The New York herald., 1922-05-21

tnan an nour afrer tne otner passengers
had alighted. Lord Astor was the first
about A. NJ. An hour and a quarter
wife.
sympathetic for "A League."
Reporters were waiting for her so
she gave a front porch" interview.
standing on the top step of the low and
very modern stoop while anxious maids
hovered i'm the background. Lord Astor
had not discovered his wife's arrival.
When he did several minutes later he
came out and tried to drag her indoors.
reminding her that she had piles OF
mail and any number of appointments.
She wore her blue crepe steamer dress
with blouse of Bulgarian embroidery,
small blue hat and a silver fox scarf
In answer to the question what i'm
pressed her most on her trip from
Richmond to Chicago. Toronto. Ottawa
and Montreal, she said:
The desire Of the American people
for League of Peace I'd guarantee
could make a lecture trip from one
end OF this country to the other and
get the people interested in this
League Of Nations idea. Every time
l spoke of the League from the point
of view of the starving people of Eu-
rope l met with sympathetic response
I'd stake my life on the success of such
a trip on the terms Of helping other
nations and her eyes grew moist
That is the spirit of England's great
ness and it will be Americas too, help
ing other nations.
There are two ways of going at a
thing; you can put a mans back up so
that he won't do anything. or you can
handle him right and make him do
whatever you want. / don't pretend to
know the problems Of America but
do pretend to know what the politi-
clans don't know. and that is the un-
derlying idealism in the people,
" In Richmond 5.OOo people were
packed in the hall where l spoke about
the League of Peace, and 5000 were
turned away. 1t was the same in Chi
cago and in Canada. enormous crowds
everywhere. America Is not interested
in safety first. You know the way
to do it; it's like the tenth chapter of
St. Luke The priest and the Levite
went by on the other side and the
Good Samaritan came along and helped
the man, and that's the only way you
can ever get the League OF Nations"
Ottawa gave Lady Astor the free
dom of the city. She explained: Il
think it's the first time any woman
ever had that honor The last night we
were there we attended a reception at
which were present Premier w. l..
Ma ckenzie King. Arthur Meighen, the
former Premier, and a lot of other
important personages. Before the Pre-
mier had a chance to say anything to
us man rushed up to me calling out
Gee, Mrs Astor, it's you! He grabbed
me by the shoulders and 1 took hold of
him saying, 'Carruthers, how long Is II
since you were in the hospital in Lon
DOM
II had recognized one OF the men !
took care of over there. and / jus
couldn't help saying hello to him
Everywhere in Canada l ran across sol
diers knew There was man clean
ing the car windows at the stations who
had been one of my boys. The trair
had stopped at siding and 1 was trying
to get a little sleep one afternoon wher
saw him peering ip at me. He shouted
Hello, Mrs. Astor!'
"All the soldiers called me Mrs. Astor
You know I've been Lady Aston only
two and a half years. And besides, It's
term of affection with them now. They
never called me Nancy, though my op-
ponents in the political campaign tried
TO do that to cheaper the campaign
! There's a difference between familiarity
and intimacy"
Really Said "Tappenny Dump"
Wont you explain the 'tuck-a-dunk
slang you were reported to have used ir
! Chicago?" a reporter asked. and sh'
answered:
"It was tuppenny dump. That's an
old Scotch phrase. I've used II lot.
got il from an old professor of philoso
| ply at Glasgow, Sir Henry Jones, wh'
was one of the most remarkable men il
! the world. Tuppenny dump means i
isn't worth a tuppence."
What she had learned of women and
their attitude toward politics Lady Astol
summed UP thus:
! Women here, as in England. are alb