The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-07
MlLLlONAIRES LEAVE CHICAGO
Good NIace 70 VI AXE hut a Poor Piaee
Plade to spend Money

Plade to spend money
New York. Jan e-The Herald says;
What IS the matter with Chicago? Why
is II that after a man makes lot OF
money there the first thing he does is
TO move away? Does the Windy city
offer no inducements 10 families of wealth
TO remain where their wealth has been
acquired? Is there no social hfe2 Are
the facilities for spending money lin
tied? These are some Of the questions
which Chicago is asking herself. She
has made a remarkable discovery, and
her pride is very much hurt.
Statistics prove that property owners
whose holdings aggregate Sl5o.os.oo0 In
Chicago real estate have shaken the dust
| of that big town from their feet. wiped
| its SCOT from their faces, and migrated
| TO green fields and pastures new This
means that the people OF Chicago must
| earn more than S5.000O0) a year by which
they will never benefit Chicago people
| must scrape this amount together and
| send il 10 Europe or TO New York or 10
| Boston or TO Washingtou-intO cities
| which study the tastes of luxurious MIL
| Honaires feed them. and take the money.
| And yet the average man from Chicago
will tell you there is no other place in the
/ world for him. He is a bigOt. New York
| is good enough I'm it's way, he VIII tell
YOU but YOU should live in Chicago. But
| if you ask him why. he can't seem 10 be
able 10 make II quite clear And now he
is just BEGINNING TO realize that the mil
Iionaires of his city have no further use
for Chicago after they have made their
pile. 10 use an expression typical Of Chi
/ cago elegance.
| THE FIELDS LIVE ABROAD.
The list Of Chicago people who spend
| their incomes elsewhere is little less than
appalling. The two children Of Marshall
| Field. for example, are permanently es-
tablished in England. and are heirs TO the
great estate of at least 80 900 600 largely
| in Chicago real estate. The daughter,
Miss Ethel Field. was married soon after
| leaving school to Arthur Tree, only son
of Judge Lambert Tree. II was the no.
ton OF these young people to live in Eng
land. and so beautiful estates was bought
for them just outside the limits Of the old
time watering place OF Lexington, and
| they settled there
|
I tied in bennington Marshall Field. Jr-.
| married a daughter Of Louis g Huck-
| A fine house was built for them in Phai-
rie avenue. Just south Of the residence Of
! the elder Mr.. Field. and the son was es-
! tablished in the great wholesale business.
/ But after a time the younger Fields also
went to England. and there they reside
within a stones throw Of the estate Of
| Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Tree
II was during his fathers residence
| abroad as minister 20 Belgium that young
| Mr.. Tree became charmed with Europe.
| and after his return he said he could Ind
| no congenial amusement Ia Chicago soon
thereafter his marriage followed and the
/ removal to England.
LETTERS N WASHINGTON.
Not long after the partnership of Field
Letter & CO. was dissolved Levi T. Letter
/ took his entire family away and settled
! in Washington. Then. IS now. the ma
,ioual capital was a growing center and a
magnet for people of social inclination
and abundant wealth. The Blaine house
/ IS now Occupied by the Letters. who have
| social aspirations which were not in a
| fair way to be gratihed IN Chicago. Al
/ Of the Letters at present reside there eF-
cent Joseph, the son. whose career "a the
[ Grain market Of Chicago has been Vhe-
nomenal recently. and the daughter
/ May. who was married 20 the Hon
George -. Curzon. and with him resides
IN London. Tho generous father sends
Mrs. Ctlrzon 81 90 year now. and g. q
understood that IN his win he Vii ren1erl-
1 4 r.lrn -
Nrs. Henry Field. widow a the brother
u Marshall Field. HdH married several
years ago 70 Thomas Nelson Page. th'
y1rginia novelist. and n short while affer
left Chicago. Joining the absentee land
lord class, with an estate of q - 20. Re-
Gently she has completed q fine colonial
I mansion IN washington.
/ Another family which has taken Up ifT
abode IN Washiugfou. drawn tnither no'
b. Affairs q state bat hy the srcharf-
/ renfs % So social ife 3s thst q CHARLIE
4 Mum. who used O. be vel known %
Z the Board = Trade. NJ. Eunn marie
N-z Joseph Arrn01r and retired almost
inm-dla,ely from business- u this uay
a ulIisoa dollars worth q Chicago rea
estate happens 20 fan into ths Est tha'
represents aBsentee lzadl0rHsn-
Mrs Writ Dexter. saferee ~ re l0si
a Der husssaas the srnlaent iaVTs-. arl
later by TIE death % her only soa. sam
ual Dexter hns departed permanent
from Chlcago. taxing h@r only eazghtsr
she has s-tfiet = Fosrcn, spea-laT q
-a-. % her tsuae n travel 81 Esropc
Ths Dexter estate Il Ch.caEo amoaeta .
z nill0n-
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