Show WHAT CHRISTMAS BROUGHT TO EARTHS RICHEST AND POOREST wealthiest bachelor in the world seats at one table DAYS OF REVELRY AND MIRTH life 5 tragic contrasts famished wretches starve and freeze while croesus sines dines detolla debalis ra u to how the richest yount bachelor in n the world prill bill celebrate the day at 0 the twelvemonth this year has haa not as n yet been riven given to tho the public last year hla his observances of 0 tho the day were quiet us as be became carrie one suffering bunat lnor from a deep bereavement but the year before lio lie pave R ave a chris christmas mas houtie warming in the most magnificent country homo home every built for occupancy by a nian man mi without thour crack chick or child ot of hl his own oun to share it with him who alio li Is the worlds richest young bachelor b ach elor if you wre were to guess G stort torge W vanderbilt der bilt the most desirable matrimonial catch in america os as your answer to tills this question you would not be file far wrong wron at oll all events eventa your possible c itlen would have no eally cy task in in ming a young bachelor with more thon than lie he even wr were a search to be made unions among the oldest find and most moat orient nt of royal daml I 1 fee but to t return to wealthy and M much uch after young mans most moat gotab celebration it wa in reality a triple function combining a bouso aal a festival halh NIL a f family a n ling fly reunion roun lon por bal it it lla most ln 13 tere s t features may havo have been nl alicd by tha wonderful houst house bained Df limore and thon then but just completed m heri horcin n the lie gathering was held iut but it firis to me that the persona taking pait ra t acio IV el 0 still more into resting and ancl by I 1 alk ile lio st it of J 1895 f abit b tt ga catherin therin mill undoubtedly 11 bo be reni bemoni e m bared till hla his life joni as tho last oc esa is lon on m aich the clan vanderbilt na s represented in practical entirety entirely 14 1 h or all 1 f 0 JJ axi a M bif i tl it opa I 1 I 1 4 I 1 13 all thi rf chantel i vanderbilt bothers iho there the hart lost of if in 0 thorn e all 1 eliodo gravity lina ayn b been roset it AA ballent a I 1 Z t hol n luro ity of it la chece an ilia 1 in who never hail h a d ft a even ho was u bay william IC whose wayward aps 4 ia tax furnished lh ala allor igers of 0 tano continents nith material in tor for ugly Rt Oriex and who I 1 H yot yet lie BO on cn gag in Z and u id lucli a U C it a hall ball fellow fell a w well met n I 1 et that tho iho viry call mm him wit lie ac K and W fred abose whoso elder concern in alf 11 fois society hut but is choso base 1 ire despi to tile part pan shet hf plays in the worlds marry harl chirl sometimes assumes the hie role 0 a verll ablo angel of 0 cry to the not dy and tho the sick alck and mother loo ID 1103 thoro aho that avas mary lary kinnam who was waa div elvan on in marriage to willi faill 11 II vanderbilt hy her father when tho 20 m I 1 rt d 0 ggs a son 0 n il va ans 8 9 belll t I 1 I 1 t n P poor 0 0 r f a tr r act e r iv 1 n in J i t the h 1 babb wooden homestead on staten stand island 1 since sanco then this good woman to who sound pound common sense and loving moth erly core caje most moat of whit what Is best beat in the vanderbilt character today may be traced and to whose influence mare ony any others the exceptional work mark of pt Bartholo mews avs parish a giong tile the a ea st t elders in new 1 york I 1 li s due hn has i passed am away ay and cornelius Cornel lua thon then tho the family licad head has let awn seized mith tho ali slow living death of a para paralytic lytie which lie ho Is bravely fighting alth tile tho hip h IP lp of elf hla his B nife ifo and part of nt lil file children some como chere in tho the tyrol theme two most important members ot of tho the Christ miLs party ot of must need he be absent from any holiday chich he malthis may this year oiga organize nize there were about fort fony at this christy chrysl majo ma patty party mid and earthly fona would haat up n X allag ten nut miniola i ions nutce on ill ahn av rage had ohp wealth represented hwn been evenly tided it but of ourse bourse it for one at least of the iho guests vaa m alit Ps A poor as a church enuse so far as having any property of ills his own is fa con corned this young person pc wom van cey M depew ari jr hetter known until recently at least