The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-07
new YORK DAY BY DAY
(By Herbert Corex.l

Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt. Jr.. is
planning a new house for her place
down at Pericho. Long Island. 1t is to
be Il modest little shack, with only
sixty guest rooms. The ballroom will
be only 20 feet long by 80 feet wide.
The folks will have to squeeze them
selves at mealtimc in a dining room
which is merely so feet ny 80. OF
course. if any n drops in to take pot
luck, the overflow can be accommodate
ed at the grill in the basement.
That sort of thing doesn't seem out
of the way in a Vanderbilt. The fam
lily have the habit of building sur
reptitious little shelters about the size
of the fortalice at Halifax. 1t wouldn't
surprise anyone in a Gould. The
Goulds got theirs before this country
became a land of pikers-see Frank
Gould's interview on sailing for France
and have scattered deckle-edged
white marble country houses wherever
there is a good view to be spoiled. No
II would wonder if an Aston built a
hot and cold water pergola Of that
style. It's possible to discover a rea-
son for John d. Rockefeller's steel
cased. granite founded. homb-proof
fortification at Tarrytown.
But the odd part is that there arc
scores of establishments maintained
on a similar plane about New York
by people whose names are unfamiliar
to the average newspaper reader.
There is the country house owned by
Commodore Fred Bourne on Long Is
land. for example. Bourne is a total
stranger to the people west of Jersey
City. The run of the mine voter in
New York Identities him with difficulty
as n man interested in yachting. and
whose name is occasionally mentioned
in the Wall street news. He is certain
ly not regarded by the public as a man
extraordinarily wealthy ny New York
standards. Perhaps hc may he taken
as Il type of the inc%onspicuous rich
man of this city.
Bourne and his family spend seven
weeks each summer at their home on
Long Island. lie has Il place in Maine
to which he retircs when the heat
grows too great. and during the brief
he lives at his W house here.
Between times the Bournes may be
found in this. that. or the other fash
ionable resort in Europe or the United
States. Lest the notion should strike
II one Of them to run down to Long
Island. however. the place is kept in
perfect readiness the year around. lIv-
cry morning the windows are opened
and the beds aired. and at meal time
the lords of the papkin prepare to
serve any Bourne who may come i'll.
To accomplish this he keeps sixty
servants at that house the year round.
There are two hundred men at work
now, with three steam snovels in
building a chain Of lakes which will
enhance the view. With the other
-.. .o. t1ao ,,11rr n~
their families--for almost all of them
are married-Bourne has 10000 re-
tanners gathered about him. \ hem
merry of 1000 pedigreed fowl keeps
the family in eggs and broilers. Four
hundred Jersey cows Of royal blood
live in a palace. all plate glass and
white enamel. Even the partitions be-
tween the stalls occupied by these I'M
perial DANES are Of glass. polished to
a mirror specklessness. If Commo-
dore Bourne is III reach every morning
a hamper of eggs and milk is sem to
him by express.
of eighty craft of every sort. MOI one
is permitted to leave the pier unless
it is in perfectly new condition. \
on the mahogany. a furnished
fleck OH the hrasswork would call for
vengeance. One might go over every
motorboat in white kid gloves and be
lie keeps twenty " thirty
cars III his garage. and the same
rule applies. Even he tires OF the
cars aus he new when they
are used. Eighty tons of paint +
used annually on the place. in order
that every hOusc may seem as though
il has just been taken from the band
box. lie hes just purchased 500 acres
add tn his lawn.
Will Gaius Cilnus Maecenas kindly