The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-18
suffering which, communicates itself in

suffering which, communicates itself In
to reciprocal tenderness TO him.
1t was. indeed. when in speaking In
favor of the sanitoriam required by
Lloyd George in his once much-cOntrn-
verified Insurance act. young Aston told
the story of how he himself had been
rescued by treatment in n sanatorium
for the dread scourgc that he made his
maine in the House of Commons. and was
assured, apart from his wealth. of
place in the hierarchy of British official
dom. He is in the ministry Of health.
appropriately enough. and though his
elevation to the HUuS" OF Lords removes
him from the active and more promising
arena Of parliamentary Lille, tine unlrcr-
sal expectation is that he Will retain
has office.
Lady As:or Popular.
There is a third person in tho Aston
family who, i'll some respects, - more
remarkable than the other two. and THAI
Is young Mrs. AStrr--nuw Lady AStur.
You know, Of course. all about the Lang
horne family in America, the famous
trio known as the originals Of the Glib
son Girls" but probably you know N"ry
little of the sister who has been trans
f,rryd To England, tor. curiouSly cnouea,
though very well known socially. she
to nothing like the extent, for instance.
of Lady Diana Manners. But every hui
man being from the biggest mansion 10
the humblcSt Shun knows her in Fly
mouth---thc seaside city which her hus-
band represented i'll Parliament to the
day of his fathers death.
Indeed, she was perhaps better known
than her huSband--whO IS not without
the AStur ShynCSS. She appeared on
every platform at Cevry meeting during
election time: she said just what she
thought. frankly. fcarlessly and with
Wit that never seemed 10 slackcn. Some
Of her rrtnrtS to the somewhat free
spoken criticisms and Intersections OK
election times have passed into history
in plymouth. 1t was characteristic or
her To enter upon an even more daring
ordeal: for. finding herself near Dart
muur--lhc grim fortress on the bleak and
windy moors of Dcvunshirc-and learn
,nE thai there were lot of cOnSCienu-
Gus Observation-Disclosures" as they came
to he n!Cknamcd during the war--Shc re-
solved 10 hear them and have il out with
them.
! may remark in passing, as one OF the
symptoms Of the aftermath of the war
fever with all Of its concentration and
blind passion, that tn" conChic' Is be
ginning TO appear in the popular novel.
He is IN blind Alley" Il book by clcE-
CT Young novelist named w. l.. George;
and again no appears in Sonia Married..
the SEQUEL To Stephen Mck"nna's best
seller "Sunia." one Of the great novels
of IN" war; and in both the "Conchir' Is
perhaps Ia" most sympathetic figure OF
all the dramatic pcrSunaC.
Mrs. Aston faced those dour fanatics
hat 81 M
cells for their opinions, and the cncoun-
ter 81 wits left II" sting even in minds
50 remote.
captivated irish Leaders.
Let me- however. describe q scene
witnessed. myself which. l think. will
give a better idea OF her character than
anything | borrow from others. Poor
John Redmond invited all his comrades
Of the old Irish party--as dead now as
himSClf-to 4 trip on tn" Thames at mo
end Of n long parliament session. -
boat was mour"d on the river side amid
thu beautiful meadows and woods or
CIiVodrn. MIR. ASIur came down. and in
his shy way gay" us q brief welcOm"
and then. ~ it We're, hurried Off Eat
about Il quarter OF IA hour aftcrward
down came Mrs. Astur. cannot tell
how it occurred, but suddenly tn" gath
them. stretched on TIA" broad of their
backs leaking up ut IN" heavenly blue
sky bccaI." converted into something
like a public meeting. with Mrs. AStOr
as the public orator and the star artistic
mond about the prospects of home rule.