as ai hu itar and ho he WAS aski in order to plesa alca e tile the young Vander bilts nephews and nieces all of tha b bachelor host ilore here Js Is a hint at the way the enormous money pem possessions sessions of 0 that morn mem wore divided croesus Clu tutman gaA hOring at mn w II 11 Van derbUt bo 00 N william I 1 am 1 V I 1 W in ibl 25 sam tho the IN 11 eie 04 the Ale litti 40 alck c B tho the rd 2664 klamann Klai ann 1 van erholt fol lihsa lohsa k sd othar young loaf total it 11 doubtful mi wilether lether thero boi q dinner ginly before or since whose members represent eA any uch such almost U blo mim mass of 0 money it la Is true that they at a house housa that cost COBI so S hut but I 1 rancy fancy ill reader i wl will 1 agree with me when he becomes comes to think it all fall over that tile th party mas a good coill moro more interesting than tho the house had ad the iho aldow and of the tha lute into cl elliott P F shepard the jamos A burdens Bur cn lind tho the chaining ch ahai aiming young Duth Piss ot of marlborough been pre pr sont the iho t otal wealth of the patty would f a cc go k I 1 7 j A 1 r Z A M 27 J 47 4 7 ak I 1 IME I 1 T r M za 1 ij A easily have been equal to halt half a thousand millions amusements or OF how did this unprecedented family baity pass away the time on that nev fr to bo 00 forgotten christmas anet the d days n ys well for one thine they I 1 hoy tic devoted a lot lit of attention to ill the a e enjoyment of 0 choir thi lr servants as such aurli a vast house must necess ie 1 0 is in well equipped with mith servants servant and the llie guests took fifty more ot of their own along with thero and aal for the delectation of this hundred or mope moie a r ball tar far out outshining shining in splendor any other function for flunkeys flun keys ever given was held on tile tho night pdt latt r christmas tills this big dance van as lur fur lither eulth tho beat anusic inu ilo money men c y could ahe a and nd t the he muett host and hostess took look an active part pan in I 1 tho waltzing the two steps the all quadrilles a adril as and tile ahe schottisches as aa the servants ser vanta and although altho uRh it vas age given iven in the groat barn blikh aih the th george vanderbilt domen tie ani nialS the ballroom aas aa oner ai to lo noor floor and decorations than many IL a smart function to ice chich no servant Is admits admitted I 1 th the b alc elg dinner vita less eaton on christmas day of course and the dishes included the head of a mild hoar boar killed hilled on the estate tilte and the strictly local delicacies possum and yellow yam besides suh such a toothsome variety of viands from the th uttermost parts of 0 the earth as 03 could be mothered pothered po Ca only by a 8 honl hoiet as 03 litch as the iho owner of 0 Bilt biltmore the decorations of 0 the baat dining room in which tho party rat fiat at meat last holly and mistletoe gathered on the estate and the treat great backlog in 11 the cov cavernous cavor a fireplace alre pla co was of oc yule iidro grown there the alio Cesti following christmas christinas lasted tin till titter after now new day many friends lYl fruda besides of tho the family party bolanz as rues cucuta defore the week wn was over of 01 courso their amuse amusements mAnts were varied attorn om think being provided to please every taste such buch as a rox fox hunt a possum hunt a kold gold tournament amont a 06 bennu match malch mid and riitta whatever thy thoy may be and ot of course count there WM was a 1 3 tm arct on tire iho big day loaded with calr gifts aado tho the tr like of 0 which could not te e hought u g ht for h hundreds of thou einda anywhere perhaps pir hapa millions it was nil all fine and brave and all howy y the company was wao merry from tho the first to the last laati thero there mat the ho perfume ft of flowers tile sheen ot of silks ellks th luster ot of gatins satins tho the biting liln spat kle klc of 0 diamonds diamond 4 the neigh weighing neighing ing or of borges v mas lipid and the lie baying of hounds fair women looked upon stalwart mon mm and through it all the prattle of 0 children nurtured in ui luxury and hardly knowing that the iho world held aught of 0 want or misery fell on the ear and those who would mould condemn the th zt r orak 0 t floi lavish expenditure of such christmas festivities should stop and think before they speak their minds too loo bitterly for