The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-30
Interesting Facts Concerning Vincent
AstOr, Richest Young Man in the World

sayin, that familiarity breeds con
tempt" and to prove the truth oil
that other old saving. ''propinquity
breeds love" Certainly there has
been no romance in the history OF
American fashionable society in
which p7opinquity has played So
large a part Ii also explains why
no other girl in the world eve-
interested young Mr.. Aston.
Even the parents. grandparents
and great-grandparents OF the two
were friends and neighbors The
seeds of the romance We're planted
by William b. Dinsmore. the great.
grandfather of the bride-to-be, and
William B. Aston. grandfather of the
future bridegroom. when they pur-
chased adjoining estates on the
banks of the Hudson.
Divorce statistics prove unquali-
fiedly that marriages on short &C
quaintance, more often than not,
prove disastrous 1t has been prov
ed, 20 the satisfaction of many stu
dents, that marriages between per-
sons who have grown up together,
or who have enjoyed several years
of friendship. are more apt to prove
Take these two young people. From
babyhOOd they have played together.
In their childhood, when neither one
would be interested in putting the
best foot forward" they We're close
companions. They qnarrelled over
childish matters. perhaps. But they
always made up and were better
friends than ever. At Christmas time
they planned together for the bene-
fit Of the village people Of Stats
burgh and Rhinebeck. They gave
presents and treats to the children
of the villages. they made imma-
ture plans for future when they
should be grown up
Then, growing up, together they
took a part in larger philanthropies,
particularly in Holiday House,
home for working girls established
by the late Colonel As.or; they
spent one day week at the home
whenever they We're both in resi-
dence at their country places.
Urged by his next door neighbor,
young Astor formed an athletic
association in his village. He de
veloped a baseball team and his
neighbor became an ardent fan. But
they sill played together-nearly
every day there were tennis games,
in which there must have been some
love games they played golf mo-
tored and rode horseback. There
were family luncheons and dinners.
were placed so as to see all sides
of each others weaknesses and
strength They learned how to meet
and solve many problems which, had
they confronted after short &C
quaintance might have led to
lv visiting day.
During her years at fashionable
boar,ing school, Helen and her
neighbor were the same good
friends Her school girl friends be-
came accustomed to seeing the tall
slender, young millionaire for he
never failed to call on the one week
| twisting day.
Last spring urged by his next
door neighbor, young Aston decided
to become a scientific farmer. He
has laid out his Fernclffe farm on
thoroughly scientific principles, such
as are advocated by the New York
State Agricultural college, and in
all this work his coadjutor has been
Miss Huntington.
All his life Vincent Aston saw so
much OF Miss Huntington that he
had no time to get interested in any
other girl.
All the world loves a lover. Vim
cent Astor, with his fortune of $685.
100000 is the richest young man in
the united States, and probably in
the world, and this fact, with the
announcement OF his engagement
makes every detail concerning his
personality. no matter how seemingly
trivial it may be, not only Of in
terest but of importance to the
public.
Young Aston, who is known to his
family as Vincent, stands 6 feet and
a half an inch in height Being
very slim, this gives him the ap-
T'earance of being remarkably tall.
His shoulders are slender and his
chest is somewhat hollow. He
weighs $50 pounds.
His hair, which he wears parted
on the left side, is dark brown and
quite nice looking. He has a fairly
high and square forehead. His eye
brows are clearly defined and his
eyelashes long His nose is thin,
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