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JANUARY 12. 1907
THE SUNNY SOUTH
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I Cuirassiers, After Making France I
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I Glorious in History, Are Discarded From Service
'■•••■•-■it-•••i
(French army—the Cuiras
sier—has fought his last bat
tle.
K WJiat the armies of the j
•world ooulj not accomplish
in the wars of three cen
turies is to be achieved in
a stroke o*' tlie pen Iby a
French military official, and
in a few months the* Cuiras
sier will be only a tradl- i
tlon.
The showy soldier on
wearing: Ji is flashing
of steel, with a brass
,fl the center, lias ever been
idol of the show-loving Preach
raton, and the winner of some of its J
vieatest .battles, but modern methods ot j
naifare have put out of commission the!
equipment that conies down from the I
Middle Ages.
no matter how craftily i
the bullet of to- |
■ Negrier, French j
horsiehaok,
breastplate
i he
Vo .i
wrought.
dot. a mi
ould resist
" General *
(lecre
essicrs must
•ses used lor
v. which 1 lie
nnizing. and
turned adr ’ t
inches or the
minister of war
thirteen regiments of
be mustered out. their
The batteries of field art
department is rapidly
tile men themselves oit 1
or given places in other
artillery.
The fact is. the "uii;iss ; passed i*s
Usefulness. Every recent war has shown
That. Fifty year of buttle shows not a.
wer in which the armored soldier has
been successful. In our own civil war
neither o' the contestants made use of
armored warriors.
Vapoleon Til dir] tm ■ he .-urhisslers
loose In i lie Fra neo-Prussia i war. hut
Though they fought wi h uneqaaled brav
er? at Oravelotte, w u v he, ho re ::>e
brunt of the tons
the struggle, tin
make up for th
equipment. Mnreov- . h ■ w. •, lip >;n-
aga ns better men, better anus and bet
■ or :r»rses.
Tn tiie frightful carnag
The cuirassiers sustained the
,; 'c damage, and whol
were wiped out. At the end
spe t;e
-w :m
o;
I dependent of certain mental sympathies,
dies doctor and myself were linked to- j
! getlier by a vice—we both smoked !
| opium. We enjoyed together that won-j
! derful expansion of thought, that mar- i
i velous Intensifying of the perceptive '
facilities which I would not surrender
: for a throne, and which I hoffe you |
j reader, will never, never taste.
! Those hours of opium happiness which j
i the doctor and I spent together in s* 1
j cret were regulated with a scientific ac-
j curacy. While smoking. we careful!
I steered our conversation through
j brightest and < almost channels
I 'thought. If \v.* : Iked of Shakespeart
; "Tempest,’’ we lingered over Ariel :r
j avoided Caliban.
Tills skillful coli
I thought, produced
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Count Boni=^King of Spenders
And Others in His Lavish Class ^
artist is in rominaml. It was if consuiiipt
ring
visions i
dors of
dreams.
On tin
of July,
Into an
Insensibly w
that swaved
of our train
our subsoqm 1
•or.-, sp mding tone. The sph
Arabian fairyland dved <.
evening in
■tor
question, the icr
<nd myself dri(',(■•!
unusually metaphysical mo ni
ldcd to the occult force
and indulged in gloomy
1VT BOXI DK iASTi:i,-|
'..WE has squandered
kC.000.000 in four years. I
Half of the millions were!
I he Goukl millions and the!
otln r half belonged to I
trusting tradesmen.
Notwithstanding the ill-
timed boasting ot Pliny, |
Seneca and Juvi nal. now
principally ri nd by college
boys
r the
i al
j speculation. We had talked some time
upon mysticism, an 1 the almost univer
sal love of the terrible, when Hammond
suddenly said to me: “What do you
consider to he th** greatest element of
terror?’*
The question puzzled me. That many
things wove terrible. T knew. Stumbling
over n corpse in the dark; behopiin#, as
T once did. a woman floating down a
deep and rapid river, with wildly lifted
arms, and awful upturned face, uttering
shrieks that rent one’s heart, while we.
the spectators, stood at a window, un
able to save her.
“T confess. Hammond. *’ T replied to
niv friend. “T never considered the sub
ject before. Rut there /oust ho one.
