Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-15

you Will scorcely match even in ro-
mantle Scotland; while the castle
itself. which Mr. Carnegie has largely
rebuilt. is a stately pile, beautiful TO
look upon and full of historic assoc.a
lions
TO this SPLENDID retreat the mil
lionaire laird" loves TO retire every
summer; and here he spends an
ideally happy time with his wife and
| little daughter, entertaining his count
less friends and finding each day too
short for his many recreations and
activities,
Naturally. man who has led such
a strenuous life finds no pleasure in
idleness. Full of irrepressible energy.
he must always be doing something.
and at Skibo he finds plenty TO occupy
his time very agreeably. In fact
the place is his hobby, and he is
TO add to its charms. Now he is en-
Enthusiastically experimenting the lay.
ing out of golf links; now he is di-
verting the course of a stream to
make a beautiful lake, and, again, he
is constructing a road through The
mountain-schemes which give him
Infinite pleasure and also provide en-
ployment for small army of men.
And these are but few of his many
activities. mental and physical. Every
day, from all quarters of the world.
there pours in on him a perfect deluge
of letters, all OF W, CHI demand atten.
ton, and although the majority OF
them Chiefly of the begging order)
are suppressed by his secretary and
necer come into his hands, his daily
large part of his morning. He is a
great reader, too, and spends an hour
or two daily with the newspapers and
periodicals which are scattered in
lavish profusion all over the place, or
with the treasured volumes in his
splendid library.
Almost more than his books Mr.,
Carnegie loves music, and one of his
greatest pleasures is TO sit in the
hall of Skibo while the castle organist,
higly paid artist of great skill, con-
jures sweet music from his magnif1.
cent organ, Another form of music
which delights the millionaire is the
skirl on the pipes to which the house
hold, in good Scottish fashion, awakes
every morning. Mr., Carnegie also
spends many hours in the billiard
room, where he handles the cue with
great enthusiasm and no little skill;
he loves to work in his beautiful
gardens with the brisk step of a boy,
But undoubtedly Mr.. Carnegie's
happiesC hours are those spent with
his wife and daughter-'ma madam" and
missile" as he playfully calls them
to both Of whom he is devoted
When, as is often the case, the
castle is filled with his friends he is
one of the most hospitable and
thoughtful of hosts, and the days
program is full and merry one. He
takes his guests for long and de-
lightful drives, accompanies them on
fishing expeditions Che is a keen dis
ciple of the great Izaak) takes them
on his steam yacht to explore the ro-
mantle castles ON Dornoch Firth, and
arranges shooting parties on the
moors and matches on the golf links,
Mr. Carnegie, by the way, is one
of the nost enthusiastic of golfers,
and it is said that he is prouder of
his progress in the game than of max
ing his mnDons. in this connection
an amusing story is told. One day an
interviewer ran him to earth on the
links to ask his opinion of threat
ened crisis in the steel trade. After
Mr. Carnegie had listened patiently to
a long string of questions, he said:
well l know nothing about all that,
but I'll tell you something Yester.
[ broke my record. l went round
this course in five strokes fewer than
ever before. Tit Bits.