Show THE BRITISH Waldorf Astor son of William Wal Waldolf Waldorf dorf dolf Astor was among those who went down with the Unionists in the first p pOlling of the elections In Great Britain The poor success of the young man In recalls the fact that his tat father er once ran for CongreSs s in New NewYork NewYork York That is he was d he I run much or well This is gen generally generally supposed to account for his being a British subject at the present time Immediately after his defeat the elder Astor discovered that the United States was no country fora for a gentleman and Is said to have Indulged in a remark of that kind flis fIls three hundred millions of dollars did not cause n a general rush of citizens to the p polls to vote for him and he went to dear deat old un on where men who own breweries are made peers ot of th thC realm Many I ny times since then there have been rumors that William was to be made an earl or given some other title but the honor has mm in escaping him Ills HIs vast amount of money money has put him himin himIn in the social swim and he is allowed to entertain as lavIshly as as he likes If Thackeray were living the Astor family in England would doubtless go godown godown down into history in a new and enlarged edition of the Book of Snobs |