The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
MILL|OM|REs !,
BRITISH PREY
Open Season for Wealthy
Americans IN
London.
Factories Work to Turn
Out Relics to Meet
the Demand.
SPECIAL CABLE TO THE CALL

LONDON June 3O-Ihe F4Ap10SS
s,.. iris is the time of the year
Jvhan fniIfionafres from the other SIDE
AZ the Atlantic first come in season. II
tbs representatives of this admiraete
species who are now staying in London On
chose to combine for such a worthy oo-
iect. tley.eonId easily pay on the BRIT
ish national debt.
Additional milIionaires ana Hl4ili0t.
airssses are arriving almost daily from
the. United states, and by the eng "A
next- week il will require ishth -
ae-1(s seIs,,ia to keep pace with the risfHs
tide Of dollars pouring into this coun-
A. t.1aridge's. for instance, there are
haIf a dozen mnlti- i-mtllionaires alFeauS
installed and whole suites. ~ = ,,...s
ha,;e been booked by other "multls
ILe,s Iii sbortIv arrive. The Savov can
b,,ast at least four 'mult1S aad eisnS
ordinary miuionafres. while the. carton
a. stbe nrssent. moment harbors a round.
DOZEN of. thems -
The list from the last hotter Is re-
markabIe.- 1t will be seen lhat enS
names. contain many which. lhon $50 Sn "a
nious on the other. side of the Atlantic
re no+; particularly we'll known TO the
public here But this merely tends 70
Show how one may harbor millions un-
aywares: d: j. Murphy. San Francisco
Mr. and Mrs II. H Porter, New dork+
Hon. John and Mrs. Wanamaker, new
York; =, John H. Raphael New YORK
F,oxhaii Keene, New York; =. Mr. ana
Mrs. ShipIey- Blood, New York. MI ard
Mrs. Nfinzesheimer, New York; W. r
Ward. New York: Mr.. and Mrs. Durt-
lev. e Chfeaso;. Mr.. and Mrs, Appleton;
Mrs r. p, Frank, San Francisco; Mr..
anu Mrs Snellenburg. New YORK.
r .FoxhaII Keene is, OF course, We'll
known as an owner .ot race horses and
So, .bts nolo rlaving. Mr. Minzesheimer
is a; banker. and Mr. .Wanamaker 10
part. owner of perhaps the largest
stores In the world.
. IT lis: Interesting to know that thssA
rn1llioHaires are much. the sans sV
other people Though they dine Tor
the most part in their own private sit
tii,E-ro0Ins, their diet is modest; they
enjoy the. usual delights of the theater..
and they go shopping on foot They
even close their eyes when they sleep
at night, like ordinary people
Many "nultiS" elect to come TO Lon
don in mutt for the sake of peace
and quiet. There are now at Claridge's
three: @muitis" who have jointly in
formed the management that should
their names leak out they viii inmedi-
ateIy leave the establishment. There
fore. for the time being they pass IN
der the names of (t9 Mr. Brown, l9J
Mr.. Smith. 80 Mr. White. q.
The reason for this elabOrat5 se-
crecy was explained to a representative
of the Express by the manager of
Claridge'S yesterday.
). 1t appears that the moment il be-
comes known that a multi millionaire
is staying in a London hotel hosts oS
people call and demand 20 see him.
Ladies' drive up in carriages and pre-
sent a card on which there is an al
legged title. .Afterward they explain
10 the unfortunate multi that their
chief aim in life is TO be hts foster
parent in the highest circles OF excla~
sfve society.
Again. all the art dealers In London.
and. for. that matter, hosts OF dealers
from the Continent, besiege the hotel
and frequent the front hall 70 such aa
extent that the multi-millionaire -
often forced to escape through q side
exit The post also swells to alarming
proportions. -
1t is understood that the old oak fatK
tories of Yorkshire and Belgium are
running full blast in order to meet the
demands: made by American million
aires There is general cry for the
chair used by Charles I during his triaL
Three thousand Originals OF this
chair. have already been disposed Of