The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-05

vor of Emperor Menelik. Consumption
cut short a career that for variety and
adventure far exceeded any romance
that the novelist himself had ever
penned.
Another short-lived capitalist was an
American who, inheriting a large for
tune on the death 81 his father, a San
Francisco masnate, DpurchaSed a fine
steam yacht provisioned it with the
costliest eatables and wines that money
could buy and, inviting a bevy of bur
lesque actresses and other gay friends
10 accompany him, set out for a cruise
In the Pacific. ship, owner. guests and
crew We're destined never 10 reach port
again.
The vessel, it was suumised, had been
turned into q floating Monte Carlo.
Twice the yacht was sighted steering
an erratic course that must have taken
il far away from the track of the regu-
lar Pacific services. On each occasion
the captain and officers of the passing
vessel came near enough to distinguish
something Of the life that was being
led on board. 4 single seaman stood
on the bridge, while the decks were Civ
on over 10 the Witless antics of
thrOng of men and women, who held
out champagne bottles 70 the aston
ished observers and shouted impudent
messages, This was the last that was
ever seen of the young American and
his friends.
Another freak capitalist" was a
Spanish lady OF BadajoZ. who, winning
+ 10000 in the Manila lottery, collected
the money and set out secretly for
Paris, leaving her husband and chill
dren in complete darkness as 10 her
whereabouts.
Eight months later she returned TO
her home, penniless, but accompanied
by thirty huge trunks. the contents of
which accounted for the vanished thou
sands.
On arriving in Paris she had appar-
entity set about spending her money
with will. Clothes of every desCrip-
ton and artificial aids to beauty had
eaten up the whole of her fortune
Dresses, costly underwear. corsets,
boots, gloves and hats all marked with
the names of the most fashionable maxi
ers, represented three-fourths of her
purchases. In the remaining trunks
were cosmetics, false hair. figure i'm
provers, face creams. chin straps,
cures for obesity-in short, every kind
Of article advertised by beauty spe-
eialists'' and the quacks who abound
III all big cities. Beyond being the best
dressed woman in BadajOz for several
seasons she had reaped little benefit
from her good fortune.
More eXtraVagant stiu was the Rus
sian gentleman WHO gambled away an
inheritance of 600, 600 roubles (e600,-
000) with a year and was only saved
from complete disaster by the odd
chance that he had paDeTed his bed
room wall with hundred Touble notes.
He ended by giving Russian lessons for
a small fee i'm Paris
The exploits of the late Marquis of
Anglesey are paralleled and exceeded
by those OF the son OF Il wealthy Hun
garian sugar refiner. The young man
not only had a replica of the Roman
Colosseum erected on one OF his es-
tates, but would himself descend into
the arena. In imitation of the emperors
of old. Dressed as a gladiator and
armed only with the short Roman
thrusIing-sword, he would engage
lions, tigers and bears in single com
bat, often paying as much as Ct 900
for the specimen that furnished him
and his friends with d half-hours en-
tertainment
The Hungarian authorities put a stop
10 these savage exhibitions. and while
the remainder OF his wealth lasted he
had TO content himself with an ordi-
nary circus He died dramatically,
when OF the verge of being declared a
bankrupt, taking poison at the close of
3 farewell feast, 10 which he had in
vited his heighbors and tenants.