MY OF AMERICA BY MAHGOT ASQUITH AUTHOR Or MAEGOT ASQDITH AN AUTOBIOOKAPHT, KK1 NEW XBJr YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY OOPYRIQHT, 1922, BY GEORGE H. I OBAN COMPANY. MY IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA. I PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OB 1 AMERIOA CONTENTS I ABOARD THE C ARMANI A PAGE M ARGOT NOT A NATURAL TOURIST LACKS CURIOSITY HEADLINES IN LONDON COM PARED WITH HEADLINES IN NEW YORK AMERICAN WOMEN WORLDLY AMERICAN MEN THE GENUINE ARTICLE .... 11 II ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK REPORTERS LACKING IN AWE SPLENDOURS OP HOTEL LJFE FIRST LECTURE A ...
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MY OF AMERICA BY MAHGOT ASQUITH AUTHOR Or MAEGOT ASQDITH AN AUTOBIOOKAPHT, KK1 NEW XBJr YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY OOPYRIQHT, 1922, BY GEORGE H. I OBAN COMPANY. MY IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA. I PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OB 1 AMERIOA CONTENTS I ABOARD THE C ARMANI A PAGE M ARGOT NOT A NATURAL TOURIST LACKS CURIOSITY HEADLINES IN LONDON COM PARED WITH HEADLINES IN NEW YORK AMERICAN WOMEN WORLDLY AMERICAN MEN THE GENUINE ARTICLE .... 11 II ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK REPORTERS LACKING IN AWE SPLENDOURS OP HOTEL LJFE FIRST LECTURE A FAILURE AS RESULT OP S SEA-SICKNESS THRILLED BY NEW YORKS ARCHITECTURE ... 21 III BOSTON AND WORCESTER DISCOMFORT OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA STAGE FRIGHT IN BOSTON BOSTONIANS INTELLI GENT AND COURTEOUS JOHN SARGENTS FRESCOES IN THE MUSEUM 29 IV UNRESPONSIVE PHILADELPHIA SERMON ON LIFE AS A TRAINING SCHOOL MAR GOTS ENGLISH NOT UNDERSTOOD IN PHIL ADELPHIA MRS. CORNELIUS VANDERBILTS BAL POUDR PRAISE FROM HEYWOOD BROUN 41 V THE WHITE HOUSE AND WASHINGTON PRESIDENT HARDING EASY TO TALK To MAR GOT EXPLAINS ENGLISH POLITICS CHATS CONTENTS PASS WITH WOODROW WILSON IMPRESSED BY AMBASSADOR JUSSERAND 57 VI DETROIT AND CHICAGO GUEST OP WOMENS CLUB VISITS FORD WORKS LOVELY MRS. MINOTTO BONUS AND DISABLED SOLDIERS 71 VII PITTSBURGH AND ROCHESTER MEETS AN INTERESTING REPORTER COMPLI MENTS PROM DR. HOLLAND PULLMAN CAR INCONVENIENCES MARGOT SEES HER FIRST FLAPPER 81 VIII TORONTO AND MONTREAL MARGOT TELLS A MARK TWAIN STORY CAP TURES TORONTO AUDIENCE KISSES CHAR WOMAN MONTREAL LADIES QUELLING AND CRITICAL . 95 IX IN CANADAS CAPITAL APATHY AND BREEDING OF OTTAWAS AUDIENCE INTIMATE TALK WITH PREMIER MAC KENZIE KINO THE STATUE OP 8m GAL AHAD AND ITS STORY 105 X REFLECTIONS AT LARGE DRAWBACKS OPAMERICAN JOURNALISM SEN SATIONAL HEADLINES FEAR OF THE PRESS CONTROVERSY ON PROHIBITION WITH LORD LHE IMPRESSIONS OF U, S. SENATE 115 vi CONTENTS XI SYRACUSE AND BUFFALO PA6H CITY OP CULTURE AND BEAUTY NIAGARAS NATURAL BEAUTY MARRED BY BILLBOARDS MARGOT READS ABOUT HERSELF . .135 XII INTERESTING ST. LOUIS MET BY THE MAYOR ANOTHER INTELLIGENT REPORTER NEWS PROM HOME AND VIEWS THEREON LUNCHEON AT WOMENS CLUB 147 XIII KANSAS CITY AND OMAHA AMERICAN VOICES RARELY MUSICAL SEES LOVELY COUNTRY HOME DISCUSSION ON CHARACTER BUILDING MARGOT PREDICTS GREAT FUTURE FOR GOVERNOR ALLEN . 155 XIV THE WAR AND PROHIBITION HEATED DISCUSSION ON ENGLANDS ENTRY INTO THE WAR OUR GERMAN FRIENDS AMER ICAN VITALITY MISQUOTED ON PROHIBI TION 165 XV NEW YORK IDEAL CITY LOTS AND AIR AND GAIETY IN NEW YORK LET TER FROM GOVERNOR ALLEN MAHGOT MEETS ARTHUR BRISBANE PRINCESS Bi-BESCOS BOOK 177 XVI CRITICISM AND FAREWELL DOLL SALESMAN TALKS ON PROHIBITION PERILS OF COMMERCIALISM AND MATERIAL ISM IN AMERICA PLEA FOR LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP 189 vii CONTENTS XVII THINKING IT OVER IN ENGLAND PAGE AMERICANS FRIENDLY BUT VAIN THE LAND OF THE REFORMER INTEREST IN EUROPES ARISTOCRACY NEWSPAPERS PANDER TO VULGAR CURIOSITY PLEA FOR ANGLO AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP 199 INDEX an viii I ABOARD THE CARMANIA MY IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA i ABOARD THE CARMANIA MARGOT NOT A NATURAL TOURIST LACKS CURIOSITY HEADLINES IN LONDON COMPARED WITH HEADLINES IN NEW YORK AMERICAN WOMEN WORLDLY AMERICAN MEN THE GENUINE ARTICLE I MOTORED to Southampton on Sat urday, the 21st of January, this year, and after saying good-bye to my husband and my son, retired to my berth on the Car mama. I am a bad traveller, and had been laid up with a sort of influenza until the daybefore I left London. Kindly press people tempted me to con fide in them on the ship. They asked me if I would be back in time for Princess 11 MY IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA Marys wedding where I was going when I arrived in America, and if I looked for ward to my trip. I sometimes wonder what questions I would put if I were obliged to interview a traveller. I would ask with reluctance where they were going, but never what they had seen, because I know I could not listen to their answers...
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