Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-06-21
YOUNG ASTOR
IN L|MEL|CHT
RECEIVING MANY oPPoRTUN1-
TIES TO COMMIT MAER1MoNY
THEY WRITE TO HIM.

NEW YORK, June ls.-vincent
Aston, who, when he becomes of age
next November, will be master of an
estate of possibly $10o,000,00O, has
been the subject Of great solicitude to
several thousand correspondents. Let
tiers by the bushel have poured in up
on him.
The epistolatory efforts have ranged
from scarlet hued missives of passion
to sober illusions Of advice as to the
best manner of spending his money. In
the latter instance, the writer has al
ways been willing to immediate himself
upon the shrine Of self-sacrifce and
give his personal aid, regardless of the
hardship, to the proper distribution of
the Astor wealth.
Old women and young women, brazen
and demure, thin and fat ones, pretty
and ugly, have taken their pens in
hand, not without hope of gain. Some
have pretended to bespeak Mr.. Astor s
interest in behalf of causes other than
purely personal ones, but most of them
the letters from the women-have
been frankly and avowedly written in
the desire to call the young man IS at
tention to certain persons that he
otherwise might overlook.
Any young man, fairly good look
ing, possessed Of competence and
single, might expect to become the
center Of feminine attention. And in
the case of young Astor, who is each
of these things, only more so, the at
tention amounts almost to hysteria.
Those Of his friends who know Of
the letter writing industry that he,
against his wishes, is fostering, are
having lot of fun at Astor's ex-
pense, but the youth doesn't appre-
ciate it. He is retiring almost to the
point of shyness and this sudden wave
of proffered affection. when it ism It
stronger, has overwhelmed him.
Almost all Of the writers have de-
clared that the photographs they saw
in the papers of their hero have made
them quite enamored of him, and gen
orally they wind up by begging that
his picture be sent to them.
Some of the writer's have waited in
front of the Astor estate offices in
Twenty-sixth street for glimpse OF
the boy. Most have mistaken the
handsome Chick Biddle for the oh
ject Of their curiosity, much to Bid
dies embarrassment. He is an execu
tor of the Astor estate, is about 81
and looks younger.
And it isn't only through the medi
UNI of letters that women have pressed
their suits. The telephone has bee,
kept pretty busy both at the office
and at the Fifth avenue house wit
girlish voices whose owners were
anxious to have opportunities to NEE
the heir of millions. The reasons as
signed were as many as the letter
contained.
Almost all the letters from wome:
told Of suddenly conceived love 70
: the young man, of course, who'll
apart from any money he has Or es
poets to get. Some were struck b
his face or manly figure; others b
his. manner and character as descril
ed in the newspapers. Many ignore
the cause of the abrupt passion ant
instead, told how good they could b
to him.
One or two elderly cnes wanted t
) adopt him. Here and there were the
willing to be sisters to him, but mos
were willing to marry him.
The styles of the writers were man
and varied. :.
Some were reserved almost to til
point of GOODNESS. These "mistered
p him. Others feared that fainthear
edness would get them nothing SO the
leaped into endearn1ents in the fir
v line. Some showed a high order {
S inventive faculty. At Mr.. Astor
! orders these letters are burned week
). in big bundles.
Some Of the writers want the your
Il man to 'fdo somthing worthy Of tt
l. name.:o There have been suggestion
that he finance the suffragette caus
J.. Others want him to use his fortul
: to buy up breweries and distilleri'
Z and pnt them out Of business for tt
u sake of promoting the cause Of pr
t hibition.
n Comparatively few Of the letter
written by women are from inventor
= This class Of communications almo
always bore man S signature. Thin
g suggested for worthy use Of Il
q money ranged from patent bung-stal
{, ers to methods for bridging BERN
Strait. Included in the appeals a
$ those of professional beggars. Churc
u es, schools and Libraries divide homo
n as to the numbers Of their letters wi
= propositions from business houses tn
- offer him interests for ever so sms
y sum.
a. Most of these letters, of course, 6
is no answer. Those from women o
a. ignored. Many of the latter are a
Il companied by photographs. Two
= the fair correspondents sent as the
IL own postcard pictures Of Lillian HI
sell from which they had forgotten
1t scratch out the name.
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