Show h M MANY Nr ARE Rf T THE f WOES Of A MILLIO Insistence on Oil Rights In Trines Trifles Causes Trouble for Willie Wile Waldorf Astor HEW tEW LIGHT ON OH A Strange Sort SorL of Philanthropist Who Imo Half InH as DS Designing as lie Ic Is IB Credited With Wih Special Correspondence London Aug AuS 0 UA A great deal delt of oC non Benso lute bus been about aboul the trans trails transplanted planted branch of or the Astor Aslor family sluice since the tho Announcement of ot MIss MI Pau Paulines lines lilies In engagement to Capt Tender Clay Cia Most of ot It U humus him hiA been heen and mull all 11 of oC It I has hns been heen contI ury to William With Wal Waldorf dorf dorC conviction that lout It I IB II a n kind of Infringement 11 of or to 10 so BO much muchas as liS mention monton bin hil name numo lamo In Iii th the r except In brief and formal Cormal fashion Probably thee a II mini In Eng England In land today vIm bo ho la is If no HO much Inoh misunderstood stood whO vho wh gets so little credit for his Imis good qualities and HO so much discredit for foi that apparently r s und mid Irritability rAther than Ihan from lilly any real Since SilIca tho the of oC huts bin daughter hits has been haen a he h has bus been pictured nn on ni In a Ii rage 1010 at the thought that lout lifter a nil all lib his hIl ho bo Had not luot sue cue UC cooled In Iii II marrying her Into limb the hue peer rugs There hore In Is nothing except Imagine tion lon to 10 support the tho tutor 1101 Miss MIsa Mils Astor Ator choso to full Cul In Ill lovo love with a edith nub and eminently suitable man lan of or 31 who Beems ms to 10 bo Ito i ruttier rather better bolter quality ity Iy than most ot or the tIme available a unmarried ried peats or O II h heirs lr to p I 1 that nhi 1111 promptly received item hOI fathers to ther hi es 11 1 WITH I TIm It I was hard to 10 puit with so devoted a daughter saId paid Mr Astor Autor A lol to 10 a friend who lio congratulated hIm on the Iho engage engagement ment of ot Pauline Since her death tenth slip sIlO ho has been tho thu comfort of or II my life Iro rhose who u I 10 hun know the attachment that exists between bel weIl father and daughter and who ulmo know the hue true forts farts concerning tIle the failure of oC the tho Duke huke of oC Hox burgha to become tho lie husband of ot Paul Vaut Paulina PaulIno inc ina Astor AltaI express email 1111 patience with wih the tho stories of or paternal dissatisfaction A lib Itil lh tho the present engagement Ills Hs desertion of ot his bin hiI native land hand has ban been Ienn gIven Khen us its lS the lie of or the tho unpopularity of oC William Waldorf Astor Altor hut but that tt hud hind fill less lees lele to do 10 with It than oth other othor er tr which this thia queer Ape specimen of ot millionaire uncommonly Inter Interesting In lor esting An All Mr Astor Asto Intimately and ts I him almost dally told mo me recently that nothing BO Rn this former American as OH 18 a S choice In iii his the HIP Poll 11 Mall Gazette or In the Pall Pail Pal Mall MII that seemed to reflect on tIm the th United d States to 10 know klint my It I may la surprise jott ou Informant went nt or era to 10 IA ny 11 tint that Mr 11 r Astor seems HeI I II 0 be genuinely devoted to the hue United States State lie no told tol me Inc 11 onto that butt tho tIle only reason for C or r his hlA IiI leaving It I sable aside from certain c family matters was l his Indignation nt at lt the hue th wiy WI two or om three yellow journals In New Nel York and Ind i u fv fw I of time the other cItIes lud written about abou him and n a ld his bin family faintly Iam OPI MICK MAN You can get Jet some Idea Idell of ot tho lie severe methodical formality which character characterizes izes IZ Mr Mc tr Astor Altor by ly a visit Isil to 10 his iii really pal beautiful estate on Omi tho he Thames embankment melt next to 10 the temple Out Omit Outside Olt side 11 It I looks bolts as If I It I might ho bo a n de tie