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Show MRS. ASQUITH 1 IN AMERICA. Having invaded America Mrs. Mar-got Mar-got Asqulth, wife of the former pre Imier ol Great Britain, has been r h jing much publicity. She is spoken ot j as a woman of much education, with a strong desire to be in the public eye-j eye-j Lately she has indulged in epigrams, 'dealing with Americans, and a fw of I her comments are as follows: "I never In mv life have seen so much backbiting and unkindness as 1 have st so during the last few years." "We are all suffering from moral .shell shock. We're not better than we iwere before the war. We're worse "The llapper should cultivate more religion and reverence. She ought to read more and think more. She Is superficial." su-perficial." "Never lake; ony man too seriously On the oilier hand, be faithful in your 1 friendships." "There are no women in politics I So far, they've accomplished absolute ly nothing in that field " "I like American men better than American women. Your men are so devoted ilia' they spoil your women ' "I never am interested m what people peo-ple ihink about uie, but in what 1 think ahoei them I always take my fence." When Mrs Asqulth advises women not to take men too seriously, she- re fleets on her own hufcband. for the lini jits of her experience should be her J husband. As to the flapper. Mrs. Asquilh offers of-fers some good advice, but how much religion or reverence has she to pre sent by way of example? Mrs. Asquith says she is never mter-1 mter-1 ied in what people think of her. She must bo a peculiar make up border ing on self-elimination. The world Is moved by men and women seeking to win the good oplinon of their BSSOOi-ates. BSSOOi-ates. This would bo an empty world if we disregarded the Judgments passed on us and did nothing to gain the approbation of others |