The herald., 1895-07-14
but he says it is worth TO him double and

but he says it is worth TO him double and
treble that amount.
Pierre Lorillard is another man who has
a curious method of enjoyment. Mr..
Lorillard spends all OF the summer
months in and about the city. so that
he can attend daily the horse races at
the different large tracks. Mr.. Lorillard
is a heavy better, and has always taken
an active part in the management of his
racing stable, which in former years was
much more extensive than it is today.
The wear and tear OF racing campaign
tax man severely. and when the season
is over Mr.. Lorillard feels the need of
complete rest. He has large houseboat
which is taken south the latter part OF
October. This boat is as luxuriously fur
nished as the average Fifth avenue man.
sion. 1t has parlor finished in expen-
sive woods, finely upholstered furniture, a
piano. handsome pictures and bric-a-
brac. The library and smoking-room are
combined, and the assortment of BOOKS
is extensive and varied. The dining
room, kitchen. sleeping apartments and
servants quarters are all complete.
On his trip through the rivers of Florida
in this palatial craft, Mr.. Lorilard found
one great objection. He is an ardent low
er of horsetiesh, and found that he could
not remain away from fis horses for any
length of time. Besides, he is great
itaheSis III dOOuU dIoOOvCiCu
that if he and his friends had several
horses at their disposal and few light
tough wagons, their scope for finding
game would be largely extended.
So last year he had g stable boat built.
1t has accom- modations for SIX horses,
three wagons. harness, saddles and rooms
for the grooms All the horses can be
used either in harness or under saddle.
The stable boat was constructed so that 1t
can be towed astern by the houseboat.
and 1T is fitted with a long. wide gang
plank, allowing the horses and wagons to
be put ashore at any spot on the rivers
bank. Mr.. Lorillard has found this to be
an ideal way to spend the winter months,
and the few fortunate friends who have
enjoyed the hospitality of the houseboat
say the same.
George Vanderbilt is peculiar young
man. His health has never been robust
and as his brother Cornelius manages his
fortune of twenty millions, he has little
to do but devise means for the spending
Mr.. Vaderbilt is great lover of solitude.
Perhaps that is the reason he has never
married.
When he built the great palace at Ashe.
vile, N. c., he thought that he could
bury himself there amid it's Injuries dur
ing the winter months, while his brothers
and sisters were mingling with the gay
throngs OF the social world. But he found
that great many of his acquaintances
we're in the habit of spending the winter
at Asheville, and they were generous in
their visits to the big palace. In fact. So
lictous mammas with nice daughters
thought it a shame that the young man
big house, with just horde Of servants
about him.
Mr.. Vanderbilt found that the Asheville
residence did not develop as he had ex-
pected. He was looking for place where
he would not be talked to. and where he
could not talk to any body. So he went to
Japan. He didn't know a word of jap.
studious. and he soon picked up knowl-
edge of the language. When he got into
conversational form he came home.
The winter jusG gone he spent in Rus
sia and enjoyed his pet solitude to the
full. No one talked to him, and even IL
they did he didn't understand what they
said. SO there was no use in his talking
back.
Eugene Higgins, as the richest young
bachelor IN New York, finds it necessary
to fee from the metropolis every little
while to pefpetuate his single state. He
was in Cairo all winter, astonishing the
Egyptians with his modern magnificence.
He and several friehds had a yacht IN
which they cruised through the Nile, col
lecting all kinds of curious things. Mr..
Higgins Morristown house in New Jer-
sey is already something Of a museum.
and when the Egyptian collection is add
ed it will be very curious place.
Pierpont Morgan, the financial doctor OF
sick corporations, finds himself in need
of rest every few months. He works at
steam'engine pace, and then finds him
self upon the verge of breaking down.
Then he gets on board a transatlantic
steamer. and the trip across builds MIN
up wonderfully. Sometimes ne only
spends a few hours in London consulting
with the heads of the English banking
concerns, and returns here in the first
steamer he can catch. Mr.. Morgan has
made SO many trips across the ocean that
he has lost all track OF the number.
Frederic Diodati Thompson always
fees to Constantinople whenever New
YORK pals on him. The sultan was once
presented with finely bound book that
Diodat wrote about Turkey, and in re-
turn the author was presented with the
order of MedjidI. Mr.. Ihomp-
son at once wrote another book, which
threw numerous bouquets at tho sultan.
and in return he got another order with
some name much lonser than the first.
Mr.. Thompson also refers to the sultan as
fr,ond