delicately designed library that lust has hs been hen stationed In London for l Oi l a I time to 10 be corpo aged I and und sooty soot fool In up IP before be Core laking UH Its IK proper place pia co among similar choice old olti buildings In II In say 81 Oxford Ox Cord Inside all ni time be walls lal are richly panel paneled vend ed 11 h with wih polished oak olk the tho hardwood hallwood floors glisten like there tho of ot a hii 1001 the tim single oaken bench tom for CO waiting visitors Is IH us lid I stiff as asa IA asa a marblo seat scat In a mu I mausoleum u aro no curves curses d only right an nn angles Behind a long glittering counter topped by a it I wondrous iron 1101 arc aro two 10 clerks who also 1180 appear to 10 have havo hlo been beon p n carved out cult Olt of or oak Olk mind and who ho sit 1111 oaken desks ilC nt at marvelously neat noat lakel hearing bearing huge hUKe volumes There Is such an all ni oppressIve air ot or ac Sc accuracy Ir curacy exactitude precision Shut and 1111 strict silent shout formality about I out the tho place that It I would be h impossible to 10 Imagine such Much a athing athing thing as a II blot or an In au erasure or on 01 a 1 mlA mis misspelled spelled word In all Mi ni those great books hooks the this aIO Is III recorded down to In hi the thc minutest l Item Ono One full fan fancies cies den that thai even tile ciphers which lend lanui their helm countenance to 10 tho the higher hl her fig figures ni ures of oC the lie Astor tor millions at alB are a written III In ledges le In II the lit form aim of ot squares rather Hum ns as I ovals a mu relished polished vestibule severely l unadorned Is I another lIkewise oaken and nn severely plain whore sits the Astor A lor solicitor an exact man sur surrounded surrounded rounded by hy neat nelt documents recording with ivl phenomenal exactness oxa C every ov r transaction In im which the time Astor estate estalo huns has been beel Involved U If 1 you should In Inadvertently advertently pay po jo the tho Astor estate estale a II penny moro 1010 than tho the precise sum you ou owed the tho hue perturbation of oC the Astor so sri solicitor 1 helter olor would be as its iK great as ns If It you yell paid a penny vennor or 1000 less It a than you 01 out owed In tho the rooms beyond are aro Mr lr KIOs and on tho lie door foor above Is la a 1 severely oaken hall haIl where Mr Mi 11 Astor occasionally occa gives glo correct banquets 15 liquIds A 4 SAD And net there you ou have havo William Waldorf Astor Aslor as la pictured by his hula surroundings Anything Any thinK a lIttle out of ot order moves move 1008 him to bitterness probably ox plains an lull Incident that did moro more to 10 hurt hurl him with London society than could be he undone by Imy b any amount of or lav lavish ish sifts gifts to charity Through some tomo misunderstanding Alexander Berk Berkeley eley Iler one nIle Olt of or thus tho Ih most 1011 popular of ot society men taco was las wal present without Invitation tation without H a I formal Invitation at l least at 11 it big party given by Mr Ir As Astor s stor sor tor or The llie host was WIS KO so I irritated by the time fact tut that Ihal ho lie hI hail It published hlll In iii his bin hil own paper tho lie next day 1111 11 Now Nol SIr HII Alexander AI was wan perfectly Innocent ot of the its offense and ant was Wil moreover a I per pel personal 1111 friend nf rut tho Iho ho king 1 tumId and queen tier Her majesty took look especial pains that lint ho should bo be Io seen eNI In Iii II her h r box boC at Rl tho lie opera Client Immediately after the publication tion Iou of ot tho tIm Item 1 1 and tuimil store since then Mr Mc Astor lion pot flot had royal approval al although II though hi daughter hiss has been heon a n favor favorite lie ite le with wih both tho the queen and uund the lie Prin Princess cess of ot Wales Tho mi 01 01 took tonk it Il hand tOt too tOi In an nh another ni other rut dispute ui I to In I im which