Something more terrible than any other
thinpr. I feel. j cannot attempt. how-
ever. even the most vaprne definition."
“T am somewhat like you, Harry." lie
answered. "I feel my * a pa city to ox-
porienee a terror greater than anything
yet conceived by the human min 1."
“Look here. Hammond." I rejoined,
“let us drop this kind of talk, for heav
en’s sake. \Ye shall suffer for It, depend
upo n it.’’
1 undressed quickly
igainsi their
bility of the
spenders in
astdlaiie ali
as the king:
i to vie wiilt
nt of the
I ua ndered
has sur-
meal de-
cle. when the reorganisation <
l^re ■ :i army began, some of the *
wnr were farsighted, were for :
‘ng t!ie '-uirassiers then, but tin
o • of the nation was so mu h
t the project was postponed.
A GREAT HISTORY.
Gra\ I'lotte |
renter part I
companies ■
the strug- |
tne i
Cuirassiers Marching Through Streets of Paris.
"We parted, and
and got into bed.
The room wap in
atom of gas that
did not illuminate
inches around tiie
arm across mv ey<
even the darkness.
total darkness. Tlie
dill remained alight
n distance of three
Turner. 1 drew my
<. us , to shut out
and tried to think
ol nolhing. It was in vam. The themes
touched on by Hammond kept obtruding |
themselves on my brain.
While i was lying still as a corpse. I
hoping I should hasten repose, an awful
Incident occurred. A Something dropped. |
as i: seemed, from the ceiling, upon my!
0 1
•lust.
boiish-
senti-
igainst
Napoleon. v
adopted all tl
tern, and the
edge of Saxe
to his own i'n
the Prussions
ith customary sagacity,
at was best of every sys
liner points of the knowl-
and Frederick he applied
irassiers. fr, 1806. against
at .Jena and Auerstadt,
ation.
Hyland t
\n
s ers.
vnnder
Thev
ram
loved
its
\liras- :
in I
erh
•olorj
T!
valor of the;
come to be- i
imI K;is-
possUile
iriug rifle and
deal o p deatii
i hand organ
rass was suf-
is.de bullets.
so well
nt u n
on*
had a great history,
war of rhe pa.trie :he\ nt ;
igurr. and until the\ lowered
at Waterloo to the
Grays, lire world : ia<
them invincible,
e are not many coin
"rid s arures. '1' i ^ ai
?n Pren ;li regiment
countries with t
e—Russia. Germany a
Geruany lias twelve imim
• >ur. hut It is aUag<=
that the kaiser and the czs
'he lead of the F*i*encli.
Tet ordy a few years ag<
'Ik coir ass was the idea:
P>fo ; * e the deadly quick-11
machine gun had onie to d
ns swiftly and surely as a
grnd out a tune the •
lTc- ntH effective to turn
< ’* istavus Adolplms, the greater; war-
of Sweden, first taught t world
jw h • wonderful fighting possi.u nt v
th* e »uld be in a well-drilled eoin-
pa \ ■ expert horsemen, able :o rna-
t * r m with lightning swift nr.-
P* : c o,i as to be practi “all
f?o i anger, and having in i
lan- es or sabers and the irres
rus i , r thru* mounts, the force ’»> wipe
e,n\ O’dinavy antagonist out *•: tiie way.
°rily ’ll equally powerful force of mm-
assiers could resist such a force, and
hlltary experts of Europe directed
•Mention to perfecting this feature
ensive warfare.
and then had ms cuirassiers.
!i they have long sirive been abati-
ir. :])■»' service of th<- P.ritisii king.
FINEST IN EUROPE.
early took up tiie subjoc. and i
Louis XIII developed several ex-j
regiments. Louis MV numberei* ■
his military adviser? such emi- |
n*ent. tacticians as Luxembourg, Turonne
and Conde. and these pushed the cuiras-•
siers to a still finer point of perfection.
The cuirassier of this period was heav
ily accoutered, carrying, besides sabre i
end pistol, a lance or a pike.
Then came the famous Marshal Saxe j
to carry along still further the work of ■
preparation that was to give Napoleon
tlie finest cuirassiers in Europe.
It was Marshal Sa\e who lad down
t •* (tde that for many a hard engage
ment was tiie law of « u cuirassier.
