THE DUCHESS'S SPEECH

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 38, 14 February 1930, Page 13

THE DUCHESS'S SPEECH

The Duchess of York speaks well in public, remarks a London writer. Her voice is clear and she has a very good articulation. . As president of the Scottish Women's Hospital Association she' attended the annual meeting at the Boyal Free Hospital in Gray's Inn Boad. A number of purses were presented to the Duchess to equip and endow a maternity ward of eight beds in the hospital as a permanent memorial to the- gallant women who devoted their energies to nursing with the "Scottish Women's" during the war. One bed is called' after the Duchess of York and another after the lato Dr. Elsie Inglis. One of the proudest purse-presenters was Nanuio Hipgrave. She handed the Duchess of York a purse which contained £93, all collected by children's "nannies." The only man to present a purse was Admiral Mark Kerr. The work of policewomen in Victoria embraces many phases and one which is little known except by the poor and hungry is carried out by Miss Davidson, of the Melbourne branch of wo men police (says a correspondent). Sh« seeks out those families which are living in poverty, and feeds and clothes them. To many she is known as a Lady Bountiful and at Christmas time she was responsible for bringing cheer to many homes which, but for her, ■would have been, forgotten.