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Show NANNY' ASTOR DUE WEDNESDAY British Peeress Is Still Pretty Pret-ty Virginia G-irl to Her Friends. XEW YORK, April 18 When T.ady Wnldorf-Astor lands In .Nw York Wednesday en route to Baltimore as a rielegate to the Pan-Amrlcan conference confer-ence of the National league of Women Wom-en Voters she will be greeted not only as one of the British nobility but also at ' Nanny lAnghorne of tho Virgin-la Virgin-la Ii nghornes." For, despite her long succession of tliumps, social and political, Blnce" he Halle, awav from this country an the American bride of a British lsemint. to become S member of the court of King Edward II, Lady Astor his remained re-mained characteristically American She has retained her vivacious person, allty her Virginian drawl and her southern beauty, as she continues to disregard the tradition bound barriers nt Rnsllsh custom. ''I was born an American and am proud of It.'' is one of her most oft quoted expressions lifldy Astor was born nnd reared In Albemarle county, Va. Bhe was christened chris-tened ' Nancy WitchSf Tnnghorne" hut this soon became Nanny" and the name . lung. PJ ROT A DVENTllHF, According to her playmates ' Nanny" Nan-ny" was somewhat of a torn-girl "Nanny" grew up, however, and In her lato teens her keen Intelligence, ready wit and facile tongue made her a leading figure In southern society, She had one marriage adventure before be-fore she announced her engagement to the then Major Wllllnm Waldotf. son iif Ihe British viscount and hear to the title She had married Robert Could Shaw II. of Boston. In 1 897. onh to gain her freedom through the ( ourts six ears later. It was said that the little rebel" failed to adjust herMli to the famik traditions of the Shaws. who were known aa strict abolitionists abolition-ists KINO'S FRIENDSHIP. After she had won over Viscount Astor to the alliance with his fanvlly Lady ABtor's career was a succession of triumphs. Her social position became assured when King Edward invited himself to her home and personally mr.de ,,m the pueiai list for the affair. af-fair. t w" S related that on the occasion evera Of the women fOSSta suggested suggest-ed a game of b ridge when it became apparent that King Edward was being m, .i ized I" I he former American girl. "I can't rl the game." Isdy Astor In reported td have eald. Then she added, naively I wouldn't know B king from a knave" The king straightaway became her devoted friend. STARTi-KS ENC.L.AXD. In 1910 Lady AHtor startled England u taking the stump for her husbano hen he sought the Plymouth seat In the Hons- of Commons He was defeated de-feated but instead of being discouraged discourag-ed his wife said "1 reckon I'll have to win the seat myself, aorne day " In l&l? Viscount Astor was elevated to the peerage and automatical became :i member of the house of lords So, Iady Astor decided to make good her aspirations to a seat In the house of commons. Her vlctor was looked on aa a feminine triumph over one of the oldest traditions of the empire |