Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-12

The unz<S& tfeHEn cnGx P9Vc3koV19
will command che culinary department
of tNis train. the entire party dining
aboard the cara They will be enabled
o. gcs far better fare IT Mr.. Wander
bslts table than In che best hotels out
sd. u New York An entire ear will
b. given a. the chef for his supplies
There will be = dining car. Library
car. ear for music aud fog smoking;
another viii be used a. = drawing
room and the rest arc for sleeping and
baggage. The vanderbiit party win
be away about two months and on thrir
rctarn viii 81 to Newport for the bal
ance Of the SEASON. 30 that In how Quo
Of our money kings viii enjoy himself
this summer.
Mr.. George 6ould. is going Ia spesd
his vacation Ina quite = different rnsn-
ner Mr. Gould has worked very inr
dustriousiy since his father died. and
early Ia June win 20 u his cottage In
the AdirondAcks for little hunting
and fishing. Then he will move his
family To the palatial summer home
Jay Gould built at irvington-on-tbe
Hudson. So. for the first time, Ar.
Gould will live 1T this magnificent
place with its million dollar conserva-
tories ~ its master. Here be viii stay
until autumn Both George and Eddie
Could are expert horsemcn. and there
are some fine horses in the Gould table
now 50 ''the Could boys" rs they
are still called by the old timers In
Wall street, will have every oppor-
tuni.y tn enjoy themselves this sum-
mer.
Eddie Gould Is . very en- thusiastic
sportsman lie viii spend couple 1T
weeks hunting in the Adirondacks
with a party Of friends from the Sew
enth regiment of New York. lie en-
joys himself In manly way and Is not
at all dudish In appearance or manner.
lie can fire rifle ms we'll as any man.
row boat or handle u yacht. and is =
good all round athlete of middleweight.
But above all he is a gentleman.
DIR. w. Seward Webb, son-in-law Of
the late William ii. Vanderbilt. with
vast railroad interests, has set q good
pace in vacations for millionaircs- He
Is good example of "a married man
who Il taking enjoyment out of life In
n wholesome manner while there Is yet
time. He is n business man, too. being
president OF \ palace car company and
president and director ia 10 score Of rail.
roads and corporations. He Is now
building palatial summer home OF
white marble in the Adirondacks where
he owns an estate Of several Thousand
acres This estate is his hobby, and he
Is building q residence that will cost
before completion q. 500. 900.
Just now Mr. Webb Is taking his VA
cation in n tour around the United
States in palatial train of cars. Fol
comfort and magnificence this mansion
on wheels now used by Mr.. Webb hal
never before been excelled. His party
is twelve in number and they travel In
six cars. There is u stateroom car Il
be occupied by the guests, private
car To be used exclusively as n play
room for the children. private car foI
the use of DR. Webb and his wife, Q
car To bc used as n library, sitting
room and music room. u d ing car
and the sixth a baggage car. The
Webb party will be gone two months
during which time they will visit the
worlds fair. After their return u
New York they will go To the Adiron
daci<s, where DIR. Webb will have q
jolly time fishing, riding and hunting
He Is n good sportsman.
Now here Is another successful man
great artist, Joseph Jefferson. Doe,
he enjoy himself? Indeed he does ant
right royalty too. He has taken goot
long vacation each year as far back a.
he can remember and to-day is earning
from seventy-five To one hundred thou
sand dollars for n single brief season.
work. Mr.. jefferson has been spend
ing the greater part Of his leisure tim.
ut Buzzard's Bay. Mass, where b.
owned fine home. Recently he SUIT
fered the loss Of this home and q fift,
thousand dollar collection of curios by
fire. II was here that President Clcve
land spent last summer with Mr.. JefFer
son. There Is still doubt in the minds
Of the friends of both men rs To whicl
made the biggest catch of fish durin.
the summer. Both are famous fisher
men and both spent many days will
hook and line patiently waiting fo
victims l remember one correspondent
used tn report the daily catch o
Messrs Cleveland and jefferson for
New York paper. This enthusiast
figures kept getting bigger and big
ger till the night editor of the pape
wired him:
stop your fish bulletins on Cleve
land and lefferson- Your figures ar,
paralyzing us"
Mr.. jefferson tells me he will spens
his summer at Buxzard's Bay plannin,
new house To cost about ifty thou
sand dollsrN He expects Il will b,
completed In October. lie Is goins
south for q hunting trip. lie owns ~
island on the coast Of Georgia and {
sugar plantation He will spend some
weeks there. also.
Tho belief that our most succcssfu
men can't find time o. enjoy them
selves Ia their hearts content Il rather
of color. l think. We may be . nation
OF feverish money getters. lightning
caiculators and all that. but when We
/ go In for q good time IL looks as thossgi
Mt least a few Of our best known mer
I got t. CURTIS j. MAh