The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-05

from his fathers stables he has ken
mel Of dogs, besides rare birds and other
pets. And II he wants % own collec-
tion OF stamps, or stones. or butterflies
or any other one thing his father gives
him money 70 buy the best that can be
bought
When young William Astor Chanler,
who Is now exploring the heart OF Africa.
was spending his summers NJ Lake
George, not many years ago ne was
seized with a fancy for owning boats of
all kinds. He wanted canoes, duck boats,
yachts and launches o..
And he got them all But the children
of the neighborhood used to say that
poor Willie CHAMBER was never allowed
to buy soda water or candy. One day the
temptation to buy candy became too,
strong for the boy millionaire and he
marched boldly into candy store with a
company of Lake George boys at his
heels va
"Give me twenty-five cents worth of
candy, said he, land charge. it to Viii
liam A"
At Saratoga there lives little boy of
about three years, who was the favorite
grand nephew of Senator Leland Stan
ford. His mamma was very rich woman
before Senator Stanford died and left her
an extra fortune. And some day it viii
all go to little Walter
But now his wise and beautiful mamma
keeps him in simple dresses, and feeds
him upon oatmeal and oranges, with no
candy at all. She thinks that he will on
such diet have fine, strong body for the
work and the responsibilities which are
ahead of him.
THEY ARE QUIET ABOUT MONEY
People with rich children do not like to
have the fact that there is so much money
in the family known to those with whom
their children associate Miss Anna
Gould has been at a boarding school in
Boston for several years. And until the
death of her father last November none
of the schoolgirls suspected Anna Gould
to be the daughter of the rich Jay Gould
Then Miss Annals absence from school
and her temperance in mourning clothes
and with stear stained face told the story
of her wealth.
Young Mr.. Vanderbilt the eldest son. of
Cornelius Vanderbilt, who died year ago
last month, was really sensitive about his
great wealth. His father had taught him
TO be So Shortly before he was brought
home from Yale College, sick unto death
there was a subscription taken up for the
Yale gymnasium. Young Vanderbilt gave
only $1,000.
Il would have given more, father, -
said ne, "but it would have seemed like a
show of wealth if | had done So"
Inc hOJnScnllQS, VINO are, perhaps,
more of Europe than of America, are
| equally simple in ideas and methods of
training. 1t is q family custom with the
Rothschilds to give each girl upon her
birthday great pearl of much value.
BY the time the girl is old enough to go
into society she has pearls for a necklace
of priceless worth. But this is all the
jewelry she has ever owned.
The Fife baby, Lady Alexandra Duff, is
one of the richest babies in Europe. She
is rich by her fathers property, let alone
her right from the English crown, yet the
little one wears no jewelry nor velvets
and she is carried in the street in her
mothers arms.
All the daughters of the Princess of
Wales were dressed with extreme sim
pIicity and plainness in their girlhood
Indeed, the Princess Maude, who has
been called "the baby of Wales" al
though she now is quite grown up, is
still treated much like a child in dress.
Her clothes are bought for her and she is
made to wear a loose jacket or blouse
waist during the time of day when she is
taking her daily exercise. She wears no
1ewelry, except al dinner, and has half
dozen flannel gowns to one silk one.
She, too, may be called millionaires
child, because the income which her
father enjoys is more than the yearly in
tereSt upon a million dollars.