The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07

ing to carry out his instructions.
80 the round of gaiety continued I'M
vi Mr.. Morgan came back. Then when
ne made his first appearance at the
cruz ana was surrounded by a large
group of friends, who were compli-
mentlng him on the splendid enter
talnment he had provided for them
curing his absence, Mr.. Belmont took
the opportunity of urbanely handing
MIN big batch of unreceipted bills
made out in his name, and which rep
resented the $4,000 that had been
spent IN showing the Hunt a good
time.
10 say that Mr.. Morgan was aston
ished is to put it mildly, and when he
mad an opportunity, he endeavored to
express his surprise to Mr. Belmont;
but the latter only laughed and said:
You told me to give them good
time; tried hard, and 1 hope l have"
We'll" replied Mr.. Morgan. IL didn't
tell you to try to make a pauper of
me-and that's about what I'll be
when L pay these bills"
OF course, Mr.. Morgan became aware
Of the joke when his checks, sent in
payment of the bills Mr.. Belmont had
given him, were returned with the ex-
PLANTATION that the bills had already
been settled, and evidently he was
laboring under a misapprehension.
W. L. Elkins, the Philadelphia mil
lionaire who has succeeded H. H.
Vreeland to the presidency of the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company,
which controls the surface lines on
Manhattan Island, has a we'll pro-
nounced hobby for raising sheep.
Some few years ago Mr.. Elkins pur-
chased several hundred acres of land
in the heart of the picturesque coun-
try seat region to the north of Phila-
delphia. Wise real estate operators
said at once that Mr.. Elkins was go
ing to divide the land into building
lots and create a new suburban town.
kstead, Mr.. Elkins placed on the
farm a flock of 100 Persian sheep, Sc
cured by a high-priced expert sent to
the Orient for that purpose only. Mr..
Elkins had seen a painting of this spe-
cies of sheep. and had been so Impress
ed with the beauty of the animals
that he decided to have flock of his
own.
1t is not an uncommon thing for Mr..
Elkins to visit his sheep farm several
times week, and nearly every Sun
day finds him talking with the farmer
shepherd and walking among the
1lOCh, calling MS IdNOrlIeS Dy name
and feeding them from his hands. The
sheep know Mr.. Elkins almost as well
as their shepherd.
whenever / am tired or feel out of
Sorts" Mr.. Elkins recently told a WISH
tor, 81 delight to go to my sheep farm
and be restored to my usual frame of
mind 'by it's woolly inhabitants. And
because the sheep make me feel cheer
full again, 1 don't care one jot or title
for the $4,000 lose every year that l
run the sheep farm"
Among sheep breeders Mr.. Elkins'
flock is noted as being one of the finest
in this country, and several of it's
members have secured blue ribbons at
various exhibitions.
Like his associate in all things finan-
cial-P. A. B. Widener-Mr. Elkins all
so has strong passion for flowers.
The Conservatives attached to his
magnificent country seat at Elkins, in
the Chelten Hills, just beyond the
Quaker City's northern boundary, are
filled with all sorts of rare flowers, COL
lected at a cost of tens of thousands
of, dollars. The head gardener, brought
from Europe, receives a salary of $780,
O00 and his three assistants get $4,000
each. They have to see to it that the
contents of the eight big hot houses are
ever kept up to the standard demanded
by their employer.
Not the least important of the head
gardnerer's manifold duties is to cut
with his own hands and place on Mr..
Ellxins' dinner table every evening a
mammoth bouquet of the finest flowers
to be found in the Conservatives.
Whenever the bouquet is chrysanthe-
NUNS or American Beauty roses Mr..
Elkins is particularly well pleased. I'm