The Cairo bulletin., 1911-10-20

with Brooklyn Sunday school picnics.
Any doubt as to the four hundred
receiving this young woman can be
quickly dispelled The power OF the
Aston name and fortune is sufficient
to carry almost any one on to social
victory. Those who know the little
Force eirl say she will be able to
make conquest or two on her own
account. She is described as being
q wholesome. fun-loving girl who was
immensely popular at school and with
the degree of society that she has
been privileged to mingle In during
her brief social career. Her friends
are confident she will be a success
from the very start. They at least
are Of, the opinion that she win de-
scend upon the Four Hundred with
all the confidence OF one who hfA
known its rules and whims for years.
Society" Somewhat Shocked.
The announcement that Jack" As.
tor was to marry an eighteen-year-old
Four Hundred which in the main is
assembled at the present season In
| Newport. AT first there was a slight
show OF disapproval. but this was
| quickly displaced by desire to see
and meet this girl that swept from
Que end of Newport to the other like
contagion.
The tnteres, that had been stirred
up over the rivalry between Mrs.
Drexel and Mrs Mills was lost sight
OF In twinkling and no other sub.
1ect could drown out the hum on cot.
tage yerandas, at dinner tables and
at the Casino, and thus hum had to
% only with the winning of Jack"
Aston by girl.
Therefore. instead OF going to New.
port an unknown quantity and az a
person who had to begin the often
hopeless struggle up the social lad
der, Madeline Force had Newport
waiting expectant at her very feet
before she started for that famous
place.
The hundreds of servants and at
tendants at Beechwood hustled about
preparing the huge estate for the COM
ing OF It's future chatelaine. This
spirit spread In many directions, for
the things and homes that Colonel
John Jacob Astor controls are only to
be tabulated on a long aud notice
able list. There are several Aston
yachts, and their crews lost no time
busting up" Probably right now
decorators are at work on the huge
mansion at Fifth avenue and Sixty
fifth street in New York. Then there
are the shooting estates near Aiken,
South Carolina, the enormous farm
up on the Hudson. the camp In the
Adirondacks and probably Colonel AS
tor only knows what various places
and toys he has to amuse a young
wife.
| Mrs. Astor's Rigid Rule,
Under the reign Of the late Mrs
William Aston, mother OF the pres
emit John Jacob Aston, society wen,
its way with stiff back and a high
heeled shoe. In other words, Mrs
Aston was matronly and eventually
elderly during the last part OF hel
rulership. Her ideas Of social deport
ment ran along the lines Of state din
ners, operas and very prim and prud
ish entertainments. II was undel
this sitting influence that society
welcomed the innovations OF Mrs
Stuyvesant Fish, who with Harr,
Lehr and others introduced "monke,
shines and all manner OF outlandisl
amusements. The reason why Leh
and his silly antics prevailed was tina
a certain element In the Four Hun
dred crayed any form OF diversion t,
get relief from the rigid behavior pre-
scribed by Mrs. Aston.
This elderly queen Of the Four Hun
dred ruled with an iron hand. Lor
help anyone that fell under the wrat
OF her displeasure, Mrs. Fish felt It
SO that Mrs: Phil Lydig and host G
other lively matrons. Then Their
were some who got into the charme
circle through devotion to the rule
laid down by Mrs. Aston. 1t was
hard struggle for Mrs. George Goul'
who lived a very circumscribed exis
ence for years In order to get With
the magic circle, Her arduous an
exact'ng conduct attracted Mrs A
tor. One night at the Metropolis
opera house the late Mrs. Aston turne
as she was about 10 enter the hns
Astor box and bowed stity to MI