St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-20
THE KIDS OF CRGSUS.
MILLIONAIRE CHILDREN WHO WORK
HARDER THAN HEIRS or T0fLERS.
AL Is NOT A BED OF EASE.

How the Vanderbilt, the Gould.
the Webb Minors and Others
Are Brought Up-How William
Astor Chauier Got Candy and
Charged &c TO '.WiIliam A.
Anecdotes OF Their Outings.
There are in the Unite d States about
100 children who, upon arriving at the
age of maturity, will come into the pos
session of very large fortunes, says the
Boston Globe. They will each have
many millions of dollars. In fact, one
sixth Of the wealth of the United States
"a supposed 10 be in the hands OF twenty
millionaire families, and eaeh child OF
each family viii some day own the
millions that have been accumulated for
Ii by It's parents aud 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 care
fully as ever the children of the royal
families OF England and Germany were
brought mp. Their teachers are select
ed from the best III the world, and they
are taught, disciplined and drilled IN d
wonderful way, way that many chill
dCeu would consider very hard. strict
and tiresOme.
The millionaire children must be well
trained, because they will control many
OF the railroads of America, telegraph
companies. and gold. silver and oil
mines, besides iron interests and other
great Industries.
As a rule they travel a great deal, and
some OF them have been over our whole
country.
Take the Vanderbilt children for eX-
ample. They are constantly on the go.
In the summer they are at Newport.
Later they visit LeuoX.
Then they go TO Europe in a private
steam yacht and return Just i'll time to
spend Christmas at home. From Feb
Tuary until June they travel through
the West in private car.
But during ali these trips their studies
are uninterrupted. 4 corps of teachers,
g0vernesSes and private tutors ac-
company them everywhere. Their
studies are 10 more disturbed by a de-
parture for Mexico than a public school
chiids studies are disturbed by a hail
storm.
Some time ago Seward Webb and
his wife and chlidren jOuTneved to the
world fair IN a speeiaI train. They
stopped 10 visit Mexico, Texas and Cali
fOrnia first. During all this long trip
the Webb children and some little
cousins VINO accompanied them went on
with their studies as Us iai.
There was 4 special car Just for this
purpose. The car was called the Idler,
and it was gorgeousiy hung with blue
tapestries and fine pictures.
1t had blue carpet and blue chairs,
and ali its furnishings suggested a
daintIy appointed school room rather
than railroad car.
Whiie on such trIDs the children are
taught geography trOm ObSeryatiOn.aud
At IS easy TO see mat they get fine
knowledge of the country which they
vii! some day control to a great extent.
When the W. X. Vanderbilt children
are at home they are taught in a school
rOom which is beautifully decorated
with Mother Goose melodies and nur-
sery rhymes.
mere are also simple quotations from
Shakespeare for the older children.
Nothing IS spared TO make the book ed
III alton complete.
IN their daily lite. their goings and
their cOnings and their play, nearly all
of the little American aristOcratS are
brought up alike And that is with ex-
IRENE simplicity. They dress with one