Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-06

street corner opposite the refinery, and
there we changed our clothing, had chef,
good lunches, a nap when we wanted 1t,
and SO on
Horses were mentioned. yes" he
acknowledged, ''horses, I suppose, are a
hobby of mine. When I'm riding my
horse I'm riding my hobby, and my
horses arc hobby horses. Now" he went
on, 1.-The peculiar thing is I can ride
my horse only when / choose, but I'm
supposed, along with others with hobbies,
to ride my hobby eternally," and tho sug-
ar magnate laughed heartily and played
with a silver backed blotter.
You are announced as president of the
Newport Coaching club" said.
"a mistake. I'm president of the Golf
club. Fond of it' Yes, of anything
that includes a horse. We play on horse
back, you know"
Then he talked modcstly about his
horses at Newport, with their noble names,
and of his bulls at his mountain side home
in New Jersey, with their pompOus pedi-
grccs, and of his ESQ head of milk cows.
1.-The milk from these COWS, " he said, SIS
tested every week, and IL an animal falls
below the standard it is at once killed or
sold"
'.what is the future of the sugar indus
try, Mr.. Havemeyer." asked as / roso to
go.
He toyed with the silver backed blotter
n moment, then said:
''Oh, people must eat sugar, you knowl
So some one must make it. -
Havemeyer characteristics.
Personally and socially the Hayemcyer
brothers arc charming men. At their
homes hospitality, refinement and good
living reign, and the latchstring hangs
conspicuously outside.
Among their employees Theodore is the
more popular. During tho time he spent
in the refinery he would talk with any
and all of the men. Henry was always
reserved and rather exclusive. 1t is not an
assertion of superiority on his part, but
simply natural reticence. Probably no
man in this country has n more profound
knowledge of the sugar question than this
sugar king, yet few men talk less on the
subject than he.
Speaking of the differ ance in their char
acters, one who knows mem both said: In
business Theodore is ilclined to be moody
and changeable, but III. .. is always the
same-brusque and SOFT of bulldoggish, yet
straightforward. If had difference to
settle, would rather leave it to the justice
of II. o. than TO any other man in the
trust"
Again, Theodore and his wife are fond
of society, while II. o. and his family care
nothing for ii. Theodore likes horses, din
ners and balls. Henry o. loves art and
music and the fircsi;ie. He belongs to the
Riding club, the Grolier club and the
Metropolitan museum only. Theodore is
an active and popular member of n dozen
| clubs, including tho Union League, the
New York, the Tuxedo, the New York
Yacht club, the Coaching club, the Rock
| away Hunt club and the Millionaires' club.
Rivaling Monte Cristo.
OF all the rich Havemeyers, Theodore is
| the richest. BY actual computation he is
80 times n millionaire, and he may lap
| over. OF these millions three or four are
represented by his homes at Mahwah,
| Newport, Whcatley and New York. \
number of millions are part and parcel of
the Sugar trust. He pays taxes on prop
erty in New York city alone valued at $l2, :
500, 600. OF this amount So, 800, 600 is in
| the big Havcmeycr building, corner Of
Church and Cortland streets, while tho
| other $40, 900, 900 are scattered hero and
there, the largest lump being in buildings
in Wall strCct. He owns the entire block
| on the street between Front and Water
streets, on which property he is even now
planning to put up n skyscraping Office
building.
1t is commonly supposed that the suga.
| kings inherited most of their wealth. On
| the contrary, they have amassed il by
| their own efforts. When they assumed
control of tine trust in 1887, they had been
only silent partners in the Hnycmeycr *
Elder company. They had already become
multimillionaircsw when in 1891 their IA
thcr Frederic c., died. He left IS, 600, 900,
! out of which the present sugar kings re-
ccived only about $500, 900.
Theodore is said to spend $500, 600 u
year for living, but Henry o. spends less
than half that amount And then this
Havemeyers all together own solid two
miles of water front over in Brooklyn be
tween the Broadway ferries and Green
point.
Their Homes and Hobbies.
The country house of Henry o. Have
meyer where he is now living is just out
of Stamford. Conn. Here, in n great ram
bling colonial style house amid his 90 acre.
of rolling lawns he loves to live eight oil
nine months in the year. To old Green
witch, not far distant, the sugar king ha'
repeatedly given big Jumps of his sub
stance. He gave the town $3.50, 600 for
new schoolhouse. Then he has given ;
new parsonage and a new organ to thu
village church.
Neither III. o. nor his wife cares for New
port or other fashionable summer resorts
but both prefer to spend their summers il
III. o. s Connecticut home. The sugar KIM
is passionately fond of music. He plays tn
piano like one with real music in his soul
But the violin is his fondcst love, and al
who have heard him declare he plays SUI
perbly, though he is so modest he viii
speak with it only to a few Mt a time
Any summer evening, however, up Their
at Samford, you can hear the sweet strain
of a violin coming from the music roon
at the Havemeycr house.
Henry o. Havemeyer's town house is
beautiful but severely plain graystOn
"a.
street. Everything inside just now
swathed in white netting or linen, as
, certifying that the owner is really libera
, | patron of art. In the dining room are l
. real Rembrandt paintings collected by tn
= sugar king from time to time till now
is tho finest collection in this country
There are single specimens elsewhere, bu
nowhere else can 10 Rembrandts be foun
together. For THE Glider" Mr.. Hav,
. meyer paid Schaus, the importer, 800, 00t
Tho entire collection cost him $1S5, 00I
Again, out of his proportion of the suga
i tax which the people of the country M
forced to pay into his trust Mr.. Hav,
meyer has spent a big sum for Japane:
; potteries. A connoisseur who has see
9 them tells me the collection is really Il
l finest in America The whole house
1 otherwise strcwn with works of art. YC
can't face in any direction or turn al
landing or corner without running again
some painting worth fortune. There
no art gallery, properly speaking, but Il
= top floor is a sort of big hall, and here Il
{ walls are literally cOpsred with painting
. One other fine collection he has, al
that's down in the music room and Col
( sists of violins of every age, shape al
quality.
a Theodore's -Four Homes
o. Mr.. Theodore Hayemeycr has fol-
| hnnanS-fhrna In tho and
,t town. His principal country place is Il
( one at Mahwah, to which he referred
), the interview. The place is on the boun