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’‘Here is Pretty Ina Claire, Looking Out the Stage *
Door, and Charming Roberta Willard, One of the /
Pedigreed, Looking Out of Her Expensive Lim- /
ousine. Which Will Vincent Astor Choose?”
YOUNG Mr. Vincent Astor Is stand- g
ing at the parting of the ways.'
Before him stretch two paths,
each leading to the marriage altar.
Which will he choose? Will he
marry the stage or society? The
stage door or the pedigree? Will
his handsome and patrician mother
win? Will he go to England this
nontk and, spc ed by Mrs.
Astor, be introduced to the inner
s' Ine of England’s smart set and
eventually marry a fashionable
maiden, or will he remain in this
country and marry Ina Claire, the
etty little Quaker Girl
*ho made good in one night as a
comic opera star?
-his ,i stupenC: us’moment in
young Mr. Astor’s career. He must
answer this question and answer
quickly He must make a quick de
cision, fc - the Quaker Girl’s mother
says he must!
•Mrs. Claire is her daughter's du
enna. She allows no triflers to ob
struct the Quaker Girl’s pathway.
'lf you are in earnest, Mr. Astor,
say so and perhaps I will let you
marry my Ina.” Thus speaks Mrs.
Claire, guardian-in-chief to one of
the prettiest girls on the stage.
To g Mr. Astor IS in earnest.
Very much so. He wants to decide,
hut he cannot! He has take? to
• earing daisies t.z his boutonniere,
a fresh one every hour, and why?
f ause at least ones an hour he
stops thinking and puzzling, pulls
out his boutonniere, snaps off its
Petals .nd mutters to himself.
Stage, pedigree. Stage, pedigree.
Stage, pedigree. Ye gods! Which
> h it be?”
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Young Mr Astor’s friends realize
that he is frankly and deeply in love
with Miss Claire. This romance
began last December in Boston.
With several Harvard companions
Mr. Astor dropped in at the Park
Theatre; and, to quote his nearest
chum:
“Vin wet completely bowled
over.”
He haunted the stage door, but
always Miss Claire’s mother was
right at hand. At last the young mil
lionaire, the then fut e heir to the
Astor estates and ducats, had to
plead most humbly for a presenta
tion to the fluffy haired stage
beauty. His devotion to the pretty
actress became the talk of New
York, Boston and Newport. His fa
ther heard of it, and, oddly enough,
did not interfere with this sample
of love’s young dream. Perhaps he
thought it would fade, as several
other dreams of young Astor had in
the past.
At all events. Colonel Astor sailed
for Europe on that trip which had
so tragic an ending, and Vincent
was left to fight alone.
The dream has not faded. Os
course young Mr. jistor has bad
many feminine fancies. He has de
voted himself in turn to Margaret
A ws, the on’y daughter of
Paul Andrews, of Newport; to Ro
berta V illard, the pretty daughter
of Colonel Joseph Willard; to Betty
Sands, the youngest daughter of
Mrs. Fred Sands; to a blue-eyed
salesgirl in a Cambridge candy shop,
to Catherine Force, and to a golden
haired siren who sold neckties in a
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He was on very friendly terms
with an of these charming girls.
The only ones he has dropped sines
his present romancj began are ‘he
salesgirls. lie will always be
friendly with the Newport girls. At
least, until he marries. He hates •
to be accused of bein,g engaged to 1
any of his girl friends. j
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her,” said young Mr. Astor not o
ago.
These many and varied heart ex
periences prove that this young mi
lionaire, the head of his family in
this country, is very democratic. On
, the list of ail the girls that he has
been supposedly in love with there
is no great heiress! From a finan
cial viewpoint he might as well
marry the pretty Quaker Girl as
Miss Willard, Miss Andrews or Miss
Sands.
Since his infatuation for Miss
Claire became intense, and particu
larly since the Titanic tragedy,
young Mr, Astor has cut loose from
bis former love affairs. lie is giv
ing no other girl any chance to con
sider herself “the one.”
“It is c lough to turn my hair
gray,” he . -oar.3. “I car t go to
Newport and have luncheon with
dear ittle Betty Sands, I can't run
down to drink tea with the charm
ing Roberta, 1 can’t go motoring
with Margaret of the big blue eyes.
