The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-25
RICHER NAH THAN BARIAfO
One Of The Kanlf Kings Who Goes Barney
One Better.
Wealth of Albert Belt, His Tastes
Luxurious Apartments and Ex-
ciusiVeIy Noble Associates.


Albert Belt, the man who will soon snepd
Chrlstuaas as 1.-The richest man in the
Worh' IS goCd-looking fellow of mid
die age. He might be called handso,n,. IL
ms expression Were a little more cheerful
ana ne might be called a stylish man if
he were dressed as other men are
Bert IL the most sensible of all the African
kIbgs. lie is close friend or RaruatO
anu very near To Rhodes. He goes in
higher society than the former "A pd in NOR,
general society than the latter Barnato
sun Insists upon liking his old chums of
t ,sa eays' the acrobat performers ard the
tisht-rope gentlemen. He will not turn
them from his door. There's a Mace for
them at his table, even at his ChrIst,nas
spread, for he is to dine 100 of them on
cnristmas Day IN his great spreading din
ing room, one corner or which is large
enough Tor his whole family CIRCLE
Belt has kept no poor friends from his
nuinbie beginning. II he mas any n.. has
either forgotten them, Or, as his friends
declare, has pensionsd them Off. And thai
is why there Is nothing TO stand in Bets
way IN his march INTO London society
Albert Belt lives in very good styIe in
LONDON; He generally-for he is only a Wis
beers in Trafalgar Squar re- he rnosi exnensive
part OF the TOW and his dinners are ia ken
at the tables OF lords and dukes of counts
aii P earis, yes ana at the boards of princes
Bet friends In London are The. Duke
OF Fire and the Prince OF Wales Another
close chum Is Prince Adulphus of TecI
WIN has pun luke discriminatory
gl1t into the African hot-bed OF gold pounds
belt Is compa MON alsoto Lord Rosebery
VINO dabbieS IN kaffirs, and ht. knows we'll
9Ferypody OF importance in London except
Lefd SalDury and the old commoner VIII
IAN T.. Gladstone. These wo old gentle
men rel use 10 learn about frica underneath
her SOL, and resolutely try to forget the
pronunciation or kaffIr, whose IN affeer'
Is now ringing over London as the Eafrir
gold flies around.
In
christmas dinners If he has received one
He told friend that he should dine with
the Earl OF Warwick. the man who put him
next the Prince OF Wales a week ago War
wick's Christmas board will have. for a
holiday gift, the honor of holding the din
ner OF a man who could buy half the world
ana MS cher VIII cook for one who could
purchase so many Christmas dinners that
the whole world would go diBnerless UNI
less he chose to release the trust
The way this 0 wner OF the Earth passes his
tine is simple IL you look at IL in the light
OF action and luxuriousness. II softness is
any criterion.
His last chambers in London were Sc
lected because they were lined with a
ruddy material resembling a slumbering
IRE At one end is a deep fireplace and
Upon the floor lay softest rugs. In a tau
chair with cushions in it sits the ma strr
OF the rooms Heis the man who can touch
the bell at his elbow and give a command.
rest quickly.
No man III London is more temperate than
Belt: HIS tipplc is ice water and his hard
drink is tea. At dinners he sips claret. but
again Tails back upon the water caraffe He
IS ashamed of his water drinking. the Kaffir
king, and always has Il wine glass at MS
hand Upon his little Ia Bile. too. there stands
a tail, spiral glass, strangely inconsistent
with the sparkling watcr-oottle next it,
Bets cxcesses. IL he has any are in
the line OF smoking. His valet. TO whom he is
a hero. tells OF many boxes OF cigars car
rIett IN To MN every uHv b;lt tc 6OprU,n IN,
whom he is fool, rela ties Ia les of titled ones
escaping a the front door with square pack
ages tucked under their lordly arms and
words OF thanks still wet upon their lips.
In his dress this richest man is very pro-
nounced. Yet he is in good TASTE He is
the prince. only much more so. Upon his
feet. when he sits in his room. he lifts to I he
fire u pair of golden shoes. These lie in
the FUR of the rug. and when the gold master
drops down into the deep chair to look upon
power mightier than his-the dancing
flaines-he absent.mindedly slips his slip
pers- lined with Lentlon fleece. into the
nard. bright metal shoes, and raises and
lowers them upon the point CT bistoe. None
of the Kaffir kings but have gold slippers.
In the TranSvaal a golden slipper is a mari
OF friendship, as a worked one is here, and
the man who docs not have pair tossed
into his fire rug has struck on the shallOw
side of the gold vein.
In his appetite this rich man Is said to be
non-epicurean and satisfied with almost
anything" The ''alrnost ANYTHING ac-
corded him agrees with the least being
spread for him by Warwick-the finest tn
London, cooked by the best chef and served
by twenty trembling walters He may be
matter of fact. all thatsbs pta eed before HIM
Is made matter of prayer with his host
and chef beforehand. and the only way he
can tell what helikes best is by averaging up
his feelings or cOntentinent after ward.
The rich men of the East amuse them