Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, November 28, 1919, Night Extra Financial, Page 23, Image 23

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EVENING PUBLIC LED GER PHILADELPHIA, FEIDAY, NOA'EMBEK 28, 1010
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EN HERE GLAD
OF ASTOR VICTORY
Philadelphia Loaders Say Her'
Presence in Parliament Is
Progressive Step
' Woman's pa'rt, regards the ; election as
WON'T FORECAST FUTURE vei-v imi,ortant.un,1'!1iar"eul"rly V'tc.n
. "" ' ' " u " 'irsting that an American woman should
' be choien.
An American woman in the Hritit.li
parliament, MiPi'cvfull) competing with
men for her po-itiou nuil winniug a
campaign that sparkled with wit and
gavo.cidenre of f,ml Astor's earnest
ness, brought forth today the congratu
lations of Philadelphia women inter
ested in the political activity of
nomen.
Hesitating to prognosticate t lie future
success of Ladj Astor as- a legislator,
they readily agreed that she had shown
herself able to hold her own against
men and hecklers during the campaign,
and thut her ready wit would probably
be a useful asset In the coming test.
"It mtans more at tbi.-, timo than
the mere word Implies, for the reason
that Lady Astor is the mother of a
family of children," says Mrs. liar
clay II. Warburton. state rhalrmau of
the Pennsjlvanla Women's Republican
committee
English People Rcallto Value
"It shows that the English people
realize that they need a woman's hand
In all their interests. The education
women hao had in their homes hn.
fitted them for the same work on a
larger scale
"What t-rems to be partieularlj sig
nificant U that Lady Astor's entrance
into tho House of Commons i u mat
ter of deep interest to many women
who mo considering the question these
days more than ever before of how
much help they can give their rouutrj
through their interest in public prob
lems." "I lira glad she won, on general
principles," sajs Mrs. Oeorge A. I'ler
fol, president of the National Woinnu
Suffrage Association. "I am hopeful,
too, that Lad Astor will be the om- to
prove that women can be successful in
politics. When I bfij this. 1 h.ii no
Idea of the relative qualilirations nf'tho
candidates and I kno. that women are
Just us capable of failing as are meD,
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Extravagant statements ure so common that we cannot
blame you if you are doubtful. Right here on our racks
ure thousands of beautiful, high-grade suits and overcoats,
every one a mute vvjtness to the truth of our claims, and
u clean saving of $3 to $ 1 0 on every one.
Special Value
Usual $45 to $50 Quality
Reversible Leatherette Coats
Wear them either way, one side
leatherette raincoat, other side
fine knitted or tweed fabric. Rag
lan sleeve und belt all around
make it one of the striking styles
of die season.
2d Floor
1425 Chestnut Street
Open Saturday Evenings Until 9 o'clock
but the women of England should bo
well flttcd for politics through their ox.
iperience with tho municipal vote. '
Must Prove Women's Value i
1 "I t-haro in the unlcrul gratiflua
tious at tho election of Lady Aster,
rmiitnentu Mrs. Tliomas Robins, of the
IViiiin.vlvnnla Womeu's Republican
Committee. "The responsibility of,
proving the value of woman's service
' in public life rests now wrgeiy upon
1 her and much of the advancement of i
llie position of women of this country i
will be contingent upon her success or
failure."
Mi.. tnr Indium, of the National
Lady Astor Wins
Seat in Commons
Cflnllniinl lnm Tate One
much support, but her wealth induced
considerable heckling.
"After nil," said one man, "you ride
in an nuto. My wife run only buy a
'perambtilblor for the kid at twelve
cents a week."
lint tbnt didn't worrj "Lady Nancy
u second. Quick as h Hash came her
reply. My man. what do jou do with
jour inouev ?"
The necklers did much to win her
fiht, for it was then that her wit
showed to best advantage. She played a
man's Mime, asking no favor because
i sh was a woman, but with it all she
never surrendered her woman's prcrog
ativc of i.ppearing a little late at a
meeting 01 of firing a question back ut
i a questioner.
AVlien heckled about her American
ancestry the flashed lire and declared
she whs proud of it.
Once she turned heckler, when oue ,
of her o'nionents, Punt. Mild ho had M
better claim to rcpretoni womou and
ihlldren.
"How V" ul:ed Lnrij Asior.
I "I've one more child than you. re
torted Pool.
"But I've not finished jet,' was
f.'udv Astor's unbundling nnswer
When asked b a woman whether she
.favored making it as easy iu England
to obtain a divorce us in America, she
I remarked :
I "M poor vvomau. I'm so s-orrj jou
are iu trouble."
Sho was usu.illj in good humor in
, Irving circumstance, but once sh"
"detected the claws of nn envious cat, '
I mid on another occasion she cried, "nu
villains, shot up," when Socialist
! hecklers insisted on interrupting her
I.udj Astor gained earlier fume as one
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, I'lic Langhornes arc an American
family, nnd although three of these,
daughters of old Virginia married
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magnitude in tho English social firma
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or lojalty to the traditions of the home
land. These "Langhornc girls," iu order,
are Elizabeth, Irene, Nannie, Phyllis
and Nora. All of them mndc brilliant
marriages and only one of them, Nan
nie, who is now Lady Astor. had oc
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monial field, divorcing her first husband,
Robert Gould Shiiw, u sou of Quinc.v
Adams Shaw, of Boston, whom she had
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Open Monday and' Saturday Evenings
luther in Mlrmlur, An. while society
gossiped
By and by Mrs. Shaw went to New
York on u visit to her sister, Irene,
who had become Mr9. ChHrles Duuu
Gibson, and tho model of the famous
"Uibson Uln tnnt was tue vogue a
decade or two ago. It was Oibson, by
tho way, who diclured the Langhornc
sisters tho finest type of Americnu
beauty. From New York nud Newpoit '
Nannie went to England as the guest
of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, whose
"very best friend" she was. I
Marries Waldorf Astor
i As Mrs. "Jack's" guest the r
! ginia divorcee met all sorts of eligible
voting Englishmen, unci in a few weeks
her beauty, her charm, and her gowns
were the tnlk of London
Mrs. Shaw's engagement to wed half
a ioica titled personages mioo became'
current rumor, onl to be dissipated '
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wife of Waldorf Astor, a cousin of
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men in the. world
William Waldorf Astor. father of the
bridegroom, .was 60 pleased with the
match that ho bought Cliveden, on the
Thames, u wonderful home, with still
more wonderful grounds, from the Duke
of Westminster, and gave it to the
happy couple as a wedding gift, not to
mention presenting the bride with u
tiara containing the famous Sancy dia
mond, valued ut STfi.000.
Perhaps this was the greatest match
made by nnj of the Lnnghorne girls,
for in it brief tinn .Mrs. Ator became
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