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Show BERLIN'S VERY RICH MISER Albrccht Plaut, Though Possesied of Enormous Wealth, Lived In the Utmost Simplicity. In tho death of Privy Councilor Albrccht Al-brccht Plaut, thu most notorious miser nnd wealthiest resident of tho German capital, has been kit Eighty years old, he was a daring speculator who built up a fortune as head of a flrtn of brokers Fifty thousand doHora was his annual paymont In Incomo tax. Yet he had no sonnnts and Uvea In a tiny Chnrlottonburg lint His luncheon generally consisted ot thin 'bread and buttor, which he took with him to thu Zoological gardens almost evory day lt Is related that In nn expanslvo mood ono day ho spent two cents for a glass of beer at a bar In tho gardens. Not liking tho boor ho sont In a demand to tho manager man-ager tor the return ot tho money, and did not stamp the ouvolope. At a family gnthorlng each guest found a covered dish beforo htm marked "A gift from Privy Councilor Plaut." Dut tholr anticipation was In excess of the reality for Insldo was only au appld. |