The New York herald., 1922-03-06
DRY LAW FARCICAL,
SAYS MRS. ASQUITH
Prohibition Change Came Too
Fast to United States From
Her Observation.
RETURNS FROM BIG TRIP
Bonus Is Pauperizing: Men
Need Love, Not Money.
She Contends.
RETuRNs FROM BIG TRIP

Margot Asquith came back to New
York last night, and although she had
been travelling since o'clock in the
morning she consented to see group
of newspaper men at the Hotel Ambas-
sador before retiring. She returned
with some very definite ideas. One is
that prohibition doesn't work; that
American trains are simply terrible" !;
that the best looking woman in Chicago
is Countess Minott and tnat one of the
most remarkable. men in the world is
Mackenzie King. Prime Minister OF
Canada.
She was shocked at the lack Of in
terest in ex-service men both here and
in Canada in comparison to the recog-
nition they received in England.
me speedway Hospital in Chicago
y the finest hospital i have ever seen"
she said. j walked through miles OF
cots, il seemed. and ] was the only
visitor there.
The bonus? No. That seems 10 b.
political affair, doesn't it? What the
men want Is the personal touch, little
more love and sympathy, and money
wouldn't give them that Everywhere
people talked TO me about the bonus
and It doesn't seem to me to be the
thing at all. 1t would only huriliate
the men and pauperize them
Dry Change Came Too Fast.
y found prohibition 50 aoonlinably
administered that have come to think
scase less drastic change sllo0ld have
taken place. You do everything SO
violently over here, you know. Lights.
music, movies Mrs. Asquith's hands
darted out in nervous. childiike gestures) !.
Prohibition has set the fashion for drink
ing among young men and maidens and
understand il is quite common to
firi young girls drunk at dances I
have been going out IN English society
for great many years. would hate
TO say how long--and / have never yet
seen drunken maiden"
Mrs. Asquith was moro than usually
perturbed over the report that she had
been snubbed in Montreal by Lord and
Lady Byng. She explained that she
had received "a charming letter from
Lady Byng" and denied vigorously that
there had been the slightest friction with
the Governor General and his wife In
Toronto she met the most enthusiastic
greeting of any OF the cities.
which was quite unusual, YOU must
understand, because Toronto is 3 Tory
tcwn. We had to lock the green room
door. and then when came out after
waiting for half an hour they stormed
the motor. II was Ike an English
election.
No HeckIinG in Canada.
Were you heckled in any OF your
speeches?"
NO wish had been. II would
have made il much more interesting"
what do you think of Lady Rhondda
taking her place in the House of Lords?"
II haven't read the English papers.
Is there much excitement over It? /
still have lot of London Times to look
over. i don't know Lady Rhondda. !
dare say she'll be rather useful, but she
won't go there very much. I'll wager.
Tell me. are there any Shaw plays
in town? He's awfully clever don't you
think. but he doesn't quite get at the
heart Of things, does he? ! knew him
when he was very poor--when he didn't
even have any evening clothes. ! told
him once when we were lunching together
that his plays were too Tong. My dear
lady he said. that is the only way
can empty the theater.' Which was
rather clever, wasn't it?'
Mrs. Asquith has been to Toronto,
Rochester. Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh.
Columbus. ottawa and Montreal She
will lecture in Montclair tonight, and
some time before she sails within the
next week or so she will lecture on I'm
pressions Of America" cleaned in her
trip West.