The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-06-07
.ENTREE To ENeLAND,s 400.
How Miliionaires Achieve the Pleasnres
OF Aristocratic Company.

How Mllilonaires Achieve the Pleasures
OF -Aristocratio Company.
How do they do it?'' | asked a
lady last week whom thought like
ly to know how money is got out of
an African millionaire bitten with
desire to become man of fashion.
She said: WELL of course, when
they take fine house, guests have
to be found. Then there is com
petition to run them. !" Yes" l
said, "but supposing that | were a
fine lady, poor, but greedy, and did
not aspire to. more than a few hun
dredsi" You would have to be
one of the right set, you know,
she explained. Yes, | continued,
II will suppose myself bright par
ticular star of the right sci and
both nice looking and influential.
"You need not be the first. the 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 party or somewhere.
You say to him, with a simple, in
nocent look, that you have "a little
money that you would like to in
vest, and you ask him to invest it
for you. He probably will agree to
do this. Then he invests it and soon
returns you e2Qo or f3oo." "But
supposing that the e100 is lostf" l
asked "Oh, but you don't really
give him the e100; 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"
l asked. Plenty" she answered,
land do not blame them. They
have to live, and if they have some
thing to sell and a millionaire
thinks it will do him good to buy
it, why noti After all, you don 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 thema 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" On" l said.
And yet what possible pleasure
can these millionaires find in being
admitted into the outer courts of a
society that laughs at them and
that only tolerates them in order to
plunder them-a society to whose
ways they are strange and in which
they are as much fish out of water
as would be fine lady in Johan-
nesburg barroom2 Some of these
millionaires have the good sense to
perceive this. They enjoy life with
their own friends and in their own
way. These l respect. But for those
who are buying their way into po-
sition that is contemplate / feel
the utmost contempt. never knew
the late Barney Barnato-indeed TO
my knowledge / never saw him
but once heard that number of
fine ladies and gentlemen had been
invited TO meet him. Each went to
the dinner in the hope of getting
something out of him, and their
hopes rose when, after the dinner
was over, he thanked them for the
pleasure of finding himself among
them, and said that he was anxious
to do something to show his appre-
citation of their kindness. Then he
recited to them the soliloquy Of
Hamlet and wished them good
evening. l always had sneaking
admiration for the departed Barney
after / heard this story.-London
Truth.