St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-08
TARGETS FOR CUPID.
Various Young Bachelors Who
Are Smiled ON by Manag-
ing Mammas.
They Have Immense Fortunes
and Are Doubtless Great
Catches"
John Jacob Aston, eddy"
Gould and George Wander
bilt in the List.
Other Men Just as Rich to Be
Found in Many Other
Cities.

INV VI Ia diiilifNS--tdilOuo III tiiN II
wealth and social distinction there are
young bachelors VINO are regarded as
The especial prey of managing mammas;
but either because they love their li1-
erty too well. or because there is no one
among the feminine eligibleS to suit
them. they express themselves as
doomed TO life of single blesSedness.
says the New York Press.
John Jacob Astor. the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Astor, fits from New
York to London, and from London 10
Newport, and yet his name is never
mentioned as gay society beau.
Eddy" Gould is really fine looking
young man, with undOubted talents and
interesting points TO his character. and
still he remains single; and George VAN
derbilt goes north and south and builds
houses and railways, and yet APP
pears to have no thought for 9th
ers than himself and his mother.
HE has been at Bar Harbor all summer
but not the ghost of rumor of his en-
gagement has been announced. The
fact is, be is rarely seen in public. and
then only at mems dinners or driving
behind fine horses. He is devoted to his
mother and she to him. 1t is said, in
deed, that she guards him very closely
and if, hy any chance, they do make
their appearance i'll society, Mrs. Van
ierbilt watches her son with an eagles
eye. George Vanderbilt has literary
tastes, ard deyOteS himself closely to
books. His property at Bar Harbor is
SO placed that. unless he chooses, he
need not see the general public, and he
Is prince of his own island. No doubt
many managing mamma would give
much 10 provoke his interest, but for
the present the young millionaire seems
proof against all maneuVtrS.
Nearly all ChlcagO's great catches"
have either become engaged, married
Or died within the last few years, and
at present there is almost 40 bachelor
in the market who would be considered
especially desirable by the designing
young women. Young Phil Armour.
who has million or two of his own,
and will eventually have the forty
pliers his father has heaped up, married
Mol Lester last fall; "Old Hutch's" son,
Charles l.. Hutchinson. has been mar
Fipd to the daughterof Ii. NJ. Kinsley, the
caterer, for some years, and Roland
Nickerson, the son of the president of
the First, National bank, has child of
uIO ONis Il iClNl DI.. W -lIl6
great chagrin of all the mammals with
MarTiageabte daughters, has announced
that he will be married in October to
Miss Alhertine Huck, daughter of rich
maltSter; and Charles L. Holmes, son
Of the street railway king. was married
only the other day TO daughter of the
clerk of the criminal court.
Arthur Tree, who is distinguished by
The fact that though he is The son of
very rich maR, he lives OH an allowance
of $40 month, is practically engaged to
Miss Ethel Field, daughter of Marshall
Field; Harry B. Selfridge, one of the
members of the firm of Marshall Fietd
K Co., is to be married in the fall to
Miss Rose Buckingham, and young
Sehufe dt, the son Of the rich disiiIler,
Is also engaged. Edwin Doane, the eld-
EST son of the wholesale grocer, and
Eames MacVeagh, son of another grocer,
IRE almost the only SONS of rich men
who are open to proposals. John Crerar,
who was the greatest catch of all, died
last year, and Albert Munger will al
ways remain bachelor.
there is only one name upon the roll
Of eligible single gentleman, and it is
that of Wayne 3. Chatfirld. wno is now
In Europe. He IS of middle age and is
the society man par excellence. Tall,
Of commanding presence, and with a
handsome face, from which good natLre
Tadiates aS warmth from the sun, he is
q welcome guest Ill every desirable
house in Chicago. He retired from
business last year, having accumulated
4 large fortune, and is now a gentleman
Of leisure. His fadS are hunting and
fishing.
Albany Proud OF Dudley OIeott.
Probably the biggest "catch" among
Albany's bachelors is Dudley Olcott.
He would douhtlessly resent such an
enyiable distinction, were the choice to
be left TO him. as he is a modest man,
unassuming anu in no way fond of no
t0rety. Still the dictum of the people
who comprise Albany's select society
must be needed, and they are agreed
pretty generally that Mr.. Oicott leads
all rivals in the matter OF being most
"eligiblen
The buds and bellies will tell you sor-
rOWfully that he is not society man at
all. Not that he diSlikes it. but rather
because he has little time to spare for
diversions of that nature. AS president
of the Farmers and Mechanics bank,
Dne of the most prosperous financial in
StitutiOuS in the city, he is usually too
Justly CuSdSCu ~ DC CtD1G W pay
to pleasures shrine.
He might remark, with q spice of
grim humor, that he was past the $50
ciety age" in eXtennatiOn of frequent
failures to present himself at the routs
of the Four Hundred. His many friends
would s"nff at such an idea,
though. They all agree that he
carries his fifty-five years with
sprightliness and vivacity that
would do credit to the younger genera
ton. Mr.. Olc0tt is graduate Of Will
iams college,, and q fiDancier of high
standing in Albany. In appearance he
Is rather tall, and has military bearing
that becomes him well. He dresses
plainly and makes no showing OF his
wealth. Which is rated not far from a
million. A good deal of it has been ill.,
herited. and this has been well in
vested. He is very partial TO his club,
the Fort Orange, and is reputed to play
a most scientific rubber at his favorite
game of whist. lie and his brother
on Ten Brock street. 1t is charming
cid house. surrounded by spacious
grounds. and one of the most antiguated
buildings III the city.
New Haven Has Two Claimants.
Among the New Haven men who
move in the most aristocrauc society of
that thoroughly aristocratic place. and
who have not as yet taken unto them
selves wives, two stand out pre-emi-
nently. These are +. Sheffield Porter
and John Ed ward Heaton. Than the
former there is no man in New Haven
who is better known. He is the nephew
of ex-President Porter of Yale, and
brother of John Addison Porter
of the Hartford Post. Mr.. Porter IS a
man of about thirty-two years. He has
magnificent physique. He was edu-
Gated at Yale and abroad. and has trav-
eIed in many countries and in many
climes. He is member of the Union
League Club. of New York, a member
of the New York Yacht club and a
member of one of the most recherche
clubs in London. ED" as he is fami-
liarly known by his many friends. is
very partial to "Lunnun," and he runs
across two or three times year, Just to
retain his accent and get few clothes.
you know. He has a few hobbies.
One of these is dogs. He is as good
an authority on fox terriers as there is