Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1911 — Woman’s World [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Woman’s World

Pretty Girl May Marry Rich Mr. Astor.

The “two graces”—that is what New York society calls the Misses Katherine and Madeleine Talmage Force, the two jlovely daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Force. The younger of the two, Miss Madeleine, has received so much attention from Colonel John Jacob Astor that gossip hints at the probability of an engagement. Mr. Astor’s former wife, Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, who obtained a decree of divorce from him in November, 1909, now resides in England with their nine-year-old daughter Muriel. Their son, Victor, who is about twenty, lives with his father. Should Miss Force, who is also twenty years old, wed Mr. Astor she will succeed to the leadership of New York society, which the Astor women have always held, and t<Kthe splendid Astor collection of jewels. Besides, she will be mistress of the Fifth avenue mansion, the Newport villa and the splendid country house at Rhinecliff-on-the-Hudson, where Mr. Astor built a half million dollar gymnasium for bls former wife. The Forces are interested in yachting and all forms of outdoor sport Their home is at 31 East Forty-ninth street, New York. William H. Force, the father of the two beautiful girls, is a member of the New York chamber of commerce and is prominent in the business world. Their mother was Miss Katherine Talmage.

MISS MADELEINE T. FORCE.