The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
SPENDING OF MONEY How a Multi Millionaire Spends $300,000 on a Vaca-
 tion.
  MANY VARIED EXPENSES They Amount Up With Alarming Speed With tho Ultra
 Rich.

If the average person gets back from two weeks vacation in summer without having spent more than sl0O he thinks he is lucky If some of tho null -millionaires in the easts ultra-fash ionable set can make their summer ont Ing, which usually lasts three months, cost less than s300,0OO they think they are lucky, says the Chicago Tribune
 II Is al Newport where the fabulous sums arc put Into circulation When its homes are opened the processions arc often as long as the caravans of Arabian merchants travelling through the desert Besides the family there Is usually a great suite Of servants auto mobiles vehicles etc The society wo- man needs all the help kept in her win Iter house, and often q few more maids and gardeners Yet tho cost of run ming these cottages outside is often more expensive than within The ex pense of the stable has been consider ably enlarged through the popularity of the automobile, Most of the extensive estates have added the garage 10 tho stable, where arc housed from eight to ten machines, representing many styles, from the small runabout to the large hrougham When no new machine ! s added, the repairs amount to sl,000 season. On not Q few of these coun- try estates the stables cost more than the actual management of the home
 RivaIng tbe automobile is tho yacht Where a man spends sl,00O l keeping his automobiles and vehicles | in repair, hh will spend fifty times that sum on his yachts and small | boats, When in commission the mil | llonairc's yacht calls for a captain, a crew, stewards, cooks, and large | staff of servants There is as much l layash entertaining done on these yachts as in ball rooms, and IL is not uncommon to spend from $o0Q0 tc S500O0 for yachting alone. Many find one yacht insufficient But the men with real sportsmans blood devote time and money 10 hurting and thell kennels Others prefer to cultivate deer fish and rare game w. Bayart Cutting and William K. Vanderbilt have vast estates devoted to tho breed ing and preservation of wild game Where the estates are extensive tht laying out of gardens and caring fo tho woods often runs into the thou sands George Yanderbilts estate Bit more, near Asheville, N C., has gar deps that enjoy an international repu tation Besides the lawn and terracei decorated with statues and marble urns, there are wonderful aquatic gar dens, in which rare plants are culti vated The Berwlnd marble home a Newport has beautiful terraces decor ated with urns and dWarfed trees
 | All kinds of strange stories have beer told of the extraYagantly strange on tcranment given at Newport. Bu 1t is certainly true that many a popu lar hostess and host spend from S25,0O to $5O00O on one season of entertain . ment and some twice that sum Tn, leaders of society expect to giv two or three dinners week, on luncheon, and breakfast on board yacht or at ono or the other of tn country clubs. From $5,OOo to $lO,oOo | not a great sum to spend on ball Besides A fortune is lavishod on tn wonderful gowns and jewels worn by lady of l7shion.
 The men who spend $30OOo0 for single season 10 not devote the entir season to their country home. The
 wind up with a short trip to a cam
 in the AdIrondacks or a six week, } stay in Europe A lodge may be ha
 for rental of $5OOO But new furnitur
 must be added, there are new huntin
 costumes for family and servants, th
 expenses of the special cars and cxtr
 provisions Three weeks tO month
 hunting often costs S3ooo0 If a tri
 abroad fig chosen cool S2o0oo may |
 added