GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 104, 25 January 1908, Page 11

GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.

Tho new Queen of Sweden is a daughter of tho Grand Dnko and Grand Duchess of Baden, and lor many years has been in delicato health. It is on- this account tliat she is seldom to bo seen iu Sweden, but spends most of her tiniotravelling in . l'Jgypt and the Riviera. Shortly after her marriago her husband .took her among the senior of/icers of ono of tho regiments of which ho was honorary colonel,- and without any formality introduced her with tho .words: "Gentlemen, the colonel m command of- this regiment wishes to introduce his , wife .to you." Ever sinco that timo Her Majesty has been known by tho nickname .of ''tho Colonel's Wife." .'\ , The news that the Cokntess of Warwick is, busily engaged in writing her memoirs (says "M.A.TV') is exciting much interest ill society. This will not by any means be Lady ■Warwick's first attempt at authorship, for, besides a number of minor articles, slio has already . written a . "Life: of Joseph' -Arch," and a very oxhaustive history of Warwick Castlo arid its earls. Indeed, thero aro few arts in which this remarkable woman does not oxcel.. ' She is a first-class.'sportswoman,'' a' good musician, a gifted/public speaker, an oxpert motorist, and a fine needlewoman. Her work among the poor is well known, and she :,has also been a Poor Law Guardian, tho founder 'of an agricultural, and secondary school, and tho owner of a smart lingerie shop, in New Bond Street. I They say that no one ip more surprised at tho sudden and unprecedented success she has achieved in London than Signora' Tetrazzini herself, for, although she is much appreciated in Italy, and especially in her native' .Florence, .sho has never been tho object ill the land of her birth of such enthusiasm as has been kindled on her behalf in, England.. Nor has this ,beon the caso:.inSouth America, where tho diva 'and her elder sister, also tho possessor of a charming voice, are* well .-'known .and . admired," moro particularly at Buenos Ayres, where both liavo sung ropeatcdly.:Suecess is an illusive and mysterious power, which sometimes 1 with startling suddenness carries its favourites over the obstacles and barriers that they have hitherto battled against in vain.

.' Mile. Cecilo Sorel, .tiioi much-admired societairo of. tho Comedio JjYancaisP, ■tho lady who'thinks ono .caniiot dross on less than £6000 a year; has just blossomed out as a journalist. ; Her first literary effort appears in an'old-established Parisian weekly, and in. its otherwise rather thinly supplied pages sho gracefully airs her views" oil. 1 the constituentprinciples of feminine elegance. , Thoro is riot only grace, but- much wisdom, in her counsel. "A woman must first learn to know herself, and nothing is more difficult/' she, writes. ''Tho riurrov is so obliging a confidant that it must be consulted with tenacity, even with severity, if sincere advico, is to 'be; obtained. But a coquetto .must observe especially tho opinion of men and tho unfavourable criticisms of women.' Not only her v 'solf-respect, but her intelligence must :bo attentive to them, and sho will soon learn , tho character of her ibeauty . , , And when sho has determined, riot tho feminino typo which sho wishes to represent, but tho typo which she naturally and really most'resembles, then she must study at the theatre and in museums tho stylo of dress and ornament, tho colours and ganeral attitude which are most becoming to her personality. Sho must study them without' stopping" to consider fashion; her dressmakers will givo it quite sufficient con-, sideration."