Mr Vimient Astor, whose father was drowr.ed in the Titanic, became on his twenty-first birthday, on November 15. the richest young m;m in America by acquiring absohit" control of the After estate. est\mated to be worth £20.000.000. His in-com-p. the 'Standard' savs. will be :ipproximately £4.000 r day. Hitherto the Astor estate has linen entailer!, but that condition was abolished by Colonel Astor's will. Vincent has been spending his time since his father's death at the office of the. Astor estate, studying its complexities. He celebrated his birthday by working five hours at hie desk. One'of young Vincent "e birthday presents was his appointment to the so-called "third panel'' of the sheriff's jury by Sheriff Harburgcr. This is a. peculiar New York institution which is confined to millionaires. The members are exempt from jury sen-ice, as the third panel is never called on. The onlr work is the giving of an annual banquet, "costing £2O a plate. hj Wife: "Lady Clutterbuck is saving how nics it must be to he married to" a clever man.'' H«*ba»d - " Ami what did von sav O.ear?" Wife: "I told lier that '] didn't Know, as I'd only been married once."-
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Evening Star, Issue 15073, 3 January 1913, Page 1
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195Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 Evening Star, Issue 15073, 3 January 1913, Page 1
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