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Show JILLIONAIrtE INVApEflB. I'laKllsnl r.tl. AI.ol Hi. Arhlnrrae, t uf I n.i..,!. 4r. are not a rich arlttocracy," wrott ldjr Warwick seven years ago, scconing to the Ixindon Mall. "W are, tany of us, deadly poor, lltllo hot-tcr hot-tcr tbn splendid paupers" Are Ihesi spIcNld pauit.n., long owners of rural . " .,?J' ai"1 ""Khz sutUlncrs of th tradIt.ons of a noble rare, giving way . i t"rl"n manufacturers, to South Afrlcin tperulalors, to Oeiman mer. chantprlnccsT Our old arlttocracy nb sorb.4 the Jtothtchllda nnd Ilcntlnckl or previous gent rations and mado thent part jf itself The new millionaire thrwlro to abtorb'lL J-rom Sklbt Castle, near Dornoch Firth, down to orrra, by Sowes, the raimopolitnni'ol capital are setting some of the fnlrcsl spots of our land. These mllllonalrt Invaders are so enormously rich thai tncy are Indifferent to the fancy prlcw oj ked for great fttnl It mutt be i very extraordinary Hngllth istati which cannot now be rentei for from ,C:.000 to U.OCO B year The upkeej of such a place will cost from 0.001 to 10,000 a yetr more. Kvcn tbt poorest millionaire, tho mar who It not making more thin 00.000 n yoar can afford this Meanwhile, In at leail one case, the rran with a family hit. tory of too vests behind hint haa tc bury almitir In n I CO a year tcml-detached tcml-detached villa In soma quiet town near Loodon The rent of his old mansion goes to satisfy mortgage, leaving elm perhaps f00 a year foi himself. This Is no fancy picture. |