The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-15
SENSATION PROMISE.
TO RICHMOND 81. u! |!||||Dl| PUBLIC
Payne, Great Hobby King Has
at Last Decided to Visit
This City.

Payne ID comingl Tlila simple announce.
tnent IN almost any other lily thnn nlcil-
fnund would DO sufficient y got all
Tongues a-waggihg ind innkc tile wiani
ones SPECULATE OH what ls he ur to
now7', There ID not another man III
America who has created moro startling
sensations, did moro Unusual or utldx-
petted things, or been Wrll en- OF andi
criticised moro freely and favornbly ny
Gull hm8a crank, but the definition Will
hardly apply. since his every action has
wcil-defncd purpose, md his plnns
show Il master hand III cxuct tioii. 5 g38
Just now Fayne Ia making n lclsuroy.
nnd random tour Of tho lnrgcr Ensttrtl
cities, ana, Being a}mlllionarc. is spar
Ing no expense TO reach the public. oyt.
Ills present hobby md he may ,bc
correctly dubbed the man With tho hob
bies. ID TO travelSin special or private
cars, carrying 4 big uniformed brass
band Z, troupe OF hgl, class performers.
over twenty-five people III all, make n
monster street parade on which no scat
ters Uncle Sans good coin to tile four
winds. for which the multltudcs sN'anlblc,
md somewhere on the largest available
open los give an nbsolutelysfren perform
nncc by his company. Tho object? or
course. there Is oncl pnyno likes to ace
n largo crowd: likes to be tho confer OF
attraction, and. b above all, likes to nj
ford d monns OF amusement. Carnegie,
gives tho public free libraries; Rookie
Teller gives them school ehdoWmentH:
ench philnnthropist satisfies his peculiar
hobby; but Payne gives them free nmuse-
3ment. 3lli n
Any suggestion OF cgotlsm on Payne's
part is pardonable IN the evident satisfac-
ton fe himself derives from his methods.
The world is Inclined TO be charitable
In crltlclsing success Payne is Sue
cess from start to finish. What II he
does live In high estate, carry his own
carriages, auto cars and surrounds hin-
self with every luxury7 What Il he
does wear from twenty-five to forty
thousand dollars worth OF diamonds and
SO gold coins for buttons on every suit?
What II he does throw his money away?
1t is his personal privilege, land he un-$
scfishiy shares his wealth and his amuse-
ments with the public without charge.
He has plenty and always n means OF
accommodating more.
TO reclte his many harmless ecccntrici-
ties and surprising yet interesting stunts
IN various parts Of the United States
would be long drawn story. but be u
said 10 ibis credit, he never lntrudca, IN
frIngcs or insults. None who have ever
known Payne can regret the acquaintance
and none who have seen him can forget
His advance arrangements are IN the
hands OF Jim H. Edmondson. popular
and well known newspaper man Of the
Central West, who is here attending 10
the details Of Paynes visit to Richmond
When asked how LONG would be his stay
meaning Payne, Mr.. Edmondson snil-
ingly said: ASK the stars. cant say.
!: have handled many attractions Of
varied nature before. but in Payne have
one who Will follow no advice but his
own, and since he Is literally providing
the long green, accepting nothing but tho
best that his money can buy for ~ rnselt
and all connected with him, why. Of
course, YOU know. I don't demonstrate
or even suggest. . -, HI
Edn1ondson added further that Payne
was MS liable to stay a week or Il month
as a day, and might he expected TO
spring anything from banduettng bunch 'ti1
OF factory hands TO chartering train
for a free excursion to tho seashore.
All no has to do Is to carry out Payne's
IDEAS as conveyed, for Payne wa SO &C. G
centric that he kept cyen his own people
guessing.