“All evolutions must be made .it the
greatest speed." ordered Saxe. “(’uiras-
ers must he. as hand> and expert on
. orsebark as a hussar, and we!’ exen :>ed
hi the use of the sword. Every -quad
on must attack the enemy sword in
they' did matchless work, and were re- i
sponsible for these successes.
TURNING THE TIDE. j
That command of cuirassiers u
ICellennan, at Marengo numbered
two hundred, but it turned a rout
a victory, and by a rush of mate
valor put the Austrian army to i
after what, seemed a certain \ietory.
two hundred cuirassiers were directl
ig- of two thou
iving of Nape
d six in th
il direction
ju. M i ! ’: a u d
sponsible for the tal
I prisoners, and the
! from the threat of
! Napoleon violated
and permitted his eu
’firearms when they
I to good advantage.
! Dylan.
j At Austerlitz and
i siers hiacicld a dor
i th. emperor
1 Tlie Russian camj
wil , the . uirassie: s.
of t he
him. fai
i the cavj
! the lime
j But wl
jhad ma
I to their
j eiency.
gle t ha t
ider
only
into
the no
arded t
piieinv
.AT
ie crisis of tlie
WATERLOO.
HiRlit at
rif> cnir
(let.
the 1m
ot
iverstsrhts
> provide
iiiil riihii
i t!
Sax(
3S(‘ the!
m t'loyo
this s
d apr.
nails
arm
od by artillery, and did |f>
amonfr the Brlti-hers. li
wise been supported by in'
loo miylit have had a (liff(
but the wonderful valor
Grays, formed .'u squares
attack, and compelled to
friglitful struggl( for hour
\>y. t
its was
i Kol-
alwnys
h line
ipl on -
nt ion
l ; ke-
(Vater-
d t!
nad
i(i n
•nir.-
! or
Hid
Waterloo
to 1(
:dd
state of
lie rallied on
broke liis ca
e amiss, but
<*y pitted wer
•ame, ilie emperor
ire ids cuirassiers
treivgth and profi-
tliem in the strus-
eer, and they did
tlie odds against
too overwhelming
isiiing
>eal tli
tion in
ithusia
The
♦heir
Etu
1 houstl
doned
Ft-Tn
under
cellrrt
p moriig
not pm
which t
for any liraveri.
Tlie crafty Wellington, knowing tiie |
prowess of tiie French cuirassiers, oppos- j
ed them with the pick of his fighting :
force, the cavalry under General Poo-
sotibi'. This consisted of the Royal I
Dragoons, Scots Grays and Iniskilling j
Dragoons. *
j heroes ivl
I The sus
' land, and
before. Hie two, t'tti
; pass out of cxistencf
; ting and beautiful sc
j meet in a reunion ; n Paris.
! The date proposed is I
i French national holiday.
I As a final reunion of brav
| predecessors in
i posed each oth
battle fields of
nm t appro
warlike dr
cut outcome,
if tlie Scots
to resist the
.'Uppoit ihe
finally pre-
. iot to pices,
m! omplete
sa me
. the
Etig- |
pppivod. i hat !
and Grays,
mid be a tit-
d( j in
ntimont to let them
the i
ipn. w!io?o
vame regiments op-
one of tiie greatest
:• y, this would seem
of all last acts in
of (’uirassie... and
tlie long night to discover \
.v which we might realize'
♦-
^ What Was
By FITZ JAMES O’BRIEN
LIVE <
d up
gtv<
si !
w
homo
last
tW(
a. quiet
New York. The
enjoyed for 'the
yeais the reputation of
being haunted. It is a large
and stately residence, sur
rounded by what was
once a garden. The house
is very spacious. A hall
while
meats
own
ompa
i ylighi
i * l (
Tli
j, and t
along the
ci ret akci
live there no lo;
iaugiicd and put
Tiu ntdses and :
ti
u silk
•wless ,
i-nant(
It w
is h *.*d
mtin tied,
t for t in *
leet pass
in broad t
• rustle of
e gliding
nassiv* balusters.
declared they would
:< r. Tlie house agent
oiliers in their prices,
i permit urn i manifesta-
!'i» e house remained un-
ars.
our
Hup
old
• •’liny:
landlady,
• uptown,
renting
: a v t ■ rather
trders, sic
With tiu*
and. and no commander shall be allowed
o fire, .save under penalty of the most
•ifamous cashiering.
