The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-08

conducted there, and has enjoyed pros
perity. To properly ship the meat
handled, subsidiary company has
also been organized in this country,
called the Upton Refrigerating Car
Company. 1t has 500 refrigerator cars
in daily use."
After this came the general sum-
ming up of the business end of the
knights life, and it was said that now
his stores and business in the British
Isles are in the hands of a corpora
| tion, of which he is the head. 1t has
many million dollars of capitalization,
but he still owns individually the tea
business in Ceylon, and the American
enterprises.
Then the conversation turned upon
his charitable work. Sir Thomas has
decided views on that. He believes in
| charity which helps without making
/ the recipient of it feel as If he were a
beggar. That brought up the Alsxan=
+ dra Trust, the most notable of his en-
| terprises to benefit the poor. q"
| THE Alexandra Trust" he said,
named in honor of Her Majesty Queen
| Alexandra, is a successful effort to pro-
| vide good food for the poor at the least
price. 1t is In no sense a charitable in
stitutien, as such are known, because
| nothing is given away. Men, women
| pay for what they get. The only thing
is, we aim to give them of the best
at the least price.
I THE Alexandra Trust was started IN
T March, 1900, and Her Majesty, then the
Princess of Wales, was its president
as she has since continued. In this
| case she does not hold the Office In
name only, but takes a moss active
[ interest in everything corrected with
I L.. ezssa q
| beginning. She has been PRESIDENT for
every single minute, has directed it
| personally and made it point that
every item in connection with 1t should
| be sent to her when she is away. Each
of these items has had her own SUI
pervision.
| 80 far IS the enterprise is cohceru-
| ed, it is gring along very favorably
| Since the opening l believe l can say
we have fed more than 100000 peo-
| pie, and they are increasing in num-
Der eveNy day. The scheme is not run
| for proflt--that is, for the profit of
| those known as stockholders. 1t makes
money, but ali that goes INTO fund
/ cannot say what the governors of
the affair will do with this amount
1t Is altogether likely that they Will
build other places. I am sura Her Ma
jesty is Of this opinion. She is tre-
nendously interested in the poor. cs-
| pecially III the way they are led.
Routine of the Day.
He was asked about his daily life.
1t may be. of interest for the world to
know that he is a bachelor and almost
without near relative in the world.
f H'Fof eight months of the year he
said, II am a man of business for ten
hours OF the day. This"-and he pointed
| out across the water at the Shamrock
| II, rocking at her buoy-'is my recrea-
ton. live at a little place known as
Osidge, in Hertordshire, twelve miles
rom my offices, in City Road, London.
This is an old place, surrounded by a
| park, gardens and terraces. 1t is half
villa and half bungalow-in short, a
bashelors home.
"There we have golf links, bowling
alleys, billiard tables and amusement
of various kinds, and, above ALL a sta
BILE, in which their are eighteen good
horses, most of them American stan
dard-bred trotters. With these I drive
to and from my office every day of the
year am in London. I usually get
to my office at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing. lunch there with my men and try
to get home in time for dinner at 8
o'clock in the evening.
-Four or five hours is all the sleep
need, and l rarely retire before II
| or l o'clock. In the evening l play a
game of billiards with some friend who
is stopping with me, and sometimes we
have Just a little music"
"Sir Thomas is not a society man,
one of his guests said 'afterward. HE
never entertains at Osidge formally
r his guests being confined to three OF
|. four whom he calls his pals, one a
: member of Parliament, another re-
tired army officer and third an emil.
nent lawyer. All his formal entertain
ing is done at the Marlborough, his
club in London. He accepts few inxi-
tations, and is away from home only
| for an occasional attendance upon
some light opera He is fond of mu-
sic, but it is not of the involved, clas-
steal kind,
+. Question as to His Wealth.
What is he worth? And the friend
could only venture a guess. Twenty
to thirty millions" was the answer.
Some say he is worth more. No one
knows, and certainty we would not
care to ask him."
+ Before the little party left the Erin S
| deck the subject of yachting naturally
| came up.
In the event of defeat" he was ask
led, will this be your last try for the
| cup"
mot if I can get anybody to build
me a boat" was the ready answer.
"But. where can I get one? The Sham
rock and the Shamrock II represent
the best effort of the two best boat