Life — May 16, 1901 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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An Invasion from Pittsburg. INCE the Billion Dollar Steel Trust broke its shell, men from Pittsburg have been coming to New York to see what there is here that SIN NS: money can buy. There are a lot of these NURS A gentlemen, who have been released in great TAN ye measure from the anxieties of business, and 1 NS turned loose on the world with very large on nd Sey fortunes. After they have washed off the soot NS i of Pittsburg and had breakfast, they go up Fifth Avenue and buy a lot as near Mr. C negic’s as is convenient. Then, just by way of keeping amused, they buy a few thousand shares of assorted stock, and then they are ready to lead a new life. They are good for trade, these new Fortuna- tuses. Each of them finds an architect and orders a house, and interests himself as much as he can in preparing to live in it, They all, as yet, do about the same things—not from undue imitativeness, but because the conditions of their existence are alike, and they can’t think ‘ of different things todo, Most of them will go abroad this summer and buy things—pictures, furniture, objects of art, anything—to put in their houses. They seem to be pleasant Little Carlo: DEAR ME, 1 WIST TIE MAD A TAIL TO WAG, 1 covey men, and are welcome to New York, but their progress TH+) THEN WHETHER ME was ANGRY Om ONEY IN PLAY. here will be followed with much curiosity. The town had barely digested the Standard Oil millionaires, when along comes this new squad, a dozen or a score strong, and ridiculously rich. They will not affect the poor. They won't raise prices on the general public. Seven-room flats won't bring much higher rates than heretofore, and rolls and coffee will still be ten cents at the places frequented by persons who have less than twenty thousand a year. But how will the previously rich feel about all these new giants? Will stable-lots, chefs of quality, old masters, tapestries, ’28 Madeira and ’89 champagne all go to famine prices? We saw what Mr. Morgan did the other day. Having got these new millionaires afloat, he bought the new-found Gainsborough by cable the instant he heard of it, and immediately rushed abroad to buy anything there might be left. What a smart man he is! Do likewise ye to whom solvency has long been a habit. If there is any rare thing you want, buy it quickly, for the Steel men from Pittsburg have come, with swollen wallets and sharp eyes, to pick up whatever the Standard Oil men may have overlooked. Cupid’s Cook Book. PICKLES, JAKE the fruit young and green, drop in a swinging hammock and leave for two hours. Cover with the evening sky and thick branches of two trees. Let simmer in the heat of a first affair, season with a hasty kiss, separate quickly at the sound of a parent's voice and shake well by a firm tread. Whisk half the The Musonaire : UT BAD AMOTAER ANYOYING XXPERIENCE, quantity upstairs, drop the other over the hedge. Leave in all the PROFESSOR. A GUEST TOOK ME TOR A WAITER AGAIN . , aaa eso tence aia wan ices, spice, add the vinegar slowly and store away in the family jar. The Professor; THAT'S VERY STRANGE. NO ONE HAS RVER When quite settled repeat the recipe, adding tincture of remem- MISTAKEN ME TOR A WAITER. brance and some caution. Lucy J. Miller. €gueT comicbooks.com