Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-31
Speculation as to Course
Of Youthful Bride Of
Col. John Jacob
Astor.
By Her Marriage She Will Become
the Head Of the -Four Hundred
and Social Arbiter Of the
Elect--May Not Choose
to Exercise Preroga-

ESh THM of the tongue at New
MEM E@ port and in other fash
ESg$aEAEM ionable eastern circles.
nGasn&a 1t is, this:
.'Wil the new Mrs. John Jacob AS
tor aspire to rule society,""
For some years the name Astor has
been a foremost one in select social
circles and the feminine head of the
reigning family has generally held
sway among the members of the four
hundred.
John Jacob Astor is the head and
control Of al. the vast Aston interests
and millions In this country. His
mother was for years the u~ndisputed
queen of an American social des1ot-
ism and persons were barred or rec
ognized by the very nod of her head.
The last Mrs. John Jacob Aston.
who was Miss Ava Willing of Phila-
delphia, before her marriage, had sue
ceeded to this enviable and autocratic
position when she found 1t necessary
to divorce Colonel Aston. Her reign
ended there abruptly and since that
time the four hundred has been with
out a recognized leader. Mrs. John
R. Drexel and Mrs. Ogden Mills have
been engaged in a struggle for SUI
premacy in this regard, but neither
has so far been able to show any
gain over the other.
With the announcement that John
Jacob Astor, despite his age OF forty
eight years and that he has two
grown children, is to make a slip of a
girl his wife, society is all agog as to
the wishes and intentions of Miss
Madeline Talmage Force, who Is o
to become the bride of the multimil-
lionaire.
Sudden Rose to High Position.
From the obscurity Of not ever the
most exclusive society of Brooklyn to
the rulership of the four hundred is a
far cry, but it looks as If this is what
Madeline Force is going to do. AS
the wife of Colonel Aston she will oc-
cupy the very foremost rank of Sc
lect society, and as to her designs
upon the leadership, that is a matter
that rests solely with herself. She
could have 1t If she was SO inclined
and 1t is dollars to d%oughnuts that
she will welcome the opportunity to
establish this highest point in a so.
cial ambition.
To have Newport hang and wait up.
on her every mood and within; to have
the Golden Horseshoe" at the Metro.
politan opera house culver with ex
element and stand or low as she
struts to her center box; to have all
the grande danes Of Fifth and Mad
ison emu watch the lists of hel
guests as a guide or Who's Who ir
proper exclusive circles will all be
sweet to the ears of this little miss
who not SO long ago had to remain
content with the glories that come
with Brooklyn Sunday school picnics
Any doubt as to the four hundred
receiving this young woman can b,
quickly dispelled. The power of tn,
Astor name and fortune Is suficien
to carry almost any one on to socia
Victory. Those who know the littl,
Force girl say she will be able t
make a conquest or two on her owl
account. She is described as beini
a wholesome, f~un-loving girl who wa
immensely popular at school and witt
the degree Of society that she ha
been privileged to mingle in durinI
her brief social career. Her friend
are confident she will be a success
from the very start. They at leas
are Of the opinion that she win d.
scend upon the Four Hundred wit
all the confidence Of one who ha
known its rules and whims for year.
Society" Somewhat Shocked.
The announcement that Jack" A,
tor was to marry an eighteen-year-ol
girl came as a great shock to tn
Four Hundred which in the main
assembled at the present season /
Newport. AT first there was a sIigi
show of di%sapproval, but this wa
quickly displaced by a desire to sc
and meet this girl that swept frol
one end Of Newport to the other ill
a c~ontagion.
The interest that had been stirre
up over the rivalry between Mr.
Drexel and Mrs. Mills was lost sigl
of in a twinkling and no other su
ject could drown out the hum on CO
tage ~verandas. at dinner tables ar
at the Casino, and thus hum had
do only with the winning Of "Jacl
Astor by a girl.
Therefore, instead Of going to Me-
port an unknown quantity and as