ITitil Frederick the Great came, there
v as no cuirassiers to rival those of t he
Marshall Saxe, but the warlike German
developed a body that did most remark
able fighting.
It \\ is i)ui!‘ )• •. well known N» »v York
merchant, wiio threw he co!iimer<in 1
world i . * i oiivch-ions b\- a siupendous
bank fraud. lie ‘.scaped to Europe,
and die l of a broken hoar*. Almost im-
mediat.-.v ti* ieport spread that the
house was luiuntc.l. A caretaker ami
his wife declared that they were trou
bled with unnatural noises. Doors were
opoiiei without visible agency. Rem
nants of furniture were, during the night,
pile 1 one upon the other by unknown
ous. all of Mr:
el they would
abode of spirits.
! no sooner estab 1 .:
began to expect
telv awaited their
erne:
thi
l 1 a*
! east I
ve.it wit
Things
i len: t*
hi* that
hare memory. I
.July. After dinner
with my friend. Dr
rooms, to take our
jtate when an in- ;
awful and inexplica- •
fairly reels at tlie
was the tenth of;
was over \ repaired.
Hammond, to my.
aiing pipe
Disastrous Charge of Cuirassiers at Sunken Road of Waterloo.
med. from the ceiling, upon
and tin' next instant I felt
, 1*1*11 \ hands encircling my throat.
m, ° . ,I,e I dcavorin^ to choke me.
:' run ti ig | | anl no coward. ar:d am t?osses-'sed of
■".i” posi- | oonFiderable physical strength. Tito
| suddenness of the attack strung every
1 l td noon, j ncryi to its bigltesl tension. In an in
stant I wound two muscular arms
around tin creature. Tn a few seconds
the bony bands Mist bad fastened on
iiy throat loosened their hold, and 1 was
tree to breathe onoe more.
Then commenced a struggle of awful
intensity Immersed in profound dark
ness. totally ignorant of (he nature of
tlie Tiling by which ! was so suddenly
attack’d. finding my grasp slipping
every moment, by reason, it seemed to
me. of tlie entire nakedness of my as
sailant. bitten with sharp teeth in the
should* r. neck and chest having every
moment to protect my throat against a
pair of sinewy, agile hands, which my
utmost efforts could not confine—tjiese
were circumstances which required ail
strength, skill and courage.
At last, after a silent, tleadlj. .exhaust
ing struggle. 1 got my assailant under
by incredible efforts. Once pinned, with
my knee on what I made out to be its
chest, I knew 1 was victor. 1 rested
for a. moment to breathe. 1 heard tlie
creature beneath me panting in the
darkness, and felt the violent throbbing
t I of a heart. It was apparently as ex-
-| liausted as 1 was.
The * feature was awake. This was
evidenc d by the convulsive manner in
whl It the bedclothes were moving 1n
its efforts to escape. There was some
thing truly terrible in beholding, ns It
were, these struggles for liberty which
yet were Invisible.
Hammond and myself had racked our
brains during
some means 1
ihe shape and general apearance of the'
Enigma. As well as we could make out. j
by passing our hands over the creature's i
form, its outlines and lineaments were
human. There was a mouth, a round. !
smooth head without hair, a, nose, which, |
however, was little elevated abn\> the!
cheeks, and its hands and feet felt likei
(those of a boy.
A happy thought struck me. We. would I
take * cast of it in plaster. This would
us the s did figure, and satisfy all
wishes. But how to do it” The
1 movements of tiie creature would disturb
nid ; t] ic . sotting of the plastic covering, and
ac-. distort the mold. Another thought: Why
not give it chloroform? It had respira-.
tor> organs that was evident by its
breathi'g. Once reduced to a state of
insensibility, vie could do with it what:
we would.
A doctor was sent for. and after he |
had recovered from amazement he ad- •
ministered chloroform. In three minutes'
afterward we could remove the fetters, j
and a modeler was engaged in covering j
■the invisible form with the moist clay. In
tl\ > mi »ges more lie had a mold, and >
l ei'ore evening a rough fainsimile of tlie
mystery.
