The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
MARGOT ASQUITH SHOCKS AMERICA
 WITH HER IDEAS.
Declares Railroad Stations Are Most Interesting Things in the United StateS-Sur-
 priSeS SuffragiStS
By JANE COMPTON
Special Dispatch to The Age-Herald Copyright. I922, by The Age-Herald)

SPecial Dispatch to The ge-Herald
 Copyright 1929. by The Age-HeraIdj
 New York, February 5.-Did you ever drop handful of t. n. t. into a chicken yard?
 Margot Asquith has been in the United tSates less than week and for several days now the feathers have been flying Of course, Margot was exhausted after the ocean trip Normally she might have accom- pilshed more. But all things con- sidered her weeks collection of feathers was adequate
 If women are the equals of men, why haven't they created tail build inss and painted great picturesg That got the feminists.
 "A woman in politics is a mistake" That got the suffragists.
 Who is Carrie Chapman Cat?" That got the rest Of the suffragists.
 Who is Jane Addams?" That got the champions of Hull House.
 Distinguished American women Who are they?' That got everybody
 Feathers Fly
 The [. n. {. having done it's work, Margot sat with a whirlwind of meta phorical feathers all around her aud NsAAh AhA AAN1A tAAAE NuAIE dbOuL lHl6 country was its railroad stations Calmly, she sat a surprisingly tiny figure in gray, -pigskiRt cigarette ease at elbow, a cigarette in one long thin hand and observed that for cleanli- ness, spaciousness and general utility the American railroad station was the most remarkable thing she had seen yet. Better than the tall buildings Better than Broadway Who but Mar got would have said it?
 Her calm, however. was the calm of [. n. {. not for the moment in ac- ton. And it was calm of the mind, not of the body. Margot is the most energetic woman in the world. Her vitality Is enormous-has not she broken every bone riding to hounds; and helped steer a premier through wartime policies and married off three daughters, one to prince; and written the frankest and most dis eussed memoirs of two decades? And here she comes, alert as ever. to smile on us one moment and poke her finger in our eye the next. Springing up with a swift, "T can't stay stll, you know" she paced back and forth stopping before the pictures of her three children and her step daughter, flicking cigarette ash into the tray, gesticulauttag with a wide, graceful sweep of the arm.
 Dinner With King
 As her hazel eyes glared sardonfc mirth at this and that, and her mouth twisted down into It's peculiar pat fascinating smile, you thought of the time at a dinner party when King Edward called, Come. take this chair beside me. Dragongly," and when she answered blithely, "Of course. l will. Tummies,' and smote similar amid ships with spoon.
 Divorce? Yes she was saying in her interesting voice. cigarette poised to point an epigram: "In your coun- try person may cross from one state to another and marry at every cross ing" She shook her shapely head over that, for as a wife and mother Margot is the tenderest and most fiercely affectlonate of humankind Your men are very capital" she pro- ceeded. 'I mean 10 say, I like them so much better than your women. American women are spoiled-their men did 1t, of course. American men are better sports about everything. But men are so much broader than women, aren't they? And women aren't as honorable as men, are they?'
 zing Another handful of feathers Just as easy,
 You slide away from the subject American manners.
 Americans Polite Wherever Americans get the rep-I utation of not being polite. can't she answered instantly. I've been shopping and the sales
  sistent. People are considerate Tn England people are polite if you at tract their notice, but generally they just don't notice you Progressive? Of course you Americans are pro- gressive. Perhaps your progress is even in advance of your civilizations" Did another feather float gently  Firmly you got back to the subject of politeness. "Oh, my audience was not dis courteous"-this even though cries of louder interrupted the first lecture and one woman walked out in the midst of it, tossing dsdainful rel marks over her shoulder-"she was just being natural. like people 10 be natural. And the audience was bored. I don't blame them. I was bored myself, but I couldn't leave"
 Anyone, added Margot, pacing to and fro across the room, ought to