The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-24

THE DEFEATED Aston.
How He Attempted to Make Votes
I'm the Ninth New York District
HIS Waltz with q Tobacco Facto.
~ Girl.
''Durandell - in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
William Waldorf Aster, the pres.
ent pride and chief heir-prospsotiye
Of all the Asters, the grand.son Of
the original John Jacob, was at the
ball OF the Dave McMahon association.
He came "a little after midnight "a
common looking and rather ungsinly
young man, considerably over six feet
in height, with light hair and mustache
and thin face. He entered Monteflore
hall wearing brown oYerceat over
his black evening dress, carrying
crush opera hat. Frank Raymond, .
member, who met him at his carriage
door in frsnt Of the hall, intr roduced
him to the crowd. Astor threw 80
gold piece on tho bar. s
"Trsat all present." he said to the
bar tender.
There was commetion at the coun.
ter and a hasty emptying Of glasses at
the tables. Astor tsok q seat with
Raymond and two other men at .
small table, and drank little cham
payne with them. half dszen bot
ties in all were opened, but most Of
the company stack to beer.
"Will you dance if I get you a
partner? ?" Raymond asked.
81 don't mind il I do," Astor 70.
piled.
He took of his evsrceat, left it with
his hat in q chair, and was led by
Raymond across the room to q girl
whs was putting some champagne
down into tho beer she had previously
drank.
miss Lynch" said Raymond, cal
low me to introduce Mr.. Aster. He'd
like q dance"
Certainly" the girl graciously re-
piled. putting down her glass and ris-
ing.
Lizzie Lynch works in q cigar fac
tory, and SOAP and water have not
sufflced to remove the tobacco stains
from the hand which she rested on
Aster's pr offered arm, She was .
good looking Irish girl, in a plain
worsted dress, and her black hair was
banged straight across her forehead
just above the eyebrows, while on
each side Of her face long lock was
combed down in front Of her ears.
She was, in short, fair type Of the
east side working girl-jaunty in her
cheap and unfashionablec clothes, saucy
in her manner of speech, and entirely
self-pessesssd. That her partner was
an Astor did not in the least abash
her, nsr would il il ii had been an
Emperor Or anybody less than st.
Patrick or the Pope.
The dance in which tho pride Of the
Astors and the Bsllo of Harlem Flats
engaged was q waltz. Now, the style
of waltzing in vogue on Murray Hill
is not practiced in the c0terie in which
Lizzie lynch moves. She took her
first lessons ON the sidewalk to the
music of hand-organs, and finished
her dancing education at Jones' Wood
picnics. The waltz in which she ex-
cells is a slow, stiff, stepping around,
so steady and aneendingly that a chip
wouldn't be dislodgcd II ON her shoul.
der. On the contrary, the waltz Of
the Astors is the helter-skelter, leg
lifting, body-swaying kind, which. in
several notifications, has for several
seasons been fashionable in high So
ciety. 1 cannst tell why the waltzing
of tho east side Of the city is 80 diff
ferent from that Of the middle, bat SO
il is. Therefore, when William Wal
dorff Astor put his right arm firmly
around Lizzie Lynch ,clasped her right
hand with his left and struck out with
the first six-foot pranoes Of the Z" So
ciety glide" while she made the OPEN
ing shuttle of the "sidewalk glide,"
there was a violent failure. The girl
may not have been disconnected be.
fore, but she was now, not to say dis
connected and dislocAted. She didn't
know what to make of such conduct
On the part of her partner. AS for
him, he probably thought she had
failed 10 start at all, SO he waited for
the next bar Of music, drew her closer
and jerked her off her feet in second
attempt.
The entire company had come into
the big hall to see the Astor dance,
and several couples were circling
slowly and solemnly around in the
east side style of waltzing. Astor
was enabled by these examples to
comprehend the difficulty, He tanned
his steps a. much as he could, while
the girl put little spirit iato hers,
and they made several circuits OF the
NAL, vCIy l0UOIIOuoly, Out WAtoO0t
further disaster.
The reason why William Waldorf
Astor, scion Of q family which affects
great exclusiveneas in it's social rela
tions, and is disposed TO make the
very most of the distance between the
rich and the poor, went to the hall of
the Dave McMahon association, and
waltzed with Lizzie Lynch, was his
candictcy for Congress. He was
" working his district" which while
it includes Murray Hill asd greater
amount of wealth than any other in
the United States, also includes large
tenement house district. During
week he has been making = personal
canvass. talking fsmiliarly with work.
ing men, whom, after election, he will
be likely to kick if they attempt to
continue friendly, spending money in
saloons without taking any change
back ont Of gold coine, and in other
ways disbursing more freely than has
ever before been done in a New York
congressional campaign. He staid
two hours at the ball. was hail fellow