The morning times., 1896-04-26
Various Ways Rich r1en Strive
TO Pass the Time When Conn
PEELED to Stay in Town
While Their World
Is by the Sea.

think Of it. believe III put il down I'm
writing that, If am ever found acting tbat
way, commission is TO inquire into NV
sanity.
As soon as MOFgan's family is well ont
OF town, what do you suppose he doesg
Why, he goes over TO ST. Georges Church
and looks over accounts and records. He
doubles every cent given 20 the church
charities, or some such nonsense as that,
and be acts as IL ne enjoyed it. Queer,
isn't IL? Roasting days in summer TO find
man who might be cutting off his new
bond issue checking off charities and geing
them one better. Morgan enjoys il better
than a game Of whist" Here the old club
man glanced laughingIy at a little game
going on in the corner. But every man TO
his taste.
'The biggest fOolI know when 10 comes to
staying at home is Cornelius Vanderbilt.
He works like a day Iaborer all the while
hIs family are out OF town. Vanderbilt is
n sensitive home chap, awfuIly fond OF his
children and when they are away he works
to drown his sorrow.
AFTER his son died few years ago
he used to work that way But the old
library had a corner in IL, where the son
used to sit and Mr. Vanderbilt had 10 have
lHFi lnd n1 p9lllIsI pUB uAOp uIO4 HB ~
corner out OF sight. Now, in the new house,
he-doesn't notice it.
II have passed there myself at / o'clock
III the morning when the family were away,
and seen the light peering around the
window curtains OF his library II
wanted TO kill the head OF the richest house
in America. / would 20 away, III i were
his wife, and leave him alone all summer.
John Jacob AstOF is a queer fellow
when he is Alone" said the cIubman,
chuckIing a a recollection In truth. he
doesn't know what it is 10 be left for
months in the summer, as most poor bene-
diets are, and as some or Us are left-fOr
life. Before he was married he was al
ways with his mother. and since his mar
riage he sticks closer to bis wife than
burr to a horse chestnut.
but she does get over to Philadelphia
once in while and leaves him. A friend
Of mine went in 10 caH Oh him one night.
knowing he was alone. and being well
aware that he would never go out under
such CiFCUElS tauCes-
There sat AstOr. said my friend. plumb
up in corner. with a cigar in one hand
and stand Of them alongside of him. He
was tremendously dressed, as though the
ladies of the family were at home, but his
face wore disappointed. discouraged look
Home wasn't home for him.
1T is when alone ike this that Astor
gets up those books Of his. He thinks OF
Inventions ard gives them practical form.
in words at least. He would make great
IiteTatteur. ! think. il he were left grass
widORer OFTEN enough
''RoCkefelier Is never left alone. He makes
II one of the conditions or his home that
he is not TO be left TO run IL all alone.
When part of his family fOrsakes him he
gathers the other part together and plays
the violin and piano or gets up new music
of his own.
There are some folks in tie world
continued this bachelor. ''whO think that
a rich mans life is all gold and glamour
and honey and peaCoCk's tongues. but j
tell you that a millionaire without his wife
and with a big house to ma mage isn't any
happier than a Fcor fellow who leaves
the shop and goes home TO cook thin
steak over gas stove The poor man
has got hunger al nd the steak 10 think about.
and the rich man has got only the echo
of his empty rooms
Yes there will be summer divorces this
year the same as ever'" C. s. RUSSELL