The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-07
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Mr.. White enters into some curious par
ticulars as to the various items in his
budget. The up-keep, for instance. of the
London house is to include a dinner of
from fourteen to twenty persons five
nights a week for four months. Sixteen
indoor servants will cost three shillings
per day each for board. In the matter of
horses, every horse is estimated as costing
fl2O year, and as the millionaire must
have nine carriage horses and five hacks,
his stable bill runs up to a heavy figure.
Fifteen hundred guineas is not an unus-
ual figure for pair Of well-matched six
teen hands carriage horses. His steam
yacht will cost him Fl, 800 month when in
commission, and $50 a month for the rest
of the year, when it is laid up In harbor.
His reason for putting PHILANTHROPY down
at 1900 per annum is somewhat cynic-
ally stated as follows:
philanthropy is now obligatory upon
the rich, not merely because 1t is the
cheapest form of advertisement, but be-
cause non subscribing millionaire would
soon find the great ladies' of his acquaint-
ance looking at him cCldly.'
Mr.. Whites conclusion is that million
aires on the whole are not an enviable set
OF men, and that one drawback to the po-
sition is that they are generally in want
OF ready money.
If that should be so 1t is not difficult TO
divine the reason from Mr.. Whites own
article; but further particulars in the Eng
fish illustrated Magazine, under the head
of THE EXtravagances of a Millionaire"
remove all doubt upon that point. The
writer. who calls himself *" describes
an idle millionaire of his acquaintance,
baron who took TO yachting late In life.
The pictures in his yacht saloon cost f30,
900. One day in the Bay of Biscay he was
rather badly knocked about, and in order
to prevent such a discomfort In the future
ha In oh n
act as tender, specially fitted with oil
tanks and taps for her whole length, with
instructions TO steam to windward two
or three hundred yards whenever the sea
was rough, and then pour oil upon the
troubled water in order to enable the mill
lionaire baron to avoid sea sickness. This
adds to the annual expense Of his yacht
about 1900. II has only been used on one
occasion, but II Is interesting to know the
experiment was signally successful.
"X' tells another story about this idle
millionaire baron. He wished to buy a
well known picture In the possession OF a
compare lively poor man who, until lately,
This picture was a magnificent specimen
OF the artist at his best period If sold
at Chrlsties It would probably have fetch
ed between sixteen and twenty THOUSAND
pounds. The baron began negotiations
by sending a blank check for the owner
of the picture 10 MI In for whatever sum
he pleased The blank check was return
ed the picture was not for sale Then
he wrote TO the owner offering him 10000
and f2.000 a year FOR life 81 he would sell
the picture The owner refused Nothing
daunted, the baron returned.tO the charge,
and offered the owner Of the picture $780,
600. Even this however, failed 70 secure
the coveted painting, and so Il remains In
the possession Of the ex-member OF the
House of Commons, who. "x says. has
now succeeded 10 a considerable fortune
through the death Of a relative.
Another capitalist whom *" knows
for *" seems 20 keep very bad company
has a mania for wearing o new pair OF
trousers ever day Of his life. His trous-
ers bill costs f9l2 COS per annum. More