The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-28

| been caused in the highest London So
cicty by the announcement OF the So
crct wedding OF Lord Ribbesdale. one
OF our most autocratic peers and Mrs.
Jacob Aston. first wife of III" multi
millionaire colonel. who Was los. TN
the Titanic II will b. remembered ,ha'
| Colonel Jacob As.Or was returning from
his honeymoon with his second wItc
when the Inflated liner was sunk.
| Lord RibbcSdalc'S romantic marrIag"
was kept strictly secret and only very
few intimate friends We're present AT
| ST. Mary'S church. Bryansl"n square,
| London. when tho ceremony took pl'''''.
| No CnGagcmtnt was announced and IL
| Is safe TO say that no wedding OF recent
/ times will create such a STIR III N'V
York both from its romantic and secret
! character and the fact that II creates
another link between democratic Amer
lea and the British pcrragc.
| Tho bride and bridegroom are two or
the most widely known people on both
sides of the Atlantic on account Of their
! unique positions in society, their unllm-
tied wealth. and the countless stores
Of romance that have FOR ages been
allied with their respective families
Thomas Lister. fourth Baron IihhcS-
! dale, il in his siXty-fifth year. and ~
therefore soma twenty years Older than
his newly-won bride, and comes from
an Old Lancashire family which was
ennobled in 1877. The eldest sons nave
! usually been Christcncd Thomas Lister
and il was in 1876 that tho present peer
exchanged this simple name Tor MS
fathers title.
Nicnamed by King Edward.
| His first wife was a sister of .l"rd
! Glenconner ard Mrs. AsQuth. and he
has three daughters living. His third
! daughter last year married Captain
| Arthur Capcl, brother Of the present
| Lady Michelham. who is one or IN" prln-
! cipals in the romantic lawsuit when,
| when heard, will involve millions. His
eldest daughter married Sir Matthew
| Wilson. and his second daughter is the
wife Of Lord Lovat. He has 40 heir.
! both his sons having lost their lives in
! the course Of military operations. The
! elder, captain the Hon. Thomas Lister.
| r. s. O., was killed at Jdball. S"mali-
| land, in 1904: the younger. Charles LIS
ter. who had reputation as WHY
speaker and had declared himself So
! cialist. died from wounds received IN
! Gallipoli in 1918.
| Jnquestionably the most picturesque
recr in "Dcbrett." Lord Ribblcsdal" is
strikngly tall and slim. 4 familiar fif-
ure in Pail Mall. he is tn" beau ideal OF
| clubman King Edward called him
| 1.-The ancestor" because Of IN" imp.cS-
sion nc gives Of having stepped out NJ
| a gilded family portrait. and those who
arc acquainted with SarGent's noble
| paintingh Of Lord Ribblesdale will agree
| that the late king hit him on" to
nicely. A noted foXhuntcr and some
| time master OF the royal buckhounds,
his name figured largely in sporting cir
| cles. while tht stage occupied much OF
his attention at one time.
Possessing an carly Victorian manner.
house OF lords. great deal of his time
has been given TO politics, but of late
years he has not figured 10 any great
extent in the active circles Of West
minister although earlier in his career
| ne acted for a time as chief Liberal
| whip Perhaps his most famous time in
| this circle was when he described Mr..
Lloyd George as half highwayman.
half pantaloon." in connection with the
premier's heated speeches over the
budget controversy.
| Al one time In his career Lord Rib
| blesdale became famous as being the
| man who accomplished the difficult feat
| OF interviewing Parnell. They CHANGED
| to be travelling in the same compart-
| mcnt from London to Holy-head. and
! the Peer tried to draw" tho Irish leader
but was met at first with very curt re-
plies. But in time ParneA thaw"d and
talked freely upon important political
| affairs The interview duly appeared
bver Lord Ribblesdalc's signature in
London publication. Parncn never QucS-
toned its accuracy. although he limited
! lau ghingly that lit was got by false pre-
tencSs."
The Reigning Beauty.
Tho bride has had a most romantic
career. As Miss Ava willing she was
tho reigning beauty in PhilaG @lphia dur
| ing her younger years, and on tho death
| Of her father became one Of tn" veal
| thiest women in the world. In New York
she met Col. John JACOB AsIor. anu after
| n short courtship the two were married.
The alliance between two such wealthy
houses caused a great sensation in Am
| erican circles. where both were cytrcmc-
ny popular. Mrs. Aston was not long in
! taking New York by storm. Soon sh"
became one Of the most brilliant mem
bcrs Of the exclusive -Four Hundred"
and her great beauty. wonderful genius
and the magnificence OF her entertain
cnts-distinguishcd for their lavish
grandeur even in New York at a period
when the art OF extravagant entertain
J ment had been carried 10 inordinatc
lengths soon made her recognized
| leader.
On both sides OF the Atlantic her
graceful figure. with its prcmaturely
white hair, was notable she moved
! through a ballroom or swept into rec
option wearing her valuable and historic
! Jewels.
Worldwide astonishment was great
! when in 1909 she instituted proceedings
! for divorce in the New York Courts. No
! name was mentioned. and - decree was
| granted after proceedings which only
i lasted @ minute. 1t was not till tho fol-
! lowing year that the decree was made
absolute. The delay was caused by
| dispute over the money TO be settled on
Mrs. Astor. Colonel Aston offered $l25.-
5000 while Mrs. Aston claimed $500
/ 10000 a year. 4 compromise was reach
! cd, IL is understood. on the basis Of Mrs.
| Astor receiving $3.50. 100000 year.
| Drowned in Titanic Disaster
Soon after obtaining her divorc" Mrs.
| Aston came to live in London. whore.
| owing to her frequent visits. she was
! was almost as well known in social cir
/ clos az in New York. She bought tn"
! maEnihcent mansion. No. IS GruSv"uOr
SQUARE which contains rar" Louis WI.
furniture and some wonderful old oak.
Before the war she entertained 'n
magnificent scale in hcr London home.
but during the war sh" was one of Tho
most active social workers on behalf of
war charitieSA