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Show rrlvacy of JIlMloii.tr... Tho inajorlly of Hie ery rich men lito In coiMwrulho simplicity. I wot clinttiiig with ono tho other day a man whoso estate, to use tho collo-qulallnn collo-qulallnn of the Iiank, would probably "cut up" not less than f 3,000,000, nnd ho asserted that almost all of tho busy men who liad accumulated enormous fortunes were so eshausted by tho ef-fort ef-fort which was required to get ins-Fcsulon ins-Fcsulon of so great an amount that lu thilr private ILfo they courted nothing but repose. Tho strain of social entertainment on a largo aenlo Is very great, and there nro fow men who are equal to It unions they give up cnlinly their business relations. re-lations. It is a marvel to many business busi-ness men how Cornelius Vnndcrbllt, for Inttanco, can at I end ns steadily nnd faithfully as he does to the butlncsj of tho Now York Central railway systom, and to the very great demands niado 'upon him to secure n satltfactory riln- esttnent of hit Income, and ct devoto so much time as ho doot to social inter-talnment. inter-talnment. Tho only cipianatlonvvhleli occurs to busy men Is that Mr, Vonderbllt Is still young, nnd that he finds somo recreation recrea-tion In giving claborato dinners and In dancing until the small hours of tho morning. Ho will not contlnuo thh, lionuver, vory long. As the yenrs welgli upon Mm and I ho e.iroof his enormous citato Increases ho will bo compelled cither to abandon nctlio dally liu'lnesa or to give up his social recreation. New York Cor, l'hiladel-l'tiln l'hiladel-l'tiln Prisa. |