The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-19
LADY ASTOR IS
GIVEN CORDIAL
WELCOME TODAY

New York, April 19.-VivacioHs
Lady Astor smiling, chatting continu-
ously and joshing those about her,
arrived fro mEngland aboard the
steamship Olympt today on her way
to Baltimore where she will address
the Pan-American conference of wo-
men. To greet Lady Astor-native
Virginia wido wof British peer and
the first woman ever elected to the
House of Commons-scores of friends
and admirers gathered at the pier.
AS the Olympic steamed up the
bay from quarantine she gave re-
porters flashing comments on all
manner of things-Llyod George, flap
pers, prohibition, Margot Asquith, the
labor situation, the Genoa conference.
the servant problem and her own
children-six in number.
"The only remarkable thing about
me is my children" she said. hold
ing to the arm of her husband, Wis
count William Worldorf Astor.
Lloyd George still has his head
above water and its some head, too"
she replied to a question.
Lady Astor said she wanted to
make it clear that she was not in
America on mission She is here
she said, because she received an
invitation to attend the convention
at Baltimore to discuss matters of
interest of women all over the world.
After that she is going to Virginia
where she was Nancy Langhorne and
then to Washington and Chicago, and
one or two other cities before return
ing home to her children and her job
in parliament.
Speaking as Virginian does, with
out a trace of British accent. Lady AS
tor said she was "still an unconstruct-
ed Southerner."
"And when hear Dixie, something
happens" she added. Her children
she described as mongrels-three-
fourths American. AS to woman's
place in the world, she said those of
her sex were just as individual as
men.
"One can't say women do this, and
women do that" she remarked, be
cause they don't do things alike any
more than men.
I'm just a symbol, not a leader"
she declared, when some one spoke
of her position at the head of the
modern women who are taking capital
roles in the affairs of the world.
At this point her husband cut in
with a remark that Lady Astor's sue
cess "just shows what can be done"
Sure" she remarked. 'If, |, just
an ordinary woman, can do it. then
fx.Iy yhof wa ".
traordinary women"
"The clothes worn by nearly all
women nowadays are unfortunate
from her point of view," Lady Astor
said.
Nothing lets the sex down like
running about half Naked" she went
on There is no use of talking about
equality, If we only use our liberty
to show our hideousness. Last night
l wore a dress l have used since 1918.
If you keep your eye on your body
all the time, you can't keep 1t on
your SOUL"
How about the fiappers and their
uniform?" she repeated. Their
clothes are unfortunate, but that is
their mothers fault"
"The first thing a woman ought to
teach her children is obedience"
In running for reelection to her
place in parliament next autumn,
Lady Astor said she would not say
one plank in her platform would be
exactly dry but certainly it would not
be wet.
She had never seen man or WON
an who was made more unselfish or
better by drink but she had seen "hun
dreds ruined by it"
One of the largest groups of report
ers and photographers that ever
swarmed aboard a steamer down the