The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-01
ASTOR BECOMES THE
FRIEND OF ANGLERS
He Sees a Great Light and No
Longer Obstructs
Their Sport

Waldorf Astor Of obstructing their
sport. The Anglicised American multi
millionaire has seen a great awaken
ing light. The hostile attitude which
he has heretofore manifested to-
wards fishermen on the upper
reaches of the Thames has COM
'pletely changed. He is now their
friend and patron. Peace now reigns
between him and the Thames con-
servancy. He has withdrawn his op-
position to fishing from the bank of
the river bordering his Cliveden es-
tate. He has gone further and has
actually brought at his own expense
shoal of salmon from the Dee in
Scotland and the river Shannon In
Ireland and placed them In the
Thames at Maidenhead. Maurice En-
right, the expert angler of Castle
Connell, Ireland. was charged with the
responsibility of supplying the Irish
salmon, while member of the Lon
don Anglers association was sent
to Scotland to obtain a supply there
The sudden change in Mr.. Astors
attitude towards the anglers is said to
be due to the action of some members
of the Marlborough club, who refused
his invitation to a fishing party he had
organized at Cliveden during the sum-
mer. One of the clubmen told him
openly, it is asserted, that he could not
participate in his party while the
Thames conservancy and the anglers
associations condemned his high-hand-
ed action in claiming exclusive rights
for himself on the river. His CONVEX
sion was accelerated by the discovery
that number of dead dogs and cats
f116i ~,
to that part of the river touching on
CIiveden.
A little incident of which I was a
witness yesterday was rather amusing
as showing how popular American
dalnties of one kind or another are
getting in the most ultra circles of
English high society" Can you i'm
agine the queens mistress of the robes
munching peanuts? I couldn't until
yesterday, when the quest Of some real
American pie tins for friend took
me to Jackson's in Piccadilly. Jack
sons is the London shop beloved DER
all others in London by Americans be-
cause it is the only place in the me-
tropolis where one can buy certain
cooking utensils that we use at home,
and such comestibles as pork and
beans, cornmeal flour, maple syrup
and so forth.
Into Jackson's while I was there, en-
tered from her brougham portly dame
whom I recognized with gasp as no
other than the Duchess of Buccleuch.
Now, her grace, besides being Queen
Alexandra S mistress of the robes, is one
of-the bluest blOoded and hafghtiest
DANES in London, as well as one of the
most uitra-English. What could she
want at Jackson's?
Il want one of your large sacks Of
peanuts" said the duchess to the clerk,
and half dozen packages of corn for
popping. You know the address? !? Yes
and swept out of the shop.
One doesn't know if the "popper'' is
| agitated by a duca1 hand over the
, drawing room fire at naughty Buc-
cleach house on the embankment, or
If the consumption of peanuts accom-
panleS the progress of bridge parties
there, but that these comestibles are
esteemed in circles where one would
quite evident. Probably they have
been introduced by the fair American
members of the peerage.
Since the eXtravagant overdreSsing
of millionaire children commenced to
excite comment among a section of
sensible, matronly women, it has been
| noticed that the children of the Ouch
eSS of Manchester no longer enjoy the
! luxury that was hitherto lavished
| upon them. 1t was estimated at one
| time that some Of her baby's dresses
cost no less than 500 to $3.50. She
had a penchant for Irish lace and
linen, and store In London known
all over the world for the superior
| quality of its wares always looked
anxiously for the arrival of a Man
| chester baby. When the nurse and her
charge were seen abroad in the neigh
! borhood of Tanderagee castle or in
| London, people used to remark jocu-
! larly that the dress was worth more
than the baby. All this is now chang
! ed, and the Manchester youngsters are
| no more conspicuous than the children
| of ordinary middle-class people.
| The Duchess of Marlborough has
! always dressed her children we'll, but
| there is an entire absence of anything
remotely suggestive of the ostentatious
| display of wealth in their apparel 1t
is limited that the abandonment of
| extravagant dressing is due to the
Princess of. Wales, who when she saw
the tendency on the part of million
a1re mothers to be conspicuously vul-
| gar, commenced to dress her children
in the simplest fashion.
There is a man 104 years of age Hv--
ing on the Duke of Manchester.s es-
| tate in the north of Ireland who has
become, in sense, one of his grace's
| pensioners. The old man is an inyet-
crate smoker and can consume on an
average four ounces of the strongest
| Irish twist every week. When the
/ duke learned of the old mans weak
ness for tobacco he instructed local
| shopkeeper to supply him with as
| much of the weed as he wanted, and
besides made it his business to visit
the old chap frequently while in resi-
dence at the castle to see how he was
enjoying himself On such occasions
his grace would present him with two
| or three of his best cigars, but no one
had ever seen him smoke anything but
! Irish twist in an old clay pipe. People
wondered what was becoming of the
dukes cigars. The mystery was solved
1 recently when a neatly packed parcel
of cigars reached the castle address,
| ed, From old John Rainey as a birth
! day present to his grace, the Duke of
/ Manchester" The duke was amused
beyond measure.
! While Lady Denoughmore, daughter
| of Michael Grace, of New York, was
! travelling recently in the west of Ire
land she visited a number of the work
| houses in some of the most obscure
] little towns. The children in the
/ schools attached to these institutions
became the Immediate object Of her at
tentions. Most of them appeared dull
/ and hopeless looking and she asked
their teachers why this was so. It was
explained to her that the children were
practically prisoners, as they were