Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26


other jewels they have taken out to wear at
a ball or wedding. The safes at their
| homes in which the minor jewels of everv-
| day wear are stored, must be in themselves
source of deep anxiety, and it is with a
vast sense of relief that they see the bulk of
their jewelry locked up in the vaults OF cast
steel in Forty-second street before they de-
part for Europe or their country houses in
| the summer.
Couldn't Look at the Procession.
I thought in new way of the penalty of
riches as stood watching the pageant in
which General Sherman's casket was the
most conspicuous object. 1t happened that
exactly opposite where I stood, on Fifth
avenue near Thirty-fourth street, was the
| mansion of William Astor, whose sons
| marriage with Miss Willing recently took
place in Philadelphia. All the shades in
the windows were pulled down except in the
basement, where the servants were massed
and were looking out at the parade. The
little yagrant street boys had packed them
selves on the grand staircase OF brown stone
and few stood on the stone balustrade.
Every now and again when new burst Of
music heralded the approach of band lead
ing yet another division of the grand pa
geant, would see the shadeskn the upper
windows pulled trife to one side and some
members of the great land baron's family
would furtively peep out upon the grand
moving scene of uniformed meH.
A code of etiquette all their own made it
impossible Cor undignifed, which is the
same thing in their case) for an Astor to
deliberately>sit in a window and enjoy the
rare spectacle, yet they were human and
fhQu IN RI not
glimpse at that which they knew was inter-
esting the whole nation and had attracted
between 800. 900 and l, 600, 900 souls to line
the route OF the parade. The ragged street
boys who trespassed on their stoop could do
what the Astors wanted yet did not dare
to do.
Chauncey Depew's Easy Life.
We have some very rich men who do not
allow their riches to hamper them III these
ways, to be sure. Chauncey u. Depew, for
instance, though not himself millionaire,
is the custodian of more millions not mis-
own than any other lawyer in America. He
manages those of the Vanderbilts and those
of the estate Of the late Horace f. Clark, as
well as Of other old or departed friends, bur
ne has never altered the easy-going, COM
Portable habits of his hardest working DAYS,
and you will meet him on foot ten times to
once that you see him in his carriage.
Just now he has been having an expert.
ence that must seem very queer to him, con-
sdering that he is the best known man in
town. He has long been member of the
Century Club, as he has of a score of leagues
and clubs and circles. For years he coold
not 20 to the Century Club because it was
down town and ne was up town. but since it
has opened its new house in Forty-third
street he has been dropping around there Tor
midday bite once in awhile. The few who
lounge there in the daytime have happened
TO be
Men Who Do Not Know Him
and he has had the astonishing experience
OF walking through the rooms and sitting
down to his luncheon without being recog-
nized. Not only that, but when he asks for
his account the walters say, "Your name,
pleases" just as they would to some beard
less young fellow who has just been elected
and is making his bow to the premises.
The famous Rockefeller brothers, Will
lam and John D., are very plain and
natural in their ways and mingIe freely
with the medley OF humanity that makes
up DR.. Armitage's old Baptist Church on
Fifth avenue. It is a thoroughly demo-
cratic sight to see "Brother William"
passing tn, plate on Sunday mornings, but
one cannoa help wondering what he must
think as ne rakes all the pews on his aisle
to ind at the end that he has only collected
$2O or $50 when his own income in the same
number of minutes amounts to q larger sum
and when he could put his hand in his
pocket and buy the church itself as YOU or
l would buy popcorn ball. His brother
John attends "class meetings" end relates
his religious experiences precisely as he did
q on1 Cd
When he speaks of his wealth he refers TO
himself as "the trustee of the Lord''o or as
"the custodian of the Lords wealth." and
those who know of his extraordinary bene-
factions are not quite as strongly inclined
10 smile at the words as those who think
them mere empty phrases.
Ways of Spending Money.
Uncle Russell Sage continues to be as
democratic es any millionaire the town
boasts. l saw him the other day, under his
slouch hat, in his old-fashoned carriage.
leaning out and bandying chaf with lot
OF young hoodIums whose talk amused him.
The city has had little influence upon Mr..
Sage. 1 wonder the bunko men do not
sometimes mistake him for a stranger. So
far as our born New York millionalres are
concerned, do not know one whose wealth
has putfed him up or made him timid They
bar and bolt their houses, however, and
build them as near like burglar proof safes
as they can. A little knot OF Standard OIL
and other millionaires, who live near one
another on the sound. keep a private car,
fitted UP like clubhouse, to be bitched to
whichever train they all agree to take into
and out of town every night and morning.
This is not done for exclusiveness so much
as for socia bility and comfort
The same sort of arrangement Is provided
for on the new Long Branch steamers. Pri-
vate cabins cost as high as $500 for the sum.
mer in addition to the fare, but they fud
plenty of takers among the very rich men
who live along the coast. Some like to
gamble. some like to drink, others like to
take their hats and coats off and lounge
about, and still others like to be exclusive,
1t is with money as it is with war. The
stronger you make armor the more powerful
do the missiles become, and the more rich
men there are the more varied are the de-
vices of the world at large for making them
spend their money. JULIAN RALPH,