nation. One of these cats is of the
tiger breed, big and gentle, and rejoices in
the name Of Julius. This cat up to short
time ago was the chief point of interest at
Mr.. Platt's country home at Highland
Mills. No meal was taken in that house
that Julius was not favored guest at the
table. He had an infants high chair ex-
pressly for his use, and when the meal was
announced Julius would put in an appear
ance and jump into this high chair. He
may have been chasing robins on the lawn
the first to the table. He sits up straight
and the waitress ties about his throat an
embroidered bib. julius is one of the most
polite cats on earth. He is not fond of
soup, or fish, or entrees and the like, but he
knows full we'll when the course is over and
around the table, and without word or
suggestion he puts out his paw and by a
gentle stroke on the table bell summons the
waitress to clear away the course and bring
on the next. He waits for the roast, and
then his special feast of sponge cake is put
before him in sevres saucer. He eats
with better manners than some folks.
and does not leave the table till coffee is
served. Mr.. Platt takes endless delight in
Julius and the six other cats on the farm,
but Julius is the king pet of them all, and
could not receive greater consideration if
he were the ex-senator's eldest son.
Cyrus w. Field, the man who lost s., OOO,-
600 in twenty-four hours in Wall street
without murmur, has thousand chick
ems on his farm at Ardsley which interest
him now quite az much as the great pro-
ject of the Atlantic cable did over twenty
five years ago. MIR. Field has several acres
of this farm planted with thousands of
sunfowers, and just about this time his
assistant farmers are gathering them and
laying them away as fodder for the chick
ems in cold weather. Mr.. Field has one of
the finest henneries in the country, and de-
votes more time to it than to his financial
enterprises.
Stephen Van Cullen White, the Wall
street banker, can be found at his home in
Brooklyn on any clear night star-gazing.
He has an observatory, valuable telescopes,
and often up to dawn this busy man
sweeps the heavens with his instruments.
Abram Stevens Hewitt, the statesman
and thinker, is as fond of society as a
debutante. When he is we'll he likes to
have his home in Lexington avenue ablaze
with lights and all the young people about
him. He is fond of providing pleasant
dinners for them. to be succeeded by the
fancy dress ball at the Academy Of Design
in costume. It is often remarked by
friends of Mr.. Hewitt who see him in his
home life that the politicians would scarce
ly know this man or understand his gentle
and kindly ways and his inordinate desire
to have all the young people around him
Russell Sage, for the thirty years he has
lived in New York, has driven every morn
ing and evening except Sunday through the
Park. He is an early riser, and is out on
the road long before other people have had
their breakfasts. He is an expert driver,
to manage four-in-hand drag. He is con-
stantly on the lookout to secure four horses
which will trot evenly together. Then he
is to train them, get the drag and do some
thing which has been with him these many
years.
Jay Gould it is we'll known. will not be
disturbed by business matters after he
leaves the Western Union building in the
afternoon. He has three pet ways of en-
joying himself, and while he does not exert
himself to manifest his thorough apprecia-
ton of them, it is certain that underneath
his cam exterior they bring many happy
moments to him. The first is his yacht, the
Atlanta, which in summer time takes him
from the city to his home in Irvington.
The next source of enjoyment, and prob
ably the greatest to Mr.. Gould, is flowers.
he is an accomplished botanist, and thinks
as much of flowers as the gentlest woman
in the land. He has a fine conservatory.
and the choicest blossoms are always before
him winter and summer. Mr.. Gould also
thinks that great good can come out of a |
circus. He is just as fond of the CIRCUS "a |
in the days when he stole under the tent
flaps of the old-fashioned circus which yis-
tied his native town.
Col. Calyiu s. Brice, senator from Ohio. |
and chairman of the national democratic
likes society and quiet and |
moderate game of draw poker. Col. Brice's
society set is as exclusive as the number of |
gentlemen he invites to play cards with
him.
William K. Vanderbilt will dance the
german all night until broad daylight.
Collector Erhardt, Daniel g. Rollins, Col. |
George Bliss and Surveyor Lyon believe
with Col. Brice that an occasional game OF |
poker, even ii it is for beans, is the quickest
and best method for driving political and
business fogs out of the head.
Frederic +. Olcott, president of the Cen
tral Trust company, is frequently spoken of |
IN Wall street as Farmer Olcott, because he
devOtes all his leisure moments to his 26O /
acre farm in New Jersey. f. G. Benedict
and other intimates guy him and ask him
what he is getting for his hay and potatoes,
but the relaxation and diversions of his
"a, m far outweigh the gibes of his friends.
Frederic X. Coudert is also quite far
nef. In the summer months all his neigh
bors at Metuchen are interested in his
dolnRs. He has fine collection of Alder
aeys and other line cattle, and the sturdy
acumen which Mr.. Coudert exercises in the
purchase or sale OF calf ID part of the play
spell of his life.
nc. In the spring and fall he wades the
rom sunrise to sunset.
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