WEALTHY CRANKS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 11

WEALTHY CRANKS.

,cußiraajs v ; sT6iiiEg;:oi? -tocb. ifIEN'S '■:. TKat :possession,bf m'ubn'"of ;the,..world's goods is.frequently attended by,:the -manit'estatipn"; of -the eccentricities.' on ; the 'part 'of.-the.^pwiiersiis,amusingly illustrated '■■;■ by;', the; following;, curious'. • in-,stanies'::r-v:^v';-V'' i j;^i i . n ;v> : *!v-" : f:.:"; : . : --t ';■•> : ;In>y^enha\there' - liyes':a'.wealthyi'man,: a';l?olb.'ot' :ii6ble origin, l ? occupying .''suinptuous;.:ap'artuients.:in ;Ca'pitars..fashi6nable , .quarter, lirho^'when ■he.vwishesjtb ■.'siimmonvhisV'Servants, •: does so; t by,' means', of ■•■Hggle , .calls. i'-.Aifayourite pastime, of-this eccentric- is to. ■drive 'an: ordinary, driver : Of, suca a ;vehi9l_e,7wherever i)iemay r nnd 'aristocratic---'equipages' l •'to'Ste"'.most nit'. iaeioiis::'^-'^:' : •'■-■,■•■*;' ;, '.:'-:".-' ':', : -■ •■..-;:-Tliq;. •* -he; spends; a• f ortnne clothes;yet he is 'never :clad',in'.f.iiny;;saVe.''the'discarded ■ garments, of jjhis;vvaiet;?»*'on ; ' one occasion'.. th'b;T6le '^astounde.d-vthe^guests . at a;.balr;''by" .appebVi'ng*ii:fa<.'cpstume of -'pure.-white,". \yith'xthe : : tion of :slurt,and:te,'-wliiph?w.ere'entirely black... [To ; complete! , be; added v that: whenj dining;,'Which'. he ; in- v i .vanably,;accp.mplishes. l : a'table'. ,d.hote,..hp-;miiintainS,. , his'':reprita,tipn.'fpr crankiness.,;by,ircyersing;. the usuai'iprder. ■of -things, an.d;' l dcmitasse,-.;.. .worW;-:;-ibacltwafd' : -, to'•'.. the ■.^PCX.i;i J.- r-Li^^V ; -->£''-■■■- ''■■i : ''-'i'''''.■'■''' V.-;lt,-.'was inotdong^agd.v.that^^^'Siere/aied'' in' •- a^ C: ■ hexhai,jieverfpr;:yearail)een putsitlei;the. grounds'sarrouiidiiigVliis : resi- : . that jh^,.Jhad#all£ed\ttd: : ? : cei'iuiin ;,;, t6.wns ■■ geaerr: y : at.:'argreat;vaistance i .fromHhis dSHSv"^ 1 -?"? "actually/fdid■ was : this: a6cfded.;that it .would bo an distant town 1 i';s? v r"^^n^. : :his : ;homei'and:,cpvor.sd-'it'.-on:fobt. on a nllyfmeasur.edi; walking' ?track 'maintained ■on .hisVpr.eraises -f or - this:..purpose' Should, he^'teire' to.- : c'an;dn;his.:frien , ds -ftf a .f : ?- v ' ho':woiildv4°- : "sP\' by' :proiy, ''at ;the,,same:timeicpnducting:.aV(;6nversati6D' hrt sent, in; relays/.wifh''certain 1 -: qiiestions; : with; ; u stnct/,in}HnctipnsV;rtbv.:.bring the answersijas.: speedily-as,, possible;" ; •■■'■''■ ■■'■' : . ;i A. : well-]inb\vh''Parisian, : ;ownf statement, 1 jhas'for yoais de".' ;hed,.-.tho..:weather.by.:'drinkirig a;solution ;ol; camphor,;■..which, :in his opinion, is :atf'oxcellont ; .substitute.'for;olothing. It is 'said .that"wiflter':a'hd/summef alike finds Shim;.oleDping.withoatA'.particle' of "clothMngiwjth'tlie.jyindows of r hisrapart-ments •thro,wn^vido':'openV ; -";lt:iias b.een-.his cufr. :tom;also;to stroll in the'garden,Veven on '.bitterly, v cbM-;:daysii';;in a,gdrment, , 'much' -resembling ■:that/ordinarily worn I'by' n0T- ,),:.: '.. '' J. -.Among;. .the,.wea.lthy' r ■tainoVas'-a : ;'man ;^ho r'lived,'in'a'certain• ;tp^™' ; ;eKcitedr>ii6h : >/att : entibri.;and'-:;amußemerit among:; his; neighbours;iVvpunctually at'' ■'noon each. •day.-he''wpuldv appear.^in ■frp'ntXyard; , -.--with ->ji : scrimson turban"; on ,hfs'-:hend,'•his -feet' jiita'Jtibhly ■ embroidered'-andi-jewelled- sandals/, and witli-'a -coolie -'cloth'..•.ro'ijnd"! jhis ft waist .Then.-.-absolutijly-indifferenttp of;i. the..'people.-.in'-the "street; "he'f would .first'pray'albud : i (tb|.th&'-'sun,.''the'!'7ather ofd light;;'and /good,"/, and": • imqedia'telr'ftf^envaT^^rpspate."-/'^]^^!-^'^^?^'^-'^ , '. quaint: miniature,, templo "wherein; : was , eiislirin'od' a'-grotesq'ue'idol'.vritli'diamond eyes/.; : What--made; his'' eccentricity' remarkable 1 was- the-;fact that he was not of- Eastern■ originV -'nor had he ever-:been converted'.to. any faith'• or • cult 0f : -,the: , Ea5t!.';r : /v;-?-^-, ; ::v.- 1 U;::-, -;%:} ■-•