The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-01-13
Yer, t.r From Animation OF vea''h.

very tsr From Aduiatton ~ wealth..
Tho special attention orr n'vTup -
gave 70 MIR. CoHNrtIr' NANuFrHltts
explanation q la patented locomotive
Gro box befors tho Su,i''y - Ncchanu'h
Engineers last week u regarded 10y th"
Hartford Ttrns, ~ an Illustration Of tho
facility With which New Y prk bends double
~ wealth IL II not rather an Illustration
of The public r~"adIsss 20 welcome hld
applaud any achievement boy a vouus
man which gives himself other and higher
title to distinction than the nero inheri'au. .
OF rich posseszons'
Ofcourse. any considerable cJuutuNuHn'o
mechanical engineering daeerves attention.
from wh0msorvcr II my come. hlt WIEN
"A young mar Ike Mr.. NSSDHrnfIr iev"''s
Nls thought ana his sr~rgy 20 sIch an end
ha shows himself 10 t~ AL sNrpiun to lis
kind which. uufor-IrNtIr. - 30 r'fe N
I'll, country at this tIfnN "a, 90 r''vuh"
special public interest II not wOndCr
Vast individual aSsregatipns Of wealth
nave become so frequent IN thcs" to.s
that, SO far from swim. peculiar distinction
., n =, making them or obtaining then ty
irhcrtApco. they confer leSs fis'ln't'on
than formerly. NJ lenst here IN New irS
The Vanderbilt fortune, great "a 1t "a. has
been put IN a secondary place bv Gums
lations OF more resent growth. IN the old
days when n fortune AZ IA hundred chou-
sand dollars was looked upon a. handsome
1HE SIN Of the period published q list OF tho
rph men ~ Sew York. and their distinction
IA such WIS ~ marked that II was easy
10 make up the short catalogue. Some
thing IKE a generation afterward a maya
zine ~ tho town rave a LAT OF the few Mil
llonaircs OF tho time. al men u public 10
nown for their wealth. Vow V In bank
parlors. among people whose srctal husi-
ness Il 4. 20 estimate private fortunes,
the information on which 70 huse n .se
iniIt.ug al. IN" mlliOnai,- could not be
obtained So many III they and So COM
praryely obscure arc numbers Of them.
The Millionaire has become the distinctive
parsonage for whom people are looking.
II the question oi tho individual wealth
OF their n~e,Shhors interests them.
Mr.. Vanderbilt has ufted himself 10 n
better tito to interest han his now rc.a-
lively inferior fortune would give 20 him By
doing something OF serious practical value
FOR Lbs fellows instead Of pursuing tie i1yol-
tiles which engage the whole activity 81 50
many Of the young men who. Ike him, have
Inherited the wealth accumulated by thor
fathers or grundiathcrs. Accordingly ho
deserves tho commentator his productive
Industry has received. for he might have
sunk To the level Of uscless self -indulgcnco
with which the rect are cont'ntcd. l!S IN
vcntion may not bs Of notable Importance
In itself. but the fact that 1t receives pc
Culiar celebration IS a rebuke TO wealth
rather than adulatlou OF tit has come
from a source from which no such serious
performance was expected.
CAN'T. BES TILiM.s denies that b" and
Col. BRYAN are no longer friends. We are
agreed as 20 tho future policy 81 the De!uO-
cratic party" says ne Palmetto r.tchforksr.
With is future H. such hands the democratic
party ought To- be proud and haVpy.
Gen sAMpo BowLrs's new prose poem
shows luu. skating. lie sings tho glorious
hr.niancv Of the moonlight reflected fruEa
tho crystal Ice. thu elitter.ng restless meas
OF tho tar stars In the st"c'v sky" He sees
the waters "surslins bcuoath the skim q
or stal ana sending IN adVanc" great bubbles
that cav their way Ike living creature. .
And no gurs!es with II lonely ANA mysterious
feeling thai possesses the skater We don't
know thai Gen. SAMBo BowLEs Ia especially
nvusruua bu; We can well bel eve that he
Is lionel y.