On April 3--the day before I sailed for England--I went out early to buy toys to entertain my grand-baby on our voyage in the _Mauretania_; and had an interesting talk with one of the many civil salesmen that I have met all over the United States in their beautiful shops. He said he regretted that he would not be able to attend my last lecture although he had been to the other three in New York, because he feared the daughter of a friend of his was dying. She was a little girl living in a suburb who had fainted some weeks before. Her mother had given her the only stimulant they had in the house; since when she had suffered from blood-poisoning and was lying in a critical condition. "I do hope, madam, you will deal to-night with the abominable law of Prohibition. It has encouraged this country to manufacture liquors of the most dangerous kind," he said. I told him I heard the same complaint wherever I had been and, while sympathising deeply with him, feared I could do no more, as I had dealt freely and at length with the subject. I was advertised by the following card to make my last speech. FAREWELL LECTURE under the auspices of THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF ROUMANIA Founded under the August Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Marie of Roumania MARGOT ASQUITH will close her brilliant and successful tour by delivering a lecture entitled IMPRESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA I put on my best dress and, armed with a bouquet of rare orchids given to me by my chairman, made my final public appearance in this country. As Mr. Nelson Cromwell, who introduced me, is a fluent orator and had a great deal to say while paying a fine tribute to my husband--and knowing that I was to hold a reception afterwards--I cut my lecture as short as I could. Among other subjects, I dealt with the exaggerated belief over here in commercial success; and the dangerous self-interest and lack of leisure which was encouraging not only this but every nation to materialism. I had read in the morning papers a typical example of what I meant. "First have what people want. "Then let them know it. "_Thorough advertising_ is the Secret of Success. "The old way was to let the people find it out gradually and slowly, in time for your grandson to get rich. The modern way is to have it TO-DAY, and make everybody know it TO-MORROW, or, if possible, THIS AFTERNOON." I told them what I had observed at the Niagara Falls, and spoke of the many hideous bill boards and advertisements that desecrated the scenery wherever I had been, and pausing over the one among others that had really interested me, "A GOOD NAME", was interrupted by my chairman who exclaimed in a clear voice: "ASQUITH!" This met with immense success.