The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27
SCHOLAR And PLUTOCRAT.
George Washington Vanderbilt Woes
Wisdom Amid Luxury.
Cresus and Scaliger in one-Traits
and Habits of the wealthiest Suitor
Who Ever Neglected Venus for Mi
nerva.
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NNupNElEllt 1901
New York, Aug 26-George Wander
bilt is one of natures queer freaks. He
I is the least known Of any Of the enor-
mously wealthy men Of New York He
must be worth at least S35, O00, 900, but he
might walk the length of the entire city
without being recognized by half a dozen
! persons. He has never been prominent
IN any public movement. He has never
attended public function where crowds
Of people cOngregate. and when he goes to
! the theatre or 20 the opera. he hides him
| self in the rear OF box
But he is a most interesting man, never
| theless. just now he is at Bar Harbor,
| Wnere he has beautiful country home
and where he entertains the members of
the Vanderbilt family. and perhaps a few
! personal friends. He IS great object of
| interest to the pretty young unmarried
women and the match making mammals
who congregate with matrimonial malice
IN their hearts at this gay resort. One
day Dame Rumor has it that he is going
TO marry, and another day Miss Grundy
lust as assiduously denies the report.
And so it goes While the young man is
getting older, his fortune is increasing
rapidly, and the manageable daughters
and the matchmaking mammas become
distracted
Young Vanderbilt has many fads
First of all, he is a book-wOrm. and in a
way woman hauer. He seems to have
great regard for women in the aggregate.
but great deal of love for his mother in
particular. He spends much of his time
IN her society, and il may be truthfully
said that the pair are on the most affec-
tionate terms. He is essentially "a moth
er's boy He is the only unmarried
grandson of old Commodore Vanderbilt.
Formerly he was rated as being next to
John Jacob Aston, the wealthiest Young
bachelor in the United States, having a
million dollars in his own right and con
troll for every past year Of his life. Now
as John Jacob Astor is a husband and a
father, George Vanderbilt stands at the
head of his class alone
In the society columns and once in
while too in the general news and police
reports OF the New York newspapers you
can read much of other Young men of
wealth, but there is hardly ever any men
tlon made Of this scion of the house of
Vanderbilt.
An amusing instance of how little he is
known occurred but a short time ago, not
far from that part of the town where the
splendid Vanderbilt mansion stands. II
was in the shop of a bookseller wh6makes
speciality of buying and selling rare and
curious books. On this occasion there
were half dozen boolz-worms examining
the shelves, while a young salesman
looked out at the passing show He saw
a young man come in, but paid no atten-
ton to him. 1t Is the fashion for men to
come and go in such shops for hours with
out purchasing.
This young man was somewhat above
the medium height, but not robust. His
face was pale, his eyes and hair were
dark, and he looked not over strong. He
was plainly dressed in a fairly well fitting
business suit, and looking at him casually
you might put him down as a we'll paid