The Washington times., 1922-04-23
NANCY DECIDES
NOT T0RUNF FOR
HARDING 5 JOB
Lady Astor Accorded Royal
Welcome In Baltimore-Ban-
ters Well Wisher.
BY MILDRED M0RRE.
International Newa service.

BALTIMORE, April 22.-Women
leaders gathered from all parts OF
the western hemisphere for the
Pan-American conference of women.
threw dignity TO the four winds
this afternoon. and gave Lady
Nancy Astor. the first woman to
sit in the English Parliament,
riotous welcome.
They stood and cheered for sew
eral minutes as the former Virginia
girl, now a distinguishes states
woman OF Great Britain. appeared
in the convention hall
On her arrival at the station
Lady Astor was almost mobbed By
the throng of men and women
waiting to welcome her to Balti-
more, where she spent many Of
her girlhood days.
Watts Kiss TO Crowd.
"HelIo, BaitimoreI" she cried.
waiting a kiss TO the air. al
squad of policemen had 20
clear the way for her TO an auto
mobile.
While being interviewed. she was
asked whether II was true Margot
Asquith was going to run for pariis.
ment.
AT the mention OF Margot's name,
she made a grtmace and then
laughed.
'sWen, all can say is she will
have TO know politics! instead of
knowing politicians" she said at
last. Politics is a science"
Hear, heart The arkling M.
p. cried several times as she sat on
the platform at the Pan-American
conference Of women and listened TO
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait and dele
gates from the Latin-American
countries.
Make the men respect you" Mrs
Gait said once to the Latin-American
women. Hear, hearr' cried Lady
Astor. clapping her hands.
AS she stepped from the train,
someone asked her whether she
wouldn't like to eat a Maryland fried
chicken dinner.
"Um-uml Oh wouldn't II" she
said. ''Oh, how love Baltimore,
she went on. ''It has such beautiful
memories for me-some OF the most
beautiful Of my girlhood.
Once my father bought me ten.
dollar ring here and thought IL was
lNC hilocl btAutttul tbc WOflu. Wt
used to come here on the FAN River
boat"
Decries Opposition.
'I saw the fire in 1904. / was
with my sister at the Johns Hopkins
Hospital She was III and saw the
fire from the hospital windows. II
was wonderful. I have understood
since why Nero enjoyed burning
Rome. Oh those photographers give
me the nightmare she cried as
battery of cameras lined up In front
OF her.
She heard Mrs. Gait tell the Pan
American conference that the Catho-
lie Church had been opposed to WON.
an suffrage.
II don't, for the life Of me, see
what religion has to do with the
vote" she said later in her speech.
Il thought religion teaches that
everyone was created equal. That.
TO me, is the saving grace of re-
hgion. God looks into our hearts;
not our sexes. You Catholic women
tell those who oppose your voting
that God doesn't divide us into men
Women should vote more" she
told reporters. They should vote
as mucns as men. They should vote
even more than the men. When
they say to me in England: How
many women vote2' reply: well,
how many men voter
She told the convention OF WON.
en- she wos too busy 'populating
the world" to take part in the suf
frage fight in England.
She was introduced to the gath-
ering by Mrs. Gait as "the best.
known woman in the world and the
bestloved by those who know her"
As she left the station someone
called to her: why don't YOU stsy
In the United States of America and
run for President of the unued
StRtes7"
Because I'm AFRAID Ia get only
your VOTE che called back iauzh.
ingly.