Grand Rapids herald., 1893-08-30

try home and where ne entertains the
nsenst t.ers Il The Vanderbilt family. and
peshapsa few personal friends lie Is
a great object u interest % the pretty
voang summarized women and the
naEeh-makinx mamrnas who congre-
gate with matrimonial malice In their
hearts a. this gay resort Ono day
panr EusaGr ha4it that he i going 10
marry. ard another day Kiss Grundy
tsst 81 asslduoualy denies the report.
And 80 IL yoe& While the young man
T. retting older. his fortune 4 increas-
inE rapidly. and the marriAycabie
daughters and The matchmaking
ra4nnas become distracted
Yonna Vanderbilt has many fads.
First Of all. ns i . book worm. and In
great regard for women Ia the aggre-
gate. but = great deal of love for HIS
nnother Ia particular. lie speads much
OF his time In her society. and IL may be
truthfully said that the pair ara or the
s-ost adectionAte terms lie Is essen
tally "a mothers boy lie IL the only
unmarried grandson Of old Commodore
Vanderbilt
Fermerly Ne was rated "a being next
% John Jacob Astor. the wealthiest
Young bachcior IN the United states.
havinx a million dollars In his own
right and control for every past year Of
rs llfe. Wow "a John Jacob Astor Is =
husband aud father. George Wander
bit stands AZ the head OF his class
4i1nc.
a he society columns and once In
awhile too ia the general news and po-
lee IMPORTS of theEew York newspapers
you can rcad much II other young
men u wealth. but there IS hardly ever
any mention made OF this scion OF the
bosrse II Vanderbilt
"A amusing instance Of how little he
= known occurred bat a short tire
sro. aot FAR from that part Of the town
where the spieniid Vanderbilt mansion
stsnd. "a wa. in the khop Of book
SELLER v~ho makes speciality of buying
and sellax rare and curious books. On
I'll. oteazion tAere were haif dozen
hosk verrs examining the shelves.
wales 9oang salesman looked out At
thc passirg show. he saw Young
nan c,.sne in. buh paid no attention %
him ft iS the fashion for rncn 70 come
an1 - Ia such shops for hours without
pnrcsasing
Tate Y0unr man was somewhat above
.'le ms~lium height bat not robust.
lis fsee ~s- rals. his eyes and hair
Nf-r clark ana b. isofet not over
sfrene fie vas plainly arrss~i in
fr ttfiur cnsaess suit. and
+. A.
hrn osr - weii-paid clerk er =
bu+.atss nan 10 average eiraumstanceS.
lar rssec1rer pauei hook after
k,o;z down trt1 - shelves aafii Srzi-
iF ~ -apfrneA cr enc tnsf seemed %
b0ii tis efteniioo ~ the others had
not TIE rtsmiaei ite crii locking
b,assrr. ari fer that matter. the
~. ~ salon,c ws-h tas sfref con-
nl.issetir an.i fnaIir terkoat - TIE
sairsnisr 4-d tneairci thr cricr - t1e
l,ass fi.e e,lesntsa coasu tci the
cafale.r.e art s-,se tss irformatirr
"A ntt'e s'ces for veu se solnn-
tecrei. arsia t,okios Is ths wouid-be
pa7f fhas.rs pia1 attirs.
'fserhats -n t4tt tns Trfepecfive
csf-...atr Wifa rsti.rr qecer s-sile
Here IS r3v card WIZ Yfu rut me
b-,o< aeI4e uu.H Tour crrrierer comes
is,. anl ask hi1u - scnd it - cry honse.
ne wiif knor thc aaafess.
So ssviag the ysans- fossa walled
esf Tbe saie<nsn Tossed ~ card
easn tis desk wiohous even icci<ing
ast
F~e.-v ec,l list he sabf. With a
iserh ,ia-t tAxs me fer = new
hsaa
Yen haa hetter fcnt ~ that earf-
T~eer iaaa alviset an elderly eoek
sfara whs sti,aa arar
thF sszes tAe salesman
Laek Ar t,,.. esrs ras the s>r~e r.
frcc.s-. arl' ~ ssiczuaaz IA iooS a. st
~ the eari Ia pt.ln s-rp' was ths
name