The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17
THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
WHY MASTER ". Y. ASTOR WILL BE
MADE SOLDIER.
No Strikes for McRride-syIIIiam G
Whitney ImpIored 40 Come Home
The MOrtOnS Give IN Their Euro
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Copyright.
New York. March l6-The departure OF
Col and AIRS. John Jacob Aston with their
little son, was partly due TO the triAing all
meut of the latter Master William Vim
cent Astor is a bright sturdy little fellow.
now making his first experiments in the
conversational way. II will interest mill
tary men to be informed that the colonel
proposes TO make a soldier of this son OF
his. Col. Astor. as is well known. has de-
cided military proclivities. but even this
might not have determined him to put his
son and heir In the army. we're it not that
Mrs. Astor Is likewise OF a soldierly taste.
and has a desire to see her boy at the head
Of a regiment The idea is. so far as has
been gathered by remarks dropped within
the precincts of the family social circle. to
have the heir Of the house OF Astor edu-
Gated at West Point Then II the boy de-
velops fondness for military glory. he
can so out with his troops and fight some
body or other. II. on the contrary. sol
diery taste are not in him. he Will at any
rate. have received a very good general
and scientific education. and have the
right 10 wear a uniform.
1t might surprise many that this should
be so. since there is little apparent glory
in the army for an heir Of Master William
Vincent Astor's vast expectations. But
this step marks a decided change in the
family plans Of the great houses OF
America. Experience has shown that the
game of social pre-eminence Is not worth
the candle A man. no matter how rich
he Is. must be a somebody or other or a
something. in order to insure his great
ness. Our plutocracy have learned this
in their intercourse with the arstocracy
abroad. every member Of whioh is either
in the army, or the church. or the law or
politics. For this reason, young Harold
Vanderbilt is destined for the church. All
OF the Vanderbilts, by the way, have taken
this lesson to heart Recent events In the
family have convinced Cornelius, It APP
pears. that il was fatal error to allow
the scions of the family TO sail the sea OF
life in flower decked pleasure craft, as
though existence were a Cupid's game,
with nothing serious In IT, So Mr.. Astor
means to make a soldier of his son and the
have occupations. We are likely soon to
see representatives, Of our first houses In
the church. the law, the army and poll
tics, after the English fashion. The out
come of this innovation will be awaited
with interest.
A good deal Of agitation was occasioned
in democratic circles I'm New York city
recently by the letters which William c.
Whitney has written home from Egypt,
to the effect that Il will be impossible for
him to return to this country for weeks
to come. This fact was supposed TO be
due to the health OF his daughter, but now
comes the information to the effect that
the young lady is almost entirely recov-
cred and quite robust and blythe. The
very interesting tale goes about that Mr..
Cleveland is anxious to restore cordial re-
lations between himself and the former
Secretary of the Navy, and for that rea-
son We're the letters written to Mr.. Whit
ney, imploring him to return. In order that
existing complications in the New York
situation might be smoothed away. Mr..
Whitney is now deemed the only man
competent to restore complete harmony
between the Hlll-Tammany and the Grace
administration wings. This matter is of
supreme Importance, because I'm less than
a year 1t viii be necessary to prepare for
primaries for the choice Of delegates to
the national convention OF the Democratic
party and for delegates TO the gubernato-
rial convention of New York state. 1t Is
admitted that the conjunction of the pres
idential and the gubernatorial contests
in New York state next year will vastly
complicate the situation. Tremendous
temptations to "sell out" and to make
deals" will exist. and IT must be a very
stong band Of harmony that holds the
party in line. Mr. Whitney's presence in
New York has suddenly become of the
first Importance. Now that the vision of
death In his family ceases to haunt him,
it is argued that the great democrats
duty calls him to the metropolis, and that
is why letters urging his return have
been sent him.
1t is understood In New York that
when Cardinal Gibbons reaches Rome
which he is expected to do not later
than April. there will be made to the
American college in the eternal city a
most princely donation by an American
woman of great wealth who has already
made her name notable through her lib
crafty to the church The woman is also
very well known In New York society.
Nothing has been said, 1t seems, TO any
body here, and the cardinal himself does
not know, II is said, the source or extent
of the gift. The donation is likely to be
coldly received by the American HER
archy. who are mostly inclined to urge
gifts to institutions in the United States,
as the foreign ones are able to take care
of themselves. The story comes to New
York direct from Rome that no more
American cardinals will be created during
the lifetime Of the present pontiff This
declaration, 1t further transpires has lit
orally been forced from the vatican, main
ly through the influence Of Cardinal Pa
rocchi hi himself papal candidate. The
Count and Countess de Castellane are
expected at the vatican about the time
Of the cardinals visit but the fact has
no Significance, as the count is to be made
a titular dignitary Of the Holy Roman
empire, an honor almost hereditary in
his family, so many of his ancestors re-
ceived It.
The projected trip of Mrs. Levi p. Nor
ton and Miss Edith, wife and daughter
of the governor, to Paris. has. 1t is an
nounced, been given up unless some
thing unexpected renders the trip neces-
sary. The governor and his wife have
been asked to pass the summer In the
castle of the Baroness Burdette-Coutts.
but OF course It was out of the ques ton Tor
Mr. Morton to go. In England, and es-
peciaily in London, where the governor
has a great banking house. they are not
at all pleased with the honors paid Mr..
Morton because the firm with which he
is connected has lost his services. Mr..
Morton is probably the shrewdest man of
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