The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-25
Is the Victim of Women
Letter Writers
FAIR ONES LOVE HIM
o ANY of the Correspondents Of
the Master of Millions Would Marry
Him-AlI Sorts of Good Advice
Given Him.

New York, June 11.-Nincent Astor.
who when he becomes Of age next
November will be the master Of an
estate Of possibly 500, O0o, 900, has
been the subject Of great solicltude
to several thousand correspondents.
Letters by the bushel have poured in
upon him.
The e~pistolatory efforts have ranged
from scarlet-hued missives Of passion
to sober effusions Of advice as to the
best manner Of spending his money.
In the latter instances, the writer has
always been willing to immediate him
late himself upon the shrine Of self
sacrifice and gives his personal aid
regardless Of the hardship, to the
proper distribution Of the Astor
wealth.
Old women and young women,
brazen and denure, thin and fat ones,
pretty n ugly, have taken their
pens III hand, not without hope Of
sain. Some have presented to be
speak 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
ana dFoWeOly written III the desire
to call the young mans attention TO
certain persons that he otherwise
might overlook.
Hysterical Attention.
Any young man, fairly good looking,
possessed Of a competence and single,
might expect to become the center Of
feminine attention.. And in the case
OF young Aston, Who is each Of these
things, only more so, the attention
amounts almost to hyteria.
Those Of the friends who know Of
h letter writing industry that he,
against his wishes, is fostering, are
having a lot Of fun at Astor's expense,
but the youth doesn't appreciate it.
He is retiring almost to the point
Of shyness and this sudden wave of
proffered affection, when it ism
stronger, has overwhelmed him.
Almost all Of the writers have de-
clared that the photographs they saw
in the papers Of their nero have made
them quite enamored Of him. and
generally they wind up by begging
that his picture be sent TO them.
Some Of the writers nave waited in
front of the Aston estate offices in
Tw~enty-sixth street for a glip'..e OF
the boy. Most have mistaF u &c
handcome Mick" Eddie fo- yv~ sub
ject of their curiosity, m1c.} . Bid
dies embarrassment. IL IS an exc
uto Of the AStor es.ate, is about
thirty-four and ook younger.
Sudden Love
And it isn't only through the
Of letters that women have presseC
their suits. The telephone has been
} kept pretty busy both at the offices
and at the Fifth avenue houS WITT
girlish voices whose owners were an
!, Xious to have opportunities to NEE
the heir of millions. The reasons as
signed were as many as the letteI
contained.
H1-,or+ ~ tho 1attnrc FROM nm
old Of suddenly conceived love 70.
: the young man, Of curse. who'll.
I apart from any money he has or eA
q poets to get. Some We're struck Z.
G his face or manly figure: others b,
r his manner and character as des
: scribed in the newspapers. Many *
q nored the cause Of the abrupt passion
S and. instead, old how good they coul'
: be to him.
e One or two elderly one wanted t
alopt him. Here and there WeT
Q those willing to be sisters TO him, bu
most were willing TO marry nm.
Spirit of Letters.
It The styles Of the writer's We're man
and varied. Aucassin to Nicolettt
Abellard to Heloise, "Ruzzielamb
4 his lady friend. or Mayor 6aynor |
some one he didn't like, never dare
the flights attempted in some Of IN
letters that pile up weekly Tor NJ
Aston. The spirit of he misslVe
: varied from bursts Of Sapphic passio
to the di~rectneSs and simplicity OF
Mary c. Burke.
Some were reserved almost to II
l. point of GOODNESS. These mustered
him. Others feared that falnthear
edness would get them nothing S
they leaped into endearInentS IN II
first line. Some showed a high ordt
of inventive faculty. 1t seems almo
IN an injustice that at Mr.. Astor's orde-
these letters are buFned weekly
big bundles; it seems a loss to htert
* tuTe.
: Destroy BreWeries-
Some Of the writer's wan the you
man to do something worthy Of h
p, name There have been suggestion
that he finance the ~Su1ragette cauS
81 O4horc Manf him to iSa hi9 f0rtnl