The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-09-25

low THE COYS AND GIRLS OF THE
HiCt. ARE CRCy.HT UP.

oE -.Not W Intbh.
There are in the United States alb mt
100 children who, upon arriving at the
age of maturity. will come into the pos.
session of very large fortunes. They will
each have many millions of dollars. In
fact one-sixth of the wealth of the United
States is supposed to be in the hands Of
20 millionaire families. and each child of
each family will some day own the mil.
lions that have been accumulated for it
by its parrsi1 and grandparents.
The parents of the children who will
some day W one-sixth of all the wealth
in this country are very careful about
the training and the .tucation Of these
fortunate yorr gsters. They are bring.
ing them upaA - efu4l az ever the chill
dren of the royal e milie3 of England and
Germany We're brought up. Their teach
ers are selected from the best in the
world, and they are ta1-o:, disciplined
and drilled in =. wondered way-a way
that many children world consider very
hard. strict and tiresome.
These millionaire children must be
well trained. because they will control
many Of the railroads of America, te;e-
graph 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 Who'll.
country.
Take the Vanderbilt children for ex-
ample. They arr constantly on the go.
In the summer they arc at Newport.
Later they visit Lenox. Then they 20 to
Europe in a private steam yacht and re-
turn just in time to spend Christmas at
home. From February until June t ley
travel through the west in a private car.
But during all these trips their studies
are uninterrupted. A corps of teachers.
g%overness and private tutors accompan,
them everywhere. Their studies are no
more disturbed by a departure for Next
CO than a public school child's studies are
disturbed by a hailstorm.
Some time ago Mr.. Seward Webb and
his wife and children %journeyed to the
Worlds fair in a special train. Thy |
stopped to visit Mexico, Texas and Cali |
fornia first. During all this long tri,. |
the Webb children aud some little cous |
ms who accompanied them went on
with their studies as usual. There was
a special car just for that purpose. The
car was called the ''Idler," and it was
s~orseonsly hung with blue tapestries and !
fine pictures. 1t had a blue carpet and
blue chairs. and all it's furnishings sug
gested a daintily appointed schoolroom
rather than a railroad car.
While on such trips the children ;ire
taught geography from observation, and
1t is easy to see that they get a fine
of the country which the,
will some day control to a great extel.
When the W. K. Vanderbilt children
are at home they are taught in a school.
room which is beautifully decorated with
Mother Goose melodies and nnrseJ,
There are also simple quot,
tons from Shakespeare for the Older
children. Nothing is spared to MAKE
the book education complete.
In their daily lives, their goings and
heir comings and their play, nearly all
)f the little American aristocrats arr
brought up like. And that is with eA
RENE simplicity. They dress with one
lalf the elegance of other children, and
hey eat palmer food. Such children as
.hese wear nc jewelry at all. They d..
know what it is to have gold rings
bracelets and necklaces. Nor d.
hey carry watches.
Mrs. Paran Stevens, who is a very rich
says that her daughter, who is
low the wealthy Mrs. Arthur Payet of
and New York, went wild With
over a simple little ring given to
Ter when she was IS. 1t was her very
bit Of jewelry.
Mrs. Whitney, the wife Of ex-Secreta !,
y Whitney, used to make it a point to
AXE her lunch at the children's dinner
and it was then that she took &C.
aston to teach her little ones by precept
example the little elegances of man.
er which mark the well bred person.
irs. Flagler, the wife of the rich Stand.
I'd Oil man, goes farther and often
inches with her children in their school
and devotes many hours to person.
] instructions. +:
But of course the daily life of rich
hildren is not all discipline. Though
hey do not have candy and jewelry and
clothes and rich food, they have
lxuries which other children do not
ave. They own beautiful horses and
q g dogs. all of the best breeds. A mil.
onaire boy has his saddle horse and Of
n his tandem team when at his coun-
home. and some of these boys have a
'ur in hand. When one of these BOYS
ants a new horse, he buys one or Sc
cts n from his fathers stables. He
rs a kennel of dogs. besides rare birds
I'd other pets. And if he wants to own
collection of stamps or stones or but
rifles or any other n thing, his father
YES him money to buy the best that
be bought.
When young William Astor Chanler, +:
ho is now exploring the heart of Afri- /
, vas spending his summers at Lake !.
not many years ago, he was !
lied with a fancy for owning boats of -.
kinds. He wanted canoes. duck !
ats, yachts and launches. :,
And he got them all Bur tha chill. l.