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LIVES LIKE A REAL sATYR.
Eccentric Existence of an American
Millionaire in the Far East.

Eccentric Existence of an American
Millionaire in the Far East.
In paper ON detectives read by DR..
Martin w. Barr, chief physician of
the Pennsylvania school for feeble
minded children, before the summer
school of philanthropy, recently, re-
markable instance was mentioned by
him Of degeneracy that has caused
comment in London and continental
scientific circles. 1t was the case Of
the multi-millionaire who is at present
living in far eastern countries, and
leading life of such satyrlike excess
as to be almost incredible. Attempts
to learn the identity of this degenerate
American have been fruitless, and DIR.
Barr has taken the greatest pains to
conceal it from the public for the
wisest possible reasons.
According to DR.. Barr, this man Is a
neurotic. 1t Is estimated that his for
tune is In the neighborhood Of $10,-
000,000 but no attempt has been made
to have him declared an incompetent;
he is left free to run his course. His
family are refined, socially prominent.
Whenever they speak of the sons
course, they refer to it as his "ner-
vousness," They will not admit that
he has deranged intellect, though he
has left friends and position here to
take up life among the 'hanins," the
gravediggers and social outcasts of the
far east.
He was physician, rich, handsome,
cultured, of esthetlc tastes" said DR..
Barr in his paper, "a graduate of one
of the most prominent medical col
leges in America and a man who had
made pronounced hit as a special
ist."
His fortune enabled him to secure
every medical appliance known to sci
ence, and for some years he enjoyed
phenomenal success. Wine and wom-
en- proved his bane. He sank lower
and lower. His eXcesses no longer toll
Grated at home, he drifted from capl-
tai to capital of Europe, and finally es-
tablished himself In Japan with
harem. With an appetite still unsatis-
fed, he exhibited new phases of moral
degeneration, causing his body to be
tattooed with wonderful skill, every
picture a work of art. His back bore
a huge dragon, the shading Of every
scale showing perfection of detail.
This, on re-visiting America, with ut
most vanity he shamelessly exposed.
He was turned out Of the clubs. Re
turning to Japan, he bought a per-
forming bear and wandered from place
to place clad in the garb of a hanin.
exhibiting himself, his bear and his
harem and distributing photographs of
each and all in endless variety.
This past master Of vice" said DR..
Barr, shocking both Europe and
America, and astounding even Japan.
next hires a squad Of Japanese bows.
practically buying them outright from
their parents, who, attired in full uni
form, are trained In military exercises.
To these are opposed an equal number
Of monkeys dressed as Chinese sol
diers, and the war of China and Japan
Is constantly renewed for the enter
tainment of himself and his harem
who watch in an ecstasy Of delight
the suffering Of the poor brutes. Re
wards are offered and the more bloody
the contest and the greater the atroci
tion the more intense Is the gratlhca
tion."-New York Commercial Adver
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