The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-08-11
YOUNG HYDE can BURN HONEY.

His Summer Home Is Ran LaEisIaIy,
But in ErEafic Fashion
From New York Press.
The white light OF publicity has
been more directly turned upon the
mOney-burning achievements Of
James Hazen Hyde, cratic son Of his
father and Frenchfeld American,
than upon any other member OF the
mOney-burning crowd in the past few
months.
The difference between Hyde's
money bOnfres and like performances
by others has placed him in a class
by himself. Most OF them do not
strain to make public the amount Of
money which they burn
Hyde began to see to it that the
public knew all about the way his
money was spent as long ago as 1901.
Then he got up a special coaching
trip to Philadelphia, with Alfred Van
derbilt as partner, and all the details
thereof, including cost were fed out
systematically to the waiting presses
for the edihcatiOn Of the public and
the Qualification Of Hyde. Two years
later he drove a public coach between
New York and Lakewood, going down
one day and returning the next, fin
ancing the enterprise himself at a
published cost Of $780, 900. He charged
$40 a seat for the trip, or 800 for
the entire coach, but as il was loudly
announced at the time, he couldn't
possibly get back more than one
tenth OF his outlay even if the coach
were all old out every trip, which it
wasn't
At his Bay Shore, L /, place, Mr..
Hyde is a constant object Of interest
alike to the native public and the
summer cOlOnists- Though he is so
free in the destruction Of money for
pleasure and advertising, he looks af-
ter little details with the most pain
stalking care The carriage house is
one OF his biggest personal concerns.
Often at night he inspects the We
hicles stored under its roof with the
aid Of portable electric lamp, exam
lining the wheels and the painted
woodwork OF every vehicle, landau,
brOugham, coach and omnibus with a
| minuteness that is all searching. Bis
attention to the harness room and the
stables is equally close.
Early in the morning, when he is
entertaining guests at a house party,
he goes personally up and down the
/ corridors Of his house to find out
/ whether the boots Of his guests, left
II OUTSIDE LnGlE QOOES over night dL MS
| request, have been polished properly
He looks the laundry over when-ii
comes in, and, in every way that he
can devise, keeps personal tab on
everything about the place.
Mr.. Hyde must be admitted to be
| a most painstaking and conscientious
host His attentions TO his guests
| excite the wonder Of all who come
| to know about them. He is forever
striving after the eternal fitness OF
| things. He sees to il that cOlOrs
agreeable to the taste Of each guest
are used in the decoration Of the
quarters assigned, and he selects the
1 carriages to convey his visitors be-
/ tween the station and the house with
special reference to the personality OF
every guest. He wouldn't think OF
sending a light wagon to convey q
person Of unusual ayOrdupois to his
summer palace When children are
Of the party he sends pony carriages
/ to meet them, not of the ordinary
type simply, but landaus and other
standard types in miniature, with
! drivers (either boys or unusually little
mem in miniature to suit
The entire estate is run layishly,
but in erratic fashion. When his ex-
penditures to further a teste for
/ French literature in this country
| which have won for him in France
the unofficial title of Ambassador Of
4 Letters in America may be termed
money burning is open TO doubt