GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 280, 7 August 1909, Page 11

GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.

; Mrs. Henry do la' Pasture, wliose.clover ■' play, "Peter's Mother) fr'wa's revived at the , Haymarket; Theatre the*;'offier day, is.' (says ■ "M;A;P.") one of the Severest of our lady dramatists/ She' id also '-that. somewhat ,raro . thing—fa .woman- with'.avgift. of humour, and her. books: have. been ; as .[.successful; as her. \ -plays.'.■, B6r'fi..;ih^Naplesy"'Mrs:.'Mo, la' Pas-.' - Huro's, father' I 'arid'''grandfather,' 'were • both in the:.Go!isu]ar';Sorvice,;'.and- her. husband , .is a soii; of-the late'llarquise' de' laVPasture. f 'Mrs. 'de'-la pasture,is an 'amateur, actress of great and,; curiously enough; 'she is keenly, 'interested ■ in. -the- particularly- manly game of;cricket. : •>' •■■' •.-;■ .';' ■;•'■,■!.'■ •Miss Ellen Terry, wiser in her generation i than. the. majority.>of .modern women, -.has permitted herself "id"grow old' 'gracefully. ■ jknows,' I; baye iseen: my;.3ixtieth birthdayi and; .wherefore'.golden' curls?'.' she says. -Her -hairvthatAwas once': fair—sandy, ; Charles.-Reaiie, called it-Hs a beautiful silver grey,,and she .has?acquired'a, stateliness of carriage ithat'.mako "up for some' of the; lost. charms;of youth; ■■'. •' ■:, '■'-. ■ ..' ; t ■■■. .'■' Princess Romaine, the seven-year-old bride, of.the;:-.Heir.-;tV^ Ling said?; to■ have fairly broken:'the -recbrdj.-as": far as; youthful Royal '■bridesj-gpi' '"'The littlelia'dy.' is - , tho": granddaughter of,'.tb,e.]atb,Emperor.John.of Abyss/nia, •,'arid'hiece".'td:the Empress Taitou,"and is only..'six years younger than her bridlegrbomj ~who..is;:thirte'en. vHc is a. grandson of' the' famoiisVErnprbr Menclik; who';, still rules his• semi-oiyihscd.-subjects.' There .is every ; reason;.to suppose" that " Abyssinia's •future;: monarch ,;wi}l■;, be.' an _-, urj-to-date . and progressive personage by the time he ...takes his 'hereditary place; meantime, bride; and uridegrcom can' pursue ..their education '■to- ]...■:,':. '";■'" .1 '. .'■ "... .■■'-.:-To.few,. :'.'.M'.A.P."),:. ha's -it been giyen..;to :;make such sensatinnal, dis; c'ovuries.'as'-those just' brought .to Jight by Miss MaHindale, the lady.inspectress of: factories,- ; winy-iiii'. the. " Report on. ■.Factories aid.Wo'rkshops''.''just''issued' by the Govern-' merit, has .proved herself a very champion ■ of'her "sex. : 'Iri.'pursuiug one case alone she paid, nb: ; fewer tban seyenty r two;,visits for the purpose" of collecting ; the .needed: eVidoijce, and she; dften:had'the' public 1 feeling. of the place entirely- 'against ,'herw' Now,' .fry-over, her revelations'(will/'provide jsocial, reformers Withi .sensational,;:3ata;'for;.some| time, to come. : , -.' ,;.- . ,-,,.;;,,,;..; ■'■;-•. ~! ' . : i. . .".- - — '' -''■.".'■,. ;S ' : : At, the' annual, meeting of.' the_ South African/Colonisation; Society held in London.'recently; one (of : |the speakers: said that !he believed-tbat ; brie,'of : 'the' main' reasons of the' coniSdence-: of-the. Boers in Lord-Mil-ner's sy.steih' established ~in''t he'_. Transvaal ;was.'duo-.'to the'Work;of,.the;British women 'teachers',who .went but with the Boer fami-

lies when: they-.returned >to their farms on 'the conclusion of. -peace, ,and .shared, their ptivations.■':':•-.:' j: ■ !;'■.'!/......,': r , : : ' ; -v.-' ; .- '