The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-26

october Is. She travelled incognitO.
Mr.. Astor is now on his, yacht, the
Nourmahal, in Cuban waters. He sail
ed October IL, three days before his
wife's arrival home. Mrs. Astor did
not go to her recently remodeled city
mansion at Fifth avenue and Sixty
fifth, street, nor to her beautiful coun-
try seat at Rhinebeck. She went to
the home of her devoted friends Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin Guinness, 20
Washington Square, west. She left
there Sunday morning to visit friends
in the country.
Mr.. Astor's attorney in the proceed
ings is Lewis Cass Ledyard. Mr.. Led
yard is recognized as a master in the
conduct of cases requiring the high
est diplomacy and great social as well
as great legal knowledge. Mrs. As
tor is represented by John H. Cald-
wallader, head of the firm of Strong
& Cadwallader, and formerly presi-
dent of the New York Bar association.
Referee Is Silent.
Mr.. Young was seen at his home in
New Rochelle last night by reporter.
He was asked if a member of his firm
mad been appointed referee to hear
the evidence in a case of unusual note.
personally have been appointed
10 act IN such case" Mr.. Young
said.
1T is understood he was told
that Mrs John Jacob Astor is the
plaintiff in that case against her hus-
band''
ST have nothing to saw regarding
that" said Mr.. Young.
as it true that you are the referee
tor?"
Il have nothing to say he re-
peated.
Both Mrs Astor and her husband
h2SI6nQ h. ~
widely known families, have won per-
sonal distinction in many fields The
present head of the renowned house
of Aston. as financier, inventor, soldier
and sportsman, holds a lofty position
in the respect of the public as well as
of his friends. His wife, who sue
ceeded the late Mrs. William Astor as
| recognized leader of New York So
ciety, has won, besides the social
triumphs of England and America, ar
enviable reputation for her charities
and her persistent philanthropio
efforts. She has upheld the standards
of society in accordance with her own
high ideals. And although the King
of England has been her guest at hel
London home in Mayfair, although
the flower of the British nobility has
welcomed her with honors, she al
ways has found time to devote he1
truest efforts to the care of her own
| home and of her children. Her son
William vincent AStor, is now Il
years old and her little daughter
| Alice, is Z.
Have Been Long Married.
She was Miss Alva L. Willing o.
Philadelphia, a daughter of Edward S
Willing, and a descendant of the Will.
: ings and BartonS, who were known in
early American history. She wa.
married to John Jacob Astor Febru
| airy II, 1891. She'is a typical Amer
lean woman, but exceptional il
beauty. She is tall, regal and willowy
and her movements are marked BY
| unusual grace. Her manner is gentl,
and charming. Seen at a ball in on,
of the Paris creations which she il
said never to wear twice, she is a fig
ure never to be forgotten. The sof
brown of her hair is sprinkled will
silver now. curious contrast to tn
| fresh rosy oval face that still SEEM
| glowing with youth.
Mrs. Aston has made it a custom t
| spend a part of each year abroad an
has achieved as much fame as a hostes
there as here. Her last large affair i
London was in June of last year, whe
she gave a dinner and ball which wa
| attended by the most distinguished per
sonages in England.
| John Jacob Astor, the great grandso
of the first famous man of that nam,
was born in Rninebeck i'll 1854. He wa
/ graduated from Harvard in the class {
1883, three years before his marriage