LONDON GIRL IN CANADA

Hokitika Guardian, 8 March 1930, Page 3

LONDON GIRL IN CANADA

SNOWS HOES AND DOG TEAM

VANCOUVER, February 3,

London society has palled on one ol its prettiest adherents, Lady Kitty ,ulso-n., young daughter of the Countess ol Ante. She Inis left beuind iiei Llie comforts and climate of England to spend part of the winter in a vain ii, uidies lronii habitation, at Mctagaina, in Ontario, Canada. There, with her companion, Miss Eira Wiggins, she Juts been spending the days on siinslioes or -behind a dog team exploring the brush country which won i,o!' heart two years ago. There is a legend, m the family of tn-e Countess of Audio, to the-effect that once an ancestor sailed across the seas to Canada, fctlL.in love with a beautiful Indian girl, married her and look her hack to .live' in the old ancestral castle. This Lady Kitty, wi is a. very beautiful and entirely charming young woman, says, is probably why she responded so quickly and so completely to the call of the winds. A traveller who has visited every country of the world, she has written several books, and was responsible foi a series of articles in the London Press entitled, “The Underworld of Constantinople,” which attracted much atleniio». She is a regular contributor to the London “Daily Mail,” and her lit* eitary returns afford her means to travel. On her next trip she hoped, to go by dog sleigh far into the nor tip jin Canadian country. There are eight white people at Metagama, and Dady Kitty subjected herself to an interesting interview. INTERVIEW GRANTED.

Lady Riston took some of the glamour out of the original story seiu out i rpin .Toronto to - LLondon newspapers .i 4 L-n she denied that she had the train stopped because she liked the Indian name of Metagama. “Just imagine me having so much influence with the Canadian Pacific hat they would stop trains anywhere I asked them,” she ejaculated. “And you can also say that I did not have the train stopped just because I liked the name. “What actually happened was this. I went to Montreal and asked the Canadian Pacific officials where I ought to ro, for I.wanted to spend,ai few weeks in the wikis. Anyway, the Canadian Pacific officials told me a good place to go would be Metagama, and I. could stay there at the station with

ic statioinnaster and his wife. This 1 did. Tliev were both very nice. This

ime. however. I am going to take a •hack and Uve there for a fortnight or more. I make my living by my hobby of dog raising. I.rnisjc-Alsatians, or police dogs. The -dkgs; are my hobby, while the money I moke for travel is through journalism. After attending the dog show I expect to come hack to Quebec to see the dbg'* 'derby. . I. am very keen on these derbies.

NOT A “SOCIETY; BUl).’,’ • “I am not a ‘society hud,’ for 1 am It); and Ido not Jive..in London, bill ii Cob ha in, We have.. jtf> . live - near ! ondon, lor my .husband, Coloiief. Rifson, is head of one of .tlijeJiiggest.paper

ompnnies in England,, and, of course, ims to go down to the city every day.. How could I he: surfeited with London 0.-iety when I am never in it? As a natter of fact it is my husband, and not my sell' who is the famous .member if our family. He was captain--of- the British polo team away hack in.-1913 or thereabouts, and was considered one tne greatest polo players that ever ived.”

Lady Kitty said she was delighted vilh Canada because of its snow. She enjoyed the outdoors, and as a writer it was all atmosphere. The interview '■Aug at an end, and still smiling at the idea of the London society hello .topping the Imperial Limited, she called hack over her shoulder: “Don’t forget to say that f am 40.” Thus T.'iuly Kitty shattered the illusion that Derhrelt is infallible, for that book'of reference to the British ■peerage says that she was horn in 1887.