Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19

that We do not know. / have no patience
with the supercilious female"-and here
Miss Asquith's eyes, fairly snapped-"wh no
rides down in her carriage to the SUM
district and sends her footman in to dole
out charity. That can do no good. That
can only make paupers of them; We
want to make women. We want to edu-
cate the people. not only i'm books but in
all useful information; teach them trades
to make them self-Supporting and edu-
cate their morals to make them self
respecting
Although she believes in woman and
works for the betterment of mankind.
Miss Asquith does not let this interfere
with having a good time in life. She is
well educated and a famous conversation
alist. All this. with her position as
would necessarily make her popular in
society. She has in addition to all this "a
certain charm of manner and a very at
tractive personality She is a blond of
golden hair. In appearance she is ele-
CANT rather than pretty. for her features
are almost too pronounced for beauty.
Her blue eyes are capable of expressing
many degrees of feeling. She has
habit of looking straight at the person
to whom she is talking.
She is very fond of children and is
great favorite with them. In Connection
with her social uplift work she often goes
into the public schools and substitutes i'm
them-of course. without pay-thus giving
some overworked teacher a holiday
Although she has had her twenty sixth
birthday and is not yet engaged, Miss
Asquith is not haunted by any fears OF
being old maid. She believes in mar
riage for love and says that she has no.
yet found her ideal and. until she does,
she declares that she will marry no man,
no matter what his position and wealth
may be. for. she very sensibly eX-
plains, she is marrying the man and not
the position.
Her father, the premier. has married
twice. His second wife, Miss Violet's
stepmother. is one of the most famous
beauties in England. She is the daughter
of Sir Charles Tenant and is equally
famous for her beauty. her lavish enter
tanning and her Swordlike tongue. Mrs.
AsqUith is perhaps the most widely dis
cussed woman in England. A few years
ago she created great deal of excite
ment in social circles by having Porrot
the famous French dressmaker, come
over to her home in London and bring a
number of beautiful models to show off
his dresses. She gave an evening and in
vited all the fashionable women in Lon
don to come and inspect the costumes
The opposition press of England seized
upon the incident and created quite a STIR
declaring that the prime minister's wife
was taking business away from England
and sending it to Paris. AS a result of
the discussion thus stirred up, Mr.. AS
quith narrowly escaped being defeated
for reelection to parliament.
Although the Asquiths have several
homes and entertain most lavishly Miss
Violet Asquith spends the greater part of
her time away from home. either with
Lady Aberdeen, to whom she is almost a
daughter. or engaged in her work of So
cial uplift.
Like all English girls. Miss Asqvith is
a great walker. But she is a dienified
person and by no stretch of the magma
ton could she be called athletic. She
does not care for games and sports. With
the exception of walking. horseback rid
ing is the only thing of the kind in which
she ever engages. But she is an accom-
plished horsewoman and nothing pleases
her more than long canter with a fresh
breeze blowing In her face.
Looked at from whatever point of View