New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . f February, 1890, inthe sixty-eighth year of his age, he left this world withoutregret, and with his last conscious thoughts fixed upon abetter world to come. the age of twenty-three, earlier than either his father orgrandfather, and was practically taught the duties of eachclerical department. Feeling his want of legal information,a serious deficiency, he i)assed two years at Columbia Col-lege Law School, and, upon being admitted to the bar,served an a])prenticeihi]3 of one year with the firm of Lord,Day & Lord. His grandfa
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . f February, 1890, inthe sixty-eighth year of his age, he left this world withoutregret, and with his last conscious thoughts fixed upon abetter world to come. the age of twenty-three, earlier than either his father orgrandfather, and was practically taught the duties of eachclerical department. Feeling his want of legal information,a serious deficiency, he i)assed two years at Columbia Col-lege Law School, and, upon being admitted to the bar,served an a])prenticeihi]3 of one year with the firm of Lord,Day & Lord. His grandfather named him one of his Exe-cutors, and one of the Irustees of a large portion of hisproperty to be held in trust for his sons. Lpon John JacobAstors succeeding to the estate, he gave his son a power ofattorney, putting him in his own place and giving him abso-lute authority over all his property. With the view ofac(piiring a broader knowledge of men and affairs than theroutine of the office promised, Mr. Astor served three years in NEIV YORK, THE WILLIAM ASTOR. NEW YORK, THE METROPOLIS. 143 the New York State l,ej;islaluie, wlicre he foiiiul a valual>leoi)porlunity for tlie study of human nature and ])ul)li(:business. Appointed by President Arthur to tlie ItalianMission, he resided for three winters in Rome, a ( ily withwhich early travel had already made him familiar. Hisofficial duties being inconsiderable, he busied himself withthe examination of obscure passages in Italian niedi;vvalannals. His stories, Valentino and Sforza, are in partthe result of these researches. Mr. Astor is a man of strongphysi(iue, a great lover of nature and devoted to out-doorexercise. He rides much on horseback, fences, and in hisyouth was a good boxer. He is industrious, tenacious ofpurpose and methodical in his ways. In 1878, he marriedMary Dahlgren Paul, a Philadelphia beauty, by whom hehas three children: Waldorf, born May 19, 1879; Pauline,born Septeml)er 24, 1S80, and John
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