Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1914 — May Cost Husband Riches [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

May Cost Husband Riches

Young Mrs. Astor’s Money Bag Jibe Likely to Prove Costly In Many Ways. London, England.—William Waldorf Astor, the expatriated American who is seeking a dukedom, is reported to be very angry with his witty American daughter-in-law, formerly Nanny Langhorn. for her jocular remark in reference to the tightened strings of her father-in-law’s money bag. And it has

brought about a rupture In the family which may cause the senior Astor to disinherit his ambitiota son. Waldorf. Mrs. Astor was one of the four beautiful Langhorns made famous by the Charles Dana Gibson drawing*. Her wit and hum<*r are the spirit of many notable gatherings and she is very popular in America as well as in Eng- , land. ' —

¥— . • shade of gray-blue, which, it is asserted, will make the wearers invisible to the enemy at 500 yards, instead of, as at present, being plainly discernible at 1,500 yards. The change is expected to take seven years. M. Meselmy, the minister of war, in urging the necessity for the measure, was supported in his argument by citing the example of the British army, which adopted khaki in the Transvaal, and the experience of the war in the Balkans.M. Lasies, an ex-cavalry officer, arotased the patriotic fervor of the deputies by saying that the French soldiers, whether they dressed in blue, red or gray, would always fight well M

Mrs. Waldorf Astor.