Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
HOW NANCY ASTOR WON
HER SEAT IN PARLIAMENT
Worked Hard, Used Greatest Tact
and Could Not be Distraught
by Hecklers.
M,ruurrito E. Hnrrisunr n Baltimore sun.


London, Nov l2.-Probably no poll
tical campaign in recent years has arous-
Cd moro interest on both sides of the At
lantic than that Of Lady Astor, who, If she
il elected next Saturday, viii be the first
woman 10 sit in the British House OF
Commons but no one who has not seen
Our Nancy" as her Plymouth con-
stituents have christened the former Nora
T.anrhornr, OF Richmond. Va, In tho
thick Of the fight can possibly realize the
task she has cut out for herself.
mo one but an American woman
could do il" she said TO me on Armistlce
Day when spent several hours with her
in Plymouth, and | soon came 10 the
conclusion that IL would not take An
American woman, but an American super
woman, 20 ''put il over" As Lady Astor Is
dong.
MADE .rIYasT POUR sPEECBEs DAY.
For the last three weeks she has made
st least four set speeches a day, with
dozen impromptu ones thrown IN; she
has shaken hands with numberless con
stitiicnts: ! am quite sure she has lost
count of the babies she has kissed, and
she has been photographed hundreds oil
times ! saw her pose Tor picture yes
tcrdsy beside a fireman from the dock
wards. in the toughest section of Plym-
outh, where she was holding meeting IN
opposition TO Gay, the Labor candidate
The fireman, Charlie by name, WIS
one OF the touChpst-loo customers
have ever seen, and after he had heckied
her from the crowd for NJ least 10 MIN
,Itcs. asking her how her husband liked
her running around the country, II she
know how TO cook and If she had ever
washed unmentionahles for her babies ms
his '.rniss,is" did he ended hy putting ms
rrimv hand on her shoulder while they
wcrc snapshottod by battery OF cam
fras
HARD At WORK At Q A. NJ
When arrived AZ Lady Astor's head
ruartprs AZ o'clock IN the morning |
found that she was already hard al work
going over her mail and there were at
least dozen people waiting 10 see her.
Her ladyShip VIII see you at ii
O'Clock" said an attendant, 50 at hve
minutes before the hour ! was at head
quarters, across tho front OF which sign
n letters nearly two feet high insisted on
N>tor Again" for her husband, Nls-
.riut Nytnr. before succeeding to has
fathers title, was the member for PlyIn-
sI.h in Parliament. Before the door WAS
automobile decorated with rcd, white
.a bluc ribbons. in charge oi n chauffeur
A nm Individual who was tho very
...,r,. ol John Bull, fat rubicund and
a,~inr On his chest was rosctte IS
s, Il, A nc plate in tho middle OF which
49,. 4 photograph Of her ladyship. lie
va- Churchward the family coaChmsn,
unofficial campaign manager, without
whose advice she never makes a speech or
attends meeting.
MADE TERsEIF At HOMO N AUTO.
"gcc pardon. Miss. be said, ''but her
ladvYhip decided as 'ow she ho lighter 20
- church. and she left word for YOU 10 get
III the car and make yourself at ono tlll
l,c goes 20 pick her M. So took scat
the limousine and waited for II Q clock
.ad Encland's two minutes Of SilCrcc IN
honor al Armistice nsv. Churchward
swung himself up beside the chauffeur
and thcv both sat motlonlcss
Outside, on the promenade looking
toward the harl or, there were perhaps a
hundred ucople coming and gong, babies /
M re-ainhllators soldiers. loahng on the +
benches. women with market baskets.
Sualcalv the town clock began 10 strike i
AMI simultaneously every ship IN the T
hartor sounded rs siren or us whistle, +
Pedestrians stopped llist where they were, I
the soldiers stool az attention and all was
stll A woman near me crossed herself, o I
voIng cirl burst into tears The only
sound was that Of small group OF little
children. Al unconscious Of the great
moment, thev were marching happily
down the street with lmprovIsed cyInbals
made az two tin pans and ringing q blg
dinner hell For them the past held no
memories
suddenly thrre flashed INTO nv mind
an inscription in the lobby OF Drury Lane
Theatre ] repeated II softly TO the
living dead. that company Of shining
soul. who gave thor volth that the world
might grow old ID peacc Time and space
did lot seem 20 count 81 al ! was back
81 Baltimore. n scors - homes whence
some one had gone on lfcs most beautiful
adventure.
oFF TO CHURCH 70 MEFT LADY
The silence Was broken bv a hugle from
thc barracks sounding the last call
om motor whlrrrd. locomotive blew its
whistle the people scattered IN AL direc-
ta'.s England was her work-a-day self
again H. 9 minut. we were of to church
81 meet Lady AstOT.
Outside therC were al least 1000 per-
sons waiting 70 see her Tor she always
draws a crowd wherever She goes.
DO YOU think Lady Astor viii VIM"
asked woman who WAS standing near
NE
That do. ma am she replied prompt
Is. The women Of Plymouth is behind
'er
''Dont leave out the men, said an
individual 81 my right. Il was al meet-
ing d few DAYS ago when some one shouted
Ht her Don't YOU wish YOU were man2'
Quick a. d fash her answer came back
Don't YOU WISH you were? We like a
ready tongue n I evOn
IN about T. minutes the service was
over and the policemen had some diff
Guilty IN keeping back the crowd The
mayor and various dimitaries, with big
gold chains around their necks, appeared
hrst followed by the rest OF the congre-
CATION, but there was no sign OF Lady
AstoT
PASSES THROUGH DENSE MASS.
shes gwen Us the slip, said some one.
JuAt then there was a cheer. followed by
another She had gone out by a side door,
and was coming through the lense mass,
laughing talking, shaking hands right and
left IN another instant ] saw her. the
ucater Of . struggling mob, and 1t vas
necessary for The gobbics" 70 clear a way
90 the an.
Goodness, she said a. she t,unbled
IN, that was q scramble Now. Church
ward let 10 on we're going 70 invade the
rnemys territory this morning ard In 8
Iew seconds We were of headed for the
dock ard district, the headquarters OF |