The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-18
ENTREE TO ENeLAND'S 400,
How NIillionaires Achieve the Pleasures
I.tI of Aristocratfc COMPANY,

,f"How do, they do, itl" l asked a
lady last week whom l thought like
ly to know how moneys is got out of
an African millionaire bitten with
q desire to become a man of fashion.
Skc said: ''Well, of course, when
they take a line house, guests have
to be found. Then there is a COM
petition to run, them.'i' Yes" l
said, "but supposing that ! were
fine lady, poor, but greedy, and did
not aspire to more. than few hun
dredsin "You would have to be
one of the right set, you know"
she explained. YES" l continued,
81 will suppose myself albright par
ticular star of the rightlset and
both nice looking and influential. d."
"You need not be the first; tie sec
ond would be enough. You first
have to make the acquaintance of
your INTENDED victim, but this is
easy. Then you find yourself talk
ing to him at a party or somewhere.
You say TO him, with a simple, in.
nocent look, that you have alittle
money That you would like to in
vest, and you ask him to invest it
for you. He probablycwill agree to
do this. Then he invests it and soon
returns you eco or &3oo." "But
supposing tiat the e1o0 is losti" l
asked. A"Oh, but you don't really
give him the a100; you only say
that you want to invest it. He un-
derstands what is meant, and just
buys whatever society influence he
thinks that you may have" And
do many ladies Try this game oni"
asked, PLENTY" She answered,
"and ! do not blaine them. They
haveto live, and il they have some
thing to sell Dahd a millionaire
thinks 1t will do him good to buy
| it, why noti After all, you don't t
suppose that people of this sort are
received and made much of for any
other reason than for getting what
they can out of them2 All the talk
about investing is only delicate
way of letting the man know that if
he wants social currency he must
pay lis footing" OBJ i said,
And yet what possible pleasure
oam these millionaires find in being
admitted into the outer courts of q
society that laughs at them and
1 that only telerates them in order tc
! plunder theih-a society to whose
| ways they are strange and in which
they are MS much fish out of watei
as wouldibe fine lady in Johan-
nesburg 'barroom Some Of these
millionaires have the good sense tc
i perceive this. They enjoy life; with
their own, friends and in their own
way. These ! respect. But for those
1 who are buying their way into a po
sitiop that is. conteniptible INfeel
/ the utmost contempt. / never knew
| the late Barney Barnato-4indeed tc
my knowledge l. never saw him.
but / once heard that a number ol
4 fine ladies and gentlemen had beer
invited to meet him, Each went tt
! the dinner in The, hope of getting
I Something out Of qhim, and theil
hopes rose when, after the dinner
was over, he thanked them for th,
pleasure of finding himself am one
them,' and said that he was anxious
to do something to show his appre
citation OF their kindness. Then h'
reeited to them the soliloquy o.
Hamlet and wished them goot
evening. ! always had a sneakinl
adihiFgtion' for the departed Barne.
after 4 heard this story. --Londol
ruth ruth. 4 -sA ....4- a4-s-..a.L.. 1.