WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 73, 13 August 1912, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Ccwtote* fcy "liaen.") YOUNG MILLIONAIRE'S LOVE LETTERS Mr. William Vincent Astor, eon of Colonel John Jacob Aster, the Titanic victim, will (says the New York correspondent of the Daily Telegraph of June 4), cornea of age in November next, also the master of an estate valued at £20,000,000, and it is probably for the latter reason that during the past month he has been receiving letters—most of them "love" letters—by the bushel. The epistolary efforts have ranged from scarlethued missives of passions to sober effusions with advice as to the best manner of spending money. In the latter instance* the writer has always been willing to immolate himself upon the altar of self-sacrifice and give his personal aid, regardless of hardship, in the proper distribution of the Astor wealth. Old women and young, fat and thii, brazen and demure, pretty and plain, have all been included in this amorous correspondence, and many and varied excuses are given for the liberty taken in writing, but the writer has generally been captivated by the photographs of Mr. Astor printed in a paper, and could not resist the temptation to write and tell him of her love at first eight, etc. Young Mr. Astor, who is a »hy and retiring youth, has been exceedingly provoked at the letter-writing, and since the story has leaked out his friends are having a lot of fun at his expense. Most of the love-sick writers enclose photographs, and beg the favor of his in return. Two women sent photos of a leading actress here, but forgot to erase the printed name. Not only is Mr. Astor bothered by hunj dreds of these billets dour, but he U constantly called to the telephone on one [ pretext or another, only to find some fair admirer at the other end of the wire, and many have waited outside the Astor estate offices in New York and buttonholed the young man at soon as he jumped out of hig motor ear. Mr. Astor's love letters tell of suddenly con- | ceived love —love for the young man, of course, wholly apart from the money he has or expects to get. Some have been struck by his face and manly figure, others by his manner and character as described in the newspapers. Many have ignored the cause of their abrupt passion, and have told him instead how | good they could be to him. The styles of the writers are many and varied. Aucassin to Nicolette, or Abelard to Heloise, never dared the flights j attempted in some of the letters that j pile up weekly for Mr. Astor. The spirit of the missives varies from bursts of Sapphic passion to the directness and simplicity of Mary C. Burke. Some of the writers are reserved almost to the point of coldness, others feared that faint-heartedness would get them nothing, so they leaped into endearments in the first line. All such letters Mr. Astor has ordered to be tied into bundles and burned weekly. He has received many letters from inventors, churches, schools, libraries, and professional beggars, and it has been suggested that he should use the ,great fortune he will shortly inherit for anything from financing a patent bungBtarter to methods of bridging the Behring Strait. In the matter of love-let-ters, 'Mr. Astor seems to have usurped the .place of Colonel Green, son of Mr*. Hetty Green, who some years ago waa declared to be looking for a wife, and, as a result, has been bombarded by applicants ever since.

WOMEN IN BUSINESS Women in America are daily becoming more prominent in the business world, and their capacity to handle affair* which until recently were man-aaaiaged is receiving many illustrations. Banking is one of the professions im which women are now largely engaged, and there are many womea bank presidents in the United States. To tur» to other occupations, until recently closed to women, the case may he eited of a woman who carries on in New York City an extensive building, contracting and cartage business, which she has herself built up from its inception. Then there are many women in official posts. President Taft appointed Mug Julia C. Lathrop as chief of an important Government department in Washington. He also appointed a woman to be chief of the coinage department in the United States Mint. The Government of Porto Rico made Miss Helen chief of too Bureau of Information, a most useful institution of that Government for the aid of business houses considering settlement on the island. Working women farmers are numerous. In the State of Texas fifteen women own and personally supervise large farms. The most extensive of these farms is run by Mrs. Clara Adair, who owns 40,000 head of cattle. Mrs. Mary B. Huling ewna a farm ten miles wide and elav«n miles long, whieh she personally conducts. Mrs. Hattie Coggim carries on a farm of 8000 acres, and, in addition, is president of a successful bank that ha» a capital of £40,000. 'Mr. Harry N. Atwood, of Boston, a well-known aeronaut in the United States, established an aviation school for women recently, and has many students, most of whom are studying aviation for professional purposes. While the business selected by Mrs. Alice E. Waxham cannot be called new, as women in Paris have become chauffeurs, yet the success to which she has brought the business is new. She is the wife of a western physician who up to a year ago was most successful and prominent in Chicago. Then the tide turned. Mrs. Waxham owned an automobile, which she drove herself, and when she realised the necessity of making a living she went to New York, bought an electric coupe, and ran it for hire. Now she has four electric eoupes and a garage.