It was shaped like a man—distorted, j
uncouth, and horrible, bin still a man. It
was small, not over four feet and some
inches in height, and its limbs revealed :
a muscular development that was tin- :
paralleled. Its face surpassed In hide-,
on.-ness anything 1 had ever seen. Gus- ;
; ;avus I>orc never conceived anything so i
! horrible. It was the physiognomy of,
what 1 should fancy a ghoul might be.
li looked as if i: was capable of feeding
on human flesh.
Having satisflel our curiosity, and
bound every one in tiie house to secrecy,
unto a question what was to he
done with our Enigma. It was impossi-
I ble that we should keep such a. horror in
j ihe house; it. was equally impossible that j
I such an awful being should be let loose j
I upon the world. I confess that I would j
j have gladly voted for the creature’s de-
! struction. But who would shoulder the'
i responsibility? Who would undertake
! ‘.he execution of iliis horrible semblance
! of a human bring?
i The most sirgular pari of the affair
| was that we were entirely ignorant ot
what th" creature habitually fed on.
| Every tiling in the way of nutriment that
we could think of was placed before
! it. but was never touched. It was awful
! to stand by. day after day. and see the
! clothes too. and hear the hard breathing
! and know that i: was dying,
j Ten. twelve days, a fortnight passed,
! and it still lived. The pulsations of
! the heart, however, were daily growing
! fainter, and had now nearly ceased. It
was evident tlial tlie creature was dying
i for want of sustenance. •> hile this ter-
] rible life struggle was going on I felt
miserable. I could not sleet). Horrible!
as the creature was. it was pitiable to j
1 think of the pangs it was suffering. |
i At last it dinl. Hammond and I found j
) it cold and stiff one morning in tlie bed. j
The heart had cease 1 to beat, the lungs
in inspire. We hastened to bury it in the;
garden. It was a strange funeral, the;
dropping of the viewless corpse into the!
damn hole. T, e .-a-d of its form Ham
mond has still. i
■ As I am on ihe eve of a long journey, i
! from which t may not return, 1 have j
drawn up this narrative of an event tlie ,
most singular that lias ever come to.
my knowledge, I
j their time, the Count He t ’;
j pears to deserve t 1k palin
I of spendthrifts. Starting out
; Apicius, who. upon the slait
I ancient writers mentioned.
$4,000,000 on riotous living,
passed Ducullus. who “at o
\ oured a whole estate.’’
Juvenal slid not intend this allusion to
a whole estate to be taken literally In
the case of the French count who mar
ried Anna Gould the estate to be de
voured was a very large one, but tlie
nobleman made a good fight, and if he
railed to cause it to disappear at a single
little supper it was because lie lacked
the necessary Invention. The French
count was too much of a gentleman to
ask the price or to question the bill.
Hence lie acquired for a bagatelle of
$60,000 a few paintings apprised at
about $50 and a pair of candlesticks !"r
$13,000 which connoisseurs aver are imi
tation and perhaps worth about one one-
thousnndtli of the price. Anybody would
be glad to do business with such a gen
tleman even If lie did have to send a
collector for the money.
The fact is the count is typical of a
very numerous class of .persons who have
no adequate conception of the value of
money, lie appears* to have imagined that
the Gould millions bred like rabbits and
that one lifetime was entirely too siiort
a period in which single-handed the most
energetic and determined spendthrift
could throw them away.
VICTIM OF SHARPERS.
Although the late. Ja\ Gould is credited
with having left an estate or $75,000,000
in rapidly increasing investin'! ts. tiie
dowry Anna Gould brought to the French
nobleman was only $3,000,000. This was
regarded as ample, considering the fact
that it was practically $3,000,000 more
I than tlie count was accustomed to enjoy,
i I'lider tlie French law Ihe husband lias
full . outrol over the income of his wife,
so that a; a stroke of tlie pen the poor
count had millions tn spend.
