WOMEN'S REALS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 277, 20 November 1907, Page 8

WOMEN'S REALS.

SOCIETY VEGETAKIASS

Vegetarianism has got its irrin ciety and has already make converts in numbers W^ 4 ? to be encouraging to the the cult of the bean-ant-untTo^ 01 marks a writer in "MA.P" v ' te " months past the fruits of'isolated Solne S"*-™ been Stealth % diZ °"; Food lUform restaurants, buHf v been left to the Duchess of PortkL* come out into the open and saß the "cabbage and ladyship succeeded in attractinir tr>v festive board some of the besf jfe Society all of whom waxed upon the advantage of and went into ecstasies over the ority of "mock salmon" ana «hnttl«"' beefsteaks" to the real thinV^ ,, Duchess of Portland, the'mistress ! Welbeck Abbey, is a hanasoS With red-bronze hair, brilliant complexion, and classical' C' tures. Her chief hobby isher'Hotte of Rest for Horses. This is her S interest after husband and children tn whom she is entirely devoted. AKhourt a devotee to the "simple life/! she do not attempt to force her opinion down the throats of her guests, and her t»T ies at Welbeck or in town lavishly catered for as ever. Although she has enlisted for vegetarianism the sympathies of several close friends she LADY PAGET. '; '" The conversion of Lady Paget to veee. tarianism is likely to come as a huge surprise, for her ladyship was one .who enjoyed the good things of \ life more keenly than most people. Like the Duchess of Portland, she does not penalise her guests, and when she entertains it is on the same lavish plan asinthe pre-vegetarian days. .Lady Plymouth is another vegetarian, and another Her father was the . Eight Hon. Sir August Paget, formerly .British' Ambassador at Rome. "She' is; a high-spirited woman of great culture who dresses with great /mdividuahty, and who, like her : husband Lord Plymouth, paints with more than ordinary ability. She has exhibited at the New Gallery and a number of minor exhibitions. -■■•'• " . ■ •• THE DUCHESS OP BEDiOED. ' The Duchess of Bediqrd is anothei pillar of Society who has practically; renounced meat-eating. When.one considers' the open-air life led by the Duchess this asceticism is remarkable. Lady Henry Somerset's adherence" to vegetarianism is scarcely surprising. For many years "Temperance in all things" has been her ladyship's favourite motto, and she has always made. it a. strong point to practise as she preached. She is an eloquent public speaker, and coini bines a charming personality, with a. beautiful voice. LORE CKARLES BERESEOBD AND OTHERS. : . .' Or* would scarcely think of.seeking for a> Tegetarian on a battleship, hut "if one did, the Commander-in-Chief would afford the first surprise. The descendant of the rollicking ■ Waterfprds, perhaps intent on purging; away.-the good-living taint of his ancestry,; he eschewed all animal food, yand iii■ "'its place he substituted the" fruit of' the earth. Who shall say "heliabes'.-not thrive on it? Another stringent, vegetarian is the head-master of Eton, "who has gone so far as tostate that:irieat:i one of the primary causes of vice. The Hon. and Rev. Edward Lyttelton's-atti-tude towards meat is bound.to have a marked effect upon the young Etonians by whom he is surrounded—a sure vindication of some of .the' vegetarians.'of the future.' Mr. Lyttelton. is>a;;greafc cricketer and a first-class," allrrbtuid, open-air man, so his , abstemiousness seems to have done him. no 'harm. Among other well-known " vegetarians are Mr. and Mrs. Sidney. ,Webb, ; Ift. George Bernard Shaw, General ■- Booth; and the Rev. R. J. Campbell. Among those" who waver on the brink.of thh new health movement are Mr, A. ; A Balfour, Mr. E. F. Benson, Mrs. Aaqoiih, Lady Gwendoline Herbert, I*dy Helen Lacy, Lady Isabel Margesson, the Ma* chioness of Anglesey, Lord Eonaid Suth. erland Gower, Lord Howe, Sir John Dor. ston, Lord and I*dy Brogheda, Jfc Keir Hardie, Mr. Cyril Maude, and Jfei William Archer. ; .■;-':,. .v t-- ■