Ahat whatever ever money Is poured out freely for the iho pleasure of one set of human beings tri nays falls into the hands banis of cc another set whose members ned it for moro more than those who he spend it but while I 1 the e richest bachelor in I 1 the m horld orld m voa as entertaining hla his family hla his friends and life hla servants per alth all tile the cla bo ration that hospitality could suc goat ingenuity devise and mony arford afford thel a al vero ere others thousands gild and thea ganda of thoin thin to lo nhom the day and the iho days following foll follow oming ing were anything but festal and some nome thre there mere less lesa in number but still he BO many that it would appall ono one could he tice ace them oil ajl whose christmas nas od FL a ml almery avey and a burden i ho had anthor money nor friends nor hape nor cau caup p for hope much fuel further north than beautiful Bilt mOlt one uh liuch godforsaken god forsaken creature era led out iron from it hay on the rolling prairie soon after down on 86 16 ile he we was ragged unkempt unshaven ills ryon more ere mcaree its hta gait uns shambling ills hla norvea vere era tremulous both from excessive drifting of the vilest or of liquore in tire p enst and from LH an I 1 imam ram diate its lack of nourishing food when he had crawled led under the stack on oil christ THE VICE WAS washington al uzzal t awa t ae A U aze Z es h gcoy fe r 2 n y cuu co ft af f VV ui ava h twel fi 01 4 W fn an fy U f it WU ci 01 laj guj A bufe AM f V fv OA r mao anao eve he h in had meant to lie there all through H the day sacred to the saviors birth but the morning had brought lumber hunger itania it waa snowing 04 he emerged from his shelter and L boreani blew a fu u taus ba blast t A blizzard had begun and hungry though the poor tree wretch was waa ho he might better havo have remained where he was but his hunter hunger carried stupor with it and lie he staggered out into the storm the crooked track he made in tho the agite and drifting snow enow quickly wiped w aped out by tire the m nand ind and ai he stumbled alney he muttered mattered bitter curses to hi himself tn one he tried to breast the storm because lie he know knew a town lay jay to the Ive westward stward whence the frightful wind wa blo alny aing and there he hoped for help but he made no headway and with more bitter cursing than becore batore lie turned and wondered guided by tho the wind ily by and by still cu cursing r q ing G god od and man and all things else he foil fell and alid alumba r aud him and the I 1 hite snow was ness woven I 1 into to n winding cheet about him and there there was an oath on oil hla his lips when they froze in tho most densely denrel ir populated ted ward ot at a groat great city another nother rL wretched creature in the he semblance of IL a ma man a tru trudged dUet along that christmas morning as truly alone and helpless though he be could soo plenty all about him and was less surrounds by if th life and bustle ot of thousands of 0 follow men and women as a the man mail who tho at that moment wag waa blunderingly braving the blizzards fury on tile the open prairie bip H too was faint with hancer and hla his hands w wr r BA aa tremulous as the other ot hert 4 though not because of past dissipation sipa si tinn this man hai had tried hla his best bast and failed for IL a week he had bad lived on the lew few cents he h could bring ts f r beg bee and he he hod nat tt he staggered up up the th iret ir et ht att the th sweet notes ot of lot m 2 faintly tor for his bacul I 1 dulled and he h rem tw but not bitterly that it west nit tta lia most holyday holy day i tumbled and WM was roughly doubly tj rn inland ind himself unless he be maart n run in like the other man he alag a while loneer on only dimly ma the cri calf 9 of it merry not noli of the 0 iho ra laj t men and children he h busm jy lie walked the bells bella icv laty ev aa aa thy seemed m directly oar owlet saw a door that sto ettoil a ajar r fai through h he und hi i a church lie ito alt hit betito atu hunger was still etall goodin a L duller pain and he felt alig iv v perhaps a prayer in that sai vt n r haip then he mould ele alep it and so he be sank flank down in tte middio aisle to PY pray and algi F thy him at it y itic p forever and aye r lat u c croesus guests at TIT v falling thi final course ol of DA otate it dinner copyright IM 17 all ilu nning X |