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Show THE 6 a parasite in England to CITIZEN that of an upstanding kingly citizen of a free country. His troubles began when his mother frowned upon his wife and ushaughtily ordered her not to use the name Mrs. Astor without ing the given name prefix. Thus was annexed to him a notoriety which soon made him a hissing and a throughout the land. Newspaper reporters and photographers besieged him and this only moment he declared added to his disgust and rage. In an that America was no place for a gentlemen to live in. He became, for the moment, the most unpopular man in America. Naturally enough England looked like a land of promise to him and he embarked himself and family, his goods and chattels, aboard ship and departed for the other side of the Atlantic, followed by an explosion of editorial wrath and ridicule that was heard throughout Europe. On the other side, he comported himself with as little sense as he had displayed in the country that was unfortunate enough to be his his native land. He made himself a lickspittle for the Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward VII, hoping thereby to gain a title. The prince was not averse to associating with human curios from the United States and did not avoid Astor. In fact, the reputation of Astor was less open to universal condemnation than that of the immoral scion of royalty. Astor continued to make an ass of himself. On one occasion, when he was entertaining, he met, wandering about the gorgeous palace he had purchased, a man who was herding by himself. Astor asked him if he had been invited and when the stranger replied that he had not the haughty Midas from America had him ejected. The sequel set the whole world laughing at Astors expense. It transpired that the gentleman whom he had kicked out was none other than Admiral Sir Berkeley Milne, an intimate friend of the Prince of Wales, and that he had been brought to the fete by Duchess of Manchester. That rung down the curtain on Astors ambitions for a title.and.it did not rise again for many years. He poured out his wealth on public charities and benevolences and each year eagerly scanned the royal list to see if he had been named for a peerage, but Edward the VII passed him by with what seemed to be studied contempt. Having purchased the Pall Mall Gazette and the Pall Mall Magazine early in his life as a British subject he installed the son of an earl as editor of one and the son of a duke as editor of the other, but instead of fighting his battles they turned on him atid ridiculed him because of his social pretensions. Vanity and inordinate desire for social distinction had blinded him to any genuine understanding of human nature. He thought that by hiring the sons of earls and dukes and virtually making them his office boys he could ingratiate himself with those whose social prominence would impress and influence the king. Nevertheless his millions and determination finally won him the victory. Edward VII reigned and died without doing him honor, but Edwards son, the present king, felt bound to recognize the contribution of millions to various patriotic causes during the war, especially as Astors two sons served bravely and efficiently as officers in the armv. Astor wrote two novels, Valentine and Sforza and all that he gained by his literary achievements was the suspicion and the charge that he had hired genius to take off the curse of his own stupidity. Such was the life of an American expatriate. For years his every of his countrymen. He bemove was followed by the horse-laugcame a horrible example to American men of wealth and none dared to emulate his conduct. They were willing enough, when occasion offered, to sell their daughters to a title, but they judiciously decided that they wanted no titles for themselves if they must run the gauntlet of odium and ridicule that had made life miserable for the American millionaire who became Baron and then Viscount Astor. The Bolsheviki arc fighting desperately as they make their last stand, for defeat means that they will have to go back to work. The steel workers struck for the closed shop, but most of the shops are still open. $ by-wo- rd ill-starr- ed Con-suel- o, hs $ $ Labor and capital come together every time a man gets his pay, but they dont stay together. We trust that Maynard is not the only sky pilot who ever went aloft. If Marshall is made President we shall have Marshall law. Now that American soldiers are going to police Silesia, perhaps France, or Italy or Rumania will lend us some soldiers to police Mexico. Bryan proposes both federal and state ownership of the railways. 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Beckoning Buoyant Breezy Where the Crowds Go Extended Engagement of GERALDINE FARRAR 6 and LOU TELLEGEN The World and Its Women i ..MaegggS Viscount Astor, expatriate American, is going to find heaven comfortable, for there will be many Americans there. ? unTHE MOST FOR THE LEAST-AIWA- YS THE BESTLJ t-- Jl 2 |