Appreciating his own weakness, lie
guarded tlie countess against acquiring
his habit by limiting her to from $60 tn
$80 a month. This prevented her from
buying cheap paintings at fabulous
prices and inculcated a model spirit of
frugality. As for himself the count #'st
about $25,000 a day during the racing 1
season. After tlie first day or two the
ordinary man would have become suspi
cious of “straight tips" and “sure things,"
hut Boni appears to have been too much |
of a gentleman tn have ever harbored a
suspicion against any person-Cither at
Eongeliamps or in tlie picture dealer’s
gallery.
Wisdom does not appear to have
guided any expenditure of which tlie
count lias been guilty, lie put his wife's
whole dowry into a town house in Paris,
modeled after the Little Trianon. Then
there is a country house which cost tin-
other half million. A yacht cost $200,000
and a yacht cannot lie kept in commis
sion for nothing nor a crew paid with
"I. O. r.'s.” His attempt to become a
politician cost another $400,000.
FOLLIES ARE NUMEROUS.
But tiie enumeration of his follies is by
no means concluded. Boni is fond of en
tertaining. Most of the entertaining was
of a character responsible for leading,
him into court as a defendant in a suit |
for divorce. Yet if was not at all equal j
to the extravagant way in which he
provided entertainment for royal guests.
He gave a hear hunt for Grand Duke
Boris of Russia. This ost Boni $100,000.
Tlie duke ould have given a better one
in Russia for one-twentieth the sum. A
hunting party for the king of Portugal ■
cost only $25,000. for his majesty is
very stout and his activity as a hunter
is limited to shooting at released trapped
birds or freed -deer. The luncheon which 1
followed was responsible for so large an ;
expenditure.
Xo extravagance was too stupendous
or too astonishing to be neglected by
Count Boni once he had conceived the
idea for an entertainment. His dinner to ;
tlie king of Portugal made him famous.
Not only was it carried out with a mag
nificent disregard for cost, but it was
one of those complete and perfect en
tertainments where every guest leelsi
that an artist is in command. It was 'f i
"heap, too. According to various reports j him by Hi
it run tlie count only about $50,000 in | sugar mam
debt, although it is reported that a S60.- j He arrange
000 clock was added to tiie Little Tria- j atricals on
non De Castellane in order to provide the | race horse;
sensational feature and give a regal zest j which sugc
to the dinner. j his mom y
The $11,000 fur coat which lb" mini i boon!
purchased is not perhaps to he credited i each
count of the bear hunt which One i
us gave for a Russian grand! the conquest
differ as to whether the j last three y<
accuse for adding a fur bided to by
Irolie or vice versa, tlmsj "Jacqaes I e
nother impenetrable lbs-; , | IP . - y]. .
As about tlie same time! has spent so
p: ice $230,000, 1 a.g g;;ititi
i the count's apart-1 ventlons actu
noised tli.it this fact I America ha.
i as tlie key to the'
fore all Ids name; left
! father, a wealthy French
facturer, had gone from him.
1 bull fights and private tlie-
an extravagant .‘-".'ale. kept
(pinions
as tile
irdri
| to t he
I tlie Cr
! duke,
j hunt i
| coat to ill? \vj
j giving rise to
| torical ni\ si or:
I a handsome
( wn s in t rod m e
j ments ii may
! will be seized upon as t»:*-
I mystery by the future - Iim
will show conclusively that t •
bought to ornament the cost
furniture and
mere incident.
DANCE
AnOt her enter: alumni
talk of “all Paris’* w
Louis XVT style." This
very •luirminpf and not
000. A more modest
indulged
ted Itself
oncy to everyone
y. Two brothers
k* eps his money
if them fitted on
if tin
irs h:
dlhrifti
ui:
w.
ir hunt wn
IS EXPENSIVE.
q.eL
t (
la lic<
den
style
Roth
i hit in 1
»t*M
$200.
i X 1 V
* fetes j
set MIIl; ;
! Oil John ii \
in 1361 oil \
the
will
Roth
e phy
o wins
mil-
cost $130,000
were appropriate in the
which the Castellane in
One ceiling of the pal-
countess’ room was deer
pens* of v$ 160.000 as *n
count’s gratitude.
When the other d y tl:
yer denounced Boni as
spendthrift” he evident!
formed, for tlie rapidity
fount showered money—and obligations
for more money—lias perhaps never be* u
equaled.
