New Britain herald., 1926-08-02
MOTHERS AT FAULT,
 NOT PROHIBITION
This Is Lady ASt0r'S View on
 Wild Youth ard Dry Laws
HERE FOR HER VACATION
British Parliament Member Dis cusses Debts and Says English Resent Recent Attacks on U. S. by London Press.

! hSNeht attacks on U. s. i by London Press.
 Boston, Aug. G9 = Lady Astor
 hrst woman member Of the British parliament arrived in Boston on the steamship Samaria this morn ing with the announced intention of showing America to her four chill dren who accompanied her.
 To Show Children Around she was met at the dock bv Charles Dana Gibson, her brother in-law, at whose summer home at Dark Harbor. Maine, she is to spend three weeks Lady Astor said she intended to guide her cbi,dre, aoout Harvard university and ,ba historic parts of Boston before tahlng the boat this evening for
 NocKland. Me. An older son sha sald' was with viscount Aston in xIV california and would join tban, ialer while the oldest son is pou doing military duty and could mot leave England. 0'
 hepeating that she had Iaft wolf ucs behind her in seeking rect ,n Maine and Virginia, where sba haa spent her honeymoon and cb,ld hooo' Lady Astor did make q few comments on the war debts ans world peace. ana
 Criticism Suppressed Ehgllsh criticism of Americas no- sition on war debts she declared has ohly been stirred up by newsns nars anu nad been quickly suppressed as contrary to the opinions of botb puplic and statesmen.
 UT course debts of any ,,ins never make for good will Lady as tor said' and particularly wben they are war debts. Enpland h made up her mind to pay and she VIII pay. It would be contrary to the English nature to do otherwisa IL seems pity that England sbonId nave been discriminated against io the terms of settlement but Ena 'ailu Tn the end will not lose bv I,
 several members of parliament Wlth whom l discussed the recent at Jacks on the American attitude as stated fortnight ago by the Da,Iv Ma1l expressed themselves as tbor, oushly ashamed of such condemna. ton. i''i'S- Get on with what I think of fem lnlsm, she exclaimed. when astos Tor comment on that movement ir England or America In discus.;rn the recent general strike in England she refused to discuss the part pIav- ed by the women as apart from tbat of the men.
 Favor Enforcement Help
 The visit of General Andrews to London to obtain greater coopera- lon with England in the prevention of liquor smuggling is not an isspe which bullks large in the English nind, she said. .'The coal crisis overshadows all else but all right minded people favor assisting in all possible ways, the enforcement of prohibition as a step in the ripbt direction.
 I am certain that America will never go back. l believe it unfair to damn q country by picking out the reactions of few individuals, I question whether prohibition has had an evil effect on youth in this country and I am certain that when the next generation comes along the question will be forgotten.
 Blames The Mothers
 If young girls have been misbe- having and grown too fond of cock tails, l blame the mothers and not prohibition. I was one of eight in and I have six children myself. can't imagine how any girl could carry on as some are re- ported to do. Catch my daughter 1oing it.
 The greater freedom which girls enjoy today is a moral uplift, not 8 moral decline There is less tosh than when l was girl The girl In sports and with greater conpan- with men has gained and not lost"
 Lady Astor refused to take peace societies seriously.