vh rim the t he millionaire lii I II ire became Involved through Insistence In on 01 oh his rights to tC the tho Ih groat t detriment of ot hits his popularity That was WIS his hl conflict with wih tho thin Thames Conservancy over tho the of o haIling rights rl ht In lit II that part lat of or the river bounded by h tho the Cliveden estate The Tho Is in nn sit 11 emin eminently popular and fashionable body bol hod They J hey tire lire for the govern government bent ment of nr ht ii RIver Thames from end to lo end they thoy stock It I with fish Osh tom for tho tim purpose of ot providing sport for or anglers from anywhere and every n where so long as lS tiey Il do not tubular abuse any luny ot or the lie 11 to II them hahn Mr Jl Astor au us UI lOI as ItS Ill he lie hl bought Cliveden 1 from Crom the Iho fluke Duke of oC Westminster cd ed tint IllAt Ills hits POrt part of or tho time was Ins his hiM own aIl preserve ami no noone 10 noone one n l ibb there thore without hits bin person personal al 01 a hit Hi fought t the tho ho ami un won on but hul a people eople who sho ho HO go fl lulling I not hot f in trot ten at II till action I arbitrary If people I they thie regard us its want sant I to now humus they must do 10 so Mom boats bon II not from the river riverbanks rhel riverbanks banks 8 Tho rho 10 worst voist of lt It II IH is that thaI the hit Hull helm Hulling lah lug ing lt tut Is III about the lie best beat on tutu Oi the hue The queen and auth Prince Victoria both hoth of 01 them enthusiastic I al so n Riel used to 10 Ish there not a little but thoy they havo hao c avoided the this since Mr I Ator Ato to 10 in thu II blat on oil the letter hotter of oC the tile law hav la W VAST SUMS FOIl FOIt CHARITY U It Is this curious belligerency nry over nIbs I that has hn concealed time the good qualities of ot a I man 1111 hum who has haK been heen rea re remarkably generous In II bigger thing U It I Is 18 said that he an so Indignant lIt at one time inns over OUI the lie stories that ho hoI was I trying to buy bu a it 1 i every time to charity butt he lui he lie gave glO u a t big sum auto II vowed owed ho he would never leor give away an tulu another 11 other penny Hu lIe 11 never leer approved of o in indiscriminate 11 discriminate dl ci oh I and a rid for to 0 I this t rea ris reason son eon ho frequently linn Incurred tIme the Ill J will of ot persons who ho make a f living by hY 1 their philanthropic motives loleR before a 11 public When her hil father cea ceased ed ell giving away ln Ills his hl mooney money Pauline commenced to 10 open her h r purse strings freely The rime rh father that thai she was diM did posing of ot more than Ihan she alto could rould afford of ot othel and he hue forthwith de du decided her Imet allow ante Ind ded to abandon his hili determination to 10 hIve 1110 up to lie tho Ih selfish reputation he lie bad iiiI HO so 10 unjustly un IJ earned It I Is estimated that between father muther and Ind daughter they lucy dispose of oC at III least a It 1 year of oC amounts which aro utro frequently given for Cor objects from time timmie Ime to time mis by bythe I the time queen and tho the of Ir Wales and 1111 which are uro a ro mostly of n a national character Tho ilmo ho widows uund nie orphans of oC soldiers and sailors tire are 11 thu Iho special nh oh of oC their attention The rhe lord mayors funds for Cor the relief of or distress caused anywhere by b unforeseen either cither on oil land ur or sea Hea always receive a it handsome donation and In Inmany h many man cases Bael the tho check chock Is sent fent anonymously The Union Jack club cub of which the Prince of o Wales Sales laid the hue foundation clone lione a n few tew days ago no Is 18 also under nn an n nobl obligation to the lie house ut uC Astor This TImIs club chub cub Is Intended to non nina noncommissioned commissioned officer unit men mel nim who mw bo be passing panting London lollon from Crum time lime tm to 10 time Inie on iii their