MILLIONAIRE'S LUXURY FOR ONE DAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14925, 24 February 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)

MILLIONAIRE'S LUXURY FOR ONE DAY.

— ■»»-■ " "• John* MacDavitt , of Wilkesbarrc. PeW sylvania, obsessed by the notion that he would like to be a millionaire just for' o ™j!,-.' day, is now making arrangements to fulfir his ambition. He is a man of - very moderate circumstances, but has saved enough for the experiment, and ;is p«f ; paring to spend every farthing on one big splash. t ; " 1 want t«-*el like Morgan or Rockefeller," he says, "rust for twenty-fowl hours, and I'll pay tho price." '-• Such enterprise commends itself to hosts of Inadmiring fellow-countrymen, and Mac j Davitt, when he gave a pledge of hi*' . j seriousness by paying £120 in cash for a special train from Wilkesbarre to New* York and return, found himself a hero ex* ploited by every live newspaper M America. j ! ■ MacDavitt will, have four Pullman per* tors to attend him during tho journeywith a special cook and a black valet, ana he carries a millionaire's wardrobe,' Vita which to take the capital by storm, **•.*'•,;'.'■ has ordered a £20 dinner at a costly res-, taurant, engaged a Limousine car, ana also a box at the theatre, and made other provision to sustain the glorious roleAfter the theatre the Limousine wiH M" convey him to the special train, and W breakfast next dav he will have returned to Wilkesbarre to* resume his functions as plain John MacDavitt, going to business every day in a 2-cent tramcar, and feeding, as usual, at the quick-lunch counter. ; "It is worth the price," said Mac Davitt, "and, perhaps, I'll reimburse myself by writing my impressions.."