The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-05
gyvEN IN RIVAL HOUSES.
N Welded WITHIN TWO
u -I-EEKs OF EACH OTaER-

-.artment Into sn Abode Fit for
Princess.
F,op. the Netr York Continent.
r-...v Miss Willing. who has just been
.rncad as afiianced to John Jacob Aston,
- be congratulated on other grounds
=. those Of his wealth alone. Young
20. -. "a really a very fine fellow. Heis not
A' Sta.ntv man. for which Miss Willing
I'D be duly thankful, for no one ever
ST. If a ''beauty man" making a good
...h.nd. but he is undeniably a gentleman
!.rearance as in manners. He has never
wild. reckless nor riotous youth,
~, IN his 'green and salad days." nor is
:, that scarcely less obnoxious creature,
poody-goody young man. Young
,,tor is simply a well-born, we'll
L,od Young fellow-frank, honest and
saroeable. He has, to be sure, the blase,
;sjiFerent air of universal boredom that
surrounds our very youthful JeuleSSe doree,
Int that is vanishing under the lire or his
sfFections. for this typical nineteenth CEN
s1rv voung man is just as actually and as
s.-igs5Alv in love as Guido Ferranti, for in
s,snra or that better known individual
,oiant Romeo. John Jacob Aston is, it may
!y'rTrise some people to hear, a fine athlete
ord a GOOD business man. Every day when
a. e i5 town he marches do Wn to the Astor
ns3ces in West Twenty-sixth street and
0ave several hours faithful attention to
Sntv He is an expert in out-of-door
Morris. a clever bicyclist, an admirable
hot, and his sinewy figure gives assurance
81 his being a good gymnast. He hasn't
snnerhuous pound of flesh on his frame,
o15 he "a quite six feet high. His eyes are
1rov his hair dark brown, and his COM
99e1ion fair and clear. He has a steady,
Girect gaze, and good firm hand-clasp,
tbongh it must be acknowledged that he
hos the exaggerated shake hands" of the
1qv There is scarcely a mother In New
Y6rk who wouldn't have been
clad to see her one eve
lamb of a daughter married to young
Aston. either with or without his millions.
Without posing as Sir Galahad or fault
less fellow. John Jacob Aston has acted dur
ING his quarter of a century on this habit
able globe as both man and a gentleman.
His name has never been connected with a
discraceful or unsavory scandal, and 80 far
as lis friends know (and ones friends al
WAYS know every story to ones dlScre1lt1,
he has not conspicuously done those things
which he ought not to have done" even if
he has occasionally "left undone those things
which he ought to have donen in the way of
largesse and benefactlon.
THEY WILL BE GRAND WEDDINGS.
The fact that the son of the house of
Aston and the eldest granddaughter of the
house Of Vanderbilt are to be wed to their
respective choices in the same fortnight
cannot fail to create something OF furry
in the matrimonial market. Invitations
are out for the wedding of Miss Louisa
Cbnpor1 Iannhtar 0f Col Ellinft X Shan
ard and granddaughter of the late William
H Vanderbilt, to William Jay Schieffelin,
son of William Henry Schieffelin and
grandson of the Hon. John Jay, and great
grandson of the original John Jay. How
soothing it is in these mushroom days to be
able to lay ones fingers-hguratively, of
course-on ones great-grandfatheri Miss
Shepard. too. had a grandfather
Commodore Vanderbilt. The wedding cere-
mony, which will take place next Thursday
at noon, will be solemnized. as becomes her
fathers daughter, in the Presbyterian
church over which Rev. Henry Van Dyck
prcsides, at Fifth avenue and Thirty-seventh
street. The wedding breakfast will be
given in the house Of the brides grand
mother, Mrs. William II. Vanderbilt, where
it will be served in the magnificent picture
gallery, thus being given the most spendid
and picturesque surroundings of any we'd
ding breakfast ever celebrated in New
York.
The happy pair are strikingly fine
looking couple, Miss Shepard being planned
physically something on the Amaz -nian
order-she is five feet nine in highland it
is said to have been her one ever-present
fear that she might some time fall in love
with little man! But she didn't, for Mr..
Schietfelin is quite six feet two, and a
splendid specimen Of sound manhood. Miss
Shepards trousseau is simply magnificent,
and so extensive that it would take away
your breath to hear how many of each gar
ment it contains. Miss Shepard is what is
known as an essentially Stylish girl. Her
figure is perfect in its proportions and she
carries herself remarkably well. Her
hair OF which she has the greatest
profusion, is a soft, light brown,
her eyes are gray-blue and her complexion
is particularly good. She is known as one
OF the best dressed girls sin her set,' where
good dressing is the rule and not the ex-
ception. She is declared by all her friends
10 De young woman of sterling character,
s%eet~natured, amiable and keenly alive to
the needs OF the poor and suffering. She
has been well reared, as, indeed, have all
the children of the various Vanderb
branches. Honor, kindness, truth and
gooo manners have been carefully instilled,
DOTH by precept and example Whatever
criticism may be made of the Vanderbilt
grown-up folks" the training of their
children appears to all those who know any,
thing about it, wellnigh perfect.
MRS. BRICE's PLANS.
Mrs. Calvin S. Brice, wife of the senator
eject from Ohio, will not go to Washington
70 i've this winter. Senator Brice takes
ms seat March 4, but as there is not likely
10 De an extra session, she will divide the
remainder of the winter between her Ohio
nome and her residence here. Her eldest
daughter, beautiful girl, is in Paris study
ing; her Youngest is at school here, and
mother Ike, Mrs. Brice cannot bear to be
Ssepara ed from both. Mrs. Brice is at
nome informally on Tuesday afternoons at
her residence, No sos Fifth avenue, for
merry the home of Mrs. Fred w. Wander
bilt.
A NEWSPAPER WoMAN's NEST.
IL you are anybody at all nowadays, or if
even you only pretend to be some body, you
must nave your bedroom done in a strik-
iiinigiy individual style; the more utterly un-
:! IAe avery Other bedroom it is, the smarter
~ IS NOW just look at this one. You would
imagine 1t was that of some millionaire's
laughter or some potentate's bride, but it
asnc 1t belongs to nobody more import
anC IMAM mere literary cussn-just a
poor newspaper woman. This room is bed
room, ooudoir and study combined, and the
suh streams into it all day long. The colors
used are odd, very odd; I doubt if they
eAlSG IN any room in Gotham save this
vne OF the little scribber. They are
Dlack, white, yellow and silver The car
PEI is a black ground strewn with yellow
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