The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-09
HUSBAND AN ALDERMAN


 HUSBAND AN ALDERMAN Mrs. Scott's husband Is an alderman of the city of London, which is eauiva- lent to saying a man of wealth and sub- stance, and an ex-member of Parliament This is why Mrs. Scott, who then wid- l ow, was married in 1907, has been compar- atively little to the fore in the various social and other enterprises and func- tions which have been associated with the American circle in high society. and the American colony here during the last decade or so. She has been busy | Tn another world, the political one Her husband, who is by birth Manchester ] man (Mancunian is the proper word), and vice president of the Association of Mu- nlcipal Corporations, sat in Parliament for hton-under-Lyne from 19O6 to 1910, and in that time his typically energetic American wife helped him fight three lively elections. Made speeches and all the rest of 1t, as it is quite the custom for the wives Of candidates to do in this country The last of these elections was lost through "unpreparedness. Mrs. Scott declares. My husband belongs to the liberal party she said land, until within five days of the election no union ist had been put up to contest the seat and it appeared as if MT. Scott would be unopposed. Then Sir Max Aitken. now
 
 the Canadians of the front. was nomi- mated by the unionists and won the seat by narrow majority. At the next gem eral election, my husband is to contest the seat at Darlington. now held by MT. J. Pike Pease, the assistant postmaster general
 Qt was this Darlington seat that was won from Pike Pease for the liberals in 1909 by l. T. T. Lincoln, the se,f-confessed German spy, who, arrested in New York. and finally, after escaping from the police was finally rearrested. has just been brought back to this country to stand his trial for forgery and embezzlemenp. Mrs. Scott. who was widow then, while travelling in Europe. she met her present husband, is typical product of her state famed for it's handsome daueh- ters. Tall, dark and graceful, she is the best type of American chatelaine, a true grande dame. but kindly. gracious and Without the least suspicion of what here is called side" The war is directly re- sponsible for bringing her into the pur- view of her fellow countrymen at home. and 1t IS significant of her social standing and personal capacity that. when, in the first days of the war. the government ap- pointed committee of notable people to undertake one of the most responsible jobs that were going at the time she was one Of the society women asked to serve on it. Of this committee, Lord Swayth- ling, one of the greatest figures in the British world of finance, is chairman, while the other members include Arnold Bennetts the novelist, the Duchesses of Rutland and Somerset. Baron de Broaue- vile, Belgian premier and minister of war, the Bishop of Birmingham. the Right Hon. Arthur Henderson. M P, one of the greatest leaders of labor in this country, and another prominent American society woman, Mrs. Scara- manga -Ralli. who, previous to her mar riage. was Miss Julia Lawrence of Bay side, Long Island.
 The well known people thus banded to- gether formed the nucleus of the fine or ganization now known as the wounded