The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-13
NANCY ASTOR
BIDS GOODBY TO
"OL VIRGINNY''
Three Precious Days
at Mirador Are
Ended.
By JOHN ARCHER CARTER.
Consolidated Press Correspondent


Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Charlottesville, Va. May 13.-
Lady Nancy Astor today bids good
by to Mirador, her girlhood home.
After three precious days" in old
Albemarle county, sne is taking
train for Chicago, once more to
brave the maelstrom of America s
clamorous hospitality.
After days and nights of the Sc
we're strain of continuous recep-
| tions and never-ending demands
for words from her lips, Nancy
Langhorne came home" to rest.
Tuesday night last she arrived.
Today she said she was fit again.
Though she has not been STOP
ping at Mirador, the farm where
her father, Chilly" Langhorne, es-
tablished his large family after he
had won wealth in Richmond, Lady
Astor has been near enough to
steal an hour or so now and then
to stroll about the rugged scenes
of her adventurous days. Her par
ty has been entertained at Rose
Hill, the home of Mrs. W. R. Mas
sey, an old friend. Rose Hill is
but few miles from Mirador.
Hurried to GirlhOOd Home
When she reached Greenwood,
the nearest railroad station, Tues
day night. Lady Astor Immediately
set out for Rose Hill. She was
very tired. But one night in the
country air of old Virginia seemed
completely to refresh her, and
though her friends advised against
it, she made hurried motor trip
to Mirador, an excuse to see the
old place again at the very first op-
portunity. Wednesday afternoon
the countryside turned out to give
her formal welcome Many play
| mates of her youth, their fathers
and mothers, and the usual num-
! Der of curious newcomers in the
| community, gathered at the tiny
| church near Mirador, where she
once was a communicant, to shake
/ her hands and listen to her spark
ling epigrams.
/ Yesterday Lady Astor was enter
tanned here at the University OF
i Virginia, but Thursday was her
own, to do with it as she pleased
| Mirador claimed much of the sun
shiny day: Mirador, where the hon
eysuckle is singing into bloom, and
the orchards with their labyrinth
of gaudy trees are tossing per-
fume everywhere; Mirador. where
the big brick mansion smiles across
, the lawn to welcome home the
! prodigal.
Recalls TOmboy Days.
Traipsing idly about the farm
where she graduated from tomboy
| into beautiful maturity, Lady Astor
reveled in a day of recollections
There were the places where
"Chilly's" blooded horses were
groomed: and from that rock many
! time she had leaped to the bach
of a spirited animal to follow the
fox-hounds all over Albemarlt
| county. And down the hill, ovel
the fence, was where she used Il
join the boys of the neighborhood
| fishing pole over her shoulder anC
| can of bait in her hand.
| The sun was shining and tht
| birds singing at Mirador on Thurs
day. The British parliament seem
| ed, oh, so far away.
Many poor hearts of AlbemarI
have been cheered by this visit 0
Lady Astor's. for in her rambling
about the old home place she ha
/ stopped at shack after shack to in
I Quire how Aunt Sarah, Uncle Nose
and all the rest of "you-aI hav
been COM on" To all she is tn
| same.
"Lawd, Miss Nan. you ain
changed one bit, honey"
[ II she heard it once, she hear,
it hundred times, for Nancy AS
tor has been home.