Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-16
TO VISIT BOTH RICHMOND
AND ALBEMARLE HOMES
Numerous Changes Have
Taken Place Since Last
She Was Here.
MANY FUNCTIONS ~ HER HONOR
'""h Fn>sngc From ;nEinnd We'd
nc>dny nnh VIII Arrive Ia New York
Enriy This Wcck-t:ncS First TO
baltimore Conventions
Uy Hurry Tucker.

Whom our Nancy comes home
next week. how VIII she feel over the
many changes In Richmond since she
played here In the good days when
Mayor George Ainslic was Il young.
ster, and when Wcstmoreland Davis
was one Of the boys around Frank >
lin and Adams Streets. and before
Colonel barton II. Grundy won his
ttic?
How will the Honorable Lady As
tor. VI T.. feel when shc gasps AT the
inroads 81 business" along Grac. ana
Franklin Streets. where the Guilds
10" iiohs"ns. the Andcrsons. the
lhnghorucs. the M:tcMurdos ,hD
Pages. III" parkcrs. the i.rkinses IN.
M"r"hi'hs. the Carriers. and all us.d
1" Stroll ana regal. themselves with
the coo! brcozos % the evening from
their front purchcs. as proud owners
81 prancing st.ed drove by along In,
naCadam roadway
What VIII che think OF the big
granite Holy Trinity. where ono.
stood the humble l!t,Ic frame Moor.
Memorial church, And what viii H..
n'f thoughts when she gives the biz
sacred Heart Cathedral the 'on..
over where nestled tho ho,hous.s
That supplied tho Monroe Park neigh
i"rh"Gh WIN flowers the year
And there Is thc great Monroe Ter.
ihs" now covering tho ground upnu
"hi'h th" pretty home Of General
btd""y stood ana gruccd IN. neigh
bprhooG. on In" lawns OF which. In.
once famous Bct,iHi G!rard PLAYED
"r"nuet II VIII no recalled th., Ec,
mn ''irarh startled all The guests at
~. oid White once in those uot-sD-
ora days. when She permitted some
gallant to drink wine from her dainty
satin slipper
Those Were the Days.
mos" were the days when our
Nancy and her beautiful sisters and
their just as pretty companions were
IN" brides OF the town. The Lang
n"rn'S once lived at Pine and Grace
streets. later going 20 Adams nud
trace. ana In those days tn. socia.
lights lowered arouud Tho hom..
where gathered tho bellies ana ,Lc
hcauN 81 not only Richmond ana
hereahouts, bur Of most Of the stat,
Ana now, after tho lapse OF noi-s1-
many years, our Nancy cmcrg.s
from the Iuictudc OF domestic iifo
INTO the vortex OF "a political struc.l.
that brings her into history las IN.
hrst woman TO enter the ancient and
hnorablc British Parliament wonder
what she would have accomplished as
one Of the lights of the ElIsabeth.u
era? or the Victorian?
Many OF the m!ddle-agcd gauants
% TO-DAY remember the IanEhornc
girls, of which our Nancy was on.
"i the spr!ghtlicst. They could riI.
ana hunt ana swim and row with the
nest OF them. They were leaders IN
ihcir set, and they All came into the
public eye more ur less They set
IN" styles. ana whdicvcr the Lang.
norm" girls achieved their followers.
DIG crowd trici. some Won. bu,
most OF them failed to Keep along
win The leaders. They all became
famous. Yet !, Vas mp Ia our Nan
Cy 10 reach the apcN And now sh,
STANDS as the pioneer in hcr particI-
lar class
TnI" Cue From Lady Astor.
iakinS the cue from Lady Asto.
other women arc making a TRY" for
political honors. 1t Is nice to think
however. that an American. and
Nirrinian at that. blaxcd tn. way.
Without displaying cSotism. IL Is In.
right 10 say that most big ,hin-s
We're ana are done by Nirrinians
our Ndncy' los; none Of her fire, and
heF enthusiasm ANA her love for the
great things. when she Went TO Eng.
land. The old Virginia Spiri, stuc7.
10y her.
Lady As;Cr took passage from Eng
land last Wednesday. She Will reach
new iork carly in the week and
VIII proceed at once To baltimore
where she viii attend Il convention
nt women. remaining there about ono
week. and then coming on to Rich.
nond. That she Will be given ",b
glad hand" goes without s,viny
Many social affairs arc in INC max.
in-. while many have been planned.
Nanhie l.anGhorne took her seat in
the House OF Commons on December
!. 1913. following "a picturesque and
exciting and withal entertaining cam
liaiGn in the plymouth District. All
America and all England watched
that whirlwind campaign The news
papers pictured IL as charming: and
classy" The seat which she won
was vacated by her husband. Nainr
Waldorf Astor, when he was clcyat. ID
TO be Niscount Astor upon the death
Of his father, William Waldorf Ast,r.
of iievcr Castle. and New York CITY.
Her great wealth. drawn largely
from Virginia and New York real
estate. and her Virginia birth. gave
tho famous British hcckIcrs plenty
Of opportunity to intrude themselves
upon her otherwise peaceful stump.
ihg tours. But, held up by that old
spirit which is SO well remembered
by present day not -so-od gaIlan:s
mere and hercabouts. she met every
onslaught, as one reporter said, with
flashing courage. which she boastcd
OF having derived from the very pill
trims who helped make Plymouth
famous. parrying every thrust with
quip or a witty story"
Triumph of Personality.
u was generally agreed that her
campaign represented triumph r
personality over adverse conditions.
me Liberal and Radical newspapers
fought her and all she stood for.
out even ut that. it was said by Brit
ish journals that if she had run on
an ahtigovernmcnt ticket. her ma e..
jority would have been greater. IIc"c
is the New York Times appreciation:
twenty odd years ago: a Virgin,
hciIe' dancing all night in Richmond
or riding TO the hounds in the Alb,.
marie mis-. playing a great deal.
thinking none too much along CON
Ncntlohal lines. yet always bril,ian.
alert. witty. with a mind that ma1c
up IN natural flash what il lacked In
serious training: altogether fascinat-
ING, teinpcramcntally fit for endless
social Gaictics in town or gruclin,
outdoor sports in the country, n typ
icai southern girl OF the lcisureIv
pieaSure-lovinE type not unusual In