The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-26
HOPE FOR SUMMER GIRLS.
LOTS OF BIG FISH IN THE SEA OF
ELIGIBLE YOUNG MEN.
David II. Hill, Lord ROsebery, George
Vanderbilt and Hetty Green's SON
Among the Number.


matrimonial sea as ever were caught:
and, what is more, these seem 10 be swim
ming near the surface Of the water. as it
were. and well to land as though envy
ing the appearance Of things ashore. In
other words, they are waiting TO be caught
and the summer girl, with her pretty idle
talk and her enchanting little bonnet.
perehed well back upoa that captivating
parting Of her waved hair. can secure al
most anything in the matrimonial line she
may choose to select.
OF the many excellent bachelor oppor-
tunities-and by the word excellent"
money is meant as well as brains and
integrity-the greatest one in the minds
of many is that Of the politician, lawyer
and millionaire, David B. Hill. And, as
the most desirable things are proverbially
the hardest to get, it may be remarked
that Mr.. Hill acts averse to wOman's So
ciety and much prefers his dogs and
horses to that Of feminine loneliness. In
this respect he is almost alone in the
ranks of bachelors; for it is as remarka-
bic as it is true that most bachelors
would rather talk to a pretty woman than
eat the best course dinner that ever was
served.
Senator Hill has a palatial mansion near
Albany. 1t is a country place, as it lies
on Albany's boulevard, three miles above
the city. but in all its appointments il
might easily be a dwelling in the heart OF
Gotham. From the road there is visible
only the windmill which SUPPLIES water
power and picturesqueness to a lovely lit
tie artificial lake, which in some way COM
municates with the hygeia of the house.
and as you drive further along the road
you see turrets and chimneys and gable
windows and a sky-top observatory. But
that is all that is allowed to the ordinary
mortal, as a lodge keeper prevents adj
mission and various other lodge keepers
reinforce the outside one should a clip of
the whip carry the curious rider suddenly
past the great gates into the winding
roads that lead in circuitous ways to the
house.
Here every day the senator lives when
he must not be in Washington. And here
he has a library, an art gallery, a bou-
doir as perfect as a maiden's dream, and
so many cosy corners that the woman who
penetrates this seclusion-getting there by
her husbands side after much strategy
comes away bewildered.
Senator Hill is immensely wealthy and
his home, Fritzville, has had $1,000 600
spent upon it. The famous actor, after
whom 1t is named, built it for a retreat
i'm his old age, but died in harness with
out ever enjoying more than a short va
cation time of it's luxury. Senator Hill
bought it of Fritz" Emmet's heirs.
A little. more accessible is the famous
catch, recognized everywhere as the bull
der of great palace in North Carolina,
so magnihcently planned that a tiny mill
lion dollar railroad was constructed to
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now preserved for the household supplies.
When George Vanderbilt planned to build
Biltmore he planned to put 900 upon
the house and as much more upon the
grounds. Now, by some fairy-like per-
suasion, there is a million dollar house
for. as Mr. Vanderbilt says, he "Bilt-
more" and "Biltmore''-and there are for
ty miles of magnificently prepared drives,
with drinking fountains of rare mosaic
architecture at every intersection or
road.
The bride who might contemplate going
to Biltmore would like TO know In ad-
vance no doubt, something of that beau
tiful climate so near Ashevills. Well the
coolest day is like our first light snowfall
in October among the scared russell
leaves and at Easter it is so lovely and
warm that the crocuseS in full bloom
tell you they have made up their minds
to lie idle for the summer and give the
n
lilies are. peeping out to show you how
sweet and warm the earth is down
there
In New York society Mr. George Van
derbilt is unknown, save as he gets up
yachting party and cruises along the
coast lazily, only to find the way to Bilt-
more-somehow. And again he is known
in Gotham for his very small, very swell,
very select, and ultra-classic musicales.
AS proof that this singular man. who
might have almost any wife for the deli
cate asking, but who has none at all, still
possesses much matrimonial sentiment, it
is only necessary to look through Balti-
more. Here not far from his own rooms, in
a wing built specially for it is the most
magnificent set of apartments in the world
The doors are locked always now, but
some day they will open and disclose a wo-
mans boudoir. a great morning room,
tiny parlor and a sleeping room, canopied
draped and adorned with all the tapestries
and rich hangings that could be placed
there by the most skillful designers in the
country. Weeks were spent upon this suite
of rooms, and the furniture was brought
from over the seas. There is an onyx
bath, set in a room too lovely for mortal
belief and the nymphs and airy fairy
creatures that chase themselves and each
other over these aerially aquatic walls
breathe alike of sky and sea. In other
words, birds on high give place to angels
up above and TO mermaids below.
The bride whom George Vanderbilt will
some day seek win have, besides all earth
ly possessions of gold, a man with a splen-
did heart; for all around his home the
people sing his praises, $50 charitable, so
good, so considerate, so very liberal" are
the words you hear so often. And the
servants tell with pride that their master
knows every one on the place, even to the
chickens, calling one feathered beauty:
Here, Pepper" and another Come
Feather Leg" Incidentally it might be
mentioned that the stock was brought
from abroad and that seven greenhouses
are forcing foliage trees for the beautify-
ing of Biltmore.
A long skip away, but not too far for
Cupid's darts to fly, is across to the Cali
fornia coast, where Rudolph and Adolph
Spreckels, the sugar millionaires, are com
PEELED to pose as great catches" of the
Golden City. Both of these young men
are enormously wealthy, and divide their
time between Hawaii, the California city
and other places on the globe Occasion
ally they go across to Europe, travelling
almost constantly. AdoIpn, the better
looking of the two, is a hne sportsman.
using the gun with the correctness of an
Indian, and the moderness of a Scotch
man. Adolph Spreckels. although ham