Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Digital & Multimedia Center, Michigan State University Libraries.) MY IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA MARGOT ASQUITH [Illustration: _Copyright by Harris and Ewing_ MARGOT ASQUITH Returning from her visit to the White House.] MY IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA BY MARGOT ASQUITH AUTHOR OF "MARGOT ASQUITH: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY," ETC. NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY. MY IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA. I PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS I: ABOARD THE _CARMANIA_ PAGE MARGOT NOT A NATURAL TOURIST; LACKS CURIOSITY--HEADLINES IN LONDON COMPARED WITH HEADLINES IN NEW YORK--AMERICAN WOMEN WORLDLY--AMERICAN MEN THE GENUINE ARTICLE 11 II: ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK REPORTERS LACKING IN AWE--SPLENDOURS OF HOTEL LIFE--FIRST LECTURE A FAILURE AS RESULT OF SEA-SICKNESS--THRILLED BY NEW YORK'S ARCHITECTURE 21 III: BOSTON AND WORCESTER DISCOMFORT OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA--STAGE FRIGHT IN BOSTON--BOSTONIANS INTELLIGENT AND COURTEOUS--JOHN SARGENT'S FRESCOES IN THE MUSEUM 29 IV: UNRESPONSIVE PHILADELPHIA SERMON ON LIFE AS A TRAINING SCHOOL--MARGOT'S ENGLISH NOT UNDERSTOOD IN PHILADELPHIA--MRS. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT'S BAL POUDRE--PRAISE FROM HEYWOOD BROUN 41 V: THE WHITE HOUSE AND WASHINGTON PRESIDENT HARDING EASY TO TALK TO--MARGOT EXPLAINS ENGLISH POLITICS--CHATS WITH WOODROW WILSON--IMPRESSED BY AMBASSADOR JUSSERAND 57 VI: DETROIT AND CHICAGO GUEST OF WOMEN'S CLUB--VISITS FORD WORKS--LOVELY MRS. MINOTTO--BONUS AND DISABLED SOLDIERS 71 VII: PITTSBURGH AND ROCHESTER MEETS AN INTERESTING REPORTER--COMPLIMENTS FROM DR. HOLLAND--PULLMAN CAR INCONVENIENCES--MARGOT SEES HER FIRST FLAPPER 81 VIII: TORONTO AND MONTREAL MARGOT TELLS A MARK TWAIN STORY--CAPTURES TORONTO AUDIENCE; KISSES CHARWOMAN--MONTREAL LADIES QUELLING AND CRITICAL 95 IX: IN CANADA'S CAPITAL APATHY AND BREEDING OF OTTAWA'S AUDIENCE--INTIMATE TALK WITH PREMIER MACKENZIE KING--THE STATUE OF "SIR GALAHAD" AND ITS STORY 105 X: REFLECTIONS AT LARGE DRAWBACKS OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM--SENSATIONAL HEADLINES; FEAR OF THE PRESS--CONTROVERSY ON PROHIBITION WITH LORD LEE--IMPRESSIONS OF U. S. SENATE 115 XI: SYRACUSE AND BUFFALO CITY OF CULTURE AND BEAUTY--NIAGARA'S NATURAL BEAUTY MARRED BY BILLBOARDS--MARGOT READS ABOUT HERSELF 135