Of all Americats princes of wealth the Clu Ponts are the most elegant, 'They are descended from' the French physiocrat De Nemours. They are the grand seigneurs of America. Dukes of Delaware they have been called, and in truth this small State seems to be their principality, with schools, hospitals, asylums and golf courses, all owing their existence to Clu Pont munificence, Magnificent is Pierre Clu Pont's scale of living. Yet he wears the badge of American simplicity in one of his idiosyncrasies, No chauffeur of his is uniformed, because Pierre likes to eat with him during his journeys.
The fifth member of the gilded firmament is probably the most fantastic—William: Randolph Hearst. Here is a Colossus who reaches more Americans daily than any other pub-lids. Newspapers, syndicátes supplying other newspapers, radio stations, moving pictures—Hearst uses all these means to propagate his sensations, Whatever ideas he purveys are those of the patrioteers.
in his style of living Mr. Hearst rivals the Duponts. He is the Lord of San Simeon, named after his immense castle in Southern California, where the world's great delight to enjoy his lavish hospitality. Withal, Mr, Hearst, a Harvard product, is a man of erudition and culture.
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