There is far more fiction than truth in
ihe accounts of tin* royal spendthrifts of
former ages. For iusias. c. h- -tab-ment
that faosar’s supper bills for four
months were more than L‘5.000.000 ster
ling— oj* almost $25,000,000 -is probably
exaggerated. Some explanatory notes are
needed also with the anecdote of Antony
giving his cook a town of 35.000 inhabi
tants. Next morning, very likei
tony rebuked him for failing !•> tak** a
joke. Rut the case of ihe Count I >e «’as-
tellane is one of those modern instances
which in a. measure is »;-* n m ti e in
spection of the world
IN CLASS BY HIMSELF.
Tin* modern spendthrift :> in a ‘lass all
by himself. In nearl\ . <vy iiisram * lie
has developed his prodigality b.v sudden
rise to large weajth. wealth of propor
tions far ox ceding tlr* dreams of th* d
chemist *»f another time. In ihe o.isfs of
the late marquis «>:' Anglesey and the late
Max Lelmudy. young men who r< • «dved
immense estates by inheritance, the !a k
of restraint allowtd them to develop rim
most reckless extravagance,
very young, neither having tli
necessary for the strain of tin
lions away.
Anglesey castle, in Wale? was
charming nor so gay ;is dun; g i
t en.inry of t h<- young • > i.
Count Boni. im did things tun.*
but it was bis own inheritance
squandering. Much of his wea
lavished in an attempt to adorn
slight figure. In two years b
$3,000,000 and was adjudged a h
for a sum considerably more than
000.
WARDROBE A WONDER.
Jewelry, gorgeous figured wa-istronts
and a private theater wore the priir ipal
avenue through which liis mum > disap
peared. He gave $50,000 for a single p* :rl
and $250,000 worth of jewelry was sold
during his bankruptcy proceedings. His
wardrobe was the envy of evert dandy.
He owned 227 suits, 362 fan ■>* waistcoats,
453 ties, 278 pairs of gloves, 100 over-
con ts—one of them a
cost $5,000—150 pair
smoking suits, 6 1 Ion
atalog is entirely te
lowed. The sale of his
tie occupied several we<
ably divided. One day r
be known as tlie day of
another hatligown day.
At his theater a comp
thirty actors appeared for a, whole year,
the marquis frequently taking part him
self. for he aspired to honors os an ama
teur actor. Supporting so large a force
of theatrical artists for a season made
no small hole in his millions. Marie
Tempest on one occasion was the siar
and the costumes were imported from
Paris without a question as to their cost.
WERE GOOD SPENDERS.
Reckless and riotous living and fallii g
into tlie company of swindlers were re
fer dissipating tiie millions of
Max Lebaudy. who, indeed, died
every freak
him and gave
r> asked of his
is survive him and
y on a quick move,
ut an expedition for
Sahara and for tiie
s been jocosely al-
>an newspapers as
of the Sahara,” for
The other brother
its money on buihl-
and one of his hi
de a record flight,
is share of gorgeous
ire so many of t hem
t while one dlstin-
some freak which
lie first of tlie mas-
dors was Joint AY
Franklin, Pa., and
Johnny." His reign
lonths, hut in that
i seven months he
idered $3,000,000.
vis a youth of 20
( found on the farm
ieathe.1 to him. Had
arm he might have
he envied Standard
not rise to his op-
iO planned how h-
UNIQUE RICH MEN.
- |
$100,000 Ni
in
in I)
himself
the owiin
ith \ a
-J" ial
and p;
b mgs its i in ni■ i s oasl
at time. Recently h
a play written nrnun
and at the same time
for the enterprise. Tin
tv’s wealth has never 1
as he .showers his gold
sengers. waiters and
to run across ihe (
hit
nti
.ids
it is
■ot t \
pr<
>a i
drawls, when put
cents. Many
ers given will
irge sum
*Ie. H
idiugs
mono
Fr
nsta nee. c
’i lady of fortune gave
■ u * j in a stable. Pigs, ge
uas | p,, r f,.,j themselves h
was j around tlie table, seri
own efforts of the waiters
spent. I Venetian dinner was
in which as nr
i r esq ue atmnsphei
1 was presented.
perf
usly
Tn
rnkrupt 1
$ 1,000.- f 1
possib!"
tiie
ork a
largf
Sabir
long
fur, which
»jamas, 73
its—but tlie
to be fol-
effe ts at tlie eas-
,‘ks ami was agree-
ef the sale would
f waistcoat poems,
r, and so on.
