The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-06-04

trothed promise that they viii spend
most Of their lives on the beautiful
banks of the Hudson, where she was
brought up and where Astor's 5000
acre Ferncliffe estate lies. She is not
unsociable, nor at all ignorant Of ball
rooms, theaters and "doings," but she
cares not whit for the formal side Of
society
The wedding will be country cere-
mony, either at Hopeland House. the
mansion on the Huntington estate, or
IN the little country church nearby.
Young Astor has not been very well
this winter. He has suffered from
pneumonia and bronchitis. It will be
remembered that his mother almost
despaired of his life ct the age
Of eight, when she hurried him off to
St Moritz.
From the life Miss Huntington has
led so far it is to be expected that she
and her husband viii spend much time
in the open. The tall, blonde girl OF
twenty was brought up almost entire
lly on the big Huntington and Dinsmore
places along the Hudson, which were
once held by her grandfather, William
B. Dinsmore, late president Of the
Adams Express company. She went to
school In Dobbs Ferry, which isn't a
great distance from her home, and she
has spent some winters in New York
city.
Her first quarrel with Vincent came
at the age OF nine-he being then
eleven. She had planted an oak tree.
when three years old, with the aid OF
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert P. Huntington. The tree had grown
for six years and she proudly took her
little visitor from ''up the road" out to
look at It. Astor remarked, with a
critical eye. it would take some years
for the tree to be big enough to climb
IN. The visit ended abruptly right
there, but the next day Vincent sought
and obtained pardon over the tele.
phone.
At the time the Staten Island Ship
building company began to rip out the
Attings of the Mona, it was naturally
surmised that she was to be the
honeymoon ship Then 1t was un.
derstood that the swift little craft was
to make a pre-nuptial cruise across the
Atlantic, through the Mediterranean
and up the Nile with the young couple
and their mothers. This would have
been following the course taken by the
late Col. John Jacob Astor on his
honeymoon trip which ended with the
sinking of the Inflated Titanic. But
young Astor said mo" to both these
reports and set the gossips still fur
ther speculating.
ff Astor does not use the Mona he
has many other means Of slipping out
of the country. There are, first, his
numerous high-powered automobiles.
Then he has crack hydroplane that
does 85 miles an hour, and if he carries
out his plans will soon own hydro
aeroplane. Being an expert mechanic,
he usually spurns the assistance OF O
professional chauffeur.
But the Noma's engines have been
prepared for long cruise. Entirely
new boilers have been installed. Cap
tain Dangan OF the Mona has been In
structed BY Mr.. Astor to fly no pen
nants when the yacht leaves the ship
yards and steals up the Hudson to
Rhineciiff
The landing Is only few miles dis
tant from Ferncliffe and from Hope
land House. the graceful and stately
huntington mansion on the estate OF
the late William B. Dinsmore. Alto.
getheF It is pretty safe 70 assert that
FAstorp viii be often in the headlines
the next few months and that New
York newspaper reporters viii have
several merry little chases to amuse
them
Meanwhile Astor ID working hard to
make money to get married. like any
other young man. He has run up three
or four new apartment houses, several
loft buildings OF fine character and a
unique bachelor chambers enterprise
Just of Times square, which Ii mod
eled after the famous Albany Of Lon
don. He gets down TO business ii the
Astor estate Offices ct No. 28 West
Twenty.slxth street regularly at half