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Show l Astor Finds It Expensjve. Mr. Astor is finding it fully aeexpen-sive aeexpen-sive to indulge in the luxury of piblish-ing piblish-ing a good newspaper as to miintain the finest steam yacht. The financial result re-sult of his first year's experience is proprietor pro-prietor of The Pall Mall Gazette, Budget Bud-get and Magazine was recently jut before be-fore him. A friend of Mr. Aster said that the balance on the wrong u'de of the account amounted to about $200,-000. $200,-000. When he had examined tie balance bal-ance sheet a few minutes, it is sad that Mr. Astor remarked, "If the lalance against us next year exceeds $ 50, 000, I shall think there is bad management somewhere." |