The Washington times., 1922-04-16
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WITH YOURSELF,
| IS HER ADVICE
Cant Bring Purity Into Con
test Clothed in Modern
Carb, She Declares.
END OF WAR TALK ABSURD
No Perfect State Possible Un-
til Right Spirit Is In
Hearts of People.

'SA' ~ w SSHtSs
Viscountess Astor, the beauti-
yui Virginia-born girl toho be-
eame the first 10omdn member
ef the British Parliament, notO
Is crossing the Atlantic for a
brief Visit to her native land.
During her stag IN America she
rs S1pected to uisit several
Southern States and her child
hood home ia AtbeniarIe county,
Va, and aUhere during her youth
she became Internationally
famous. as. one OF. the beautiful
LdHghofT,e sisters.
BY vIsCOUNTEss ASTOR, NJ. r.
j say the best preparation for
the woman going into politics
would be. to spend five hours
every day reading her Bible,
and especially the Book of Job.
The one great thing which
women alone can bring into poll
tics is the mother spirit. Men
admire and respect it without
knowing exactly what it is. 1t
Is Love, pure and unselfish. 1t
Is mercy and justice and kindli-
hess. When women remember
this and try not to be big men,
but to be little mothers, they
make a contribution of tremend-
ous value.
Women Less Bitter.
1t is this characteristic which
will make women in politics a
certain help toward the reconcllia-
ton of nations. Even In time of
~ar there is less bitterness in
women. For they have the mother
heart.
Mothers have the same expert
ences. They think and feel alike,
They have understanding. And so
fhey will form an appreciable nu-
eleus for a group of people whose
sentiments are harmonious, who
think clearly, straightly, courage
ously, honestly, who must come
together il there is to be unity
Between the nations of the world.
1t does no good TO talk of senti-
nnental nonsense about information
slism. a
For instance, to say that there
khaIl be no more war is absurd.
War Is not wiped out by people
saying so. The thing to do Is to
Begin TO live so that there will
Be no cause for war.
We don't want war, Well, we
don't want greediness and selfish
ress and immortality either, but we
don't get rid of them just by say
lng we won't have them. We are
d. anxious to get to the right that
We try to just Jump over the
Wrong.
War is a terrible thing, and we
al want to see an end of 1t. But
Ido not know that II is necessarily
Che greatest wrong. / am not
sure that slavery and oppression
and intolerance are not greater
evils.
Things Worth Fighting For.
In condemning war, we must
not forget that there may be cir
Substances In which freedom may
BE worth fighting for. II people
Believe passionately in great
heal they will not count the cost
ef sacrifice. Some of the most
tremendous things in history have
been won at the price of war, and
until human nature changes Trey
may still have to be so won.
Selfishness and jealousy and
wreed are the real causes OF war
and they are not the monopolles
az any class or any country. They
DIRE found in all of US and there
gill never be a perfect state, no
hnx o
may be created, until there is a
Haght spirit in the4hearts of people.
Begin With Individual.
It is with the individual that we
must begtn.,~ ~ H .
Many women are trying to cata-
y,ult themselves into the great in
ternational questions which ure so
pressing today and which do need
the clear united thought of all peo-
BE. But some of those who speak
,eudest about the world brother
nood of man get along the poorest
with their next door neighbors.
III every woman i'm even the most
remote village or I'm the most isO-
lated home ON a mountain side
would determine to he good
neighbor, municipal and state and
national problems would be more
dearly solved and we should all be
in much better positions to discuss
International affairs. r..
The League Of Nations.
The League of Nations, what
over may be. the differences Of
opinion regarding it's pro visions,
has a fine underlying ideal. which
means giving fair play and rea-
son chance. But the League of
Nations by itself means nothing.
1t win be utterly useless un-
less and until individual citizens
in individual countries behave
Justly TO each other and insist
on their governments behaving
Justly to other governments. II
they stop being aggressive and
try 20 he just II they stopNSbe,
ing suspicious and try TO be fair,
then the League of Nations pro-
vides n machinery which can help
70 end war.
The League Of Nations is no
new idea. u has heen conceived
after every ereat war, and II has
failed in the past for exactly the
same reasons which nsy make II
fan In the future unless some
reality can be put behind the
Faachinery.
fIf the League evolves because
of some real understanding and