way WI lo ho and Int from tho the various military depots depot WAn l OK OF 0 POLITICS Mr Mc I Astor stor IH ill II a n generous employer and 1111 his spank well wel of or him The lime Themen men Iho sell sel his newspapers In Iii the lie street are nrc not nol expected lo to rup rUll about bawling the lie latent winner They rhe stand at ut points und lt n II fixed wage with a II commission lon on the time soles salad He tin le set lot sethe the he lead head In Imi his matter mid 11 one or Ci two tV of ot the lie better bolter class papers halide followed his bis example lila 1 naturalization n has Imas made mado madeno no 10 change In II lila his hl methods m hodR of oC conducting hit hlA Ho Ito Is II methodical 11 to In the tho point of ot holm hell considered arbitrary ana this Is IA a ut feature many lushlY of o the lie people vho ho come Into Inlo contact with s 1 Ih hi him hll cannot understand Ills His abruptness n too does tOIS not commend Itself 1 to 10 his bin friends friend Ye yo No appeal to 10 them to lo be the tIme fa rl a words word In Ills vocabulary At Al tIme the mid this Hie club he h Is 19 usually the c of oC a it small coterIe who seek eel his hll companionship more for Cor pin noses PS than with wih any UI aim Idea of o raising ua Ii g him hi oh In I Ii the Iho t lie nodal mit mitor or political settle scale The political clement clementIn In ill the Canton club climb has hal of ot course e of offered fared Ctr d to 10 assist him Into 1110 parliament but butIn hit In pen every ever Instance of ot this Imis kind Invitation thin tion ton came from Com constituencies con tu that mud made a mu heavy liens hII demand domant on OIl time the of oC their member Mr Astor Altor was ass Wil shrewd enough to K see e this th III antI and n he lie declined the tho political patronage go of or the Carlton Canton Carll on club and the ot of the constituencies rica cies In question A SONn 1 W Captain Spender Clay JI luty on whom so Mo much public attention loll is 18 i fr ft u e by hy bythe tIre the announcement of or his imla hIl cn on In 11 the newspaper of ot his plu perte Is s Ie owner got Itol most of or his great groat wealth out of oC hoses Hanss ale In which lila Ills hl father Charles John Clay Invested heavily An All Al uncle who was sius likewise Ikel o in the he firm rho of ot Trent also left ler his fortune to 10 the he lucky young man who thio huts has now nots no nn au Income of ot about 12 a 1 year yer The lime captain who was a it I good geoul soldIer wid shill and II a modest kind of oC chap lives quietly In a 1 Hat flat overlooking 81 St James palace Hl HIl this experiences of Lord William Neville Nevie anti and others whoso whose mimes ho hue ban saved from Crom disgrace havi en lined him to choose eho o his Imis friends Crl very sery cr with wih the Iho result that list he Is 19 now regarded among amol the tIme Johnnies ns as s rather too loo staid for Cor their set net The Tho captain has hins hl family ties with the th peerage tumid and nr countless rich relatives Ho lie le Is a of ot Lord Bing Bingham ham who recently fought tOI ht anul ont won on a Il holly hol contested seat tar for parliament but there thero Is IB no 10 evidence that the cir car cirtain tr sin tain has hUl anY greater ambitions than thal to be he the tho owner of ot a stable full lul of horses hortes capable of or following hounds or winning a I Derby Pauline Astor ARtor li Is ns as 18 fearless a it rider an tie her hor Intended loll hut hil band amid U It I Is III suggested thai hint the at Itt II sprung up lip while both holh were to tn C hounds last InKt year cr In Derby Derbyshire shire on the tho lie Duke Duko of oC Devonshire s cs eH tute tule Knowing Captain Spender Clays III love for horses horl a II story Is II current that Mr Ir Astor 1101 will wi set Fel up a ml racing stable for tor or Ills his hil prospective in ill which the tho th captain and young oun Astor will wi have equal IRI shares Mr Ir Astor stol wits was |