The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
League Club the other evening. And it

League Club the other evening. And it
Is Interesting enough 10 be repeated
WITH THE PRINCE.
It was that for years Mr. Waldorf
Astor had been firm friends with the
Prince of Wales. The two gentlemen
nobnobbed together. as the English call
until they were more like brothers than
mere friends It was Mr.. Astor's wish
20 De near the Prince which led him TO
choose England for home. and so. hav-
lnS found a pleasant place along the
and live there.
This sounds rather remarkable TO
American ears. but SUBSEQUENT events
have not disputed it 1t was only a
snort time ago that Mr. Aston commits
SSIoned Julian Story, the husband of
Ill- ma Games 10 paint life-size picture
oE the Prince for his own library: and IN
us magazine and newspaper there have
oeen constantly found delightfully."- hatter-
ING illusions to the coming throne a lin
sions as delicate as the touch of Thomas
galley AIdrich. as hidden as those of
Browning as firm and true as the
stanzas Of hipling- When Mr.. Aston
writes as one of his club friends puts it.
he writes -
Soon after Mr. Aston moved TO Lon
Jon, taking with him his furniture his
y i1 -e. anu Ihe children and a big retinue
= ans - ne was proposed in MarIbor-
ough GIub by the Prince of Wales and
was admitted without opposition
Mall Cans 1Istlle ms purchase of the Pail
Pail Mall Budget But 1fiz is sue me
STougn. SO he started the Pail Mall
EiIb zI ne periodical upon such
AISn literary plane that il incurred the
/ envy OF other London publica tons
FROM the start Mr.. Aston took the
unLque position for a publisher. that adj
more money than was paid for +ba1,
ana ne steadily raised the price Of al,
VeFLsenents per line until he doubled
the usual rates All the while the adver-
TTra-r So
Users were willing to paw r0o1av -
space IN a good pa per
Americans began 10 sneer at Mr. Aston
ana II was quite the fashion in rbfs COM
Try 10 do So We Americans are - -
| ienseIy Western HemisDhered in our lin
Hatlons that uneOnsciOusIv n ,,--r
| !Sn toward such of Us who forSaLa7 -.
| western world for the Eastern TX
mere was nothing tangible aoafns+
| W llllam W Waldorf Astor excan- +bS+ he
which gave It 10 him. On this 49, n!
Astor preserved a dignifed silence bHt
certain gentleman who Is I1oi7tod
/ with the AstOr fortunes is aurb9ri[1- fo-
| the statement that Mr.. Astor has never
| taken any more out of America than ba
| IS entitled TO, no more than anyone vvouId
! spend going abroad upon 4 vacarion-
! For the rest. the money has come from
| London publications and London invest
| meuts-
| 50 quietly did Mr. Aston live when he
| first went TO London that LOndoners did
| not notice him; and it was only when the
I Duke of Westminster. himself the richest
man in England. sold his counrrv house
I to Mr.. Aston, that Londoners began to
/ talk about him CIiveden-on-the-
/ Thames IS one of the handsomest country
| seats, If not the very handsomest. along
| the picturesque and historic river and.
4 Gnder Mrs. AstOr's artistic guidance il
| soon became the show spot of the
| Thames
And then Mr. Aston did a remarka bic
/ thing He stationed guards along the
/ river and forbade excursionists TO land
anon his grounds He did not want the
l debris Of IUncheons TO lie scattered upon
l lis grass, and he had no love for the hoi-
/ poIloi of England. This raised Il trem-
/ ways landed at Cfiveden, but the fuss
I Ike all other unrighteous ones, blew
/ over
/ To show that he did not intend to sum
/ mer in America. Mr. AsIor rented 'FBea q
/ leu TO the late Calvin ;. Brice for il
/ S said 81. 900 for the summer months.
/ He sold his box a the opera. disposed OF
\ his New York dwelling. took his horses
| to England and only paid his club dues
/ in New York to show that he still re-
\ tanned a place for his native city in his
| heart
Mt. Astor's motive IN coming to this
/ country now Is unknown He Is said 10
/ have become enga ged TO Mrs. Ogden
| Goelet- but as rumor previously linked
| his name with Lady Randolph Churchill.
I this IS passed by as gossip Others say
| that he is about to return TO America 10
/ live but this Is improba bic 4 much
I more likely solution IS that Mr. Asror
/ comes TO this country at this time to
! make pleasant visit and adjust his hold
/ ings which are such that he ranks with
/ Of New York City.