Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06
LADY NANCY FULL
OF "ASTOR|SMS'
Yankee Wife of British Peer
Puts Pep in Campaign
for Commons
CALLS OFF MEETING IN RAIN

10y tllP .tSSutidltu 'itNN
plymouth. Nov. G.--PostcrS on all
the bilboartls and almost every other
available space announce that Lady
Astor is the only Lloyd George can
didatc' for the Plymouth scat in the
House of Commons. or appeal to voters
to ''makc history and elect the first
woman member of Parliament. In
the clubs. hotels aud restaurants. tea
rooms and public houses th" election is
the dominating topic of conversation.
The few who were uninformcd had
their curiosity aroused when the cam
paign was inauguratGd by the spectacle
OF this brilliant woman, dressed all IN
black, driving through the streets be
hind dashing team of sorrelS. with
silk hated coachman, his whip, and the
brides of the horses adorned with red
white and blue ribbons--the coalition
colors.
''Astorisms' is n familiar term in
Plymouth since "Lady Nancy" took the
stump, meaning the cryptic, punchy
epigrams with which the lady enlivens
her speeches, coming them readily to
meet every question propoundcd by the
hecklers and express her views on the
issues of the campaign. Yesterday she
invented several new ones, among
them:
'"rhcre is n difference between the
working classes and the shirking class
er."
every person is potential rroiitecr
the only way of choking profteering
I is TO get the selfishuess out of human
nature.
Chivyies Her Opponent
Lady Astor, in the course OF her
mornings drive about the constituency,
stopped at Unionist headquarters. De-
Scending from her carriage, she came
face TO face with Isaac Foot, her Lib
eral opponent, who, happened to be
passing. She smiled and said Good
morning, Mr., Foot"
The Liberal candidate replied with
equal cordiality and they talked together
for fully minute. Lady Astor chiding
him good naturedly: "You are far too
progressive man to be identified with
the ancient mariner Asquith party. You
arc good man, but you are going in
the wrong direction
She drove into the heart of pro
labor district of the city, where it was
considered uuwise for her husband, Lord
Astor, to appear in the last campaign
because of the rabid anti Unionist sen
timent. Her reception was in marked
contrast, her arrival being the signal
for gathering of the ncighborhood
women and children.
Asked whether she would attend q
previously arrdngcd open meeting, in
view of the fact it was raining, Lady
Astor said: NO; that is where women
have more sense than men. Men go to
such meetings and shiver, get colds and
go home to be nursed by their wives.
We won't have the meeting.
In the course of -four addresses made
yesterday Lady Astor fatty favored
state purchase of the liquor business and
local option on the question of prohi
bition. She told one questioner that
she favored the closing of public houses
on Sunday.
eyes" she said. 'I don't think the
saloon is an edifying place in which to
spend the Sabbath
Her statement was loudly applaudcd.
At one meeting Lady Astor found a
Socialist delegation present and to it
she quoted Scripture. She argued that
Christianity was the only remedy for
the worlds ills.
II don't mind telling YOU that | am
Socialist at heart she said. ut
! is the most beautiful creed on earth,
but there has been only one true So
cialist, and He said Love they neigh p
Dor as thyself -
The Bible Her Answer
Asked regarding her opinion relative
to charity, Lady Astor said she always
had thought charity a bad thing for
the receiver and the giver. The giver,
she declared, got a sort Of unctuious
sense of piety, but it was fundamentally
bad. She suggested that her questioner
could find out all about charity in the
thirteenth chapter of Corinthians.
t. I;uh bn IN RI
Clared that she did not care a ''tup-
pence for a political career, but that
she would do what was best for all
classes She said she had seen SO much
suffering in the last five years that she
could have no idea of ever leading
what was called an idle life, there was
s6 much to be done. Another point
made by the speaker in one of her ad-
fresses was:
' II cant imagine worse thing than
House of Commons composed entirely
Of Mrs. Astors, but one of them will
do it lot of good"
Praise by Lord Cecil
Lord Robert Cecil, in letter to
ga Lady Astor, says: 'At the present
time, with the party system more OF
less in allegiance, the personality of the
candidates becomes of first Importance
In the perennial controversy with greed
and self, any one who knows you will
be confident you win be found on thS
side with the angels"
Apart from personal considerations
Lord Robert says, he should vote foi
Lady Astor, adding ''If the House Of
Commons is to be truly representative
Of its constituents, it is, essential il
should contain some exponent o.
woman's point of view"
The campaign committee of the Labor
party is considering the advisability o.
instituting suit for, slander against
Lord Astor in connection with his char
( acterization of w. II. Gay, the Labor
candidate opposing Lady Astor, as {
mot too successful manager of Co
operative boot mandatory"
The appelation has aroused the in
dignation of the supporters of the Labor