> than
CHICAGO’S PRESS AGENT.
(From The New York Tribune.)
Tlie competition between cities in th
days is fierce and unparalleled,
liveliest activity and vigilance are net
sary to keep a great city from being nv
I nuked and forgotten, existing for
public only in tiie yens :s tables aim
municipalities with a population of o
otic hundred thousand,” a mere vor
ol humanity, unsung and imdistinguisi
among a hundred others. Something i
tc be done to keep the city’s name •*
stantly in the headlines of tiie world
Ihe city goes tile easy way downward
living oblivion. The populous but
progressive east is full of metropolie
whose names surprise ns in the gazette
Peking is known to fame only from
march of the allied armies. Sluing
possesses a distinction above the until
bored unknown through the self-sa ri
ing efforts of that servant of public!
“the Shanghai liar." Public spirit, wh
redound to tlie fame of the beloved ho
town, accomplishes much. Pittsburg,
instance, ear trust to the scandals I
its wealth parades for more than
share of hi.g lieadlii
random enterprise l
"bruit" in this bt
v ia-id is becoming i
ti matie and well-di
a definite end. free
es. Rut private a
)r the cultivation
sy and inatti ..t.
id-fashioned, a sy
-eoted effort town
front the old. ha
sponsible
the late
ft a\ .
'Wer
v 111
who
liis
her i
p; ion
Mof-
com- .
! -bed
tlie .
In- I
:iy happy, methods of
uind necessary to pro-
1 eftain publicity.
•*s so. /nee there were
to absorb the public
cut a big figure in its
!"<1—the world city, tiie
Ui
■ a nu
The Cuirassier of France Leads All Military Processions.
attention,
day. It was un
1 ome of that
■l;c business *
• dubs. Rome.
\\ a a world
unreeled out then among cities as it is
today—among*, say. (tie ten most populou-
American cities. So far as we can learn.
Athens never needed a uross agent: Rome
never needed one. Publicity was easy hi
those days. But Chicago, with all its
greatness, is driven to the services of a
press agent. The citizens of the town
upon tlie lake beheld for some time wtih
alarm the constantly dwindling space
| which it filled in the newspapers of the
Country. A great dread fell upon them
j that Chicago would he forgot ten -would
i spend tlie rest of its days in tiie living
i (loath of the unadvertised. Hitherto
I Chicago has relied successfully upon p !
j \ ato enterprise to keep the ( it' in th*
I public eye. It has put -astonishing per
i sons into office It has fought with its
j traction companies. It lias enjoyed a
reputation for eccentric learning at its
universities. Its laureate alderman.
“Bathouse John*’ Coughlin, could be de
pended upon every fortnight or so for a
poern which the world would not willing
ly let live. But in some way the ad\*er-
tising has lately fallen off. itli its
business, too, has shown signs of weak
ness. Chicago is no longer the grain
c( :i ntei*. tings no longer go exclusively 10
, Chicago. it is no wonder, then, that
' Alderman Powers proposes rlnit a press
| agent he appointed at a salary of $10,000
la year to see that tiie city gets its share
j of publicity.
JUST QUIPS.
(From The Houston Post.)
| Max- I'm going to quit rooming with
• Charlie. His Chum—What's die matter-?
1 Does lie talk in his sleep? Max—No.
j hut lie listens when 1 do.—Cleveland
| Plain Dealer.
1 Fast Doctor—Is this operation ahso-
i lately necessary? Second Doctor—It is.
! The only possible chance we have of col-
I leeting our bill is from Ids life insurance,
j - -Life.
| Eastern Housekeeper—Do you hai’e
j any difficulty in keeping good girls in
| tlie west? Western Housekeeper (from
; a natural-gas town)—Great difficulty!
Every once in a while a girl lets tlie gas
run too long before lighting it. an. we
have to look about for a new girl. No
: us-- looking for tlie old one.—New York
Weekly.
■ Married a week after meeting him?”
I Yes, I didn’t know him well. Tha s
i true." "Well, nothing like marriage to
one acquainted. Houston Post.