The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12

aration from tho bluc-cycd. golden
haired baby girl whom no know 40
his little pal.
When Miss Huntington's engage
ment to Vincent Astor was an
nounced tho young man bubblod over
with happiness In confirming tho rc-
port 10 tho newspapers.
ASTOR DESCRIBES
HIS WIFE.
"Shc Is typical American girl"
he said OF her. "Shc has no foolish
notions and few fads. She Is not
sutfragettc. Horseback riding and
tennis are her favoritc rccreations.
or course, she's pretty"
Young Astor's enthusiastic praise
of his fiancee is echoed today by all
those who know her as Mrs. Vincent
Aston simple. straightforward
young woman who has always had
too much money to be pulled up by
Its possession. who Is not given to
wearing loud clothes or splendid
Jewels unsuitcd to her youth. A
greater contrast cannot DO imagined
than that presented by young Mrs.
Aston and the cocktail-drinking.
cigaret-smoking debutante of smart
society. Buds" sneered society
man. recently. looking over tho
young girls in Newport ballroom.
Buds" ho repeated, II call EN- bud
wisers."
And anybody who knows tho tnilt
OF Sherry's and Delmonicos, who has
heard how debutantes cut danceu to
go on tete-a-tete taxi rides through
Central Park whilo frantic chap
erons look for them in vain, cannot
say that he was altogether wrong.
Mrs. Vincent Aston by the mere
fact of being Mrs. Astor will one day
be tho leader of the New York go
ciety which spells itself in capital
letters-hcaven knows why! Tho
fact that she is SO sweet and whole-
some and simple augurs well for
the future of New York's smart set.
The Aston fortune has been gon-
orally estimated ut sac. 100000, large
ly In real estate. Young Mrs. Aston
could choose her homo among the
most costly dwellings in New York.
The fact that she elects to live in
$4,000 house speaks well for her
common sense.
Today young Morgan Is the heir to
about s2o.ooO.0o0. But 1t is said that
II the war lasts much longer his ia
Their may displace Rockefeller as the
richest man in tho world. The young
man and his wife will meet that sit
uation when they come to It. Mean
time ~ chose love in cottage.
Who ...,res to say that they are
wrong?
The Morgan family has never pro-
duced social leader. Perhaps love.
ly Louise Converse Morgan may up
set that tradition, but she has given
no sign SO far Of seeking to become
an international hostess. giver Of
balls to princes and potentates. Per-
haps she will tire of the simple life.
Perhaps Helen Aston will tire Of II.
ODD HOBBIES OF
YOUNG ASTOR.
OF the two young multi-mil-
lionaires who have chosen love In
cottage rather than pleasure and
palaces young Aston is the more So
cable. young Morgan the more ath-
letic. Vincent Astor has two fads,
aeroplanes and apples. His great
est ambition is to become an unri-
vailed sky pilot. His next greatest
to grow the finest apples raised in
New York state. His farm at Rhine-
beck is run at profit. He Is per-
haps the most scientific experiment.
er in apple growing among the gen
tlemen farmers Of the'east. His wife
loves the farm as much as he does.
though 1t is not known that she Inn
itates Marie Antoinette and makes
butter and milks the COWS. The
young couple spent their honeymoon
there among scenes which had been
familiar to them since their baby
hood.
The Junius Morgans have no /.
country home of their own. When
they returned from their honeymoon
they spent some time at the great
Morgan country house at East
Island: Long Island. where the ell
der Morgan was shot recently BY q
fanatic who committed suicide.
{. Neither Of these country places
can by any stretch Of the imagina-
ton be classed as cottages. They
cost hundreds Of thousands. So
young Astor and young Morgan with
their girlish brides had to move to
New York City, now the gold cap
ital Of the world, to undertake the
greatest experiment Of their lives.
love in a cottage. with human ma