Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
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SohSinucu from PaGe One
have heard Philadelphia is tremend. {.
ously busy and ! am very anxious to
60 and find out for myself.
'They have Independence Hall over
there. another Gothamite suggested.
lndependent thought. did you say?'
put in Margot Asqulth.
ITS a city of homes. Nearly every
body believes In homes there" was the
next volunteer lit of instruction for the
very humble but apt pupil.
That is as 1t should be-" was the
reJoinder. Marriage, homes and chill
dren are the finest things in the world"
And to prove that she was not lust sit
ting on the velour lounge making pretty
speeches, Margot Asqnith jumped up
blithcly and introduced her visitors to
the little picture gallery on the mantel-
piece.
Son at Oxford
There was the Princess Bibesro, the
daughter. who is twenty-t two and mar
ried to the Rumanian Ambassador at
Washington. There was Anthony. the
son, at the age of nine. He is eighteen
now and Mt Oxford and destined to be
a politician. Last but not least in the
little gallery was the Princess Priscilla,
looking like a snow6ird in little white
fur coat.
''That is my little granddaughter"
Margot Asquith said, picking up a small
gilt frame. "lsn't she darling? I
take my pictures wherever ! CO."
1t Is because of her firm belief that
woman has all she can do to take care
of her home that Mrs. Asquith does
not believe women can live up to suf-
frage. She does not advocate women
In Parliament, but has scarcely been In
America long enough to discuss the po-
litical situation here.
Mrs. Asquith has been in America
long enough, however. to state clearly.
nicely and courteously that she likes
American men better than American
women.
She smiled fascinatingly when she
said she did not find the men Of the
United States the hard headed. hard
hearted business type so often depicted.
One might surmise that an nutObiog-
raphy written with our United States
as r6mping ground might not have
proved uninteresting.
AS to the diary itself, however, the
lady whose interesting disclosures went
with fixed but sky rocket fame into
the clear cool sky of England. does not
think there was anything particular
remarkable about It,
~ have kept diary since was
fourteen she explained. Mrs. AS
quith is fifty eight, by the way, now.
~ should never have published it il
1t hadn't been that really we Eeeded the
money. The big sales were ridiculous,
And no, for those who are curious
about 1t, Mrs. Margot Asquith didn't
mind the heckling that came from the
gallery on the occasion of her first lec-
ture here In America.
"On the whole" she said, ~ think
Americans are remarkably courteous.
They have, | should say, more real
native warm -heartedness than we have
in England. That little incident wasn't
so much after all. You see, I'm not
really q lecturer, 30 perhaps l was to
blame"
"My knees knocked together and I
almost gave. way when that woman
shouted Good by, you We got my money
for nothing said Mrs. Asquith.
'"rhe trouble was that l was placed
too far back on the stage. had been
terribly seasick on an extremely rough |
voyage, and was doing the best |
could. think that every one heard me
except In the early part Of the lecture.
u made an unfortunate selection In !
'hs hot TcuuiHk' SHouIu nave known |
hat the people here do not ride and hunt
as we do in England and that the sub :,
ject did not interest them. BESIDES, I |
made 1t more difficult to understand !
because of the brogue used by one Of the ,
That was quite STUPID and |
entirely my own fault. I have learned |
Mrs. AsQuith said she had found the
newspaper accounts Of her lecture inter-
esting.
y think they wsrs quite friendly and
kind, ~ tpiasy eaaAdssds" - aid.