The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-29

writer ceiling attention to the marked
contrast between The caily-ddy poverty
and the lattcr-Gay prosperity OF sunofy
conspicuous newspaper Heh' "Sn.' ~"
dc they spend their money iaS'eS
chnnre as do times. seasons. fashions
Vbat Tor instance, would have been
deemed erotcsquc extravaganza IN tree
t.,.,e fipsa would be bat the hlthcr verge
al liberal expenditure nowadays Inc
s.nfor Bennett hao saved about ~ Wheh
he hecan the publication OF the heIaiu,
l., t<s. an a bright MAY day in wall
street basement. 1T was many years
before he iudulged in personal coniiuI's
and convoniences. and at least the ih'n
~ a century, before he began 10 spend
froelv outside OF his business. lie hau
,.roaf faith in the rcal-estate Nalue OF
rart Of the city known as Washington
Iroiob,s There he purchased a me e5-
go and mt NO for the time very
tsraoon,o residence. where he lVed III
etvle and entertained IN state. IFS VIZ
VS. much abroad ana cared very H''0
ror tho out-of-tOwn home, so MI ben
oott always generous and courteous
Invested in what was regardeu i'"s
ni0cerf mansion on Firth avenue WIZ.
when i'm this country, Mrs Behhe'l anu
her children lived The eiuo' -
r.d mo oxtravagant habits. and asiae
60, ,,osc and one or two other real
estate ventures made no Significant III
vcstmeats.
Horace Greeley had $1,000 borrowed
money when he started the tribune
rIo was never a rich man. put before
i.i~ c,ogo waq comfortably provided WIN
+hfe worlds goods He was passionately
fond Of country life, and lahcieu n'
vyoui1 be allie TO so conduct iarnl ~
~ ho am obicct-lesson 10 the asrcuituI-
is,e az the country. he bought pace
un the state. erected modest u"eil'"s
Ia ,.roocodel TO manage his farm, sue
,,.,. 90 euch an extent that his best
,.,4,t,r. cost him rot more than doHaf
,t fre bought all sorts and kinds OF
,o..rfod implements. INDUCED In costly
drafnara and expended something like
five t.1os as much In putting INTO the
~.r NJ. hc was able 10 bank after the
t.,.,.,st r-ae earnerod. Mr. Greeley own
o5 also - modest home In New YORK.
1.u. outside Of these ventures ms money
was NOT kent for himself, but indlscrecNy
loaned iu Sums varying rom >"' /" -,
ooe evidences of which were found by
,,c hoofpl I'm dishonorod notes and
Worthless T. o. US among his papers
after his death.
rr,,,y 7 Ravmlud. like his predeces-
eors. started "a poor country boy' men
tally trained professionally AMBITIOUS.
40 had mo- money 10 speak Of when ms
friends started the Times. lie was on
the high road 10 great nnanc'al pr's9er-
itv when ne died. having already ENJOY
ed the financial fruitaEe or an lhleii-
rantlv titled Journalistic vintage. En-
,ironmenr largely determined Jtaymonds
,oetos and habits. When he vert abroad
no WAS n0Gcstv po~sonihed. quietly dress
ga laboriouelv intent upon the success
of the great journal of which he was the
chief Several -lonths I'm the society OF
Vurlhert in London and Paris ciolhei
him anew. Vcnocrng tho sohdltN or hls
sober. discreet. industrious lie Win the
airs of a man of fashion anc the sldCes
Of a butterfly Of the day. lie owned
very pleasant home I'm Ninth street. As
ISOLATION with Leonard jerome Interested
INN Ina q scheme which subsequently
hloseomed the old Bathgate farm INTO
Jerome Park. He bought horses ana
stabbed them i'm the conveniences Of the
T-rion League Club, at the corner OF
Madison avenue and Twenty-hfth street
He was very fond Of driving, but ms en-
deavor TO Toe interested in the perform
ancos. social and otherwise, Of the men
he met AT Jeromc's place and IN ciuDs
was a pitiablo failure. He was not tnat
kind of man by nature He loved study
and work. but under bad guidance affect
ed pleasure and mild dissipation.
The American people know the avenues
along which the younger Bennett lives
ana has his being From his earliest boy
hood his check for any sum was good
at the desk Of the He~ald's cashier. lie
was the first well-known American 10
own and sail yachts. little and big lead
ing up 10 his building. owning and racing
steam c.aft. which might well answer
for the transportation Of hundreds Of
passengers lie has spent hundreds or
thousands Of dollars on boats, horses
and the gtyeties Of existence. Extreme
I'm every line of effort. Mr. Bennett mas
ever been. is now and must continue,
odd. peculiar. unique At all times ana
under all conditions he dominates the
tvpical American newspaper. lie LAVISH
IS wealth as the ocean scatters spray
with one hand while with the other he
xeeps firm hold upon the helm which
directs the course Of the mighty mechan-
ism with which the name Of Bennett
must be forever Identified. What WOW
have seemed TO his father inexplicabie
extravagance Is with him the most nat
ural .outgo, seed for harvest, cause
for effect
Rrothcr Dana had many years OF toll
and disappointment ere ne came into
his own. so that when he did obtain his
due nc know JEST what 20 DO with H..
one of the show places I'm this part or
the world is the island home on which
he lives during the sumner. There, IN
n roomv structure. surrounded with evil
denccs OF taste md lherality. he extends
gracious hospitality 10 men and women
favored with his regard. He built and
occuples in the winter a magnificent
home on Madison avenue. living gener-
ouslv and spending freely His tastes
run to fine books. enjoyable paintings.
statuary and engravings. lie Is lover
of sport of every kind. but has never in
dulgcd in the modern luxury OF costly
horses.
Joseph Pultzers fortune is very large,
and If cur Unfortunate contemporary mas
any sense o. hume" left his long and
. lonely hours, made tedious and unbear-
able by almost total blindness. might
we'll be cheercd by a thought Of the Won
derfil. almost incredible. contrast pre-
scented by the conditions of his lie in
the West and the circumstances attend
ing his existence IN the East. lie has a
macnlfccnt home in this city. and his
olace al Bar Harbor is simply superb.
Sc early began to purchase valuable
nictures abroad and his residence s
adorned 10y siatuary of the highest type
His income is not far from a million
dollars a year, and. although he spends
with EXTREMIST and nOn-understandable
fexfehpcee his wealth continues 10 grow