The Washington times., 1922-04-30

thoroughly captivated by him as
by his wife. Isn't It curious that
these two people-not merely
American born themselves. but
with generations of the best Amer
lean blood in their veins-should
come to US from Great Britain
as peers of the realm, and make
such a tremendous hit? Some
of the women at the Baltimore
conference seem downright peev-
fish about it, and talk bitterly
of the neglect OF the old-time lead
ers of feminism in America be-
ing cold shouldered while people
fall over themselves to shower at
tentions on this pair Of recreant
Americans.
That. after all. isn't quite fair.
For Viscount Astor would probably
have been a perfectly good Ameri-
can. left to himself. He is Ameri-
can born, of course, and a son OF
William Waldorf Astor, and Of his
wife, who was Margaret Dahlgren
Paul, of Philadelphia. As / re-
member 1t, the first Lord Astor
did not renounce his American citi-
kenship until after his wife's death.
And know that they tell tales In
London of the present holder Of
the title seeking out every Ameri-
can boy who came to Eton or Ok
ford and hailing them as his COM
patriots, greeting them cordially
with I'm American. too" He
seems to have been the victim Of
his fathers lack of judgment-and,
British or American, he's an aw-
fully nice fellow, and one Of whom
both countries can well be proud.
His education is practically en-
tirely British. He went to Eton,
where he won the Prince Consort's
French prize, and was Captain OF
the Boats"-don't you love that7
At New College. oxford, he was a
notable polo player, and steeple-
chaser, and swordsman.
He was on the varsity teams in
all of these. defending the univer-
sity against Cambridge in the
intercollegiate sports. And then
when his time came he married
an American girl-who didn't
marry him for his title, for she
did it long before either he or
his father had a title. The Brit
ish didn't tumble over them
selves over there to give the
elder Astor the handle to his
name," which he notoriously COW
eted. And, II appearances count
for anything. they're living happy
ever after.
Lord Astor feels that his espe-
cial province this trip is to look
after his wife. He's big enough
not to mind shining in reflected
glory. And it's really very sweet
to see how he watches over his
Man" guards her from fatigue.
and makes himself generally use.
full in the most unobtrusive way
Their visit in Washington will
necessarily be brief. They are
in this country only for q. little
while, and they want to spend
as much of 1t as they can at
al "a
Astor-one of the quartet of
beautiful Langhorne girls of
Virginia" There is a feeling
that she Is little more truly
American" than her husband,
since he, though born on this
side, was educated in England
and has made his home there
practically all his life, while she
is Virginian born and bred, and
until her marriage had not lived
abroad-for more than occasional
short periods as she happened to
be travelling.
WHILE in Washington tn.
Astors arc the guests Of
the Clifford Pinchots-at least
they are occupying the Pinchot
house. Mrs. Pinchot and Lady
Astor are old friends-and it's
Leila" and Nan" when they
get together. But the Pinchots
are very busy up in Pennsyl-
vania, in the midst of ''Pinchot
for Governor" campaign, 80 they
have lent their house to the
Astors, and left them to their
own devices and the mercy of
their friends.
Today General Pershing, who
is giving delightful series
of Sunday breakfast parties-the
last one was for Marshall Joffre-
is entertaining at the Shoreham
in honor Of Lord and Lady Astor;
and last evening they were the
guests Of honor at a dinner given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss.
1t got into the papers that the
British ambassador and Lady
Geddes were to entertain for the
Astors that evening, but no, they