St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-15


rope when. as the wife of the minister to
Rome, she was social light at the Italian
court"
The three daughters of Mrs. William
Astor, all of whom are married, are the
other lady members of the family, and each
one has her peculiar charm and her set of
admirers.
Mrs James Roosevelt is the eldest, and
about five years ago she was great belle
as Miss Helen Astor.
Mrs. Coleman Drayton is the beauty of
the family" said wel[known critic. She
was Miss Augusta Astor, and was married
about four years ago.
1.-THE baby" Miss Caroline Astor. is
bride of two winters, her husband being
Mr.. Orme Wilson.
Cali three showed their good sense and
their mothers careful training by not mar
rying titled noblemen and throwing away
their happiness for title" remarked
gentleman not long ago whose only daugh-
ter is married to an English lord, whom he
supplies with funds.
'.They preferred to be first in their own
country, although their social position and
great wealth gave them ample opportunity
to have dozens of offers from foreigners"
MRS. JOHN JACOB ASToR.
GAS Miss, Gibbes, Mrs. John Jacob Astor
was very pretty GIRL" said an old men,
Der of the de PeySter family.
Il remember her as a lovely girl of
eighteen summers, dressed in one of those
full-skirted and modest silken gowns, with
broad lace fichu hiding her white throat
and held by single white rose.
''She used to walk a great deal in sBa t.
terry park. which was then the fashionable
promenade, you know, and her eyes were
as blue and clear as the bay OH a midsum-
mer afternoon.
John Jacob Astor first met her at a
soiree given in the old Prime mansion. She
wore rose brocade, if remember, and it
was love at first sight.
They were married year afterward,
and he has been as attentive to her for
forty years as he was during their counting
days.
Her trousseau was all made by hand"
said an old lady who fifty years ago was a
noted belle. ''She had four dozen of fine
linen, all hemstitched, which in those days
were considered magnificent"
HER ONLY CHILD.
The only living child of this union was
William Waldorf Astor, who, although vet
young man, has distinguished himself and
shown that he has brains and talent as well
as millions.
He is graduate Of Harvard, was ap-
pointed minister to Rome by President
Arthur, and since his return has made han
self famous by publishing book
His father, in honor of the birthplace of
abe first John Jacob Astor, erected church
at Waldorf, Germany, his birthplace, at great
expense.
He is tall, handsome and athletic look
ing, is a fine horseman, and during his
residence in Rome was Well-known and
much-admired figure as he rode outside of
the ancient city every morning on his hand.
some cob.
HER CHARITIES.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is member of
the WOman's hospital and gave many
thousands to help build and support it.
She recently gave $25, 600 to aid the
building fund of the Young Womens
Christian Association and every year she
gives away $1,000 in small charities.
Last year she contracted the typhoid
fever while visiting among some poor peo-
pie on the East side, and for weeks her life
was despaired Of" said one of her Bible
women.
She employs four of these women to work
among the poor for her.
She is member of old Trinity church on
Broadway, and so is Mrs. William Astor.
A few years ago she erected beautiful
marble reredos there at cost of several
thousand dollars.
her HOUSE, DRESS AND JEWELS,
For thirty years she has lived at No. 33s
Fifth avenue, the lower one of the two we'll
known Astor mansions.
1t is furnished with every imaginable
luxury, contains priceless pictures and
other art treasures, and when she enter