The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-26
VINCENT ASTOR,oFF
FOR CRUISE, WANTS
TO Be A REPORTER
Har to Millions Interviews"
Newspaper Man Before He
Sails for Panama.
WILL TEST HIS YACHT.
Expects to Catch Tarpon and
Is Ready for Anything Up
to a Whale.
WILL TEST HIS YACHT.

to a Whale.
:
B2ore Vincent AStor sailed southwark
to-day on board his stssm yacht
NRa hs revealed an Anloittou from
achievement Of which . mere accident
OF birth has cut him OF. The richest
youth in America. next best 10 direct
iag the dsstlnies Of the fortune lsft BY
his father, would like TO be . reporter.
Fer . half hour the young head Of
the house Of Aston stood. haklsss and
ovsrcoatiess, ON the w1nd-swspt outer
END OF the italian IAns paer q the foot
Of West rhirty-fourth street chatting
With an EVENING World rsoortsr. g. II.
Crane. the yacht designer end father
Of the Mona. was the only other per-
son near the big pleasure boats Gang.
way besides the reporter and Mr.. Astor
An ordinary. looking cooker spaniel.
which. osyond . slightly bored ar. had
none Of the symptoms Of close assocta.
ton with wealth. shivsred and whined
at the terra arma end Of the sansway.
Vincent Astor stopped and pattsd the
dog's head.
Poor old smudss." ae sasd. II know
you're going to BE- ssaaick again. but
slnoiy oaa't leave you behind. You've
got 70 come down and go the canal.
to-.
IA soon - We Get outside. SmudSe
wiz b the most miserable dog IN the
wsssd. Hen nsvsr - one q those sood
% seaAo0s"
ne dog Occupied vinosut Astors At
tsstion tor . moment By sitting on it,
hsunehss end offering . isutuid paw.
His master ahook u
y Ssle ! should have 70 ~ The BIC
dAAsh bssoss Il was aiisd." Mr. Astor
coatinueA. and lie setting along now to
. 0Ds WAses STE Tie last cell for break.
fasG - 70 spsak. an going 70 take
absar1 . pasty Of stx o. ssvsa friends
at Chssisseoa. bk untii We get there
I dlAll b The NomGs only passenger.
II Nm b . test trip that far. We're
soiAg b run only Avs Of the boilers
aa6 - veil have only forty-tWo In crew.
The teeaAa's test tine he's bssa hinsessn
asl . half knets and want = sss II
" ;eaa'e bsas u
ootRto TO Fi0h AND 70 AGAov
ron EVEN A WHALE.
IN would b 3oaly n ~ could stop
down b Asxios, - have . ieek at the
fracas. but guess " shaal keep cisss'y
70 our programme. ! want 10 gst some
n1lsing on the way baek. end I guess
there will b - much sHcitsmsnt hooking
tarpon - We eoul find In Msxioo City
without gstting In he way Of eudists.
You ought - zee my Ashias tackle
ds1't know just what chance ~ have
70 ~ Il. but I'm Srspafsd for .: thing
W 70 . Whsje.
There win b one satisfsction about
this cruise. although he Noms's little
too large 70 have much real fun aboard
1t viii - getting warmer every day
I've had two montAs Of oela weather
W here nov. end TN ready for .
change. ! cont suppose you've ever
seen my utds thirty-four siooD up the
Hudsonf ! shail sail her myself and
well. IA rather b aboard her than on
tAs Mona. Ton going to raSs her this
summer. But I will never have one Of
those racing schoousrs that are nothing
more nor lee than machines"
vinceat Astor Wsat Down ne gang.
VAN ana into his statsroom lie
emergsd. . moment later. bundled into
. grsatcoat and with . cap pulled down
over his eyes.
1T was getting rather chilly" he
saiA. "B-r-r-dfteen above! Well. III
soon be away from L. Now. Old chap
n you'll pardon my curiosity. wish
YOU'D ten me something about your
work. I've never bad Q chance TO ask
one Of you chaps auestions-you've been
20 busy nring them Ut mel"
" ne WEREN'T VINCENT AsroR,
HE'D d A REPORTER.
Americas richest young man settled
htmssH comfortably on Q kSg. with the
sDanis, at his feet and PROCEEDED to
set some arst hand information d what
bs1ng Q reporter was like
And I've always had an idea" he
saSd, shat reporters just kept walking
sses,nd o. riding In cabs here and there
uofdl they came upon something inter
ss1hns. What . marvellous system you
really = have! I suppose nov. II ]
were Interviewing myself. that would
- somsthing sbou. my matrimonial
Daansr"
fhs yVutAhul mui ti-mliionairs looked
- - FsAa-hfs reporter with inaoesn,
49,.
"AaA ehsn." he went on. ~ being
avsef 81 beng intsrvtswsd. would
0sshasay raaA iowa the sanDlank "a
49, ~ saGlsn not 70 let that rspertsr
enecA NE. Tea II seems 70 ~ thsrs
vsuA b . ,ot 0ers fun n bsanG that
rs0ofsse than In being myself. Yea,
~; " wsrsa't Vinosnt Actor "a hike
70 be . reporter. too
4 motor truck rumblsd 70 the pier
ed and hacked up close to the NomA's
eanspAnk. \ hs,f-dosen sailors rushed
" uhs eangway. lifted OF some
lsnsths Of piping and carried them
toUar1 the enStne room. Vincent Asesr
inev.r>A from thu kaw