The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25

Waldorf Astor marries Beatrice the same fate will be in store for him. He must eat at the second table, so to speak. They say he would marry the princess for love If he could. But ho gets a titled wife and fortune thrown in, and the privilege of shaking hands familiarly with his new sovereign, calling him brother.
 Then there is Waldorf Astor. Jr.. a very fine young man. He Is turned twenty and is thinking about marriage. Strangely enough, his eyes. like those of his father. have fallen upon prime ess. and Beatrice at that. A fairy princess she is to him, for she Is the prettiest of the royal girls. name Is Beatrice also--strange concidence-- and she Is young and charming. She is dark, with big hazel eyes and the prettiest rows of teeth. Wherever the princess goes young Astor is to be found also. And they are gossiping at Windsor and at York house, where the princess of Wales lives.
 Beatrice Is twenty; she is English, for her father was the duke of Edin- burgh and her mother a Russian grand duchess. with English blood in her veins And she Is English in training
 HThe princess is terribly rich, for she gets an income from the English crown and another from the duchy of Saxe- Coburg- Gptha, which is enormously wealthy, and she Is paid annually from the German crown. She also has an income from her mothers estate. So the princess will never go begging.
 The young couple dance together a great deal. and were recently reproved by Beatrice the elder-Aunt Beatrice for venturing unchaperoned out upon the veranda and in the terraced grounds in the moonlight.
 And stil Another Match.
 Just what relation Beatrice of Saxe- Coburg will be to Beatrice of Batten- burg if one marries the son and the oth- CT the father is a difficult question to answer. Young Astor, like his fath- CT, is immensely rich. He has been taken into the firm. as we say in this country, and carries on his fathers s projects. He gets a big salary and is independently well off if he were mex CT to earn another cent
 The engagement of Miss Pauline As tor to Captain Spender Clay was an ncunced a few days ago. The captai, Is a very rich young man, for his am nual income approaches $150,000. That is how many thousands month?
 Miss Astor. though wealthy, is to have no dover. She will go to the altar, American fashion, with her trous- seau and her wedding presents. but nothing else. Mir. Astor is able to dover his daughter. of course. but has always been dreadfully afraid that someone would marry her for her mon ey. So he adopted the dowerless plan
 Who will have Cliveden on Waldorf Astor's death? Pauline or her broth CT? It is the finest estate on the Thames, finer than the palace at Blen- helm. if size and modern ideas count for anything.
 And that is the romance of the As- tor family, William Waldorf Astor pay ing court to a royal princess. young Astor at the feet of the lovely princess of Saxe-Coburg. and Miss Pauline about to get married to Captain Spender Clay one of the most interesting young mil lionaires in the empire.
 Miss Pauline visited America two years ago. She was sent here, it is said, to forget Spender. But her heart was true. She went home and took an engagement ring from him.