It is too dangerous, for I really
a want to marry Ina, only I-.a.”
tAnd so what does this much
troubled multi-millionairo do? He
sees his Newport friends In the
mass! These be parlous times for
him, poor fellow, with the one hun
dred million dollar bank account!
And can he have the beautiful Ina
all to himself? Can he spend long,
happy hours with her, by herself?
Alas, no! Mrs. Claire never allows
him to see her daughter alone. She
sits like a stern Sphinx and knits
w’hile the young millionaire looks
burning words of love.
And what does the Quaker Girl
say? She is a demure sprite of a
girl, with a crowu of golden curls
and the happiest blue eyes In the ‘
world. Jutt here Mr. Astor is being
plagiarized!
"Do I love Mr. Astor? What a
curious question o ask me. Why
not ask Mr. Astor? Will I marrf
Mr. Astor? Dear, dear, how amus
ing you are. Marry him? Well, ffl
don't love him, I won’t marry him,
and, anyway, he has too many cares
and responsibilities on his shoulders
to talk of marriage just now.” And
just then a big box of orchids was
delivered to the Quaker Girl, and a
most lovesome light gleamed in her
big eyes. "Hum, hum!” she said.
"Speaking of love and marriage, I
certainly do love—orchids!”
And Mrs. Claire kept on knitting,
knitting.
Stage or pedigree! Which shall it
be?
Other millionaires have married
stage beauties and have been very
happy "Pedigree,” says young Mr.
Astor, "is not the greatest thing tn
he world. Love Is! I must r-arry
only where I love, and I love the ’
beautiful Miss Claire.”
Will this love last? This question •
doeJ not bother the Quaker girl at 1
all! She is firmly convinced that
real true love always lasts. “I would
marry Mr. Astor if he had not a
cent, if 1 loved him. My love can
not be bought. True love is never
for sale; but I do not say that I love
him! Has he told me that he loves
me? Now, just here let me tell you
something! The only way you can
find out whether Mr. Astor ever tells
me he loves me is to have a dicta
graph hidden near-by. He won't
tell, and neither will I.” And ith
a charming shrug the little Quaker
girl offers her tormentors tea with
lots of ice and lemon, and very little
i sugar, , ,
Mr. Astor’s responsibilities ar*
well known. That he is the richest
man of his age in America, is, of
course, known to all the world. H<
is still r. student at Harvard. Th«
Titanic tragedy thrust great cares
on his shoulders and interrupted hi?
freshman studies. When he found
himself in love with Miss Claire he
decided to give up his college
career, but his trustees and hit
mother urged him to continue. Ti
was his father’s wish that he should
graduate from his own alma mater.
And so he returned to Cambridge
just before the term closed. He
had to take special examinations, as
all hfs class examinations were over-
With all his cares and responsi
bilities. and despite the several
tragedies that have saddened h’- re
cent years, young Mr. Astor retains
a full quota of youthful spirits. He
i full of fun and enjoys his class
mates’ jokes and pranks. He is very
much of a boy, and this boyishness
rather precludes the idea so his
marrying very soon.
Considering his youth and his in
experience in the world of finance,
it is interesting to note that Colonel
Astor abolished the trusteeship that
hampered him all his life. At the
age of twenty-one Vincent will be in
actual control of the great estates.
And for this reason, the girl he mar
ries will undoubtedly fare better
than the wives of his predecessor*.
He can settle half, or three-quarters
of his fortune on her if he wants to,
Mrs. Astor, who, by the way, now
calls herself Mrs. John Astor, sailed
for England early in June. She was
plainly very much perturbed over her
only son’s romance. "I realize that
; Miss Claire is a very attractive, very
* beautiful girl. I realize that she is
in many respects just the wife for a
* young man, but your responsibilities
are great; your social position one
to be kept up at all costs, ”ou must
marry a girl from your own class.
These were Mrs. Astor’s words
when she urged Vincent to join her
in England and spend six weeks
with her. And at first Vincent ex
pected to take the path toward ped
igree. Tut when he looks at Miss
Claire’s golden curls and into her
azure eyes, he hesitates and pushes
one step onward toward the stage.
He cannot hesitate long. His de
cision must be quick, for ?.rs. Claire
will not allow her little daughter t*
waste her time, _