Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-05
DON'T SASS Me-
LADYASTORR REPLIES
Candidate for Commons Is
Not Perturbed by Ply
mouth HeckIers.
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
PLYMOUTH, November 4-Meetings
in different sections of the city were
addressed tonight by the three candi-
dates for the house of commons seat
Lady Astor, Isaac Foot, liberal, and w.
T. Gay, labor.
At one of them the correspondent
| found 800 persons huddled in small
| ing for admission. Vincount Astor was
standing at the schoolmaster's table
speaking.
II want you to realize that the recon-
struction period is a jolly difficult time
for the coalition" he said. II want
to tell you a few things the coalition
| have DONE"
Tell us what they haven't done"
| came a voice from the back of the
room, and the heckling of a group of
laborites became so frequent and persis-
tent that Lord Aston, seemingly discon-
certed, finally and abruptly concluded
by presenting his wife as "Your can
didate.'
Lady Aston Speaks.
Lady Astor, taking the table top, be-
gan:
II have been handling soldiers for
the last four years-you better watch
out" which brought laughter and
cheers. Il just want to tell you some
things that l am going to get done II
| l get into the house Of commons. What's
more, l am going to get there. Just re-
member that
There was more laughter and APP
plause and Lady Aston launched into
her speech. When the interrupters
got busy she exclaimed vehemently:
Don't give me any of your sass; I
shall come right down there to you.
What you fellows want is to stop
yelling and get to work"
There was one heckler who had
previously identified himself as cham
pion of the independent socialists.
Concerning him Lady Astor declared:
III 1t had been in your power during
the war the whole British army today
would be goose-stepping in Berlin"
Lady Astor's Epigrams.
Among the epigrams which char
acterized her speech were:
The only panacea of the worlds ills
Is to get greed out of the human
Loving your neighbor. as yourself
is the only way Of eliminating the
capitalist class"
I'VE cannot say the world is at
peace unless we ourselves are at
peace"
In concluding her speech Lady Aston
said: You had better take me while
you have the chance
At the Guildhall the liberal candi-
date. Isaac Foot, addressed a large
meeting. His contention was that the
government seemed unable to learn
common sense. The standard bearer
or labor. w. T. Gay, who has been
characterized by Lady Astor as "a too
successful manager of cooperative
boot manufacturing" spoke at length
on the future advantage to the world
which would come under pilotage by
| the workmen's leaders.
Sharp Campaign Retorts.
Lady Astor's smart replies to hecklers
| are becoming a feature of the daily
| newspapers. which are reporting her
campaign with unusual prominence.
They relate today. among other incl
dents. that Lady Astor was accosted by
a woman with an electoral question
which the woman introduced with your
Ladyship." To this Lady Aston retort-
! ed, Please wash that out.' Il
Lady Astor told the story of how she
saw young American sailor looking at
me outside OF the house of commons.
She asked him II he would like to 20
! inside. to which the sailor replied with
dignity: you are the sort Of woman
my mother told me to avoid
After loud laughter by her hearers
had subsidized. Lady Astor added: You
know we've got to take risks. You
know. nothing risked, nothing won.'