The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-18


ed the Duke Until the transfer or
the property from the English noble
man to the American millionaire the
grounds about the place were practl-
cally free to whomsoever wished 10
pass through them, but Mr.. Aston shut
all gates in the face Of the public as
soon as the papers were passed. FER
haps this is drawing 1t little strong,
but it is at least true that the new
owner closed up certain footpaths and
other thoroughfares that had been open
for generations as soon as he took
possession, and that this angered
many.
OF course, as Mr.. James had not
enough money to purchase any such
place as Cliveden, he had no chance to
make himself unpopular by any SIM
liar action, but Mr.. Astor's course IN
many other matters is said to have
been vastly different from Mr.. James
Both undoubtedly sought to get into
British good graces by fiattering the
British, but while Astor did his fiatter-
ing in a clumsy, laundering manner
James applied his flattery with all the
skill and address of a past master. AS
tor, for instance, renounced his ale
glance to the Stars and Stripes and
swore fealty to the British sovereign
very soon after taking up his pern1a-
nent residence in London. He also an
nounced emphatically that he intend
ed never again to set foot on American
soil.
James, on the contrary, has never
declared that he would not visit
America again, and, while he may have
EekAounced his American citizenship
and become a naturalized "Britisher,"
the change of allegiance was so quietly
effected that few Americans have ever
heard of it.
For years, however, James was well
hated by many Americans. The cause
thereof was the method he took of
flattering the British.
In this the novelist went by con-
traries, and, like the clever man that
he is, appealed chiefly to the Brit
ish female. Instead of painting her
all over with praise, however, he
created a character to which he gave
the name of DAISY Miller" travesty
at least many good Americans call
it a travesty-on the American Girl
Abroad"
In this character all the faults and
defects of his younger country-women
were thrown strongly into the lime
light and so skilfully was the work
done that all the world outside of the
United States was presently laughing
uproariously at the carcature.
Much of the resentment feeling
aroused on this side of the water by
DAISY Miller" has long since passed
away, but for some years this par
bitterly laid up against him by big
American contingent. 1t made him a
lasting favorite with the women of
England though, and probably with
most of those unfortunate English
men who have been unable to secure
American wives.
William Waldorf Astor's entrance
into the publishing world of Great
Britain-the purchasing of the Pail
Mall Gazette newspaper and the es-
Establishment of the Pail Mall Maya
zine-were almost as unfortunate as
his purchase of Cliveden, considered
as steps along the road to social pre-
ferment.
At least this is true of the Pail
Mall Gazette. This paper was at one
time owned and edited by that curious
creature, William T. Stead, who, UNI
made it one of the yellowest-and at
one time one of the best selling
Journals in the world. When Astor
got it he hired titled Englishmen in
numbers to edit it for him. Between
them and their multi millionaire owner
it got into all sorts of trouble, and
after little while was discontinued.
The magazine is still running, how
ever, though whether profitably or not
nobody seems to know.
It's owner, probably, does not care.
Its pages afford him an outlet for an
occasional piece of writing, and the
various, lords, knights, etc. who hold
jobs on its editor'' staff must
certainly be of s. Dcal help to
him. Duane.