Prodigal Spending of Vast Fortunes by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 27, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 33.

Prodigal Spending of Vast Fortunes

By Editor

Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Fish will spend $50,000—quite a good sized fortune for most people—on two social occasions. One will be on August 19 and the other August 23. It has not been so very many years that we have had persons with fortunes large enough that they could afford to spend $50,000 as a mere incident of one week. The vast fortunes that are being piled up are one of the remarkable features of this time, and the prodigal manner in which some of this money is spent is quite as much to be remarked about.