Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25

| American railroad travel nude two
OF the following days most Disagree
able 10 me.
Paddle Through Mud TO Hotel.
AFTER travelling all day. we had
| arrived at our destination in a sous
ing rain--at night-to hear there
were no porters at the station. on
inquiring II they were on strike. l
| was told that there never had been
! any porters at Kalamazoo! So load
cd with luggage we padded like
ducks in the mud TO an inferior no.
tel.
As We had lunchcd at midday and
there was no dining car on the train.
We were annoyed 10 hear that no ono
could get any food after $40 T. NJ.
but luckily for US there were still
zen minutes before the restaurant
cloScd. 20 we devoured what we could
on the next day was told bv re-
porters and other people that an emil
Icnt divine had said in sermon .eat
thanks to my belief in intcmperance
! l was not TT and proper person 10
give a lecture,
In consequence. my audience on
ha II evening was not all
that could have desired. had
something 20 say about bearing false
witncns against your neighbor, and
the rev that were there were more
than enthusiastic. After the lecture
was embraced by woman from
! Pceblcsshirc!
mere was % surprising lack OF
unhminity In my hearers opinion OF
my lecturing abilities. The most
discouraging was tina, OF the New
YORK women. who, during my first
taih. rose. said had got her money
ior nothing and stalked out OF the
na''' On IN. other hand. mus;
nave gained some skill as 1 went on.
After ono appearance ] was intro
duced to several people Of the city
at supper tall OF whom I found in
terestinE). One man said TO me:
Knew you had charm and per-
sohaiity. Mrs. Asau!th, but you must
nave spoken on "a hundred platforms
eloGuence"
RaAed at him dumb with surprise,
Many were the suggestions ! re-
ceiN"d as To subjects for my taill.
prohibition" "tlappers." "Shor,
! SKIRTS, Women Smoking"-that
was inc sort OF thing that ;he audi
enccs want to hear about.
The day before | sailed FOR Eng
land went out TO huv toys To en-
tertafn my grandchild on our VOYAGE
and had an interesting talk with one
OF the many civil statesmen that
hhNc inet all over the United States
| III their beautiful shops He said he
regretted that he would not lie able
10 attend my last lecture ta!thouxh
ne had been TO my other three in
New York;. because he feared tho
daughter OF "a friend OF his was dy.
ing She was little girl living in
suburb who had tainted som.
weeks before. Her mother had given
her the only stimulant they had in
the house. Since then she had SUI
Tered from blood poisoning and was
lying in critical condition
DO hope. madam. you will deal
In your lecture tonight with the
aeominnble law or prohibition" he
said. 1T has encouraged this coun-
Try to manufacture liquors OF the
most dangerous kind"
told him ! had heard the same
complaint wherever ] had been. and
while sympathizinE deeply with him.
feared I could do no more. as had
denit freely and at length upon the
subject
on was abou, this time that We
read ia the papers: "Balfour accepts
pceragc: will enter Lords as earl
This was pleasant news about my
| lifelong friendly
was advertised ~ the following
| card 10 make my last speech
FAREWELL l.ECTDRE
under the auspices Of
FAREWELL LECTURE
OF ROuMANIA
rounded under the august patronage
OF Her Majesty. Queen Marie
OF Roumania
MARCiOT ASQUITH
Will close her brilliant and success
ful tour by delivering a lee
ture entitled
IMPRESSIONS OF THE UNITED
STATES AND CANADA.
| ] put on my best dress. and armed
with bouquet OF rare orchids given
me by my chairman. made my final
| public appearance in America
! As Nelson Cromwell. who intro
duced me. is fluent orator and had
a great deal to say. while paying a
| fine tribute to my husband and
knowing that ! was to hold q rccep-
| ton afterwards. cut my lecture az
short as could. Il give some OF
| its features here as a sort OF sum
ming up OF my American expert
I encesD
Among the subjects. dealt with
| the exaggerated belief in America
| III commercial success. and the dan
gerous self-interest and lack of leis-
ure which was encouraging not only
that country. but every nation to
! matcrialism.
! told them what | had observed
at the Niagara Falls. and spoke of
the many hidcous bill boards and
advertisements that desecrated the
scenery wherever i had been. and
pausing wherever ] had been, others
that had really interested me: "a
Good Name" was interrupted by my
chairman. who exclaimed in a clear
| voice:
"Asquith!"
This met with immense success
| England has been called nation
| Of shopkeepers, but I think we spend
as much time upon moors and play
ing fields as Americans do in eleva-
tors and offices.
| Perhaps we waste too much time
on grass and games, but it has en-
couraged a certain aloofness and
leisure. which produces n quiet mind
| Americans--many of them-are
aware Of their faults. And many
arc prone to enlarge upon them. for
getting the splendid American vir-
tues of generosity, chivalry and hos
pitality.
am told that "The American
Credo. written by n. II. Mencken
! and G. J. Nathan (piycn IN mo nv