Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-08-18

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There are in the United States abou
{ 100 children who, upon arriving at tn,
5 age Of maturity, will come into the pos
session of very large fortunes. The,
will each have many millions of dol
, lars. In fact, one-siXth of the wealth
OF the United States is supposed to bt
IN the hands Of twenty millionaire
families, according to the New York
l Press, and each child of each family
will some day own the millions thai
have been accumulated for it by its
parerts and grandparents.
The parents Of the children who will
some day own one-siXth of all the
wealth in this country are very careful
about the training and the education
OF these fortunate youngsters. They
: are bringing them up as carefully as
ever the children of the royal families
Of England and Germany were brought
up. Their teachers are selected from
the best in the world. and they are
taught, disciplined and drilled in a Won
derful way, Il way that many children
would consider very hard, strict and
tireSCme.
These millionaire children must be
well trained, because they will control
many Of the railroads Of America, tele-
graph companies, and gold, silver and
Oil mines, besides iron interests and
either great Industries.
Take the Vanderbilt children for ex-
ample. They are constantly on the 60
In the summer they are at Newport
| I ct ic;+ T
to Europe in a private steam yacht and
return just in time to spend Christ
mas at home. From February until
! June they travel through the west in
private car.
But during all these trips their
studies are uninterrupted. A corps of
! teachers, goyerness and private tutors
/ accompany them everywhere. Their
! studies are no more disturbed by de
parture for Mexico than a public school
! child's studies are disturbed by hail
storm.
I Some time ago Seward Webb and
his wife and children journeyed to the
worlds fair in Il special train. They
stopped to visit Mexico, Texas and
! California first. During all this long
"Trip the Webb children and some
! little cousins who accompanied them
! went on with their studies as usual.
There was a special car just for this
| purpose. The car was called the
"Idier," and it was gorgeously hung
With blue tapestries and fine pictures
1t had Il blue carpet and blue chairs,
and all its furnishings suggested
! daintily appointed schoolroom rather
| than Il railroad car.
! In their daily lives, their doings and
their comings and their play, nearly all
of the little American ariStocratS are
brought up alike. And that is with
extreme simplicity. They dress with
one-half the elegance of other children
and they eat palmer food. Before Mrs.
Webb went away with her bevy of
Vanderbilt children she had dozens Of
little dresses made after the simplest
pattern. The material chosen was the
sOfteSt silk and the most delicate
woods and cottons. But all were wash
dresses. Not one had as much as an
inch Of ribbon or a yard of lace fol-
trimming. Such children as these wear
no jewelry at all. They do not know
what it is TO have gold rings, bangle
bracelets and necklaces. Nor do they
carry Il watch.
Mrs. Paran Stevens, who is a very
rich woman, says that her daughter,
who is now the wealthy Mrs. Arthur
Paget of London and New York, went
wild with delight over 4 simple little
ring given her when she was Is. 1t
was her very first bit Of jewelry. Ana
now Mrs. Paget gives musicales which
are attended by the Prince and Primo
ess Of Wales. Mrs. Stevens knew that
her daughter would come some day to
| the highest of social positions, and she
| kept her unspoiled for her later tri-
| umphs.
The menu Of the Astor and Wander
bilt children, as well as the children
Of other millionaire families, is very
limited. For breakfast they have fruit,
grains and one kind of meat. For din
ner, which is served at the good old
! hour of noon, there is soup, roast beef,
| simple vegetables and a green salad,
and for dessert a plain pudding. After
the dessert comes the one treat Of the
day which is just one caramel or
chocolate drop. This is all the candy
J that is allowed for the day, and it
can be eaten all at once or kept for a
sweet morsel to lunch upon in the
afternoon. At night there is a simple
meal of stewed fruit, bread and butter,
sugar cakes and milk. This is the fare
all the year around. And the skins Of
these millionaire babies are like satin.
i Mrs. Whitney, the wife of ex-Secre-
! tary Whitney, used to make it a point
to take her lunch at the children's din
ner hour, and it was then that she took
! occasion to teach her little ones by pre-
cept and example the little elegancies
Of manner which mark the well-bred
person. Mrs. Flagler, the wife of the
rich Standard Oil man, goes further
and often lunches with her children in
their schoolroom and devotes many
hours to personal instruction in what
may be called great trifies." The
Flagler schoolroom is fully equipped
any seminary. and its corps of teachers
is as thorough.
But of course, the daily life of rich
children is not all discipline. Though
they do not have candy and jewelry and
rich clothes and rich food. they have
luxuries which other children do not
have. They own beautiful horses and
fine dogs, all of the best breeds. A
millionaire boy has his saddle horse and
often his tandem team when he is at